Kei NAKATSUMA, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Measurement and Instrumentation Lab
Robot, Control and Instrumentation Group, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology
Kumamoto Univerisity
(I am also a staff at Department of Intelligent Mechanical Systems, Graduate School of Science and Technology and Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Faculty of Engineering.)
Member of “Advanced Sensing Technology” Research Core of Kumamoto University.
2-39-1 Kurokami Cyuo-ku Kumamoto-shi Kumamoto
860-8555 Japan
e-mail: nakatsuma@mech.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
I am an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Advanced Science and Tehnology, Kumamoto University, Japan. I am working at Measurement & Instrumentation Lab with Prof. Ippei Torigoe.
I obtained my B.E. (Dept. of Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics) (2007), and M.E. (2009) and Ph.D. (Information Science and Technology) from the University of Tokyo respectively. At the University of Tokyo, I worked under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Hiroyuki Shinoda.
After I completed Ph.D., I joined Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo as an Postdoctoral Researcher and worked on HCI systems and tactile displays.
My current research and teaching interests include sensing systems, ubiquitous computing, and human-computer interaction.
Education
04/2009-03/2012: Department of Information Physics and Computing, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (Ph.D. in Information Science and Tehcnology, March 2012)
04/2007-03/2009: Department of Information Physics and Computing, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (M.E. in Information Science and Tehcnology, March 2009)
04/2003-03/2007: Department of Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics, Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Work Experience
04/2016-: Assistant Professor at Faculty of Science and Tehnology, Kumamoto University
06/2012-03/2016: Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University
04/2012-05/2012: Postdoctoral Researcher at Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo
04/2009-03/2012: Research Fellow (DC1) at Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Grants
04/2014-03/2017: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) (26870450) 4,030,000JPY
04/2014-03/2015: The Hoso Bunka Fundation (HBF) Grant 2,400,000JPY
04/2013-03/2014: Kawai Foundation for Sound Technology and Music 500,000JPY
04/2013-03/2014: Tateishi Science and Technology Foundation 2,460,000JPY
10/2012-03/2014: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) (24800009) 2,660,000JPY
04/2009-03/2012: Grant-in-Aid for Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellows (21-5508) 2,100,000JPY