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2022 The Special Interest Groups & The Study Groups

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# The Special Interest Groups
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<Computer Science>

# DataBase Systems (DBS)

Chair: Toshiyuki Amagasa (Tsukuba University)
Secretary: Shinya Kitajima (Fujitsu Laboratories LTD.) , Aki Kobayashi (Kogakuin University) , Yuya Sasaki (Osaka University) , Toshiyuki Shimizu (Kyushu University) , Yoshiyuki Shoji (Aoyama Gakuin University) , Kento Sugiura (Nagoya University) , Tomohiro Fukuhara (MULTISOUP CO., LTD.) , Kei Wakabayashi (Tsukuba University)

[Database Models, Query Processing, Information Retrieval, Hypermedia, Information Recommendation, Data Visualization, Data Mining, Data Warehouses, Web Information Processing, Information Integration, Social Computing and Data, Bigdata Processing, Semantic Web, Stream Data, Semistructured Data, Temporal and Spatial Data, Information Sharing, Multimedia Data, Information Organization, Information filtering, Computer Networks and Data, Autonomic Computing and Data, Crowdsourcing and Data, Cloud Computing and Data ]

# Software Engineering (SE)

Chair: Hironori Washizaki (Waseda University)
Secretary: Akinori Ihara (Wakayama University) , Hideto Ogawa (Hitachi, Ltd.) , Hironori Takeuchi (Musashi University) , Susumu Tokumoto (Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.) , Hiroaki Fukuda (Shibaura Institute of Technology) , Kyohei Fushida (NTT, Inc.) , Tomoyuki Yokogawa (Okayama Prefectural University)

[requirements engineering, design methods, software architecture, maintenance/evolution, formal methods, project management, metrics and measurement, verification/validation/ testing, quality/reliability/security, software engineering environments, standardization, components/reuse, human factors, software engineering education, software process, knowledge-based software engineering, AI/machine-learning software engineering ]

# system ARChitecture (ARC)

Chair: Tomoaki Tsumura (Nagoya Institute of Technology)
Secretary: Satoshi Imamura (FUJITSU LTD.) , Teruo Tanimoto (Kyushu University) , Koyo Nitta (The University of Aizu) , Hayato Yamaki (The University of Electro-Communications)

[Computer System Architectures; Processor, Memory, I/O, and Network Architecture, Parallel and Distributed Processing Architecture, Compiler, High-Performance, Low-Power and Dependable Architecture, Hardware and Software Co-Design, System on Chip (SoC), Innovative Computing Systems, Computer Applications.]

# system software and Operating System (OS)

Chair: Takahiro Shinagawa (The University of Tokyo)
Secretary: Hideyuki Kawashima (Keio University) , Akiyoshi Sugiki (Hokkaido University) , Hidekazu Tadokoro (KIOXIA Corporation) , Katsuya Matsubara (Future University Hakodate)

[・Issues of operating systems and system software on:
- virtual technology, virtual machines   - secure computing platform   - cloud computing platform
- distributed, parallel, and cluster systems   - multimedia, realtime and embedded systems
- ubiquitous, mobile, and information appliance systems   - middleware   - runtime systems
・Other general issues of operating systems and system software ]

# System and Lsi Design Methodology (SLDM)

Chair: Hiroyuki Ochi (Ritsumeikan University)
Secretary: Takashi Imagawa (Meiji University) , Kazushi Kawamura (Tokyo Institute of Technology) , Yuki Tanaka (Hitachi, Ltd.) , Hiroki Hosoda (Sony LSI Design LTD.)

[Research and technology information exchange on the following areas:
System level design methodology, LSI design methodology, Electronic device  system design, Embedded system design, Software design, LSI design, Hardware & software co-design & verification, Specification & Design description language, High level & logic synthesis, High level & logic design verification, Layout design & verification, Design for  testability, Circuit simulation and modeling, Analog CAD, Low-power design methodology, Design environment. ]

# High Performance Computing (HPC)

Chair: Takahiro Katagiri (Nagoya University)
Secretary: Hiroyuki Takizawa (Tohoku University) , Atsuko Takefusa (NII) , Masahiro Nakao (RIKEN) , Kohta Nakashima (Fujitsu) , Rio Yokota (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

[High Performance Computing Techniques, Numerical Analysis/Numerical Computation, Theory and Practice on Computer Simulation (Modeling, Algorithm, Quality and Accuracy), Performance Evaluation and Experience on High Performance Systems, Software and Environment applied to Computational Science (Programming Languages, Compiler Optimization, Data Distribution, Visualization, Tools for High Performance Computing), Grid Computing/Cloud Computing ]

