Yoshiki Takeoka

CV

Summary

I am a Japanese citizen based in Tokyo, Japan. The “Outstantding Super Creator” qualified by IPA (Information-technology Promotion Agency, JAPAN), working in software/hardware engineering and designing at the field of Human-Computer-Interaction (HCI). Gained Master from The University of Tokyo in 2011. I am interested in intersection of engineering, science, design and human to invent new ways of interacting with computers. My primary interest is how to bring the REAL world to computer world and how you bring computing to the REAL world. I have experience in software developing, prototyping, designing for physical, interactive UIs and researching HCI.

Interest

Human Computer Interaction, Natural User Interface, Gesture Recognition, Image Processing, Computer Vision, Cybernetics, Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering.

Work Experience

• Feb 2012 - May 2012

  Research Intern, Microsoft

• Jul 2011 - Feb 2012

  Research Assistant, Sony Computer Science Laboratories

  secret project
  I am working on some interesting projects.

• Jul 2011 - Sep 2011

  Summer Associate, The University of Tokyo Edge Capital

  Research on IT start up companies
  Market analysis and concept development on IT starting-up companies.

• Jul 2009 - Feb 2010

  Creator, IPA(Information-technology Promotion Agency, JAPAN) 2009 Exploratory IT Human Resources Project (MITOH Program)

  Z-touch
  Designed and implemented a prototype for advanced multi-touch table system. It can recognize the posture and 3 dimensional position (including Height) of the finger-tops over the surface of the table.
  Used Languages, Libraries and Tools: C/C++, OpenCV, boost(asio), libdc1394, OpenFrameworks, Illustrator + Laser cutter, Rhinoceros + 3D printer.

• May 2008 - Jul 2010

  Assistant, "Technologies for programming home robots" Group, JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency) ERATO User Interfaces for Design UI Project

  Object Drag And Drop
  A simple drag-and-drop interaction on a touch screen to give instructions to a delivery robot. I designed and prototyped robot control system. I made program for route finder of the robot, and vision(video camera) based object tracking system.
  Used Languages, Libraries and Tools: Java, rxtxlib, hacked roomba (roombacomm).
  Magic Card
  Designed the Folder for Magic Card (album of 2D barcode cards), and created promotion video.
  Used Tools: Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere.

Collaborative Research

• Jul 2011 - Oct 2011

  LG Electronics and University of Tokyo

  Research of future HCI
  We designed and prototyped future HCI system.

• Oct 2010 - Dec 2010

  T-mobile and University of Tokyo

  Digital Survival Project
  We proposed interaction system using future digital device.

Honors

• Sep 2011

  UTEC Award, The University of Tokyo Edge Capital

• Mar 2011

  Dean’s Honor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo.

• Jul 2010

  Outstanding Super Creator, IPA(Information-technology Promotion Agency, JAPAN), [web].

Education

• 2011 - (Graduation expected 2014)

  Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Information Studies), Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan

  Concentration: Human Computer Interaction
  Jun Rekimoto Lab.

• 2009 - 2011

  M.A.S. (Interdisciplinary Information Studies), Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan

  Concentration: Human Computer Interaction
  Jun Rekimoto Lab.

• 2005 - 2009

  BE Information & Image Science, Chiba University, Chiba Japan

  Concentration: Computer Vision

• 2004

  Tokyo Gakugei University Senior High School

• 2001

  AFS Intercultural Programs at Badger High School, Lake Geneva WI

Research Grants

• 2,960,000 JPY (3,2173.913 USD), IPA(Information-technology Promotion Agency, JAPAN) 2009 Exploratory IT Human Resources Project (MITOH Program).

Publications

• Yoshiki Takeoka, Takashi Miyaki, and Jun Rekimoto. 2010. Z-touch: an infrastructure for 3d gesture interaction in the proximity of tabletop surfaces. In ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS '10). pp. 91-94, [DOI].
• Kentaro Ishii, Yoshiki Takeoka, Masahiko Inami, Takeo Igarashi. 2010. Drag-and-drop interface for registration-free object delivery. In 19th IEEE Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2010). pp.228-233, [DOI].
• Yoshiki Takeoka, Takashi Miyaki, and Jun Rekimoto. 2010. Z-touch: a multi-touch system for detecting spatial gestures near the tabletop. In ACM SIGGRAPH 2010 Talks (SIGGRAPH '10), [DOI].

Activities

• Peer Reviewer for UIST 2011




• Chrome Extension for reporting TEPCO's power usage

  After the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyo-Oki Earthquake and tsunami struck our country nation on March 11th 2011, Tokyo and its urban area faced a power shortage. I built Chrome Browser extension for reporting power usage of TEPCO(Tokyo Electric Power Company) in toolbar of Chrome browser. It was released in a day after TEPCO starting to disclose power usage. Currently, more than 5000 users use this extension.
  [Chorme webstore]

• i.school human-centered innovation educational programs, The University of Tokyo

  • Young Investigators’ Forum 2011(Young CT 2011) of KAIST Graduate School of Culture Technology(GSCT), Korea.
  • Digital Survival Project – Joint Program with Kyoto University of Art and Design, facilitated by T-Mobile.
  • i.school Opening Workshop Powered by IDEO
  
  

• III Exhibition at The University of Tokyo

  • Web design: http://i3e.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp/i3eex2009/
  • Gallery Site Decoration: http://i3e.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp/i3e11/

Language Skills

• English: Business-level, TOEIC 845 (2008).
• Japanese: Native.

Computer Skills

• Programming Languages: C, C++, C#, Java.
• IDE: Visual Studio, eclipse, XCode, Emacs.
• Graphic Software: Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, Rhinoceros.
• Web Design: HTML, CSS, Javascript, ActionScript.
• Web Architect: Apache, JSP, Amazon Web Services.
• Platforms: Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, Android.
• Prototyping: Arduino, Processing, OpenFrameworks.
• Hardware Prototyping Machinery: Laser-cutter, 3D-printer.
• Software Library: OpenGL, OpenCV, Kinect-SDK.

References

References available upon request.

Hobbies

I love music, riding bike, DIY crafting, hacking and soldering.