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To celebrate our lab members master student’s interim presentation (Yuan-san and Izhar-san) and end of year, we gathered and took lunch together at local Japanese cuisine restaurant. Merry Christmas and Happy You New Year for all.

Invited talk “Sharing roles between human and computer: collaborative work in the physical world” was given at the International Workshop on Human-Engaged Computing 2019. About International Workshop on Human-Engaged Computing: The Center for Human-Engaged Computing (CHEC) will organize an international workshop on Human-Engaged Computing (IWHEC 2019). The workshop will be held at Kochi University of Technology in Japan on January 12th, 2019. The aim of this workshop is to rethink the relationship between humans and computers under consideration of human…

Held in Shibaura Institute of Technology in Toyosu, Tokyo at 12/1/2019, Interaction Lab. of Tsukuba University’s researches were presented and discussed with other professors and students from another university in Joint Seminar 2019

Takeshi Kamita, Tatsuya Ito, Atsuko Matsumoto, Tsunetsugu Munakata, Tomoo Inoue, A chatbot system for mental healthcare based on SAT counseling method, Mobile Information Systems, Vol.2019, Article 9517321, 11p., https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/9517321, Hindawi, 2019.3. Abstract In recent years, mental health management of employees in companies has become increasingly important. As the number of psychotherapists is not enough, it is necessary for employees to be able to keep their mental wellness on their own. A self-guided mental healthcare course using VR devices has been…

Kosuke Sasaki, Anne-Catherine Luther, Tomoo Inoue, Wolfram Luther, An automated structural approach to support theatrical performances by introducing gesture recognition to a cuing system, Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing, LNCS 11677, pp.251-261, doi>10.1007/978-3-030-28011-6_19, Springer, 2019.9. Our lab member, Kosuke Sasaki presented his work titled “An automated structural approach to support theatrical performances by introducing gesture recognition to a cuing system” at CollabTech 2019. His paper is part of Springer’s LNCS 11677.

Interaction Lab’s director, Professor Tomoo Inoue presented works titled “Speech Speed Awareness System slows down native speaker’s” at CollabTech 2019. His paper is becoming part of Springer’s LNCS 11677 book.

Abstract: In theatrical performance practices, actors are stressed once practice stops due to occurring mistakes. Our goal is to reduce the number of mistakes occurring in the theatrical performance practice by cuing the action order. We introduce a cuing system which uses tactile cues through vibrations and notifies actors of the turn of actions. We also reported the user study of the system. The results of the study suggested that the task-order coordination by the cuing system may be used…

“A cuing system to support real-time sequential collaborative tasks” was presented at HCS meeting held in Tsukuba.

“Use of a conversational agent to support a non-native speaker based on turn-taking rules” was presented at HCS meeting held in Tsukuba.

Tokyo Newspapers, Morning edition page 4, 2018.10.22. (in Japanese)