Interestead members enjoyed excursion to cherry farm in Tendo, Yamagata.

Mr. Nonaka, Mr. Tachizawa, and Dr. Yamaguchi of Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. visited us.

We enjoyed a Cherry Blossom Viewing Party 2012 in Katahira Campus.

We enjoyed a welcome party.

Dr. Hitomi Yokoyama has joined as a Research Fellow. And new graduate and undergraduate students have joind to our lab.

Mr. Isao Kimura, Mr. Masafumi Takimoto, and Mr. Shigekazu Shimizu of Canon Inc. visited us.

Mr. Yasuaki Kanatsugu and Mr. Masaru Kanazawa of NHK Engineering Service and Mr. Kinji Matsumura of Japan Broadcasting Corporation visited us.

Oral examination of graduation thesis was held.

We enjoyed a party for farewell + celebrating the success of graduation thesis and entrance examination.

Prof. Masayuki Numao and Koichi Moriyama of Osaka University visited us.

Prof. Hidefumi Kotani and Prof. Masahiro Nishikawa of International Christian University and Prof. Tomoaki Adachi of Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University visited us.

Meeting of “Next Generation Human Interface for Interactive Content” was held based on the framework of the Nation-wide Cooperative Research Projects.

Prof. Yue Chen, Prof. Guochuan Zhang, Prof. Li Chen, Prof. Qing Gao，and Prof. Hangyu Chen of Zhejiang University, China, vistied us.

Prof. Tomoko Yonezawa of Kansai University visited us.

Prof. Minako Nakamura of Ochanomizu University visited us.

Dr. Tokuo Yamaguchi of Oki Electric Industry and Mr. Kazuyuki Fujita of Osaka University visited us.

Year-end party 2011

Prof. Mario Costa Sousa of University of Calgary, Canada, visited us and gave us a talk.

Prof. Yoshifumi Kitamura served ITS 2011 (6th ACM Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, November 13-16, Kobe, Japan) as a program co-chair. A paper and a demo were presented there, and we received the Best Demo Award which was selected by vote of the participants.

Mr. Jeong Joo Hong has joined as a Research Student.