Dr. Sakamoto received his B.A.Media Architecture, M.Systems Information Science, and Ph.D. in Systems Information Science from Future University-Hakodate in 2004, 2006, and 2008, respectively. His research interests include human-robot interaction, human-computer interaction, interaction design and user interface in general. He received the best paper award at HRI, IUI, VRST, ICAT, and honorable mention at CHI, Grand Prix du Jury at Laval Virtual.