Hydroptical | UIST' 24
Visuo-Thermal | SIGGRAPH '22
Redirection thru Heat
Swarm Body | CHI '24
RattlEye | SIGGRAPH '22
ThermoBlinds | UbiComp '22
Swell by Light | TEI '25
Everyday Thermal | TEI '25
What if the atmosphere (air temperature, smell, humidity, brightness, sound) dynamically changed according to your actions and states?
I am a Ph.D. student in Future Feelings Lab at Georgia Tech (advisor: Noura Howell).
I envision Interactive Atmosphere, the world where the atmosphere and surroundings dynamically change based on our actions, bodily states, and emotions.
Humans have long been using a variety of objects within their reach. For example, we take notes with a pen, cook dishes with a knife and a pot, and type texts with a keyboard.
The resulting changes always occur within these objects; i.e., characters on a notebook, dishes, and texts or visual representations on a computer monitor.
In Interactive Atmosphere, not only objects around us but also the atmosphere, something out of our reach and surrounding us, changes interactively.
Publications
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Swell by Light: An Approachable Technique for Freeform Raised Textures
Sosuke Ichihashi, Noura Howell, HyunJoo Oh
TEI '25 Paper Project Page -
Towards Designing for Everyday Thermal Experiences
Sosuke Ichihashi, Kosha Bedha, Noura Howell
TEI '25 Paper -
Hydroptical Thermal Feedback: Spatial Thermal Feedback Using Visible Lights and Water
Sosuke Ichihashi, Masahiko Inami, Hsin-Ni Ho, Noura Howell
UIST '24 Paper video -
Swarm Body: Embodied Swarm Robots
Sosuke Ichihashi, So Kuroki, Mai Nishimura, Kazumi Kasaura, Takefumi Hiraki, Kazutoshi Tanaka, Shigeo Yoshida
CHI '24 paper video
Popular Choice Honorable Mention Award -
ThermoBlinds: Non-Contact, Highly Responsive Thermal Feedback for Thermal Interaction
Sosuke Ichihashi, Arata Horie, Masaharu Hirose, Zendai Kashino, Shigeo Yoshida, Sohei Wakisaka, Masahiko Inami
SIGGRAPH ’22 E-Tech paper video -
The Effect of Temperature Presentation According to The Gaze of Others on Remote Communications
Sosuke Ichihashi, Arata Horie, Zendai Kashino, Shigeo Yoshida, Masahiko Inami
ISMCR '21 Program -
High-Speed Non-Contact Thermal Display Using Infrared Rays and Shutter Mechanism
Sosuke Ichihashi, Arata Horie, Masaharu Hirose, Zendai Kashino, Shigeo Yoshida, Masahiko Inami
UbiComp-ISWC ’21 workshop MIMSVAI paper
Best Paper Award
Experiences
Education
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2022-2026
PhD in Digital Media @ Georgia Tech
Advised by Prof. Noura Howell
Topic: Augmented Perception & Non-Contact Interaction -
2022
MAS in Interdisciplinary Information Studies @ University of Tokyo
Advised by Prof. Masahiko Inami
Thesis: Gaze Interaction Using Non-Contact Thermal Feedback -
2020
BE in Global Engineering @ Kyoto University
Advised by Prof. Takahiro Sayama
Thesis: Combinatorial Optimization for Parameter Identification of a
Rainfall-Runoff Model Applied to 120 Dam River Basins in Japan -
2018
Exchange in ECE @ University of Texas at Austin
University Honor (Fall 2018)
Research Intern
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2024.07-2024.08
Ho Haptics Lab @ Kyushu University, Japan
Research Intern advised by Prof. Hsin-Ni Ho
Topic: Development of Hydroptical Thermal Display -
2023.08-2024.02
Code Craft Lab @ Georgia Tech, USA
Independent Study advised by Prof. HyunJoo Oh
Topic: Swell by Light (TEI '25) -
2023.05-2023.08
Interaction Group @ Omron Sinic X, Japan
Research Intern advised by Dr. Shigeo Yoshida
Topic: Swarm Body (CHI '24)
Teaching
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2024
TA in LMC 2700 Intro to Computational Media
@ Georgia Tech, USA -
Instructor in LMC 2400 Intro to Media Studies
@ Georgia Tech, USA -
2023
TA in LMC 6130 Computer as Expressive Medium
@ Georgia Tech, USA -
2019
Translator in JSPS Science Dialogue Program
@ Akashi Kita Science High School, Japan report -
2018
Instructor in Japanese History
@ Johan Heinrich Pestalozzi Elementary School, Northern Macedonia -
2017
Instructor in Kyoto University Disaster Prevention School
@ Five elementary schools in Makassar, Indonesia -
TA in Engineering Science Global Communication Programme
@ Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore
Articles
Other Works
Heat-O-Phone | Guthman Fair '23
MomentoChroma
Tsunami Estimation
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The Effect of Temperature Presentation According to the Gaze of Others on Remote Communications
Sosuke Ichihashi, Arata Horie, Zendai Kashino, Shigeo Yoshida, Masahiko Inami
VRSJ '21 paper (Japanese) -
High-Response Thermal Presentation by Controlling Infrared Radiant Intensity Using a Shutter Mechanism
Sosuke Ichihashi, Arata Horie, Zendai Kashino, Shigeo Yoshida, Masahiko Inami
IPSJ EC '21 paper (Japanese) -
Preliminary Study on Orientation Perception with Far Infrared Stimulus
Sosuke Ichihashi, Arata Horie, Hiroto Saito, Zendai Kashino, Masahiko Inami
SICE SI '20 program (Japanese) -
UT Austin GEO 327G GIS & GPS Applications in Earth Sciences: Maps of the Week
class website -
UT Austin GEO 327G GIS & GPS Applications in Earth Sciences: Final Project
Population Affected by the Tsunami of the Tohoku Earthquake; March 11, 2011
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Graduation Thesis at Kyoto University
Combinatorial Optimization for Parameter Identification of a Rainfall-Runoff Model Applied to 120 Dam River Basins in Japan