SHIMOJIMA Atsushi
Faculty of Culture and Information Science Department of Culture and Information Science
Professor
Last Updated :2025/04/26

Researcher Profile and Settings

Research Interests

  • diagrammatic reasoning
  • diagram
  • inference
  • logical thinking
  • graphics

Research Areas

  • Informatics / Intelligent informatics
  • Humanities & social sciences / Cognitive sciences
  • Humanities & social sciences / Philosophy and ethics

Research History

  • 1985-1989: Studied the significance of the picture theory in the early Wittgenstein.
  • 1990-1993: Engaged in semantic-pragmatic analysis of definite NPs in English.
  • 1996-2003: Studied the informational functions of para-linguistic and non-linguistic signals in spoken dialogues.
  • 1993-Present: Analyzing the functional characteristics of graphical representation on the dual basis of mathmatical logic and cognitive science.

Research Experience

  • Doshisha University, Doctor Course, Graduate School of Culture and Information Science, Professor, 2017/04 - Today
  • Doshisha University, Master Course, Graduate School of Culture and Information Science, Professor, 2011/04 - Today
  • Doshisha University, Faculty of Culture and Information Science, Professor, 2008/04 - Today
  • Stanford University, Cneter for the Study of Language and Information, Visiting Scholar, 2012/04 - 2014/03
  • Kyoto University, Graduate School of Letters, Part-time Instructor, 2007/04 - 2009/03
  • Doshisha University, Faculty of Culture and Information Science, Associate Professor, 2007/04 - 2008/03
  • Doshisha University, Faculty of Culture and Information Science, Assistant Professor, 2005/04 - 2007/03
  • Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, School of Knowledge Science, Assistant Professor, 1998/04 - 2005/03
  • ATR, Media Informatics Laboratories, Visiting Researcher, 2002/04 - 2004/03
  • Osaka University, School of Human Sciences, Part-time Instructor, 2001/12 - 2001/12
  • ATR, Media Integration and Communication Laboratories, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1996/06 - 1998/03
  • Indiana University, Visual Inference Laboratoty, Research Assistant, 1995/09 - 1996/05
  • Indiana University, Department of Philosophy, Associate Instructor, 1993/09 - 1995/05

Education

  • Indiana University, Graduate School, Doctoral Course of Philosophy, 1990/08 - 1996/05
  • Doshisha University, Graduate School of Letters, Doctoral Course of Philosophy and History of Philosophy, 1988/04 - 1996/05
  • Doshisha University, Graduate School of Letters, Master Course of Philosophy, 1985/04 - 1988/03
  • Doshisha University, Faculty of Letters, Course of Philosophy and Ethics, Department of Culture, 1981/04 - 1985/03

Degree

  • Ph.D., Indiana University
  • Master of Literature, Doshisha University

Association Memberships

  • 科学基礎論学会
  • 日本認知科学会
  • 日本科学哲学会
  • 同志社哲学会

Awards

  • Best Paper Award, Eleventh International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Diagrams
    2020, "On the Cognitive Potential of Derivative Meaning in Aristotelian Diagrams", International society
  • Best Paper Award, Fifth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams
    2008, "An Eye-Tracking Study of Exploitations of Spatial Constraints in Diagrammatic Reasoning"