# PROgramming (PRO)

Chair: Tasuku Hiraishi (Kyoto University)
Secretary:  Keigo Imai (Gifu University) , Katsuhiro Ueno (Niigata University) , Tomoharu Ugawa (Tokyo University) , Keisuke Nakano (Tohoku University) , Naoki Nishida (Nagoya University) , Soichiro Hidaka (Hosei University) , Michihiro Horie (IBM) , Kazutaka Matsuda (Tohoku University) , Daisaku Yokoyama (Meiji University) , Reynald Affeldt (AIST)

[Foundations of programming languages, design principles of programming languages, implementation techniques of programming languages, programming methodologies, programming environments, and miscellaneous interesting topics about programming ]

# ALgorithms (AL)

Chair: Jinhee Chun (Tohoku University)
Secretary: Yota Otachi (Nagoya University) , Toshiki Saitoh (Kyushu Institute of Technology) , Akira Suzuki (Tohoku University)

[Algorithms on Graphs and Networks; Computational Geometry and Computational Algebra; Arithmetic Algorithms for Coding and Cryptography; Randomized Algorithms and Approximation Algorithms; Distributed and Parallel Algorithms; Hardware Algorithms; Data Structures; Complexity Theory; New Computation Models: Quantum Computing, Molecular Computing; Algorithms and Theory in Computational Biology; Applications of Algorithms ]

# Mathematical modeling and Problem Solving (MPS)

Chair: Masakazu Sekijima (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Secretary: Masahito Ohue (Tokyo Institute of Technology) ,Kotoyu Sasayama (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation) , Yoshiko Hanada (Kansai University) , Ryoko Hayashi (Kanazawa Institute of Technology) , Junichiro Yoshimoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology) , Shinya Watanabe (Muroran Institute of Technology)

[Mathematical Modeling, Circuit・VLSI, Scheduling problem, traffic problem, communication problem, parallel/distribute processing, physical modeling, bioinformatics, neural network(deep learning), evolutional computation, artificial life, software engineering, game engineering, program theory, management engineering, image processing, multimedia, multi-agent, data mining, Bayesian network ]

# EMBedded Systems (EMB)

Chair: Kiyofumi Tanaka (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Secretary: Akio Idehara (Information Technology R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation) , Takeshi Ohkawa (Tokai University) , Yutaka Matsubara (Nagoya University) , Harumi Watanabe (Tokai University)

[Software technology, hardware technology, system technology, network technology, security, usability, case studies, new application fields, education, industry-academia-government colLaboratoriesoration, and project management for embedded systems ]

# Quantum Software (QS)

Chair: Shigeru Yamashita (Ritsumeikan University)
Secretary: Hiroshi Imai (The University of Tokyo) , Tamiya Onodera (IBM Japan) , Noboru Kunihiro (University of Tsukuba) , Shu Tanaka (Keio University) , Harumichi Nishimura (Nagoya University) , Kae Nemoto (National Institute of Informatics) , Keisuke Fujii (Osaka University) , Hidehiko Masuhara (Tokyo Institute of Technology) , Naoki Yamamoto (Keio University)

[quantum computing architecture, quantum programming languages, quantum computing application, quantum software development environment(e.g. simulator, compiler), quantum algorithm, distributed quantum computing, quantum network software, quantum sensor software, quantum security ]


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# Distributed Processing System (DPS)

Chair: Takuo Suganuma (Tohoku University)
Secretary: Tomoya Kawakami (Fukui University) , Tetsuya Shigeyasu (Prefectural University of Hiroshima) , Jingyu Sun (NTT) , Minoru Nakazawa (Kanazawa Institute of Technology) , Norihiro Fukumoto (University of Tokyo)

[Distributed Computing, Cloud/Edge/Fog Computing, Virtualization Infrastructure, Information-Centric Networking (ICN), Distributed Collaboration, Distributed Learning (Machine Learning, AI), Load Distribution, Multimedia Information Networks, Protocol, Communications Infrastructure Technology, High-Speed Communication, IoT, etc.]

