Junichi Shimizu
Interaction Researcher. Designing Interactive/Generative Music Experience.
WORK
2022.09 - now
Visiting Researcher. UAL Creative Computing Institute
2021 - now
User Interface Developer at Sony Computer Science Laboratories. Music Team at Tokyo
2017 - now
Interaction Research at SONY Group (Human Interaction Team)
Research theme
- Gesture recognition development (5 years) Developing Headphone Gesture Interface
- Sound / Music interaction design (3 years)
- Material/Physical Interaction research group(3 years)
Award Activity
2016
- Received “Most Creative Interface Honorable Mention” at UIST 2016 Student Innovation Competition
2018-2019
- Milan Design Award Best Playfulness 2018 : take in charge of a part of interaction design
- Red Dot: Luminary 2019 – Hidden Senses nominated for top accolade in the Red Dot Award
- Appeared in MUTEK.JP AI Music Lab as GADARA
Computing
Programming Languages - Python, Javascript, C#, C++, Kotlin, Swift etc.
Sound/Music - Pure Data, Max/MSP, Ableton Live etc.
Prototyping - Arduino,Fusion 360, etc.
UI Desgin - Adbobe premiere, XD, Illustrator, AfterEffect
Education
2015-2017
Master Degree at Keio University Graduate School of Media Design.
2011-2015
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Tokyo University of Science
STUDY ABROAD
Stanford University, Design Program ” Joint Project-Based Global Learning ”
Publication
GANStrument: Adversarial Instrument Sound Synthesis with Pitch-invariant Instance Conditioning
- Gaku Narita, Junichi Shimizu, and Taketo Akama (Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan)
Itchy nose: discreet gesture interaction using EOG sensors in smart eyewear
- Juyoung Lee, Hui-Shyong Yeo, Murtaza Dhuliawala, Jedidiah Akano Junichi Shimizu, Thad Starner,Aaron Quigley,Woontack Woo, Kai Kunze.
- ISWC ‘17 Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers
Eyewear to Make Me Smile: Can Electric Muscle Stimulation increase Happiness?
- Lai Yen-Chin, YuanLing Feng, Junichi Shimizu, Kai Kunze, Takuro Nakao. -
- TEI ‘17 Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
Smooth eye movement interaction using EOG glasses
- Murtaza Dhuliawala, Juyoung Lee, Junichi Shimizu, Andreas Bulling, Kai Kunze, Thad Starner, Woontack Woo.
- ICMI 2016 Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction Pages 307-311
Eye movement interactions in google cardboard using a low cost EOG setup
- Junichi Shimizu, George Chernyshov.
- September 2016 UbiComp ‘16: Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
Solar system: smooth pursuit interactions using EOG glasses
- Junichi Shimizu, Juyoung Lee, Murtaza Dhuliawala, Andreas Bulling, Thad Starner, Woontack Woo, Kai Kunze.
- September 2016 UbiComp ‘16: Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
Eye blink as an input modality for a responsive adaptable video system
- Benjamin Tag, Junichi Shimizu, Chi Zhang, Naohisa Ohta, Kai Kunze, Kazunori Sugiura.
- September 2016 UbiComp ‘16: Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
In the Eye of the Beholder: The Impact of Frame Rate on Human Eye Blink
- Benjamin Tag, Junichi Shimizu, Chi Zhang, Kai Kunze, Naohisa Ohta, Kazunori Sugiura.
- May 2016 CHI EA ‘16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Patent
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
- Publication number: 20220004250
- Publication date: January 6, 2022
- Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
- Inventors: Ryouhei YASUDA, Tsuyoshi ISHIKAWA, Takayoshi SHIMIZU, Kei TAKAHASHI, Junichi SHIMIZU
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
- Publication number: 20210366450
- Publication date: November 25, 2021
- Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
- Inventors: Kei TAKAHASHI, Junichi SHIMIZU
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
- Publication number: 20210303439
- Publication date: September 30, 2021
- Applicant: Sony Corporation
- Inventors: Hideo NAGASAKA, Kei TAKAHASHI, Junichi SHIMIZU