Nomura's Documents


Reviewd Journal Papers

T. Nomrua, T. Suzuki, and H. Kumazaki, Differences in stakeholders' expectations of gendered robots in the field of psychotherapy: an exploratory survey, AI & Society, 2023. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-023-01787-x)

N.Spatola, O. A. Wudarczyk, T. Nomura, and E. Cherif, Attitudes Towards Robots Measure (ARM): A New Measurement Tool Aggregating Previous Scales Assessing Attitudes Toward Robots, International Journal of Social Robotics, Vol.15, pp.1683-1701, 2023. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-023-01056-3)

T. Suzuki and T. Nomura, Gender Preferences for Robots and Gender Equality Orientation in Communication Situations Depending on Occupation, Journal of Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics, Vol.35, No.3, pp.706-711, 2023.

T. Nomura and T. Suzuki, Expectations of Robots' Gender Appearances and Personal Factors: A Survey in Japan, Internatinal Journal of Social Robotics, Vol.15, pp.1903-1914, 2023. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-023-00984-4)

T. Nomura and T. Suzuki, Relationships between Humans' Gender Conception, Expected Gender Appearances, and the Roles of Robots: A Survey in Japan, International Journal of Social Robotics, Vol.14, pp.1311-1321, 2022.

T. Suzuki and T. Nomura, Gender preferences for robots and gender equality orientation in communication situations, AI & Society, 2022. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-022-01438-7)

T. Nomura and M. Tanaka, Experiences, knowledge of functions, and social acceptance of robots: an exploratory case study focusing on Japan, AI & Society, Vol.37, pp.367-374, 2022. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-021-01196-y).

T. Suzuki, S. Yamada, T. Kanda, and T. Nomura, Influence of Social Anxiety on People's Preferences for Robots as Daily Life Communication Partners Among Young Japanese, Japanese Psychological Research, 2021. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12333)

T. Nomura, T. Kanda, S. Yamada and T. Suzuki, The effects of assistive walking robots for health care support on older persons: a preliminary field experiment in an elder care facility, Intelligent Service Robotics, Vol.14, pp.25-32, 2021. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11370-020-00345-4).

T. Nomura, A possibility of inappropriate use of gender studies in human-robot Interaction, AI & Society, Vol.35, pp.751-754, 2020. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-019-00913-y).

T. Nomura, T. Kanda, T. Suzuki, and S. Yamada, Do people with social anxiety feel anxious about interacting with a robot?, AI & Society, Vol.35, pp.381-390, 2020. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s0014).

T. Suzuki, S. Yamada, T. Nomura, and T. Kanda, Do People Prefer Robots over Humans as Daily Communication Partners?: Relationship to Social Anxiety in Conjunction with the Appearance of the Robots, Journal of Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics, Vol.31. No.5, pp.789-796, 2019. (in Japanese.)

D. Karunarathne, Y. Morales, T. Nomura, T. Kanda, and H. Ishiguro, Will Older Adults Accept a Humanoid Robot as a Walking Partner?, International Journal of Social Robotics, Vol.11, pp.343-358, 2019. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-018-0503-6).

T. Nomura, T. Kanda, H. Kidokoro, Y. Suehiro, and S. Yamada, Why Do Children Abuse Robots?, Interaction Studies, Vol.17, No.3, pp.348-370, 2016. (DOI: 10.1075/is.17.3.02nom).

T. Nomura and T. Kanda, Rapport Expectation with a Robot Scale, International Journal of Social Robotics, Vol.8, Issue.1, pp.21-30, 2016. (DOI: 10.1007/s12369-015-0293-z).

T. Nomura and T. Kanda, Influences of Evaluation and Gaze from a Robot and Humans' Fear of Negative Evaluation on Their Preferences of the Robot, International Journal of Social Robotics, Vol.7, Issue.2, pp.155-164, 2015. (DOI: 10.1007/s12369-014-0270-y).

T. Nomura and Y. Goto, A Survey for Exploring Personality Traits of Excessive Online Game Users in Japan, Computer Technology and Application, Vol.3, No.12, pp.818-825, 2012.

T. Nomura and M. Kimura, Exploring Influences of Parents-Adolescents Relationships into Media Literacy, Japanese Journal of Family Psychology, Vol.25, No.2, pp.113-124, 2011. (the Japapnese).

