Faculty List of Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, University of Tsukuba, is available to view.
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01.Faculty List
Program Faculty (June 26, 2026)
Research Supervisors
| Name | Position & Affiliation | Field of Research |
|---|---|---|
| AIYAMA Yasumichi | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Robotics, Manipulation |
| IZAWA Jun | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Embodied-Brain Systems Science |
| UTSURO Takehito | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Intelligence Technology and Natural Language Processing |
| OKADA Yukihiko | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master's and Doctoral Program in Policy and Planning Sciences | Management Accounting, Service Marketing & Management |
| KAWAMOTO Hiroaki | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Biological Control Systems |
| KURODA Yoshihiro | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Biology Systems Engineering and Medical System |
| KOGA Hiroki | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Information Theory, Information Security |
| SUZUKI Kenji | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Artificial Intelligence,Robotics |
| TANAKA Fumihide | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Social Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction |
| TSUKADA Masato | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Image Engineering, Colour Engineering |
| TEZUKA Taro | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Machine Learning, Computational Neuroscience, Signal Processing |
| NAKAUCHI Yasushi | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Human-Robot Interaction, IoT, Deep-Sea Drone |
| NOBUHARA Hajime | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Computational Intelligence, Drones |
| MOCHIYAMA Hiromi | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Robotics, Haptics |
| MORITA Masahiko | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Neural Information Processing |
| YANO Hiroaki | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Virtual Reality |
| YABUNO Hiroshi | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Nonlinear Dynamical Systems |
| YAMAMOTO Kou | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Humanoid Robotics, Soft Robotics, Human Crowd Simulation, Biomechanics |
| WAKATSUKI Naoto | Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Applied Acoustics |
| KAMEDA Yoshinari | Professor, Center for Computational Sciences, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Intelligence Technology and Mixed Reality |
| KITAHARA Itaru | Professor, Center for Computational Sciences, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Computer Vision |
| EBIHARA Tadashi | Associate Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Information and Telecommunication Engineering |
| KAKEYA Hideki | Associate Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | 3D Imaging, Media Technology |
| KAWASAKI Masahiro | Associate Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology |
| SAKAINO Sho | Associate Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Motion Control, Mechatronics, Haptics |
| SHIBUYA Takeshi | Associate Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Machine learning |
| ZEMPO Keiichi | Associate Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Array Signal Processing, Service Systems |
| DATE Hisashi | Associate Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Control engineering, Robot control |
| NIIZATO Takayuki | Associate Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Complex system, Collective behaviour |
| HASHIMOTO Yuki | Associate Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Tactile Interface |
| HASEGAWA Manabu | Associate Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | System Modeling |
| HACHISU Taku | Associate Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Haptics, Human-Computer Interactions |
| HIRONO Yuji | Associate Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Non-equilibrium physics, Machine learning, Systems biology |
| HOSHINO Junichi | Associate Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Entertainment Computing |
| MAEDA Yuka | Associate Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Biomedical Instrumentation |
| YEM Vibol | Associate Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | VR/XR and Robotics |
| YAMAGUCHI Tomoyuki | Associate Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Instrumentation and Computing Engineering |
| KUMANO Shiro | Visiting Associate Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Affective Computing |
| KAWAI Shin | Assistant Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Control Theory |
| NGUYEN Van Triet | Assistant Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | System Control, Electrical Power System |
| TAKATANI Tsuyoshi | Assistant Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Computational Imaging, Computer Vision, Computer Graphics |
| PUENTES Sandra M. | Assistant Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Neurophysiology |
| HASSAN Modar | Assistant Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Cyber-physical interfaces, Wearable technology, Mechatronics, Human performance |
Assistant Research Supervisors
| Name | Position & Affiliation | Field of Research |
|---|---|---|
| YIM Youchan | Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Human-Robot Interaction, Haptics, Cyber-physical system |
| UEHARA Akira | Assistant Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Cybernics |
| SUZUKI Yasuhiro | Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Biological Control Systems, Behavioral Design |
| NAKAO Atsushi | Assistant Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Data Assimilation, Fluid dynamics, Geodynamics |
| BARRADAS Victor R. | Assistant Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Human Motor Control and Learning |
| MATSUMOTO Keigo | Assistant Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Virtual Reality, Computational Neuroscience |
| XIE Chun | Assistant Professor, Center for Computational Sciences, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems | Computer vision, Augmented reality |
Course Instructors
| Name | Position & Affiliation | Field of Research |
|---|---|---|
| MATSUDA Soichiro | Assistant Professor, Institute of Human Sciences, Master’s and Doctoral Program in Psychology, Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, |
Behavioral Design, Applied Behavior Analysis, Autism Spectrum Disorder |