# Human Computer Interaction (HCI)

Chair: Buntarou Shizuki (University of Tsukuba)
Secretary: Kanayo Ogura (Iwate Prefectural University) , Asako N. Kimura (Ritsumeikan University) , Daisuke Sakamoto (Hokkaido University) , Kazuki Takashima (Tohoku University) , Kazuaki Tanaka (Kyoto Institute of Technology) . Hiroyuki Manabe (Shibaura Institute of Technology) , Kazuya Murao (Ritsumeikan University) , Hirotake Yamazoe (University of Hyogo)

[Interactive System Theory/design/structure/evaluation method, Cognitive Model, Usability, Input/Output device, Multimodal I/F, Information Visualization, I/F Agent, GUI, Augmented Reality, Real-World I/F, Wearable, Community, Welfare ]

# Information Systems (IS)

Chair: Mitsunori Hatayama (Kyoto University)
Secretary: Mikio Ikoma (Aoyama Gakuin University) , Akira Goto (Meiji University) , Yoshio Kakizaki (Tokai University)

[1. Design, analysis, development, management and utilization of information systems  2. Theories and experiments of information/data management  3. Interactions between information systems and the environment (users, organizations, societies) ]

# Information Fundamentals and Access Technologies (IFAT)

Chair: Hidetsugu Nanba (Chuo University)
Secretary: Hiroaki Ohshima (University of Hyogo) , Teruhito Kanazawa (National Institute of Informatics) , Harumi Murakami (Osaka City University)

[We study information itself, how to handle information, and users with information needs. We aim to discover the underlying principles of various information-related phenomena. Our research areas include fundamental theories and applications for the following: information and user modelling; information organisation, structuralisation and management; information access and mining (information retrieval, question answering, summarisation, categorisation, extraction, recommendation, opinion and trend analysis, visualisation); multilingual, Web and mobile information processing; construction, retrieval, categorisation and management of metadata and contents; digital libraries; knowledge discovery, representation, organisation and utilization; user interface.]

# Audio Visual and Multimedia information processing (AVM)

Chair: Hiroyuki Kasai (Waseda University)
Secretary: Kenji Kanai (Waseda University) , Jianfeng Xu (KDDI R&D Labs.) , Masaaki Matsumura (NTT) 

[audio-visual compression, audio-visual information processing, audio-visual information management, audio-visual information distribution, audio-visual information retrieval, and interfaces, production and authoring system for multimedia contents, multimedia systems relates human and human emotion, media recognition, 3D space reconstruction, sport media information processing.]

# Groupware and Network services (GN)

Chair: Tomoo Inoue (Tsukuba University)
Secretary: Nobutaka Kawaguchi (Hitachi, Ltd.) , Hidekazu Shiozawa (Tamagawa University) , Keisuke Tsunoda (Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting) , Taku Fukushima (Osaka Institute of Technology) , Akihiro Miyata (Nihon University)

[[CSCW principles] Communication, Interaction, Collaboration, Awareness, Collective Intelligence, Organizational memory, Knowledge Management, Inter-cultural studies, Collaboration models, Business process and Workflow, Interaction design, Ethnomethodology, Conversation analysis
[Collaboration technologies] Information sharing, Cooperative information organization, Synchronous/asynchronous communication, Collaborative virtual environment (Cyberspace), Multi-user interface, Collaborative AI, Collaborative robot, Social big data, Group decision support
[Collaboration environments] Remote work/Telework, Mobile work, CSCW, CSCL, Social computing, Online collaboration, Collaborative smart environment, Collaborative extreme environment
[Networked services] Administrative/Social services, Electronic commerce, Online/Distance educational services, Social media, Online community, Information retrieval services, Online entertainment, Crowdsourcing, Gamification ]

# Document Communication (DC)

Chair: Yoshihito Akimoto (Toppan Printing)
Secretary: Toshiyuki Amagasa (Tsukuba University) , Akira Suganuma (National Institute of Technology, Ariake College) , Takuya Fujiwara (Fujitsu Ltd.)

[Digital document related technologies, such as multimedia document preparation, management, retrieval, presentation, routing, dissemination, structured documents, information distribution model, organization cooperation model, communication model, technical documents, technical translation, communication network, electronic publishing, electronic books, electronic textbooks ]

# MoBiLe computing and smart society system (MBL)

Chair: Hirozumi Yamaguchi (Osaka University)
Secretary: Daisuke Kamisaka (KDDI Research, Inc.) , Takayuki Tamura (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation) , Akihito Hiromori (Osaka Univesity) , Takayasu Yamaguchi (Akita Prefectural University) , Takuya Yoshihiro (Wakayama University)

[Mobile computing environment (Language, OS), Mobile terminals, Security in mobile environments, Mobile Sensing, Mobile networks (Architecture, Protocols, Management systems), Wireless Networks (Satellite communications, Wireless LAN and others), Distributed cooperative protocols, Ubiquitous computing, Edge computing, Ubiquitous communications, Wearable computing systems, Mobile agents, Applications and computing services for mobile users, Ad hoc Networks, Sensor Networks, Mobile broadcasting, Emergency Communication, Machine to Machine Communication (M2M), Internet of Things (IoT), Pervasive systems, Machine learning, Cyber Physical Systems (CPS), Smart mobility, Mobile healthcare, Digital twin, Smart society system ]

