Momo Hanawa

Hi. I am a Master's student at Ishiguro Laboratory, III/GSII, The University of Tokyo.
Currently, I am on an exchange program at the University of Sydney, in Australia.
My research interests include HCI, HAI, and HRI.

GitHub

Projects

Ben10

Project

AwaseKagami

Work

Remora Barrette

Work

ParaTalk

Research

Parkour Sim2Real

Project

Robot Acceptance in Public

Research

Auto Wheelchair

Project

About Me

I was born in Osaka and earned my bachelor's degree at Nagoya University, where I studied the fundamentals of computer science with a major in robotics. Currently, I am pursuing a master's degree at The University of Tokyo while on an exchange program at the University of Sydney. My research is focused on technologies that enhance human interaction. I am interested in how humans perceive and form impressions of artificial agents, including robots and virtual agents, and I study Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).

Personal Interests

I am curious about human-created content such as music, movies, manga, and culture. I also enjoy traveling overseas, and recently I've been getting into photography ^^

Background

B.C. at Nagoya University

Apr 2020 - Mar 2024

Department of Computer Science | Nagao Laboratory

M.S. at The University of Tokyo

Apr 2024 - Mar 2026(Expected)

III/GSII | Ishiguro Laboratory

Exchange at The University of Sydney

Aug 2025 - July 2026(Expected)

Also Working as a Visiting Researcher

Publications

Conference Papers

・Momo Hanawa, Satomi Tokida, Yoshio Ishiguro. "Leash as a Cue: Visual Indicators for Third-Party Acceptance Across Resistance Levels" 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2025. (7 pages)

・Momo Hanawa, Yoshio Ishiguro. "ParaTalk: A Real-Time Paralinguistic Dialogue System for Human-Agent Interaction" 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW). IEEE, 2025. (5 pages)

Thesis

・Momo Hanawa, Katashi Nagao. "A study on the placement and distribution function of automatic guided robots based on object detection and semantic segmentation" Bachelor's Thesis, Nagoya University. February 2022. (63 pages)

Extracurricular Activities

International Experience

・CuriousU Summer School (University of Twente, Netherlands, 2 weeks, August 2022)
・Selected participant, Women in Cybersecurity Program (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S., 2 weeks, September 2023)
・Selected participant, Osaka Prefectural Global Leaders High School Short-term Training Program (Carolina, the U.S., 2 weeks, August 2018)

Certification

・Feb 2025 - IELTS 6.5
・Apr 2023 - TOEIC 875
・Dec 2022 - Applied Information Technology Engineer Examination
・Nov 2021 - Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination