Summary
Parinya Punpongsanon is an Associate Professor and PI at Saitama University with a decade of experience bridging human–computer interaction, digital fabrication, and visual perception research. He earned a Ph.D. in System Innovation from Osaka University and has held postdoctoral roles at MIT CSAIL and research fellowships with JSPS, giving him a strong international academic footprint. Technically fluent in Matlab, C++, SQL and computer science fundamentals, he blends rigorous experimental work with practical prototyping and digital fabrication. His trajectory spans academia and industry—from core banking systems work early in his career to advanced HCI labs—reflecting an unusual mix of production-grade engineering and scholarly inquiry. Parinya’s work often explores perceptual and interaction problems with hands-on systems, and he maintains an active lab presence (FIPResearch) and personal site with detailed projects.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Applied Computer Science in Multimedia, 3.63, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Applied Computer Science in Multimedia, 3.63 at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), System Innovation (Engineering), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), System Innovation (Engineering) at Osaka University
Exchange Student, Multimedia Engineering, Exchange Student, Multimedia Engineering at University of Fukui
Thai, Japanese, English