Kouta Minamizawa
About Kouta Minamizawa
Affiliations (Current and Past)
- University of Tokyo
- JST ACCEL
- Keio University, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design
Location
- Yokohama, Japan
Bio
SIGGRAPH Asia 2025
After receiving his PhD in Information Science and Technology from the University of Tokyo in 2010, he joined KMD and directs KMD Embodied Media Project, where conducts research and social deployment of embodied media that transfer, enhance, and create human experiences with digital technologies. He also promotes activities on haptic design, superhuman sports and sports co-creation, and serves as a project manager of Cybernetic being project under the Moonshot R&D program.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2024
Kouta MINAMIZAWA, Ph.D, Professor at Keio University Graduate School of Media Design. Received his PhD in Information Science and Technology from the University of Tokyo in 2010, he directs the KMD Embodied Media Project, where conduct research on technology, design and social deployment of haptics and embodied interaction to transfer, enhance and create the human bodily experiences, and organizes research projects on Haptic Design, Superhuman Sports, and Sports Co-creation. He also serves as a Project Manager of JST Moonshot R&D Program, Executive Director of the Superhuman Sports Society, and Technical Advisor at Telexistence Inc. http://embodiedmedia.org http://superhuman-sports.org http://hapticdesign.org
SIGGRAPH Asia 2023
Kouta MINAMIZAWA, Ph.D Professor, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design Project Manager, Project Cybernetic being, JST Moonshot R&D Program After receiving his PhD. in Information Science and Technology from the University of Tokyo in 2010, he joined Keio University Graduate School of Media Design (KMD) and directs KMD Embodied Media Project, where conducts research and social deployment of embodied media that transfer, enhance, and create human experiences with digital technologies. His research expertise includes Haptics, Embodied Interaction, Virtual Reality, and Telexistence. He also promotes activities on Haptic design and Superhuman sports, also serves as a project manager of the Cybernetic being project under the Japan government’s Moonshot R&D program.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2022
Kouta MINAMIZAWA, Ph.D, Professor at Keio University Graduate School of Media Design Received his PhD in Information Science and Technology from the University of Tokyo in 2010, he directs the KMD Embodied Media Project, where conduct research on technology, design and social deployment of haptics and embodied interaction to transfer, enhance and create the human bodily experiences, and organizes research projects on Haptic Design, Superhuman Sports, and Sports Co-creation. He also serves as a Project Manager of JST Moonshot R&D Program, Executive Director of the Superhuman Sports Society, and Technical Advisor at Telexistence Inc. http://embodiedmedia.org http://superhuman-sports.org http://hapticdesign.org
SIGGRAPH Asia 2021
Kouta MINAMIZAWA, Ph.D, Professor at Keio University Graduate School of Media Design Received his PhD in Information Science and Technology from the University of Tokyo in 2010, he directs the KMD Embodied Media Project, where conduct research on technology, design and social deployment of haptics and embodied interaction to transfer, enhance and create the human bodily experiences, and organizes research projects on Haptic Design, Superhuman Sports, and Sports Co-creation. He also serves as a Project Manager of JST Moonshot R&D Program, Executive Director of the Superhuman Sports Society, and Technical Advisor at Telexistence Inc. http://embodiedmedia.org http://superhuman-sports.org http://hapticdesign.org
SIGGRAPH Asia 2018
Graduated from the Department of Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo in 2005. In 2010, received his PhD in Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo and joined KMD. Member of the board of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan, the Reality Media Institute of Technology and the Superhuman Sports Society. Research activities include embodied media technology and applications that integrate haptic interfaces, embodied interactions, and 3D vision. Extensive research has been demonstrated in SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies. At KMD, co-director of the Embodied Media project and the Superhuman Sports (http://superhuman-sports.org) project.
SIGGRAPH Member Profile
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Awards and Recognition
- SIGGRAPH 2024 Emerging Technology Audience Award: Person, Hanamitsu, Hynds, Wakisaka, Isobe, et al. …
- SIGGRAPH 2017 Emerging Technology Best in Show Award: Sasaki, Saraiji, Fernando, Minamizawa and Inami
- SIGGRAPH Asia 2021 Emerging Technologies Best in Show Award
- SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 Emerging Technologies Best in Show Award: Ando, Barbareschi, Kawaguchi and Minamizawa
SIGGRAPH Conference Organizing Committee Positions
Conference Contributions
Experiences
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ACM SIGGRAPH Village
Contributor(s):Entry #: 26Emerging Technologies
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Contributor(s):Entry #: 24VR Experiences
Experience Collaborations
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Other Information
Roles
- ACM SIGGRAPH Village Presenter
- Awardee
- Emerging Technologies Organizing Committee Chair/Co-Chair
- Emerging Technologies Presenter
- Frontiers Presenter
- Immersive Pavilion (VR Village) Developer
- Poster Presenter
- Talk (Sketch) Presenter
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