Dipl.-Ing. Kai Kasugai
Building 6070 | Room 410
Theaterplatz 14
52062 Aachen
Phone: +49 241 80 25500
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Dipl.-Ing. Kai Kasugai
Kai Kasugai is an architect working as a researcher in the eHealth Group at the Human Technology Centre at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. He studied architecture at the RWTH and at the Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland. After graduating, he worked as an architect and later as a researcher at the RWTH for a project funded by the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning on the use of new technologies in an urban environment that is suitable for families and the elderly. He then received a postgraduate scholarship and lived in Tokyo for 18 months where he first studied Japanese for 10 months to then work in two Tokyo-based architecture firms. After returning to Germany he joined the eHealth Team. Kai investigates how architecture, design, and HCI are redefining themselves in a world of ubiquitous computing. His current focus lies on interfaces between humans and technologically enhanced space.
Publications
in press/under revision
Gaul, S.; Ziefle, M.; Wilkowska, W.; Arning, K.; Röcker, C.; Kasugai, K.; Jakobs, E.-M. (2010). Technikakzeptanz als integraler Bestandteil der Entwicklung medizintechnischer Produkte. Deutscher AAL-Kongress "Assistenzsysteme im Dienste des Menschen. Zuhause und unterwegs“.
Klack, L., Kasugai, K., Röcker, C., Ziefle, M., Möllering, C., Schmitz-Rode, T., Jakobs, E.-M., Russell, P., Borchers, J. (in press) Ein persönliches Assistenzsystem für ältere Nutzer mit chronischen Herzerkrankungen. 3. Deutscher Kongress für Ambient Assisted Living (AAL), 2010, Berlin
2012
Beul, S., Klack, L., Kasugai, K., Möllering, C., Röcker, C., Wilkowska, W., Ziefle, M. (2012). Between Innovation and Daily Practice in the Development of AAL Systems: Learning from the Experience with Today’s Systems. In: Szomszor, M., Kostkova, P. (Eds.): Electronic Healthcare. LNICST 69(6). Heidelberg, Dordrecht, London, New York: Springer-Verlag, pp. 111-118.
Heidrich, F., Kasugai, K., Röcker, C., Russell, P. & Ziefle, M. (2012). roomXT: Advanced Video Communication for Joint Dining over a Distance. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth), pp. 211-214. Link
Kasugai, K., Röcker, C., Plewe, D., Kiriyama, T., Oksman, V. (2012). Aesthetic Intelligence - Concepts, Technologies and Applications. In: Reiner Wichert, Kristof Van Laerhoven und Jean Gelissen (Eds.): Constructing Ambient Intelligence. AmI 2011 Workshops, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 16-18, 2011. Revised Selected Papers. CCIS 277(1). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, pp. 1-4.
Kasugai, K.; Heidrich, F.; Röcker, C.; Russell, P. & M. Ziefle (2012). Perspective views in video communication systems: an analysis of fundamental user requirements. Proceedings of the 2012 International Symposium on Pervasive Displays, 13. New York: ACM. PDF
Röcker, C., Kasugai, K. (2012). Interactive Architecture in Domestic Spaces. In: Reiner Wichert, Kristof Van Laerhoven und Jean Gelissen (Eds.): Constructing Ambient Intelligence. AmI 2011 Workshops, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 16-18, 2011. Revised Selected Papers. CCIS 277(1). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, pp. 12-18.
2011
Kasugai, K., Röcker, C., Bongers, B., Plewe, D., Dimmer, C. (2011). Aesthetic Intelligence: Designing Smart and Beautiful Architectural Spaces. To appear in: Proceedings of the International Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI'11), November 16 - 18, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Klack, L., Schmitz-Rode, T., Wilkowska, W. Kasugai, K., Heidrich, F. & Ziefle, M. (2011). Integrated Home Monitoring and Compliance Optimization for Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (MCSDs). Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 39(12), 2911-2921. DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0407-1 PDF
Leusmann, P., Möllering, C., Klack, L., Kasugai, K., Ziefle, M. & Rumpe, B. (2011). Your Floor Knows Where You Are: Sensing and Acquisition of Movement Data. Full paper at the Workshop on Managing Health Information in Mobile Applications (HIMoA 2011). IEEE 12th International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM2011), pp. 61-66, 10.1109/MDM.2011.29 PDF
Ziefle, M., Röcker, C., Wilkowska, W., Kasugai, K., Klack, L, Möllering, C. & Beul, S. (2011). A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Ambient Assisted Living. In: C. Röcker & M. Ziefle, (eds.). E-Health, Assistive Technologies and Applications for Assisted Living: Challenges and Solutions (pp. 76 - 93). Hershey, P.A.: IGI Global. PDF
2010
Beul, S., Klack, L., Kasugai, K., Möllering, C., Röcker, C., Wilkowska, W. & Ziefle, M. (2010). Between Innovation and Daily Practice in the Development of AAL Systems: Learning from the experience with today’s systems. Full paper at 3rd International ICST Conference on Electronic Healthcare for the 21st century (ehealth 2010).
