OSAWA Hirotaka

写真a

Affiliation

Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (Yagami)

Position

Associate Professor

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Career 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2006.07
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    2007.03

    Information Technology Promotion Agency , Exploratory Youth Project 2006, Developer

  • 2007.04
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    2009.03

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Researcher (DC1)

  • 2009.04
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    2010.09

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Researcher (PD)

  • 2009.04
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    2011.03

    Keio University, Visiting Researcher

  • 2009.09
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    2010.03

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visiting Researcher

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Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2007.04
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    2009.03

    Keio University, School of Science for Open and Environmental Systems, Course: Computer Science

    Graduate School, Completed, Doctoral course

  • 2021.04
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    2025.03

    Keio University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Information and Computer Science

    University, Graduated

  • 2025.04
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    2027.03

    Keio University, School of Science for Open and Environmental Systems, Course: Computer Science

    Graduate School, Completed, Master's course

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Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

  • Master in Engineering, Keio University, Coursework, 2007.03

  • PhD in Engineering, Keio University, Coursework, 2009.03

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Matters concerning Career Achievements 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2020.09
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    Present

    Exective Board Member of Scinece Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan

  • 2022.10
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    2024.09

    Chairperson of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan

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Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Literature in general (Science Fiction)

  • Informatics / Perceptual information processing (Perception Information Processing/Intelligent Robotics)

  • Informatics / Human interface and interaction (Human-agent interaction)

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Research Keywords 【 Display / hide 】

  • Sci-Fi Prototyping

  • Human interface

  • Human-agent interaction

  • Human-robot interaction

  • Anthropomorphization

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Research Themes 【 Display / hide 】

  • science fiction, 

    2018.04
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    Present

  • human-agent interaction, 

    2005.04
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    Present

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Proposed Theme of Joint Research 【 Display / hide 】

  • Sci-Fi prototyping

    Interested in joint research with industry (including private organizations, etc.),  Desired form： Technical Consultation, Funded Research, Cooperative Research, Other

  • science fiction

    Interested in joint research with industry (including private organizations, etc.),  Desired form： Technical Consultation, Funded Research, Cooperative Research, Other

  • human-agent interaction

    Interested in joint research with industry (including private organizations, etc.),  Desired form： Technical Consultation, Funded Research, Cooperative Research

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Books 【 Display / hide 】

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Papers 【 Display / hide 】

  • Analysis of Participants’ Discourse in a Workshop using Creating Writing: the Importance of Divergence and Discussion Procedures for Future Vision Formation

    Tomoya MINEGISHI, Hirotaka OSAWA, Dohjin MIYAMOTO, Atsuya FUJIMOTO, Miwa NISHINAKA

    Global Business Journal (Society of Global Business)  9 ( 1 ) 10 - 19 2023.12

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

  • Human-agent interaction as augmentation of social intelligence.

    Hirotaka Osawa

    Artificial Life and Robotics (Springer)  28 ( 2 ) 273 - 281 2023.05

    Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author, Accepted,  ISSN  14335298

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    Human–agent interaction is a means of extending our society through social agents, artificial beings that work through social channels to humans. This paper describes the trends of human–agent interaction and the directions of HAI research that will occur in the future.

  • Improvement of the Sense of Control Subjectivity during Environmental Interaction via a Teleoperation Presentation Correction Method Based on Nearest Neighbor Computation

    Taichi Sono, Hirotaka Osawa

    Transactions of Information Processing Society of Japan (Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ))  64 ( 2 ) 430 - 446 2023.02

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Last author, Accepted

  • Social agents as catalysts: Social dynamics in the classroom with book introduction robot.

