/[[Top Page>FrontPage]]/[[Members>MemberList]] RIGHT:go to [[Japanese version>MihokoNiitsuma_JP]] #contents ** Mihoko NIITSUMA [#eda0e795] #ref(Catania2009.jpg,right,around,Mihoko NIITSUMA); - Dr. Eng., Associate Professor,&br; - Dr. Eng., Professor,&br; Faculty of Science and Engineering,&br; Department of Precision Mechanics&br; Chuo University //-Adjunctive Researcher, Hashimoto lab.&br; //Institute of Industrial Science,&br; //The University of Tokyo. *** Contact me via [#r1dd672c] Human-System Laboratory&br; Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Precision Mechanics&br; Chuo University&br; -Building:2, Room:2717, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8551, Japan&br; -tel: +81-3-3817-1844, fax: +81-3-3817-1820&br; -email: niitsuma_(a)_mech.chuo-u.ac.jp&br; -url: http://www.mech.chuo-u.ac.jp/~hslab/&br; [[<<Access>>>http://www2.chuo-u.ac.jp/global/location/location/korakuen.html]] *** Education [#p379b732] - 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 [#c2f5be29] - 2001.4-2003.3 Teaching assistant (Programming: C, Assembla) at Department of Mechatronis, Tokyo University of Technology. - 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 [#k73a01b6] -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) -- Spatail Memory as human interface in iSpace (2004.3 - 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 remote operation support system of industrial robots -- Multimodal man-machine interaction for the remote operation support system of industrial robots [[Publications>MN_PublicationList]] *** Award [#h628bcc5] -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) &br; &br; &br;