Commentary
Data and Domain Knowledge ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Katsutoshi Yada 251
Special Issue: “Smart Factories and AI”
Editorsʼ Introduction to “Smart Factories and AI” …………………………… Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Ushiku and Yasuyuki Nishioka 252
Ontology for Enabling Smart Manufacturing Ecosystems …………………………………………………………………Yasuyuki Nishioka 253
AI Utilization Cases（ IE, Logistics, Inspection） That Were Demonstrated at Mazda
─ AI Hand Internalization Approach Centered on IVI（Industrial Valuechain Initiatives）─ ………………………… Hidenori Ichimoto 259
Examples of Sensor Data Utilization Technology and High-speed Press Machines
………………………………………………………… Toshiaki Hirata, Kenichi Kawata, Kazuhiro Akimoto and Tomohiro Akiyama 264
Issues on Digital Transformation in the Fields …………………………………………………………………………… Munehiko Sasajima 268
Digital Innovation Management for Factory DX in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises …………………………………… Naoshi Uchihira 274
Assembly Operation Recognition with Lightweight Sensing Data for Human-centered Manufacturing
…………………………………………………… Masashi Nishimura, Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Takahiro Aoki and Masashi Yamaguchi 280
Reversible Automation ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Takeshi Nishida 286
An Investigation to Support the Introduction of Collaborative Robots Using the Knowledge Engineering Method …… Munehiko Sasajima 292
R&D for Smart Factory
─ Research Activities at OMRON SINIC X ─ ………………………………… Yoshitaka Ushiku, Masashi Hamaya and Ryo Yonetani 299
KIOXIA Yokkaichi Plant
─ Initiatives as a Smart Factory ─ ………………………………………………………………………………………… Ryohei Orihara 306
Special Issue: “Thinking about the Future of Transactions of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence”
Editorʼs Introduction to “Thinking about the Future of Transactions of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence” …………Yoji Kiyota 312
Should We Continue to Publish Japanese Journals? …………………… Yoshitaka Ushiku, Ryohei Orihara, Hiroshi Sakuma and Yoji Kiyota 317
AI System Papers
─ Challenges and Possibilities for Collaboration among Different Communities ─
………………………………………………………… Eri Kuroda, Yuko Sakurai, Masanori Takano, Hiroshi Sakuma and Yoji Kiyota 323
Concept Papers
─ To Facilitate Dissemination of High-Impact Papers ─
……………………………………………………… Eri Kuroda, Hiroshi Yamakawa, Fujio Toriumi, Hiroshi Sakuma and Yoji Kiyota 329
Short Papers
─ Significance and Possibilities of Presenting Research Outcomes to the Public in a Timely Manner ─
…………………………………………… Takahiro Tsumura, Setsuya Kurahashi, Satoshi Kurihara, Hiroshi Sakuma and Yoji Kiyota 334
Exploratory Research Papers
─ The Role of the Society in Connecting Researchersʼ Interests ─
…………………………………………… Takahiro Tsumura, Maki Sakamoto, Yoshimasa Tawatsuji, Hiroshi Sakuma and Yoji Kiyota 338
Past, Present and Future of Transactions of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
……………………………………………………………………Mitsuru Ishizuka, Hitoshi Matsubara, Yutaka Matsuo and Yoji Kiyota 342
The Pioneer Days of New Generation Computing …………………………………………………………………………… Kazunori Ueda 347
New Generation Computing from 1990s and Its Future …………………………………………………………………… Masayuki Numao 351
The Future of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence …………… Itsuki Noda, Shusaku Tsumoto, Hiroshi Sakuma and Yoji Kiyota 356
Special Issue: “Intelligent Dialogue Systems”
Editorsʼ Introduction to “Intelligent Dialogue Systems” ………………………………………………… Shinya Fujie and Kotaro Funakoshi 363
Lecture Series: “AI Philosophy Map”（8）
Transforming Society, Science, and Technology ……………………………Yoichiro Murakami, Junʼichi Tsujii, Iyo Kaneda and Yoji Kiyota
Moderator: Youichiro Miyake, Composition: Takako Ouchi 364
My Bookmark
Imbalanced Data Classification …………………………………………………………………………………………………… Miho Ohsaki 376
Global Eye（58）
A Diary in Basel …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Kazu Ghalamkari 382
Students Forum（111）
Interview with Associate Prof. Shunta Togo “In the Gap between Science and Engineering” …… Yuki Kuroda, Ryo Inoue and Chisa Kondo 385
Conference Reports
Neural Information Processing Systems（NeurIPS）2021 …………………………………………… Akifumi Wachi and Kohei Miyaguchi 389
The 20th IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology ……………… Lim Dongwoo 391
Book Review
Koichi Fujiwara: Small Data Analytics and Machine Learning, pp. 296, Ohmsha, Ltd.（2022） …………………………………Yoji Kiyota 393
Article
Cover Comment: The Visible Factory ………………………………………………………………………………………… Takeshi Sakaki 395