Current Affiliation
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Informatics, Shizuoka University
E-mail: maekawa-tomoyuki@inf.shizuoka.ac.jp
Note: I am not currently accepting research students.
If you are looking for a potential supervisor at Shizuoka University, read the application guide carefully: [Link]
Education
Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Information Studies)
Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo, 2022
Thesis title: Cognitive Analysis of Information Presentation Based on Uncertainty of Winning or Losing to Interest Audience in Watching Sports (スポーツ観戦における観客の興味を引き出すための，勝敗の不確実性に基づいた情報提示の認知科学的検討)
M.S. (Information Science and Technology)
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 2016
B.S. (Engineering)
Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 2014
Research Experience
Shizuoka University
Assistant Professor
2024 - Present
Keio University
Researcher
2020 - 2024
The University of Tokyo
Academic Support Specialist
2019 - 2020
Teaching Experience
Shizuoka University
Machine Learning — Contributing Instructor (Undergraduate Course)
2024 - 2026
Shizuoka University
Introduction to Domain Informatics (領域情報学概論) — Contributing Instructor (Master’s Course)
2025 - 2026
Nihon University
Practice in Information Science 2
2021 - 2022
Awards
第26回ヒューマンインタフェース学会論文賞
I received this award as the fifth author of a paper co-authored with Dr. Binyu Wang, Mr. Masanari Ichikawa, Mr. Shota Shiiku, Dr. Jun Ichikawa, and Prof. Yugo Takeuchi.
Best Paper Awards at KST2018
I received this award as the first author of a paper co-authored with Dr. Hidehito Honda and Prof. Kazuhiro Ueda.
Grants
2025年 しのはら財団 研究助成
AIチャットボットの持続的な利用を促す自己肯定的ユーザインタフェースの研究
2025 - 2026
CREST Colab
Development and Evaluation of Manglish Automatic Question Generation and Scoring Technology (マンガリッシュ自動問題生成・採点技術の開発と評価)
Collaborative research with Dr. Satoshi Yazawa and Dr. Yuma Kadokura.
April 2023 - March 2024
Talks
25th Cognitive Communication Workshop
"Improving Subjective Evaluations of Artificial Agents Through Response Suggestions That Express Gratitude"
August 2026
CogSci 2026 Virtual Flash Talk
"Is It Good to Say 'Thank You' to ChatGPT?"
2026
CogSci Meetup 2026 in Hamamatsu
"Is It Good to Say 'Thank You' to ChatGPT?"
2026
ImAI Symposium: Symposium for Intelligent media and Advanced Interaction 2026
"ChatGPT produces subjectively high-quality responses if you say 'Thank you' to her"
2026
HAI Horizons: Showcasing Early-Career Research from Non-Native English Speakers
"Locally-Coherent Dialogue with Multitasker: A Case Study"
2025
Cognitive Communication Workshop 2025
"Information Systems Adapting to Individual Subjectivity and Preferences by Utilizing the Multidimensionality of Image Latent Space"
2025
CREST "Creation and development of core technologies interfacing human and information environments" Final International Symposium
"Estimation of dress preference from a few samples"
2024
Symposium on Contextual Interaction for Mutual Understanding
"Information Contextualization Using a Large Language Model"
2024
Cognitive Communication Workshop 2024
"Can AI engage in dialogue between humans?"
2024
Denso poster exhibition "A Day at Shizuoka University"
"Estimation of mutual understanding by using large language models"
2024
Invited talk at Kyoto Institute of Technology
"Use cases and problems of LLMs in education and research"
2024
Online Workshop "Demonstration of a communication enhancement system based on contextual information processing technology"
"Contextual information processing using a large language model"
2024
JST CREST Imai/Yamada Team Joint Symposium 2024 "New Artificial Intelligence Brought About by Research on Trust and Context"
"Identifying utterances that may cause discrepancies in conversation if overlooked"
2024
Sony CSL lab tour
"Natural Language Representation of Context Using a Large Language Model"
2024
JST CREST Imai and Yamada Team Joint Symposium "New AI Brought About by Research on Trust and Context"
"Computational mechanisms of context connection and their application to linguistic communication"
2022
Academic Service
IEEE RO-MAN 2026
Associate Editor
2026
ACM IUI 2026
Program Committee Member
2026 [Link]
CogSci Meetup 2026 in Hamamatsu
Co-organizer
2026
JSAI 2026
Co-organizer, OS-4: Trust-Based Interaction and Theory of Mind for Human–AI Collaborative Decision-Making
2026 [Link]
CogSci Meetup 2025 in Hamamatsu
Co-organizer
2025
ACM IUI 2025
Program Committee Member
2025
JSAI 2025
Co-organizer, OS-14: Human–AI Interaction for Trust and Acceptance
2025 [Link]
CogSci Meetup 2024 in Hamamatsu
Co-organizer
2024
JSAI 2024
Co-organizer, OS-6: Interaction Design for Trust and Context
2024 [Link]
Professional Memberships
Member of the Human Interface Society
2026 - Present
Member of the Association for Computing Machinery
2025 - Present
Member of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
2024 - Present
Member of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society
2021 - Present
Member of IEEE
2017 - 2024
Peer Review
自然言語処理
IEEE Computer Society’s flagship conference on Computers, Software, and Applications (COMPSAC)
IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems
ヒューマンインタフェース学会論文誌
Advanced Robotics
ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI)
人工知能学会論文誌
International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI)
SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration
IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
日本ロボット学会誌
International Journal of Sports Economics
Outreach
Shizuoka University Summer Open Campus
Mini-lecture: "How Can We Make the Most of AI’s Language Abilities? A Case Study of Semantic Plausibility Judgments"
August 2025 [Link]
Shimizu Higashi High School
School–University Outreach: "Research, Education, and Admissions in the Department of Computer Science"
October 2024
Media Coverage
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun
Coverage of SCAINs Presenter, an AI system developed by Keio University and collaborators that highlights key information missed during remote meetings.
September 10, 2024