Jun Kato is a senior researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan. He also serves as a technical advisor at Arch, a Japanese animation production company. Since April 2024, he has been a Visiting Scientist at Université Paris-Saclay. In his work, he conducts human-computer interaction research, which involves studying how technology can be used to support individuals’ creative pursuits such as programming, video authoring, storyboarding, and animation creation.

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Questions:
00:33 What exactly is Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)?
07:58 How did you first become interested in STEM?
17:24 Can you explain what a "programming experience" is?
22:50 What differs between your role at AIST and Arch?
34:12 What resources would you recommend to students interested in learning more about HCI?
38:29 What skills would you say are important for your role?
39:11 What advancements in HCI do you hope to see in the future?

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