KEN SHIBATA

KEN SHIBATA

2014 Identified as a gifted student by the Toronto District School Board and have been enrolled in the Gifted program
2018 Awarded the Cyber Agent prize at Tech Kids Grand Prix for creation of an original Japanese-based programming language, “Unchiku”
2019 Awarded a silver medal at the Toronto Science Fair for project on “Linear Motor Train using MicroPython”
2020 Awarded a regional award at the Youth Science Canada Online STEM Fair for project on “Transference”
2021 Awarded a bronze medal at the Canada-Wide Science Fair for project on “The Properties of Face Masks”
2021 Awarded a bronze medal at the Toronto Science Fair for project on “Transference” and a gold medal for project on “The Properties of Face Masks”
2021 Awarded Japan Science and Technology Agency Chair’s Award for “Development of a Parallel-native Programming Language”
2022 Awarded a bronze medal at the Canada-Wide Science Fair for project on “Kyokukey: Wearable Input Device Using Conductive Threads”
2022 Presented “Yarnkey: A Thigh-worn Wearable Input Device for 2D Alphabetic Patterns using Conductive-threads-based Touch Sensing” at DICOMO 2022
2022 Presented “Design and Implementation of a Parallel-native Programming Language” at Summer United Workshops on Parallel, Distributed and Cooperative Processing (SWoPP 2022)
2022年 Poster of Yarnkey and “Design and Implementation of a Parallel-native Programming Language” at World Conference on Computers in Education 2022
2023 Champion at CyberTitan VI (national cybersecurity competition for middle and high school students)

I like to figure out the mechanics of things. Whenever an idea pops into my head, my first instinct is to immediately test it out by making a prototype. I believe that GUIs (Graphical User Interfaces) are one of the most important ways to connect computers and people. My dream is to develop a new type of OS (Operating System). I hope to make an OS so anyone can easily use a computer more than any present OS, like Windows, macOS, Linux etc. I usually use Python and Go to program.