Takahiro TSUMURA

Profile Information

Affiliation

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information Networking for Innovation and Design, Toyo University

Degree

Ph.D. (Informatics)(Mar, 2024, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)

Bachelor of Engineering(Mar, 2019, Toyo University)

Researcher number

60999845

ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3145-3120

J-GLOBAL ID

202401007211839554

researchmap Member ID

R000067537

External link

https://ris.toyo.ac.jp/profile/en.f644307fdb991ce12765177cca62de78.html

Research Interests

• Responsibility
• Trust agent
• Empathy agent
• Human-Robot Interaction
• Human-Agent Interaction

Research Areas

• Informatics / Sensitivity (kansei) informatics / 共感・信頼・友情
• Informatics / Human interfaces and interactions / Human-Robot Interaction
• Informatics / Human interfaces and interactions / Human-Agent Interaction
• Humanities & social sciences / Cognitive sciences / 共感・信頼・友情
• Humanities & social sciences / Social psychology / 対人関係、コミュニケーション形成

Research History

• Apr, 2024 - Present

  Assistant Professor, Toyo University
• May, 2021 - Mar, 2024

  School of Multidisciplinary Sciences Department of Informatics, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
• Apr, 2019 - Apr, 2021

  National Institute of Informatics

Education

• Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2024

  Department of Informatics, School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
• Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2019

  Department of Electrical Electronic and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Toyo University

Committee Memberships

• Aug, 2026 - Present

  Program Committee (PC) member, The ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) 2027
• Jan, 2026 - Present

  Program Chair, The 14th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2026)
• Oct, 2024 - Present

  プログラム委員, HAIシンポジウム
• Mar, 2025 - Nov, 2025

  Poster Chair, The 13th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2025)
• Oct, 2019 - Jun, 2024

  学生編集委員, 人工知能学会

Major Papers

• Logical consistency as a foundation for emotional persuasion by AI

  Takahiro Tsumura, Kazunori Terada

  Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 1-18, Aug, 2026 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
• Trust and empathy toward artificial agents under task-language uncertainty

  Takahiro Tsumura

  Scientific Reports, Jun 17, 2026 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
• Effects of knowledge and importance on responsibility in human-AI decision making

  Takahiro Tsumura, Seiji Yamada

  Scientific Reports, Dec 23, 2025 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
• IKEA effect and empathy for robots: Can assembly strengthen human-agent relationships?

  Takahiro Tsumura, Seiji Yamada

  PLOS One, Jul 9, 2025 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
• The role of individual recognition in shaping empathy and trust toward an agent

  Takahiro Tsumura, Seiji Yamada

  PLOS One, Jul 7, 2025 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
• Shaping Empathy and Trust Toward Agents: The Role of Agent Behavior Modification and Attitude

  Takahiro Tsumura, Seiji Yamada

  IEEE Access, 13 116908-116923, Jun 30, 2025 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
• Making a human's trust repair for an agent in a series of tasks through the agent's empathic behavior

  Takahiro Tsumura, Seiji Yamada

  Frontiers in Computer Science, 6, Nov 5, 2024 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
• Impacts of Robot Beep Timings on Trust Dynamics in Human-Robot Interaction

  Akihiro Maehigashi, Takahiro Tsumura, Seiji Yamada

  International Journal of Social Robotics, Oct 24, 2024 Peer-reviewed
• Influence of agent’s self-disclosure on human empathy

  Takahiro Tsumura, Seiji Yamada

  PLOS ONE, May 10, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
• Influence of Anthropomorphic Agent on Human Empathy Through Games

  Takahiro Tsumura, Seiji Yamada

  IEEE Access, Apr, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author

Misc.