Published Papers

  • A Formal Model of Aspect Shifting: The Case of Dot Diagrams
    Atsushi Shimojima; Dave Barker-Plummer
    Diagrammatic Representation and Inference, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer International Publishing, 13462 210 - 217, Sep. 2022, International conference proceedings
  • 論理学と認知研究の接続—認知への適応論的アプローチにおける論理研究の可能性—
    下嶋篤; Dave Barker-Plummer
    経験論の多面的展開:イギリス経験論から現代プラグマティズムへ, Dec. 2021, In book
  • On the Cognitive Potential of Derivative Meaning in Aristotelian Diagrams
    Hans Smessaert; Atsushi Shimojima; Lorenz Demey
    Diagrammatic Representation and Inference, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer International Publishing, 12909 495 - 511, 2021, International conference proceedings
  • Channel-Theoretic Account of the Semantic Potentials of False Diagrams
    Atsushi Shimojima; Dave Barker-Plummer
    Diagrammatic Representation and Inference, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 12169 128 - 143, Aug. 2020, International conference proceedings
  • Free Rides in Logical Space Diagrams versus Aristotelian Diagrams
    Hans Smessaert; Atsushi Shimojima; Lorenz Demey
    Diagrammatic Representation and Inference, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 12169 419 - 435, 2020, International conference proceedings
  • Channel-Theoretic Account of Reification in Representation Systems
    Atsushi Shimojima; Dave Barker-Plummer
    Logique & Analyse, 251 341 - 363, 2020, Scientific journal
  • ジェネリック意味論−その発想と図研究への応用−
    下嶋篤
    同志社哲学年報, 42, Sep. 2019, Research institution
  • Operations on single feature indicator systems
    Atsushi Shimojima; Dave Barker-Plummer
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Springer Verlag, 10871 296 - 312, 2018, International conference proceedings
  • The observational advantages of euler diagrams with existential import
    Gem Stapleton; Atsushi Shimojima; Mateja Jamnik
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Springer Verlag, 10871 313 - 329, 2018, International conference proceedings
  • What Makes an Effective Representation of Information: A Formal Account of Observational Advantages
    Gem Stapleton; Mateja Jamnik; Atsushi Shimojima
    JOURNAL OF LOGIC LANGUAGE AND INFORMATION, SPRINGER, 26(2) 143 - 177, Jun. 2017, Scientific journal
  • Effective Representation of Information: Generalizing Free Rides
    Gem Stapleton; Mateja Jamnik; Atsushi Shimojima
    DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION AND INFERENCE, DIAGRAMS 2016, SPRINGER INT PUBLISHING AG, 9781 296 - 299, 2016, International conference proceedings
  • A Generic Approach to Diagrammatic Representation: The Case of Single Feature Indicator Systems
    Atsushi Shimojima; Dave Barker-Plummer
    DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION AND INFERENCE, DIAGRAMS 2016, SPRINGER INT PUBLISHING AG, 9781 83 - 97, 2016, International conference proceedings
  • Logical Investigation of Reasoning with Tables
    Ryo Takemura; Atsushi Shimojima; Yasuhiro Katagiri
    DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION AND INFERENCE, DIAGRAMS 2014, SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 8578 261 - 276, 2014, International conference proceedings
  • The Barwise-Seligman Model of Representation Systems: A Philosophical Explication
    Atsushi Shimojima; Dave Barker-Plummer
    DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION AND INFERENCE, DIAGRAMS 2014, SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 8578 231 - 245, 2014, International conference proceedings
  • An Eye-Tracking Study of Exploitations of Spatial Constraints in Diagrammatic Reasoning
    Atsushi Shimojima; Yasuhiro Katagiri
    COGNITIVE SCIENCE, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 37(2) 211 - 254, Mar. 2013, Scientific journal
  • Psychological evidence of mental segmentation in table reading
    Takeshi Sugio; Atsushi Shimojima; Yasuhiro Katagiri
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 7352 124 - 131, 2012, International conference proceedings
  • A logical investigation on global reading of diagrams
    Ryo Takemura; Atsushi Shimojima; Yasuhiro Katagiri
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 7352 330 - 333, 2012, International conference proceedings
  • Attending to and Maintaining Hierarchical Objects in Graphics Comprehension
    Atsushi Shimojima; Yasuhiro Katagiri; Kozue Enseki
    DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION AND INFERENCE, SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 6170 325 - +, 2010, International conference proceedings
  • An Eye-Tracking Study of Integrative Spatial Cognition over Diagrammatic Representations
    Atsushi Shimojima; Yasuhiro Katagiri
    SPATIAL COGNITION VII, SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 6222 262 - +, 2010, International conference proceedings
  • 情報の実在性と可塑性の問題
    下嶋篤
    文化学年報, 58 1 - 25, Jan. 2009, Research institution
  • Sketching Formal Semantics of Graphical Meaning Derivation
    A. Shimojima
    哲学論叢, 京都大学哲学論叢刊行会, 35(35) 1 - 21, Dec. 2008, Scientific journal
  • 視覚的表象と言語の直列的統合について
    馬田一郎; 下嶋篤; 片桐恭弘; 井ノ上直巳
    認知科学, 日本認知科学会, 15(4) 573 - 587, Dec. 2008, Scientific journal
  • "Hypothetical Drawing in Embodied Spatial Reasoning
    A. Shimojima; Y. Katagiri
    The Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2247 - 2252, Aug. 2008, International conference proceedings
  • An Eye-Tracking Study of Exploitations of Spatial Constraints in Diagrammatic Reasoning
    Atsushi Shimojima; Yasuhiro Katagiri
    DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION AND INFERENCE, PROCEEDINGS, SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 5223 74 - +, 2008, International conference proceedings
  • Channeling abstraction
    Stijn De Saeger; Atsushi Shimojima
    ABSTRACTION, REFORMULATION, AND APPROXIMATION, PROCEEDINGS, SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 4612 124 - +, 2007, International conference proceedings
