Dr. Igarashi received a Ph.D from the Department of Information Engineering at The University of Tokyo in 2000. He joined the Department of Computer Science as an assistant professor in 2002 and was promoted to a professor in 2011. His research interest is in user interfaces and interactive computer graphics in general. He is known for the development of a sketch-based modeling system (Teddy) and a multi-touch shape deformation method. He led a JST ERATO project and a JST CREST project as a director. He received the SIGGRAPH Significant New Researcher Award, JSPS Award, and CHI Academy Award.