Faculty Profile

 Short Bio 

Tipporn Laohakangvalvit (Tip) was born and lived in Thailand. She enrolled in a 4-year undergraduate program at Computer Engineering Department, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Thailand in 2009 to 2012, and continued to Master's program there right after that.

She moved to Tokyo, Japan, since September 2014 to enroll in the Master+Doctoral program (Hybrid Twinning Program) at the Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan. Then, she proceeded to the doctoral program at SIT from 2015. After receiving a Ph.D. in 2018, she pursue her research career as a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). From Oct 2020, she started her career at SIT as Assistant Professor. She is promoted as an Associate Professor from April 2025.

 Research Interest 

Affective Computing & Kansei Engineering

Biological Signal Processing

Data Science & AI Applications

Kawaii Engineering

Usability & UX Design and Evaluation

 Education 

2009 - 2013

B.Eng., Computer Engineering (First class honor)

King Mongkut’s University of Technology (KMUTT), Thailand

2013 - 2017

M.Eng., Computer Engineering

King Mongkut’s University of Technology (KMUTT), Thailand

2014 - 2015

M.Eng., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Hybrid Twinning Program)

Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan

2015 - 2018

Ph.D., Functional Control Systems (Hybrid Twinning Program, MEXT Scholarship)

Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan

 Career 

2018.11 - 2020.09

Postdoctoral Fellow

Digital Human Research Team, AI Research Center, The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

2020.10 - 2025.03

Assistant Professor

Innovative Global Program, College of Engeineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan

2025.04 - Present

Associate Professor

Innovative Global Program, College of Engeineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan

 Languages 

Thai (Native)

English (Business level)

Japanese (Intermediate level, N2)

 Lectures 

Graduate Course

• Data Science for Human Behavior Analysis

Undergraduate Courses

• Introduction to Affective Computing

• Data Structures and Algorithms

• Database System

• Introduction to Computer Programming 

• Making Effective Presentations

• Diversity and Cultures of Other Countries (Omnibus course)

• Introduction to Advanced Science and Technology (Omnibus course - 1 Lecture)

 Membership 

• Regular member, Association for the Advancement of Affective Computing (AAAC), 2022-Present.

• Regular member, SIG on Kawaii Products, Japan Society of Kansei Engineering (JSKE), 2020-Present.

 Academic Activities 

• Program Co-chair, Asia Pacific Conference on Robot IoT System Development and Platform (APRIS), 2022-2023.

• Co-organizer, Online gPBL between SIT and DePauw University, USA, 2021-2023. Press Release: [EN][JP]

• Judge, Online gPBL between SIT and Suranaree University, Thailand, 2021.

• Robot contest committee member, Asia Pacific Conference on Robot IoT System Development and Platform (APRIS), 2021.

• Organizing committee, 21st Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Kansei Engineering, 2019.

• Global Student Staff (GSS), Shibaura Institute of Technology, 2014-2018.

• Global Learning Commons (GLC) student staff, SIT, 2015-2017.

 Research Grants 

• Co-investigator, "Design and Cross-Cultural Perceptions of Cuteness in Robotic Gadgets", International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program (OISE-1854255), the United States National Science Foundation (NSF), 2020-2023.

• Co-investigator, "Extraction and quantification of the characteristics of Japanese kawaii fashion and visualization of its positioning” (in Japanese), Grants-in-Aid Scientific Research (20K12032), JSPS, 2021-2023.

• Co-investigator, “Establishment of a diagnostic method for mental illness and depression under post-COVID condition and construction of AI system” (in Japanese), A-STEP (JPMJTM20LT), JST, 2021-2022.

 Awards 

2024.11

The Best Paper Award (Co-author)

Asia Pacific Conference on Robot IoT System Development and Platform (APRIS2022)

2022.11

The Best Short Paper Award (Co-author)

Asia Pacific Conference on Robot IoT System Development and Platform (APRIS2022)

2022.03

特別賞 (Co-author)

第17回日本感性工学会春季大会

2021.07

The Best Student Paper Award (Co-author)

International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2021)

2020.09

Publication Award

Japan Society of Kansei Engineering (JSKE)

Co-author of Kawaii Engineering: Measurements, Evaluations, and Applications of Attractiveness

2018.09

President’s Award (Global)

Doctoral Program, Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT)

2018.09

Sub Major Program Completion Award

Doctoral Program, Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT)

2015.09

Hisayoshi Yanai (Academic Excellence) Award

Master's Program, Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT)