Yukie Nagai

Profile Information

Affiliation: Project Professor, International Research Center for Neurointelligence, The University of Tokyo

Degree: Ph.D. in Engineering(Mar, 2004, Osaka University)

Researcher number: 30571632
J-GLOBAL ID: 201101098657359463
researchmap Member ID: B000003313

External link: http://developmental-robotics.jp/en/

Dr. Yukie Nagai has been investigating the underlying neural mechanisms for social cognitive development by means of computational approaches. She designs neural network models for robots to learn to acquire cognitive functions such as self-other cognition, estimation of others’ intention and emotion, altruism, and so on based on the theory of predictive coding. The simulator reproducing atypical perception in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which has been developed by her group, greatly impacts society as it enables people with and without ASD to better understand potential causes for social difficulties. She was elected to “30 women in robotics you need to know about” in 2019 and “World’s 50 Most Renowned Women in Robotics” in 2020. She serves as the principal investigator of CREST “Cognitive Mirroring” and CREST "Cognitive Feeling" since December 2016 and October 2021, respectively.

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

Apr, 2019 - Present

Project Professor, International Research Center for Neurointelligence, The University of Tokyo
May, 2017 - Mar, 2019

Senior Researcher, Center for Information and Neural Networks, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Oct, 2009 - Apr, 2017

Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Feb, 2008 - Sep, 2009

Postdoc Researcher, Graduate School of Research Institute for Cognition and Robotics, Bielefeld University
Apr, 2006 - Jan, 2008

Postdoc Researcher, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University
Apr, 2004 - Mar, 2006

Postdoc Researcher, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Nov, 2002 - Mar, 2004

Research Associate, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University

Awards

Sep, 2024

Women In Tech 30, Forbes JAPAN
Oct, 2022

35 Women in Robotics Engineering and Science
Oct, 2022

IEEE RAS Distinguished Lecturer
Sep, 2022

SmartBot Challenge Finalist of the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning
Jun, 2020

World’s 50 Most Renowned Women in Robotics
Nov, 2019

第33回人工知能学会全国大会全国大会優秀賞
Oct, 2019

30 women in robotics you need to know about
Oct, 2017

Best Student Paper Award, The 5th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction
May, 2017

JSAI Annual Conference Award, The 30th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
Aug, 2015

Babybot Challenge 1st Place Award, The 5th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics
May, 2015

AI Award, RoboCup Japan Open 2015
Nov, 2014

Best Presentation Award, The 31st Annual Conference of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society
Jul, 2014

Presidential Award for Achievement, Osaka University
Sep, 2013

Best Paper Research Award, The RAAD Workshop: Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region
Aug, 2013

Presidential Award for Achievement, Osaka University
Jun, 2013

SIG Research Award, Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
May, 2013

Research Award, RoboCup Japan Open 2013
Jun, 2012

Best Poster Presentation Award, The 12th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Baby Science
Jun, 2012

Best Paper Award Finalist, The 16th Annual RoboCup International Symposium
May, 2012

AI Award, RoboCup Japan Open 2012

Papers

114

Emergence of integrated behaviors through direct optimization for homeostasis

Naoto Yoshida, Tatsuya Daikoku, Yukie Nagai, Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Neural Networks, May, 2024
Correspondence Learning between Morphologically Different Robots Via Task Demonstrations

Hakan Aktas, Yukie Nagai, Minoru Asada, Erhan Oztop, Emre Ugur

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024
Non-autistic persons modulate their speech rhythm while talking to autistic individuals

Tatsuya Daikoku, Shinichiro Kumagaya, Satsuki Ayaya, Yukie Nagai

PLOS ONE, Sep 28, 2023
Comprehensive intervention for reducing stigma of autism spectrum disorders: Incorporating the experience of simulated autistic perception and social contact

Masaki Tsujita, Miho Homma, Shin-ichiro Kumagaya, Yukie Nagai

PLOS ONE, 18(8) e0288586-e0288586, Aug 2, 2023
Exploration With Intrinsic Motivation Using Object–Action–Outcome Latent Space

Melisa Idil Sener, Yukie Nagai, Erhan Oztop, Emre Ugur

IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 15(2) 325-336, Jun, 2023
A Predictive Coding Account for Cognition in Human Children and Chimpanzees: A Case Study of Drawing

