FACULTY

Dean and Professor
Director of Keio Media Design Research Institute
at Keio University Graduate School of Media Design
Co-Director of Keio-NUS CUTE Center

Areas of expertise:
Entertainment Design, Media Art, Digital Cinema, Computer Graphics, Story, Foresight

Biography:
BA from Oberlin College, Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) from California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts), and PhD from Keio University.
CEO of Media Studio, Inc. since 1990. From 1999 to 2008, Professor in the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies and a member of the Graduate School of Media and Governance Committee at Keio University.
He has served as Board of Director and advisor to numerous Japanese and international companies.
Inakage supervises experience design projects that illustrate playful dream future society based on Dream Driven Design method.

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Professor

Areas of expertise:
Children and media

Biography:
Graduated from the School of Engineering, University of Tokyo. Visiting scholar at the MIT Media Lab. Established CANVAS, an NPO. Heads the executive committee for the annual “Workshop Collection” expo of creative workshops for children.
Founded Digital ehon in 2011. Member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications’ Information and Communications Council, and others. Publications include “Switch of Children’s Creativity – a practice of CANVAS as a secret base of play and learning” (Film Art, Inc.) and “A manifesto of Digital Education –the future of children playing and learning with smartphone” (KADOKAWA EPUB Anthology).

Professor

Areas of expertise:
branding, interactive, digital, product design, circular design and bio-design.

Biography:
Designer, Inventor, and Educator.
Matthew Waldman is best known as the founder of NOOKA – the lifestyle design brand brought the revolution of interface design to physical products and created unique timepieces that reinterpreted how time was told. Before NOOKA, Matthew gained recognition as a pioneer in digital interactive and UX design, founding New York Zoom in 1997, building an award winning global team at Reuters in 2002, and with his interactive design studios creates narrative driven design for brands. At KMD, Professor Waldman turns his focus to circular design with a focus on expanding the designer toolkit towards material science and bio-design.

SAMCARA
Professor Waldman founded the SAMCARA “evolution by design” research lab at KMD in the Fall of 2017. SAMCARA seeks to build a new language for the circular economy and to prepare innovators to embrace a new era of design that has an increased focus on bio-design, circular design and material design. SAMCARA participates in the International BioDesign Challenge in New York City each year and works with Japanese corporations to develop new approaches to their businesses based on our philosophy.

Professor

Areas of expertise:
Digital Communication and Educational Environment, Building Educational Infrastructure in Asia

Biography:
Master’s degree in Engineering in 1985 and PhD in Media and Governance in 2001, both from Keio University. Twelve years of computer industry experience.
Research on “the internet and higher education” at United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies in 1996 and Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus from 1997. Leads the SOI Asia Project, and since joining KMD in 2008, also leads the Global Education Project in collaboration with UNESCO and partner schools and universities throughout Asia. Teaches the class “Global Society”. Project theme is “Global Education for Global Issues”.

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Professor
WIDE Project Board Member

Areas of expertise:
Computer Networks, Internet Infrastructure Technologies, Internet Operation, Measurement Technologies

Biography:
Graduated from Tokyo National College of Technology in 1982 and Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1984. Completed Master’s and did doctoral work at School of Science and Engineering in 1986. Earned a PhD in Media and Governance from Keio University in 2004. Helped design and implement the campus network at Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus in 1989. Research associate in the Faculty of Environmental Information until 1993.
Research associate and visiting researcher at USC/ISI in 2001 and associate professor in the University of Tokyo Computer Centre (now “Information Technology Center”) in 2002. Joined KMD in 2008 as a professor.
Worked on several IXes including NSPIXP, NSPIXP2, NSPIXP6, DIX-IE, and T-LEX, and has been working on operation of M-Root DNS Server since 1997 and 10/100Gbps R&E networks since 2004.

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Project Assistant Professor

Areas of expertise:
Computer Security, Internet and Operation Technology, Haptic Media and Transmission

Biography:
Graduated from the Information Environment, Tokyo Denki University in 2015 and Keio University graduate school if Media Design in 2017. he did doctoral work at KMD in 2020. Research areas include the computer security, systems and network operations technology, AuthN/Z. Identity Provider. and also he researches the encoding/decodeing and transmission of haptic information. He has been working on enPiT/SecCap since 2017. The INNO-vation Program Generation Award 2017.

Project Assistant Professor

Areas of expertise:
Wearable sensing, training technology, VR

Biography:
She received her Ph.D from the Department of Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2020. She was conducting research on motor movement visualization and grouping to support proficiency. Her current research is part of the JST Moonshot Cybernetic being Project towards the research and development of human augmentation with cybernetic avatars.