T. Nomura and K. Nakamura, Influences of Inconsistency between Phrases and Postures of Robots into Humans' Recall and Impression, Cognitive Studies, Vol.8, No.3, pp.462-469, 2011. (in Japapnese).

T. Nomura and M. Miura, Exploring Images and Awareness of "Making-Artifacts" in Adults, Japanese Journal of Educational Technology, Vol.34, No.4, pp.439-446, 2011. (in Japanese).

T. Nomura and K. Saeki, Effects of Polite Behaviors Expressed by Robots: A Psychological Experiment in Japan, International Journal of Synthetic Emotions, Vol.1, No.2, pp.38-52, 2010.

T. Nomura, Y. Hirayama, H. Iwashima, and S. Sakaguchi, A Survey of Consumers' Attitudes towards Online Purchase of Contact Lenses, International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, Vol.5, No.3, pp.231-244, 2010.

T. Nomura and A. Nakao, Comparison on Identification of Affective Body Motions by Robots Between Elder People and University Students: A Case Study in Japan, International Journal of Social Robotics, Vol.2, No.2, pp.147-157, 2010. (DOI: 10.1007/s12369-010-0050-2)

J. Han, E. Hyun, M. Kim, H. Cho, T. Kanda, and T. Nomura, Cross-cultural Acceptance of Tutoring Robots with Augmented Reality Services, International Journal of Digital Content Technology and Its Application, Vol.3, No.2, pp.95-102, 2009.

T. Nomura, T. Kanda, T. Suzuki, and K. Kato, Age Differences in Images of Robots: Social Survey in Japan, Interaction Studies, Vol.10, No3, pp.374-391, 2009.

T. Nomura, Software Agents and Robots in Mental Therapy: Psychological and Sociological Perspectives, AI & Society, Vol.23, pp.471-484, 2009. (DOI: 10.1007/s00146-008-0180-3).

T. Kanda, M. Shiomi, T. Nomura, H. Ishiguro, and N. Hagita, Analysis of People Trajectories with RFID in a Science Museum, Journal of Information Processing Society of Japan, Vol.49, No.5, pp.1727-1742, 2008. (in Japanese).

T. Nomura, H. Mizohata, A. Omori, Y. Suzuki, K. Yasumura, Development of a Scale Measuring University Students' Awareness of "Making-Artifacts": Relationships with Computer and Mathematics Anxiety, Japanese Journal of Educational Technology, Vol.32, No.2, 215-221, 2008. (in Japanese).

T. Nomura, T. Kanda, T. Suzuki, and K. Kato, Prediction of Human Behavior in Human-Robot Interaction Using Psychological Scales for Anxiety and Negative Attitudes toward Robots, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol.24, No.2, pp.442-451, 2008.

T. Nomura, T. Suzuki, T. Kanda, J. Han, N. Shin, J. Burke, and K. Kato. What People Assume about Humanoid and Animal-Type Robots: Cross-Cultural Analysis between Japan, Korea, and the USA, International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, Vol.5, Issue.1, pp.25-46, 2008.

C. Bartneck, T. Suzuki, T. Kanda, and T. Nomura, The Influence of People's Culture and Prior Experiences with Aibo on their Attitude towards Robots, AI & Society, Vol.21, No.1-2, pp.217-230, 2007.

T. Nomura, T. Tasaki, T. Kanda, M. Shiomi, H. Ishiguro, and N. Hagita, Questionnaire-Based Social Research on Opinions of Japanese Visitors for Communication Robots at an Exhibition, AI and Society, Vol.21, No.1-2, pp.167-183, 2007.

T. Nomura, T. Suzuki, T. Kanda, and K. Kato, Measurement of Negative Attitudes toward Robots, Interaction Studies, Vol.7, No.3, pp.437-454, 2006.

T. Nomura, T. Kanda, and T. Suzuki, Experimental Investigation into Influence of Negative Attitudes toward Robots on Human-Robot Interaction, AI & Society, Vol.20, No.2, pp.138-150, 2006.

T. Nomura, Behavior Analysis of Evolutionary Algorithms for Independency between Loci on Real-Valued Chromosomes, IPSJ Transactions on Mathematical Modeling and Its Applications, Vol.43, No.SIG 10, pp.78-86, 2002. (in Japanese).

