Inter-Asia Perspectives on Automated Decision-Making and Society
自動化された意思決定と社会に関するアジア横断的視点

 

Date: Tuesday, 27 May 2025
2025年5月27日（火）
Venue: University of Tokyo, Hongo (Hybrid)
東京大学 本郷キャンパス（ハイブリッド開催）
Location: Room 317, Faculty of Science Building 3, Asano Campus
浅野キャンパス 理学部3号館 317号室
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This public symposium brings together leading scholars, researchers, and collaborators to examine how automated decision-making (ADM) systems are shaped by—and reshape—language, culture, and governance across different regions of Asia. It features a keynote by Dr. Jenna Burrell and panels on AI, robotics, platform economies, gendered media, and blockchain.

本公開シンポジウムでは、アジア各地域における言語、文化、統治の文脈の中で、自動化された意思決定（ADM）システムがどのように形成され、また社会を再構成しているのかについて、第一線の研究者や専門家が議論します。ジェナ・バレル博士による基調講演に加え、AI、ロボティクス、プラットフォーム経済、ジェンダーとメディア、ブロックチェーンに関するパネルが開催されます。

Symposium Schedule

10:00 – 11:00
Keynote Address
“How the machine thinks: Cultural monologic and cross-cultural communication in the wake of large language models”
Presenter: Dr. Jenna Burrell (Data & Society)
Chair: Heather Horst (University of Sydney) – online

11:00 – 12:00
Plenary Panel
Panelists respond to the keynote and engage in discussion and Q&A.
Chair: Haiqing Yu (RMIT University)
Panelists: Jason Karlin (University of Tokyo), Marc Steinberg (Concordia University), Florian Schneider (University of Leiden)

12:00 – 13:00
Lunch Break

13:00 – 14:00
Imagining Connection: Play and Intimacy with and through AI Robotics
Explores how roboticists and artists envision affective and intimate engagements with machines. Includes a book reading, screenings, and a live demonstration.
Chair: Megan Rose (UNSW Sydney & University of Tokyo)
Presenters: Joshua Paul Dale (Chuo University), Elena Knox (Waseda University)

14:00 – 15:20
Platform Economies, Platform Histories
Examines historical and contemporary platform formations in Japan and Asia, including media streaming, job-hunting, and internet culture.
Chair: Marc Steinberg (Concordia University)
Presenters: Yu-Kei Tse (International Christian University), Shinji Oyama (Ritsumeikan University), Asami Senoo (Otemon Gakuin University)

15:20 – 15:30
Short Break

15:30 – 16:30
Gendered Platforms and Digital Feminism: Rethinking Social Media Spaces in Japan
Analyzes the intersections of gender, digital activism, and platform design, featuring case studies on GirlsChannel, feminist Twitter activism, and dating apps.
Chair: Jason G. Karlin (University of Tokyo)
Presenters: Junxiao Leng (University of Tokyo), Misha Cade (University of Tokyo)

16:30 – 17:45
Blockchain in the Asia Pacific
Investigates how blockchain technologies are deployed across the region and their socio-political implications.
Chair: Jiaxi Hou (RMIT University)
Presenters: Oguz Genc (University of Tokyo), Saskia Witteborn (Chinese University of Hong Kong) – online, Olivier Jutel (University of Otago) – online, Violeta Camarasa (Chinese University of Hong Kong) – online

Hosted by
ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S)
In collaboration with the University of Tokyo
Contact: haiqing.yu[at]rmit.edu.au ([at]を@に変えてください)