News Archive・ニュース一覧

Monday October 7th, 2024

Latest updates on Noetic!

Latest updates on Noetic! Noeticの最新情報についてwebsiteをご覧ください。(https://noetic.jp/) #ダークパターン
Monday October 7th, 2024

New Grant: JST PRESTO・さきがけ

2024年度 戦略的創造研究推進事業(さきがけ)の新規研究課題に採択されました。 (課題名:Discovering and Dismantling Dark Patterns in Everyday Interfaces) Accepted by JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency) PRESTO, FY2024 https://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/presto/ #さきがけ#ダークパターン#darkpattern
Friday October 4th, 2024

We’re now Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo)!

We’re now Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo)! https://www.isct.ac.jp/en 10月より東京科学大学になりました! https://www.isct.ac.jp/ja #ScienceTokyo
Monday September 9th, 2024

Professor Ilaria Torre (Chalmers, Sweden) just gave a fantastic talk on voice and nonverbal behaviour for robots!

Professor Ilaria Torre (Chalmers, Sweden https://www.chalmers.se/en/persons/ilariat/) just gave a fantastic talk on voice and nonverbal behaviour for robots!
Friday September 6th, 2024

From “Made In” to Mukokuseki: Exploring the Visual Perception of National Identity in Robots

From “Made In” to Mukokuseki: Exploring the Visual Perception of National Identity in Robots is published! https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3681782
Friday September 6th, 2024

Preprint Japanese translation of the Ambivalent Ageism Scale for Japan

Preprint Japanese translation of the Ambivalent Ageism Scale for Japan is published. 日本語訳 アンビバレント・エイジズム尺度の日本へのローカライズ のプレプリントが公開されました。 https://jxiv.jst.go.jp/index.php/jxiv/preprint/view/826
Monday August 19th, 2024

Professor Ilaria Torre (Sweden) is coming

Please join our special seminar on Friday, Sept. 6! Professor Ilaria Torre (Sweden) is coming for a writing retreat. We’ll also have Dr. Nick Vallou, a visiting postdoc from Oxford University, joining us. Speaker: Ilaria Torre (https://www.chalmers.se/en/persons/ilariat/) Title: Voices from the future: Communication in Human-Robot Interaction Date: Friday, Sept. 6 @ 14:00-15:00 Venue: Room 425 at 4th floor, West 9 building at Oookayama campus
Friday August 2nd, 2024

(急募)65歳以上の方を探しております。

(急募)65歳以上の方を探しております!私たちの研究にご協力ください。詳しくは以下をご参照くださいませ。 https://docs.google.com/document/d/18kH6D5y9cokk_0Z7KhBCjVS9qZ9DTcls/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108055359617877623627&rtpof=true&sd=true
Friday July 12th, 2024

Proceedings of the dark patterns and deceptive designs workshop at CHI ’24

Proceedings of the dark patterns and deceptive designs workshop at CHI ’24 is now available: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3720/ #darkpatterns #deceptivedesigns
Saturday June 15th, 2024

Dr. Katie Seaborn appointed Associate Editor at ACM THRI

Dr. Katie Seaborn has been appointed Associate Editor at the ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI) journal.
Wednesday June 5th, 2024

Lecture at the University of Tokyo

Professor Katie Seaborn's guest lecture for "Non-Research Tips for Information Science Researchers" was on "Research Management 101" https://non-research-tips.github.io/2024.html
Saturday May 25th, 2024

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
Friday May 24th, 2024

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
Friday May 24th, 2024

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
Wednesday May 15th, 2024

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
Saturday May 11th, 2024

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
Friday May 10th, 2024

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
Friday May 10th, 2024

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
Friday May 10th, 2024

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
Tuesday April 30th, 2024

Now on YouTube! NHK Dark Patterns Study

ケイティー・シーボーン准教授とアスピレーショナル・コンピューティング研究室の研究者がクローズアップ現代で紹介されました。番組のショートバージョンがYoutubeでご覧いただけます。今すぐご覧ください! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4JYgj4A6-A
Monday April 22nd, 2024

Final call for audience members of parachitokyo to Sunday April 28th

Final call (Sunday April 28th) for audience members of para.chi.tokyo May 13th!! 最終参加申込は28日です。https://aspirelab.io/parachitokyo/#schedule
Saturday April 20th, 2024

Last call for para.chi.tokyo!

Today's the last day to sign up as a presenter or audience member! We have almost 60 signups and 10 papers for para.chi.tokyo, our hybrid parallel CHI '24 event in the Tokyo/Japan/Asia region! #chi24 #parachi #parachitokyo #chi #hybrid #hci
Friday April 19th, 2024

What does the global power of kawaii say about us?

