Takato Horii, Ph.D. – Cognitive Developmental Robotics Lab

	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University Email: takato [AT] sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp My research interests include computational modeling of emotional development, emotional human-robot communication and tactile interaction. Google Scholar \| Lab page

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
Email: takato [AT] sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp

My research interests include computational modeling of emotional development, emotional human-robot communication and tactile interaction.

August 2024 – present	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
April 2022 – present	Associate Research Fellow, International Research Center for Neurointelligence, The University of Tokyo
April 2020 – August 2024	Associate Professor (Lecturer), Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
April 2019 – March 2022	Visiting Researcher, International Research Center for Neurointelligence, The University of Tokyo
April 2019 – March 2020	Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
April 2018 – March 2019	Project Assistant Professor, The University of Electro-Communications
October 2017 – March 2018	Specially Appointed Researcher, The University of Electro-Communications
April 2015 – March 2017	Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
October 2014 – March 2016	Part-time lecture, Osaka Prefecture University College of Technology

September 2018	Ph.D. in Engineering, Osaka University
April 2013 – September 2017	Ph.D. student, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
March 2013	Master of Engineering, Osaka University
March 2011	Bachelor of Engineering, Toyota National College of Technology

Best Student Paper Award of the 5th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (October 2017)
The Robotics Society of Japan Award of the RoboCup Japan Open (May 2017)
Best Poster Presentation Award of the 24th MAGDA conference (November 2015)
International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction’14 Honorable Mention Poster Award (October 2014)
Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence SIG Research Award (June 2013)
Research Award of the RoboCup Japan Open (May 2013)
The Robotics Society of Japan Award of the RoboCup Japan Open (May 2013)
AI Award of the RoboCup Japan Open (May 2012)
Student Award of the National Institute of Technology (March 2011)
Excellent Student Award Academic Division of the Japan Student Services Organization (December 2010)
Student Award of the Toyota National College of Technology (October 2010)
Incentive Award of the Japan Association for College of Technology (September 2010)
The Robotics Society of Japan Award of the RoboCup Japan Open (May 2010)
Student Award of the Toyota National College of Technology (October 2009)
Student Award of the National Institute of Technology (March 2008)
Student Award of the Toyota National College of Technology (March 2008)
Incentive Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (February 2008)