Anja Philippsen, Yukie Nagai

IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, Dec, 2022
The world seems different in a social context: A neural network analysis of human experimental data

Maria Tsfasman, Anja Philippsen, Carlo Mazzola, Serge Thill, Alessandra Sciutti, Yukie Nagai

PLOS ONE, Aug 30, 2022
Imitation and mirror systems in robots through Deep Modality Blending Networks

M. Yunus Seker, Alper Ahmetoglu, Yukie Nagai, Minoru Asada, Erhan Oztop, Emre Ugur

Neural Networks, 146 22-35, Feb, 2022
Active Inference Through Energy Minimization in Multimodal Affective Human–Robot Interaction

Takato Horii, Yukie Nagai

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8, Nov 26, 2021
Abnormal cortical responses elicited by audiovisual movies in patients with autism spectrum disorder with atypical sensory behavior: A magnetoencephalographic study

Junko Matsuzaki, Kuriko Kagitani-Shimono, Sho Aoki, Ryuzo Hanaie, Yoko Kato, Mariko Nakanishi, Aika Tatsumi, Koji Tominaga, Tomoka Yamamoto, Yukie Nagai …

Brain and Development, Sep, 2021
World model learning and inference

Karl Friston, Rosalyn J. Moran, Yukie Nagai, Tadahiro Taniguchi, Hiroaki Gomi, Josh Tenenbaum

Neural Networks, 144 573-590, Sep, 2021
Importance of environmental settings for the temporal dynamics of creativity

Tatsuya Daikoku, Qi Fang, Tomohito Hamada, Youichi Handa, Yukie Nagai

Thinking Skills and Creativity, 41 100911-100911, Sep, 2021
Effect Regulated Projection of Robot’s Action Space for Production and Prediction of Manipulation Primitives Through Learning Progress and Predictability-Based Exploration

Serkan Bugur, Erhan Oztop, Yukie Nagai, Emre Ugur

IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 13(2) 1-1, Jun, 2021
Statistical Properties of Musical Creativity: Roles of Hierarchy and Uncertainty in Statistical Learning.

Tatsuya Daikoku, Geraint A Wiggins, Yukie Nagai

Frontiers in neuroscience, 15 640412-640412, 2021
A Computational Model for Child Inferences of Word Meanings via Syntactic Categories for Different Ages and Languages

Yuji Kawai, Yuji Oshima, Yuki Sasamoto, Yukie Nagai, Minoru Asada

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COGNITIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL SYSTEMS, 12(3) 401-416, Sep, 2020
A Computational Model for Child Inferences of Word Meanings via Syntactic Categories for Different Ages and Languages

Yuji Kawai, Yuji Oshima, Yuki Sasamoto, Yukie Nagai, Minoru Asada

IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 12(3) 401-416, Sep, 2020 Peer-reviewed
A review on neural network models of schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder

Pablo Lanillos, Daniel Oliva, Anja Philippsen, Yuichi Yamashita, Yukie Nagai, Gordon Cheng

NEURAL NETWORKS, 122 338-363, Feb, 2020
Modeling Sensory Characteristics through Reproduction of Subjective Experience for Auditory Characteristics of People with Autistic Spectrum Disorder

ICHIKAWA Itsuki, NAGAI Yukie, KANAZAWA Hoshinori, YONEKURA Shogo, KUNIYOSHI Yasuo

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of JSAI, 2020 4Rin192-4Rin192, 2020
Intrinsic Motivation in Object-Action-Outcome Blending Latent Space.

Melisa Idil Sener, Yukie Nagai, Erhan Öztop, Emre Ugur

CoRR, abs/2008.11503, 2020
Adaptive Conditional Neural Movement Primitives via Representation Sharing Between Supervised and Reinforcement Learning.

M. Tuluhan Akbulut, M. Yunus Seker, Ahmet E. Tekden, Yukie Nagai, Erhan Öztop, Emre Ugur

CoRR, abs/2003.11334, 2020

Misc.