# Computer SECurity (CSEC)

Chair: Yuji Suga (Internet Initiative Japan Inc.)
Secretary: Toshihiro Ohigashi (Tokai University) , Kouji  Okino (Toyama University) , Kouji Chida (NTT) , Takuya Hayashi (Digital Garage, Inc.) , Masahiro Fujita (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation), Mamoru Mimura (National Defense Academy in Japan)

[Cryptosystems (Common key cryptosystems, Public key cryptosystems, Cryptographic hash functions and random numbers, Quantum cryptography, Information hiding, Secret sharing, Electronic signatures, Cryptanalysis and side channel attack), Network Security (Malware detection and analysis, Firewalls, Security protocols, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Intrusion detection, Key distribution and key management), System Security (Secure design and implementation, Security test, Web/Mail security, Cloud systems, OS/Middleware security, Virtualization, Hardware, Embedded systems, IoT and ubiquitous systems, Mobile systems, Sensor networks, Authentication, Biometrics, Access control, Information flow control), Security and Society (Electronic notary public, Electronic government, Electronic voting/auctions, Electronic commerce, Cryptocurrencies, Law and security, Computer and communication ethics, Software protection, Copyright protection, Education, Content protection, Privacy protection, Artificial intelligence and machine learning), Contingency Management and Risk Management (Risk analysis and assessment, Decision-making/information security policy, System evaluation and audit, Fraud/error detection, Contingency planning and disaster recovery, Forensics) ]

# Intelligent Transport Systems and Smart Community (ITS)

Chair: Yuichi Tokunaga (Kanazawa Institute of Technology)
Secretary: Shigemi Ishida (Future University Hakodate) , Kenya Sato (Doshisha University) , Masaki Suzuki (KDDI Research, Inc.) , Hisatomo Hanabusa (i-Transport Lab. Co., Ltd.)

[* Traffic Management (vehicles management,traffic congestion prediction,traffic models, etc.等)
* Autonomous Driving Technology (driving support,vehicle control,driving assistance,group of vehicle, etc.)
* Sensing Technology (traffic lane detection,driver’s status,obstacle detection, etc.)
* Communication Method (Wireless Communication, Mobile Communication,distance measurement technology, etc.)
* Positioning Technology (Hi-accuracy positioning,indoor positioning,position estimation technology, etc.)
* Network Technology (architecture,protocol,V2X communication, etc.)
* Information Providing and Digital Map Information (Dynamic Map,HMI,Route Search,Digital Map,etc.)
* Mobility Information Infrastructure (GIS,probe system,cloud system,big data, etc.)
* Public Transportation (demand bus,demand taxy, railway services, etc.)
* application (navigation system,travel assistance,collision avoidance, etc.)
* Next Generation Traffic System (next generation bus system, BRT, etc.)
* Electric Vehicles (charging control,operation technology, etc.)
* two-wheel vehicle (moving model,information providing system)
* energy management technology (smart grid,energy conservation,energy creation,smart meter,demand response, etc.)
* environment technology (low-carbon technology,renewable energy,disaster prevention & mitigation,road maintenance technology) ]

# UBIquitous computing systems (UBI)

Chair: Jin Nakazawa (Keio Univ.)
Secretary: Naoya Isoyama (Nara Institute of Science and Technology) , Yu Enokibori (Nagoya University) , Yoji Kiyota (LIFULL Co., Ltd.) , Yuki Nishiyama (The Univ. of Tokyo) , Takuya Maekawa (Osaka University) , Hiroki Watanabe (Hokkaido Univ.)

[Ubiquitous/Pervasive computing systems, Internet of Things (IoT), Wearable computing, Context awareness, Augmented human, Smart space/Smart city, Ubiquitous healthcare, Home network, Digital fabrication, Physical computing, Other topics related to Ubiquitous computing systems ]

# Internet and Operation Technology (IOT)

Chair: Yoshiaki Kitaguchi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Secretary: Hayato Ishibashi (Osaka City University) , Hiroki Kashiwazaki (National Institute of Informatics) , Akira Sato (Tsukuba University) , Shu Sakashita (Acutus Software, Inc.) , Yutaka Nakamura (Kyushu Institute of Technology) , Ryousuke Matsumoto (Sakura Internet) , Kazuhiro Mishima (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology) , Toshio Murakami (Gakushuin University)