  • Contextual reasoning in agent systems
    Stijn De Saeger; Atsushi Shimojima
    Computational Logic in Multi-Agent Systems, SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 4371 171 - 190, 2007, International conference proceedings
  • Using channel theory to account for graphical meaning generations
    Atsushi Shimojima
    DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION AND INFERENCE, PROCEEDINGS, SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 4045 283 - 285, 2006, Scientific journal
  • 基盤化モデルによる人・システム共同行為の分析:券売機とのインタラクションを題材として
    竹岡篤永; 下嶋篤
    ヒューマンインターフェース学会論文誌, 7(3) 17 - 26, Aug. 2005, Scientific journal
  • Speech and graphical interaction in multimodal communication
    Umata, I; A Shimojima; Y Katagiri
    DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION AND INFERENCE, SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 2980 316 - 328, 2004, Scientific journal
  • What Makes a System Less Graphical?
    A. Shimojima
    Machine Graphics and Vision, 12(1) 99 - 115, Jan. 2003, Scientific journal
  • Do we really reason about a picture as the referent?
    A Shimojima; T Fukaya
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY, PTS 1 AND 2, LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC PUBL, 1076 - 1081, 2003, International conference proceedings
  • Grounding functions of instrument plays in dialogue: a case-study of piano duos in joint practice
    C Oshima; A Shimojima
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY, PTS 1 AND 2, LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC PUBL, 892 - 897, 2003, International conference proceedings
  • Interaction organization in graphical communication
    Umata, I; A Shimojima; Y Katagiri; N Swoboda
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY, PTS 1 AND 2, LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC PUBL, 1170 - 1175, 2003, International conference proceedings
  • Graphically Speaking: Do Graphics Affect Perspectives in Event Conceptualization?
    I. Umata; Y. Katagiri; A. Shimojima
    The Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 896 - 901, Aug. 2002, International conference proceedings
  • Grounding-Styles of Aged Dyads: an Exploratory Study
    A. Takeoka; A. Shimojima
    Third SIGdial Workshop on Discourse and Dialogue: Proceedings of the Workshop. Association for Computational Linguistics, 188 - 195, Jul. 2002, International conference proceedings
  • Informational and dialogue-coordinating functions of prosodic features of Japanese echoic responses
    A Shimojima; Y Katagiri; H Koiso; M Swerts
    SPEECH COMMUNICATION, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 36(1-2) 113 - 132, Jan. 2002, Scientific journal
  • The inferential-expressive trade-off: A case study of tabular representations
    A Shimojima
    DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION AND INFERENCE, SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 2317 116 - 130, 2002, Scientific journal
  • Movement conceptualizations in graphical communication
    Umata, I; Y Katagiri; A Shimojima
    DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION AND INFERENCE, SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 2317 3 - 17, 2002, Scientific journal
  • The graphic-linguistic distinction - Exploring alternatives
    A Shimojima
    ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REVIEW, KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, 15(1) 5 - 27, Mar. 2001, Scientific journal
  • THE ROLE OF BODY MOVES IN DIALOGUE
    S. P. Gill; M. Kawamori; Y. Katagiri; A. Shimojima
    RASK: Internationalt tidsskrift for sprog og kommunikation, 12 89 - 114, Apr. 2000, Scientific journal
  • Talking through graphics: An empirical study of the sequential integration of modalities
    Umata, I; A Shimojima; Y Katagiri
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY, LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC PUBL, 529 - 534, 2000, International conference proceedings
  • Pragmatics of Body Moves
    S. P. Gill; M. Kawamori; Y. Katagiri; A. Shimojima
    The Proceedings of Third International Cognitive Technology Conference, 345 - 358, Aug. 1999, International conference proceedings
  • The graphic-linguistic distinction - Exploring alternatives
    A Shimojima
    ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REVIEW, KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, 13(4) 313 - 335, Aug. 1999, Scientific journal
  • チャンネル理論でなにができるか
    下嶋篤
    日本ファジィ学会誌, Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and intelligent informatics, 10(5) 775 - 784, Oct. 1998, Scientific journal
  • 談話状況における情報統合:一般化理論の可能性について
    下嶋篤
    アルケー:関西哲学会年報, 関西哲学会, (6) 12 - 26, 1998, Scientific journal
  • An informational analysis of echoic responses in dialogue
    A Shimojima; H Koiso; M Swerts; Y Katagiri
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY, LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC PUBL, 951 - 956, 1998, International conference proceedings
  • Collaborative Signaling of Informational Structures by Dynamic Speech Rate
    Hanae Koiso; Atsushi Shimojima; Yasuhiro Katagiri
    Language and Speech, Kingston Press Ltd, 41(3-4) 323 - 350, 1998, Scientific journal
  • Informational potentials of dynamic speech rate in dialogue
    H Koiso; A Shimojima; Y Katagiri
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINETEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY, LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC PUBL, 394 - 399, 1997, International conference proceedings
  • On the Efficacy of Representation
    A. Shimojima
    PhD thesis, Department of Philosophy, Indiana University, May 1996, Doctoral thesis
  • Surrogate Reasoning
    J. Barwise; A. Shimojima
    認知科学, 2(4) 7 - 26, 1995, Scientific journal
  • 前期ウィトゲンシュタインにおける「哲学」の解明
    下嶋篤
    同志社哲学年報, (12) 78 - 94, Sep. 1988, Research institution

