Call for Papers - Special Issue of "Collaboration technologies and network services in the age of generative AI/ agentic AI"

Journal of Information Processing (JIP) is pleased to announce the call for papers for a special issue of “Collaboration technologies and network services in the age of generative AI/agentic AI”.
In modern society, the widespread adoption of generative AI and the rise of agentic AI have led to the deep integration of AI and digital technologies into every aspect of daily life and industry. Through proactive collaboration and division of roles between humans and AI—and even among multiple AI systems—efficiency in daily tasks and convenience in everyday life have greatly improved, while remote and cross-border collaboration and knowledge creation have accelerated. However, the rapid expansion of these technologies has also brought negative consequences, such as excessive dependence, the hollowing out of decision-making, copyright infringement, ambiguity of sources, and the generation and dissemination of misinformation. These issues have made challenges related to privacy, security, and accountability increasingly evident. Furthermore, while convenience has improved, there are growing concerns about the decline of informal conversations and spontaneous interactions, leading to the weakening of human relationships. In this context, there is a pressing need to reexamine the design and implementation of collaboration mechanisms composed of humans, AI, and networks, and to establish trustworthy and inclusive foundations for collaboration and network services.
For this special issue, the editorial committee invites paper submissions on topics related to collaboration and network services to contribute to the further development of research. The main topics of this special issue include, but are not limited to, communication and interaction, awareness, knowledge management, information sharing technologies, distributed/physical space support systems, AI/robotics applications, cyberspace and metaverse, multi-user/multi-modal interfaces, remote work/telework, cross-cultural exchanges, dialogue analysis, and social/administrative services. We also invite submissions on theories and technologies of collaboration and network services, as well as practical evaluations in various fields such as healthcare, welfare, education, disaster prevention, and tourism. We encourage vigorous submissions and look forward to your contributions. The editorial process for this issue will be conducted under the “Guest Editor System.”
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Journal of Information Processing (JIP) is currently encouraging more submissions from outside of Japan.
The publication fee of any accepted papers will not be charged if all the authors of the paper belong to institutes outside Japan.
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(1) All papers must be submitted electronically. Please access the following URL and proceed under the submission instructions:

https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ipsj

Once you have submitted your manuscript, you cannot change it.
So, you must submit the final version of your manuscript.
If, by mistake, you submitted a wrong version, please contact the IPSJ secretariat ＜s1m-at-ipsj.or.jp＞(Replace -at- with @).

In the event you would like to make a submission, you must first create an account on the paper submission Web page. For detailed information, please refer to the manual available from the link “Instructions & Forms” at the top of the submission page.

(2) All papers will be reviewed. The review process will be carried out in the same manner as regular issues. However, you have shorter time than usual (eight weeks) for preparation of your responses to inquiries.

(3) Submission deadline is March 30, 2026.

(4) The special issue will be published on the J-Stage website in January, 2027. Preprint will be published on the IPSJ Journal in January, 2027.

(5) The editorial committee of this special issue
Editor in-Chief: Nobutaka KAWAGUCHI (Hitachi, ltd.)
Editorial Board Member: Kazuyuki ISO (Tokyo Information Design Professional Univ.), Akifumi INOUE (Tokyo Univ. of Technology)
Editorial Committee Members: Yusuke ICHIKAWA (Saitama Univ.), Junko ICHINO (Waseda Univ.), Satoshi ICHIMURA (Otsuma Women's Univ.), Junko ITOU (Wakayama Univ.), Tomoo INOUE (Univ. of Tsukuba), Hironori EGI (Univ. of Electro-Comm.), Hiroki ECHIGO (Meiji Univ.), Kouyou OTSU (Ritsumeikan Univ.), Masao OHIRA (Wakayama Univ.), Seiji OKAJIMA (Fujitsu), Masayuki OKAMOTO (Toyota Motor Corp.), Hideaki KANAI (JAIST), Ikkaku KAWAGUCHI (Univ. of Tsukuba), Minoru KOBAYASHI (Meiji Univ.), Kenro GO (SoftBank Corp.), Tomohiro KOKOGAWA (International Professional Univ. of Technology in Tokyo), Noriaki SAITO (Tokyo Online Univ.), Kosuke SASAKI (Chuo Univ.), Shoji SANO (Kanazawa Institute of Technology), Hidekazu SHIOZAWA (Tamagawa Univ.), Hirohiko SUWA (NAIST), Kentaro TAKASHIMA (Tokyo Univ. of Science), Atsuo HAZEYAMA (Tokyo Gakugei Univ.), Akira HATTORI (Komazawa Univ.), Taku FUKUSHIMA (Osaka Inst. of Tech.), Hiroyuki MIKI (Oki Consulting Solutions Co., Ltd.), Akihiro MIYATA (Nihon Univ.), Takaya YUIZONO (JAIST), Takashi YOSHINO (Wakayama Univ.), Shinkuro HONDA (Otsuma Women’s Univ.)