Due to the approaching typhoon, we have decided to
Job Announcement for Project Assistant Professor or Project Researcher
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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
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
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”
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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
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”
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Report on the 15th B‘AI Book Club
Enid Mumford “The story of socio-technical design: reflections on its successes, failures and potential” (2006)
On November 11, 2022, the 15th meeting of the B
A graduate Student member, Hanako Lowry’s AI artwork will be exhibited at Emulsion, an art exhibit.
Hanako Lowry’s AI artwork “ema NEW FAC
The 7th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Possibilities and Challenges of Metaverse – Metaverse School of Engineering”
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We will hold the 7th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022“Possibilities and Challenges of Metaverse – Metaverse School of Engineering” (16 November 2022)
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite you to
Lecture by Drs. Richard Carter-White and Maartje Roelofsen “Embodiment, Deferral and (Dis)inhibition: Learning and Teaching Geography with VR”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by Drs. Ric
We will hold a lecture “Embodiment, Deferral and (Dis)inhibition: Learning and Teaching Geography with VR”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a lecture by Drs.
Report on the 4th Science Cafe “Social Imaginary of AI in East Asia”
On Monday, January 17, 2022, Associate Professor A
Report on the 7th B’AI Book Club
Jennifer Robertson, Robo Sapiens Japanicus: Robots, Gender, Family, and the Japanese Nation (2017)
On December 21, 2021, the seventh meeting of the B
The 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “Information Visualization Technology and Its Application to Web and AI”
On Tuesday, November 9, 2021, the fifth meeting fo
The 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “From When Are Algorithmic Decisions Assumed as Discriminatory?: A Philosophical Criticism Using Normative Theory”
On Saturday, October 9, 2021, we held the “B
Report on the 3rd B’AI Book Club
Kai-fu Lee, AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order (2018)
On July 16th, 2021, the B’AI Book Club, a book rev
The 5th Installment Report on Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
On August 4, 2022, the B’AI Global Forum held the
Graduate Student Member, Hanako Lowry, has written the introduction to Sputniko!’s new work
Graduate Student Member of B’AI Global Forum, Hana
Profs. Kaori Hayashi and Yuko Itatsu will participate in the panel discussion in the Northwestern Univ. on October 28
On October 28, the Northwestern Roberta Buffett In
A video recording of the lecture by Dr. Aynne Kokas “Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty” is now available
The B’AI Global Forum held a lecture by Dr.
Report on the Visit to the Special Exhibition “You and Robots: What is it to be Human?” at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Tokyo
On May 21, 2022, some members of the B’AI Gl
Prof. Yuko Itatsu of the B’AI Global Forum will present in the AY2022 Research Results Presentation organized by the Institute for AI and Beyond (13 October 2022)
On October 13, 2022, the Institute for AI a
The 6th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Who is Ema?: Examining Representations of Race and Gender through Virtual Bodies Generated by AI”
◇BAIRAL(B’AI RA League) BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Prof. Yuko Itatsu of the B’AI Global Forum presented a talk at the Digital Media Research Center at the Queensland University of Technology
On September 20, 2022, Yuko Itatsu, who is
Report on the MeDi Workshop “Considering Media Coverage of Sexual Violence”
On Sunday, May 8, 2022, Media and Diversity Forum
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?”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by Dr. Lulu
Report on the 11th B’AI Book Club
Ricardo Baeza-Yates “Bias on the Web” (2018)
On March 31, 2022, the 11th meeting of the B’
Dr. Atsuko Sano of the B’AI Global Forum will participate as a lecturer at the study group series for CSW67 on September 20, 2022
The priority theme of CSW67 (the sixty-seve
The B’AI Global Forum and ITASIA Program at the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo will hold a talk by Dr. Justin Gest entitled “Majority Minority: How Do Societies Respond to Demographic Change?” (28 September 2022)
The B’AI Global Forum and ITASIA Program at
Lecture by Dr. Justin Gest
“Majority Minority: How Do Societies Respond to Demographic Change?”
