Awarded JSPS Kiban B grant

Katie Seaborn, Jun Kato (AIST), and Mayu Koike (Tokyo Tech) were awarded the JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research B (KAKENHI Kiban B) for the project Kawaii Vocalics: Modelling Reactions to “Cute” Voice Phenomena in Interactive Agents.
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-24K02972/ #jsps #grant #award

Publications at arXiv

Cross-Cultural Validation of Partner Models for Voice User Interfaces is now published.
abstract ->https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.09002
full paper->https://arxiv.org/pdf/2405.09002

Deceptive, Disruptive, No Big Deal: Japanese People React to Simulated Dark Commercial Patterns

Our publication (https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613905.3651099) is now available in the ACM Digital Library.
Deceptive, Disruptive, No Big Deal: Japanese People React to Simulated Dark Commercial Patterns
Authors: Katie Seaborn, Tatsuya Itagaki, Mizuki Watanabe, Yijia Wang, Ping Geng, Takao Fujii, Yuto Mandai, Miu Kojima, Suzuka Yoshida

para.chi.tokyo rocked!

With 10 presentations and participation online and off from around the world, para.chi.tokyo was a truly global and hybrid event! Thank you all! Special shout-out to co-hosts Giulia Barbareschi and Alarith Uhde! #chi2024 #chi24 #parachi #parachitokyo #japan #chi

Award-winner! CHI ’24 paper

Takao Fujii and Katie Seaborn (Aspire Lab) alongside co-author Madeleine Steeds (UCD) received the #CHI2024 Honorable Mention award (top 5%) for “Silver-Tongued and Sundry”! https://programs.sigchi.org/chi/2024/awards/honorable-mentions #chi #chi24 #award #intersectionality #japan #pronouns #chatgpt #hci #design #research #llm

Futuring Site Selection (SIGCHI Medium article)

Selecting sites for academic conferences is a key issue in the SIGCHI community and beyond. Dr. Katie Seaborn and Adrian Petterson (The University of Toronto) have co-authored possibilities for going forward. https://medium.com/p/071173b3c34e #acm #sigchi #hci #chi #chi24 #whychi #siteselection

Guest speaker (CUI@CHI 2024)

Associate Professor Katie Seaborn will be a guest speaker leading the breakout session on “Evaluation Techniques & Methods” at the CHI 2024 Workshop on CUIs. https://cui.acm.org/workshops/CHI2024 #chi #chi24 #cui

para.chi.tokyo is on

10 presentations, over 75 participants, and full-on hybrid: para.chi.tokyo is happening this Monday, May 13th, 2024 @ Tokyo Tech. https://aspirelab.io/parachitokyo #parachi #parachitokyo #chi24 #tokyo #japan