Commentary
The Evolution of “Machines” in the Era of Human-Machine Harmony …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Masaki Suwa 625
Special Issue: “Dialogue Agents and Stereotypes”
Editor’s Introduction to “Dialogue Agents and Stereotypes” ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Chiaki Miyazaki 626
Interactive Agents and Gender-Stereotype……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Tatsuya Nomura 628
Stereotype-Aware Design of Embodied Conversational Agents
─ A Case Study of Gender-Neutral CG Avatars in the Moonshot R&D Program ─ ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Akinobu Lee 634
Character Expression for Dialogue Systems ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Kenta Yamamoto 642
Human-Likeness and Distinctiveness in Conversational Agents
─ Generation and Style Control of Communication Signals ─ ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Yukiko Nakano 649
Roles of Characters in Digital Games and Dialogue Agents …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Yusuke Mori 657
“Dialect Characters” and Dialect Stereotypes ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Yukari Tanaka 665
An Essay on Stereotypes, AI, and Care Work from the Perspective of Speculative Fiction ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Kanata Inoue 672
Interview with Dr. Arisa Ema: Social and Ethical Issues Related to Dialogue Agents and Stereotypes ……………………………………………………………… Arisa Ema and Chiaki Miyazaki 679
Special Issue: “The Cutting Edge of Medical Data Utilization”
Editors’ Introduction to “The Cutting Edge of Medical Data Utilization” ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Tomoki Ito and Jun Takayama 686
The Cutting Edge of Medical Language Processing ………………………………………………………………………… Eiji Aramaki, Tomohiro Nishiyama, Shohei Hisada and Shoko Wakamiya 688
An Overview of Trends in AI Applications for Biomedical and Life Science Research …………………………………………………… Takumi Ito, Hidekazu Hishinuma and Hideyuki Shimizu 694
The Large Language Model for Japanese Electronic Medical Records ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Rieko Sakurai and Jun Takayama 702
Multimodal AI Application in the Medical Field ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Ryosuke Kojima 711
Medical Data Utilization in Rare Disease Diagnosis Support: Challenges and Future Prospects ………………………………………………………………………………………… Toyofumi Fujiwara 718
Advancements and Challenges in Japanese Medical Large Language Models
─ Developing Japanese Medical LLMs with Continued Pre-training: Synergistic Effects with RAG and the Path to Practical Applications ─
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Junichiro Iwasawa and Kenta Oono 726
AI Applications in Medical Imaging Diagnosis
─ Exploring New Potentials of Real-World Data ─ ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Kento Sugimoto 735
Current State and Challenges of AI Technologies Supporting Personalized Medicine ………………………………………………………………………………………………………Takayuki Takahashi 741
Special Issue: “Introduction to Special Issue on JSAI Incentive Award 2024”
Editors’ Introduction to “Introduction to Special Issue on JSAI Incentive Award 2024” …………………………………………………………………………… Hiroki Sakaji and Kazuhiro Nakadai 744
FPAI：On the Number of Nodes Required to Compress Real-valued Vectors in Autoencoders Using Linear and ReLU Activation Functions
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Liangjie Sun, Chenyao Wu, Wai-Ki Ching and Tatsuya Akutsu 746
FPAI：Exploiting Dynamic Programming Algorithm of Subset Sum Problem as a Reservoir …………………………………………… Sora Todaka, Nozomi Akashi and Akihiro Yamamoto 748
KBS：Learning Small Soft Trees with Sample Weights ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Atsuya Saiga and Akihiro Inokuchi 750
SLUD：“Long Sentences” in Japanese Everyday Conversation …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Yasuyuki Usuda 752
SLUD：Development of a Dialogue System for Kyushu and Ryukyu Dialects Using Generative AI: Application for Language Heritage Preservation ………………………… Mika Sakai 753
SLUD：Relationship between Speech Characteristics and Personality Traits of Elementary and Junior High School Students in Interactive Classrooms
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Hiromitsu Goto, Haruka Watanabe, Kanako Edamoto, Shun Shiramatsu and Takashi Tada 754
SLUD：The Potential of a Public Corpus of Native Japanese Speakers with Autism Spectrum Disorders:
A Comparison of Usage Rates and Ways of Using of the Interjectional and Sentence-Final Particle “-ne” …………………………………………………… Asumi Suzuki and Hanae Koiso 756
