Prof. Masaki Oshita
Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

Bio: Masaki Oshita is a Professor in the Department of Artificial Intelligence, Graduate School of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, at Kyushu Institute of Technology. He received his B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees from Kyushu University in 1998, 2000, and 2003, respectively. He joined Kyushu Institute of Technology as a Lecturer in 2003, served as an Associate Professor from 2004, and has been a Professor there since 2022.

His research spans a broad range of areas, including computer animation, computer graphics, and human–computer interaction. Within these areas, he has focused particularly on computational methods for human motion processing. His research interests include human motion generation, manipulation, and editing, as well as motion analysis and visualization. He has published research papers in major international journals and conference proceedings in these and related fields.

Prof. Oshita served as Program Co-Chair of International Conference ACM SIGGRAPH VRCAI 2015 and has served on the program committees of several international conferences, including ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST), International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC), and International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA). He has also reviewed manuscripts for a number of international journals, including Journals IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, The Visual Computer, and Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds.


Prof. Kiyoshi Kiyokawa
Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Bio: Kiyoshi Kiyokawa is a Professor at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), where he leads the Cybernetics and Reality Engineering (CARE) Laboratory. He is a distinguished researcher in virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and human augmentation. Professor Kiyokawa received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from NAIST in 1996 and 1998, respectively. His career includes positions as an Associate Professor at Osaka University, a researcher at the Communications Research Laboratory (now NICT), and a visiting scholar at the University of Washington’s Human Interface Technology Laboratory. His significant contributions have been recognized with numerous accolades, including the 2022 IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Technical Achievement Award, the inaugural 2022 IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Service Award, and the title of Fellow from the Virtual Reality Society of Japan (VRSJ).

Professor Kiyokawa's research has resulted in several pioneering technical achievements. He is known for developing advanced head-mounted display (HMD) systems, including ELMO, the first occlusion-capable optical see-through HMD in 1999. His foundational work also includes VLEGO, one of the first collaborative immersive modelers, and SeamlessDesign, which featured the first transitional interface for switching between VR and AR. His research extends to vision augmentation and assistive interfaces, collaborative virtual and augmented reality, and innovative multimodal interfaces.

Beyond his research, Professor Kiyokawa has demonstrated a profound dedication to the academic community through extensive service and leadership. He has served on the Steering Committees for top-tier conferences, including IEEE VR, IEEE ISMAR, and IEEE 3DUI. His leadership roles are numerous, having served as General Co-Chair for IEEE VR 2019 in Osaka, which was the largest in-person conference in its history at the time. Additionally, he is on the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) and has frequently been a Board Member of the VRSJ.

Prof. Issei Fujishiro
Professor, Faculty of Global Media Studies, Komazawa University, Tokyo, Japan
Professor Emeritus, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan

Bio: Prof. Issei Fujishiro received his M.E. from the University of Tsukuba in 1985 and his Doctor of Science from the University of Tokyo in 1988. Prior to joining Komazawa University in 2026, he held faculty positions at the University of Tokyo, the University of Tsukuba, Ochanomizu University, Tohoku University, and Keio University. At Keio University, he was named an Honorary Alumnus in 2015, received the Keio Gijuku Award in 2025, and was appointed Professor Emeritus in 2026.

With more than four decades of research experience in visual computing, Prof. Fujishiro has made significant contributions to modeling paradigms and shape representations, visualization design and lifecycle management, and smart multimodal ambient media. He has authored more than 500 publications, including 391 original research papers and 110 survey articles, has been granted three patents, and has authored or edited 42 books, including the widely used Japanese textbooks Computer Graphics (CG-ARTS, 2015) and Visual Information Processing (CG-ARTS, 2017). His research has been recognized with numerous honors, including the Elsevier Graphical Models Most Cited Paper Award, the CG Japan Award from the Society for Art and Science (SAS), the Hagura Prize, and the IEICE Outstanding Education Award, among a total of 78 awards and honors.

Prof. Fujishiro has been a leading contributor to the international visualization and computer graphics communities. He has served as an Associate Editor of several major journals, including IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Computers & Graphics, Visual Informatics, Computers & Education: X Reality, and The Visual Computer, and has guest edited 13 special issues of international and domestic journals. He has also served on the Steering Committee of the IEEE SciVis and the IEEE PacificVis. In addition, he has chaired 41 international conferences—including IEEE PacificVis, IEEE VIS (SciVis), CG International, Cyberworlds, ACM VRCAI, TopoInVis, and PacificVAST.

He has served as President of the Visualization Society of Japan, President of the Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan (IIEEJ), and a Vice President of the Society for Art and Science (SAS). He currently serves as an Associate Member of the Science Council of Japan, a Director of the International Information Science Foundation, and a Trustee of CG-ARTS.

Prof. Fujishiro is a Fellow of the Japan Federation of Engineering Societies and the Information Processing Society of Japan, an Honorary Member of IIEEJ, a Senior Member of IEEE and ACM, and a member of Eurographics, the Computer Graphics Society, and IEICE. He was inducted into the IEEE Visualization Academy in 2021.

 

Prof. Minho Jo
 IEEE Senior Member, Korea University, South Korea

Bio: Minho Jo (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.A. degree from the Department of Industrial Engineering, Chosun University, Gwangju, South Korea, in 1984, and the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA, in 1994.He is the Full Professor with the Department of Computer Convergence Software, Korea University, Sejong, South Korea, where he is the Director of the IoT & AI Lab. Prof. Jo is the Director of Brain Korea 21 "IoT Data Science" supported by the Korean government. Prof. Minho Jo is named in the 2024 World’s TOP 2% Scientists List, which is made by Stanford University and Elsevier. His current research interests include IoT, blockchain, LLM/ChatGPT, artificial intelligence and optimization theory, big data, network security, cloud/edge computing, wireless energy harvesting, and autonomous vehicles. The average number of citations per publication authored by Prof. Minho Jo (from 2013 through 2022) is 41.7 and Average Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) of Prof. Minho Jo (from 2013 through 2022) is 4.42 (based on SCOPUS SciVal. Exactly FWCI = 1 means that the output performs just as expected for the global average. FWCI = 4.42 means 342% more cited than the global average.)

Prof. Jo is a recipient of the 2018 IET Best Paper Premium Award by the United Kingdom's Royal Institute of Engineering and Technology. He was awarded with 2011 Headong Outstanding Scholar Prize. He is one of the founders of the Samsung Electronics LCD Division. He is the Founder and the Editor-in-Chief of KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (SCIE/JCR and SCOPUS indexed. https://itiis.org). He was the South Korea's Presidential Commission on Policy Planning. He served as an Associate Editor of IEEE SYSTEMS JOURNAL, IEEE ACCESS, IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS JOURNAL, Editor of IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, and Editor of NETWORK, respectively. Prof. Minho Jo is the Chair of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information and Communication Technologies (AICT 2023), and the General Co-Chair of VTC2021-Fall (2021 IEEE 94th Vehicular Technology Conference), respectively.