Dr. Sakamoto, joined us as associate professor as of 1 March 2017.  His message is below.

Laboratory: Human-Computer Interaction lab.
Position: Associate Professor
Profile:
Dr. Sakamoto received his B.A.Media Architecture, M.Systems
Information Science, and Ph.D. in Systems Information Science from
Future University-Hakodate in 2004, 2006, and 2008, respectively. His
research interests include human-computer interaction, human-robot
interaction, interaction design and user interface in general. See
more https://daisukesakamoto.jp/en/
Message to students: I am very excited to join this division and
laboratory. I would welcome students of not only Hokkaido University
and the other Japanese University, but the outside of Japan; motivated
short visitors are also welcomed.