yudai tanaka

intercepting nervous system for interactive experience

I’m a forth-year phd student in the department of computer science at University of Chicago
advised by Pedro Lopes.
I invent novel channels for computers to intercept our nervous system and allow them to actuate our perception and behavior.

Curriculum Vitae | Google Scholar | Twitter | Email: yudaitanaka [at] uchicago.edu

news

2024.01.18 one paper got accepted to CHI 2024.
2023.10.31 presented Magnetic Muscle Stimulation at UIST 2023.
2023.10.27 visited and gave a talk at UCLA HCI & HiLab.
2023.10.02 started my internship at Meta Reality Labs.
2023.08.03 one paper got accepted to UIST 2023.
2023.07.14 visited and gave a talk at Multi-Sensory Devices at UCL.
2023.05.09-12 visited and gave talks at Kajimoto Lab at UEC Tokyo & Hokkaido HCI.
2023.04.21 visited and gave a talk at Saarland HCI Lab.
2023.04.03 won the best paper award at CHI 2023!

full papers

Interactive Benefits from Switching Electrical to Magnetic Muscle Stimulation

Yudai Tanaka, Akifumi Takahashi, and Pedro Lopes.

UIST 2023 (Acceptance Rate: 25.1%)

Video | Paper | Publication

Full-Hand Electro-Tactile Feedback without Obstructing Palmar Side of Hand

Yudai Tanaka, Alan Shen, Andy Kong, and Pedro Lopes.

CHI 2023 Best Paper Award (Top 1%)

Video | Paper | Publication

LipIO:
Enabling Lips as both Input and Output Surface

Arata Jingu, Yudai Tanaka, and Pedro Lopes.

CHI 2023 (Acceptance Rate: 27.6%)

Video | Paper | Publication

Electrical Head Actuation:
Enabling Interactive Systems to Directly Manipulate Head Orientation

Yudai Tanaka, Jun Nishida, and Pedro Lopes.

CHI 2022 (Minor Revision: 12.5%)

SIGGRAPH E-tech 2022



CHI 2022 Best Demo Award

Video | Paper | Publication

Talk | Demo

DigituSync:
Dual-User Passive Exoskeleton Glove That Adaptively Shares Hand Gestures

Jun Nishida, Yudai Tanaka, Romain Nith, and Pedro Lopes.

UIST 2022 (Acceptance Rate: 25.9%)

Video | Paper | Publication

DualVib:
Simulating Haptic Sensation of Dynamic Mass
by Combining Pseudo-Force and Texture Feedback

Yudai Tanaka, Arata Horie, and Xiang ‘Anthony’ Chen.

VRST 2020 (Acceptance Rate: 26.5%)

Video | Paper | Publication | Talk


short papers, posters

Understanding Crowdsourcing Requesters’ Wage Setting Behaviors using Bayesian Growth Curve Modeling

Kotaro Hara, Yudai Tanaka.

CHI 2022 Late-Breaking Work

Paper | Publication | Talk

BulkScreen:
Saliency-Based Automatic Shape Representation of Digital Images with a Vertical Pin-Array Screen

Yudai Tanaka*, Riku Arakawa*, Hiromu Kawarasaki, and Kiyosu Maeda (*: equal contribution).

TEI 2020 Poster

Video | Paper

A Formative Study for Record-time Manual Annotation of First-person Videos

Yudai Tanaka, Sohei Wakisaka, and Masahiko Inami.

MobileHCI 2019 Poster

Best Poster Award Nominee

Video | Paper