Reina Ishikawa is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Graduate School of Science and Technology at Keio University, under the supervision of Professor Hideo Saito. She is also a Research Associate (fixed-term, research incentive) at the university. Reina received her M.Sc. in Science and Technology from Keio University in 2023, where she mainly focused on two topics: soft object manipulation for arm robots and machine learning, and novel view synthesis using a focal stack for virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) applications. After completing her master’s degree, she worked as an anime and game marketer at GREE Entertainment, Inc. in Japan from April 2023 to December 2023. Building upon this industry experience, Reina is pursuing her Ph.D. research, which focuses on “Assistance in Anime Production Using Generative AI.”

Education

Keio University, Kanagawa, Japan

B.S. in Information and Computer Science    Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2021
M.S. in Science and Technology    Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2023
Ph.D. in Science and Technology    Apr. 2025 - Present

Skills

Programming Language

Python, C#, C/C++, Java, HTML/CSS, MySQL, JavaScript

Operating System

Apple Macintosh OS X, Microsoft Windows OS, Linux

Software

Git, Autodesk Maya, MS Office, LaTeX

Interactive Platform

Unity

Multimedia Design

Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro

Cooperative Research

NEC Corp.

Tokyo, Japan
Aug. 2020 - Mar. 2021

TAKAMARU ENGINEERS CO.,LTD

Hyogo, Japan
Oct. 2021 - March 2022

OMRON SINIC X Corp.

Tokyo, Japan
May. 2021 - Mar. 2022

Work Experience

Life is tech!

Tokyo, Japan
Programming School Instructor (Unity)
May 2018 - Mar. 2020

MTI Ltd.

Tokyo, Japan
Technical Summer Internship (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
Sep. 2019

OMRON SINIC X Corp.

Tokyo, Japan
Research Internship (Python)
May 2021 - Dec. 2021

GREE Entertainment, Inc.

Tokyo, Japan
Marketer
Apr. 2023 - Dec. 2024

Publications

Journal

Conference