Name
Yuji Kawai, Ph.D.
Affiliation
- Specially Appointed Associate Professor at Office of Management and Planning, Osaka University
- Member of Symbiotic Intelligent Systems Research Center at Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University
Contact
Co-Creative Innovation Building 701, 1-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
E-mail: kawai [AT] otri.osaka-u.ac.jp
Career
- Specially Appointed Associate Professor at Office of Management and Planning, Osaka University
- April 2019 – March 2020: Specially Appointed Lecturer at Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University
- April 2017 – March 2019: Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
- April 2018 – March 2019: Member of Institute for Symbiotic Intelligent Systems Research Center at Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University
- April 2017 – March 2018: Member of Systems Intelligence Division at Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University
- April 2016 – March 2017: Specially Appointed Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
- April 2016 – March 2017: Member of Division of Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics at Institute for Academic Initiatives, Osaka University
- April 2013 – March 2016: Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion Science (DC1)
Education
- April 2013 – March 2016: Ph.D. course in Department of Adaptive Machine Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
- April 2011 – March 2013: Master course in Department of Adaptive Machine Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
- April 2009 – March 2011: Bachelor course in Division of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Science, School of Engineering, Osaka University
- April 2004 – March 2009: Department of Control Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Matsue College
Awards
- JSAI Annual Conference Award (2019)
- JSAI Annual Conference Award (2018)
- Research Award of the Japanese Neural Network Society (2018)
- Babybot Challenge Paper Award of the 8th IEEE Joint International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics (2018)
- Babybot Challenge Participation Award of the 7th IEEE Joint International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics (2017)
- The 1st place for RoboCup Japan Open 2017 Soccer SPL league, RoboCup Japan Committee (2017)
- Best Presentation Award of the 31st Annual Conference of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society (2014)
- JSAI Incentive Award (2013)
- RoboCup Research Award of RoboCup Japan (2013)
- Best Paper Award Finalist of the 16th Annual RoboCup International Symposium (2012)
- AI Award of the 35th JSAI SIG Challenge (2012)
- Microsoft Student Travel Award of the 1st Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics (2011)
- Hatakeyama Award of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2008)
Research Funds
- October 201 – September 2021: [Co-Investigator] JSPS Topic-Setting Program to Advance Cutting-Edge Humanities and Social Sciences Research (Responding to Real Society), (Creating fundamental concepts of society and value based on technology and brain science), Project number: JSPS00118070707, Project leader: Kazuya Matsuura.
- October 2017 – March 2023: [Co-Investigator] JST Strategic Basic Research Programs (CREST), An exploration of the principle of emerging interactions in spatiotemporal diversity, Project number: JPMJCR17A4, Project leader: Ichiro Tsuda.
- June 2017 – March 2020: [Co-Investigator] MIC, R&D for Computing Platform Inspired by Human Brain Cognition, Project number: 17936067, Project leader: Masayuki Murata.
- April 2013 – March 2016: [Principal Investigator] Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, Mirror neuron system by sensorimotor abstraction based on reward, Project number: 25-756，Budget: JPY3,000,000.
Scientific Activities
- Organizer of the IEEE ICRA 2020 Workshop on “How will Autonomous Robots and Systems Influence Society?” (2020)
- Local Chair of the 7th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (2019)
Editors
- Guest editor of a Special Issue in the Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, “Ethics, Law, and Psychology towards Responsible Robotics for the Society,” 2020.
- Guest editor of a Special Issue in the Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, “Philosophy, Psychology, and Law for a Human-Robot Symbiotic Society,” Vol. 38, No. 1, 2020.
Lectures
- April 2017 – March 2019: Fundamental PIER Program (Panasonic II), in Department of Adaptive Machine Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
- April 2016 – March 2019: Advanced Programing (C) in Division of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Science, School of Engineering, Osaka University
- October 2016 – August 2019: March 2017: Computer and Programming (Project Based Learning) in Division of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Science, School of Engineering, Osaka University