Articles in Journals
Yuji Kawai , Shinya Fujii, and Minoru Asada, Modeling the rhythmic complexity of professional drumming with an oscillation-driven reservoir computer , Cognitive Neurodynamics , accepted.Yuji Kawai , Hiroshi Atsuta, and Minoru Asada, Leaky extreme learning machines for adaptive tracking of robot arms: A cerebellum-inspired system for position and torque corrections , IEEE Access , Vol. 14, pp. 48612-48632, 2026. Yuji Kawai , Takashi Morita, Jihoon Park, and Minoru Asada, Oscillations enhance time-series prediction in reservoir computing with feedback , Neurocomputing , Vol. 648, 130728, 2025.Yuji Kawai , Jihoon Park, and Minoru Asada, Reservoir computing using self-sustained oscillations in a locally connected neural network , Scientific Reports , Vol. 13, 15532, 2023.Yuji Kawai and Minoru Asada, Spatiotemporal motor learning with reward-modulated Hebbian plasticity in modular reservoir computing , Neurocomputing , Vol. 558, 126740, 2023Yuji Kawai , Tomohito Miyake, Jihoon Park, Jiro Shimaya, Hideyuki Takahashi, and Minoru Asada, Anthropomorphism-based causal and responsibility attributions to robots , Scientific Reports , Vol. 13, 12234, 2023.Yuji Kawai , Jihoon Park, Ichiro Tsuda, and Minoru Asada, Learning long-term motor timing/patterns on an orthogonal basis in random neural networks , Neural Networks , Vol. 163, pp. 298-311, 2023.Jihoon Park, Yuji Kawai , and Minoru Asada, Spike timing-dependent plasticity under imbalanced excitation and inhibition reduces the complexity of neural activity , Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience , Vol. 17, 1169288, 2023. Yuji Kawai , Kazuki Tachikawa, Jihoon Park, and Minoru Asada, Compensated integrated gradients for reliable explanation of electroencephalogram signal classification , Brain Sciences , Vol. 12, No. 7, 849, 2022.Yuji Kawai , Yuji Oshima, Yuki Sasamoto, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, A computational model for child inferences of word meanings via syntactic categories for different ages and languages , IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems , Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 401-416, 2020.Jihoon Park, Koki Ichinose, Yuji Kawai , Junichi Suzuki, Minoru Asada, and Hiroki Mori, Macroscopic cluster organizations change the complexity of neural activity , Entropy , Vol. 21, No. 2, 214, 2019. Yuji Kawai , Jihoon Park, and Minoru Asada, A small-world topology enhances the echo state property and signal propagation in reservoir computing , Neural Networks , Vol. 112, pp. 15-23, 2019.Yuji Kawai , Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, Prediction error in the PMd as a criterion for biological motion discrimination: A computational account , IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems , Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 237-249, 2018.Yuji Kawai , Yuji Oshima, and Minoru Asada, Errors in children’s speech originating from undifferentiated grammatical categories: A model for overproduction of an English past-tense morpheme and a Japanese case particle , Cognitive Studies , Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 52-66, 2017.Yuji Kawai , Yuji Oshima, Yuki Sasamoto, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, A model for syntactic development of children: Acquisition processes of syntactic categories reflecting structure of Japanese, English, and Chinese languages , Cognitive Studies , Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 475-479, 2015.Noriaki Kouda, Yuji Kawai , and Nobuyuki Matsui, RCE neural network with a RBF output function and its performance , Transactions of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers , Vol. 45, No. 11, pp. 620-627, 2007.
Preprints
Review, Comment, and Perspective Articles
Yuji Kawai , Functional significance of complex networks in the brain , Systems, Control, and Information , Vol. 65, No. 5, pp. 188-193, 2021.Yuji Kawai , Fabio Fossa, and Tatsuhiko Inatani, Special issue on Ethics, law, and psychology towards responsible robotics for the society , Advanced Robotics , Vol. 35, No. 9, p. 531, 2021.Yuji Kawai , Attribution of causality and responsibility to a robot , Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 32-36, 2020.