MISC

  • Millikanの機能理論から見た『デザイン』
    下嶋 篤
    デザイン学研究, 18(1) 54 - 57, Jun. 2011, Report scientific journal
  • サイズ縮小による書籍カバーの印象の変化
    上田尚; 下嶋篤
    社団法人映像情報メディア学会技術報告.ITE Technical Report Vol. 34, No. 18., The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, 34(18) 27 - 30, May 2010, Technical report
  • 視覚および視覚的注意の観点からのグラフィックス研究
    下嶋篤; 片桐恭弘; 杉尾武志; 佐藤隆夫
    日本認知科学会大会発表論文集(CD-ROM), 27th ROMBUNNO.W5 , 2010
  • 『表現の科学』から考えるプレゼンテーションの品質:『グラフィック表現学』の萌芽とその可能性
    下嶋 篤
    交感する科学:ビジネスを進化させる最先端コミュニケーション研究, Jul. 2007, Introduction commerce magazine
  • 「哲学」「図的推論」「状況意味論」
    下嶋 篤
    人工知能学辞典, Dec. 2005, Others
  • 基盤化モデルによる人・システム共同行為の分析:券売機とのインタラクションを題材として (特集論文 コミュニケーション支援(2))
    竹岡 篤永; 下嶋 篤
    ヒュ-マンインタフェ-ス学会論文誌, ヒュ-マンインタフェ-ス学会, 7(3) 327 - 336, Aug. 2005
  • Inferential and expressive capacities of graphical representations: Survey and some generalizations
    A Shimojima
    DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION AND INFERENCE, SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, 2980 18 - 21, 2004, Introduction international proceedings
  • 「情報と知識」「外在主義」「状況意味論」「情報デザイン」
    下嶋 篤
    ナレッジサイエンス:知を再編する64 のキーワード, Dec. 2002, Others
  • 「準同型性」「命題論理」「述語論理」「様相論理」「非古典論理」「ダイナミック述語論理」
    下嶋 篤
    認知科学辞典, Aug. 2002, Others
  • 「クラス」「高階論理式」「推論」「論理階型」
    下嶋 篤
    情報学事典, Jun. 2002, Others
  • Analysis of human communication mediated by video image
    INDOH Sanae; KOISO Hanae; SHIMOJIMA Atsushi; OKADA Michio; KATAGIRI Yasuhiro
    Technical report of IEICE. HCS, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, 96(470) 27 - 34, 23 Jan. 1997

