Researcher
Masahiro Umegaki
Area of Research: Accessibility Guideline, Assistive Technology and Universal Design.
Profile
1962: Born in Kyoto Prefecture
1982: Graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Tokyo Metropolican University.
2007: Obtained Master degree in Engineering at the graduate school of Electro-Communications (Denki Tushin Daigaku)
Interest
- Universal Design process
- Web accessibility
- Assistive Technology
- Cognitive psychology and human factors
- Human-Computer interaction
Experience
- Joined the WGs developed JIS X8341-3 and -4 as an editor
- Worked for Assistive Technology company as an executive for 3 years
- Developed software and equipments for people with disabilities
Memberships
- Vice-chair of JIS Web accessibility Guidelines WG (WG2).
- Chair of JIS accessibility promotion and evaluation WG (WG3).
- Telecominications accessibility guidelines (JIS X8341-4) WG.
- And joining many social activities.
Education
- A part-time lecturer of Tokyo University of Technology, Kokugakuin University and Tokyo Woman's Christian University
Presentation
- Capability Survey of Japanese User Agents and Its Impact on Web Accessibility, Takayuki Watanabe and Masahiro Umegaki ,International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility (W4A), 2006
- CSUN2007 ICT Accessibility Standardization in Japan: JIS X 8341 and International Contribution (2007/3/22)
Books
- Fml Mailing List Management (Japanese)
- An Introduction to a Personal Computer and the Internet for People with Disability and Thier Family (Japanese)
- An introduction to Netscape Communicator4.03J (Japanese)
- Many articles on magazines about the Internet and network technologies.