About Mika Yasuoka

mikaYasuoka Mika Yasuoka, Ph.D. (日本語はこちら)
Global COE researcher at Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan (2009.Nov-).
GIRI project researcher  at Technology in Practice research group (TIP), IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2009.Nov-).
A guest research fellow at GLOCOM, Japan (2011.May-).

She took a bachelor degree at the school of Library and Information Science, Keio University, a master degree supervised by Toru Ishida (Lab7:AI Lab) at Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Ph.D in Computer Science from IT University of Copenhagen, partly based on the work of a doctoral program at RCAST, the University of Tokyo. She was a visiting scholar at HCI Institute, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA hosted by Sara Kiesler in 2004-5.

Mika Yasuoka’s EXPERTISE resides in computer supported intercultural collaboration and strategic information design.

Born and raised in Japan, having studied in US and Denmark, and conducting research in Digital City and Intercultural Collaboration where cross-cultural and cross language issues are prominent. She brings a multi-faceted and deep knowledge of today’s complex intercultural collaboration environment and its supportive IT systems.

In her research, she uses statistics as well as ethnographic approaches to understand the effects of technology, maintenance and further development of such supportive systems in multinational collaborations. She has researched a wide variety of distinct intercultural collaboration from software development to information design.

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関心

いかにコンピュータシステムが人々の生活に貢献できるか、人を賢くするか，そのようなシステムをいかにデザインするかということに関心があります。創造性研究(Creativity)に造詣の深かった東京大学時代の指導教官や同窓の影響で，世界的にも関心を集めるスカンジナビア発祥の「参加型デザイン」を知り，現在は「参加型デザイン」の本拠地で，主にIT分野での参加型デザインに関心を持って研究に取り組んでいます．

分野では、Human Computer InteractionやInteraction Design，CSCW関連のワークショップや会議に出没しています．

また「ITにおける参加型デザイン」への関心から派生し，北欧のデザイン全般，社会構造や人生観，政治形態にも関心を持つようになりました．どうやら「参加型」は，北欧の根幹を作り出している要素の一つのようなのです．北欧というと「椅子」や「建築」などのモノに，注目が集まっているようですが，その根幹をなすデザイン思想やコトバを理解して初めて，北欧のデザインを理解できるようになるのではないでしょうか．

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慶応義塾大学で図書館情報学学士取得後，京都大学, 大学院情報学研究科, 社会情報学(石田亨教授 , Lab7:AI Lab)で修士取得。東京大学工学系研究科先端学際工学博士課程(中小路久美代特任教授)を経てコペンハーゲンIT大学より博士取得。

1999-2000年には，米国カーネギーメロン大学に慶応義塾の塾生派遣で一年間の交換留学，また，2004-5年には，School of Computer ScienceのHCI Instituteで訪問研究員としてSara Kiesler訪問，オンラインゲームの研究を行う。

Main theme

Structuralist,
Linguistic point of view

My position

  • Reality is rich and complex.
  • However, it is important to simplify in order to design
  • Reality can be studied, but final answer cannot be established
  • Knowledge can be constructed through interaction by human alone or by interplay with human and no-human actors (Socio Technical constructionalist)
  • Main themeStructuralist, Linguistic point of view
  • ListReality is rich and complex.However, it is important to simplify in order to designReality can be studied, but final answer cannot be establishedKnowledge can be constructed through interaction by human alone or by interplay with human and no-human actors (Socio Technical constructionalist)Allow all different overlapping knowledge systems (Pluralist epistemology)Falsification is good in some context (natural science), verification is other (closed system), making something plausible or showing that something works is the best to do in other context. Both qualitative and qualitative methods can be used to make theories probable. Allow all different overlapping knowledge systems (Pluralist epistemology)
  • Falsification is good in some context (natural science), verification is other (closed system), making something plausible or showing that something works is the best to do in other context.
  • Both qualitative and qualitative methods can be used to make theories probable.

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