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NAKAKOJI Kumiyo 理事・副学長、教授

NAKAKOJI, Kumiyo Trustee/Vice President, Professor

Research Projects

My research focuses on the nature of systems composed of "people" and "information technology environments centered on software." I am also working on research projects to create environments with visual interactivity with data that support and promote human creativity and knowledge activities, as well as museum environments that enable inspiring experiences.

The appeal of research

Humans possess cognitive and social characteristics. Information technology allows for the creation of new functions, aspects, and phenomena. While it's possible to create information technology tailored to humans, humans also have a tendency to adapt to it, and even unconsciously adapt to it. Thus, there is a reciprocal relationship between humans and the information technology environment. My interest lies in considering information technology in light of this temporally changing interaction.

My research topic is the design of systems composed of people and information technology. For me, "design" is a science that explores the nature of "artifacts" in a broad sense, encompassing not only buildings, machines, and software systems, but also customer experiences in services, as well as education and social institutions and policies.

Achievements

1997 1997 Researcher in the "Information and Knowledge" area of ​​the PRESTO program at the Japan Science and Technology Agency (formerly the Japan Science and Technology Corporation).2000 2000 He is a research fellow in the "Cooperation and Control" area of ​​the PRESTO program. His specialties are human-computer interaction, software engineering, and creative activity support. In particular, he conducts research on knowledge interaction design for intelligent creative work. He is involved in projects such as interaction design practice and socio-technical software development support. He has served as a director of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, the Human Interface Society, and the Information Processing Society of Japan, a member of the Council for Science and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, an associate member of the Science Council of Japan, a specialist researcher at the Research Center for Academic Systems of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, a specialist member of the University Establishment Subcommittee of the Council for University Establishment and School Corporations, and a member of the organizing committee and program committee for international conferences such as CHI, ICSE, FSE, and CC.2006 2006 Received the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award from the University of Colorado.2021 2021 Received an award for meritorious service from the Japan ACM SIGCHI Chapter.2025 2025 Fellowship certification from the Information Processing Society of Japan.

Major publications and papers

• Kumiyo Nakakoji, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Hibiki Sasaki, Using a Large Volume of Local Historical Statistical Tables as a Source of Mutual Inspiration and Collective Creativity, Collaborations in Creativity: Exploring Human and Human-Computer Interactions (Nathalie Bonnardel, Ed.), Chap.7, pp.213-244, Palgrave Macmillan, Springer Nature Switzerland AG., February, 2026. 
• Hibiki Sasaki, Kumiyo Nakakoji, Yuka Taketomi, Towa Suda, and Takeaki Uno, "An Analysis of Citizen Annotations as Traces of Thought Activities in Regional History Statistical Tables," Proceedings of the Symposium on Humanities and Computer Sciences (Jinmonkon) 2025, Information Processing Society of Japan, pp. 11-18, Peer-reviewed, December 13, 2025.
• Hayato Kojima, Kumiyo Nakakoji, Jun Kato, and Masataka Goto, "LyricBathe: An Optically Transmissive MR Environment Enabling Immersive Lyric-Based Physical Music Experience," Proceedings of the Entertainment Computing Symposium 2025 (EC2025), Selected Session Presentation (Peer-Reviewed), pp. 28-37, Information Processing Society of Japan, Tokyo, August 2025. 
• Toshiro Kashiwagi, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Kumiyo Nakakoji, Reframing Problems: Analyzing the Design of Mixed Reality Tools Through the Lens of Fictionality, in Algorithmic Foundations for Social Advancement, S. Minato et al. (eds.), Chap.12, pp.173-183, Springer, Singapore, 2025.
• Jun Kato, Jonas Frich, Zhicong Lu, Jennifer Jacobs, Kumiyo Nakakoji, Celine Latulipe, Special Interest Group on Creativity and Cultures in Computing, Proceedings of CHI2023, ACM Press, Hannover, Germany, pp.1-3, April, 2023.
• NAKAKOJI Kumiyo, YAMAMOTO Yasuhiro, Matsubara Nobuto, Kita Yusuke, Data Interactivity in Data Visualization, IEICE Journal Special Issue "Approaches to Data Understanding through Data Abstraction in Data Science", pp. 197-205, March 2021.
• Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Kumiyo Nakakoji, Visual Interactivity to Make Sense of Heterogeneous Streams of Design Activity Data, Proceedings of Design Computing and Cognition DCC'18, JS Gero (Ed.), Springer, pp.745-763, Lecco, Italy, July 2018.
• Kumiyo Nakakoji, Instrumenting Interaction for Inspiration and Imagination, Keynote, ACM Creativity and Cognition Conference 2017, Singapore, June 28, 2017.
• Toru Ishida, Tetsuo Sawaragi, Kumiyo Nakakoji, Takushi Sogo, Interdisciplinary Education for Design Innovation -Challenges in Kyoto University Design School-, IEEE Computer, Special Issue on Learning Technologies, Vol.50, Issue 5, pp.42-52, IEEE Computer Society, May 10, 2017.
• NAKAKOJI, Kumiyo, Interaction Design, Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence, edited by the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Chap. 14 Creative Activity Support, pp. 1087-1090, Kyoritsu Shuppan Co., Ltd., July 12, 2017.
• NAKAKOJI Kumiyo, Okada Takeshi, KAWASHIMA Toshio, YAMAMOTO Yasuhiro, Shindo Hironobu, Kimura Kenichi, Kageura Kyo, "Inspiring Experiences in Cultural Public Spaces," Servisologie, Vol.3, No.2, Japan Service Society, pp.10-17, July, 2016.
• Kumiyo Nakakoji, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Yusuke Kita, Visual Interaction Design for Experiencing and Engaging with a Large Chronological Table, Proceedings of the 3rd HistoInformatics Workshop on Computational History (HistoInformatics 2016), pp.47-51, Krakow, Poland, July 11, 2016.
• NAKAKOJI Kumiyo, Shindo Hironobu, YAMAMOTO Yasuhiro, Okada Takeshi (eds.), Inspiring Museums: Seeking New Possibilities for Cultural Public Spaces, Airi Publishing, May, 2016.
• NAKAKOJI, Kumiyo, Design and Cognition, in Toru Ishida (ed.), Introduction to Studies of Design, Kyoto University Design School Textbook Series 1, Part 1: Fundamentals of Design, Chapter 2, pp. 21-36, Kyoritsu Shuppan Co., Ltd., April, 2016.
• NAKAKOJI Kumiyo, Kinugawa Yuri, An Attempt at a Studies of Design Interpretation of Improvisational Theater Workshops, Review Paper, Measurement and Control, Special Issue "The Impact of Studies of Design", SICE (Society of Instrument and Control Engineers), Vol. 54, No. 7, pp. 485-493, July, 2015.
• Y. Yamamoto, K. Nakakoji, Interaction Design of Tools for Fostering Creativity in the Early Stages of Information Design, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS), Special Issue on Creativity L. Candy, E. Edmonds (Eds.), Vol.63, No.4-5, pp.513-535, October, 2005.
• NAKAKOJI Kumiyo, YAMAMOTO Yasuhiro, Knowledge Interaction Design for Creative Information Generation, Transactions of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Vol.19, No.2, pp.154-165, March, 2004.