Books etc

  • Semantic Properties of Diagrams and Their Cognitive Potentials
    A. Shimojima
    CSLI Pblications, Stanford, 2015, Single work, Scholarly book
  • ことばの対照
    馬田一郎; 片桐恭弘; 下嶋篤
    くろしお出版, Feb. 2010, Joint work, 外的表象と移動表現の観点について:参照点の観点より, Scholarly book
  • 現代哲学の真理論:ポスト形而上学時代の真理問題
    下嶋 篤
    世界思想社, Mar. 2009, Joint work, タルスキと真理の意味論的理論の射程 ; 情報意味論における真理概念, Scholarly book
  • ナレッジサイエンス:知を再編する64 のキーワード
    杉山公造; 永田晃也; 下嶋篤
    紀伊國屋書店, Dec. 2002, Editor, General book
  • Logical and Computational Aspects of Model-Based Reasoning
    A. Shimojima
    Kluwer Academic Press, 2002, Joint work, A Logical Analysis of Graphical Consistency Proofs, Scholarly book
  • 文化・インターアクション・言語
    Y. Katagiri; A. Shimojima
    ひつじ書房, 2002, Joint work, Display Acts in Grounding Negotiations, Scholarly book
  • Logic, Language and Computation, Volume 3
    A. Shimojima
    CSLI Publications, 2001, Editor, Scholarly book
  • Thinking with Diagrams
    A. Shimojima
    Kluwer Academic Press, 2001, Joint work, The Graphic-Linguistic Distinction, Scholarly book
  • 文法と音声 II
    片桐恭弘; 下嶋篤; Marc Swerts; 小磯花絵
    くろしお出版, Jun. 1999, Joint work, 対話における繰り返し応答の韻律と機能, Scholarly book
  • Logic, Language and Computation, Volume 2
    A. Shimojima
    CSLI Publications, 1999, Joint work, Constraint-Preserving Representations, Scholarly book
  • Special Issue on Efficacy of Diagrammatic Reasoning. Journal of Logic, Language, and Information (editor)
    O. Lemon; M. de Rijke; A. Shimojima
    Kluwer Academic Press, 1999, Editor, Scholarly book
  • Logic, Language and Computation, Volume 1
    A. Shimojima
    CSLI Publications, 1996, Joint work, Reasoning with Diagrams and Geometrical Constraints, Scholarly book
  • Logical Reasoning with Diagrams
    A. Shimojima
    Oxford University Press, 1996, Joint work, Operational Constraints in Diagrammatic Reasoning, Scholarly book

