Presenter

Shoko Kimura is a Project researcher. She received her Doctor of Engineering degree at the Department of Architecture Design, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan in 2024. She received her B. Eng. from Nihon University in 2009 and her M.S. degree from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in 2021, respectively. Her current interests are Mental/Autism/Developmental Disability Support, Calm Down, Inclusive, Digital Rehabilitation, Digital Fabrication, Media art, and Interaction. Before she worked at Yamagata University as a researcher between 2015-2016, and an Academic Specialist and Technician at The University of Tokyo from 2021-2023, Assistant Professor from 2023-2025, at the Department of Intelligent Information Technology at Aoyama Gakuin University. She was also previously interested in HCI, affective engineering, and facial emotion. These studies are connected to the realization of an inclusive society that she is aiming for.

She is a member of ACM and IEEE.
Artwork website: https://internal-space.com/
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