PUBLICATIONS

Martin Cooney, Christian Becker-Asano, Takayuki Kanda, Aris Alissandrakis, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Full-body Gesture Recognition Using Inertial Sensors for Playful Interaction with Small Humanoid Robot, 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2010), 2010. (NTF Award Finalist for Entertainment Robots and Systems) (view pdf)

RECENT WORK EXPERIENCE

2011-current, Doctor's Student at Intelligent Robotics Lab (IRL), Osaka U.
2009-current, Intern at Intelligent Robots Center (IRC), ATR (Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International), Kyoto
2009-2011, Master's Student at Intelligent Robotics Lab (IRL), Osaka U.
2008-2009, Research Student at IRL, Osaka U.

EDUCATION

(2011, Master's Degree, Osaka University)
2003, Bachelor of Computer Science (Highest Honors). Major: Software and Computing (Focus on Artificial Life/Int.). Carleton University, Ottawa
1998, Ontario Secondary School Diploma. Lisgar Collegiate Institute, Ottawa, Canada (fast-tracked)

SOME AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS/QUALIFICATIONS

2008-2011 MEXT scholarship
2010, NTF Award Finalist for Entertainment Robots and Systems (IROS 2010)
2006,1999 Japanese Language Exams: Kanji Kentei Language Exam, Level 2 and Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Level 1
1998, University Entrance Scholarship (Carleton), Ontario Scholar Award (Gov. of Ontario), Academic Achievement Award (Lisgar)

(Other:) Languages: English (Native); Japanese, German (fluent); and experience living abroad: Canada, Russia, Costa Rica, Austria, Japan