معرفی
Hideaki Kikuchi is a Professor at Waseda University’s Faculty of Human Sciences, Japan, holding a Ph.D. in Information Science from the same university. He specializes in speech science, spoken dialogue systems, and human-agent interaction, with extensive work on prosody, infant-directed speech, and real-time MRI articulatory analysis.
Education:
- Ph.D. (Information Science), Waseda University
Research Interests:
His research spans Speech Science, Spoken Dialogue Systems, Human-Agent Interaction, Kansei Informatics, Intelligent Informatics, and Language Acquisition. He investigates empathic dialogue generation, prosodic entrainment, infant speech development, and multimodal communication robots.
Publications Trend:
Recent articles focus on user empathy toward dialogue systems, linguistic alignment in chat-oriented robots, real-time MRI visualization of articulation, and developmental phonetic studies in Japanese children, indicating a strong emphasis on both technological innovation and cognitive speech science.
Awards:
- Information Processing Society of Japan, 53rd National Convention Excellence Award (1996)
Grants & Projects:
- JSPS KAKENHI "Real-time MRI database of articulatory movements of Japanese" (2020-2024)
- JSPS KAKENHI "Development of protocol of effective social work interview for older adults with dementia" (2019-2022)
- VR orality factors project (2017-2020)
Labs & Teams:
He leads the Speech & Interaction Research Group within Waseda’s Faculty of Human Sciences, collaborating with interdisciplinary members on spoken corpora, dialogue systems, and multimodal interaction experiments.
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