What does the global power of kawaii say about us?https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/03/26/japan/cute-kawaii-culture-global-reach/
Friday April 12th, 2024

Hosting a dark patterns and deceptive design researcher

[Monday April 15th @ 14:00 ] Hosting a dark patterns and deceptive design researcher from the US in April! This is a public lecture, in-person only. All are welcome! #darkpatterns #deceptivedesigns Dr. Woodrow Hartzog (Professor of Law, Boston University) Venue : Rm. 508, West 9 Building
Friday April 12th, 2024

New Website Released

Check out our new website!! 研究室のウェブサイトを更新いたしました!! https://aspirelab.io/
Monday April 8th, 2024

NHK web article about dark patterns on Nov. 14th, 2023 

2023年11月14日のダークパターンに関するNHKのウェブ記事 NHK web article about dark patterns on Nov. 14th, 2023 https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20231114/k10014253731000.html #ダークパターン
Friday April 5th, 2024

para.chi.tokyo Hybrid Experience

Check out the awesome Collaboration Room we've booked for para.chi.toyko!

Monday April 1st, 2024

noetic

シーボーン・ケイティ准教授は現在、ダークパターンに関するコンサルティング・トレーニング・リサーチ等のサービスを提供しています。https://noetic.jp/ #ダークパターン
Monday April 1st, 2024

4月3日(水) NHKクローズアップ現代放送予定

4月3日(水) 午後7:30 〜 午後7:57 NHKクローズアップ現代の番組内で、ダークパターンの調査について当研究室が紹介されます。 https://www.nhk.jp/p/gendai/ts/R7Y6NGLJ6G/episode/te/RK7Y9Q469Q/ #ダークパターン
Monday April 1st, 2024

Deadline Extended to April 20th!

Would you like to join para.chi.tokyo? https://aspirelab.io/parachitokyo/
Friday March 29th, 2024

New Journal Paper Published

A journal paper is now published on "Coimagining the Future of Voice Assistants with Cultural Sensitivity" https://www.hindawi.com/journals/hbet/2024/3238737/
Thursday March 28th, 2024

Press Release: Yomiuri・読売新聞

Dr. Seaborn was interviewed by Yomiuri on dark patterns and deceptive design. シーボーン博士は読売新聞の取材を受け、ダークパターンと欺瞞的なデザインについて語りました。https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20240326-OYT1T50200/

Thursday March 14th, 2024

CfP: para.chi

HCI researchers around the world are hosting regional, hybrid, and local events in parallel to CHI ‘24. Are you hosting an event or would like to? Check out para.chi ???? #para.chi #chi24

Monday March 11th, 2024

Join para.chi.tokyo

Join para.chi.tokyo on Monday, May 13th, 2024! Sign up by March 31st, 2024 here: https://forms.gle/1m4MsuuqgFYC4t79A Details here: https://aspirelab.io/parachitokyo/

Sunday January 7th, 2024

CfP: CHI '24 Workshop

Friday September 29th, 2023

Press Release: Tokyo Tech

Our research on dark patterns and deceptive designs in Japan has been published on Tokyo Tech News (English-only).

Friday September 8th, 2023

Press Release: NHK

Our research on dark patterns and deceptive designs in Japan was featured on the Ohayo Nippon TV programme this morning and published as an article on the Web Feature List (Japanese-only). 日本におけるダーク・パターンと欺瞞的デザインに関する我々の研究は、今朝のおはよう日本TVで紹介され、ウェブ特集リストに記事として掲載されました。

Sunday July 30th, 2023

Press Release: Yomiuri Shinbun・読売新聞

Our research on dark patterns and deceptive designs in Japan is front page news on Yomiuri Shinbun (the most circulated newspaper in Japan; Japanese-only). 日本におけるダーク・パターンと欺瞞的デザインに関する我々の研究は、読売新聞(日本で最も発行部数の多い新聞)の一面を飾った。 日本語の記事

Wednesday July 26th, 2023

News: Shiseido Female Researcher Science Grant

The Department of Industrial Engineering at Tokyo Institute of Technology has released a news article on the 16th Shiseido Female Researcher Science Grant. Read more | 日本語の記事

Friday June 30th, 2023

Shiseido Female Researcher Science Grant

Dr. Katie Seaborn is one of ten recipients of the 16th Shiseido Female Researcher Science Grant. Co-PI: Dr. Gentiane Venture (The University of Tokyo・東京大学). Read more | 日本語の記事

Thursday May 11th, 2023

Press release: ITmedia News

ITmedia News via Seamless @shiropen has released an article on our research about dark patterns and deceptive designs in Japan, based on our CHI '23 paper. ITmedia News (作家:Seamless @shiropen) が、CHI'23論文に基づく、日本におけるダークパターンや欺瞞的なデザインに関する研究についての記事を公開しました。

Thursday May 11th, 2023

Publications at CHI '23

We published two full papers, five short papers, and an alt.CHI paper at CHI '23にて、フルペーパー2本、ショートペーパー5本、alt.CHI論文を発表しました: Transcending the "Male Code", Linguistic Dead-Ends and Alphabet Soup, Can Voice Assistants Sound Cute?, Dis/Immersion in Mindfulness Meditation, "I'm" Lost in Translation, Interacting with Masculinities, Trust and Reliance in ELEMI, & The Systematic Review-lution.

