Miscellaneous

Classes

• Basics of User Experience

• User Experience Evaluation

• Lab in User Experience Evaluation (User Experience Exercise III)

• User Experience Theory E: Visualization

• User Experience Design Theory II: Universal Design

• Advanced Lecture on User Experience Design IV: Spatial Information Science (graduate level)

• Advanced Lecture on User Experience Design VIII: Data Analysis for User Experience Evaluation (graduate level)

• Probability and Statistics for Information Networking I

• Probability and Statistics for Information Networking A (English)

• Probability and Statistics for Information Networking II

• Probability and Statistics for Information Networking B (English)

• Introduction to Information Networking: User Experience

• Information Networking Basic Practice II

• Information Networking Practice I-B

• Information Networking Practice III-A

• Information Networking Practice III-B

• Information Networking Practice IV-A

• Information Networking Practice IV-B

Awards

• 都市住宅学会2021年学会賞・著作賞受賞(『Frontiers of Real Estate Science in Japan』, 共同受賞)

• 都市住宅学会2018年学会賞・論文賞受賞(「住宅地における用途の混在と性能規制に対する居住者の心理的評価に関する研究」)

• Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, the Journal of Environmental Psychology, awarded by Elsevier and the Division of Environmental Psychology of the International Association of Applied Psychology, June 2015

• 都市住宅学会2015年学会賞・論文賞受賞(「郊外都市における高齢者の定住意向と居住満足度についての分析」, 共同受賞)

• 都市住宅学会2014年学会賞・論文賞受賞(「都市の居住環境と用途混在についての居住者の意識の分析」)

• 日本都市計画学会2013年年間優秀論文賞受賞(「利便施設の住宅地への混在に関する居住者の心理的評価」)

• 日本地域学会2013年度学会賞・著作賞受賞(『マンション建替え―老朽化にどう備えるか』, 共同受賞)

• 都市住宅学会2013年学会賞・著作賞受賞(『マンション建替え―老朽化にどう備えるか』, 共同受賞)

• 日本不動産学会2012年度学会賞・著作賞(学術部門)受賞(『マンション建替え―老朽化にどう備えるか』, 共同受賞)

• 人間・環境学会(MERA)2009年度学会賞受賞

• 人間・環境学会(MERA)第17回大会優秀発表賞受賞(共著)

• 地理情報システム学会大会 第21回研究発表大会 優秀発表賞受賞(共著)

• 東京大学大学院学際情報学府 優秀修士論文・学環長賞受賞(2011年度, 主指導学生)

Committees

• Editorial Board member of the Journal of Environmental Psychology, Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications (CRPI), Spatial Cognition and Computation, the Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, and the Journal of Location Based Services

• Steering Committee member of the International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT)

• Scientific Committee member of the International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024), General Chair of COSIT 2022 in Kobe

• Program Committee member of the Spatial Cognition conference series (Spatial Cognition 2014, 2016, 2018, 2024)

• Chair of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) Commission on Ubiquitous Mapping

• Member of the European Science Foundation’s (ESF) College of Expert Reviewers

• Technical Program Committee member of the IEEE-sponsored TRON Symposium (TRON 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)

Feature Articles

• In the science magazine Knowable Magazine (July 8, 2024), interviewed for an article titled “Why Do Some People Always Seem To Get Lost?”

• 読売新聞 くらし・家庭面「間取り図 見てワクワク」(インタビュー), 2024年3月5日

• 産経新聞「テクノロジーと人類(24): 地図—狭まる視界、失われる空間認知力」(インタビュー), 2023年5月27日

• 朝日新聞 be「方向音痴」(インタビュー), 2022年10月29日

• 朝日新聞「天声人語」(インタビュー), 2022年6月30日

• JAF機関誌『JAF Mate』2022年2/3月合併号特集「方向音痴のギモン」監修(vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 13–18, JAFメディアワークス)

• In the BBC World Service radio program CrowdScience (February 12, 2021), interviewed for a broadcast with the title “Can I Improve My Sense of Direction?”

• In the technology publication OneZero (October 29, 2020), interviewed for an article titled “Google Maps Is Melting Your Brain”

• In the National Radio of Slovenia, Channel 1, science show Dobro vprašanje! (Good Question!) (February 7, 2015), interviewed for a broadcast with the title “‘Preračunavam...’ Kako se orientiramo? (How to Orient?)”

• In The Atlantic (November 26, 2014), featured in an article titled “Recalculating: The Mind and the Map”

• In The Atlantic’s urban affairs website CityLab (September 9, 2014), interviewed for an article titled “Smartphones and the Uncertain Future of ‘Spatial Thinking’”—It was featured in the Association of American Geographers’ AAG SmartBrief (September 18, 2014).

• In the science magazine New Scientist (no. 2900, pp. 44–47, January 19, 2013), interviewed for an article titled “Uncharted Territory: Where Digital Maps Are Leading Us”

• In the Canadian technological and cultural radio program Spark (#115, May 30 & June 1, 2010), an interview was broadcast with the title “Paper Maps vs. GPS Navigation.”

• In Miller-McCune (March 22, 2010), our study was introduced in an article titled “Don’t Throw Away Your Paper Maps Just Yet,” with an interview.

• In the June 2008 issue of The Atlantic (vol. 301, no. 5, p. 22), our study (Ishikawa et al., 2008) was introduced in an article titled “Map Test.”

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Journals and Books

Journal of Environmental Psychology, Spatial Cognition and Computation, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, Current Directions in Psychological Science, British Journal of Psychology, Environment and Behavior, Cognition, Memory and Cognition, Cognitive Processing, Memory, Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, The Professional Geographer, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, Cartographica, Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Cartographic Journal, Cartographic Perspectives, Journal of Geography, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Journal of Geoscience Education, Journal of Spatial Information Science, Journal of Location Based Services, Experimental Psychology, Learning and Individual Differences, Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Seeing and Perceiving, Perceptual and Motor Skills, Landscape and Urban Planning, Tourism Geographies, Journal of Spatial Science, International Journal of Geo-Information, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, Cities, Environment, Systems and Decisions, GeoJournal, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, KI–Künstliche Intelligenz, Computers in Human Behavior, Built Environment, Architectural Engineering and Design Management, Automation in Construction, Human Technology, Medical Hypotheses, Displays, Mobile Information Systems, Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies, Geomorphology, Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space, Collective Spatial Cognition, Smart Parking in Cities in Developing Countries

Conferences and Associations

International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT), International Conference on Spatial Cognition, Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci), TRON Symposium (TRONSHOW), The City Planning Institute of Japan, Association of Urban Housing Sciences, Japan Association for Real Estate Sciences, Architectural Institute of Japan, Japan Association for Planning Administration, Geographic Information Systems Association, Man-Environment Research Association (MERA), The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, National Science Foundation (NSF), European Science Foundation (ESF), Romanian National Research Council (CNCS), Japan-United States Educational Commission (Fulbright Scholarship)

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