Past doctoral dissertation topics
Degrees conferred: Ph.D. in Media Design
September 2025
Tomosuke Maeda
Design of Mobility Experiences Incorporating Walking Based on Haptic Navigation
MALAVER TURBAY SILVANA
Exploring Consciousness Through Ritual Media
March 2025
Ikeda Rika
Inxignia: How to Co-design a Network Where Learners Are Mobile with a Sense of Community — Practices in Higher Education in Southeast Asia and Japan —
MENG XIARU
Recreating Emotional Experiences in VR
Ximing Shen
Contextualising Embodied Disability Simulation through the Design and Practice of Dementia Eyes
Takayoshi Hagiwara
A Study on Skill Externalizing Avatar to Extend Motor Learning through Body Integration
September 2024
YIMIN ALINUER
Creating an Inclusive University Museum Experience for International Students through Object-Based Learning
YANG YUEHUI
Participant as Contributor – Music Co-creation through Active Participant Engagement
April 2024
KIM JIEUN
Be.side: Maintaining Continuing Bonds in Bereavement through the Multi-Modal Design
March 2024
HYNDS DANIEL
Sonic Vessels: Imbuing Performer Presence in Musical Artifacts
NOJIRI KOZUE
Digital Consent Formation: Design Insights for Asynchronous Online Interactions Around Personal Data
ZHANG MANYU
Designing Cohabitation Experiences for Humans and Squirrels in Cities
August 2023
NAVARRO HUNDZINSKI LEANDRO
A Design Framework to Integrate Immersive Media Technologies for Collaborative Fieldwork Learning in Higher Education
TSUJI TAKAYUKI
Building a New Business Model Based on News Content
March 2023
HAN JIAWEN
From Physiology to Group Dynamics: A Practical Framework for Physiological Data Analysis
ZHANG QING
Programmable Vision: Intrinsic Visual Attributes-Based Vision Modulation
ASSILMIA FATHIMA
Designing a Community-based Career Exploration Service for Children With Less Access to Role Model
LUTHFITA CENDIKIA
Emotive Cues: Towards Natural Interaction between Humans and Electronic Devices
OTA TOMOMI
Creating a Robot-Friendly Society for Expanding the Living Area of Robot Partners
WATANABE TETSUYA
Formation of Social Capital and Construction of Value Model by Fan Community
February 2023
KATO DAIYA
A Plane Architecture on Management and Operations of Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure
November 2022
YU XUQIN
Aesthetic Nostalgia-driven Design Framework for Mediated Long Distance Relationship
March 2022
MATSUZAKI YOSHINOBU
Community-based Transfer and Development of Network Operational Technologies
ZHENG DINGDING
An Interdisciplinary Psychometric Method for Psychophysiological Tracking of Social Interactions and Social Dynamics in “Real-World” Environments
SHIBASAKI MINA
Designing Shared Experience of Picture Book with Haptics
February 2022
ANDO RYOICHI
Changing Perceptions: Design of Human Augmentation Medium and Actions for the Integration of People of Various Physical Ability
HANAMITSU NOBUHISA
Haptic Design with Spatio-Temporal Composition toward Eliciting Synesthesia Experience
September 2021
RICO GARCIA ONERIS DANIEL
[Placeholder] Game Logic into Movies
ARIMA SHUN
Design of Fermentational Reflection Model
March 2021
RAGOZIN KIRILL
Thermal Suite: Investigating Temperature Modality in Mixed Reality
YOON IN WAN
Design for Enterprise-led South Korea Comic Production Model to Degital Competitiveness of Comic
OKADA MIYO
A Design Approach for Practical Future Creation by Culture-Driven Design
AKASHI ELIKO
Collaboration among Universities for Region-wide Educational Ecosystem -The Practice of the Evidence-based Approach Project in Southeast Asia and Japan-
MATSUMOTO AKIHIKO
Photography Education Focusing on Smartphones, Apps, and SNS Fosters Photographers in a New Era
ISHII MIHO
Social Institutional Design to Realize Self-Control of Comprehensive and Integrated Personal Information (CI-PI)
INADA TAKU
A Method of Activating the Listeners’ Community with Twitter in a Local FM Station
February 2021
KUROGI TADATOSHI
Design of Soft Haptic Display and Visual-Haptic Integration Based on Concept of Haptic Animacy
OSAKI YUI
Perception Reform of Local Industry Operators by Applying Fashion Business Methods -Through a Case Study in Shizuoka Green Tea Industry-
September 2020
CERNISOV GHEORGHE
An Unobtrusive Wearable Sensing Platform for Psychological and Social Dynamics
AL RASHDI RAHMA AHMED ALI NASSER
A Design Framework To Promote Outdoor Nature Explorations For Children
March 2020
TOPOKLANG KOMKID
KomaKids Design and Practice of Global Competence Program through Media Creation in Elementary Education
ISHII TOMOTAKA
A Comparison between Brain and Behavioral Information Related to Memory and Expectation of Drama Viewers
YABUNO MIU
Design for the Hygiene Furniture
KAMEYAMA YASUO
Effect of Constructing a Specialized Study Organization of Otaku Culture- From the Activity of World Otaku Institute-
January 2020
MIZUNO SHOGO
Examination of a Theoretical Framework for Constructing Worldwide Music Development Model by Forming Brand Community
September 2019
ITO HARUMI
Childbearing Support Service“Mama to Baby”: Sharing Pregnants’ Information among Couples and Midwives
August 2019
CAREMEL CEDRIC JEAN VINCENT
Neuromorphic Networks for Prediction Applications
SHAW JOHN
Object-Based Storytelling: A Novel Approach to Satisfying Hedonic Motivations
