Takeo Igarashi is a professor at the Department of Creative Informatics,
The University of Tokyo. His research interest is in user interfaces and interactive computer graphics. He has received the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Significant New Researcher Award, CHI 2019 Academy Award, and ACM UIST 2019 Lasting Impact Award. He served as a program co-chair for UIST 2013, general co-chair for UIST 2016, technical papers chair for SIGGRAPH ASIA 2018, technical program co-chair for ACM CHI 2021, and conference chair for SIGGRAPH ASIA 2024.