Details of a Researcher - OSAWA Hirotaka

OSAWA Hirotaka

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

Position: Associate Professor

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Generative AI Lab, Imagination & Social Intelligence AI Group Leader
Science Fiction Research and Development Center, Leader

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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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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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Master in Engineering, Keio University, Coursework, 2007.03
PhD in Engineering, Keio University, Coursework, 2009.03

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2020.09

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Present

Exective Board Member of Scinece Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan
2022.10

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Chairperson of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan

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)

Research Keywords 【 Display / hide 】

Human interface
Human-agent interaction
Human-robot interaction
Anthropomorphization

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science fiction,

2018.04

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human-agent interaction,

2005.04

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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

Books 【 Display / hide 】

Hundred Science Fictions Emerged Artificial Intelligence

Hirotaka OSAWA, Dohjin MIYAMOTO, Yuto MIYAMOTO, Hayakawa Publishing, 2024.04

Scope: 監修・編
New developments in game AI research

Ito Takeshi, Ikeda kokoro, Inaba Michimasa, Okubo Seiya, Osawa Hirotaka, Ohashi Takafumi, Ogawa Mitsuhiro, Katayose Haruhiro, Kihara Naoya, Chida Shota, Nakaya Hiroaki, Nishino Junji, Hashimoto Tsuyoshi, Fujii Nobuto, Masui Fumito, Matsui Yu,　Miyake Yoichiro, Yanase Yohei, Yamamoto Masato, Ohmsha, Ltd., 2023.06

Scope: CHAPTER 4 Communication Game
SF Thinking: Skills to Think about Business and Your Future

Atsuya Fujimoto, Dohjin Miyamoto, Hozuma Sekine, ダイヤモンド社, 2021.08
SF Prototyping: A New Strategy for Generating Innovation from Science Fiction

宮本, 道人, 難波, 優輝, 大澤, 博隆, 早川書房, 2021.06, Page： 281p
信頼を考える: リヴァイアサンから人工知能まで

大澤,博隆, 勁草書房, 2018.07, Page： xiii, 354p

Scope: 人工的な他者への信頼─HAI 研究における信頼

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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 (Artificial Life and Robotics) 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.
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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 in Robotics and AI) 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.
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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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Analysis and learning support for nonverbal interaction with shared empathy in group discussion

Osawa, Hirotaka

科学研究費補助金研究成果報告書 2022
Research on ambient intelligence systems to support human-machine mutual-adaptation

Ōsawa, Hirotaka

科学研究費補助金研究成果報告書 2018

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
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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
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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

Presentations 【 Display / hide 】

How Sci-Fi Prototyping Expand Roadmap for Cybernetic Avatar

Hirotaka Osawa

Friendship with Artificial Intelligence Science Fiction Prototyping,

2025.05
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Symposium, workshop panel (nominated)
Science Fiction and Science Fiction Prototyping Trend in Japan

Hirotaka Osawa

Utopiales 2024,

2024.11
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Symposium, workshop panel (nominated)
Science Fiction Prototyping Trend in Japan

Hirotaka Osawa

Designing the Future(s) with Science Fictio,

2024.10
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Symposium, workshop panel (nominated)
Science, fiction?

Hirotaka Osawa, Xela Indurkhya

Workshop Ecotic,

2024.01
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Oral presentation (invited, special)

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
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)
Exploring Cybernetic Avatar Society Using Design Fiction

2023.04

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2026.03

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

Awards 【 Display / hide 】

ISIS 2023 Best Presentation Award (Cooperative Principle in Cybernetic Avatar: Guideline for Merging Teleoperation with Multiple users)

Hirotaka Osawa, Taichi Sono, 2023.12

Type of Award： Award from international society, conference, symposium, etc.
ISIS 2023 Best Presentation Award (Impact on Sense of Agency of Work Sharing when Multiple People Successfully Collaborate with Constrained Work Content)

Taichi Sono, Hirotaka Osawa, 2023.12

Type of Award： Award from international society, conference, symposium, etc.
HAI Symposium Outstanding Research Award

2023.03

Type of Award： Award from Japanese society, conference, symposium, etc.
HAI Symposium Most Impressive Long-paper Award

2021.03

Type of Award： Award from Japanese society, conference, symposium, etc.
IPSJ Yamashita Memorial Research Award

2020.03

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

Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

ALGORITHMS

2025
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

2025
SEMINAR IN INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

2025
OPEN SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT: LECTURE AND LABORATORIES

2025
LABORATORIES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

2025

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

Media Coverage 【 Display / hide 】

［Faces.] Beyond Imagination: The Vision of Society...Hirotaka Osawa, an engineer who serves as president of the Science Fiction Writers' Club of Japan　

Yomiuri Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, 2024.04
"AI" that drives people doesn't have to be smart. Should we regulate it because it's too friendly and dangerous?" Expert and Manga artist discuss.

ITmedia, ITmedia News, 2023.08
【JSAI2023】SFとAIは、日常的思考から脱却するツールになれるのか？

Morikatoron, Morikatoron AI Lab, 2023.07
AI Asks: Creating Human Stories

Yomiuri Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, 2023.06
Is it easier to disagree with your boss if you use SF?　Associate Professor of Keio University talks about the use of "SF Prototyping" and its challenges.

2022.07

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JSAI editor in chief

2024.07

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Present
ICRES 2024 local chair

2023.10

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2024.10
HRI 2022 Student Design Competition Chair

2021.03

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2022.03
HAI 2021 prgoram chair

2020.11

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2021.11
HAI 2020 program chair

2019.10

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2020.11