[Internet architecture and protocol, Quality of services, Construction method of network systems (including user authentication), Evaluation of network performance, Network surveillance, Construction/management/operation/evaluation of large scale (distributed) system. ]

# Security Psychology and Trust (SPT)

Chair: Akira Kanaoka (Toho University)
Secretary: Takahito Sakamoto (DataSign Inc.) , Sachiko Kanamori (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology) , Takashi Hatashima (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Senior Distinguished researcher) , Koichi Mouri (Ritsumeikan University)

[Security (related to Human factors), Usable Security, Human Interface (related to security), Social Engineering, Psychological Issues of Engineering, CSCW, Collaboration support (related to security), Disaster Communication, Crisis Management, Disaster Information Processing, Weather Information Processing, Trust, CSIRT (Computer/Cyber Security Incident Response/Readiness Team), Incident and Vulnerability handling, Safety and Security, Privacy, Legal Issues of Engineering, Risk Communication, Security Economics, Wellbeing ]

# Consumer Devices & Systems (CDS)

Chair: Hiroshi Mineno (Shizuoka University)
Secretary: Akimitsu Kanzaki (Shimane University) , Hideyuki Takahashi (Tohoku Gakuin University) , Yuichi Hanada (Fujitsu Laboratories LTD.) , Tsuyoshi Higuchi (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation) , Kei Hiroi (Kyoto University)

[・Consumer devices  ・Consumer systems  ・Consumer services  ・Internet of Things  ・Industrial Internet of Things  ・Digital twin technologies  ・Energy management(HEMS/BEMS, Green Home, Smart Grid)  ・Smart city, Super city  ・Digital signage,Interactive TV  ・Healthcare  ・Smart sensing  ・Edge computing  ・on-device/cloud AI technologies  ・Game machine  ・E-Sports  ・Wearable devices  ・Human Augmentation  ・Personal data, Social media  ・Remote work, Workation  ・Watching security system  ・Case study of actual service/product developments & operations ]

Digital Contents Creation (DCC)

Chair: Hironobu Abe (Tokyo Denki University)
Secretary: Akifumi Inoue (Tokyo University of Technology) , Takeshi Ogawa (University of Tokyo) , Tamio Kihara (Digital Hollywood University) , Motohiro Makiguchi (NTT)

[Computer Animation Contents, Computer Graphics Contents, 3D Contents, Interactive Design, Web Design, Advertisement, Digital Comics, Homepage, Mobile Phone Novels, Network Games, Digital Books, Contents Business Theory, Contents Business Strategy, Contents Business Economics/Management, Contents Business Marketing, Digital Contents Creation, Contents Distribution, Contents Utilization, Contents Management, Contents Education, Consumer Generated Media, User Generated Media, MAD Movies, Media Arts, Interactive Arts, Interactive Media, Broadcasting Information Service, Multimedia Information Delivery, Digital Contents Encoding, Contents Compliance, Digital Rights Management, Digital Watermark, Site License, Pay per View ]

# Aging Society Design (ASD)

Chair: Shogo Ishikawa (Shizuoka University)
Secretary: Akinori Abe (Chiba University) , Makoto Okada (Fujitsu Laboratories) , Takashi Kaburagi (International Christian University) , Atsushi Nakazawa (Kyoto University) , Hiroshi Matsuura (University of Shizuoka) , Kazunori Yamada (Panasonic Corporation)

[・ Proposal for measures to realize healthy longevity society and its demonstration experiment ・ Self and mutual assistance in regional community ・ Computer-supported cooperative work and crowdsourcing for aging society ・ Evidence-based dementia care evaluation ・ Support for elderly using big data and behavior observation ・ Personal information management system ・ Wearables and robots for assisting elderly ・ Emotion understanding and life logs of elderly ・ Behavior sensing and monitoring of wandering elderly with dementia ・ Living environment design for elderly ・ Safe driving support, regional transportation system for elderly ・ Care and rehabilitation of swallowing for elderly ・ Exercise support of elderly ・ Community-based integrated care system and collaboration promotion of medical care and nursing professionals ・ Education and knowledge management for nursing, caring and rehabilitation ・ Multimodal communication with patients with dementia ・ Social reform based on clinical ethics, privacy and soft law ]

+ Behavior Transformation by IoT (BTI)

Chair: Guillaume Lopez (Aoyama Gakuin University)
Secretary: Hiroki Ishizuka (KDDI CORPORATION) , Tadashi Okoshi (Keio University) , Anna Yokokubo (Aoyama Gakuin University)

