His research focuses on haptic rendering for virtual reality and its application in education, medicine and robotics. Specifically, he has been studying on real-time simulations of deformable objects using the Finite Element Method for surgical simulators. He is also interested in haptic distribution rendering to reproduce the sense of touch of soft materials, mainly for robotic teleoperation.
From September 2025 to August 2026, Kazuya Sase will stay as a visiting professor in the Interactive Graphics and Simulation research group of Professor Matthias Harders, to foster interdisciplinary research and discussion about data-driven haptic rendering. During his stay, he will also share his expertise with interested students in selected presentations.
The department of computer science is happy to welcome Prof. Sase for this guest professorship.