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Michael Wong Kam

01Education

  1. 2026-12 – 2027-06

    University of the Arts London, Creative Computing Institute

    Research Visitor · Creative Robotics Lab

  2. 2026-04 – 2028-03

    The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies

    Master's · Emerging Design and Informatics Course

  3. 2025-02 – 08

    University of the Arts London, Creative Computing Institute

    Research Visitor · Creative Robotics Lab

  4. 2022-04 – 2026-03

    Shibaura Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering

    Bachelor's

02Publications

  1. 2026-07

    Humour at the Edge of Ethics — Strategic Awkwardness: Embodying an LLM Refusal

    Ryoh Iwamoto, Michael Wong Kam, Hooman Samani, Saina Akhond, Chinthaka Premachandra

    Social Robotics + ART: 18th International Conference

    Conference paper1–4 July 2026London, UK

  2. 2026-05

    Laughing across cultures: culturally sensitive robotic stand-up comedian with multimodal expressiveness

    Michael Wong Kam, Hooman Samani, Saina Akhond, Chinthaka Premachandra, Vali Lalioti

    International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media

    Journal articledoi:10.1080/14794713.2026.2670859

  3. 2025-09

    Culturally Sensitive Stand-Up Comedian Robot

    Michael Wong Kam, Hooman Samani, Saina Akhond, Chinthaka Premachandra, Vali Lalioti

    Social Robotics + AI: 17th International Conference (ICSR 2025)

    Conference paper10–12 September 2025Naples, Italydoi:10.1007/978-981-95-2398-6_10

03Performances

  1. 2025-06-20

    Robot Comedy Performance #2

    University of the Arts London · audience c. 60

  2. 2025-03-07

    Robot Comedy Performance #1

    Creative Digital Lab, London · audience 22

04Exhibitions

  1. 2026-11-12 – 16

    眼球ロボットの高座 — 模倣残余に見るロボットのニン

    An Eyeball Robot on the Rakugo Stage

    iii Exhibition 2026 · The University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus · with 中山 亘, 中山 太智, 鈴木 歩佳

    iii Exhibition website ↗

  2. 2026-07-10 – 13

    手のひらで踊らされる

    iii Exhibition 2026 「たゆたう」 · 東京大学大学院 情報学環・学際情報学府 · 714 visitors · 10 teams

05Programs

  1. 2024-12 – 2025-07

    LLMATCH (Large Language Model Advanced Training & Challenging Hub)

    A research programme of the Matsuo–Iwasawa Lab, The University of Tokyo, that develops students' LLM ideas into research over up to a year, with mentoring from lab researchers and GPU resources

06Media

  1. 2026-01

    “不安”を“前向き”に変えてくれた留学経験者たちのリアル体験談！「トビタテ！留学JAPAN 留学体験発表会」をレポート

    Mynavi Gakusei no Madoguchi · Report on the Tobitate! Ryugaku JAPAN study-abroad presentation event (2025-12-14) · Featured presentation on robot stand-up comedy research

    Article ↗

07Awards & Funding

  1. 2026-12 – 2027-06

    経団連グローバル人材育成スカラーシップ

  2. 2025-02 – 08

    トビタテ！留学JAPAN（文部科学省）

    Research visit, UAL Creative Computing Institute

  3. 2024-04 – 2026-03

    紀文奨学財団 奨学金

  4. 2024-04 – 2026-03

    アイエイアイ奨学金

  5. 2022-04 – 2026-03

    芝浦工業大学 育英奨学金

    Ranked 2nd in department