Gaul, S., Ziefle, M., Arning, K., Wilkowska, W., Kasugai, K., Röcker, C., & Jakobs, E.-M. (2010). Technology Acceptance as an Integrative Component of Product Developments in the Medical Technology Sector. In: Proceedings of the Third Ambient Assisted Living Conference (AAL'10), January 26 - 27, Berlin, Germany: VDE Verlag. CD-ROM. PDF
Kasugai, K.; Ziefle, M.; Röcker, C. & Russell, P. (2010). Creating Spatio-Temporal Contiguities Between Real and Virtual Rooms in an Assistive Living Environment. In J. Bonner, M. Smyth, S. O' Neill & O. Mival (eds.). Proceedings of Create 10 innovative interactions (pp. 62-67). Loughborough: Elms Court. PDF
Klack, L., Kasugai, K., Schmitz-Rode, T., Röcker, C., Ziefle, M., Möllering, C., Jakobs, E.-M., Russell, P., Borchers, J. (2010). A Personal Assistance System for Older Users with Chronic Heart Diseases. In: Proceedings of the Third Ambient Assisted Living Conference (AAL'10), January 26 - 27, VDE Verlag, Berlin, Germany, CD-ROM. PDF
Klack, L., Wilkowska, W., Kasugai, K., Schmitz-Rode, T. (2010). Die intelligente Wohnung als medizinischer Assistent - Innovative Lösungen für ältere Nutzer mit chronischen Herzerkrankungen. Tagungsbeitrag zur VDI-Tagung Kunststoffe in der Medizintechnik. 28.-29. April 2010. Friedrichshafen.
Röcker, C., Wilkowska, W., Ziefle, M., Kasugai, K., Klack, L., Möllering, C., Beul, S. (2010). Towards Adaptive Interfaces for Supporting Elderly Users in Technology-Enhanced Home Environments. In: Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the International Communications Society: Culture, Communication and the Cutting Edge of Technology, June 27 - 30, Tokyo, Japan. CD-ROM. PDF
2009
Ziefle, M., Röcker, C., Kasugai, K., Klack, L., Jakobs, E.-M., Schmitz-Rode, T., Russell, P., Borchers, J. (2009). eHealth – Enhancing Mobility with Aging. In: M. Tscheligi, B. de Ruyter, J. Soldatos, A. Meschtscherjakov, C. Buiza, W. Reitberger, N. Streitz, T. Mirlacher (Eds.): Roots for the Future of Ambient Intelligence, Adjunct Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI'09), November 18 - 21, 2009, Salzburg, Austria, pp. 25 - 28. PDF
2002
Ziefle, M.; Röcker, C., Klack, L.; Kasugai, K.; Jakobs, E.-M., Schmitz-Rode, T.; Russell, P. & Borchers, J. eHealth - Enhancing mobility with Aging. Adjunct Proceedings, 3rd European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI09), Salzburg, Austria
Presentations
2012
Kasugai, K., Heidrich, F., Röcker, C.; Russell, P. & M. Ziefle (2012). Perspective views in video communication systems: an analysis of fundamental user requirements. The International Symposium on Pervasive Displays 2012. Porto, Portugal, June 4-5, 2012.
2010
Kasugai, K. Spatially contiguous interfaces in an Assistive Living Environment, Edinburgh, create 10 - the interface design conference Link
2009
Klack, L., Kasugai, K., Ziefle, M., Röcker, C., Jakobs, E.-M., Schmitz-Rode, T., Russell, P., & Borchers, J. (2009). Landscape: eHealth – Enhancing Mobility with Aging, 3rd European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI09), Salzburg, Austria, November 2009.
