Moe Nakamura Wins the Outstanding Presentation Award at JSKE Spring 2026

2026年4月15日 · 1 min read
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At the 21st Spring Conference of the Japan Society of Kansei Engineering (JSKE), held from March 16 to 18, 2026 at the Yoto Campus of Utsunomiya University, Ms. Moe Nakamura (POLA Chemical Industries; joining the lab as a working-adult doctoral student (D1) from April 2026) received the Outstanding Presentation Award.

Presentation title: “Contrastive Learning of Tactile Impressions and Physical Features from Free-Description Data – Connecting Free Verbal Expressions of Touch to Design”
Authors: Moe Nakamura, Kentaro Nomura, Koji Mizukoshi, Takaya Oishi, Toshiki Ikejima, Takato Horii

For details, see the announcement from the Social Robotics Group (Yoshikawa Lab).

Takato Horii
Authors
Associate Professor
Associate Professor at Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University. Research interests include cognitive developmental robotics, computational modeling of emotional development, and human-robot interaction.