Work Experience

・General Incorporated Association Successability

Director (2023-)

・University of Tsukuba

Researcher (2022-)

・AIST: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Technical Staff (2016-2019)

・Forethumb LLC

COO / Co-founder (2016-2018)

・Seginus Co.Ltd.

CEO / Founder (2015-2016)

Publications

Peer-reviewed International Conference Paper

• Akira Kashihara, Tomoyuki Yamaguchi, "A Development of Color Lighting Device to Indicate Subjective Palatability," 2020 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, Hawaii, USA, Jan. 2020.
  doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/SII46433.2020.9025936

Presentation

• Akira Kashihara, Fukuko Hasegawa, Tomone Takahashi, Masayoshi Ogura, Hideyuki Haraguchi, Ginga Sasaki, "The Exploratory Survey of Usage Data with Chatbot for
  Neurodiverse Individuals," 39th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity, Hawaii, USA, Mar. 2024.

Education

Ph.D. Program in Empowerment  Informatics, University of Tsukuba, JAPAN  (2019-2023, Incomplete)

College of Engineering Systems, University of Tsukuba, JAPAN (2014-2019)

Degree

Master of Human Informatics (University of Tsukuba, 2021)

Bachelor of Engineering (University of Tsukuba, 2019)

Grant & Adoption

・The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

DC1  (2021-2022)

・The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

21J20373  (2021-2022)

・Challenge Grant

Grant from my graduate course  (2020-2021)

・Unicorn Company Development Program

MOMO  (2019-2020)

・Edge Next Advanced 

(2017-2018)

・Talent Connect

(2016)

TA: Teaching Assistant & Lecture

・Research Proposal Writing Workshop in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems II

TA  (2021)

・Tsukuba Creative Camp Advanced

TA  (2019-2020)

・Technical English Exercise

TA  (2020)

・Tsukuba Creative Camp Advanced

Adviser  (2018)

・The Program for the Development of Next-Generation Leaders

Lecture  (2017)

・Sakura Science Plan, JST Program

Lecture  (2017)

・Venture Business

Lecture  (2015-2016)

License

• Amateur Third-Class Radio Operator

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