I am a Senior Researcher at Preferred Networks Inc., Japan, and Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada, in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Extended Reality (XR) and Applied AI. I have over 20 years of international experience leading research projects across academia and industry in multiple countries, including Canada (University of Waterloo), Germany (Technische Universität Dresden), the US (Microsoft Research, Redmond), Switzerland (ETH Zurich) and Japan (Ricoh and Preferred Networks, Tokyo). My current research explores novel interactive experiences and techniques that leverage the power of AI, mainly in XR, but also for interactive surfaces, mobile devices and embodied interaction. My work has resulted in over 50 contributions, including research papers at top-tier HCI conferences (CHI, UIST, ISS, etc.), several of which received awards, and numerous patents.