    Hirotaka Osawa, Kohei Horino, Takuya Sato

    Frontiers in Robotics and AI (Frontiers)  9 2022.11

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Lead author, Corresponding author, Accepted

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    One of the possible benefits of robot-mediated education is the effect of the robot becoming a catalyst between people and facilitating learning. In this study, the authors focused on an asynchronous active learning method mediated by robots. Active learning is believed to help students continue learning and develop the ability to think independently. Therefore, the authors improved the UGA (User Generated Agent) system that we have created for long-term active learning in COVID-19 to create an environment where children introduce books to each other via robots. The authors installed the robot in an elementary school and conducted an experiment lasting more than a year. As a result, it was confirmed that the robot could continue to be used without getting bored even over a long period of time. They also analyzed how the children created the contents by analyzing the contents that had a particularly high number of views. In particular, the authors observed changes in children’s behavior, such as spontaneous advertising activities, guidance from upperclassmen to lowerclassmen, collaboration with multiple people, and increased interest in technology, even under conditions where the new coronavirus was spreading and children’s social interaction was inhibited.

  • Visions of Artificial Intelligence and Robots in Science Fiction: a computational analysis

    Hirotaka Osawa, Dohjin Miyamoto, Satoshi Hase, Reina Saijo, Kentaro Fukuchi, Yoichiro Miyake

    International Journal of Social Robotics (Springer Science and Business Media LLC)  14 ( 10 ) 2123 - 2133 2022

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author, Accepted,  ISSN  18754791

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    Abstract

    Driven by the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) and anthropomorphic robotic systems, the various possibilities and risks of such technologies have become a topic of urgent discussion. Although science fiction (SF) works are often cited as references for visions of future developments, this framework of discourse may not be appropriate for serious discussions owing to technical inaccuracies resulting from its reliance on entertainment media. However, these science fiction works could help researchers understand how people might react to new AI and robotic systems. Hence, classifying depictions of artificial intelligence in science fiction may be expected to help researchers to communicate more clearly by identifying science fiction elements to which their works may be similar or dissimilar. In this study, we analyzed depictions of artificial intelligence in SF together with expert critics and writers. First, 115 AI systems described in SF were selected based on three criteria, including diversity of intelligence, social aspects, and extension of human intelligence. Nine elements representing their characteristics were analyzed using clustering and principal component analysis. The results suggest the prevalence of four distinctive categories, including human-like characters, intelligent machines, helpers such as vehicles and equipment, and infrastructure, which may be mapped to a two-dimensional space with axes representing intelligence and humanity. This research contributes to the public relations of AI and robotic technologies by analyzing shared imaginative visions of AI in society based on SF works.

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Reviews, Commentaries, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

  • Hai 2021 chairs welcome

    Ogawa K., Yonezawa T., Lucus G.M., Osawa H., Johal W., SHiomi M.

    HAI 2021 - Proceedings of the 9th International User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2021 - Proceedings of the 9th International User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Human-Agent Interaction)   2021.11

  • HAI 2020 Chairs' Welcome

    Obaid M., Mubin O., Nagai Y., Osawa H., Abdelrahman Y., Fjeld M.

    HAI 2020 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2020 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction)     III - IV 2020.11

  • Guest Editorial: Social and human aspects of cyber-physical systems

    Hu J., Liang R., Shih C., Catala A., Marcenaro L., Osawa H.

    IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory and Applications (IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory and Applications)  4 ( 3 ) 187 - 188 2019.09

  • Introduction

    Kano Y., Aranha C., Inaba M., Toriumi F., Osawa H., Katagami D., Otsuki T.

    AIWolfDial 2019 - Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop of AI Werewolf and Dialog System, Proceedings of the Workshop (AIWolfDial 2019 - Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop of AI Werewolf and Dialog System, Proceedings of the Workshop)   2019

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Presentations 【 Display / hide 】

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Research Projects of Competitive Funds, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

  • Imagination Studies in Posthuman Society

    2024.07
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    2030.03

    MEXT,JSPS, 課題設定による先導的人文学・社会科学研究推進事業（学術知共創プログラム）, Hirotaka Osawa, Research grant, Principal investigator

  • Exploring Cybernetic Avatar Society Using Design Fiction

    2023.04
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    2026.03

    JST, Moonshot, Hirotaka Osawa, Commissioned ｒesearch, Principal investigator

  • Supra-academic research on the potential and challenges of XR in e-tourism, loss of opportunity and equality