The B’AI Global Forum and ITASIA Program at the Gr
Job Announcement for Project Assistant Professor
We invite applications for one position as
We invite applications for one position as “Project Assistant Professor” for the B’AI Global Forum
We invite applications for one position as
A video recording of the 5th Installment of Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure” is now available
The B’AI Global Forum held a talk by Ayukaw
B’AI Global Forum Annual Report 2021
The Annual Report 2021 of the B’AI Global Forum is
An interview with Professor Yuko Itatsu of the B’AI Global Forum was published in the electronic edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun
An article titled “Innovations through Gend
Report on the 9th B’AI Book Club
Karen Lumsden, Emily Harmer, Online Othering: Exploring Digital Violence and Discrimination on the Web (2019)
On March 22, 2022, the ninth meeting of the B̵
We will hold a lecture by Dr. Aynne Kokas “Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
Lecture by Dr. Aynne Kokas
“Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty”
Please join us in a conversation with Dr. Aynne Ko
The 8th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “Thinking about the Potential and Challenges of Data Journalism from the Perspective of the Frontline”
On March 15th, 2022, BAIRAL (a study group organiz
We will hold a talk “Against the ‘New Exploitation’ Caused by Technology: Issues on Virtual YouTuber and the ‘Objectification of the Body’”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by A
The 5th Installment of Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by Ayukawa
The 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 Report on “How far Can VR Make People Empathize?: Its Limitations and How to Use It”
On March 27th, 2022, BAIRAL (a study group organiz
The 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“Stock and Flow of Cultural Resources to the Educational Field from the Perspective of ‘Relationship between Technology and Society’”
◇BAIRAL(B’AI RA League) BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Professor Yuko Itatsu of the B’AI Global Forum gave a keynote speech at the inaugural event of “Osaka Seidanren”
Yuko Itatsu, Professor in the Interfaculty
We will hold the 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 “The Application of Social Science Research for Business”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
The 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“The Application of Social Science Research for Business”
◇BAIRAL(B’AI RA League) BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Report on a Visit to the Dialogue Diversity Museum “Dialogue Forest (Taiwa no Mori)”
On March 30, 2022, several members of the B’
A report on the Trauma Reporting Study Group for 2021 has been published
A report on the Trauma Reporting Study Grou
Report on the Trauma Reporting Study Group for 2021
The Trauma Reporting Study Group held eight readin
Report on the 8th B’AI Book Club
Kate Crawford, Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence (2021)
On February 22nd, 2022, B’AI Book Club, a book rev
“High Teen Conference” Report featuring Prof. Yuko Itatsu of B’AI Global Forum is now on the Nakano-Ku’s website
The “High Teen Conference,” in
Report on the 4th B’AI Book Club
Francesco Marconi, Newsmakers: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Journalism (2020)
On September 21, 2021, the B’AI Global Forum held
The 4th Installment Report on Talk Series on “Inequality, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
On July 2, 2021, the B’AI Global Forum held the f
We will hold the 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 “International Politics and AI: From Cybersecurity to Killer Robots”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“International Politics and AI: From Cybersecurity to Killer Robots”
◇BAIRAL(B’AI RA League) BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Ms. Nozomi Ohtsuki, Research Assistant of the B’AI Global Forum, wins the Encouragement Award from the Humanities and Computing Division of IPSJ!
