Welcome to Karuizawa!
The ASPIRE Workshop brings together leading researchers and participating groups to share recent progress, foster collaboration, and advance cutting-edge research in our field.
Key Information
- Venue: Karuizawa Prince Hotel West, International Conventional Hall “Asama” (浅間)
- Transportation: Complimentary charter bus service between Institute of Science Tokyo (Ookayama Campus) and Karuizawa Prince Hotel
- Presentation Format: 15-minute presentation followed by 5-minute Q&A session for postdocs and students
- Accommodation: All participants will stay at Karuizawa Prince Hotel West to facilitate networking and collaboration
- Single Room: ¥64,300 / 2 nights
- Twin Room: ¥79,800 / 2 nights (¥39,900 per person)
- Attendance Fee: ¥15,794 per person will be charged separately, including the Night Session on March.13
- Language: Presentations and discussions will be conducted in English
Program Schedule
Day 1 — Thursday, March 12
9:30–13:00
Travel Charter bus departs from Science Tokyo, arrives at Karuizawa Prince Hotel
13:00–13:45
Lunch Welcome Lunch & Registration
13:45–14:00
Opening Opening Remarks
Hideki Koike (Institute of Science Tokyo)
14:00–14:20
Session 1 Exploring the Social Function of AI in Workplace and Relational Communication
Chi-Lan Yang (University of Tokyo)
14:20–14:40
Session 1 Designing for Sensory Experiences
Tor Salve Dalsgaard (University of Copenhagen)
14:40–15:00
Session 1 Toward Cross-Agent 4D Interaction Generation
Yichen Peng (Institute of Science Tokyo)
15:00–15:20
Session 1 Comparing Partially-Stabilized and Skeletal Reference Frames for Intuitive Hand Guidance
Takashige Suzuki (University of Tokyo)
15:20–15:35
Break Coffee Break
15:35–15:55
Session 2 Effects of Agents and Avatars on Human Memory
Takato Mizuho (University of Tokyo)
15:55–16:15
Session 2 A Progressive Training Method for Sports Skill Acquisition
Chen-Chieh Liao (Institute of Science Tokyo)
16:15–16:35
Session 2 Human-Centered XR for Time-Critical Flood Crisis Management
Solmaz Goodarzi (University of Hamburg)
16:35–16:55
Session 2 Exploring Thermal Contact Potentials for Hand–Object Interaction Refinement
Kohei Miura (Osaka University)
Day 2 — Friday, March 13
–14:00
Free Time Individual Discussions & Collaboration Planning
14:00–14:30
Keynote Keynote Speech
Kris Kitani (Carnegie Mellon University)
14:30–14:50
Session 3 Toward Intelligent Digital Twins: Perception Generation and Applications
Qi Feng (Waseda University)
14:50–15:10
Session 3 From Shared Attention to Human-AI Collaboration
Jesse Grootjen (LMU Munich)
15:10–15:30
Session 3 A Ski Coaching System Using Insole Sensors and Multimodal Large Language Models
Toshihiro Hirano (Institute of Science Tokyo)
15:30–16:00
Break Coffee Break
16:00–16:20
Session 4 Human-Robot Collaboration Design Space for Critical Large Scale Infrastructures
Xinyu Chen (University of Hamburg)
16:20–16:40
Session 4 Track Understand and Augment Human States for Motor Skill Acquisition
Ruofan Liu (Institute of Science Tokyo)
16:40–17:00
Session 4 Displaying Different Images Based on Gaze Movement Directions Using High-Speed Projection
Ryusuke Miyazaki (Institute of Science Tokyo)
17:00–17:20
Session 4 Target Image Adaptation in Projection Mapping Using Learnable Contrast and Brightness
Thanapong Sommart (Osaka University)
17:20–17:30
Closing Day 2 Closing
17:30–18:00
Free Time Break & Free Time
Day 3 — Saturday, March 14
09:00–09:10
Opening Day 3 Opening
09:10–09:30
Session 5 Multi-View 4D Human Reconstruction under Interaction Scenarios
Jyun-ting Song (Carnegie Mellon University)
09:30–09:50
Session 5 Toward Embodied AI that Promotes Trust Between Visually Impaired and Sighted Individuals
Sotaro Yokoi (University of Tokyo)
09:50–10:10
Session 5 Humanity-centered Augmentation
David Steeven Villa Salazar (LMU Munich)
10:10–10:30
Session 5 Attention Guidance Using Saccade-Aware Cues
Masahiro Nara (Institute of Science Tokyo)
10:30–10:45
Break Coffee Break
10:45–11:05
Session 6 Enhancing Personalized Vision Through AR and Metaverse
Yuichi Hiroi (Cluster Metaverse Lab)
11:05–11:25
Session 6 Shadowless Projection Mapping with Large-Format Fresnel Lens
Hiroki Kusuyama (Osaka University)
11:25–11:45
Session 6 Enhancing Material Appearance in Projection Mapping
Masaki Takeuchi (Osaka University)
11:45–12:05
Session 6 Dependency-aware Non Linear Task Guidance in Augmented Reality
Bowen Yuan (University of South Australia)
12:05–12:15
Closing Closing Remarks & Group Photo
12:15–13:00
Lunch Farewell Lunch
13:30–
Travel Charter bus returns to Tokyo
ASPIRE Project Members
Albrecht Schmidt
Professor
LMU Munich
Barry Brown
Professor
University of Copenhagen
Daisuke Iwai
Professor
Osaka University
Erwin Wu
Research Associate Professor
Institute of Science Tokyo
Frank Steinicke
Professor
University of Hamburg
Gordon Wetzstein
Associate Professor
Stanford University
Hideaki Kuzuoka
Professor
The University of Tokyo
Hideki Koike
Professor
Institute of Science Tokyo
Kris Kitani
Research Associate Professor
Carnegie Mellon University
Mark Billinghurst
Professor
University of South Australia
Shio Miyafuji
Assistant Professor
Institute of Science Tokyo
Takuji Narumi
Associate Professor
The University of Tokyo
Invited Guests
Shigeo Morishima
Professor
Waseda University
Katsutoshi Masai
Assistant Professor
Kyushu University
Yuta Itoh
Associate Professor
Institute of Science Tokyo
Contact
Hideki Koike: koike@c.titech.ac.jp
Erwin Wu: wu.e.aa@m.titech.ac.jp