[・ Affective Computing  ・ Persuasive Computing  ・ Behavioral Economics, Motivation  ・ IoT for Behavior Transformation  ・ IT Healthcare, Welfare Support  ・ Information Design Methods, Methodologies, Approaches, Implementations for Behavior Transformation  ・ Utilization of Wearable Devices for Behavior Transformation  ・ Mindful Eating  ・ Coaching  ・ Learning Support  ・ Individual Adaptation  ・ Social Ethology  ・ Behavior Analysis, Metrics ]


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# Natural Language (NL)

Chair: Katsuhito Sudo (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
Secretary: Kei Uchiumi (Denso IT Laboratory) , Uzu Uchida (Hokkai Gakuen University) , Kanako Komiya (Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology) , Masatsugu Hangyo (Weathernews Inc.) , Naoki Yoshinaga (The University of Tokyo) , Koichiro Yoshino (Riken)

[Language Processing with Statistical Machine Learning, Linguistic Data and Statistics, Lexicon, Grammar, Morphological Analysis, Syntactic Analysis, Semantic Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Sentence Generation, Dialogue, Information Extraction, Machine Translation, Other Application of Linguistic Analysis ]

# Intelligent Computing Systems (ICS)

Chair: Kazuhiro Ohkura (Hiroshima University)
Secretary: Kazutaka Matsuzaki (Chuo University) , Shogo Matsuno (Gumma University)

[artificial intelligence, deep learning, knowledge discovery, intelligent systems, applied AI, intelligent contents, learning, dialogue, inference, agent, interaction, artificial society. ]

# Computer Vision and Image Media (CVIM)

Chair: Shinsaku Hiura (University of Hyogo)
Secretary: Kosuke Takahashi (UMITRON K. K.) , Kenichiro Tanaka (Ritsumeikan University) , Daisuke Deguchi (Nagoya University) , Hitoshi Habe (Kindai University) , Yasushi Makihara (Osaka University)

[Geometry analysis, Photometry analysis, Tracking and optical flow, Pattern Recognition, Document processing, Media processing, Video processing, VR, HCI, Robot vision, Medical application, Computational Photography, Machine learning ]

# Computer Graphics and Visual Informatics (CG)

Chair: Issei Fujishiro (Keio University)
Secretary: Kei Iwasaki (Wakayama University) , Makoto Okabe (Shizuoka University) , Hiroyuki Kubo (Tokai University) , Kaisei Sakurai (DWANGO Co., Ltd.) , Kenshi Takayama (NII)

[Computer Graphics technology and its related fields supporting expression and creation of the visual media such as:
・Expansion and analysis of visual expression:
 Rendering, Animation, Visualization, Cognitive evaluation of visual expression, etc.
・Support of visual content creation:
 Shape and mesh modeling, Digital fabrication, Real-world capturing & scanning, etc.
・Visual system applications:
 User interface, Image and video processing, Core technology of virtual/augmented reality. ]

# Computers in Education (CE)

Chair: Hiroyuki Nagataki (Osaka Electro-Communication University)
Secretary: Shinya Cho (Meisei University) , Koichi Hayashi (Musashino University) , Yuki Honda (International Buddhist University) , Keiko Watanabe (Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education)

[(1) Leading the search for new methodology and technology in information education: Courses of information education at elementary school, junior high school and senior high school. Curriculum of information education at University and enterprises. Offering a balanced re-training and lifelong integrated education on the trends and technologies to understanding information science. (2) Recognizing computer aided education needs: Developing and evaluating computer aided education resources and service systems. Discussing and exchanging ideas about current and discrete developments in the field. (3) Developing technologies and resources for information education: Computer systems, networked terminals, applications and materials for information education. [Information education, Educational technology, Curriculum, Educational system, Tools for education, Programming education, Computer literacy, Edutainment,Computer uses in education, Electronic portfolio, Computational thinking]]

# Computer and Humanities (CH)

Chair: Akihito Kitadai (J. F. Oberlin University)
Secretary: Nao Shikanai (Asia University) , Satoru Nakamura (The University of Tokyo) , Chifumi Nishioka (Kyoto University) , Yuta Hashimoto (National Museum of Japanese History)

[Purpose: Establishment of research area of Computer and Humanities in collaboration between Information Processing technology and Humanities.
Scope: 1) Studies in humanities applying information technology, 2) Studies about recording, accumulation and providing of information resources in humanities
Keywords: Digital Archive (technology, examples, and theory about recording, conservation and application), Conservation Science, Disaster Prevention of Cultural Assets, Cooperation between MLA (Museum, Library and Archives), Digital Museum, Digitalized Documents, Documentation, Digital Library, Machine Learning, Image/Video/Speech Processing, Digital Humanities including various studies in humanities (e.g. Classical Studies, Historical Science, Philology, Linguistics), Informatics for Humanities, Spatiotemporal Information, Visualization, Data Mining, Color Information Processing, Education using Information Technology, Web Application, Information Retrieval, Metadata, Intellectual Property Right, Copyright.]