T. Nomura, On Formal Description of Double Bind Situations Based on Feeling Rules and the Theories of Triad Relations, and Its Implication, Sociological Theory and Methods, Vol.17, No2, pp.211-226, 2002. (in Japanese).

T. Nomura and K. Shimohara, An Analysis of Two-Parent Recombinations for Real-Valued Chromosomes in an Infinite Population, Evolutionary Computation, Vol.9, No.3, pp.283-308, 2001.

T. Nomura, Computational Models for Emotions and Group Dynamics, Japanese Psychological Review, Vol.43, No.3, pp.411-426, 2000. (in Japanese). (the abstract html file)

T. Nomura, A Review on Mathematical Descriptions of Autopoiesis, The Japanese Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Vol.40, No.1, pp.73-86, 2000. (in Japanese). (the abstract html file)

K. Takadama, K. Hajiri, T. Nomura, K. Shimohara and S.Nakasuka: Organizational Learning Model for Adaptive Collective Behaviors in Multiple Robots, Advanced Robotics (The international journal of the Robotics Society of Japan), vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 243-269, 1998.

K. Takadama, K. Hajiri, T. Nomura, M. Okada, S. Nakasuka and K. Shimohara: Learning Model for Adaptive Behaviors as an Organized Group of Swarm Robots, International Journal of Artificial Life and Robotics, Springer-Verlag, vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 123-128, 1998. T. Nomura and T. Miyoshi, An Adaptive Fuzzy Rule Extraction Using Hybrid Model of the Fuzzy Self-Organizing Map and the Genetic Algorithm with Numerical Chromosomes, Jounal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, Vol.6, No.1, pp.39-52, 1998.

T. Nomura, An Application of Various Reasoning Methods to Fuzzy Rules with Numerical Degrees of Confidence and a Verification of a Kind of Equality between Singleton Rules and Conventional Rules, ELECTRONICS and COMMUNICATIONS in JAPAN, Part 3, Vol.80, No.8, pp.46-55, 1997.

T. Nomura and T. Miyoshi, An Adaptive Rule Extraction with the Fuzzy Self-Organizing Map and a Comparison with Other Methods, Journal of Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Systems, Vol.8, No.2, pp.347-357, 1996 (in Japanese).
[English translation: Japanese Journal of Fuzzy Theory and Systems, Vol.8, No.2, pp.283-298, 1996.]


Other Journal Papers (not reviewed, survey papers, and so on)

T. Suzuki, Y. Kawakta, T. Harada, T. Nomura, H. Imai, M. Hayano, and I. Daibo, What can the psychological study of appearance contribute?: Based on expectations from other fields, Appearance and Adornment Psychological Studies, Vol.3, No.1, pp.21-28, 2024. (in Japanese).

T. Nomura, Robot Abuse and Robot Addiction: A Negative Aspect of the Relationship between Robots and Children, Japanese Psychological Review, Vol.66, No.3, pp.290-297, 2003. (in Japanese).

T. Nomura, Robots and Gender, Gender and the Genome, Vol.1, No.1, pp.18-25, 2017. (doi:10.1089/gg.2016.29002.nom.).

T. Nomura, Humans' Subjective Evaluation in Human-Agent Interaction (HAI), Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Vol.31, No.2, pp.224-229, 2016. (in Japanese).

T. Nomura, Sociological Consideration on Mental Therapy Using Computers and Robots: On Its Possibility and Danger, Studies in Simulation and Gaming, Vol.13, No.2, pp.188-197, 2003 (in Japanese).

T. Nomura, Artificial Intelligence and Emotion, Clinical Neuroscience, Vol.16, No.11, pp.57-59, 1998 (in Japanese).


Book Chapters

T. Nomura, Robots and Gender, in Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine, 4th Edition (M. J. Legato (Ed.)), Chapter 53, pp.831-839, Academic Press, 2023.

T. Nomura, Empathy as Signalling Feedback Between Humanoid Robots and Humans, in Humanoid Robotics: A Reference (A. Goswami and P. Vadakkepat (Eds.)), pp.2337-2346, Springer, 2019.

T. Nomura, Robots and Gender, in Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine, 3rd Edition (M. J. Legato (Ed.)), Chapter 47, pp.694-703, Academic Press, 2017.

T. Nomura, A Proposal for Combination of Category Theory and Lambda-Calculus in Formalization of Autopoiesis, in Integral Biomathics: Tracing the Road to Reality (P. L. Simeonov, L. S. Smith, and A. C. Ehresmann (Eds)), pp.123-128, Springer, 2012.