脳の統計学習にともなう聴覚認知システムの発達基盤の計算論的理解—Developmental Process of Auditory Cognitive System in Statistical Learning of the Brain : Toward an Automatic Composition System Using a Hierarchical Statistical Learning Model

大黒達也, 堀井隆斗, 大関洋平, 長井志江

聴覚研究会資料 = Proceedings of the auditory research meeting, 52(8) 619-623, Dec, 2022
Constructive Developmental Science : Revealing the Principles of Development from Fetal Period and Systematic Understanding of Developmental Disorders

國吉康夫, 長井志江, 小西行郎, 明和政子, 熊谷晋一郎, 大村吉幸, 金沢星慶

ベビーサイエンス = Baby science, 17 10-22, 2017
Computational Modeling of Emotion Based on Predictive Learning

31(5) 694-701, Sep, 2016
自閉スペクトラム症の特異な視覚世界を再現する知覚体験シミュレータ (特集なるほど発達障害 : その人に合った支援のための対応と工夫)

長井志江

精神看護, 19(1) 59-63, Jan, 2016
Cognitive Developmental Robotics toward Emergence of KANSEI in Robots

13(4) 195-199, Dec, 2015
自閉スペクトラム症の特異な視覚とその発生過程の計算論的解明:知覚体験シミュレータへの応用

長井志江, QIN Shibo, QIN Shibo, 熊谷晋一郎, 綾屋紗月, 浅田稔

日本認知科学会大会発表論文集(CD-ROM), 32nd ROMBUNNO.O2‐2, 2015
色‐情動の対応関係を用いた自閉スペクトラム症者の他者情動認識支援

黒木隆大, 長井志江, 堀井隆斗, 池田尊司, 熊谷晋一郎, 浅田稔

人工知能学会全国大会論文集(CD-ROM), 29th ROMBUNNO.4N1-1-4N11, 2015
3P2-Q04 The Role of Visual Saliency Model in Coordinative Eye and Hand Movement : Towards Applications to Retinal Prostheses(Neurorobotics & Cognitive Robotics)

KANDA Takaomi, KANDA Hiroyuki, NAGAI Yukie, FUJIKADO Takashi, ASADA Minoru

2014 "3P2-Q04(1)"-"3P2-Q04(3)", May 24, 2014
3P2-P05 A Computational Model for Local Processing Bias in Autism Spectrum Disorders(Neurorobotics & Cognitive Robotics)

MORIWAKI Takakazu, NAGAI Yukie, ASADA Minoru

2014 "3P2-P05(1)"-"3P2-P05(4)", May 24, 2014
3P2-P06 A Computational Model of Early Development of Predictive Eye Movement(Neurorobotics & Cognitive Robotics)

Copete Jorge Luis, Nagai Yukie, Asada Minoru

2014 "3P2-P06(1)"-"3P2-P06(4)", May 24, 2014
1P1-X08 A Magnetic Type Tactile Sensor using Magnetorheological Elastomers(Tactile and Force Sensing (1))

Horii Takato, Nagai Yukie, Minoru Asada

2014 "1P1-X08(1)"-"1P1-X08(3)", May 24, 2014
構成論的発達科学―胎児からの発達原理の解明に基づく発達障害のシステム的理解―

KUNIYOSHI YASUO, NAGAI YUKIE, KONISHI YUKIRO, MYOWA MASAKO, KUMAGAI SHIN'ICHIRO

日本ロボット学会学術講演会予稿集(CD-ROM), 31st ROMBUNNO.1P1-01, Sep 4, 2013
Understanding Information Transfer in Caregiver-Infant Interaction

QIN SHIBO, NAGAI YUKIE, NAKATANI AKIKO, FUKUYAMA HIROSHI, MYOWA-YAMAKOSHI MASAKO, ASADA MINORU

日本ロボット学会学術講演会予稿集(CD-ROM), 30th ROMBUNNO.4N2-5, Sep 17, 2012
2A1-M11 Maturational Constraints Lifted by Self-Organization in Perceptual Space for Cognitive Learning(Neurorobotics & Cognitive Robotics)

KAWAI Yuji, NAGAI Yukie, ASADA Minoru

2012 "2A1-M11(1)"-"2A1-M11(4)", May 27, 2012
2A1-F11 Examining Continuity in Bottom-Up Visual Attention Extracts Key Actions from Task Demonstration

NAGAI Yukie

2009 "2A1-F11(1)"-"2A1-F11(4)", May 25, 2009
A Constructivist Approach to Understanding the Role of Movement in the Development of Joint Attention

NAGAI Yukie

Cognitive studies, 13(3) 480-483, Sep 1, 2006
2A1-N-043 Motion Information Accelerates Learning of Joint Attention(Cognitive Robotics 1,Mega-Integration in Robotics and Mechatronics to Assist Our Daily Lives)