# MUSic and computer (MUS) 

Chair: Yoshinari Takegawa(Future University Hakodate)
Secretary: Katsutoshi Itoyama (Tokyo institute of Technology) , Yasunori Oishi (NTT) , Shinji Sako (Nagoya Institute of Techology) , Keiji Hirata (Future University Hakodate) , Satoru Fukayama (AIST) , Masanori Morise (Meiji University)

[Music Signal Processing, Symbolic Music Processing, Music Information Retrieval and Recommendation, Automatic Music Composition and Arrangement, Music Performance and Accompaniment, Music Interface, Electric Musical Instrument, Computational Musicology, Music Art, Music Understanding, Music Cognition, Perception, and Kansei Information, Music Annotation and Meta Data, Music Database, Music Information Processing ]

# Spoken Language Processing (SLP)

Chair: Tomoki Toda (Nagoya University)
Secretary: Ryo Aihara (MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corporation) , Daisuke Saito (The University of Tokyo) , Toru Nakashika (The University of Electro-Communications) , Ryo Masumura (NTT)

[speech recognition, speech understanding, speech synthesis, spoken dialogue processing, speech analysis, dialogue analysis, spoken document processing, speech translation, computer-aided language learning, speech interface, spoken language corpus, spoken language acquisition, speaker recognition, voice conversion, audio information processing ]

# Electronic Intellectual Property (EIP)

Chair: Taro Komukai (Chuo University)
Secretary: Shuichi Aoki (NHK) , Yoichiro Itakura (Hikari Sogoh Law Offices) , Naonori Kato (KDDI Research, Inc.) , Atsushi Kuromasa (FUJITSU CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED) , Masahiro Sugawa (Niigata University) , Satoshi Hashimoto (Tokushima Bunri University)
 

[ Objective: Interdisciplinary study on the social aspect focusing on digital content, intellectual property and social system.
Approach: Social, economic, legislative and technological approach with preferably concrete example.

A keyword:
a. Electronic Intellectual Property (Digital Content, e-book, Electronic Teaching Materials, Digital Archive, Digital Library / Art Museum / Natural  History Museum, Patent Information, Digital City, IT Strategy, International Standardization)
a-1) Social: Abuse
a-2) Economic: Digital Content Distribution
a-3) Legislative: Intellectual Property Law
a-4) Technological: Content ID, Meta Data, Copyright Processing, Rights Protection, DRM(Digital Rights Management), Digital Coding, Digital Watermark / Fingerprint, Cyber Inspection, Cybercrime Prevention, Digital Forensic, Patent Information Processing
b. Digital Social System (IT policy, e-government / e-local government,) Traceability, Information Sharing, Critical Infrastructure, Dependability, Smart City / Smart Community / Smart Grid, Cyber Physical System (CPS), Information Security, Cybercrime prevention)
b-1) Social: Community, Personal Information / Privacy Protection, Surveillance Society, Information Ethics
b-2) Economic: Business Model, Electronic Commerce, Marketing, Market Mediator, Recommendation
b-3) Legislative: Act on the Protection of Personal Information, Information Law / Cyber law
b-4) Technological: P2P, Digital Currency, Cypher Technology, Digital-Signature / Digital Authentication, RF-ID, Geolocation, GPS (Global Positioning System), Tourism Information Processing, Drone, Artificial Intelligence, Technological Singularity of AI, 3D Printing
b-5): Management: Governance, Management, Information Security Management, Use of Personal Information, Analysis of Big Data ]

# Game Informatics(GI)

Chair: Tsuyoshi Hashimoto (National Institute of Technology, Matsue College)
Secretary: Nobusuke Sasaki (Prefectural University of Hiroshima) , Shogo Takeuchi (Kochi University of Technology) , Junji Nishino (The University of Electro-Communications) , Kiminori Matsuzaki (Kochi University of Technology)

[Information and cognitive science of games and puzzles, game-based approach to social and cultural activities, and research on relationship between computers and games.
Keywords: heuristic search, machine learning, cognitive science, game, puzzle, reinforcement learning, deep learning, Monte Carlo method, content generation ]

# Entertainment Computing(EC)

Chair: Mitsunori Matsushita (Kansai University)
Secretary: Naoya Koizumi (The University of Electro-Communications) , Mitsuyo Hashida (The University of Fukuchiyama) , Hironori Mitake (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

[Information Technologies for new entertainment. Sociology, psychology, economy, kansei science, and brain science, art, design for entertainment.]

