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Yuuki Nishiyama, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Center for Spatial Information Science (CSIS), The University of Tokyo
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Biography

Yuuki Nishiyama is an Associate Professor with the Center for Spatial Information Science (CSIS), The University of Tokyo. He received the B.A. degree in Environment and Information Studies from Keio University, Japan, in 2012, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Media and Governance from Keio University, Japan, in 2014 and 2017, respectively. In 2018, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Ubiquitous Computing, University of Oulu, Finland. He joined the Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), The University of Tokyo, as an Assistant Professor in 2019, and moved to CSIS as a Lecturer in 2022. He has been in his current position since April 2025. He was a visiting research scholar at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII), Carnegie Mellon University, USA, in 2015, and at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA, in 2025. He is also a JST PRESTO Researcher. His research interests include ubiquitous computing, mobile and wearable sensing, IoT, just-in-time adaptive intervention, and mHealth. He has received awards including the IEEE HealthCom Best Paper Award (2014), the ACM MobileHCI Honorable Mention Demo Award (2018), Best Poster Awards at ACM UbiComp (2024, 2025), and multiple IPSJ SIG-UBI Outstanding Paper Awards (e.g., 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2024).

  • 2025-10-15 award Best Poster Award at ACM UbiComp 2025 — "Recognizing Hidden-in-the-Ear Private Key for Reliable Silent Speech Interface Using Multi-Task Learning"
  • 2025-10-14 talk Presented "A-UVI" at Smart Sensing in Health session, ACM UbiComp 2025
  • 2025-10-01 grant Research proposal selected for JST PRESTO program
  • 2025-09-14 visit Started a research stay at University of Washington, Seattle (until Nov 2026, funded by KAKENHI 23KK0209)
  • 2025-06-18 paper "A-UVI: GNSS-Assisted EO-based UV Index Estimation Method" published in Proc. ACM IMWUT
Ubiquitous Computing
Mobile & Wearable Sensing
Micro-Mobility Safety
Baby & Fem Tech
Mental Health
Sensor Data Generation
Human Activity Recognition
Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention
mHealth
IoT & Edge Computing
Machine Learning
Sports & Performance Analytics

Selected Publications

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A-UVI: GNSS-Assisted EO-based UV Index Estimation Method for Individual-level Precise UV Exposure Assessment

Yuuki Nishiyama, Subaru Atsumi, Kota Tsubouchi, Kaoru Sezaki

Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol., 2025

DOI

HeadMon+: Domain Adaptive Head Dynamic-based Riding Maneuver Prediction

Zengyi Han, En Wang, Mohan Yu, Jie Wang, Yuuki Nishiyama, Kaoru Sezaki

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2025

DOI

ReHEarSSE: Recognizing Hidden-in-the-Ear Silently Spelled Expressions

Xuefu Dong, Yifei Chen, Yuuki Nishiyama, Kaoru Sezaki, Yuntao Wang, Kenneth Christofferson, Alex Mariakakis

Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024

DOI

RideGuard: Micro-Mobility Steering Maneuver Prediction with Smartphones

Zengyi Han, Xuefu Dong, Liqiang Xu, Zhen Zhu, En Wang, Yuuki Nishiyama, Kaoru Sezaki

2024 IEEE 44th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2024

DOI

Multi-label Classification Model for Infant Activity Recognition Using Single Inertial Sensor

Ayaka Onodera, Riku Ishioka, Yuuki Nishiyama, Kaoru Sezaki

IEEE Pervasive Computing, 2024

DOI

HeadMon: Head Dynamics Enabled Riding Maneuver Prediction

Zengyi Han, Liqiang Xu, Xuefu Dong, Yuuki Nishiyama, Kaoru Sezaki

2023 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom), 2023

DOI

Deep Learning-Based Compressed Sensing for Mobile Device-Derived Sensor Data

Liqiang Xu, Yuuki Nishiyama, Kota Tsubouchi, Kaoru Sezaki

Proceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, 2024

DOI

Assessing environmental benefits from shared micromobility systems using machine learning algorithms and Monte Carlo simulation

Helinyi Peng, Yuuki Nishiyama, Kaoru Sezaki

Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022

DOI

iOS Crowd-Sensing Won't Hurt a Bit!: AWARE Framework and Sustainable Study Guideline for iOS Platform

Yuuki Nishiyama, Denzil Ferreira, Yusaku Eigen, Wataru Sasaki, Tadashi Okoshi, Jin Nakazawa, Anind K Dey, Kaoru Sezaki

Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions, 2020

DOI

Education

Ph.D. in Media and Governance

Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University

Apr. 2014 - Sep. 2017 · Ubiquitous Computing

Master of Media and Governance

Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University

Apr. 2012 - Mar. 2014 · Ubiquitous Computing

Bachelor of Arts in Environment and Information Studies

Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University

Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2012 ·

Work Experience

Visiting Researcher

Information School, University of Washington

Oct. 2025 - Present · Seattle, WA, USA

Associate Professor

Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo

Apr. 2025 - Present · Tokyo, Japan

Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo

Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2025 · Tokyo, Japan

Research Associate

Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

Sep. 2019 - Mar. 2022 · Tokyo, Japan

Postdoctoral Researcher

Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu

Apr. 2018 - Aug. 2019 · Oulu, Finland

Postdoctoral Researcher

Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University

Oct. 2017 - Mar. 2018 · Kanagawa, Japan

Part-time Lecturer

Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University

Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2018 · Kanagawa, Japan

Part-time Assistant

College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University

Apr. 2017 - Sep. 2017 · Tokyo, Japan

Visiting Research Scholar

Ubicomp Lab, Human Computer Interaction Institute (HCII), School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Sep. 2015 - Mar. 2016 · PA, USA

Research Assistant (RA)

Global Environmental System Leaders Program (GESL), Keio University

Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2017 · Kanagawa, Japan

Funding

PRESTO

Personalized AI Development and Evaluation Platform Using Structure-Mapped Synthetic Time-Series Behavioral Data

Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) · PI

2025 - 2028

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (KAKENHI)

Development of an Evidence-Based Childcare Support Platform through the Detection and Utilization of Latent Childcare Information

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) · Co-Investigator

2025 - 2028

Research Grant (A)

Development of a Postural Sway Measurement Method Using an Ear-Worn Device with Inertial Sensors

Tateisi Science and Technology Foundation · PI

2025

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (KAKENHI)

A Platform for Detecting Postpartum Depression through Passive Mobile Sensing

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) · PI

2023 - 2025

Joint Research

Activity recognition technologies for infants using wearable devices

First-Ascent Inc. · PI

2022 - 2023

Joint Research

Sensor data processing and its utilization obtained from smartphones

Yahoo! JAPAN R&D · PI

2021 - Current

Beyond 5G R&D Promotion Project

Smart urban transportation infrastructure technology through behavior change and dynamic control of transportation infrastructure

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) · Co-Investigator

2021 - 2023

Research and Development of ICT for Countermeasures against Viruses and Other Infectious Diseases

Diversity-driven transformation technologies to realize a hyper-diverse society in the post-corona era

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) · Co-Investigator

2021 - 2023

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (KAKENHI)

Animal Wearable 2.0: Establishment of high-speed communication and high-reliability mechanisms for wildlife IoT

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) · Co-Investigator

2021 - 2023

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (KAKENHI)

Distributed Collaborative Learning Analytics for Developing Communities

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) · Co-Investigator

2020 - 2024

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (KAKENHI)

Platform for detecting and utilizing kinesthetics to promote motor learning using voice-based ESMs

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) · PI

2020 - 2021

Invited Talks

2025-10
Invited Talk

Measuring Human Well-Being in Cities Using Smartphone Data

Urban AI Symposium — Brooklyn, New York, USA

Link
2025-09
Invited Talk

Passive Mobile/Wearable Sensing for Human Mental and Physical Health

The 25th Japan Seattle AI Innovation Meetup — Seattle, USA

2024-06
Invited Talk

In-the-wild IoT: Lessons from real-world implementations

Mobile AI Systems (ACM MobiSys 2024 Adjunct Workshop) — Tokyo, Japan

Link
2022-11
Invited Talk

Encouraging human behavior change by using passive mobile sensing and lifelog sharing

SSE Invited Speaker Series, Stevens Institute of Technology — NJ, USA

Link
2022-10
Panel Discussion

Projections for DPS Workshop Programs in 30 Years

30th Workshop on Multimedia Communications and Distributed Processing (DPSWS 2022) — Yonago, Japan

Link
2021-04
Invited Talk

MOCHA: Development and operation of a system for monitoring campus congestion, confirming contact, and recording stays using Bluetooth beacons

Location Business Japan — Tokyo, Japan

Link
2019-11
Invited Talk

SenbayKit: Introduction of an infrastructure for immediate archiving and re-streaming of multiple data streams using sensor data-integrated video