Professor

Areas of expertise:
Business Strategy, Media/Content Business, Economic Policy

Biography:
Graduated from the Department of Economics, Hitotsubashi University and Columbia Business School. Engaged in KMD’s “creative industry”project, which includes modernizing and industrializing traditional Japanese culture (urushi), establishing a new music distribution business model, developing new virtual reality games, and re-designing of the role of Buddhism and temple, in partnership with Sabae city in Fukui prefecture.
Previously, worked on policies for industry, IT, trade, and energy at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (currently Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry). Senior advisor to the Minister for Economic/Fiscal Policy and Minister for Internal Affairs, promoting structural reform.
Books and publications include “Net Imperialism and the Defeat of Japan” and “Apple and Amazon are Eating Japan Alive”.

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Professor

Areas of Expertise:
Wearable Computing, Applied Machine Learning, Human Computer Interaction, and Perception-Aware Computing

Biography:
Research Assistant Professor at Osaka Prefecture University from 2012-14. Visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab in 2011. Earned his Ph.D., summa cum laude, in Wearable Computing from the University of Passau, Germany in 2011.
Work experience includes research visits and internships at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC, Palo Alto, US), Sunlabs Europe (Grenoble, France), and the German Stock Exchange (Frankfurt, Germany). Won best paper, demo awards, and various nominations at UbiComp, PERCOM, and ICDAR.
Current research is applying sensors to understand human cognition and augment the mind, with a special focus on eyewear computing. Works to develop technologies to make us smarter.

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Project Associate Professor

Areas of expertise:
Design, Visual Media, Space Design, Media Technologies, Cognitive Science

Biography:
Ph.D in Film and Media Studies from Tokyo National University of the Arts, MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles. His research focuses on insights into human perception and cognition and their extension through media technology, and he is active in a wide range of fields including commercials, product design, concept design, television, books, and exhibitions.
As an individual, he is also active as a writer. He is the author of "Put Your Finger Down" (coauthored with Masahiko Sato, Bijutsu Shuppansha), "Flip! Card Animation" (Kokuyo S&T) and others. Awards received include the Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award, the NY ADC Gold Prize, the D&AD Wood Pensil Award, the Good Design Award, one show Gold, the L'Oreal Color Science and Art Award Bronze Prize, the Laval Virtual Grand Prix in France, and the Science and Technology Award.
ARS ELECTRONICA CENTER, Austria; Centre d'Image Contemporain de Genève, Switzerland; Art Tower Mito, Japan; 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Japan; NTT InterCommunication Center, Japan; Ginza Graphic Gallery.

Link,etc.:
KMD Embodied Media Project   http://embodiedmedia.org/

Senior Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise:
Service Design, Retailing, Commercial Space Design, Economic Geography, Bayesian Networks

Biography:
After graduated Keio University Department of Economics, she enrolled as the first batch of masters at KMD and earned Ph.D. in Media Design. Completed the New York University Summer Program in Performing Arts and was a Visiting Lecturer in Digital Humanities at King's College London. Her works on service design integrate informational space and physical space in places where economic, cultural. and social activities take place, such as markets, theatres, and squares.

Professor

Areas of expertise:
Operating Systems, Internet Technology, Media Experience, Contents Literacy, Otaku Culture

Biography:

Received a PhD in Media and Governance from Keio University Graduate School of Media Design and Governance. Previously, Assistant Professor at Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance, Associate Professor of Keio University Research Institute for Digital Media and Content, and Associate Professor at KMD. Works on digital content application and innovation, including digital media content management and experience, media content collaboration, and core technologies such as Operating System architecture, Internet transport technology, ubiquitous environment technology, and global computing architecture. Heavily involved in Cool Japan’s innovative and creative content, including anime, cosplay (costume play), Kigurumi, manga(manhua), and otaku in general. Delivers the "Otaku Culture" course in cosplay and kigurumi.

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Professor
WIDE Project Board Member

Areas of expertise:
Mobile Communications Technologies, Sensor Networks, Knowledge and Information Structuring Technologies

Biography:
Earned a BS (1983) and MS (1985) in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Computer Science from Keio University (1989). Held professorships at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology’s Information Technology Center and its Graduate School of Information Science from 1994-2008.
Research areas include the Internet, mobile/ubiquitous communication systems, vehicle communication systems, multimedia communication systems, digital libraries, computer architecture, parallel processing, distributed systems, operating systems, and computer networks.
Currently, researching security and privacy to create a secure and safe internet-based society. The “Information Bank Project” is about the safe management of personal information.

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Senior Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise:
Global brand management, Integrated Marketing Communication, Digital Media Communications, Consumer Insights, Product Management and Counselling.

