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DAISUKE KATAGAMI

Daisuke Katagami

Toward a future in which people and intelligent systems live together.

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Professor Daisuke Katagami

DAISUKE KATAGAMI / Ph.D.

Daisuke Katagami

Information Technology Course, Department of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University
Professor / Director of Academic Affairs, Faculty of Engineering
Ph.D. in Engineering

Through interactions between people, agents, and robots, I study intelligent systems that can live alongside people of diverse personalities.



Laboratory materials and photographs

Biography

  • 1992 — Graduated from Saitama Prefectural Kasukabe High School
  • 1996 — Graduated from the Department of Mechanical and Control Engineering, Faculty of Electro-Communications, the University of Electro-Communications
  • 1999 — Completed the master's program in Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • 2002 — Completed the doctoral program in Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Ph.D. in Engineering
  • 2002 — Research Associate, Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • 2004–2007 — Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Environmental and Information Studies, Musashi Institute of Technology (concurrent appointment)
  • 2006 — Visiting Researcher, University of Hertfordshire, UK (concurrent appointment)
  • 2006–2007 — Visiting Researcher, University of Zurich, Switzerland (concurrent appointment)
  • 2007 — Assistant Professor, Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • 2010– — Associate Professor, Department of Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  • 2011–2012 — Part-time Lecturer, Nippon Sport Science University (concurrent appointment)
  • 2017– — Professor, Department of Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  • 2018– — Professor, Department of Applied Computer Science / Director of Student Affairs, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  • 2020– — Professor, Information Technology Course, Department of Engineering / Director of Student Affairs, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  • 2024– — Professor, Information Technology Course, Department of Engineering / Director of Academic Affairs, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University
(to present, as recorded in the Japanese profile)

Professional memberships

  • Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI)
  • Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics (SOFT)
  • Human Interface Society
  • IEEE
  • ACM

Academic service

  1. JSAI — Delegate (2021–)
  2. JSAI — Director (2019–2022)
  3. JSAI Annual Conference — Program Chair (2019–2020)
  4. JSAI Annual Conference — Program Vice Chair (2019)
  5. JSAI — Councilor (2007–2010)
  6. JSAI — Editorial Board Member (2010–2014)
  7. JSAI — Planning Committee Member (2009–2011)
  8. JSAI SIG on Data-Oriented Constructive Mining and Simulation (SIG-DOCMAS) — Steering Committee Member (2010–2026)
  9. SOFT — Director (2015–2017)
  10. SOFT — Councilor (2018–)
  11. SOFT — Editorial Board Member (2007–2015); Acting Chair of the Paper Committee (2012)
  12. SOFT Human Symbiotic Systems Research Group — Deputy Representative Secretary (2007–2019); Advisor (2020–)
  13. IEICE Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge-Based Processing (SIG-AI) — Committee Member (2020–)
  14. IEICE Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge-Based Processing (SIG-AI) — Vice Chair (2015–2019)
  15. IEICE Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge-Based Processing (SIG-AI) — Secretary (2011–)
  16. IPSJ SIG on Intelligence and Complex Systems — Steering Committee Member (2006–2010)
  17. IPSJ SIG on Game Informatics — Steering Committee Member (2017–2019)
  18. Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics — Editorial Board Member (2009–)
  19. International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction — Publicity Chair (2013–2015)
  20. International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication — Associate Editor (2015)
  21. International Workshop on Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics — International Program Committee (2010–2011)
  22. International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (ISIS) — International Program Committee (2006–2010)
  23. European Workshop on Interactive Evolution and Humanized Computational Intelligence — International Program Committee (2006–2009)
  24. Joint Agent Workshops and Symposium (JAWS) — Senior Program Committee (2014–2015)
  25. Joint Agent Workshops and Symposium (JAWS) — Program Committee (2005–2013, 2016–2017)
  26. HAI Symposium — Program Committee (2006–); Steering Committee (2009–); Organizing Co-chair (2015–); Steering Chair (2017–2019); Advisor (2019–)
  27. Fuzzy System Symposium (FSS) — Program Chair (2015, 2016)
  28. JSAI Annual Conference — Program Committee and Organizing Committee (2005–2006)