Ms. Nozomi Ohtsuki, who is a PhD student of
An Interview with Associate Professor Ai Hisano of the B’AI Global Forum is featured on the website of the University of Tokyo III/GSII
Interfaculty Initiative in Information Stud
Report on the Online-Event “How Can VR Promote Awareness of Unconscious Bias?: About a Workshop Project Considering the Work Environment Surrounding Child-Rearing”
On Thursday, March 3, 2022, the event entitled “Ho
We will hold the 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022 “How far Can VR Make People Empathize?: Its Limitations and How to Use It”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
The 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2022
“How far Can VR Make People Empathize?: Its Limitations and How to Use It”
◇BAIRAL(B’AI RA League) BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
The 7th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “Considering the Ethics of AI Characters: Looking at the Case of ‘AI Rinna’”
On January 14, 2022, BAIRAL, a study group by rese
Report on the MeDi Workshop “Considering the House of Representatives Election Coverage and Its Gender Representation”
On Sunday, December 5, 2021, Media and Diversity F
We will hold the 8th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 “Thinking about the Potential and Challenges of Data Journalism from the Perspective of the Frontline”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
The 8th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
“Thinking about the Potential and Challenges of Data Journalism from the Perspective of the Frontline”
◇BAIRAL(B’AI RA League) BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Report on a Visit to the 2nd Artificial Intelligence Exhibition & Conference (Autumn)
The BʼAI Global Forum is a research group dedicate
B’AI Global Forum was featured in the 2022 annual report of the University of Tokyo III/GSII
B’AI Global Forum was featured in the 2022
Report on the Workshop “The History of Medialization and Empowerment: The Intersection of Women’s Rights Activism and the Media” (German Historical Institute London)
On January 20-21, 2022, Project Researcher Atsuko
The 6th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “Science and the Internet”
On December 9th, 2021, BAIRAL (a study group organ
Report on the 5th B’AI Book Club
Meredith Broussard, Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World (2018)
On October 26, 2021, B’AI Book Club, a book review
Report on the 6th B’AI Book Club
Safiya Umoja Noble, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (2018)
On November 30th, 2021, B’AI Book Club, a book rev
We will hold the 7th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 “Considering the Ethics of AI Characters: Looking at the Case of ‘AI Rinna’”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
The 7th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
“Considering the Ethics of AI Characters: Looking at the Case of ‘AI Rinna’”
◇BAIRAL(B’AI RA League) BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Professor Yuko Itatsu, Associate Director of the B’AI Global Forum, wins the best paper award!
Yuko Itatsu, Professor in the Interfaculty
Report on the MeDi Workshop “Considering Olympic and Paralympic Games Coverage and Its Gender Representation”
On Saturday, August 28, 2021, Media and Diversity
Report on the 2nd B’AI Book Club
Rana El Kaliouby and Carol Colman, Girl Decoded: A Scientist’s Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology (2020)
On June 22nd, 2021, B’AI Book Club, a book review
We will hold the 6th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 “Science and the Internet”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
The 6th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
“Science and the Internet”
◇BAIRAL(B’AI RA League) BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Report on the Lecture by Dr. Ai Hisano “Taste and Vision in History: The Transformation of “Aesthetics” and the Rise of Consumer Society”
On Friday, May 28, 2021, B’AI Global Forum h
The 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “The Development of the Dictionary Enabling Deaf Children to Look up Basic Japanese Verbs from Japanese Sign Language”
On April 24, 2021, BAIRAL invited members of a res
Our office “BAIROOM” is now ready!
