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NameMatsuda, Shota （松田 聖大）
BirthAugust 23, 1986
LocationTokyo, Japan
Contact / @sgss
Services (alphabetical)Amazon, Deskography, Facebook, Favstar, Flickr, FriendFeed, Github, Last.fm, LinkedIn, Mixi, Tumblr, Twitter, Vimeo

Education & Work Experience

(Apr. 2012 -)Master student. Applied Computer Science Course, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Tokyo University
Oct. 2011 - PresentDesigner. Bitcellar, Inc.
Jan. 2011 - PresentAssistant. Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), ERATO User Interfaces for Design (Design UI) Project
Oct. 2010 - PresentResearcher. Industry and Academia Partnerships, Ochadai Academic Production, Ochanomizu University
Feb. 2010, Sep. 2010Joined internships at Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), ERATO User Interfaces for Design (Design UI) Project.
Sep. 2009 - Apr. 2010Visiting researcher. Keio Research Institute at SFC
Aug. 2009Received B.A. in Environment and Information Studies.
Jan. 2005 - Jan. 2007Graphic designer. C&Z Communication Co. Ltd.
Assisted on website, flier, and package designs.
Apr. 2005Admitted to Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University.
Mar. 2005Finished Academic Inquiry on Culture Course at Kyoto Municipal Horikawa Senior High School.

Key Technical Skills

ProgrammingObjective-C, C, Python, PHP, JavaScript, ActionScript
ElectronicsEmbedded system development using PIC microcontroller, Arduino, EAGLE
Graphic DesignAdobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Processing
Motion GraphicsApple Motion, Final Cut Pro
CAD & 3D GraphicsVectorWorks, Cinema 4D

Awards & Prizes

  • Good Design Award (w/ Watanabe K., Kamiyama Y. & Monjo T.)
    Good Design Award 2011, Oct. 2011
  • Interactive Presentation Award (w/ Watanabe K. & Sato A.)
    Interaction 2011, Mar. 2011
  • Finalist Prize (w/ Tsukada K. & Oki M.)
    Mashup Awards 6, Dec. 2010
  • Incentive Award in Computer Science
    Information Processing Society of Japan (Japanese ACM), Jan. 2010
  • Finalist Prize on Interactive Art Section (w/ Watanabe K.)
    2009 Asia Digital Art Award, Dec. 2009
  • Finalist Prize and Juries’ Special Prize (w/ Watanabe K. & Sato A.)
    Mashup Awards 5, Nov. 2009
  • Super Creator certification by Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan
    IPA Exploratory IT Human Resources Project Youth Division 2008, May 2009
  • Best Demonstration Award (w/ Watanabe K.)
    Workshop on Interactive Systems and Software (WISS) 2008, Jun. 2008

Conferences

  1. Watanabe K., Matsuda S., Sato A., Inami M., Igarashi T.: "smoon: A Spoon with Automatic Capacity Adjustment", In Proceedings of Interaction 2011 (Demonstration), Mar. 2011. [PDF]
  2. Watanabe K., Matsuda S., Inami M., Igarashi T.: "AirSketcher: A Proposal of Direct Air Manipulation and its Development", In Proceedings of WISS 2010, Dec. 2010. [PDF]
  3. Watanabe K., Matsuda S., Yasumura M., Inami M., Igarashi T.: "CastOven: A Microwave Oven with Just-in-time Video Clips", In Adjunct Proceedings of Ubicomp 2010 (Demonstration), pp.385-386, Sep. 2010.
  4. Watanabe K., Sugawara K., Matsuda S., Yasumura M.: "Time-oriented Interface Design: Picking the Right Time and Method for Information Presentation", In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human-computer Interaction, pp.752-759, Jul. 2009.
  5. Matsuda S., Watanabe K., Yasumura M.: "Ainori: A Motivation Support System through the Share of Short-term Period Countdown", In Proceedings of WISS 2009 (Demo & Poster), Jun. 2009.
  6. Matsuda S., Yasumura M.: "Fontaine: An Automated Font Image Generation and Inline Typesetting System for Web", In Proceedings of the 50th IPSJ Programming Symposium, pp.81-90, Jan. 2009. [PDF]
  7. Watanabe K., Matsuda S., Yasumura M.: "CastOven: Providing Contents that Fit Each Waiting Time in Everyday Life", In Proceedings of WISS 2008 (Demo & Poster), Jun. 2008. [PDF]