Presentations

  • Semantics of Diagrams with Implications on Their Cognitive Functions
    Atsushi Shimojima
    Square-2022: 7th World Congress on the Square of Opposition, 12 Sep. 2022, 09 Sep. 2022, 13 Sep. 2022, Keynote oral presentation
  • Proxy Logics: an Approach to Semantic Functions of Diagrams
    Atsushi Shimojima
    LENLS18: Logic and Engineering of Natural Language Semantics 1, 14 Nov. 2021, 13 Nov. 2021, 15 Nov. 2021, Invited oral presentation
  • A Philosophical View of Fundamental Properties of Diagrams
    Atsushi Shimojima
    Twelfth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, 30 Sep. 2021, 28 Sep. 2021, 30 Sep. 2021, Keynote oral presentation
  • Free Rides in Logical Space Diagrams versus Aristotelian Diagrams
    Hans Smessaert; Atsushi Shimojima; Lorenz Demey
    Eleventh International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, 24 Aug. 2020, 24 Aug. 2020, 28 Aug. 2020, Oral presentation
  • Channel-Theoretic Account of the Semantic Potentials of False Diagrams
    Atsushi Shimojima; Dave Barker-Plummer
    Eleventh International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, 24 Aug. 2020, 24 Aug. 2020, 28 Aug. 2020, Oral presentation
  • An Account of Some Cases of Free Rides in Diagrams
    A. Shimojima
    Symposium on Philosophy of Notation 2019, May 2019, Keynote oral presentation, Bologna, Italy
  • ジェネリック意味論ーその発想と図研究への応用ー
    下嶋篤
    同志社哲学回2018年度大会・講演会, 16 Sep. 2018, Invited oral presentation
  • The Observational Advantages of Euler Diagrams with Existential Import
    G. Stapleton; A. Shimojima; M. Jamnik
    Tenth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2018, Jun. 2018, Oral presentation, Springer, Cham
  • Operations on Single Feature Indicator Systems
    A. Shimojima; D. Barker-Plummer
    Tenth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2018, Jun. 2018, Oral presentation, Springer, Cham
  • A Generic Approach to Diagrammatic Representation: The Case of Single Feature Indicator Systems
    A. Shimojima; D. Barker-Plummer
    Ninth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2016, Aug. 2016, Oral presentation
  • Effective Representation of Information: Generalizing Free Rides
    G. Stapleton; M. Jamnik; A. Shimojima
    Ninth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2016, Aug. 2016, Oral presentation
  • 図表現の意味特性とその認知ポテンシャル
    下嶋篤
    応用哲学会第8回年次大会, May 2016, Nominated symposium
  • The Barwise-Seligman Model of Representation Systems: A Philosophical Explication
    下嶋篤
    2015年度科学基礎論学会秋の研究例会, Nov. 2015, Nominated symposium, 東京大学駒場キャンパス
  • Themes for Cognitively Oriented Diagrams Semantics
    A. Shimojima
    Workshop: History and Philosophy of Logic Notations, Sep. 2015, Oral presentation, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
  • 『一変数表示系』概念に基づく、図表現の一般的統語・意味分析方法
    下嶋篤
    日本認知科学会第31回大会, Sep. 2014, Invited oral presentation
  • Semantic Properties of Diagrams and Their Cognitive Potentials
    A. Shimojima
    Eighth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2014, Aug. 2014, Public discourse, Melbourne, Australia
  • The Barwise-Seligman Model of Representation Systems: A Philosophical Explication
    A. Shimojima; D. Barker-Plummer
    Eighth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2014, Aug. 2014, Oral presentation, Melbourne, Australia
  • Logical Investigation of Reasoning with Tables
    R. Takemura; A. Shimojima; Y. Katagiri
    Eighth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2014, Aug. 2014, Oral presentation, Melbourne, Australia
  • Euler Systems As Feature Indicator Systems
    A. Shimojima
    Fourth International Workshop on Euler Diagrams, Jul. 2014, Keynote oral presentation, Melbourne, Australia
  • Semantic Uplifting in Graphical Notations: Examples and Cognitive Potentials
    A. Shimojima
    Ninth International Conference on Cognitive Science, Aug. 2013, Poster presentation
  • An Eye-Tracking Study of Exploitations of Spatial Constrains in Diagrammatic Reasoning