# Bioinformatics and Genomics(BIO)

Chair: Hiroyuki Kurata (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
Secretary: Kengo Sato (Keio University) , Yoshihiro Taguchi (Chuo University) , Junichiro Yoshimoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)

[Bioinformatics, Genome informatics, Systems Biology, Computational Biology, Chemoinformatics, Simulation, Parallel Algorithms, Biological text mining, Biological databases ]

# Collaboration and Learning Environment (CLE)

Chair: Atsushi Shimada (Kyushu University)
Secretary: Hiroshi Ueda (Hosei University) , Shinichiro Kubota (Kumamoto University) , Hatakeyama Hisashi (Tokyo Institute of Technology) , Makoto Miyazaki (Teikyo University)

[Platform Development, Tool Development for Teaching and Learning, Standardization and Interoperability, Deployment Investigation, Deployment Practices, Sustainable Development and Management, Integration with Other Campus Systems, Course Contents Creation, Evaluation for Teaching and Learning, Practices for Teaching and Learning, Course Management and Evaluation, Portfolio, Course Design, Learning Design, Collaborative Learning, Social Learning, Learning Community, Open Architecture, Open Education, Related Activities in Other Countries, Business Model, Collaboration with Industries and Universities, Educational Big Data, Learning Analytics and MOOCs.]

# Assistive and Accessible Computing (AAC)

Chair: Masaki Kobayashi (IBM Japan)
Secretary: Taro Sugihara (Tokyo Institute of Technology) , Miho Nishizaki (Iwate Prefectural University) , Rumi Hiraga (Tsukuba University of Technology) , Yuki Yuno (Rion)

[accessibility; assistive technologies; ICT for workers with disabilities, students with disabilities in higher education, and self-support/participatory research; equal access and accessibility support; IRT and ICT for care systems and gerontology research; evaluation methods for assistive systems; ITS for people with disabilities and older adults; adapted sports; support for art activities; education for children with disabilities; support for people with dementia ]

+ Network Ecology (NE)

Chair: Fujio Toriumi (The University of Tokyo)
Secretary: Tetsuo Imai (Hiroshima City University) , Shohei Usui (Sansan, Inc.) , Kazuhiro Kojima (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) , Atsushi Tanaka (Yamagata University) , Takayasu Fushimi (Tokyo University of Technology) , Tatsushi Matsubayashi (ALBERT Inc.) , Satoru Morita (Shizuoka University)

[ 1. Evolutional Mechanisms of Networks Small World, Scale-free Networks, Defence Strategies for Epidemic Infection and Cascade Failures on Networks 2. Analysis of Social Networks Extraction of Web Portal Sites and Communities, Investigation of Corporative Social Capitals, Analysis of blogs, Centrality in Human Networks, Circulation of Word-of-Mouth Information, 3. Self-organized Networks Network Design Inspired from Bolological and Social Systems, Dynamically Adaptive Communications, Autonomous Distributed System based on Local Rules, Self-organized Management ]

+ Society's Social Responsibility (SSR)

Chair: Katsuhiko Kakehi (International Olympiad in Informatics)
Secretary: Masato Terada (Hitachi,Ltd.) , Yasuichi Nakayama (University of Electro-Communications)

[ Edification activities of information education domain ]

+ Legal issues concerning Information Processing (LIP)

Chair: Eiko Takaoka (Sophia University)
Secretary: Yumiko Ichige (Nozomi Sogo Attorneys at Law) , Yasuichi Nakayama (The university of electro-communications) , Daiyuu Nobori (SoftEther Corporation)

[New Model Agreement for Software Development, Intellectual Property of University, Academic-Industrial Collaboration, Cloud and Big data, New law for Social Networks, Copyright on the Internet, Cultivating legal thinking regarding information processing in elementary and secondary education ]
 

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+ Practical Big Data (PBD)

Chair: Kazuo Ishii (Suwa University of Science)
Secretary: Yohei Sato (Village AI) , Shinichi Takayanagi (YuzaBase) , Miyuki Nakano (Tsuda University)

+ Open Science and Research Data Management (RDM)

Chair: Ikki Fujiwara (NII)
Secretary: Takeshi Shimoyama (NII) , Shigeki Matsubara (Nagoya University)


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