Shoya Ishimaru is a Professor at Osaka Metropolitan University and the CEO of Affectify Inc. He formally worked as a Junior Professor (PI) at the University of Kaiserslautern, a Senior Researcher at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), and a Co-Founder CRO at Alphaben. He received his PhD in Engineering at the University of Kaiserslautern and the title of MITOU Super Creator by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry in Japan. His research interest is to invent new technologies augmenting human intellect [Google Scholar].
Academic Work Experience
| 2023-* | Professor, Osaka Metropolitan University |
| 2014-* | Researcher, Keio Media Design Research Institute |
| 2023-2025 | Project Professor, Osaka Metropolitan University |
| 2022-2023 | Visiting Associate Professor, Osaka Metropolitan University |
| 2021-2023 | Junior Professor (PI), University of Kaiserslautern |
| 2016-2022 | Visiting Researcher, Osaka Prefecture University |
| 2016-2019 | Research Associate, University of Kaiserslautern |
Industrial Work Experience
| 2023-* | Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Affectify Inc. |
| 2021-2023 | Co-Founder & Chief Research Officer (CRO), Alphaben GbR |
| 2019-2023 | Senior Researcher, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) |
| 2016-2019 | Researcher, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) |
Internship, Part-Time Job, and Service
| 2020-* | Mentor (PM), Mitou Junior |
| 2013-2015 | Engineering mentor, Life is Tech, Inc. |
| 2015 | Engineering Internship, Recruit Holdings Co. |
| 2014 | Engineering Internship, Livesense Inc. |
| 2014 | Engineering Internship, Cookpad Inc. |
| 2012-2013 | Software Engineer, Campus. Inc. |
| 2012 | Part-time Software Engineer, Paperboy&co. Inc |
| 2012 | Engineering Internship, Hatena Co. |
Education
| 2016-2019 | PhD in Engineering, University of Kaiserslautern |
| “Meta-Augmented Human: From Physical to Cognitive Towards Affective State Recognition”, Reviewers: Prof. Andreas Dengel, Prof. Paul Lukowicz, and Prof. Koichi Kise | |
| 2014-2016 | Master of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University |
| “Eyewear Computing for Cognitive Activity Recognition”, Reviewers: Prof. Koichi Kise, Prof. Tomoharu Nakashima, and Prof. Hisao Ishibuchi | |
| 2010-2014 | Bachelor of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University |
| “Activity Recognition with Google Glass: Combining Head Motion and Eye Blink Frequency”, Reviewers: Prof. Koichi Kise and Prof. Kai Kunze | |
| Visiting | University of La Rochelle (2015.09-10), University of Kaiserslautern (2013.10-2014.03) |
Ph.D. Thesis Supervision
| 2024 | Ko Watanabe, "Accelerating Knowledge Transfer by Sensing and Actuating Social-Cognitive States" |
Master Thesis Supervision
| 2023 | Javier Alberto Carrasco Melo, "Automatic classification of difficulty of text from eye gaze and physiological measure of L2 English Speakers" |
| 2023 | Rashmi Alur Ramachandra, "User Stress Levels Detection by Physiological Sensing and Deep Learning" |
| 2023 | Tanuja Sathyanarayana, "Using Deep Neutral Networks to Predict Engagement in Online Meeting Based on Facial Expression" |
| 2022 | Ali Mert İnal, "Effect of Conversational Agents on Learning and Cognitive Load" |
| 2022 | Andreas Rohde, "Identifying Confidence and Correctness in Problem-Solving of Graphing Tasks with Eye tracking and Smartpad Data" |
| 2021 | Prerna Garg, "A Survey and Evaluation of Sensor Based Multimodal Physiological Datasets for Stress Detection" |
| 2021 | Pramod Vadiraja, "Leveraging Machine Learning to Improve Comprehension by Content Personalization Based on the Cognitive State of the Reader" |
| 2020 | Arka Sinha, "Object Recognition on Learning Materials with Deep Neural Networks for Document Understanding" |
| 2020 | Ann-Sophie Steinert, "Preference-Aware Learning Material with Document Layout Optimization" |
| 2020 | Emil Baitemirov, "Automated Detection of Mind Wandering while Reading and Listening Music" |
| 2019 | Jan Holub, "Estimating Cognitive Load Using Deep Learning Methods" |
| 2019 | Jayasankar Santhosh, "Objective Readability Measurement of Unknown Documents by Generating Artificial Eye Movements" |
| 2018 | Iuliia Brishtel, "Mental Workload When Reading From Different Media" |
| 2018 | Soumy Jacob, "Predicting Human Perception while Reading using Eye Tracking and Other Metrics" |
| 2018 | Jawad Hussain, "Investigating Reading and Skimming Classifier and Its Application in Gaze Oriented Reading" |
Bachelor Thesis Supervision
| 2024 | Nikita Khutorni, "Predicting Procrastination: A Real-Time Approach Using Biofeedback and Emotional Analysis" |
| 2018 | Ann-Sophie Steinert, "Investigation of the Relationship between Reading Order and Reading Behaviour on a Textbook using Eye Tracking" |
Teaching
| 2022 WS | Neurocognitive Computing |
| 2019-22 SS | Collaborative Intelligence (Co-lecturing with Prof. Dengel) |
Grants
| 2020-2023 | Key Researcher, DFG ANR JST International Call on Artificial Intelligence |
| 2020-2022 | Co-Investigator, JSPS Fostering Joint International Research (B) |
| 2020-2022 | Co-Investigator, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) |
| 2017-2019 | Co-Investigator, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) |
| 2017-2019 | Representative, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) |
| 2015 | Creator, IPA MITOU Exploratory IT Human Resources Project |
Organizing
| 2022.09 | Co-Organizer for LeCycl 2022 |
| 2022.03 | Program Committee for Augmented Humans 2022 |
| 2021.02 | Program Committee for Augmented Humans 2021 |
| 2020.03 | Program Co-Chair for Augmented Humans 2020 |
| 2019.09 | Co-Organizer for EyeWild 2019 |
| 2019.03 | Program Committee for PerPersuasion 2019 |
| 2018.10 | Program Committee for READ 2018 |
| 2015.03 | Co-Organizer for Application Developer Festival 2015 |
| Reviewing | IMWUT, IEEE Pervasive, IEEE Access, IJDAR, Sensors, Mathematics, IPSJ, CHI, ISWC, IUI, AHs, MobileHCI |
Awards and Honorable Activities
Contact
| Private | firstname.lastname@gmail.com |
| Official | lastname@omu.ac.jp |