    下嶋篤
    ワークショップ「思考と行動判断に関するアイトラッカーを用いた研究手法」, Mar. 2013, Invited oral presentation, 慶應義塾大学
  • Psychological Evidence of Mental Segmentation in Table Reading
    T. Sugio; A. Shimojima; Y. Katagiri
    Seventh International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams Diagrams 2012, Jul. 2012, Oral presentation
  • A Logical Investigation on Global Reading of Diagrams
    R. Takemura; A. Shimojima; Y. Katagiri
    Seventh International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams Diagrams 2012, Jul. 2012, Oral presentation
  • 知識機構と分散認知
    下嶋篤
    第2回知識共創フォーラム(FOKCS 2012), Mar. 2012, Invited oral presentation, 北陸先端科学技術大学院大学
  • A Analysis of Graphical Meanings in Channel Theory
    下嶋篤
    Mathematical Logic: Development and Evolution into Various Sciences, Mar. 2012, Invited oral presentation, 金沢市
  • Graphical Semantics Connecting with a Psychological Model of Graphics Comprehension
    下嶋篤
    International Symposium on Logic and Sensibility, Sep. 2011, Invited oral presentation, 慶應義塾大学
  • Attending to and maintaining hierarchical objects in graphics comprehension
    A. Shimojima; K. Enseki; Y. Katagiri
    Sixth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2010, Aug. 2010, Poster presentation
  • An Eye-Tracking Study of Integrative Spatial Cognition over Diagrammatic Representations
    A. Shimojima; Y. Katagiri
    Spatial Cognition VII. LNAI 6222, Springer, Berlin, 262-278, 2010., Aug. 2010, Oral presentation
  • サイズ縮小による書籍カバーの印象の変化
    上田尚; 下嶋篤
    映像情報メディア学会, May 2010, Oral presentation
  • An Eye-Tracking Study of Exploitations of Spatial Constraints in Diagrammatic Reasoning
    A. Shimojima; Y. Katagiri
    Fifth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2008, Sep. 2008, Oral presentation
  • Hypothetical Drawing in Embodied Spatial Reasoning
    A. Shimojima; Y. Katagiri
    Thirtieth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Proceedings, 2247-2252.), Aug. 2008, Poster presentation
  • 視線計測データに基づく仮定的描画による推論の検証
    下嶋篤
    日本認知科学会第24回大会 (発表論文集36-41頁. ), Aug. 2007, Poster presentation
  • 図を使って考えるということ
    下嶋篤
    FUN-AI, Feb. 2007, Invited oral presentation
  • 並行抽象による意味
    下嶋篤
    日本科学哲学会第39回大会, Oct. 2006, Oral presentation
  • What Channel Theory Has to Say about Graphical Meaning
    A. Shimojima
    Trends in Logic IV, Studia Logica International Conference Towards Mathematical Philosophy, The Book of Abstracts, 133-134., Sep. 2006, Oral presentation
  • "Using Channel Theory to Account for Graphical Meaning Generations
    A. Shimojima
    Fourth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2006, Jun. 2006, Poster presentation
  • Contextual Reasoning in Agent Systems." Computational Logic in Multi-Agent Systems
    S. de Saeger; A. Shimojima
    Seventh International Workshop, CLIMA VII, 08 May 2006, Oral presentation, Hakodate, Japan
  • Contextual Reasoning in Concept Spaces
    S. de Saeger; A. Shimojima
    Workshop on Context Representation and Reasoning, CRR'05, Jul. 2005, Oral presentation
  • Pragmatic Inference And Concept Spaces
    S. de Saeger; A. Shimojima
    Workshop on Constraints in Discourse (proceedings pp. 38-50.), Jun. 2005, Oral presentation
  • アイトラッカーを使った図的推論研究:Do We Really Reason about Pictures as the Referents?
    下嶋篤; 深谷拓吾
    日本認知科学会冬のシンポジウム (論文集33-47頁.), Dec. 2004, Invited oral presentation
  • 文章読解時に生じる質疑応答対話の観察的研究
    丹後成貴; 下嶋篤
    日本認知科学会第21回大会 (発表論文集46-47頁.), Aug. 2004, Oral presentation
  • テキスト・レイアウトが読解プロセスに与える影響:読解レベルと読解目的に着目して
    松永大輔; 下嶋篤
    日本認知科学会第21回大会 (発表論文集134-135頁.), Aug. 2004, Oral presentation
  • マルチモーダルコミュニケーションにおける発話及び描画インタラクションについて
    馬田一郎; 片桐恭弘; 下嶋篤
    日本認知科学会第21回大会 (発表論文集138-139頁. ), Aug. 2004, Oral presentation
  • 高齢者の対話スタイルとインタラクション設計
    竹岡篤永; 下嶋篤
    ヒューマンインターフェースシンポジウム 2004 (論文集99-104頁.), Jun. 2004, Oral presentation
  • Speech and Graphical Interaction in Multimodal Communication
    I. Umata; A. Shimojima; Y. Katagiri