Research funding

  1. FY2022–2023 — KAKENHI Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a Proposed Research Area),Principal Investigator　
    “Developing an affinity-building dialogue system using speech-level shifts based on DP theory”
  2. FY2020–2021 — KAKENHI Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a Proposed Research Area),Principal Investigator
    “Developing an affinity-building dialogue system based on politeness theory and natural conversation corpora”
  3. FY2020–2022 — KAKENHI Scientific Research (C), Co-Investigator
    “Engineering support for learning how to interact with people with dementia in family settings”
  4. FY2019–2022 — KAKENHI Scientific Research (B), Co-Investigator
    “Analyzing Werewolf players' thinking through controlled experiments based on game scenarios”
  5. FY2018–2021 — KAKENHI Scientific Research (B), Co-Investigator
    “Understanding physical interactions that create empathy in group discussions and supporting their acquisition”
  6. FY2018–2021 — KAKENHI Scientific Research (A), Co-Investigator
    “Constructing a natural conversation corpus of 1,000 Japanese speakers for pragmatic analysis and multifaceted research”
  7. FY2017–2020 — KAKENHI Scientific Research (C), Co-Investigator
    “Engineering support for improving social skills in multi-person social situations”
  8. FY2016–2019 — KAKENHI Scientific Research (B), Co-Investigator
    “Analyzing the thinking processes of Werewolf players”
  9. FY2016 — Tokyo Polytechnic University Supporters' Association Education and Research Grant,Principal Investigator
    “A collaborative inter-university design contest exploring human–system symbiosis”
  10. FY2015 — Tokyo Polytechnic University Faculty of Engineering Special Research and Education Grant
    “Developing intelligent agents for education in persuasive dialogue using Werewolf”,Principal Investigator
  11. FY2015–2017 — KAKENHI Scientific Research (B), Co-Investigator
    “A tactile communication robot modeled on a hearing assistance dog”
  12. FY2015–2017 — KAKENHI Challenging Exploratory Research, Co-Investigator
    “Werewolf research: toward persuasive AI that considers how others model the self”
  13. FY2014 — Tokyo Polytechnic University Supporters' Association Education and Research Grant,Principal Investigator
    “A collaborative inter-university design contest exploring human–system symbiosis”
  14. FY2013 — Tokyo Polytechnic University Faculty of Engineering Special Research and Education Grant
    “Developing discommunication robots that elicit active human communication by not communicating”,Principal Investigator
  15. FY2013 — Tokyo Polytechnic University Supporters' Association Education and Research Grant,Principal Investigator
    “A collaborative inter-university design contest exploring human–system symbiosis”
  16. FY2013–2015 — KAKENHI Scientific Research (C), General,Principal Investigator
    “Artificial atmosphere generation and interaction design through cross-cultural simulations”
  17. FY2013 — Foundation for the Fusion of Science and Technology Research Grant,Principal Investigator
    “Building an educational system based on an online cross-cultural simulation game”
  18. FY2012 — Institute of Statistical Mathematics Cooperative Research Program,Principal Investigator
    “Exploring support for stranded commuters using social networks”
  19. FY2012 — Tokyo Polytechnic University Faculty of Engineering Special Research and Education Grant,Principal Investigator
    “Developing interactive digital signage using embodied agents”
  20. FY2012 — Tokyo Polytechnic University Supporters' Association Education and Research Grant,Principal Investigator
    “A collaborative inter-university design contest exploring human–system symbiosis”
  21. FY2011–2012 — Nakayama Hayao Foundation for Science & Technology and Culture Grant,Principal Investigator
    “Online cross-cultural simulations using a multi-touch user interface”
  22. FY2009–2010 — KAKENHI Young Scientists (B), Project 21700153,Principal Investigator
    “Understanding hidden specialties through research-field networks”
  23. FY2008–2010 — KAKENHI Scientific Research (B), General, Project 20300054, Co-Investigator
    “Supporting argumentation and mediation based on the logical structure of laws”
  24. FY2007–2008 — KAKENHI Young Scientists (B), Project 19700132,Principal Investigator
    “Analyzing networks between research fields using bibliographic information”
  25. FY2007–2008 — KAKENHI Scientific Research (C), Time-Limited, Project 19601002, Co-Investigator
    “Building Nexus, a knowledge-capital network infrastructure for academic productivity and educational effectiveness”
  26. FY2006 — MEXT Program for Internationalization of University Education (Support for Advanced Overseas Research),Principal Investigator
    “Designing social agents”
  27. FY2006 — Tokyo Institute of Technology 21st Century COE Young Researcher Grant,Principal Investigator
    “Multitask reinforcement learning based on social intelligence”
  28. FY2005–2006 — KAKENHI Young Scientists (B), Project 17700177,Principal Investigator
    “Designing social agents using human–agent interaction”
  29. FY2005–2006 — KAKENHI Scientific Research (C), General, Project 17500087, Co-Investigator
    “Developing a case-based education support system for alternative dispute resolution”
  30. FY2005 — Tokyo Institute of Technology 21st Century COE Young Researcher Grant,Principal Investigator
    “Social intelligence based on social reinforcement learning”
  31. FY2004 — Tokyo Institute of Technology 21st Century COE Young Researcher Grant,Principal Investigator
    “Realizing sociality in human–agent interaction”
  32. FY2003–2004 — Kayamori Foundation of Informational Science Advancement,Principal Investigator
    “Online learning in interactive evolutionary robotics”
  33. FY2002 — Hara Research Foundation Grant, First Half / 22nd Round,Principal Investigator