• Report on the 41st Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (Open Forum: AI and Robot Technology Evolving with People)

  Takahiro Tsumura

  Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, 43(7) 668-669, Sep, 2025 Lead authorCorresponding author
• 43

  Where Responsibility Lies in HumanAI decision making: The Role of Knowledge and Importance

  Takahiro Tsumura, Seiji Yamada

  The 47th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2025), Jul 31, 2025 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
• 特集:編集委員 今年の抱負2024「明日を想い・今日できることに励む」

  津村 賢宏

  人工知能, 39(1) 44-45, Jan 1, 2024 Lead authorCorresponding author
• 学生フォーラム〔第120 回〕寺田和憲先生インタビュー「内なる動機に目を向ける」

  津村 賢宏

  人工知能, 38(6) 965-968, Nov 1, 2023 Lead authorCorresponding author
• Project on Student Editorial Committee: Report on the 40th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan(General Session: Human Interaction)

  Tsumura Takahiro

  Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, 41(5) 461-463, Jun, 2023 Lead authorCorresponding author
• Project on Student Editorial Committee: Report on the 40th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan(Organized Session: Career Path Development and Support for Students and Young Researchers)

  Tsumura Takahiro

  Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, 41(5) 457-458, 2023 Lead authorCorresponding author
• Project on Student Editorial Committee: Report on the 40th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan(General Session: Educational Robot)

  Tsumura Takahiro

  Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, 41(5) 459-460, 2023 Lead authorCorresponding author
• 萌芽論文 : 研究者の興味をつなぐ学会の役割

  Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 37(3) 338-341, May 1, 2022 Lead author
• 速報論文 : タイムリーに研究成果を世に問うことの意義と可能性

  Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 37(3) 334-337, May 1, 2022 Lead author
• 学生フォーラム(第109回)海外での研究生活と研究者としての戦い方

  Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 37(1) 97-102, Jan 1, 2022
• 学生フォーラム(第108回)学生フォーラムから探る若手研究者のキャリア形成

  Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 36(6) 794-797, Nov 1, 2021 Lead authorCorresponding author
• 学生フォーラム(第107回)大澤正彦先生インタビュー「ドラえもんから紐解く人工知能・ロボット」

  Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 36(5) 654-658, Sep 1, 2021 Lead authorCorresponding author
• 書 評 :ティエリー・ポイボー 著,高橋 聡 訳,中澤敏明 解説:機械翻訳—歴史・技術・産業,pp. 192,森北出版(2020) / 高安美佐子,和泉 潔,山田健太,水田孝信:マルチエージェントによる金融市場のシミュレーション,pp. 172,コロナ社(2020) / 浅田 稔:浅田稔のAI 研究道—人工知能はココロを持てるか—,pp. 196,近代科学社(2020)

  三宅 陽一郎, 津村 賢宏

  人工知能, 36(3) 404-407, May 1, 2021
• 物怖じせず己の研究を信じて突き進め

  津村 賢宏

  人工知能, 36(3) 340-341, May 1, 2021 Lead authorCorresponding author
• Project on Student Editorial Committee: Let's Think About AI and Robots from Doraemon

  Tsumura Takahiro, Matsushima Tatsuya, Miyamoto Hiroki

  Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, 39(8) 723-727, 2021 Lead authorCorresponding author
• Report on Dialogue between RSJ President Dr Asada and JSAI President Dr Noda

  Sakamoto Maki, Matsushima Tatsuya, Tsumura Takahiro

  Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, 39(4) 335-341, 2021
• 学生フォーラム〔第102 回〕山田誠二先生インタビュー「遣唐使にはなるな」

  津村 賢宏, 西村 優佑

  人工知能, 35(5) 732-734, Sep 1, 2020 Lead authorCorresponding author

Presentations

• When agents move us: Empathy beyond explanation and persuasion

  Takahiro Tsumura

  A full-day workshop at the 35th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2026), Aug 28, 2026 Invited
• ルーツを知ることの意味 ー自他の境界にあるものとはー

  津村賢宏

  認知的コミュニケーションワークショップ2026, Aug 19, 2026 Invited
• 4

  Who is responsible for failures in AI-assisted decision-making?