Tuesday April 18th, 2023

Publication at CSCW '23

Our collaboration on the Wizundry project with City University of Hong Kong is now published at the 2023 ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW '23). Read it for free! 香港城市大学とのWizundryプロジェクトでの共同研究が、CSCW '23に掲載されました。無料でお読みいただけます!

Monday April 10th, 2023

Publications at IJSR

We have two journal papers published at the International Journal of Social Robotics: Voice Over Body? and Not Only WEIRD But "Uncanny"? All free and open access! International Journal of Social Roboticsに「身体より音声?」「変だけではなく、不気味なの?」の2本のジャーナル論文が掲載されました。いずれも無料オープンアクセスです!

Monday April 10th, 2023

Publication at AHs '23

The DLab ELEMI team has published a full paper to the ACM Augmented Humans '23 conference. Read it here for free! DLab エレミのチームは、ACM Augmented Humans '23 学会にフルペーパーを発表しました。ここから無料で読めます!

Monday April 10th, 2023

Tokyo Tech Young Investigator Award

Professor Seaborn has received a Tokyo Tech Young Investigator Award for the research theme of "Social Identity Theory for Human-Agent Interaction." 令和4年度には、Seaborn先生は、東工大工学院若手奨励賞を受賞しました。

Friday September 30th, 2022

Publication in Nature journal

Check out our Open Access article entitled "A meta-review of psychological resilience during COVID-19."

Tuesday July 26th, 2022

Research updated

Research page updated. 研究のページを更新しました。Check it out!

Tuesday April 26th, 2022

Publications at CHI '22

One full paper and 3 short papers (late-breaking work) will be published in the ACM CHI '22 proceedings. Find them here.

Sunday April 3rd, 2022

Website refresh

Design and content updated. デザイン、コンテンツを更新しました。

Saturday March 26th, 2022

Publications at HRI '22

Two short papers were published in the ACM/IEEE HRI '22 proceedings. Find them here.

Tuesday December 14th, 2021

Interviewed for NEXT generation Series

Thursday July 1st, 2021

New Publication in BMJ Open

Protocol for conducting a meta-review of the COVID-19 literature on psychological resilience. Read it free here. サイコロジカルレジリエンスに関するCOVID-19文献のメタレビューを行うためのプロトコルです。こちらから無料でお読みいただけます。

Tuesday June 29th, 2021

Deadline extended! IEEE RO-MAN BoAB 2021

The deadline for the first-ever workshop on Bots Against Bias has been extended to July 16th. 1-4 pages, free attendance, all virtual.

Thursday June 10th, 2021

Press release: RIKEN AIP and Tokyo Tech

RIKEN AIP and Tokyo Tech (department: IEE) have released articles on the CSUR paper.

Wednesday June 2nd, 2021

Press release: AAAS EurekAlert!

Wednesday June 2nd, 2021

Research published to ACM CSUR (IF=7.990)

Collaborative research with RIKEN AIP has been published to ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR): "Voice in Human-Agent Interaction: A Survey" is Open Access and free to read.

Friday May 21st, 2021

Call for participation: BoAB 2021

We are accepting submissions for the inaugural half-day IEEE RO-MAN 2021 Conference Workshop on Bots Against Bias (BoAB 2021). Virtual, August 9th, 2021 @ 9:00 JST. Deadline: July 2nd, 2021. Details here. 半日のIEEE RO-MAN 2021 Conference Workshop on Bots Against Bias (BoAB 2021)の初回開催に向けて、投稿を受け付けています。仮想、2021年8月9日(月)@9:00JSTです。締め切り:2021年7月2日(金)です。詳細はこちらにご覧ください。

Tuesday April 20th, 2021

Received 3-Year JSPS KAKENHI Wakate Grant・3年間の科研費若手

Project "Voice Against Bias" commencing this month.
プロジェクト「偏見に対抗する音声」が今月からスタートします。

Tuesday April 6th, 2021

Welcome to the first Aspire Lab cohort FY21

これからよろしくお願いいたします

Monday March 29th, 2021

Project ELEMI covered by DIME Magazine

Thursday March 18th, 2021

Published three LBW papers at CHI '21

Monday February 1st, 2021

Created and taught a new graduate course: Computers in Society

Friday October 2nd, 2020

Received competitive "DLab Challenge" grant with Professors Urakami and Oura

Tuesday August 18th, 2020

Collaborative research with the University of Tokyo and RIKEN published to PLOS ONE

Wednesday May 20th, 2020

Interviewed for Industrial Engineering and Economics News

Tuesday May 19th, 2020

Released this website

Wednesday April 1st, 2020

Joined Tokyo Tech as an Associate Professor