    2023.04
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    2026.03

    MEXT,JSPS, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Hirotaka Osawa, 基盤研究(C), Research grant, Coinvestigator(s)

  • Analysis of science fiction's implications for future vision of development and aging

    2023.04
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    2025.03

    学術変革領域研究(A), Principal investigator

  • Science for Artificial Intelligence and Fiction

    2023.02
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    2026.01

    The Toyota Foundation, Interlinkages and Innovation for Future Societies, Hirotaka Osawa, Commissioned ｒesearch, Principal investigator

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Awards 【 Display / hide 】

  • International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems 2023 Best Presentation Session Award

    Hirotaka Osawa, Taichi Sono, 2023.12, International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems, Cooperative Principle in Cybernetic Avatar: Guideline for Merging Teleoperation with Multiple users

    Type of Award： Award from international society, conference, symposium, etc.,  Country： Korea, Republic of

  • International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems 2023 Best Presentation Session Award

    Taichi Sono, Hirotaka Osawa, 2023.12, International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems, Impact on sense of agency of work sharing when multiple people successfully collaborate with constrained work

    Type of Award： Award from international society, conference, symposium, etc.,  Country： Korea, Republic of

  • HAI Symposium Outstanding Research Award

    Masafumi Oishi, Hirotaka Osawa, 2023.03, HAIシンポジウム2023実行委員会, Designing an agent system that can use differentiation between competition and cooperation

    Type of Award： Award from Japanese society, conference, symposium, etc.

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  • HAI Symposium Most Impressive Long-paper Award

    Kohei Horino, Hirotaka Osawa, 2021.03, HAIシンポジウム2021実行委員会, Case Study of Long-Term Active Learning With Robot-Mediated Learning Supporty in Elementary School

    Type of Award： Award from Japanese society, conference, symposium, etc.

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  • IPSJ Yamashita Memorial Research Award 2019

    Eisuke Sato, Takuya Kato, Hirotaka Osawa, 2020.03, 情報処理学会, Development and evaluation of the game agent to add opponent thinking time as indicator of strategy in Cooperative game Hanabi

    Type of Award： Award from Japanese society, conference, symposium, etc.

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    One entry from each research group (recommended by the Game Informatics Research Group)

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Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

  • SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

    2025

  • SEMINAR IN INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

    2025

  • OPEN SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT: LECTURE AND LABORATORIES

    2025

  • LABORATORIES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

    2025

  • LABORATORIES IN INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (3)

    2025

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Educational Activities and Special Notes 【 Display / hide 】

  • 理工学部2年生クラス担任

    2025.04
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    Present

    , Class Teacher

  • 教科書「ゲームAI研究の新展開」共同執筆

    2022.07
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    2023.07

    , Development of Textbook and Teaching Material

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Social Activities 【 Display / hide 】

  • Hakuhodo Emotech Project Advisor

    2022.04
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    Present

  • Advisor to the Food Tech Public-Private Council, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

    2021.10
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    2022.03

  • Survey on the Ideal Form of Ibaraki Prefecture's Antenna Shop Expert

    2018.01
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    2018.03
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Academic Activities 【 Display / hide 】

  • International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI) 2025 general chair

    2024.12
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    2025.12

  • JSAI editor in chief on Journal

    2024.07
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    Present

  • International Conference Series on Robot Ethics and Standards (ICRES) 2024 local chair

    2023.10
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    2024.10

  • International Conference on Human-Roboti Interaction (HRI) 2022 Student Design Competition Chair

    2021.03
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    2022.03

  • International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI) 2021 program chair

    2020.11
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    2021.11

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Memberships in Academic Societies 【 Display / hide 】

  • 日本認知科学会, 

    2014.11
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    Present

  • Association for Computing Machinery, 

    2009.04
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    Present

  • The Japanese Society of Artificial Intelligence, 

    2006.04
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    Present

  • Information Processiong Society of Japan, 

    2005.03
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    Present
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