Peer-Reviewed International Conferences (Full Papers)
Yuji Kawai , Hiroshi Atsuta, and Minoru Asada, Sculpting deep attractors in reservoir networks via Oja’s plasticity , In Proceedings of the 2026 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks , Jun. accepted. Jihoon Park, Yuji Kawai , and Minoru Asada, Frequency specific effects of oscillatory inputs on timing and chaotic time-series learning in spiking reservoir computing , In Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Neural Information Processing , pp. 514-528, Nov. 2025. Yuji Kawai , Shinya Fujii, and Minoru Asada, Slow feature oscillation enhances reservoir computing for learning long-period patterns , In Proceedings of the 2025 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks , Jul. 2025.Minoru Asada and Yuji Kawai , Advancing cognitive developmental robotics: Robot pain as a bridge from embodiment to social interaction -A framework for ethical and societal integration- , in Proceedings of the 2025 International Conference on the AI Revolution: Research, Ethics, and Society , pp. 488-502, Apr. 2025. Yuji Kawai , Takashi Morita, Jihoon Park, and Minoru Asada, Oscillation-driven reservoir computing for long-term replication of chaotic time series , Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2024 Part X , pp. 129-141, Sep. 2024. Yuji Kawai , Hiroshi Atsuta, and Minoru Asada, Adaptive robot control using modular reservoir computing to minimize multimodal errors , In Proceedings of the 2024 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks , July, 2024.Hiroshi Atsuta, Yuji Kawai , and Minoru Asada, Enhancement of the robustness of redundant robot arms against perturbations by inferring dynamical systems using echo state networks , In Proceedings of the 2024 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks , July, 2024. Yuji Kawai , Jihoon Park, Ichiro Tsuda, and Minoru Asada, Self-organization of a dynamical orthogonal basis acquiring large memory capacity in modular reservoir computing , In Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2022 , pp. 635-646, Sep. 2022.Tomohito Miyake, Yuji Kawai , Jihoon Park, Jiro Shimaya, Hideyuki Takahashi, and Minoru Asada, Mind perception and causal attribution for failure in a game with a robot , In Proceedings of the 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication , TuCT1.2, Oct. 2019. Yuji Kawai , Tatsuhiko Inatani, Takako Yoshida, and Kazuya Matsuura, Exploring future rules for AIs with citizens using a fictitious case video: A workshop report , In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Envision of Acceptable Human Agent Interaction based on Science Fiction at HAI 2019 , Oct. 2019.Kazuki Tachikawa, Yuji Kawai , Jihoon Park, and Minoru Asada, Effectively interpreting electroencephalogram classification using the Shapley sampling value to prune a feature tree , In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks , pp. 672-681, Oct. 2018. Yuji Kawai , Tomohiro Takimoto, Jihoon Park, and Minoru Asada, Efficient reward-based learning through body representation in a spiking neural network , In Proceedings of the 8th Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics , pp. 198-203, Sep. 2018. (Babybot Challenge Paper Award) Yuji Kawai , Tatsuya Tokuno, Jihoon Park, and Minoru Asada, Echo in a small-world reservoir: time-series prediction using an economical recurrent neural network , In Proceedings of the 7th Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics , pp. 126-131, Sep. 2017.Tomohiro Takimoto, Yuji Kawai , Jihoon Park, and Minoru Asada, Self-organization based on auditory feedback promotes acquisition of babbling , In Proceedings of the 7th Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics , pp. 120-125, Sep. 2017. (Babybot Challenge Participation Award) Koki Ichinose, Jihoon Park, Yuji Kawai , Junichi Suzuki, Minoru Asada, and Hiroki Mori, Local over-connectivity reduces the complexity of neural activity: toward a constructive understanding of brain networks in patients with autism spectrum disorder , In Proceedings of the 7th Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics , pp. 233-238, Sep. 2017. Yuji Kawai , Minoru Asada, and Yukie Nagai, A model for biological motion detection based on motor prediction in the dorsal premotor area , In Proceedings of the 4th Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics , pp. 241-247, Oct. 2014.Yuji Kawai , Yuji Oshima, Yuki Sasamoto, Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, Computational model for syntactic development: Identifying how children learn to generalize nouns and verbs for different languages , In Proceedings of the 4th Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics , pp. 78-84, Oct. 2014.Yuji Kawai , Yukie Nagai, and Minoru Asada, Perceptual development triggered by its self-organization in cognitive learning , In Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems , pp. 5159-5164, Oct. 2012. Yuji Kawai , Jihoon Park, Takato Horii, Kazuaki Tanaka, Hiroki Mori, Yukie Nagai, Takashi Takuma, and Minoru Asada, Throwing skill optimization through synchronization and desynchronization of degree of freedom , In Proceedings of the 16th Annual RoboCup International Symposium , Jun. 2012. (Best Paper Award Finalist, Research Award of the RoboCup Japan Open) Yukie Nagai, Yuji Kawai , and Minoru Asada, Emergence of mirror neuron system: Immature vision leads to self-other correspondence , In Proceedings of the 1st Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics , Aug. 2011. (Microsoft Student Travel Award)
Invited Talks