Technical Committee on Human Communication Science (HCS) was held, and Ms. Tsukita, a collaborative researcher, made an oral presentation.

• Effect of Communication Training on Group Discussion — Comparison of with and without Improvisation —
  Yuka Tsukita (Cheers Inc.), Kazuki Takashima (Tohoku Univ.), Hitomi Yokoyama (Tokyo Univ of Agriculture and Technology), Junko Ichino (Kagawa Univ.), Yuichi Ito (Osaka Univ.), Ikuo Daibo (Tokyo Future Univ.), Yoshifumi Kitamura (Tohoku Univ.)

Nation-wide Cooperative Research Project Meeting “A Study for Human, Space, and Information Technologies” was held.

Ms. Miteki Ishikawa and Mr. Takuma Hagiwara made an oral presentation and demonstrate our work at INTERACTION 2017(a IPSJ symposium), and the paper presented by Mr. Takuma Hagiwara recieved Best Paper Award.

• 萩原拓真，高嶋和毅，モルテンフィールド，北村喜文: モバイルカメラを用いたデバイス間アドホックアプリケーション共有
• 石川美笛，高嶋和毅，中島康祐，北村喜文: 積み木遊び認識のためのスマートウォッチを活用した積み木型インタフェース

We enjoyed a farewell party.

Dr. Taku Komura at University of Edinburgh, UK, gave us a special lecture.

Oral examination of graduation thesis was held.

M2 students finished their master thesis with the final presentation.

Dr. Yuichi Itoh of Creative Unit of Osaka University visited us and gave us a talk.

A workshop for “Design of History and Context” was held by the Collaborative Graduate Program in Design, Kyoto University.

Prof. Rob Lindeman of University of Canterbury, New Zealand, staying with us as a Visiting Procfessor gave us a talk.