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Mihoko NIITSUMA †

• Dr. Eng., Professor,
  Faculty of Science and Engineering,
  Department of Precision Mechanics
  Chuo University

Contact me via †

Human-System Laboratory
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Precision Mechanics
Chuo University

• Building:2, Room:2717, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8551, Japan
  
• tel: +81-3-3817-1844, fax: +81-3-3817-1820
  
• email: niitsuma_(a)_mech.chuo-u.ac.jp
  
• url: http://www.mech.chuo-u.ac.jp/~hslab/
  

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Education †

• Graduated Fukushima Iwaki girls' High School, Japan, 1997.
• B.E in Mechatronics from Tokyo University of Technology, 2001.
• M.E in Electronic System Engineering from Tokyo University of Technology, 2003.
• Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Tokyo, 2007.

Job, Teaching †

• 2001.4-2003.3　Teaching assistant (Programming: C, Assembla) at Department of Mechatronics, Tokyo University of Technology.
• 2004.4-2005.3　Visiting Researcher, The Keio Research Institute at SFC.
• 2003.4-2007.1 Lecture (Computer literacy, Programming: Java) at School of Media Science, Tokyo University of Technology.
• 2001.4-2006.3 Teaching assistant (Supervisor of master and bachelor students) at Tokyo University of Technology.
• 2004.10-2007.3　Research assistant, Department of EE, The University of Tokyo.
• 2005.4-2007.9　Research assistant, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo.
• 2007.4- JSPS Research fellow
• 2007.10-2009.3 Postdoctoral researcher at Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo.
  • 2007.10-2008.1 Visiting researcher at Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
• 2009.4 - 2013.3 Assistant Professor at Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Precision Mechanics, Chuo University
• 2013.4 - Associate Professor at Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Precision Mechanics, Chuo University
• 2016.3 - 2017.3 Visiting Scholar, Teachers College, Columbia University
• 2021.4 - Professor at Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Precision Mechanics, Chuo University

Research history †

• Ultraprecise Positioning Control of the Finger Tip Drive Type of Linear Stage (2000.3-2000.8)
• Modeling of human walking behavior and crowd behavior (2000.10-2003.3)
• Human-friendly remote monitoring system based on teleoperation of AIBO (2004.4-2005.3)
• RoboCup (Four-legged robot league) (2003.4-2005.3)
• Intelligent Space as an aid system for human activity (2003.4 - ongoing)
  • Spatial Memory as a human interface in iSpace (2004.3 - ongoing)
  • Observation of human activities in iSpace (2007.4 - ongoing)
  • Map building for mobile robot navigation (2010.4 - ongoing)
• Ethologically inspired human-robot communication (2009.4 - ongoing)
• Personal mobility tool: smart electric wheelchair based on communication with a user (2009.4 - ongoing)
• Design of auditory information to present wall shapes (2011.4 - ongoing)
• Collaboration between human and industrial robot (2013.4 - ongoing)
  • Vibrotactile glove
  • Multimodal man-machine interaction for the remote operation support system of industrial robots

Publications

Award †

• December 2006, SI2006 Presentation Award
• April 2007, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Japan Chapter Young Award (ICRA'07)
• May 2008, Best Paper Award, HSI2008
• August 2008, Best Paper Award, The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE)
• November 2010, Best Paper Award, MHS2010
• March 2010, Award from Chuo University
• May 2011, Best Paper Award, and Best Presentation Award (Mr. Hiromu Kobayashi), HSI2011
• July 2011, Best Paper Award, CogInfoCom2011
• June 2012, Best Poster Award, INSS2012
• April 2013, Young Engineers Award, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
• March 2013, Award from Chuo University
• May 2014, Best Presentation Award, The Robotics and Mechatronics Conference 2013 in Tsukuba
• March 2015, Best Late-Breaking Report Award, 10th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI2015)