By The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by Dr. Kare
Lecture by Dr. Karen Shimakawa
“Bodies, Affects, and Algorithms: AI and the Challenge of Live Performance”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by D
Report on the B’AI-UTokyo NY Office Event “The Future of Higher Education in the AI Age”
★ A video recording of the event is now available
Professor Yuko Itatsu will be speaking at the Japan AI Alignment Symposium 2024 (20 January 2024)
Professor Yuko Itatsu, Director of the B’AI Global
We will host a lecture titled “Language Education in the AI Era” (15 January 2024)
On Monday, January 15, 2024, B’AI Global For
B’AI Global Forum Lecture “Language Education in the AI Era”
In this lecture, Professor Yujin Yaguchi, w
We will hold the 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023 “Rethinking trust in AI: Imaginaries, Habits, Ecologies” (18 January 2024)
For this research meeting on January 18, 2024, Dr.
The 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“Rethinking trust in AI: Imaginaries, Habits, Ecologies”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
The Graduate Student Members of B’AI Global Forum have launched the “Perceptions” website!
The Graduate Student Members of B’AI Global Forum
Report on the 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“A Shift of Hegemonic Masculinity in the Postmodern Military”
The 4th BAIRAL research meeting for 2023 was held
Associate Professor Ai Hisano will be speaking at the 4th Ecotic Workshop titled “Sensational Futures: Senses, Robots and AI” (11 January 2024)
Associate Professor Ai Hisano of the B’AI Global F
Professor Yuko Itatsu and Associate Professor Rie Yamaguchi will participate in the Social ICT Research Center Symposium titled “ICT Shaping the Future of Society” (21 December 2023)
On Thursday, December 21, 2023, the Symposium R
We will hold the 5th Women in Tech Lunch (21 December 2023)
On December 21, 2023, the B’AI Global Forum will h
Invitation to the 5th Women in Tech Lunch
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
Report on the 24th B’AI Book Club
Articles on Queer Digital Archives
The 24th B’AI Book Club took place on November 28t
Report on Lecture by Jennifer Robertson ““SECURITAINMENT”: Triangulations of Embodied AI, Entertainment, and Surveillance”
On November 27, 2023, Tokyo College and the B̵
We will host the “B’AI-UTokyo NY Event: The Future of Higher Education in the AI Age” (14-15 December 2023 (EST) )
On December 14-15, 2023 (EST), the B’AI Global For
B’AI-UTokyo NY Event: “The Future of Higher Education in the AI Age”
This two-day event invites participants to
Report on the 23rd B’AI Book Club
Minna Ruckenstein (2023) The Feel of Algorithms.
On October 24, 2023, the 23rd meeting of the B’AI
We will hold the 4th Women in Tech Lunch (21 November 2023)
On November 21, 2023, the B’AI Global Forum will h
Invitation to the 4th Women in Tech Lunch
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
Report on the 12th B’AI Book Club
Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis (2019) Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust.
On June 28, 2022, the 12th session of the B’AI Boo
We will hold a lecture by Professor Jennifer Robertson entitled “‘SECURITAINMENT’: Triangulations of Embodied AI, Entertainment, and Surveillance” (27 November 2023)
On Monday, November 27th, 2023, The B’AI Global Fo
Lecture by Prof. Jennifer ROBERTSON
“‘SECURITAINMENT’: Triangulations of Embodied AI, Entertainment, and Surveillance”
On Monday, November 27th, 2023, a webinar f
Report on the Lecture by Dr. Jeanette Hofmann Entitled “Imagining Democracy through the Lens of Learning Machines”
On October 20, 2023, the B’AI Global
The Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi) will be holding a symposium titled “Media and Diversity: Have Women’s Voices Reached the Media?” (25 November 2023)
On November 25th, 2023, the Media and Diversity
The 2nd MeDi-B’AI Symposium
“Media and Diversity: Have Women’s Voices Reached the Media?”
Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi), established in M
Report on Dr. Richard Carter-White’s Lecture Entitled “Collective Memory, Dis/connection and the Digital Transformation of Witness Testimony in Museum Settings”
The talk on “Collective Memory, Dis/connect
Report on B’AI Global Forum Lecture Entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Society” for Sapporo Daiichi High School Students
On September 30, 2023, the B’AI Global Foru
We will hold the 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023 “A Shift of Hegemonic Masculinity in the Postmodern Military” (22 November 2023)
For this research meeting on November 22, 2023, Re
The 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“A Shift of Hegemonic Masculinity in the Postmodern Military”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
Prof. Yuko Itatsu will be speaking at Data Summit 2023 (2-3 November 2023)
Professor Yuko Itatsu will be speaking at D
Report on Exhibition “PERCEPTIONS: Reconstructing AI Narratives”
The B’AI Global Forum Graduate Student Members at
Report on the 21st B’AI Book Club
Journalism in Collaboration with ChatGPT with a focus on the Global South
On July 25, 2023, the 21st meeting of the B’AI Boo
Professor Kaori Hayashi will participate as a panelist in the FY2023 1st International FPCJ Webinar, titled “The Role of Media and Reader Literacy in the Age of Generative AI: Thinking on the Future of Reporting with Foreign Media Correspondents” (30 October 2023)
On October 30, 2023, Professor Kaori Hayash
Alyssa Castillo YAP and Will Guzman will be presenting at the Tokyo-Oulu Joint Symposium on Human-AI Interaction (TOHAI) (24-25 October 2023)
On October 24-25, 2023, Alyssa Castillo YAP
We will hold the 3rd Women in Tech Lunch (26 October 2023)
On October 26, 2023, the B’AI Global Forum will ho
Invitation to the 3rd Women in Tech Lunch
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
Prof. Yuko Itatsu participated in the Fall national conference for the Japan Society for Educational Technology as a keynote speaker and panelist (16 September 2023)
Prof. Yuko Itatsu gave a keynote speech on
Lecture by Dr. Richard Carter-White “Collective Memory, Dis/connection and the Digital Transformation of Witness Testimony in Museum Settings”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by Dr. Rich
UPDATE〈Exhibition〉PERCEPTIONS: Reconstructing AI Narratives
Typhoon-Related Closure at 3 PM (Sept. 8th)
Due to the approaching typhoon, we have decided to
An exhibition by the B’AI Global Forum Graduate Student Members titled “PERCEPTIONS: Reconstructing AI Narratives” will be held (8-10 September 2023)
On September 8-10, 2023, an exhibition
Exhibition “PERCEPTIONS: Reconstructing AI Narratives” by the B’AI Global Forum Graduate Student Members
◇ Date & Venue ・Organizer: Graduate
Report on B’AI Global Forum Lecture Entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Society” for Fukuoka Prefectural Chikushigaoka High School Students
On August 4, 2023, the B’AI Global Forum we
A video recording of the book launch event for “Understanding AI in Society: How Technology Exerts Power” (2023) is now available
The B’AI Global Forum held an event to comm
Report on the 2nd GENEE symposium
“Social Challenges Brought by Generative AI: Data Bias, Fake News, and Shaken Legal Systems”
On August 3, 2023, a symposium, “Social Chal
Report on Women in AI APAC 2023 Summit “AI for Good”
B’AI Global Forum’s Director, Professor Yuko Itats
Report on the 20th B’AI Book Club
Mark Shepard (2022) There Are No Facts: Attentive Algorithms, Extractive Data Practices, and the Quantification of Everyday Life.
On June 27, 2023, the 20th meeting of the B’AI Boo
Job Announcement for Project Assistant Professor or Project Researcher
We invite applications for one position as “Projec
We invite applications for one position as “Project Assistant Professor” or “Project Researcher” for the B’AI Global Forum
We invite applications for one position as “Projec
The 2nd GENEE Symposium
“Social Challenges Brought by Generative AI: Data Bias, Fake News, and Shaken Legal Systems”
In education and workplaces, there is a growing tr
Report on the 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023 “Information Design to reduce Cognitive Bias: Visualization of User Generated Opinions”
On June 22, 2023, the 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting
We will hold the 2nd Women in Tech Lunch (27 July 2023)
On July 27, 2023, the B’AI Global Forum will hold
Invitation to the 2nd Women in Tech Lunch
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
Prof. Yuko Itatsu delivered a keynote speech at the joint symposium on new technology and learning (24 June 2023)
Prof. Yuko Itatsu delivered a keynote speech ent
Prof. Yuko Itatsu participated in the Women in AI APAC Summit as a panelist (14 June 2023)
Prof. Yuko Itatsu participated in the panel disc
Report on the 19th B’AI Book Club
Neda Atanasoski and Kalindi Vora, Surrogate Humanity: Race, Robots, and the Politics of Technological Futures (2019)
On May 23, 2023, the 19th meeting of the B’AI Book
We will hold the 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023 “Understanding and Generating Humor by Computers: Toward Smooth Communication between Human and AI” (31 July 2023)
For this research meeting on July 31, 2023, Kohtar
The 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“Understanding and Generating Humor by Computers: Toward Smooth Communication between Human and AI”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
Report on Lecture by Drs. Richard Carter-White and Maartje Roelofsen “Embodiment, Deferral and (Dis)inhibition: Learning and Teaching Geography with VR”
On December 6, 2022, the B’AI Global Forum h
Women in Tech Lunch
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
Report on Workshop by Dr. Arnaud Claes “Algorithmic Personas: Effects of the Anthropomophization of Automated Media on User Reflexivity”
On May 23, 2023, the B’AI Global Forum welcomed Dr
We will hold the 1st Women in Tech Lunch (22 June 2023)
On June 22, 2023, the B’AI Global Forum will hold
Invitation to the 1st Women in Tech Lunch
One of the factors contributing to the underrepres
Report on the 1th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023 “Experimenting with Speculative Interfaces: A Design-Based Approach to the Study of Algorithmic Practices”
