Commentary
The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence as an Inclusive Community Platform ……………………………………………… Yoichi Motomura 275
Special Issue: “The Past, the Present, and the Future of Agent Technologies”
Editors’ Introduction to “The Past, the Present, and the Future of Agent Technologies” ………………… Satoshi Kurihara and Naoki Fukuta 276
Half Century of AI Research
─ From Symbolic Representation to Deep Learning and then toward Anticipating Intelligence ─ …………………… Hideyuki Nakashima 278
Understanding Tacit- and Articulated-Knowledge in Organizational Learning through Agent-Based Modeling ………………Takao Terano 283
Failure of My Multi-Agent Research, Exploring HAI as New Research Field, and Now Trying Again ………………………………… Tetsuo Ono 288
Encounter with Multi-Agent Systems and Prospects for Future Research ………………………………………………………… Toshiharu Sugawara 295
Emergent Design of Multi-Agent Systems
─ Reinforcement Learning Agents as a Reverse Engineering ─ ………………………………………………………………………………… Sachiyo Arai 301
Multi-Agent Social Simulation and Reality ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Itsuki Noda 306
Expectations for Social Implementation of MAS and as a Foundation for Next-Generation AI ………………………………… Satoshi Kurihara 314
Is Multi-Agent Research the “Leftovers” of Artificial Intelligence? ……………………………………………………………………………… Kiyoshi Izumi 318
Evolution of Evolutionary Game Theory
─ Multi-Agent Simulation, Laboratory Experiments, and Behavioral Economics of LLM ─ ………………………………………… Eizo Akiyama 323
Past, Present, and Future of Agent Technology in Industry ……………………………………………………………………………………… Gaku Yamamoto 330
Past, Present, and Future of Agent-Oriented Languages ………………………………………………………………………………………… Akihiko Ohsuga 335
Round-table Discussion by Multi-Agent Researchers: Past and Future of Multi-Agent Research
……………………………………………… Discussants：Hirotaka Osawa, Naoki Fukuta, Fujio Toriumi, Yuichi Sei and Katsuhide Fujita
Moderator：Satoshi Kurihara, Composition：Kazumichi Moriyama 342
Special Issue: “Research and Practice in the COVID-19 Pandemic ─ What Is the Meaning of Expertise in Risk Situations?”
Editors’ Introduction to “Research and Practice in the COVID-19 Pandemic
─ What Is the Meaning of Expertise in Risk Situations?” …………………………………………………………… Mikihito Tanaka and Fujio Toriumi 352
Practicing Risk Communication as the “Expert” ………………………………………… Mikihito Tanaka, Yumiko Nara, Kaori Muto and Ken Osaka 355
Attack on Scientists in Japan under COVID-19 ……………………………………… Mikihito Tanaka, Kiko Hana, Haichun Yu and Mitsuo Yoshida 365
Risk Perception of COVID-19 in Japanese Society
─ A Cross-National Survey ─ ………………………………………………………………………… Maho Ishibashi, Naoya Sekiya and Mikihito Tanaka 374
Health Information on Social Media and Factors Triggering Attitudinal Changes …………………………………Dongwoo Lim and Fujio Toriumi 381
Mitigate Chaos through Heroic Praise
─ Analyzing Weibo Content Post-Lockdown in Wuhan ─ …………………………………………………………… Haichun Yu and Mikihito Tanaka 387
Knowledge Co-production Process in Editing COVID-19 Related Articles on Wikipedia ………………… Kunhao Yang and Mikihito Tanaka 394
How Strategic Usage of ʻUncertaintyʼ Contributed and Impeded Scientific Expert Advice ……………… Fuzuki Nasuno and Mikihito Tanaka 400
Special Issue: “Intelligent Dialogue Systems”
Editors’ Introduction to “Intelligent Dialogue Systems” …………………………………………………………… Kotaro Funakoshi and Yuka Kobayashi 408
Lecture Series: “Future of AI, Society, and Human Being ─ Colliding, Blending, and Unifying ─”（9）
Trust, Trust, Trust
─ Analysis over Relation between Responsibility and Explanation ─ ……………………………………………………………………… Takehiro Ohya 409
My Bookmark
Automated Negotiation/Bargaining ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Katsuhide Fujita 417
Global Eye（70）
Becoming a Researcher and a Father in the U.S. …………………………………………………………………………………………………… Sadamori Kojaku 422
Students Forum（122）
Interview with Roy Sugimura “The Frontiers of AI International Standardization as Seen by Going Outside”
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Ryosuke Takata and Hiroshi Sakuma 425
Conference Reports
The 12th International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications …………………………………………………… Takayuki Mizuno 430
Japan AI Alignment Symposium 2024 …………………………………………………………………… Kazuki Nemoto, Reo Tanaka and Mari Izumikawa 431
Book Review
Mizuki Oka, Takumi Saito and Takeshi Shimada: Open-ended Evolutionary Algorithms with Python, pp. 304, OʼReilly Japan（2023）
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Youichiro Miyake 433
Article
Cover Project “Journey around Artificial Intelligence: A Window into JSAI-SIGs, Chapter 3”
─ Special Interest Group on Knowledge-Based Systems ─
………………………… Planner：Hiroko Yamano, Koji Inoue, Takeshi Sakaki and Yusuke Yamamoto, Illustrator：Shun Iwasawa 435