“BAIROOM” is the office of the
We will hold the 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
The 5th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
“Information Visualization Technology and its Application to Web and AI”
◇BAIRAL(B’AI RA League) BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
The 3rd Installment Report on Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
The third installment of the talk series on “Inequ
The 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “Crowdsourcing GIS and Diversity”
On June 28th, 2021, BAIRAL (a study group organize
The essay collection “Artificial Intelligence and Society” has been published
B’AI Global Forum has organized a cla
Essay Collection “Artificial Intelligence and Society”
B’AI Global Forum has organized a class R
A report on the lecture by Phebe Vayanos has been published
The report on the lecture by Phebe Vayanos
Report on the lecture by Phebe Vayanos “Towards Robust, Interpretable, and Fair Social and Public Health Interventions”
On the 27th of August, Dr. Phebe Vayanos joined B’
The 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
“From when are algorithmic decisions assumed as discriminatory?: A philosophical criticism using normative theory”
◇BAIRAL(B’AI RA League) BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
We will hold the 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
A report on the lecture by Ivana Bartoletti has been published
The report on the lecture by Ivana Bartolet
Report on the lecture by Ivana Bartoletti “Power, Politics, & AI: Building a Better Future”
On the 30th of August, Ivana Bartoletti joined B’A
A report on the lecture by Dr. Ana Beduschi has been published
A report on the lecture by Dr. Ana Beduschi
A video recording of the lecture by Ivana Bartoletti is on YouTube now
A video recording of the lecture by Ivana B
A video recording of the lecture by Dr. Ana Beduschi is on YouTube now
A video recording of the lecture by Dr. Ana
Report on the lecture by Dr. Ana Beduschi “Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies at the Border: Migration and Human Rights Considerations”
On the 25th of August, Dr. Ana Beduschi joined B’A
We will hold a lecture by Dr. Phebe Vayanos “Towards Robust, Interpretable, and Fair Social and Public Health Interventions”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 Report on “Ethical Issues in the Use of AI”
On Thursday, June 3, 2021, the second BAIRAL resea
Report on the 1st B’AI Book Club
Yarden Katz, Artificial Whiteness: Politics and Ideology in Artificial Intelligence (2020)
On May 12th, 2021, B’AI Book Club held its first m
We will hold a lecture by Ivana Bartoletti “Power, Politics, & AI: Building a Better Future”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
Lecture by Ivana Bartoletti
“Power, Politics, & AI: Building a Better Future”
Please join us in a conversation with Ivana Bartol
Lecture by Dr. Phebe Vayanos
“Towards Robust, Interpretable, and Fair Social and Public Health Interventions”
Please join us in a conversation with Dr. Phebe Va
We will hold a lecture by Dr. Ana Beduschi “Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies at the Border”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
Lecture by Dr. Ana Beduschi
“Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies at the Border: Migration and Human Rights Considerations”
Please join us in a conversation with Dr. Ana Bedu
Workshop Report on “Introduction to Data Analysis with R”
In April 2021, the B’AI Global Forum, in col
BAIRAL is featured on the website of the University of Tokyo III/GSII
BAIRAL(B’AI RA League) , which is a study group by
A video recording of the online seminar “AI and Society: New Media Literacy and Politics” is available now
The online seminar “AI and Society: New Med
We will hold the 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021 “Crowdsourcing GIS and Diversity”
The B’AI Global Forum is pleased to invite
The 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
“Crowdsourcing GIS and Diversity”
◇BAIRAL(B’AI RA League) BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
B’AI Global Forum Annual Report 2020
The Annual Report 2020 of the B’AI Global Forum is
The 3rd Installment of Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by Hiroko K
The 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2021
“The Development of the Dictionary Enabling Deaf Children to Look up Basic Japanese Verbs from Japanese Sign Language”
◇BAIRAL(B’AI RA League) BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
Workshop
“Introduction to Data Analysis with R”
The B’AI Global Forum is a new research team withi
B’AI Global Forum Launch Event Report on “Gender Justice in the AI Era: A dialogue on engagement and activism”
On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, the B’AI Globa
The 2nd Installment Report on Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
The second installment of the talk series “Inequit
The 4th BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2020
“Differences between a Web News Company and a Newspaper and Fact-checking in News Production Processes”
◇BAIRAL(B’AI RA League) BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
The 2nd Installment of Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk of “Hobbyiz
The 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2020
“Detection of Luring and Cyberbullying Using Network Analysis”
◇BAIRAL(B’AI RA League) BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2020
“Clarifying Gender Bias in Newsrooms: A Collaborative Project ‘AIJO’ with Eight Companies around the World”
◇BAIRAL(B’AI RA League) BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
The 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for 2020
“Media Theories on Search Engine Rankings”
◇BAIRAL(B’AI RA League) BAIRAL (B’AI RA League) is
MeDi Symposium
“Closing the Gender Gap: Challenges for the Future of Media in the Digital Information Society”
MeDi is a group that was launched by a group of re
The 1st Installment of Talk Series on “Inequity, Stereotypes, and Stigma in Leisure”
The B’AI Global Forum will hold a talk by Takato O