Zhu Xinru

シュシンジョ | Zhu Xinru

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Associate Professor
Homepage URL (1)： https://zhuxinru.com/

Research field (4)： Learning support systems , Library/information science, humanistic/social informatics , Library/information science, humanistic/social informatics , Design

Research keywords (4)： Reading Difficulties , Semiotics , Communication , Typeface Research

Research theme for competitive and other funds (12)：

2022 - 2027 Methods of Typeface Description Toward a Foundation for Typeface Research
2022 - 2026 Translation Studies on the Integration of Art Strategies in Scientific Research
2022 - 2025 Framework Establishment and Empirical Research for Comprehensive Archiving of Tourism Ephemera Materials in Japan
2021 - 2024 Development and Multilingual Extension of Typeface Customization System for Various Readers
2022 - 2023 Development and Practical Application of Typefaces and Typeface Customization System for Readers with Developmental Dyslexia in East Asian Languages

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Papers (7)：

Xinru Zhu, Takuma Asaishsi, Shuntaro Kawamura. Development and Evaluation of a Terminology Size Estimation Test: Targeting the Field of Library and Information Science. Journal of Japan Society of Library and Information Science. 2023. 69. 4. 186-203
Xinru Zhu, Murong Liu, Kashin Sugishita, Kayoko Nohara. Description of the Use Cases of Latin Typefaces Based on Large-scale Data: Towards Typeface Pragmatics. Special Issue of Japanese Society for the Science of Design. 2023. 30. 2. 76-83
Ruri Shimura, Xinru Zhu. Distribution of Authors in the Journal of the Japanese Society for Library and Information Science. Studies in Lifelong Learning Infrastructure Management. 2021. 45. 27-42
Xinru Zhu, Kyo Kageura, Shin’ichi Satoh. Analysis of Typefaces Designed for Readers with Developmental Dyslexia: Insights from Neural Networks. Document Analysis Systems. 2020. 529-543
Xinru Zhu, Yumi Takata, Kyo Kageura. Empirical Research on the Readability of the Latin Typefaces in Japanese Textbook Typefaces. Bulletin of Japanese Society for the Science of Design. 2020. 66. 3. 51-60

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MISC (1)：

Xinru Zhu, Mayumi Kaneko. Jibun Font for an Individuated and Optimal Reading Experience: Typefaces as Social Infrastructure. Journal of Printing Science and Technology. 2023. 60. 6. 337-344

Patents (1)：

プログラム、情報処理方法及び情報処理装置

Lectures and oral presentations (15)：

Relationship between readable typefaces and reading and writing difficulties: an analysis based on a web survey
(85th National Convention of Information Processing Society of Japan 2023)
図書館情報学用語を対象とした専門語彙数推定テストにおける科目別テストセットの構築
(日本図書館情報学会第70回研究大会 2022)
Development of a Vocabulary Estimation Test for Technical Terms and Evaluation of Its Reliability: A Case Study in the Field of Library and Information Science
(Japan Society of Library and Information Science Annual Conference 2022)
A Japanese Typeface Customization System for Readers with Developmental Dyslexia
(Asia Pacific Dyslexia Forum 2021)
A Review on Typeface Customisation System: Towards the Development of a Japanese Typeface Customisation System for Readers with Developmental Dyslexia
(82nd National Convention of Information Processing Society of Japan 2020)

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Education (4)：

2017 - 2020 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Education Doctoral Course
2015 - 2017 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Education Master's Course
2012 - 2014 Waseda University School of Political Science and Economics Department of Political Science
2010 - 2014 Fudan University School of Journalism Department of Communications

Professional career (1)：

PhD (The University of Tokyo)

Work history (4)：

2024/04 - 現在 Tokyo Institute of Technology School of Environment and Society Associate Professor
2021/04 - 2024/03 Tokyo Institute of Technology School of Environment and Society Assistant Professor
2021/01 - 2021/03 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow
2019/04 - 2020/12 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow

Committee career (2)：

2018/04 - 2020/03 Lifelong Learning Infrastructure Management Course Editorial Committee Member
2018/04 - 2018/12 Asia Pacific Dyslexia Festival 2018 Committee Member

Awards (4)：

2022/10 - Google Award for Inclusion Research
2022/10 - Japan Society of Library and Information Science Best Presentation Award Development of a Vocabulary Estimation Test for Technical Terms and Evaluation of Its Reliability: A Case Study in the Field of Library and Information Science
2021/10 - School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology Young Researcher Award Research on Optimization of Visual Attributes of Typefaces According to Symptoms of Reading Difficulties for the Development of a Typeface Customization System
2016/07 - SIG Computer and Education, Information Processing Society of Japan Student Award Characteristics of Latin Typefaces for Dyslexic Readers

Association Membership(s) (4)：

Japan Society of Library and Information Science , Japan Society of Kansei Engineering , Information Processing Society of Japan , Japanese Society for the Science of Design

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