Temperature as Digital Media

Hydroptical | UIST' 24 to appear

Visuo-Thermal | SIGGRAPH '22

ThermoBlinds | UbiComp '22

Redirection thru Heat

Heat-O-Phone | Guthman Fair

   Human Augmentation

Swarm Body | CHI '24

RattlEye | SIGGRAPH '22

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I am a Ph.D. student in Future Feelings Lab, Georgia Tech (advisor: Noura Howell).
I create systems that augment human perceptions. I believe augmented perceptions will bring a new paradigm of interactions in both physical and digital worlds, and I explore the interactions between augmented people and the physical / digital world. Although HCI researchers have enabled various interactions, they were designed for innate perceptions. Augmented perceptions eliminate the constraints coming from limited modes and capabilities of innate perceptions.

Publications

1. Hydroptical Thermal Feedback: Spatial Thermal Feedback Using Visible Lights and Water
   Sosuke Ichihashi, Masahiko Inami, Hsin-Ni Ho, Noura Howell
   UIST '24 Paper (to appear)   video

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

•          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

• 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: 2.5D Fabrication (paper under review)

• 2023.05-2023.08      Interaction Group @ Omron Sinic X, Japan
                                  Research Intern advised by Dr. Shigeo Yoshida
                                  Topic: Swarm Body (CHI '24)

Teaching

•                   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, Nothern 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

1. Nikkei article about Swarm Body   2024

2. Company's article about Swarm Body   2023

3. University's article about my exchange at UT Austin   2019

Other Works

MomentoChroma

Tsunami Estimation

1. 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)

2. 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)

3. Preliminary Study on Orientation Perception with Far Infrared Stimulus
   Sosuke Ichihashi, Arata Horie, Hiroto Saito, Zendai Kashino, Masahiko Inami
   SICE SI '20 program (Japanese)

4. UT Austin GEO 327G GIS & GPS Applications in Earth Sciences: Maps of the Week
   class website

5. UT Austin GEO 327G GIS & GPS Applications in Earth Sciences: Final Project
   Population Affected by the Tsunami of the Tohoku Earthquake; March 11, 2011
   paper

6. Graduation Thesis at Kyoto University
   Combinatorial Optimization for Parameter Identification of a Rainfall-Runoff Model Applied to 120 Dam River Basins in Japan