Invited talks and other presentations

  1. Daisuke Katagami: “Praise and comfort: supportive partners and evolving communication robots”, exclusive interview with Click and Pay LLC (2024.11)　
  2. Daisuke Katagami: “Relationships between people and systems through dialogue systems based on linguistic consideration”, Cognitive Communication Workshop, invited talk (2024.8)
  3. Daisuke Katagami: “Building new relationships between people and systems through dialogue systems based on linguistic consideration”, 56th Tokai Fuzzy Workshop, invited talk (2024.8)　
  4. Daisuke Katagami: “Introducing a listening training system for family caregivers of people with dementia”, Care-sul Kaigo (2024.3)　
  5. Daisuke Katagami: “Designing politeness theory in AI”, 3rd Conversation and Discourse Research Symposium, “AI and Language Research (1): Politeness and AI” (2018.6)
  6. Daisuke Katagami: “Systems that live with people: creating atmosphere through language and gestures”, NINJAL Colloquium, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (2018.3)
  7. Daisuke Katagami: Panel discussion on future micro-logistics with communication, “Designing Well-being in Everyday Life” Symposium, DENSO (2017.6)
  8. Daisuke Katagami: “Computers in social groups: creating systems that live with people”, Tokyo Polytechnic University public lecture (2016.11)
  9. Daisuke Katagami: “Virtual agents”, JSAI × CEDEC collaboration session on AIWolf technology, CEDEC2016 (2016.8)
  10. Daisuke Katagami: “Letting Hatsune Miku play Werewolf: the AIWolf project”, Cognitive Communication Workshop (2015.9)
  11. Daisuke Katagami: “AIWolf research today: studies of face-to-face interfaces”, AIWolf Competition, CEDEC2015 (2015.8)
  12. Daisuke Katagami: “Letting Hatsune Miku play Werewolf”, 6th Nico Nico Gakkai Beta Data Workshop (2015.4)
  13. Daisuke Katagami: “Introduction to human symbiotic systems research: creating systems that live with people”, Cognitive Communication Workshop (2014.9)
  14. Daisuke Katagami: “Mood engineering: understanding and creating atmosphere”, IEICE joint HCS & VNV workshop (2014.8)
  15. Daisuke Katagami: “People puzzled by agents: humans and artifacts in social groups”, Cognitive Communication Workshop (2012.9)
  16. 片上大輔： 人間とPCの中の人間との共生コミュニケーション, 夢ナビライブ, 東京ビッグサイト (2012.7)
  17. Daisuke Katagami: “Puzzled by groups: humans and artifacts in social groups”, Cognitive Communication Workshop (2011.9)

