Masayuki Murata

Overview

Masayuki Murata

Title

Staff Research Scientist, Accessibility Research, IBM Research - Tokyo

Location

IBM Research - Tokyo Tokyo, Japan

Bio

Masayuki Murata is a Staff Research Scientist at IBM Research - Tokyo.

He is working on robotics and smartphone-based indoor navigation for improving accessibility of people with visual impairments.

Research Area and Interests

  • Accessibility
  • Robotics
  • Mobile Computing
  • Indoor Localization

Projects

Awards

  • The 71st Electrical Science and Technology Promotion Award / 第71回電気科学技術奨励賞 (link), The Promotion Foundation for Electrical Science and Engineering, 2023
  • Best Technical Paper Award, The 14th International Web for All Conference (W4A), 2017

Education

  • 2013, Graduated from Department of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • 2011, Graduated from Department of Mechano-Aerospace Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Publications

Patents

Projects

AI Suitcase

Helping visually-impaired users to independently walk around and self-navigate