  Takahiro Tsumura

  CogSci Meetup 2026 in Hamamatsu, Jul 23, 2026
• Trust in agent responses in situations where language comprehension is not possible

  Takahiro Tsumura

  CogSci Asia-PacificMeetup Kickoff, Dec 6, 2025
• エージェントと人はどうすれば わかり合えるか ー共感と信頼の科学ー

  津村賢宏

  認知的コミュニケーションワークショップ2025, Aug 21, 2025 Invited
• 0

  他者に共感・信頼するとは?-HAIの観点から解明する-

  津村 賢宏

  CogSci Meetup 2024 in Hamamatsu, Jul 26, 2024

Teaching Experience

• Sep, 2024 - Present

  Computer Science Exercise IV/INIAD Basic Exercise IV (Toyo University)
• Sep, 2024 - Present

  Computer Science Exercise II/INIAD Basic Exercise II (Toyo University)
• Apr, 2024 - Present

  Computer Science Exercise III/INIAD Basic Exercise III (Toyo University)
• Apr, 2024 - Present

  Computer Science Exercise I/INIAD Basic Exercise I (Toyo University)

Professional Memberships

• Apr, 2026 - Present

  ヒューマンインタフェース学会
• Apr, 2026 - Present

  日本認知科学会
• Apr, 2026 - Present

  情報処理学会
• Oct, 2019 - Present

  人工知能学会

Research Projects

• 説明に依存しない主体的受容と責任共有を可能にするエージェントデザイン

  科学研究費助成事業, 若手研究, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2026 - Mar, 2029

  津村 賢宏
• 自動音声対応の非説明的要因による理解を促進させるエージェント設計

  研究調査助成(2025年度), 公益財団法人電気通信普及財団, Apr, 2026 - Mar, 2027

  津村賢宏
• AIが生成する情報が人の認知・意思決定に与える影響

  日刊工業新聞・岐阜大学 共同研究, Apr, 2026 - Sep, 2026
• 相談内容の自己開示向上を目指す利害関係のない信頼メカニズム

  AIPチャレンジプログラム, 科学技術振興機構, Jun, 2024 - Mar, 2025

  津村 賢宏
• 人間と共存する擬人化エージェントの共感の発展

  科学技術イノベーション創出に向けた大学フェローシップ創設事業, 国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構(JST), Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2024

  津村 賢宏

Academic Activities

• HAI Horizons 2.0: Empowering Early-Career Researchers to Share Their Passion and Shape the Future of Human-Agent Interaction (Workshop organizer)

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc., Supervision (editorial), Review, evaluation

  The 14th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2026), Jun 29, 2026 - Present
• 内省の認知動力学:創造性/精神病理/プロジェクションの計算論的理解に向けて(オーガナイザー)

  Planning, management, etc., Review, evaluation

  日本認知科学会第43回大会, Mar 18, 2026 - Present
• The 14th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2026) (Program Chair)

  Planning, management, etc., Supervision (editorial), Review, evaluation

  The 14th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2026), Jan 1, 2026 - Present
• ヒューマンエージェントインタラクション次世代の会(発起人)

  Planning, management, etc.

  津村賢宏, May 1, 2025 - Present
• ヒューマンインターフェースシンポジウム2026 審査員

  Review, evaluation

  ヒューマンインターフェース学会, Sep 16, 2026 - Sep 18, 2026
• 人工知能学会全国大会 (第40回) 座長

  Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  人工知能学会, Jun 8, 2026 - Jun 8, 2026
• HAIシンポジウム2026 プログラム委員

  Planning, management, etc.

