Rina Katsumata (D1), Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, received WIT Student Research Encouragement Award

On 3rd December 2025,  Rina Katsumata (D1), Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, received WIT Student Research Encouragement Award (IEICE Human Communication Group, Well-being Information Technology).

WIT Student Research Encouragement Award (IEICE Human Communication Group, Well-being Information Technology)

https://www.ieice.org/~wit/presenter/prize_gakusei.html

About awarded research

Development of an English Reading-aloud System to Support Japanese Children with Dyslexia
Rina Katsumata, Ayumi Narita, Daisuke Saito, Nobuaki Minematsu

Your impression & future plan

I am deeply honored to receive the WIT Student Research Encouragement Award. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Professor Nobuaki Minematsu and Associate Professor Daisuke Saito for their invaluable guidance and support throughout this research, as well as to my collaborator, Ms. Ayumi Narita, and all members of the laboratory. I will continue to devote myself to my research and strive to contribute to the advancement of well-being information technology and speech engineering.