Special issues and editorial service

  1. SOFT special issue “Human Symbiotic Systems and Their Applications” — Organizer and Editorial Committee (2018.10)
  2. SOFT special issue “Human Interactive Systems” — Guest Editor (2015.12)
  3. JSAI special issue “Application-Oriented Neuroscience Experiments” — Editorial Committee (2015.05)
  4. IEICE Transactions (Japanese Edition A), special issue “Interaction between Humans and Agents” — Editorial Committee (2014.6)
  5. JSAI special issue “Human–Agent Interaction (HAI)” — Organizer and Editorial Secretary; 20 submissions, 13 published (2013.03)
  6. Human Interface Society special issue “Minimal Design of Interaction” — Editorial Committee (2013.02)
  7. SOFT special issue “Intelligent Systems Interacting with People” — Organizer and Guest Editor; 23 submissions, 13 published (2012.10)
  8. IEICE Transactions (Japanese Edition A), special issue “Interaction between Humans and Agents” — Editorial Committee; 44 submissions, 17 published (2012.1)
  9. Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics (JACIII), Vol. 14, No. 7, “Human Symbiotic System” — Guest Editor; 22 submissions, 14 published (2010.11)
  10. SOFT special issue “Human Symbiotic Systems” — Organizer and Editorial Committee; 27 submissions, 18 published (2009.10)
  11. IPSJ special issue “Theory and Applications of Multi-Agent Systems” — Editorial Committee; 45 submissions, 15 published (2006.5)