T. Nomura, T. Suzuki, T. Kanda, S. Yamada, and K. Kato, Attitudes toward Robots and Factors Influencing Them, in New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction (K. Dautenhahn and J. Saunders (Eds)), pp.73-88, John Benjamins Publishing, 2011.

T. Nomura, T. Suzuki, T. Kanda, J. Han, N. Shin, J. Burke, and K. Kato. What People Assume about Robots: Cross-Cultural Analysis between Japan, Korea, and the USA, in Human-Robot Interaction (N. Sarker (Ed)), Chapter 15, pp.275-288, I-Tech Edcation and Publishing, 2007.

T. Nomura, T. Kanda, T. Suzuki, and K. Kato, Exploratory Investigation into Influence of Negative Attitudes toward Robots on Human-Robot Interaction, in Mobile Robotics: Towards New Applications (A. Lazinica (Ed)), Chapter 11, pp.215-232, Advanced Robotics Systems International, 2006.

T. Nomura, A Proposal of a Computational Approach for the Sociology of Emotions and Group Dynamics, in Affective Minds (G. Hatano, N. Okada, and H. Tanabe (Eds.)), Chapter 28, pp.275-280, Elsevier Science, 2000.

T. Nomura, Applications of Evolutionary Algorithms to Control and Design, in INTELLIGENT ADAPTIVE CONTROL: Industrial Applications (L. C. Jain and C. W. de Silva (Eds.)), pp.41-62, CRC Press, 1999.

T. Nomura, Generation of Relations between Individuals Using a Stochastic Automaton and the Theory of Change of Attitudes, in Complexity and Diversity (E. R. Nakamura (Ed.)), pp.61-63, Springer, 1997.

T. Nomura and T. Miyoshi, Numerical Coding and Unfair Average Crossover in GA for Fuzzy Rule Extraction in Dynamic Environments, in Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks, and Evolutionary Computation (T. Furuhashi and Y. Uchikawa (Eds.)), pp.55-72, Springer, 1996 (Reviewed).


Reviewed Conference Papers

T. Nomura, Influences of Gender Role Identity on Negative Attitudes toward Robots: A Survey in Japan, Proc. 11th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2023), pp.470-472, 2023.

T. Nomura, Critical Thinking Attitudes and Conservatism: Exploring the Impact on Negative Attitudes Toward Robots, Proc. 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2023), 2023.

T. Nomura and S. Horii, Influences of Media Literacy and Experiences of Robots into Negative Attitudes Toward Robots in Japan, Proc. 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2020), pp.286-290, 2020

S. Yamada, T. Nomura, and T. Kanda, Healthcare Support by a Humanoid Robot, Proc. 14th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2019), pp.650-651, 2019.

T. Nomura, T. Kanda, and S. Yamada, Measurement of Moral Concern for Robots, Proc. 14th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2019), pp.540-541, 2019. (the PDF file)

T. Nomura and K. Ura, Exploration of Basic Images about Robots in Adolescents: A Survey Based on Drawings in Japan, Proc. 6th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2018), pp.321-323, 2018.(the PDF file)

T. Nomura, K. Otsbo, and T. Kanda, Preliminary Investigation of Moral Expansiveness for Robots, Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO 2018), 2018.(the PDF file)

T. Nomura and G. Nakazawa, Gender Difference in Expectations for Domestic Robots: A Survey in Japan, Proc. 9th International Conference on Social Robotics, pp.423-431, 2017. (the PDF file)

T. Nomura, Cultural Differences in Social Acceptance of Robots, Proc. 20th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2017), pp.534-538, 2017. (the PDF file)

T. Nomura and Y. Hoshina, How Different Types of Animal Robots Differently Influence Elder and Younger People's Mental States?, Proc. 12th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2017), pp.231-232, 2017. (the PDF file).

T. Suzuki, S. Yamada, T. Kanda, and T. Nomura, Influence of Social Avoidance and Distress on People's Preferences for Robots as Daily Life Communication Partners, Proc. 1st International Conference on Social Robots in Therapy and Education, pp.20-21, 2015.

