The Cognitive Behavioral Assistive Technology (CB-AT) Team is part of the Goal-Oriented Technology Research Group in the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP). It was launched in April 2017 by team leader Mihoko Otake, who was formerly part of the the University of Tokyo (September 2006-April 2012) and Chiba University (April 2012-March 2017).

Research Themes

It is becoming more important than ever before to discover how artificial intelligence nurtures human intelligence and how human intelligence and artificial intelligence complement each other to achieve higher intelligence. The cognitive behavior support technology team (RIKEN · Research Center for Advanced Intelligence Project), in particular, aims to prevent cognitive decline and dementia in the elderly where human intelligence necessary for social life is impaired. We will focus on developing cognitive action support technology that will increase reserve capacity. We develop conversation support technology using photos and conversation support AI based on the co-imaging method, implement it in a cognitive behavior support system, and evaluate the impact on human cognitive and psychological aspects.
Read More

Members

Diverse skills and specialties are necessary to promote the above research themes. Our members belong to a range of disciplines, including mathematical biology, mathematical sociology, software engineering, university-industry collaboration, human-computer interaction, and robotics. As we are a new team launched in 2017, we are still looking for new team members (as of 2018).

Mihoko Otake
Leader
Specializing in supporting individualized cognitive activities based on large-scale conversation data.
Tomasz M. Rutkowski
Research Scientist
Specializing in brain-computer interfacing, machine-learning for time-series, and brain correlates of dementia.
Personal websiteGoogle Scholar
Takuya Sekiguchi
Research Scientist
Specializing in evolutionary game theory, collective decision-making, and social participation in later life.
Personal website
Masato S. Abe
Postdoctoral Researcher
Specializing in mathematical biology, complex systems, and data science.
Personal website
Seiki Tokunaga
Postdoctoral Researcher
Specializing in software engineering (especially in the IoT field) and gerontechnology.
Hikaru Sugimoto
Postdoctoral Researcher
Specializing in social neuroscience.
Katie Seaborn
Postdoctoral Researcher
Specializing in web informatics, human-robot interaction, and intergenerational design.
Personal websiteGoogle Scholar
Sumio Kogure
Management and Technology Advisor
Norihisa Miyake
R & D advisor
Sachiko Iwata
Technical Staff
Yukiko Mizutani
Technical Staff
Kazuhiro Tamura
Technical Support
Hiroyuki Taira
Technical Support
Kaai Yamaguchi
Technical Support
Takashi Kudo
Visiting Scientist
Taishiro Kishimoto
Visiting Scientist
Sadao Otsuka
Visiting Scientist
Tokie Anme
Visiting Scientist
Masahide Nakamura
Visiting Scientist