  HAIシンポジウム2026運営委員会, Oct, 2025 - Mar 1, 2026
• The 13th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2025) (Poster Chair)

  Planning, management, etc., Supervision (editorial), Review, evaluation, Peer review

  The 13th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2025) Organizers, Mar, 2025 - Nov 13, 2025
• HAI Horizons: Showcasing Early-Career Research from Non-Native English Speakers (Workshop organizer)

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc., Supervision (editorial), Review, evaluation

  The 13th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2025), Jun 20, 2025 - Nov 10, 2025
• 34th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (Session Chair)

  Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  34th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Aug 8, 2025 - Aug 28, 2025
• 人工知能学会全国大会 (第39回) 座長

  Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

  人工知能学会, May 29, 2025 - May 29, 2025
• HAIシンポジウム2025 プログラム委員・座長

  Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc., Review, evaluation

  HAIシンポジウム2025運営委員会, Jan 1, 2025 - Mar 1, 2025

Social Activities

• AIとの適切な付き合い方 -公平な判断と相談対応のために-

  Lecturer, Official expert

  埼玉県公平委員会連合会, May 7, 2026
• AI社会哲学者が考える未来のAI社会-AIへの信頼と共感-

  Lecturer, Planner

  東洋大学講師派遣事業, 都立新宿山吹高校, Jun 14, 2025
• AI社会哲学者が語る!未来のAI社会 ‐人/物を信頼する 人/物に共感する‐

  Guest, Lecturer, Consultant

  2023年度総研大社会連携事業, 未知への挑戦:若手が語る最先端研究, Nov 4, 2023 - Nov 7, 2023
• 人とAI・ロボットが共生する 未来社会のデザイン

  Other

  文部科学省・科学技術振興機構(JST), 未来の博士フェス2023, Sep 13, 2023 - Sep 13, 2023
• 技術の先にある不安と期待 ‐AIと人間の共存共栄の先を知る‐

  Guest, Lecturer, Consultant

  2022年度総研大社会連携事業, 未知への挑戦:若手が語る最先端研究, Nov 13, 2022 - Nov 15, 2022
• 理想のAI ・現実の AI ‐今知っておきたい AI‐

  Guest, Lecturer, Consultant

  2021年度総研大社会連携事業, 未知への挑戦:若手が語る最先端研究, Nov 14, 2021 - Nov 16, 2021

Media Coverage

• AIと共感(5)共感が過信・依存を生む時

  日刊工業新聞, https://www.nikkan.co.jp/articles/view/00789005, Aug 10, 2026 Newspaper, magazine
• AIと共感(4)共感が信頼を生む時

  日刊工業新聞, https://www.nikkan.co.jp/articles/view/00785964, Jul 9, 2026 Newspaper, magazine
• AIと共感(3)人はなぜAIに感情移入するのか

  日刊工業新聞, https://www.nikkan.co.jp/articles/view/00783401, Jun 8, 2026 Newspaper, magazine
• AIと共感(2)「本当に共感しているのか?」

  日刊工業新聞, https://www.nikkan.co.jp/articles/view/00781400, May 18, 2026 Newspaper, magazine
• AIと共感(1)「分かってもらえた」感覚

  日刊工業新聞, https://www.nikkan.co.jp/articles/view/00779439, Apr 20, 2026 Newspaper, magazine
• When A.I. discloses personal information, users may empathize more

  eurekalert, https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/988098, May, 2023 Internet

Other

• JST CREST「Self Mirroring Twinsとの共棲による行動変容を通じた主体的社会創成」(研究代表者:稲邑哲也)研究参加者

  Feb, 2026 - Present
• JST CREST「信頼性・安全性が保証されたAIの心の理論による実社会ジレンマの解消」(研究代表者:寺田和憲)研究参加者

  Oct, 2025 - Present
• JST CREST「イメージングとAIで紐解く南大洋の炭素循環」(研究代表者:真壁竜介)研究参加者

  Oct, 2025 - Present
• JST CREST「納得感のある人間-AI協調意思決定を目指す信頼インタラクションデザインの基盤構築と社会浸透」(研究代表者:山田誠二)研究参加者

  Oct, 2021 - Present