Masahiro Shiomi

Masahiro Shiomi is a senior research scientist and a group leader of the Agent Interaction Design Laboratory at the Interaction Science Laboratories at ATR, Kyoto, Japan. He is also a visiting professor at Kobe University. He received his M. Eng, and Ph. D. degrees in engineering from Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, in 2004, and 2007, respectively. His research interests include human-robot interaction, social touch interaction, robotics for childcare, and multiple social robots. He served as a Program Chair on Ro-MAN2020, HAI2021, HRI2022 and an Associate Editor for the ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI).

Education

2007 Ph. D of Engineering, Osaka University
2004 Master of Engineering, Osaka University
2003 Bachelor of Engineering, Wakayama University

Employment

2013.4 - Group leader, Agent Interaction Design Laboratory at ATR Intelligent Robotics & Communication Laboratories.
2007.4 - Researcher, ATR Intelligent Robotics & Communication Laboratories.
2004.4 - 2007.3 Intern Researcher, ATR Intelligent Robotics & Communication Laboratories.
2003.7 - 2004.3 Intern Student, ATR Intelligent Robotics & Communication Laboratories.

Contact

2-2-2 Hikaridai
Keihanna Science City
Kyoto 619-0288 Japan
Tel +81 774 95 2570
Fax +81 774 95 1408
E-mail m-shiomi at atr.jp