Yuki Abe

Ph.D. Student at Hokkaido University

Japan

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I am a Ph.D. student in the HCI Lab at Hokkaido University, advised by Prof. Daisuke Sakamoto and Prof. Kotaro Hara. My research lies in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), specifically in designing, developing, and evaluating assistive technologies to support blind and low-vision people in their exercises and daily activities.

News

2026/02/26
A paper was accepted to CHI 2026! See you in Barcelona🇪🇸
2025/10/18
I am going to present our paper at CSCW 2025. See you in Bergen, Norway🇳🇴
2025/03/27
Two papers were selected for Honorable Mention Awards at CHI 2025!
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Projects

Auditory hand-steering guidance for blind and low-vision people

CHI 2026, CHI EA 2025

Publications

Journal Papers
  1. Yuki Abe, Daisuke Sakamoto, and Tetsuo Ono. “I feel lonely when they stop chatting”: Exploring Auditory Comment Display for Eyes-Free Social-Viewing Experience in Online Music Videos. In Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 9, 2, Article CSCW106. [DOI]

Conference Proceedings
  1. Yuki Abe, Rose Xin Lin, Kotaro Hara, and Daisuke Sakamoto. Understanding the Feasibility of Auditory Hand-Steering Guidance for Blind and Low-Vision People. In Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’26). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 16 pages. [DOI]

  2. Yuki Abe, Keisuke Matsushima, Kotaro Hara, Daisuke Sakamoto, and Tetsuo Ono. “I can run at night!”: Using Augmented Reality to Support Nighttime Guided Running for Low-vision Runners. In Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’25). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 20 pages. Honorable Mention Award. [DOI]

  3. Yuki Abe*, Kan Kusakabe*, Myungguen Choi*, Daisuke Sakamoto, and Tetsuo Ono. Understanding Usability of VR Pointing Methods with a Handheld-style HMD for Onsite Exhibitions. In Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’25). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 21 pages. *—equal contribution. Honorable Mention Award. [DOI]

Poster Proceedings
  1. Kan Kusakabe, Yuki Abe, Karthick Anandan, Daisuke Sakamoto, Kotaro Hara. Enhancing Object Retrieval via Phase-Aware 3D Spatial Guidance for Blind and Low-Vision Users. In The 2026 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing / ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers(UbiComp / ISWC 2026). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 10 pages. Best Poster Award Runner-up. [URL]

  2. Yuki Abe, Kotaro Hara, Daisuke Sakamoto, and Tetsuo Ono. Exploring Auditory Hand Guidance for Eyes-free 3D Path Tracing. In Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’25). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 10 pages. [DOI] [Poster]

  3. Yuki Abe, Hikaru Tsujiguchi, Daisuke Sakamoto, and Tetsuo Ono. Temaneki: Map-Based Collaboration Tool for Consensus-Building in Student-Run Festival Management Teams. In Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’24). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 8 pages. [DOI] [Poster]

Awards

2026/10/14

UbiComp / ISWC 2026 Best Poster Award Runner-up [URL]

2025/03/27

Honorable Mention Award, ACM CHI 2025. [URL]

“I can run at night!": Using Augmented Reality to Support Nighttime Guided Running for Low-vision Runners
2025/03/27

Honorable Mention Award, ACM CHI 2025. [URL]

Understanding Usability of VR Pointing Methods with a Handheld-style HMD for Onsite Exhibitions
2024/03/19

ELM Award, Hokkaido University [URL]

2023/12/01

Demonstration Award (People Chose), WISS 2023 [URL]

2023/05/26

Super Creator Certification, IPA Exploratory IT Human Resources Project, Japan [URL]

Work

2025/04-2027/03

Research Fellow, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC2)

2026/06-2026/09

Applied Research Engineer Intern, Sakana AI.

2025/12-2026/02

Research Intern, AI Lab, CyberAgent.

Mentor: Dr. Ryo Yonetani and Prof. Kotaro Hara
2025/08-2025/09

Internship, R&D Center, Sony Group Corporation.

Mentor: Dr. Hikaru Takatori
2024/09-2025/04

Visiting Ph.D. Student, Singapore Management University.

Mentor: Prof. Kotaro Hara
2024/04-2025/03

Research Fellow, Hokkaido University EXEX Program

2024/03-2025/01

CTO, temaneki Inc.

Education

2024/04-Current

Ph.D. Student, Hokkaido University.

Division of Computer Science and Information Technology, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology. Adviser: Prof. Daisuke Sakamoto.
2022/04-2024/03

M.S., Hokkaido University.

Division of Computer Science and Information Technology, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology. Adviser: Prof. Daisuke Sakamoto.
2018/04-2022/03

B.E., Hokkaido University

Division of Computer Science and Information Technology, School of Engineering

Grants

2025/04-2027/03

Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC2) [URL]

2024/04-2027/03

Research Grant, Tateisi Science and Technology Foundation (C) [URL]

2025/10

Travel support, Tateisi Science and Technology Foundation, CSCW 2025 [URL]

2024/04-2025/03

Doctoral Fellowship, EXEX Program, Hokkaido University [URL]

2022/06-2023/03

Financial Support, IPA Exploratory IT Human Resources Project 2022 [URL]

2022/02-2022/03

Scholarship, Hokkaido University Tech Garage 2 [URL]

2021/08-2021/09

Scholarship, Hokkaido University Tech Garage 1 [URL]

Talk

2026/07/30

Research Talk, Inclusive Design Laboratory, Kyoto University

2025/12/04

Top Conference Session, WISS2025 [URL]

2025/11/27

Research Talk, HCI Research Gathering, NYCU, Taiwan

2025/11/14

Research Talk, Spatial Interaction Laboratory, Hokkaido Information University

2025/09/08

Top Conference Session, FIT2025 [URL]

2025/05/03

Citizen Open Lecture, SIGCHI Japan Symposium, CHI 2025 [URL]

2025/02/10

Research Talk, AI4SG Jab, National University of Singapore

2023/03/10

Fresh Lightning Talk, MITOU Conference 2023 [URL]

Articles

2025/10/03

“I feel lonely when they stop chatting”: Listening to Music Videos Together, ACM CSCW Blog [URL]

Service

2023-

Mentor, Shinsetsu Program, Hokkaido IT Human Resources Development Project [URL]

2024-

External Reviewer of CHI 2024 LBWs, CHI 2025, CHI 2025 LBWs, CHI 2026, CHI 2026 Posters, alt.HRI 2027

2025

Organizer Member of WISS 2025 Hokudai Excursion [URL]

2023-

Organizer Member of SIGCHI Japan CHI Study Group 2023, 2024, 2025 [URL]

Hobby

Guide runner for visually impaired runners 🏃‍♂️👟

Guide runner at Sapporo Hokkaido Japan, Google Project Guideline Workshop in Sapporo,

OMEME: A robot from your headset 🤖🥽

WISS'23silver award, Protopedia,

Tele-Cocha: Toio-powered video conference 🤖🧊

Protopediasilver award,

Contact

hnf_yuuki[at]eis.hokudai.ac.jp