T. Nomura and Y. Kinoshita, Gender Stereotypes in Cultures: Experimental Investigation of a Possibility of Reproduction by Robots in Japan, Proc. International Conference on Culture and Computing, pp.195-196, 2015. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura, D. S. Syrdal, and K. Dautenhahn, Differences on Social Acceptance of Humanoid Robots between Japan and the UK, Proc. 4th International Symposiumu on "New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction", 2015. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura, General Republic's Opinions on Robot Ethics: Comparison between Japan, the USA, Germany, and France, Proc. 4th International Symposiumu on "New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction", 2015. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura, T. Kanda, T. Uratani, H. Kidokoro, K. Matsumoto, Y. Suehiro, and S. Yamada, Why Do Children Abuse Robots?, Proc. 10th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2015), pp.63-64, 2015. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura and T. Kanda, Differences of Expectation of Rapport with Robots Dependent on Situations, Proc. 2nd International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2014), pp.383-389, 2014. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura, Influences of Experiences of Robots into Negative Attitudes toward Robots, Proc. 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2014), pp.460-464, 2014.(the PDF file).

T. Nomura, Comparison on Negative Attitude toward Robots and Related Factors between Japan and the UK, Proc. 5th ACM International Conference on Collaboration Across Boundaries (CABS): Culture, Distance and Technology, pp.87-90, 2014.(the PDF file).

D. S. Syrdal, T. Nomura, and K. Dautenhahn, The Frankenstein Syndrome Questionnaire - Results from a Quantitative Cross-Cultural Survey, Social Robotics: 5th International Conference, ICSR 2013 (G. Herrmann, et al. (Eds)), pp.270-279, Springer, 2013.

T. Nomura and K. Hayata, Influences of Gender Values into Interaction with Agents:An Experiment Using a Small-Sized Robot, 1st International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (iHAI 2013), 2013. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura and T. Kanda, Measurement of Rapport-Expectation with a Robot, Proc. 8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp.201-202, 2013. (Best Late-Breaking Report Nomination, the PDF file).

T. Nomura, K. Sugimoto, D. S. Syrdal, and K. Dautenhahn, Social Acceptance of Humanoid Robots in Japan: A Survey for Development of the Frankenstein Syndrome Questionnaire, Proc. IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2012), pp.242-247, 2012. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura and T. Kanda, Influences of Evaluative Contexts in Human-Robot Interaction and Relationships with Personal Traits, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2012), pp.61-66, 2012. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura and Y. Goto, Exploring Personality Traits of Excessive Online Game Users in Japan, Proc. 10th Asia Pasific Conference on Computer Human Interaction (APCHI 2012), pp.369-374, 2012.(the PDF file).

D. S. Syrdal, T. Nomura, H. Hirai, and K. Dautenhahn, Examining the Frankenstein Syndrome: An Open-Ended Cross-Cultural Survey, Social Robotics: Third International Conference, ICSR 2011, Proceedings (B. Mutlu, et al. (Eds)), pp.125-134, Springer, 2011.

T. Nomura and S. Takagi, Exploring Effects of Educational Backgrounds and Gender in Human-Robot Interaction, Proc. 2nd International Conference on User Science and Engineering (i-USEr 2011), pp.24-29, 2011.(the PDF file).

T. Nomura and K. Kawakami, Relationships between Robots' Self-Disclosure and Humans' Robot Anxiety, Proc. 5th International Workshop on Human Aspects in Ambient Intelligence, pp.66-69, 2011. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura and S. Takeuchi, The Elderly and Robots: From Experiments based on Comparison with Younger People, Proc. AAAI 2011 Workshop on Human-Robot Interaction for Elder Care, pp.25-31, 2011.(the PDF file).

T. Nomura, T. Kanda, S. Yamada, and T. Suzuki, Exloring Influences of Robot Anxiety into HRI, Proc. 6th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp.213-214, 2011. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura, Inconsistency in Behaviors of Virtual Agents and Robots: Case Studies on its Influences into Dialogues with Humans, 2010 AAAI Fall Symposium on Dialog with Robots, pp.163-164, 2010. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura and K. Nakamura, Influences of Inconsistency between Phrases and Postures of Robots: A Psychological Experiment in Japan, 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2010), pp.4438-4443, 2010. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura, Robots in Mental Therapy: Its Possibility and Danger, Proc. The 18th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2009), pp.569-572, 2009. (the PDF file)