March 2019
MATSUMURA AYAKO
Design of “Rhythm Synchro Exercise” – Synchro Program in the Elderly –
TAG BENJAMIN
Cognitive State Assessments through Monitoring Physiological Signals on the Face
February 2019
HWANG SEONHYE
Localizing the Management Production Process for Increasing the possibilities to Expand Overseas Non-Fiction Programming – Focusing on Korean & Japanese Broadcasting Contents –
HUR JOON YOUNG
Advertising Expression of Digital Cross-Modal Based on Cultural Features
September 2018
PAI YUN SUEN
Convex Interactions: Towards Efficient Human Motion in Peripersonal Space Using Virtual Reality
NAKAKURA TOSHIYA
Internet Based Visuo-Audio-Haptic Sensory Information Communication in Telexistence
May 2018
XIAO RUOWEI
A State-Transfer-based Open Framework for Internet of Things Service Composition
March 2018
YANAGI TAKURA
Driving Experience of an Indirect Vision Cockpit
SARAIJI MHD YAMEN
Embodied-Driven Design: A Framework to Configure Body Representation & Mapping
CHIEN YI-WEI
A Research about Character License Business Model: The Proposal of Kyoto Character Management
NAKAMURA MARIN
Production of Facilitator Development Manual in Digital Picture Book Creation Workshop
MIYAKITA GOKI
Design of Narrative Book Collection Combining Computational and Visualization Approach Exploring Japanese Culture Through Keio University’s Pre-Modern Japanese Book Collection
January 2018
FUJIKAWA SHINICHI
A Trust Score based on Activities on the Internet
March 2017
FAN SZU-WEN
Blended Reality: Extending Existence to Multiple Realities
TAKEI NAOYA
Service Innovation Strategy and Practice in SMEs of Manufacturing Industry
TOMINE, YUI
A study of trigger-action programing model based on abstract user-demand
CAO YAN YAN
Scented Pebbles: Co-Creating Value with Interactive Ambience of Smell and Lighting in Commercial Space
February 2017
TAKAHIRO NEMOTO
Generalized Model for the Preparation and Comparison of Internationalized Strings Based on Character Property
JANG JIYOUNG
Micro-Campaign based Phase-in Promotion Strategy for Developing Fan’s Engagement of Indies Artist
MA JIANI
Supporting Parental Involvement in the Digital Age: A Preschool Case Study
August 2016
LEU JOHNSON
“Between Similitude and Dissimilitude”: Supporting Family Reminiscence with Non-Photorealistic Visualizations of Past Places
LAI, MEI KEI
Ludic Odour: Designing a Digital Artefact with Smell at Bathing for Family Bonding
March 2016
HONG LI TSING KAREN
TACTILE TOYS-The Design and Development of Three-Dimensional Textiles into Tactile Toys to be used as Tactile Therapy for Children with Tactile Dysfunctions
AKASAKA RYOTA
Tort Liability of Tele-operated Robots
February 2016
MAEKAWA MARCOS SADAO
Designing Global Education for Youth in the Internet-based Society
SANCHEZ PEREZ SUSANA
Augmented Narrative: Amending the Dialog between Writer and Reader in an Interaction with Sound
September 2015
KOBAYASHI SHIGERU
Local Government Initiated Cross-industry Innovation
March 2015
HIRAMOTO TOKUTARO
Study of the knowledge management scheme to support developing new BoP businesses
TSUKAHARA YASUHITO
Open Contents Distribution Platform Using Atmospheric Information
February 2015
FUJISAKI TOMOHIRO
Deploying IPv6 into the Internet: How to archieve protocol migration from IPv4
MIYAKAWA YASUO
Research on Reference Model and Level of Assurance Requirements of Access Management
March 2014
MATSUI KANAE
A Unified Information Provision Model to Change Human Behaviors – Adaptively Mixing Sensed Data, Basic Knowledge, and Action Plan Lists –
SHIRAI DAISUKE
Design and Development of a 4K-Video Robust Streaming System for Practical Use of Real-Time Communication
HIROI KEI
An Indicator Model to Estimate Spatial and Temporal Distribution for Heavy Rain and Flooding
SAITO NAGAYUKI
Study on the Development of Internet Literacy Indicator to Support Decision-Making of Youth Protection Policies on the Internet
KIM HYUNKI
Research about the integration of newsroom
BHIMANI JANAK
Community-Based Narratives: A Study of Collaborative Content Creation in Visual Media Production
February 2014
URIU DAISUKE
Fenestra: Window to Meet the Deceased – Designing Memorial Services Fit into Everyday Life with “Digital Remains” –
SATO CHIHIRO
AdaptivePassage in a Shopping Mall: Calling to Drive Customers into Stores and Encourage Shopping
WITHANAGE DON ANUSHA
Integration of Multimodal Interactions for Inter-Spatial Continuum
NAOI TAKASHI
Re-design Watercolor Palette for Children
YAMANOUCHI MASATO
A study of real space information sharing infrastructure with Reliability
September 2013
FERNANDO CHARITH
Design and Development of a Telexistence System to Experience Extended Human Body Schema
March 2013
KOIZUMI NAOYA
Augmented Perception based on Time Domain Control
SUGIURA YUTA
A Method of Construct Devices for Converting Soft Objects as Interfaces
YASU KENTARO
Paper Based Motion Media
CHOI YONGSOON
Multimodal Fashion Communication using Sound, Vision, and Smell
ROD JAN
Liminal Space: Towards New Paradigm of Urban Computing
February 2013
SUZUKI TAKEHIRO
デジタルメディアの時代における協働社会のデザインと地方行政の役割
September 2012
KIM HEEJOONG
Study on Regulatory Framework for DTV White Space Utilization
March 2011
ASADA KAZUNORI
Color vision to improve quality of life of people with color vision deficiency