Student written Research Laboratory Guidebook 2025Nagaoka University of Technology

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Perceptual Informatics Laboratory

Associate Professor / NAKAHIRA Katsuko, T.
  • Let's elucidate the back side of human behavior!
  • Let's immerse in your favorite research!
  • Let's develop better services and systems!

Associate Professor / NAKAHIRA Katsuko, T.
She is usually cheerful and also with both a sense of humor and intelligence. She often gives us advice from a shrewd observation. We trust her because she takes care of her students even when she is busy.

Research Content

The purpose is to scientifically understand how cognitive activity is performed in human daily behavior. In our daily activities, we analyze human cognitive behavior by collecting and analyzing data using gaze measuring instruments and simple electroencephalographs, and by constructing simulations. From data collection to analysis and evaluation, we are researching while discussing methods and contents with teachers and students.

Human reaction to the type of emotion-inducing word. (upper side)statistic data. (lower side)two dimensional histogram of reaction points vs emotional value.

A Day in the Lab

Since we don't have core time, we have free time to go to the laboratory and do research.We hold a seminar once a week, share the progress of each research and what we have studied with the whole laboratory, and proceed with the research by finding problems.The theme of the research is determined by the interests of the students, and if you have a problem, you can receive the support of teachers and seniors who have various knowledge.Not only research activities but also student life can be fulfilled.

picture when seminar

Thesis Subjects

  • (M)ACT-R simulation of acquisition, utilization and error generation process of knowledge related to note value judgment
  • (M)Feature Extraction Method for Listening and Emotion Estimation Focusing on Pupil Response
  • (M)Description of a cognitive model for generating immersion in VR spaces

The number of
PhD Graduates

1

Major employers of Graduates

  • NEC Platforms
  • PFU
  • Nisshin Soft Engineering
  • BSN INET
  • TAIYO KOKI
  • Canon Imaging Systems
  • MOBIUS CORPORATION
  • NTT DATAI
  • FUJITSU HOKURIKU SYSTEMS
  • Mitsubishi Electric Mechatronics Software Corporation
Writer : Nogami Shin, Information and Management Systems Engineering
(Niigata Prefectual Sado High School)