Name

Keita Watanabe, Ph. D.

Current Affiliation

• Associate professor
• Department of Frontier Media Science, School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, Meiji University

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Research Interest

Human Computer Interaction, Interaction Design

Birth

August 25, 1981.

Education

1. Ph.D., Media and Governance,
   Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Japan 2009.
   Thesis Topic:Persistent Interaction: Research on Non-restrained Information System on Time
2. Master of Media and Governance,
   Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Japan 2006.
3. Bachelor of Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University, Japan 2004.

Professional Experience

1. Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
   A part-time teacher. (April 2011 - )
   
2. Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan,
   Researcher. (January 2010 -)
3. Hitachi corp., Tokyo, Japan.
   Intern (April 2009 - September 2009)
   

Honors & Awards

1. Interactive Presentation Award. March 10, 2011. (INTERACTION 2011)
2. Finalist Prize on Interactive Art Section. December, 2009.(Asia Digital Art Award 2009)
   
3. Finalist Prize and Juries' Special Prize. November 2009. (Mashup Award 5)
4. Creative Showcase Award Gold Prize. December, 2009 (ACE2008)
5. Best Demonstration Award. November, 2008 (WISS2008)
6. Interactive Presentation Award. March, 2007 (INTERACTION 2007)
7. SFC AWARD. March, 2006. (Keio university Shonan Fujisawa Campus)
8. Minister of Public Management Prize. January 18, 2006.（An Idea Contest applied JGN2）
9. SFC AWARD. March, 2004. (Keio university Shonan Fujisawa Campus)
10. Best Presentation Award. September, 2004. (Human Interface Symposium 2004)
11. Best Presentation Award. September, 2003. (Human Interface Symposium 2003)
12. Finalist Prize. February, 2003. (Media Art Festival Student Computer Graphics Contest 2003)
13. Special Prize.November, 2002. (KEIO SFC Digital Art Awards 2002 Interactive Section)
14. Iwasaki Gakuen Prize. March, 1999. (16th Software and Idea contest)

Projects

Next Generation Home Appliance Projects

smoon

AirSketcher:
Direct Air Instruction Techniques for Electric Fans (2010)

CastOven (2008)

Embodied Interaction methods Projects

CursorCamouflage SymmetricCursors (2011,2012)
Project page

 

FlexibleBrush (2007)

VisualHaptics (2003)