Dominique Chen

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Professor
Homepage URL (1)： https://ephemere.io

Research field (7)： Aesthetic practices , Design , Web and service informatics , Sensitivity (kansei) informatics , Human interfaces and interactions , Cognitive sciences , Software

Research keywords (9)：芸術 , 情報学 , 情報アーキテクチャ , 情報デザイン , neo-cybernetics , Web Informatics , artificial life , positive computing , wellbeing

Research theme for competitive and other funds (7)：

2024 - 2027 Development of a communication design model based on the synlogue concept
2023 - 2026 Re-examination of "fidelity" in sound and image
2021 - 2024 A research survey of more than human culture in East Asia and its connection to design theory
2021 - 2024 Proposal and practical evaluation of communication design that builds a mutually caring relationship with more than human beings
2019 - 2022 Analysis, generation and prediction of social networks using event sequences

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Papers (68)：

Dominique Chen, Youngah Seong, Kazuhiro Jo. Nukabot: design of human-microbe-computer entanglement. Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference Emerging Technologies. 2024
Marin Yamaguchi, Kota Imai, Dominique Chen, Young ah Seong, Kazuhiro Jo, Kohei Ito. The Similarities in Microbial and Chemical Patterns of Fermentation in Two Open Environments were Promoted by Using 150-Year-Old Nukadoko as Starters. Current Microbiology. 2024. 81. 8
Kazumi Yoshimura, Dominique Chen, Olaf Witkowski. Synlogue with Aizuchi-bot: Investigating the Co-Adaptive and Open-Ended Interaction Paradigm. Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2024
Ryo Niwa, Dominique Chen, Young ah Seong, Kazuhiro Jo, Kohei Ito. Direct contact of fermented rice bran beds promotes food-to-hand transmission of lactic acid bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 2023
Interaction that Fosters Mutual Care of Human and Microbes: Through the Design and Evaluation of the Nukabot. 2023. 64. 2. 301-311

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MISC (215)：

ドミニクチェン. メディア未来を生きるための言葉-子どもがおとなになった頃の社会. 母の友. 2025. 861. 54-57
ドミニクチェン. 続「謎床」-特集松岡正剛 : 1944-2024. ユリイカ = Eureka. 2024. 56. 13. 237-239
チェンドミニク. well-becoming-with: わかりあえない他者がわかちあうこと. 連合総研レポートDIO. 2024. 37. 4. 11-14
Ryo Niwa, Dominique Chen, Young ah Seong, Kazuhiro Jo, Kohei Ito. Microbial interaction between human skin and Nukadoko, a fermented rice bran bed for pickling vegetables. 2023
Dominique Chen. Respect for “me” and collaboration between “us”: designing for compatibility between these two. Good Design Award Focused Issues 2022. 2023

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Books (52)：

RITA MAGAZINE 2: The dead and technology
Mishimasha 2025 ISBN:9784911226179
RITA MAGAZINE テクノロジーに利他はあるのか?
ミシマ社 2024 ISBN:9784911226001
R.U.R. and the Vision of Artificial Life
MIT Press 2024 ISBN:9780262544504
ウェルビーイングのつくりかた : 「わたし」と「わたしたち」をつなぐデザインガイド
ビー・エヌ・エヌ 2023 ISBN:9784802510431
高校生と考える21世紀の突破口 : 危機の時代の必須教養
左右社 2023 ISBN:9784865283655

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Lectures and oral presentations (90)：

Enchevêtrement de l’humain et des mondes plus-qu’humains à travers la fermentation
(Institut français “Philosophy Evening: Agir pour le vivant.” 2025)
What Do Humans Entrust to Generative AI? - A Perspective on Trust as a Conversational Partner
(Session KS-7 “Overtrusted AI? How to Engage with an AI That Sometimes Makes Mistakes” at the 39th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence 2025)
Panel “Where Did the ‘Weak Robots’ Come From?”
(“Weak Robots” Exhibition 2025)
Nukabot: design of human-microbe-computer entanglement
(ACM SIGGRAPH 2024 Emerging Technologies (SIGGRAPH '24) 2024)
なぜ今、「コンセプト」なのか? 価値創造のための現実逃避のススメ
(アカデミーヒルズセミナー 2024)

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Works (15)：

Shuta Hasunuma Philharmonic Orchestra / BLACKOUT “Official Video”
Shuta Hasunuma 2023 - 現在
Kojiguraverse
Dominique Chen, Yuto Mitani, Youngah Seong, Kazuhiro Jo 2024 - 2024
Nukabot (DCEXPO2023 / Innovative Technologies)
Ferment Media Research / 早稲田大学 2023 - 2023
Nukabot(The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation)
Ferment Media Research 2022 - 2023
Nukabot (WDO 2023)
Ferment Media Research 2023 - 2023

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Education (3)：

2006 - 2013 University of Tokyo Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies Ph.d. (Emerging design and informatics course)
2004 - 2006 University of Tokyo Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies Master course (Emerging design and informatics course)
1999 - 2003 University of California in Los Angeles School of Arts and Architecture Department of Media Arts

Professional career (1)：

Ph.d. (University of Tokyo)

Work history (8)：

2022/04 - 現在 Waseda University Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences Professor
2019/11 - 現在 NPO法人soar 理事
2012/04 - 現在 Center for Global Communication, International University of Japan Fellow
2007/07 - 現在 NPO Commonsphere Director
2017/04 - 2022/03 Waseda University Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences Associate Professor

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Committee career (11)：

2015/04 - 現在 Japan Institute of Design Promotion Jury
2025/01 - 2027/01 Yomiuri Shimbun Reading Committee Book Reviewer
2023/09 - 2024/09 Advisory Board of MyNavi Art Square (MASQ) Advisor
2021/06 - 2022/03 JST’s Future Society Creation Program “Realizing a Society Optimized for Individuals” Reviewer
2019/09 - 2021/08 公益財団法人上廣倫理財団 AIロボット倫理研究会プロジェクト委員

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Awards (14)：

2024/05 - Association for Computing Machinery Best Paper Honorable Mention Synlogue with Aizuchi-bot: Investigating the Co-Adaptive and Open-Ended Interaction Paradigm
2023/11 - Digital Contents Association ACM SIGGRAPH Special Prize Nukabot
2023/11 - Digital Contents Association Innovative Technologies 2023 Nukabot
2022/11 - Inno Generation Award NTT Data Corporate Special Prize
2020/10 - The 3rd Yaesu Book Award

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Association Membership(s) (1)：

THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

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