Workshop of SIG Smart Sensing System (SSS), SICE — Kumamoto, Japan

Link
2019-10
Invited Talk

Human and Urban Sensing and Analysis Platform Using Mobile and Wearable Devices for Realization of Well-being Smart City

Joint Workshop of Regional IoT and Information Capability Consortium / Health Information Consortium — Tokyo, Japan

Link
2019-08
Lightning Talk

IPSJ 63rd Workshop of SIG Ubiquitous Computing System (UBI) — Toyohashi, Japan

Link

Awards

2026
IPSJ/IEEE-CS Young Computer Researcher Award — IPSJ / IEEE Computer Society

Outstanding research on mobile and wearable sensing for human safety

2025
Best Poster Award — ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2025) (Espoo, Finland)

"Recognizing Hidden-in-the-Ear Private Key for Reliable Silent Speech Interface Using Multi-Task Learning"

2025
Trusted Reviewer Award — 7th International Conference on Activity and Behavior Computing (ABC 2025) (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
2025
UBI Young Researcher Award — IPSJ 88th Workshop of SIG Ubiquitous Computing System (UBI)

"ウェアラブルUWBの時系列CIRを用いた呼吸推定" (as a co-author)

2025
FIT Paper Award — 24th Information Science and Technology Forum (FIT2025), Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ)

"Expression Recognition Based on Ear Canal Shape Detection Using Earbud and Ultrasound" (as a co-author)

2024
Best Poster Award — ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2024) (Melbourne, Australia)

"Investigating Acceptable Voice-based Notification Timings through Earable Devices: A Preliminary Field Study"

2024
Best Poster Award — ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2024) (Melbourne, Australia)

"Toward Detecting Student-Athletes' Condition Using Passive Mobile and Wearable Sensing"

2024
Outstanding Paper Award — IPSJ 81st Workshop of SIG Ubiquitous Computing System (UBI)

"GNSS衛星ごとの信号情報に対する点群ニューラルネットワークを用いたUVインデックス推定" (as a co-author)

2023
UBI Young Researcher Award — IPSJ 80th Workshop of SIG Ubiquitous Computing System (UBI)

"ハンズフリーのデバイス操作のための汎用イヤラブルデバイスのIMUセンサーを用いた表情認識手法" (as a co-author)

2023
Outstanding Reviewer Award — 25th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2023) (Paris, France)
2022
Outstanding Paper Award — IPSJ 76th Workshop of SIG Ubiquitous Computing System (UBI)

"スマートフォンのGNSSセンサを用いたUVインデックス推定" (as a co-author)

2022
Student Encouragement Award — IPSJ 84th National Convention, Sensors for Health Conditions Session

"腕時計型ウェアラブルデバイスを用いた会話時間計測手法の構築に向けて" (as a co-author)

2022
Student Encouragement Award — IPSJ 84th National Convention, Public Transportation Session

"タクシー車両を用いたマイクロモビリティ再配置手法の検討" (as a co-author)

2021
Outstanding Paper Award — IPSJ 72nd Workshop of SIG Ubiquitous Computing System (UBI)

"イヤラブルデバイスを用いた身体感覚記録・利活用システムの構築に向けて"

2021
English Session Encouragement Award — IEICE ICM at General and Society Conferences

"An Online Task Offloading Strategy in Vehicular Edge Computing" (as a co-author)

2020
Outstanding Paper Award — IPSJ 66th Workshop of SIG Ubiquitous Computing System (UBI)

"GPS信号受信状態を用いた紫外線量推定手法の検討" (as a co-author)

2020
WiP Encouragement Award — IPSJ 97th Workshop of SIG Mobile Computing and Smart Society System (MBL)

"環境センサを用いたタクシー車室内における感染症リスク評価に関する一検討" (as a co-author)

2020
Excellent Presentation Award — IPSJ 81st Workshop of SIG Intelligent Transportation Systems and Smart Communities (ITS)

"Non-Negative Tensor Factrization を用いたドックレス型マイクロモビリティの利用形態分類手法の検討" (as a co-author)

2018
Honorable Mention Award — ACM 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2018) (Barcelona, Spain)

"Senbay: A Platform for Instantly Capturing, Integrating, and Restreaming of Synchronized Multiple Sensor-Data Stream"

2015
Outstanding Paper Award — IPSJ 49th Workshop of SIG Ubiquitous Computing System (UBI)

"Aqua Mapping: 水槽を介した観賞魚とのインタラクションシステム" (as a co-author)

2015
Young Researcher Encouragement Award — IEICE Technical Committee on Ambient Intelligence and Sensor Networks (SIG ASN)

"Senbay : 活動促進のためのスマートフォンを利用したセンサデータ統合型動画記録・共有・分析プラットフォーム"

2015
Best Poster Award — IEEE 8th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Ubiquitous Networking (ICMU 2015)

"A robot control system for video streaming services by using dynamic encoded QR codes" (as a co-author)

2015
SFC Student Award — Faculty of Environment and Information Studies / Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University
2014
Best Paper Award — IEEE 16th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services (HealthCom 2014) (Natal, Brazil)

"Towards health exercise behavior change for teams using life-logging"

Academic Services

Conference Organizer

Chair

Publicity Chair ACM UbiComp 2025 2025
Sponsorship Chair ACM MobiSys 2025 2025
Local Chair ACM MobiSys 2024 2024
Publicity Chair IoT 2023 2023
Publicity Chair ACM MobiSys 2021 2021
Web Chair ICMU 2021 2021
Publicity Chair ACM SenSys 2020 2020
Web Chair IEEE RTCSA 2018 2018

Program Committee

Program Committee ABC 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025
Technical Program Committee IEEE HealthCom 2024
Program Committee ACM ICMI 2024
Technical Program Committee IoT 2024
Technical Program Committee IEEE WoWMoM 2024
Program Committee for Late Breaking Results ACM MobileHCI 2019
Technical Program Committee EAI MobiCASE 2018

Associate Editor

SICE Annual Conference 2022-2024

Workshop Co-organizer

Ubiquitous Mobile Sensing Workshop (ACM UbiComp 2018) 2018
UbiMI 2017 (ACM UbiComp 2017) 2017
UbiMI 2016 (ACM UbiComp 2016) 2016

Editorial Board

Editorial Board Member Journal of Information Processing (JIP) - Special Issue on UBI 2020, 2022-2024
Associate Editor Transactions of SICE 2020, 2021, 2022

Journal Reviewer

ACM IMWUT 2018-2025
ACM TIOT 2025
ACM TOCHI 2024
IJHCS (Elsevier) 2021, 2022
SICE JCMSI 2021, 2022
MDPI Sensors 2021

Conference Reviewer

ACM CHI 2026
ACM MM 2025
ACM ICMI 2023-2025
ACII 2024, 2025
IEEE WoWMoM 2024-2026
IEEE HealthCom 2024, 2025
IoT 2023-2025
ABC 2022-2026
ACM MobileHCI 2022
IEEE SMC 2022
ACM UbiComp (Poster & Demo) 2021-2025
ACM CHI (WiP) 2022
ACM SenSys (Poster & Demo) 2019
ACM MUM (Rising Stars Forum) 2018
ACM MobiSys (Rising Stars Forum) 2018
AppLens (ACM UbiComp Workshop) 2018
EmotionAware (IEEE PerCom Workshop) 2018
UbiMI (ACM UbiComp Workshop) 2016, 2017

Teaching

Lecturer

Autumn 2025 Urban Computing Theory Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Autumn 2024 Urban Computing Theory Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Autumn 2023 Urban Computing Theory Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Spring 2022 Introduction to Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Autumn 2022 University-wide Open Research Seminar (Introduction to Web Service and Application Design) The University of Tokyo
Autumn 2022 Urban Computing Theory Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Autumn 2021 University-wide Open Research Seminar (Introduction to Web Service and Application Design) The University of Tokyo
Autumn 2021 Urban Computing Theory Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Spring 2021 Network Architecture Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Autumn 2020 Spatial Information Design Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Autumn 2018 Mobile Computing Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu

Invited Lecture

Autumn 2017 Data Acquisition (GIGA) - Human Activity Sensing using Mobile Phone (Invited Lecture) Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Autumn 2014 Data Acquisition (GIGA) - Human Activity Sensing using Mobile Phone (Invited Lecture) Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University

Teaching Assistant

Autumn 2017 Fundamentals of Information Technology 1&2 Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Spring 2017 Fundamentals of Information Technology 1&2 Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Spring 2017 System Construction Practical Training (TA) College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University
Autumn 2014 Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Programming (TA) Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Autumn 2014 Large-Scale Environmental Systems (TA) Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University
Spring 2014 Environmental Information System Architecture (TA) Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University
Autumn 2013 Introduction of Novel Fabrication (TA) Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Autumn 2013 Object-Oriented Programming (TA) Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Autumn 2013 Ubiquitous Information Service (TA) Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Spring 2012 Ubiquitous System Architecture (TA) Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University