Keio University

Kenta Shoji (3rd-year, Faculty of Policy Management) Receives the Student Encouragement Award (Student Encouragement Award of IPSJ National Convention) at the 83rd National Convention of the Information Processing Society of Japan for the 2020 Academic Year

Publish: April 13, 2021
Faculty of Environment and Information Studies/Faculty of Policy Management/Graduate School of Media and Governance

2021.04.13

Kenta Shoji (then a third-year student in the Faculty of Policy Management) of Professor Kazuto Ataka's lab at the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies was recognized by the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ).

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[National Convention Student Encouragement Award]

"A Study of Dialogue Systems Considering Occasions"

The Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ) aims to contribute to the development of academia, culture, and industry by promoting science and technology related to information processing, with a focus on computers and communication. This award is presented for outstanding presentations selected from student members at student sessions, at the discretion of the session chair.

Comments from the Award Winner, Kenta Shoji (3rd-year, Faculty of Policy Management)

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Customer service professionals accurately grasp a user's situation through conversation and make proposals tailored to it. We are trying to replicate such interactions with a dialogue system. This research was recognized for its thorough data collection and analysis. We focused on the theme of travel, conducting group interviews with users in their 20s to 70s to gather data on how their travel styles change depending on the situation. In receiving this award, I would like to express my gratitude to Professor Kazuto Ataka and Professor Ryuichiro Higashinaka for their daily guidance, as well as to my co-author, Mr. Nagao, and all the members of the laboratory who cooperated with me.

Issued by: General Affairs Section, Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) Office