ALST：An Attempt to Classify Failures through Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Answering Processes:
A Case Study of Log Analysis in a Single-Sentence Integrated Problem-Posing Learning Environment
……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Yusuke Hayashi, Ayano Ohsaki, Kyosuke Hamada, Tatsuki Yamamoto and Tsukasa Hirashima 758
Challenge：About an Error Correcting Method for a Mobile Robot to Detect ArUco Markers
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Kosuke Nakajima, Ryota Tanabe, Shohei Yasuda, Takeru Nagashima and Wataru Uemura 760
LSE：Dialogue in Acting: A Perspective from C. S. Peirceʼs Semiotics ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Yukiko Furuya 762
SAI：Bottom-up Approach for Pedestrian Crossing Intention Prediction in Intelligent Transport Systems …………………………………………… Naoki Miyamoto and Chika Sugimoto 763
FIN：Portfolio Optimization Using Deep Learning with Risk Aversion Utility Function …………………………………………………………………………………… Kenji Kubo and Kei Nakagawa 764
MAKS：Preliminary Study on the Evaluation of Skillfulness and Importance in Maintenance Work of Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Takashi Numata and Takuya Nakamichi 765
SWO：Method for Automatically Generating Knowledge Graphs to Utilize Internal Knowledge …… Yuki Fukuda, Maiko Onishi, Satoshi Sekine, Yuji Matsumoto and Kouji Kozaki 766
DOCMAS：Proposal of Plot-Driven Multi-Agent Planning ……………………………………………………………………………… Akifumi Ito, Reo Abe, Kanata Takayasu and Satoshi Kurihara 768
Bl：What-if Social Simulator That Can Be Flexibly Operated with Natural Language ………………………………………………………Hiroaki Yamada, Hiroaki Yamada and Tatsuya Hiraoka 770
Bl：Customer Loyalty Estimation Using Multidimensional and Heterogeneous Hidden Markov Model Based on Customer Behaviors
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Kai Guo, Ryosuke Nakanishi, Yasuo Katsuhara, Masahiro Araki and Koji Sato 771
AM：A Study of Detecting the Potential for Gender-Related Flaming in Ad Creative Using Generative AI …………………………………………… Tokuma Hirano and Munehiko Sasajima 773
SMSHM：Data-driven Automatic Control Methods Utilizing Mathematical Models …………………………………………………………………………………………………………Shumpei Kubosawa 775
Special Issue: “Artificial Intelligence and Story Application”
Editor’s Introduction to “Artificial Intelligence and Story Application” ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Yusuke Mori 776
Series: “Let’s Go! Osaka-Kansai EXPO!” ─ Future Society and AI at National Pavilions ─
We Visited the Expo! ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Seitaro Shinagawa, Sota Kaneko, Ayana Murakami and Ryosuke Kawashima 777
Interview with Swiss Researchers: Hopes and Ethical Challenges in a Society Living with AI …………………………………………………………………………………………… Seitaro Shinagawa 786
Imagining a Future of Co-existing with AI through Sci-Fi Prototyping ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Kai Yoshida 789
Lecture Series: “Exploring the Origins of Artificial Intelligence in Japan ─”（5）
In Conversation with Dr. Setsuo Arikawa: A Foundation That Enables Applications, and Applications Grounded in a Solid Foundation
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Setsuo Arikawa, Youichiro Miyake, Mai Sugimoto and Takako Ouchi 791
Planning Committee Newsletter（5）
Joining a Legacy: Forty Years in the Making …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Shinpei Taniguchi 806
My Bookmark
Non-Linguistic Behavior Generation for Spoken Dialogue ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Koji Inoue 807
Global Eye（78）
A Research Record at University of Oxford …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Hirokatsu Kataoka 814
Students Forum（130）
Interview with JSAI President Satoshi Kurihara “Beyond Generative AI—Exploring the Future of AI through Symbols, Emergence, and Metacognition”
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Akihiro Maeda and Hiroshi Sakuma 817
Conference Reports
GPU Technology Conference（GTC）2025 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Takashi Shinozaki 823
CHI 2025 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Nami Ogawa, Kotaro Kikuchi and Daichi Haraguchi 825
Book Review
Tomoya Nakai: How the Brain Creates Mathematics, pp. 120, Iwanami Shoten, Publishers（2025） …………………………………………………………………………………………Kota Matsui 828
Junya Morita, Sanetake Nagayoshi and Jin Hyuk Kim: Behavior Informatics, pp. 184, Kyoritsu Shuppan Co., Ltd.（2025） ………………………………………………… Jumpei Nishikawa 829
Article
Cover Project “Journey around Artificial Intelligence: A Window into JSAI-SIGs, Chapter 10”
─ Special Interest Group on Data Oriented Constructive Mining and Simulation ─ ……………………………………………… Planner：Yusuke Yamamoto, Illustrator：Shun Iwasawa 831