Biography:
Over 15 years of experiences working with multinational brands, Donna develops her professional know-hows under various industries through Product Creation, integrated marketing communication, Corporate Brand Management. Conceptualize and orchestrate campaigns that effectively meet business objectives.  
She is also a certified counselor of The Hong Kong Professional Counseling Association, providing counselling services to those in need. Sharing brand, management, media and communication knowledge and multi-national corporation experiences, lead and inspire students to collaborate and explore opportunities to create and advance for societal good.

Lead and inspire students to collaborate and explore opportunities for "Digital Media Channel" project

Project Senior Assistant Professor

Areas of expertise:
AR/VR/MR Interaction, Physiological Sensing, Applied Machine/Deep Learning, Perception and Behavior Change

Biography:
Graduated from the University of Malaya, Malaysia with a bachelor's degree in Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing Engineering as well as a Master's Degree in Engineering Science. In 2018, he received his Ph.D in Media Design from KMD and was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Empathic Computing Laboratory in New Zealand until 2021.
He has collaborated with several international companies in research projects, including AirBus Malaysia, Fujitsu Design, NTT Media Intelligence Laboratory, Ignition Point, CSIRO, Google ATAP, and Mediva in several research areas including haptics in AR, vision augmentation, VR navigation, machine learning for novel input and interactions, and inclusive/assistive technologies.
His current research is part of the JST Moonshot Project towards the development of cybernetic avatar technology and social system design.

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Project Professor

Areas of expertise:
CEO of *Enhance* and Principal of *Synesthesia Lab*. With synesthesia at the core, Mizuguchi has been actively involved in creating highly unique, enhanced sensory-stimulating experiences in the form of video games and other media. His notable works include the critically acclaimed *Rez* (2001), *Lumines* (2004), *Child of Eden* (2010), *Rez Infinite*, the VR adaptation version of Rez (2016), the full-body sound-light-haptic *Synesthesia Suit* (2016), and a one of a kind device called the *Synesthesia X1 – 2.44* (2019).

Biography:
Of the many accolades received throughout his career include the Special Award at the Japan Media Arts Festival and Honorary Mention in the Ars Electronica Interactive Arts category, both for *Rez* (2002). Mizuguchi was selected by the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and The Hollywood Reporter for their annual “Digital 50” in 2006. *Rez Infinite *took home the Best VR Game award at the 2016 The Game Awards, the inaugural year for the category. He serves as the chief judge for the Entertainment Division of the Japan Media Arts Festival and has been a jury on many other nomination committees. In recent years, he has joined forces with the XR Consortium and Media Ambition Tokyo (MAT) as a director. He is also the co-founder and CCO of EDGEof, a GameChangers’ Studio based in Tokyo.

*Synesthesia X1 – 2.44, *a synesthetic experience device like no other, created by the Synesthesia Lab (2019). Letting go of your body on this device equipped with 44 vibrating actuators makes you feel as if you’re wrapped in a world of sounds, lights, and vibrations. Immerse yourself in a new multi-sensory musical experience where your body becomes the medium and your consciousness is honed, as you naturally become a part of the flow.

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Professor

Areas of expertise:
Haptics, Virtual Reality, Human Augmentation, Embodied Informatics and Information Physics

Biography:
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.

Link,etc.:
KMD Embodied Media Project
HAPTIC DESIGN PROJECT
Cybernetic being Project

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Senior Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise:
Human Computer Interaction, Digital Fabrication, Media Art, Interactive Media

Biography:
Graduated from the Department of Media and Governance, Keio University in 2013, received his Ph.D. in 2015. He was a research fellow at the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD), and a visiting researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a project assistant researcher at the University of Tokyo and joined KMD. Research activities include Interactive Media, Digital Fabrication, Media Art, STEM education. He accepted international conferences such as UIST, CHI, got prizes such as the WIRED CREATIVE HACK AWARD 2014 Grand Prix, the Japan Media Arts Festival Jury's recommended works and ACM UIST Honorable Mention.

Development of an interactive media, media art, and a STEM education kit.

Project Assistant Professor

Areas of expertise:
VR/SR, Cognitive Psychology, Embodied Informatics

Biography:
After earned his PhD from Kobe University Graduate School, with his colleagues in RIKEN BSI, he developed the substitutional reality system, in which the border between physical and virtual reality is ambiguous. At RCAST, the University of Tokyo, he engaged in the development of skill knowledge sharing and human augmentation techniques. The underlying theme is the properties emerged by mixing phenomena from different levels (intentional/forced motion, spontaneous/stimulus-driven neural activities, etc.). Joined JST Moonshot Cybernetic being Project since 2022.