Shoya Ishimaru
Shoya Ishimaru is a researcher at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and working toward Ph.D degree in the University of Kaiserslautern. His research interests are (1) inventing new technologies augmenting abilities of human begins and (2) investigating influences of the augmentations to human minds [publications, Google Scholar].
He received B.E. and M.E. degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Science from Osaka Prefecture University in 2014 and 2016. He has been a researcher at Keio Media Design Research Institute since 2014, a visiting researcher at Osaka Prefecture University since 2016, and a research associate at University of Kaiserslautern since 2016. He is leading a sub research group of Amplified Intelligence and constantly supervising 7-8 students. Four Master students and one Bachelor student received degrees with his supervision.
Shoya is also a software developer [software]. He likes not only programming but designing beautiful software. As an internship/part-time engineer, he worked for many IT companies including paperboy&co., Hatena, and Recruit. In 2016, he received a title of MITOU Super Creator by Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry in Japan by developing a system for visualizing the mental state. He gave a number of invited talks at universities, high schools, and TEDx. His mission in life is to invent amazing applications and to satisfy people all over the world.
Work Experience
- Visiting researcher, Osaka Prefecture University, 06.2016 - *
- Researcher, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), 04.2016 - *
- Research associate, University of Kaiserslautern, 04.2016 - *
- Data analysis internship, Recruit Holdings Co., 02.2015
- Engineering internship, Livesense Inc., 12.2014
- Researcher, Keio Media Design Research Institute, 11.2014 - *
- 5-days engineering internship, Cookpad Inc., 09.2014
- Engineering mentor, Life is Tech, Inc., 03.2013 - 04.2015
- Engineering internship, Hatena Co., 08.2012 - 09.2012
- Part-time software engineer, Paperboy&co. Inc, 06.2012 - 12.2012
- Software engineer, Campus. Inc., 05.2012 - 04.2013
Education
- Master of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 03.2016
- Bachelor of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 03.2014
Study Abroad
- University of La Rochelle, France, 09.2015 - 10.2015
- Kaiserslautern University of Technology, Germany, 10.2013 - 03.2014
Funds
- Co-investigator, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), FY2017-2019
- Representative, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), FY2017-2019
- IPA Exploratory IT Human Resources Project (MITOU), FY2015
Activities
- Poster Track Honorable Mention at UbiComp/ISWC 2018, 2018
- Gave a talk at TEDxNagouaU, 2017
- Demonstration at CeBIT in Hannover, 2017
- Certificated as Super Creator by METI and IPA Japan, 2016
- MashupAwards11: Semifinal stage, 2015
- President’s Honor in Osaka Prefecture University, 2015
- Poster Presentation in Osaka Prefecture University: Best Presentation Award, 2015
- 2Weeks US Workshop 2015 by Recruit Holdings Co.: Champion, 2015
- JINS MEME HACKATHON Powered by Mashup Awards: Champion, 2015
- IPA MITOU Program: Accept, 2015
- Imagine Cup 2015 Innovation Path: Best 3 at Japan preliminary round, 2015
- APPLICATION DEVELOPER FESTIVAL: Staff, 2015
- MIRU2014 Young Researchers’ Program: Best Presentation Award, Audience Award, 2014
- Super Hackathon 2013 in Osaka: Third place, 2013
- President’s Honor in Osaka Prefecture University, 2012
- Kyoto Hackathon: Champion, 2012
- MashupAwards8: Semifinal stage, 2012
- Prototyping Lab, KLab Inc: Champion, 2012
- Mock App Planning Contest, CyberAgent Inc: Final stage, 2012
- Tech-Tokyo, Application Development Contest for Students: Champion, 2012