Hideyuki Nakanishi is a professor in Faculty of Informatics at Kindai University. He received B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees in computer science, and a Ph.D. degree in informatics from Kyoto University in 1996, 1998 and 2001 respectively. He worked as an assistant professor in Department of Social Informatics at Kyoto University (2001-2006) and worked as an associate professor in Department of Adaptive Machine Systems at Osaka University (2006-2022). His research interests mainly include telepresence and social robotics.