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

Papers

100

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, Feb, 2022
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
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
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
HAI '20: 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, Virtual Event, Australia, November 10-13, 2020

2020
Affordance-based altruistic robotic architecture for human-robot collaboration

Mert Imre, Erhan Oztop, Yukie Nagai, Emre Ugur

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR, 27(4) 223-241, Aug, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Children's scale errors are a natural consequence of learning to associate objects with actions: A computational model

Beata J. Grzyb, Yukie Nagai, Minoru Asada, Allegra Cattani, Caroline Floccia, Angelo Cangelosi

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE, 22(4) e12777, Jul, 2019
Lesser suppression of response to bright visual stimuli and visual abnormality in children with autism spectrum disorder: a magnetoencephalographic study

Sho Aoki, Kuriko Kagitani-Shimono, Junko Matsuzaki, Ryuzo Hanaie, Mariko Nakanishi, Koji Tominaga, Yukie Nagai, Ikuko Mohri, Masako Taniike

J Neurodev Disord., 11(1) 9-9, Jun, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Lesser suppression of response to bright visual stimuli and visual abnormality in children with autism spectrum disorder: a magnetoencephalographic study

Sho Aoki, Kuriko Kagitani-Shimono, Junko Matsuzaki, Ryuzo Hanaie, Mariko Nakanishi, Koji Tominaga, Yukie Nagai, Ikuko Mohri, Masako Taniike

JOURNAL OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS, 11(1) 9-9, Jun, 2019
Predictive learning: its key role in early cognitive development

Yukie Nagai

PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 374(1771) 20180030-20180030, Apr, 2019 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

CoRR, abs/1906.10015, 2019
Situated GAIL: Multitask imitation using task-conditioned adversarial inverse reinforcement learning.

Kyoichiro Kobayashi, Takato Horii, Ryo Iwaki, Yukie Nagai, Minoru Asada

CoRR, abs/1911.00238, 2019
Improving interactive reinforcement learning: What makes a good teacher?

Francisco Cruz 0002, Sven Magg, Yukie Nagai, Stefan Wermter

CoRR, abs/1904.06879, 2019
A predictive coding model of representational drawing in human children and chimpanzees

Anja Philippsen, Yukie Nagai

2019 JOINT IEEE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING AND EPIGENETIC ROBOTICS (ICDL-EPIROB), 171-176, 2019
How development in the Bayesian brain facilitates learning

Daniel Oliva, Anja Philippsen, Yukie Nagai

2019 JOINT IEEE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING AND EPIGENETIC ROBOTICS (ICDL-EPIROB), 259-265, 2019

Misc.

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
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, 2015
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
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
共同注意発現のためのブートストラップ

細田耕, 長井志江, 浅田稔

電子情報通信学会技術研究報告. PRMU, パターン認識・メディア理解, 103(390) 25-30, Oct 24, 2003
Acquisition of joint attention by a developmental learning model based on interactions between a robot and a caregiver

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

Transactions of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 18(2) 122-130, 2003 Peer-reviewed
A developmental approach accelerates learning of joint attention

Y Nagai, M Asada, K Hosoda

2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING, PROCEEDINGS, 277-282, 2002
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
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

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), 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), 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), 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), 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), 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), 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), 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), 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), 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, 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, 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), 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