Jotaro Shigeyama
Senior Research Engineer at Sony | R&D
Chiyoda, Japan
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Top SchoolJotaro Shigeyama is a Senior Research Engineer at Sony with 11 years of experience at the intersection of human-computer interaction, machine learning, and mechatronics. He holds a Dr.rer.nat. in HCI from Hasso Plattner Institute (magna cum laude) and earlier degrees from The University of Tokyo, with a scholarship-backed research record that includes awards and presentations at SIGGRAPH, CHI, and UIST. His background spans applied AI (deep-learning face classification at teamLab), hardware and motor-control engineering, and academic-grade HCI research, enabling him to translate novel interaction concepts into practical prototypes. Notably, his work has received CHI Best Paper nominations and advanced to SIGGRAPH SRC semi-finals, reflecting both academic rigor and design-forward impact. Based in Chiyoda, Tokyo, he blends strong interdisciplinary training with hands-on R&D experience in consumer technology.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
University of TokyoDoctor of Science (Dr.rer.nat.), Human Computer Interaction, magna cum laude, Doctor of Science (Dr.rer.nat.), Human Computer Interaction, magna cum laude at Hasso Plattner InstituteAssociate's degree, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, 4.0, The highest honor, Associate's degree, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, 4.0, The highest honor at Tokuyama National College of Technology
German, English, Japanese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (44)
material-icons10
javascript9
open-source9
marketplace9
vscode8
vscode-extension8
openframeworks6
mongodb6
nodejs6
api6
emacs6
face6
face-recognition5
speech5
mocap5
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
HassoPlattnerInstituteHCI/SpeechIOForUnity
Aug 2020 - Oct 2021
A ready-to-use Unity plugin for Speech Input/Output using native Speech API
Contributions:1 release, 14 reviews, 9 commits in 1 year 2 months
apiinput-outputspeech-inputunity-pluginspeech-api
JotaroS/jotaro-homepage-hugo
Dec 2017 - Apr 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 37 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 4 months
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