T. Nomura and A. Nakao, Human Evaluation of Affective Body Motions Expressed by a Small-Sized Humanoid Robot: Comparison between Elder People and University Students, Proc. The 18th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2009), pp.363-368, 2009. (the PDF file)

T. Nomura and K. Saeki, Effects of Polite Behaviors Expressed by Robots: A Case Study in Japan, Proc. The 2009 IEEE / WIC / ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT'09), pp.108-114, 2009. (the PDF file)

T. Nomura and M. Sasa, Investigation of Differences on Impressions of and Behaviors toward Real and Virtual Robots between Elder People and University Students, Proc. 2009 IEEE 11th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, pp.934-939, 2009. (the PDF file)

T. Nomura, Who and under What Context Requires "Roboethics"? From Cross-Cultural Perspective on Assumptions about Robots, Proc. IEEE/ICRA 2009 Workshop on RoboEthics, pp.118-119, 2009. (the PDF file)

T. Nomura, T. Kanda, T. Suzuki, S. Yamada, and K. Kato, Influences of Concerns toward Emotional Interaction into Social Acceptability of Robots, Proc. 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp.231-232, 2009. (the PDF file)

T. Nomura, A. Omori, Y. Suzuki, H. Mizohata, K. Yasumura, Robotics in Education: Psychological Relationships with "Making-Artifacts," Computers, and Mathematics in Japan, 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'08), pp.3668-3673, 2008. (the PDF file)

T. Kanda, M. Shiomi, L. Perrin, T. Nomura, H. Ishiguro, and N. Hagita, Analysis of People Trajectories with Ubiquitous Sensors in a Science Museum, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2007),pp.4846-4853, 2007.

T. Nomura and N. Okuyama, Psychological Influence of Double-Bind Situations in Human-Agent Interaction, Proc. IEEE / WIC / ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technologies, pp.102-108, 2007. (the PDF file)

T. Nomura, Category Theoretical Distinction between Autopoiesis and (M,R) Systems, Advances in Artificial Life: 9th European Conference, ECAL 2007, Proceedings (F. A. e Costa, et al. (Eds)), pp.465-474, Springer, 2007. (the PDF file)

T. Nomura, T. Kanda, T. Suzuki, J. Han, N. Shin, J. Burke, and K. Kato. Implications on Humanoid Robots in Pedagogical Applications from Cross-Cultural Analysis between Japan, Korea, and the USA, Proc. The 16th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2007), pp.1052-1057, 2007. (the PDF file)

T. Nomura, T. Shintani, K. Fujii, and K. Hokabe, Experimental Investigation of Relationships between Anxiety, Negative Attitudes, and Allowable Distance of Robots, Proc. The Second IASTED International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp.13-18, 2007. (the PDF file)

T. Nomura, Consideration of Mental Therapeutic Robots from Psychological and Sociological Perspectives, Proc. Joint 3rd International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 7th International Symposium on advanced Intelligent Systems, pp.1476-1480, 2006. (CD-ROM Proceedings). (the PDF file)

T. Nomura, T. Suzuki, T. Kanda, and K. Kato, Measurement of Anxiety toward Robots, Proc. The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2006), pp.372-377, 2006. (the PDF file)

T. Nomura, Category Theoretical Formalization of Autopoieis from Perspective of Distinction between Organization and Structure, Proc. Seventh German Workshop on Artificial Life (GWAL-7), pp.31-38, 2006. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura, T. Suzuki, T. Kanda, and K. Kato, Altered Attitudes of People toward Robots: Investigation through the Negative Attitudes toward Robots Scale, Proc. AAAI-06 Workshop on Human Implications of Human-Robot Interaction, pp.29-35, 2006. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura, Analysis and Simulation of Group Dynamics based on Interaction between Decision Making and Heider's POX Systems, Proc. 11th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB 2006), pp.264-267, 2006. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura, Narratives and Therapeutic Conversational Agents: Their Principle Problems, Proc. INTERACT 2005 Workshop on Abuse, pp.58-61, 2005. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura, T. Tasaki, T. Kanda, M. Shiomi, H. Ishiguro, and N. Hagita, Questionnaire-Based Research on Opinions of Visitors for Communication Robots at an Exhibition in Japan, Proc. Tenth IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT 2005), pp.685-698, 2005. (the PDF file).