Organized sessions and workshops

  1. JSAI Annual Conference 2024 KS-8 AIWolf Contest 2024, Domestic Competition, Natural Language Division(2024.5)　
  2. 1st Workshop on AI Werewolf and Dialog System, Organisers: Yoshinobu Kano, Michimasa Inaba, Fujio Toriumi, Hirotaka Osawa, Daisuke Katagami, Takashi Otsuki (AIWolfDial2019) (2019.10)
  3. JSAI Annual Conference 2019 “AIWolf and Games with Incomplete Information” (2 sessions, 9 papers) (2019.6)
  4. HCG Symposium 2018, organized session “Mood Engineering” (2 sessions, 11 papers) (2018.12)
  5. JSAI Annual Conference 2018 “AIWolf and Games with Incomplete Information” (2 sessions, 8 papers, 1 competition) (2018.6)
  6. HCG Symposium 2017, organized session “Mood Engineering” (2 sessions, 11 papers) (2017.12)
  7. JSAI Annual Conference 2017 “What is at the heart of HAI? Exploring AI-based interaction technologies” (2 sessions) (2017.5)
  8. HCG Symposium 2016, organized session “Mood Engineering” (2 sessions, 8 papers) (2016.12)
  9. CEDEC2016 JSAI × CEDEC collaboration session on AIWolf technology (2016.08)
  10. JSAI Annual Conference 2016, “HAI Connecting People and Artificial Intelligence” (2 sessions, 9 papers) (2016.6)
  11. HCG Symposium 2015, “Mood Engineering” (2 sessions, 9 papers) (2015.12)
  12. CEDEC2015 AIWolf Competition (2015.08)
  13. JSAI Annual Conference 2015, “Creating Sociability and Atmosphere through HAI” (2 sessions, 10 papers) (2015.5)
  14. HCG Symposium 2014, “Mood Engineering” (4 sessions, 16 papers) (2014.12)
  15. 2nd International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI2014)
    The 1st International Workshop on Mood Engineering "Creating Effective Moods with Robots/Agents" (2014.10) ACM Digital Library
  16. JSAI Annual Conference 2014, “Mood Engineering” (2 sessions, 9 papers) (2014.5)
  17. 29th Fuzzy System Symposium (FSS2013), “Human Symbiotic Systems” (5 sessions, 24 papers) (2013.9)
  18. JSAI Annual Conference 2013, “Mood Engineering: Toward Further Development of Human Communication Research” (3 sessions, 15 papers) (2013.6)
  19. The 6th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems The 13th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS&ISIS2012) “Human Symbiotic System” (2 sessions, 7 papers) (2012.11)
  20. 28th Fuzzy System Symposium (FSS2012), “Human Symbiotic Systems” (8 sessions, 29 papers, 5 evening poster papers) (2012.9)
  21. IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI2012), (FUZZ-IEEE & CEC & IJCNN) “Human Symbiotic System” (1 session, 8 papers) (2012.6)
  22. IEICE General Conference 2012, organized symposium “Sociality and Agents” (1 session, 3 papers) (2012.3)
  23. 27th Fuzzy System Symposium (FSS2011), “Human Symbiotic Systems” (8 sessions, 32 papers, 14 interactive poster papers) (2011.9)
  24. The 2011 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems “Human Symbiotic System” (1 session, 7 papers) (2011.6)
  25. 20th Intelligent Symposium FAN2010, “Human Symbiotic Systems” (3 sessions, 10 papers) (2010.9)
  26. 26th Fuzzy System Symposium (FSS2010), “Human Symbiotic Systems” (5 sessions, 22 papers) (2010.9)
  27. The 2010 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, IEEE WCCI2010 "Human Symbiotic System" (2 sessions, 8 papers) (2010.7)
  28. The 19th Intelligent Symposium FAN2009 "Human Symbiotic System I & II" (3 sessions, 10 papers) (2009.9)
  29. The 2009 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems “Human Symbiotic System”(2 sessions, 8 papers) (2009.8)
  30. 25th Fuzzy System Symposium (FSS2009), “Human Symbiotic Systems” (3 sessions, 11 papers) (2009.7)
  31. Joint 3rd International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 7th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS&ISIS2008) “Human Symbiotic System”(2 sessions, 7 papers) (2008.9)
  32. 24th Fuzzy System Symposium (FSS2008), “Human Symbiotic Systems” (3 sessions, 15 papers) (2008.9)
  33. The 2008 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, IEEE WCCI2008 “Human Symbiotic System”(1 session, 6 papers) (2008.6)
  34. The Second International Conference on Innovative Computing, Information and Control (ICICIC2007) (1 session, 6 papers) (2007.9)
  35. Joint 3rd International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 7th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS&ISIS2006) “Human-Agent Interaction”(2 sessions, 9 papers) (2006.9)
  36. The 3rd International Symposium on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment (AMiRE2005) “Human-Agent Interaction and Social Robots”(1 session, 4 papers) (2005.9)

Teaching

  1. 2014– — Advanced Intelligent Information Processing, Graduate Program in Electronics and Information Technology, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  2. FY2013–FY2017 — Basic Engineering Experiments (autumn), Department of Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  3. 2012– — Human Motion Information Analysis (autumn), Department of Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  4. 2011– — Technical Writing and Presentation (autumn), Department of Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  5. 2011– — Soft Computing (spring), Department of Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  6. 2011– — Research and Production Workshop (spring), Department of Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  7. 2011– — Advanced Computational Intelligence (spring), Graduate Program in Electronics and Information Technology, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  8. 2011 — Information Processing (spring), Nippon Sport Science University
  9. 2010– — Introductory Seminar in Applied Computer Science (spring), Department of Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  10. 2010– — Computer Fundamentals (spring), Department of Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  11. 2010–2011 — Introduction to Information Technology (spring), Department of Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  12. 2010–2011 — Natural Language Processing (spring), Graduate Program in Electronics and Information Technology, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  13. 2010–2012 — Information Retrieval and Research Basics (autumn), Department of Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  14. 2010–2011 — Basic Programming (autumn), Department of Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University
  15. 2004–2008 — Information Literacy Exercises, Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Environmental and Information Studies, Musashi Institute of Technology
  16. 2002–2005 — Systems Modeling (teaching support), Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  17. 2002–2005 — Adaptive Systems (exercises), Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  18. 2002–2005 — Information Network Systems (teaching support), Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology