Commentary
Sparking New Research through Workshops …………………………………………………………………………………………Yukiko Nakano 1
Special Issue: “Editorial Board Members’ Aspirations in 2026” …………………………………………………………………………………… 2
Youichiro Miyake, Hirotaka Osawa, Yoshinobu Kano, Takeshi Sakaki, Takashi Matsubara, Yuya Yoshikawa,
Shogo Ishikawa, Jun Ichikawa, Tomoki Ito, Takako Ouchi, Yuta Ogai, Takashi Otsuki, Seitaro Shinagawa,
Kenichi Shibata, Hitoshi Shimizu, Yoshiyuki Suimon, Satoshi Suga, Mai Sugimoto, Yoko Nishihara,
Naoki Hamada, Shohei Hidaka, Naoki Fukuta, Chiaki Miyazaki, Yusuke Mori, Junya Morita,
Kazuki Yamanobe, Sho Yamamoto, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Kaiji Sekimoto and Akihiro Maeda
Special Issue: “New Trends of Researches for Doctoral Theses”
Editorsʼ Introduction to “New Trends of Researches for Doctoral Theses” …… Seitaro Shinagawa and Takayasu Fushimi 39
Fundamental of AI 40 ／ Machine Learning 41 ／ Knowledge Use and Sharing 42 ／
Language Media Processing 42 ／ Image Speech Media Processing 45 ／
Human Interface and Computer-supported System 46 ／ AI Application 48 ／ AI and Society 49
Lecture Series: “Exploring the Origins of Artificial Intelligence in Japan ─”（7）
In Conversation with Dr. Masayuki Ida: Bridging the Gap between Art（Subjective Work）
and Science（Verifiability） ………………………………… Masayuki Ida, Youichiro Miyake, Mai Sugimoto and Takako Ouchi 50
Planning Committee Newsletter（7）
Information Dissemination on the Official YouTube Channel in Conjunction with the
Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence Events ………………………………………………………………………………Yuka Kuroda 63
My Bookmark
Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs …………………………………………………………………………………Shusaku Egami 64
Global Eye（80）
Research Stay at the State University of New York at Binghamton …………………………………………………………Koki Karube 70
Students Forum（132）
Interview with Prof. Hiroshi Mineno “Enjoying Challenges beyond Disciplinary Boundaries”
…………………………………………………………………………………………………Kaiji Sekimoto and Ryosuke Kawashima 73
Conference Reports
The 31st ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining（KDD 2025） …… Toshihiro Kamishima 78
International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication（RO-MAN）2025 ……… Yasunori Takemura 80
International Conference on Computer Vision（ICCV）2025 …………………………………………………………… Shunsuke Yasuki 81
Book Review
Takashi Kusumi: The Metaphorical Mind: Understanding the Psychology of Metaphors, pp. 294,
Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd.（2025） …………………………………………………………………………………………… Eiiti Hanyuda 83
Editor: Genshiro Kitagawa, Akimichi Takemura, Author: Seiichi Uchida, Yoshinori Kawasaki, Daisuke Kochu,
Jun Sakuma, Yo Sheena, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Tomoyuki Higuchi and Hiroshi Maruyama:
Data Science as the Liberal Arts, pp. 288, Kodansha Ltd.（2024） ………………………………………………… Ikuko Tsumura 84
Article
Cover Project “Journey around Artificial Intelligence: A Window into JSAI-SIGs, Chapter 12”
─ Special Interest Group on Smart Manufacturing and System Health Management ─
……………………………………………………………………………………… Planner：Yusuke Yamamoto, Illustrator：Shun Iwasawa 85