Shutaro Aoyama is a research-focused software engineer blending 8 years of hands-on development with interdisciplinary study in CS and philosophy at Columbia. Currently contributing to Sony CSL, OIST, and the Naemura Lab at The University of Tokyo, he works at the intersection of HCI, AI-mediated communication, and VR-enabled teleoperation—first-author on an IEEE VR 2024 paper about asynchronous robot teleoperation. His background spans full-stack product builds, grant-funded educational platforms, and applied research in video saliency and voice-mediated learning systems, showing an ability to move projects from prototype to publication and deployment. He has also influenced AI and digital policy through a Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry internship that earned top awards, revealing a rare mix of technical depth and policy literacy. Based in New York, he pursues rethinking human-reality interaction with a pragmatic focus on interfaces that scale across research and real-world settings.
9 years of coding experience
Gunma Kokusai Academy
College of Arts and Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences at 東京大学
Bachelor of Science - BS, ENGINEERING, Bachelor of Science - BS, ENGINEERING at Columbia University
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