September 17, 2015
On Thursday, September 10, an awards ceremony for the 20th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Human Informatics was held at the Sanjo Conference Hall on the Hongo Campus of the University of Tokyo, where Senior Assistant Professor Atsushi Aoyama received the Grand Prize.
The Academy of Human Informatics is an academic society that aims to create new interdisciplinary research fields by conducting and integrating a wide range of cross-disciplinary research on information possessed by humans, and thereby contribute to the advancement of human society and the well-being of humanity.
This award is specially established only when there is an exceptionally outstanding presentation among all presentations at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Human Informatics that is expected to contribute to the future development of human informatics. Senior Assistant Professor Atsushi Aoyama received the award for his presentation at the meeting on “Magnetoencephalography of Audiovisual Spatial Integration in the Long-Term Adaptation Process to Left-Right Reversed Stereophonic Sound.”
Comment from Senior Assistant Professor Atsushi Aoyama
I am deeply honored that my research, which investigated the potential environmental adaptability of humans from the perspective of brain information, has been recognized.
I intend to devote myself further to my research so that I can continue to contribute to the development of this field.