Ryo Takahashi is a project assistant professor（特任助教） in the Graduate School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo. His research interests lie broadly in wearable computing, human-computer interaction, electric textiles, and battery-free, wireless devices.

In 2023, he completed his PhD in Graduate School of Engineering, advised by Prof. Yoshihiro Kawahara at the University of Tokyo. In 2022, he worked as a research scientist intern at Meta Reality Labs, advised by Prof. Hrvoje Benko and Dr. Eric Whitmire. He has received numerous awards, including ACM CHI Best Paper Award,  ACM CHI Honorable Mention Award, and ACM Ubicomp Outstanding Student Award.

Project

Wireless Power Transfer & Wireless Sensing

Meander Coil++: body-scale wireless power transfer using liquid-metal-based transmitter coil

Ryo Takahashi, Wakako Yukita,
Tomoyuki Yokota, Takao Someya, Yoshihiro Kawahara

Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM CHI, 2022), preprint (PDF)
ACM CHI 2022 Best Paper Award
WISS 2022 Best Paper Award

Twin Meander Coil: sensitive readout of battery-free on-body wireless sensors using body-scale meander coils

Ryo Takahashi, Wakako Yukita,
Takuya Sasatani,Tomoyuki Yokota,
Takao Someya, Yoshihiro Kawahara

Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (ACM IMWUT, 2021)

テレコムシステム技術学生賞 最優秀賞
2022年度山下記念研究賞

TelemetRing: a batteryless and wireless ring-shaped keyboard using passive inductive telemetry

Ryo Takahashi, Masaaki Fukumoto,
Changyo Han, Takuya Sasatani,
Yoshiaki Narusue, Yoshihiro Kawahara

Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (ACM UIST, 2020)

A cuttable wireless power transfer sheet

Ryo Takahashi, Takuya Sasatani, Fuminori Okuya, Yoshiaki Narusue, Yoshihiro Kawahara

Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (ACM IMWUT, 2018)

Wireless charging and readout for wearable devices across body

Ryo Takahashi

Ph.D. defense, The Univerisity of Tokyo, 2023

ACM Ubicomp Gaetano Borriello Outstanding Student Award Runner up – 2022

Digital Fabrication & Tangible Interaction

PnueModule: using inflatable pin arrays for reconfigurable physical controls on pressure-sensitive touch surfaces 

Changyo Han, Ryo Takahashi, Yuchi Yahagi, Takeshi Naemura

Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM CHI, 2020), Honorable Mention Award

3D printing firm inflatables with internal tethers

Changyo Han, Ryo Takahashi, Yuchi Yahagi, Takeshi Naemura

Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM CHI EA, 2021)

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