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Makoto Kato, Associate Professor
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The Knowledge Acquisition System Lab (KASYS) studies information retrieval. Within information retrieval, its main subjects are retrieval models and ranking, learning to rank, analysis of search user behavior, and recommender systems. Much of its research uses large language models and machine learning to build high-performing algorithms. As of 2026, the lab is based at the University of Tsukuba and the National Institute of Informatics.
Sara Kim, Assistant Professor
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The Human-Information-Technology Lab (HIT Lab) studies interaction among people, information, and technology. The lab regards technology not as a mere tool but as a medium that connects people with one another and with information. Based on an understanding of each individual's behavior, cognition, and emotions, it designs interactions that support connection, learning, and participation, aiming to support people's agency and growth. Its research combines experiments, behavioral observation in the laboratory and in real-world settings, and statistical and computational analysis.
Hideo Joho, Professor
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The Human Information Interaction Lab studies people's information behavior, in particular information seeking and searching. Grounded in an understanding of the cognitive and affective aspects of human beings, the lab proposes, develops, and evaluates new methods for accessing knowledge and information resources. The various factors that influence information behavior are studied within the framework of context. In recent years, the lab has also become interested in understanding and supporting information seeking and searching through collaborative work.
Atsushi Toshimori, Professor
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Prof. Toshimori's lab analyzes people's behavior and attitudes when they choose information sources and evaluate information, using choice behavior models. There are many ways to obtain information: hearing it from other people, watching TV, reading newspapers, or searching online. Taking advantage of the fact that these models can be expressed in numbers, the lab aims to apply them as policy models that inform policy decisions about how information should be provided to benefit society.
Tetsuya Maeshiro, Professor
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Prof. Maeshiro's lab studies ways to make good use of computers and knowledge to elucidate phenomena in biology and medicine that are still poorly understood. Its research also covers ways of representing complex phenomena clearly and ways of explaining them to suit the audience. The lab views things in the world, including knowledge, as networks in which various elements are related to one another, and scientifically examines those relationships and the characteristics of the whole.
Fuyuki Yoshikane, Professor
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Prof. Yoshikane works on research that analyzes co-authorship relationships among researchers and on research that automatically extracts technical terms from text. The website presents the co-authorship analysis under the term "co-authorship network analysis" and the technical term extraction under the term "technical term variant recognition." The college's faculty introduction page also describes research on how research collaboration networks affect researchers' paper output. In addition, the lab is interested in problems that arise when building catalog databases of Chinese and Korean (Hangul) materials.
Haitao Yu, Associate Professor
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The Information Intelligence Lab (II-Research) studies the intersection of information retrieval, artificial intelligence, and human-centered computing. It aims to build intelligent systems that support access to useful information, reasoning grounded in reliable evidence, and better decision-making. Combining fundamental research with practical system development, the lab works on search and ranking, retrieval-augmented generation, multimodal learning, knowledge graphs, and more. The lab values rigorous evaluation, open collaboration, and research that considers both technical performance and societal impact.
Keita Tsuji, Associate Professor
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The Book Recommendation (Keita Tsuji) Lab studies what books are held in public and university libraries and how they are used. The lab has also studied a system that recommends university library books based on the Wikipedia article a user is reading. It has also investigated how the designated manager system, in which the operation of public libraries is entrusted to private companies and other organizations, affects library use. Currently, the lab is working on building a model in which public libraries and kodomo shokudo (community cafeterias for children) provide books to children from families living in poverty.
Junko Teruyama, Associate Professor
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The lab of Associate Professor Junko Teruyama studies the relationship between developmental disorders and communication from the standpoint of cultural anthropology and medical anthropology. Developmental disorders, including learning disabilities and high-functioning autism, are also called “communication disorders,” but the lab reexamines what specific conditions this actually refers to. Using qualitative research such as interviews, it investigates how such conditions relate to the common beliefs and customs found in society and culture. The research themes of the faculty member include disability, addiction, and communication.
Masaki Matsubara, Associate Professor
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The Matsubara Lab studies how artistic expressions of embodied knowledge, such as voice, song, dance, and prayer, awaken self-awareness. The lab holds that bodily artistic expression, which draws on art therapy and embodied-knowledge education, can bring about a transformation of consciousness at the bodily level, nonverbally and unconsciously. The lab collects such practices for transforming consciousness and is developing theory-based models of them. Through this modeling, the lab aims to develop kata-kotoba (words in set forms), bodywork, and experiential curricula, and to deliver them to the people who need them.
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