C. Bartneck, T. Nomura, T. Kanda, T. Suzuki, and K. Kato, A cross-cultural study on attitudes towards robots, Proc. 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2005), 2005.

C. Bartneck, T. Nomura, T. Kanda, T. Suzuki, and K. Kato, Cultural Differences in Attitudes toward Robots, Proc. the Symposium on Robot Companions: Hard Problems and Open Challenges in Robot-Human Interaction (SSAISB 2005 Convention), pp.1-4, 2005.

T. Nomura, T. Kanda, T. Suzuki, and K. Kato, People's Assumptions of Robots: Investigation of Their Relationships with Attitudes and Emotions toward Robots, Proc. the 14th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp.125-130, 2005. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura, K. Takaishi, and T. Hashido, Consideration of Machine Consciousness in the Context of Mental Therapy from Psychological and Sociological Perspectives, Proc. the Symposium on Next Generation Approaches to Machine Consciousness (SSAISB 2005 Convention), pp.67-74, 2005. (the PDF file).

K. Ohnishi and T. Nomura, Experimental Verification of Mental Influence by Double-Bind Theoretic Software Agents, Proc. Joint 2nd International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 5th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS & ISIS 2004), 2004. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura, T. Kanda, T. Suzuki, and K. Kato, Psychology in Human-Robot Communication: An Attempt through Investigation of Negative Attitudes and Anxiety toward Robots, Proc. the 13th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp.35-40, 2004. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura, Analysis and Simulation of Group Dynamics based on Heider's Balance Theory and a Finite Markov Chain, Proc. the 2nd International Conference of the European Social Simulation Association, 2004. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura, T. Kanda, and T. Suzuki, Experimental Investigation into Influence of Negative Attitudes toward Robots on Human-Robot Interaction, Proc. the 3rd Workshop on Social Intelligence Design (SID 2004), pp.125-135, 2004. (the PDF file)

T. Hashido and T. Nomura, Consideration on Mental Therapy Using Computers, Proc. Joint 2nd International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 5th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS & ISIS 2004), 2004. (the PDF file).

K. Ohnishi and T. Nomura, Verification of Mental Influence in Man-Machine Interaction Based on Double-Bind Theory, in Proc. 34th Annual Conference of the International Simulation and Gaming Association (ISAGA), pp. 315-323, 2003.

T. Nomura and T. Kanda, On Proposing the Concept of Robot Anxiety and Considering Measurement of It, Proc. the 12th IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2003), pp.373-378, 2003. (the PDF file)

T. Nomura, Double Bind Situations in Man-Machine Interaction under Contexts of Mental Therapy, in Intelligent Virtual Agents: 4th International Workshop, IVA 2003 (T. Rist, et al., eds), pp. 67-71, Springer, 2003. (the PDF file)

T. Nomura, Problems of Artificial Emotions in Mental Therapy, in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, pp.567-570, 2003. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura, Formal Description of Autopoiesis for Analytic Models of Life and Social Systems, in Proc. the 8th International Conference on Artificial Life (ALIFE VIII), pp.15-18, 2002. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura and N. Tejima, Critical Consideration of Applications of Affective Robots to Mental Therapy from Psychological and Sociological Perspectives, in Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN 2002), pp.99-104, 2002. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura, Formal Representation of Double Bind Situations Using Feeling Rules and Triad Relations for Emotional Communication, in Cybernetics and Systems 2002 (Proc. the 16th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research), pp.733-738, 2002. (the PDF file)

T. Nomura, Formal Description of Autopoiesis Based on the Theory of Category, in Advances in Artificial Life: 6th European Conference, ECAL 2001, Proceedings (J. Kelemen and P. Sosik (Eds)), pp.700-703, Springer, 2001. (the formal paper; the handout material)

T. Nomura, Behavior Analysis of Real-Valued Evolutionary Algorithms for Independent Loci in an Infinite Population, in Proc. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2001), p.774, 2001. (the one-page paper(PS), the handout material(PS))

T. Nomura, An Analysis on Crossovers for Real Number Chromosomes in an Infinite Population Size, in Proc. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI'97), pp.936-941, 1997. (the pdf file, the PS file)

T. Nomura, An Attempt for Description of Quasi-Autopoietic Systems Using Metabolism-Repair Systems, in Proc. Fourth European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL'97), pp.48-56, 1997. (the pdf file, the PS file)

T. Nomura, An Analysis on Linear Crossovers for Real Number Chromosomes in an Infinite Population Size, in Proc. International Conference on Evolutionary Computation (ICEC'97), pp.111-114, 1997.

