Hidenobu Sumioka PhD(Eng).
Personal Info.
Birthday: 12th, April, 1979
Nationality: Japan
Address
Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratory, ATR
2-2-2 Hikaridai, Keihanna Science City,
Kyoto 619-0288, Japan
Tel: +81 774 95 1451
E-Mail: sumioka@atr.jp
Researh activities
Affiliation
Apr. 2017 - : An guest associate professor, Intelligent Robotics Laboratory, Dept. of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
Apr. 2016 - : A visiting associate professor, Graduate School of Intercultural studies, Kobe University
Apr. 2014 - : A group leader of Presence Media Research Group, Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories in ATR, Japan.
Jan. 2012 - : A researcher of Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratory in ATR, Japan.
Apr. 2010 - Dec. 2011: A senior assistant at Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2010: A fellow of Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
I was also a researcher of Pioneering Integrated Engineering, Dept. of Adaptive Machine Systems, Grad. School of Eng., Osaka university, Japan (Oct. 2008 - Mar. 2010) and a visiting researcher of Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Switzerland (Apr. 2009 - Mar. 2010).
Education
Oct. 2005 - Sep. 2008: Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering (Osaka University) (25, Sep. 2008)
Apr. 2004 - Sep. 2005: Master of Engineering (Osaka University)
Apr. 2000 - Mar. 2004: Bachelor of Engineering (Osaka University)
Membership
The Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ)
Activities
Editorial Board Member of BMC Psychology (2025-)
Associate Editor of the International Journal of Social Robotics (2022-)
Guest Editor of Frontiers in Robotics and AI (2020-2021)
Main organizer of workshop on Design of human likeness in HRI from uncanny valley to minimal design in the ACM/IEEE international conference on human-robot interaction (2013)
A member of program committee of IROS'12 workshop on Assistance and service robotics in a human environment (2012)
General chair of the 2nd international conference on morphological computation at Venice, Italy (2011)
Co-organizer of ECCEROBOT workshop at Venice, Italy (2011)
A member of Kansai Local Network Group for Young Robotics Researchers (2008 - )
Research Grants
Financial support for the 2nd international conference on morphological computation from EUCogII (2011)
EU 7th Framework, "Extending Sensorimotor Contingencies to Cognition" (eSMCs), main contact person of UZH ( Jan. 2011 - Dec. 2014)
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2010)