NAGAI YUKIE

143-143, 2005
Autonomous Learning of Joint Attention utilizing Habituation

Sumioka H, Hosoda K, Yoshikawa Y, Nagai Y, Asada M

2004 183-183, Jun 18, 2004
視覚注視と自己評価型学習の機能に基づくブートストラップ学習を通した共同注意の創発

長井志江

人工知能学会論文誌, 19 10-19, 2004
Emergence of joint attention through bootstrap learning based on the mechanisms of visual attention and learning with self-evaluation

Nagai, Y., Hosoda, K., Monta, A., Asada, M.

Transactions of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 19(1) 10-19, 2004 Peer-reviewed

Research Projects

Cognitive Feelings that Mediate Between Perception and Emotion

CREST, JST, Oct, 2021 - Mar, 2027
脳の一般原理に基づく認知機能の多様性発生機序の理解と発達障害者支援

科学研究費助成事業基盤研究(S), 基盤研究(S), 日本学術振興会, Jul, 2021 - Mar, 2026

長井志江
Developmental Mechanism of Individuality in Self-Recognition: Systematic Understanding Based on Predictive Coding

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2025
Dynamics of mother-infant interaction: Foundation of the emergent mechanism of diversity of human development

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2025
ヘッドマウントディスプレイを用いた視知覚矯正・補助フレームワークの構築

科学研究費助成事業基盤研究(A), 基盤研究(A), 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2022

清川清, 酒田信親, 河合紀彦, 佐藤智和, 不二門尚, 森本壮, 広田雅和, 長井志江, 神田寛行
Cognitive Mirroring: Assisting people with developmental disorders by means of self-understanding and social sharing of cognitive processes

CREST, JST, Dec, 2016 - Mar, 2022
構成論的発達科学－胎児からの発達原理の解明に基づく発達障害のシステム的理解－

科学研究費助成事業新学術領域研究(研究領域提案型), 新学術領域研究(研究領域提案型), 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2018

國吉康夫, 明和政子, 熊谷晋一郎, 大村吉幸, 長井志江, 小西行郎
Constructive Developmental Science: Revealing the Principles of Development from Fetal Period and Systematic Understanding of Developmental Disorders

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Jun, 2012 - Mar, 2017

KUNIYOSHI Yasuo, INUI Toshio, ASADA Minoru, ITAKURA Shoji, OGATA Tetsuya, FUNABIKI Yasuko
Modeling Social Cognitive Development and Designing Support Systems for Developmental Disorders

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Jun, 2012 - Mar, 2017

Nagai Yukie, ASADA Minoru
Development of theory of mind from self-other cognition facilitated by maturational constraints: A constructive approach

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A), Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2016

Nagai Yukie
The brain mechanisms of working memory under the unconscious processes: comparison between conscious and anesthetized conscious condition

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2016

OSAKA Mariko
Constructive Developmental Science Based on Understanding the Process from Neuro-Dynamics to Social Interaction

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research, Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2012 - 2016

ASADA Minoru, HOSODA Koh, NAITO Eiichi, HIRATA Masayuki, OGINO Masaki, MORI Hiroki, NARIOKA Ken-ichi, NAGAI Yukie, KIKUCHI Mitsuru, MIYAZAKI Michiko, ISHIHARA Hisashi, TAKAHASHI Hideyuki, OKADA Hiroyuki, IKEMOTO Shuuhei, ENDO Nobutsuna, IKEDA Takashi, YOKOYAMA Hiroki, TAKAHASHI Tetsuya, YOSHIMURA Yuko, HASEGAWA Chiaki, HIRAISHI Hirotoshi
Emotion Recognition from Multimodal Information Based on Synesthesia

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2014

NAGAI Yukie
構成的手法による身体バブリングから社会性獲得にいたる発達過程の理解と構築

科学研究費助成事業基盤研究(S), 基盤研究(S), 日本学術振興会, 2010 - 2012

浅田稔, 細田耕, 長井志江, 荻野正樹, 成岡健一, 森裕紀, 杉原知道, 吉川雄一郎

Education

Apr, 1999 - Oct, 2002

Department of Adaptive Machine Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Apr, 1997 - Mar, 1999

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University
Apr, 1993 - Mar, 1997

Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University