T. Nomura, M. Eguchi, H. Niwamoto, F. Kokubo, and M. Miyamoto, An Extension of The Herault-Jutten Network to Signals Including Delays for Blind Separation, in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Neural Networks for Signal Processing VI (NNSP'96), pp.443-452, 1996. (the pdf file, the PS file)

T. Nomura, Generation of Relations between Individuals based on a Stochastic Automaton and an Analogy from Social Psychology, in Proc. ALIFE V Poster Presentations, pp.125-132, 1996. (the pdf file, the PS file)

T. Nomura and T. Miyoshi, Numerical Coding and Unfair Average Crossover in GA for Fuzzy Clustering and their Applications for Automatic Fuzzy Rule Extraction, in Proc. IEEE/Nagoya University WWW'95, pp.13-21, 1995.

T. Nomura and T. Miyoshi, An Adaptive Rule Extration with the Fuzzy Self-Organizing Map and a Comparison with Other Methods, in Proc. ISUMA-NAFIPS'95, pp.311-316, 1995.


Other Conference Papers

T. Nomura, The Elderly and Robots: A Factor to be Investigated for Human-Robot Symbiosis, IEEE/RSJ IROS 2010 Workshop "Human-Robot Symbiosis: Synergetic Creation of Human-Robot Relationships", 2010. (the PDF file).

T. Nomura, A Computational Aspect of Autopoiesis, in Proc. the Fourth Asian Fuzzy Systems Symposium (AFSS2000), pp.1-6, 2000. (the PDF file)

T. Nomura, A Proposal of Computational Approach for Sociology of Emotions and Group Dynamics, in Abstracts of the 13th Toyota Conference on AFFECTIVE MINDS, pp.74-75, 1999. (the html file)

T. Nomura and K. Shimohara, A Description of Quasi-Autopoietic Systems based on the Framework of (M,R) Systems, in Proc. International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB III '98), pp.658-661, 1998.

T. Nomura, A Proposal of Interpretations on Numerical Degrees of Confidence for Fuzzy If-Then Rules and a Mathematical Verification of Properties under Various Reasoning Methods, in Proc. First International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Systems (KES'97), Vol.2, pp.542-549, 1997.

T. Nomura and T. Miyoshi, An Adaptive Fuzzy Rule Extraction Using Hybrid Model of the Fuzzy Self-Organizing Map and the Genetic Algorithm with Numerical Chromosomes, in Proc. Fourth International Conference on Soft Computing (IIZUKA'96), Vol.1, pp.70-73, 1996.


Conference Presentations (no papers published formally)

T. Nomura, A Possibility of Technophobia toward Affect Detection Agents. HAI'22 workshop on Cognitive Human-agent Interaction, 2022.

T. Nomura, Relationships between Gender Conception, Generations, and Negative Attitudes toward Robots in Japan, GenR Workshop: GENDERING ROBOTS: Ongoing (Re)configurations of Gender in Robotics, 2021.

T. Nomura, Technophobia and Agents: Negative Attitudes and Anxiety, HAI2017 workshop on development of interactive agents for individuals with anxiety, 2017.

T. Nomura and K. Kishimoto, Measurement of Internet Anxiety: From Surveys in Japan, Cyberpsychology and Computer Psychology Conference (CyComP 2010), 2010. (the abstract: the pdf file).

T. Nomura, On Some Social Constructivism of Emotions: Hochschild and Gergen, Consciousness and its Place in Nature: Toward a Science of Consciousness, 2001 (the handout material: the pdf file, the PS file).

T. Nomura, I. Hayashi, H. Aoki, and T. Maeda, A Re-Interpretation of Double Bind from the Viewpoints of Sociology of Emotions and Group Dynamics, The 10th Annual International Conference of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Science, 2000. (the handout material: the pdf file, the PS file)


Other Reports

T. Nomura, Book Review: "Relationships 5.0: How AI, VR, and robots will reshape our emotional lives" by Elyakim Kislev, 2022, New York, Oxford University Press, 290P, U.S. $24.95, ISBN 978-0-19-758825-3, Information, Communication & Society, 2022. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2091468)


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