CONTENTS
Special Issue:“Conversational Informatics”
Editor’s Introduction to“Conversational Informatics”…………………………………………Toyoaki Nishida 143
Prospective View of Conversational Informatics ………………………………………………Toyoaki Nishida 144
Conversational Agents as User Interfaces for Conveying Conversational Contents
……………………………………………………Yukiko Nakano, Toyoaki Nishida and Igor S. Pandzic 150
Environmental Media for Human Conversation
…………………………Michihiko Minoh, Noboru Bagaguchi, Rin-ichiro Taniguchi and Koh Kakusho 156
Acquisition and Management of Conversational Content
……………Toyoaki Nishida, Yuichi Nakamura, Sadao Kurohashi, Yasuyuki Sumi and Hidekazu Kubota 162
Analysis and Modeling of Conversation
………………………………………………………Kazuhiro Ueda, Sakiko Yoshikawa, Yasuharu Den,
Chika Nagaoka, Yoshimasa Ohmoto and Mika Enomoto 169
Special Issue:“Kansei Communication”
Editor’s Introduction to“Kansei Communication”…………………………………………………Hiroko Shoji 176
Kansei Philosophy and Communication…………………………………………………………Toshio Kuwako 177
Kansei Robotics: Measurement and Modeling of Kansei from Robotics Aspect ………………Toshikazu Kato 183
Haiku as a Kansei Communication Media ………………………………………………………Masami Suzuki 189
Special Issue:“AI Is Alive in Industrial Applications”（2）
Editor’s Introduction to“AI Is Alive in Industrial Applications（2）”………………………Hiroshi Yamakawa 195
A Special Project by Student Members of Editorial Board
― An Interview with Mr. Hiromu Hayashi ― …………Junichiro Mori, Yoko Nishihara and Kosuke Numa 196
Development of Clusters Through Eyes of an Artificial Intelligence Researcher（Ⅰ）
― On Knowledge Exchange Towards Open Innovation― ………………………………Kazunori Fujimoto 203
In Commemoration of Graduation from CREP
Everyday Language Computing Project（Roundup Report）
― Work on CREP and Trajectory of Everyday Language Computing Project―
………………………………Ichiro Kobayashi, Michiaki Iwazume, Yusuke Takahashi, Toru Sugimoto,
Shino Iwashita, Noriko Ito and Michio Sugeno 210
Articles
Interview― In Commemoration of Graduation from CREP………………Akinori Abe and Ikuko Eguchi Yairi 218
Commentary Series: “Practical Tips for Evaluation in AI Research: From Planning to Analysis”（3）
Psychological Survey for Evaluation ………………………………………………………………Asako Miura 225
Lecture Series:“Brain Science”（7）
Studies of Language Comprehension Using Multi-Channel Event-Related Potentials
― A Linguistic Approach―…………………………………………………………………Hiroko Hagiwara 234
Special Issue:“AI Challenge in the Near Future”
Editor’s Introduction to“AI Challenge in the Near Future” ………………………………………Akinori Abe 242
Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 243
Technical Papers
Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 246
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