On April 21, 2023, the first BAIRAL research meeti
Report on the Second Event for the Publication of “Iine! botan o osu mae ni: jendā kara miru netto kūkan to media (Before Clicking the Like Button: Internet Space and Media from the Gender Perspective)” entitled “To Prevent Traditional Media from Being Swallowed Up by the Internet”
On March 30, 2023, “Media and Diversity Fo
B’AI Global Forum Annual Report 2022
The Annual Report 2022 of the B’AI Global Forum is
The Annual Report 2022 of the B’AI Global Forum has been published
The Annual Report 2022 of the B’AI Global Forum ha
We will hold the 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023 “Information Design to Reduce Cognitive Bias: Visualization of User Generated Opinions” (22 June 2023)
For this research meeting on June 22, 2023, Dr. Ma
The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“Information Design to Reduce Cognitive Bias: Visualization of User Generated Opinions”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL is a study group by
Report on the Trauma Reporting Study Group for 2022
In FY2022, the Trauma Reporting Study Group held t
Prof. Yuko Itatsu appeared on NHK’s “Sunday Debate” discussing the topic of “Expanding Artificial Intelligence: How Should We Interact with It?” (16 April 2023)
Professor Yuko Itatsu appeared on NHK’s “Sunday De
Report on the 18th B’AI Book Club
B’AI Global Forum, Yuko Itatsu, Ai Hisano (ed.) “Understanding AI in Society: How Technology Exerts Power” (2023)
On March 22, 2023, the 18th meeting of the B’
We have published our first book “Understanding AI in Society: How Technology Exerts Power”
B’AI Global Forum has published its first bo
We will hold the 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023 “Experimenting with Speculative Interfaces: A Design-Based Approach to the Study of Algorithmic Practices” (21 April 2023)
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite you to
The 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2023
“Experimenting with Speculative Interfaces: A Design-Based Approach to the Study of Algorithmic Practices”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
The 10th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 Report on “Talking about SF Prototyping or not”
On March 3, 2023, the 10th “BAIRAL” Re
“Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi)” will hold the second event to celebrate the publication of the book “Iine! botan o osu mae ni: jendā kara miru netto kūkan to media (Before Clicking the Like Button: Internet Space and Media from the Gender Perspective)” (30 March 2023)
“Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi),” a sub-project
“To Prevent Traditional Media from Being Swallowed Up by the Internet”
The Second Event for the Publication of “Iine! botan o osu mae ni: jendā kara miru netto kūkan to media (Before Clicking the Like Button: Internet Space and Media from the Gender Perspective)”
“Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi),” a sub-project
Report on the 17th B’AI Book Club
James A. Banks, Cultural Diversity and Education: Foundations, Curriculum, and Teaching, 6th Edition (2016)
On February 28, 2023, the 17th edition of the B’AI
Dr. Atsuko Sano of the B’AI Global Forum will participate in the Side Event of the Commission on the Status of Women (8 March 2023 JST/7 March 2023 EST)
Dr. Atsuko Sano, project researcher of the B’AI Gl
“Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi)” will hold the first event to celebrate the publication of the book “Iine! botan o osu mae ni: jendā kara miru netto kūkan to media (Before Clicking the Like Button: Internet Space and Media from the Gender Perspective)” (1 March 2023)
“Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi),” a sub-project
Report on Lecture by Dr. Aynne Kokas “Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty”
On August 8, 2022, B‘AI Global Forum invited Dr. A
We will hold the 10th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 “Talking about SF prototyping or not” (3 March 2023)
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite you to
The 10th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Talking about SF prototyping or not”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Prof. Yuko Itatsu will participate in the 3rd International Symposium of the Institute for AI and Beyond (17 February 2023)
Prof. Yuko Itatsu will participate in the panel di
“Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi)” has published its second book!
“Media and Diversity Forum (MeDi)” has published i
The 8th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 Report on “Digital Humanities and AI: Particularity, Commonality and Bias”
On December 16, 2022, the 8th BAIRAL research meet
Report on the Lecture by Dr. Justin Gest “Majority Minority: How Do Societies Respond to Demographic Change?”
On September 28, 2022, the B’AI Global Forum held
Report on the 13th B’AI Book Club
Paul Roquet, The Immersive Enclosure: Virtual Reality in Japan (2022)
On July 26th, 2022, B’AI Book Club, a book review
Report on a Visit to SoftBank HQ at Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba
“As the products we sell change, the company
The 9th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Co-creation of Agency: Towards Ethical Design for Social Robots”
◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League） BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
We will hold the 9th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 “Co-creation of Agency: Towards Ethical Design for Social Robots” (3 February 2023)
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite you to
A video recording of the lecture by Drs. Richard Carter-White and Maartje Roelofsen “Embodiment, Deferral and (Dis)inhibition: Learning and Teaching Geography with VR” is now available
The B’AI Global Forum held a lecture by Drs. Richa
A video recording of the lecture by Dr. Lulu Shi “The Future(s) of Unpaid Work: How Susceptible Do Experts from Different Backgrounds Think the Domestic Sphere Is to Automation?” is now available
The B’AI Global Forum held a lecture by Dr. Lulu S
The 7th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 Report on “Possibilities and Challenges of Metaverse – Metaverse School of Engineering”
On November 16, 2022, “BAIRAL” (a stud