is a Japanese Researcher, media artists. He has a doctorate from the University of Tokyo. He is also an Associate Professor at the University of Tsukuba Library, as well as an Information and Media Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Digital Nature Development and Research. Specially-appointed professor at Digital Hollywood University, visiting professor at Osaka University of Arts and Kyoto City University of Arts, Visiting Professor at Kanazawa College of Art. Director of the Information-technology Promotion Agency, MITOU Super Creator, MITOU PM and General Incorporated Association MITOU. Member of the Moonshot R&D System Visionary Council and Moonshot Ambassador, Cabinet Office. Principal investigator of the Japan Science and Technology Agency CREST xDiversity project, and producer of the Signature Project for the 2025 Japan International Expo (Expo Osaka-Kansai). Pixie Dust Technologies Ltd, President. Blood type AB. Main activity As a media artist He has been working as a media artist since around 2010. As a media artist, he has several solo and group exhibitions per year, as well as an international communication of Japanese culture.. With the artist statement "Mononizing Computer: Confronting Nature and Ruminating on Longing and Emotion between Mass and Image", Ochiai's activities range from research to social implementation and are not limited to the expression of electronic technology. Ochiai states, "The vernacular, popular art and production process for local consumption, using something from the 'natural' environment to create a work of art, has not changed since ancient times, whether it is Japanese or Western painting" and considers media art as "Vernacular Art of Digital Nature". As a researcher Engaged in research with a vision of digital nature, he has been running his own 'Digital Nature Laboratory' at the University of Tsukuba since 2015, and has also been the director of the "Digital Nature Development Research Centre" since 2020. He specialises in media arts as well as 'human computer interaction' and applied fields using 'intelligent technology' and 'audio-visual technology'. application areas. Ochiai says that his academic research activities, exploration of expression through media art and various social implementations have led to a new 'vision of nature' that he calls 'Digital Nature'. . His publications in the laboratory are in the fields of human-computer interaction, virtual reality, aerial displays and spatial graphics, in the field of research on collaboration and co-creation between artificial intelligence and human intelligence, and in the fields of accessibility and diversity. As a researcher, he