    Third International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2004, Mar. 2004, Oral presentation
  • Inferential and Expressive Capacities of Graphical Representations
    A. Shimojima
    Third International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2004, Mar. 2004, Public discourse
  • Graphical Turns in Multimodal Communication
    I. Umata; A. Shimojima; Y. Katagiri; N. Swoboda
    Interactive Graphical Communication Workshop 2003, Aug. 2003, Oral presentation
  • Interaction Organization in Graphical Communication
    I. Umata; A. Shimojima; Y. Katagiri; N. Swoboda
    Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (Prodeedings, 1170-1175.), Aug. 2003, Oral presentation
  • Grounding Functions of Instrument Plays in Dialogue: a Case-Study of Piano Duos in Joint Practice
    C. Oshima; A. Shimojima
    Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (Prodeedings, 892-897.), Aug. 2003, Oral presentation
  • Do We Really Reason about a Picture as the Referent?
    A. Shimojima; T. Fukaya
    Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (Prodeedings, 1076-1081.), Aug. 2003, Oral presentation
  • Dialogues with Drawing
    A. Shimojima
    ISCA Workshop on Error Handling in Spoken Dialogue Systems, Aug. 2003, Keynote oral presentation, Chateau-d’Oex, Switzerland
  • Turn-Taking in Graphical Communication : an Exploratory Study
    A. Takeoka; A. Shimojima
    Fourth SIGdial Workshop on Discourse and DialogueAssociation for Computational Linguistics (Proceedings, 34-38.), Jul. 2003, Oral presentation
  • 図形コミュニケーションにおける描画インタラクションについて
    馬田一郎; 片桐恭弘; 下嶋篤; Nik Swoboda
    日本認知科学会第20回大会 (発表論文集272-273頁. ), Jun. 2003, Oral presentation
  • 論理学・意味論・認知科学ルートの拡張
    下嶋篤
    日本英文学会第75回大会シンポジアム, May 2003, Keynote oral presentation, 成蹊大学
  • Grounding-Styles of Aged Dyads: an Exploratory Study
    A. Takeoka; A. Shimojima
    Third SIGdial Workshop on Discourse and Dialogue (Proceedings, 188-195.), Jul. 2002, Oral presentation
  • Graphically Speaking: Do Graphics Affect Perspectives in Event Conceptualization?
    I. Umata; Y. Katagiri; A. Shimojima
    Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (896-901.), Jul. 2002, Oral presentation
  • 80歳代高齢者と20-30歳代成人の対話における基盤化(グラウンディング)過程の比較
    竹岡篤永; 下嶋篤
    日本認知科学会第19回大会, Jun. 2002, Oral presentation
  • 図形コミュニケーションにおける移動の概念化について
    馬田一郎; 片桐恭弘; 下嶋篤
    日本認知科学会第19回大会(発表論文集252-253頁.), Jun. 2002, Oral presentation
  • Movement Conceptualizations in Graphical Communication
    I. Umata; Y. Katagiri; A. Shimojima
    Second International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2002, Apr. 2002, Oral presentation
  • The Inferential-Expressive Trade-Off: A Case Study of Tabular Representations
    A. Shimojima
    Second International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2002, Apr. 2002, Oral presentation
  • Semantic Extents of Sketches
    A. Shimojima; D. Motohashi
    AAAI Symposium on Sketch Understanding (AAAI Technical Report SS-02-08, pp. 133-139.), Mar. 2002, Oral presentation
  • 移動表現の使用にみられる視覚的表象の影響
    馬田一郎; 片桐恭弘; 下嶋篤
    日本認知科学会第18回大会 (発表論文集118-119頁. ), Jun. 2001, Oral presentation
  • A Logical Analysis of Graphical Consistency Proof
    A. Shimojima
    International Conference of Model-Based Reasoning, May 2001, Oral presentation
  • 外的表現のターゲット固定問題について
    桐谷理; 下嶋篤
    日本科学哲学会第33回大会, Dec. 2000, Oral presentation
  • An Informational Analysis of the Mediated Use of Language in Graphics Communiction
    I. Umata; A. Shimojima; Y. Katagiri
    ESSLLI Workshop on Integrating Information from Different Channels in Multi-Media Contexts (Proceedings, pp. 48-55.), Aug. 2000, Oral presentation
  • Talking through Graphics: An Empirical Study of the Sequential Integration of Modalities
    I. Umata; A. Shimojima; Y. Katagiri
    Twentieth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (proceedings, pp. 529-534.), Aug. 2000, Oral presentation
  • Display Acts in Grounding Negotiations
    Y. Katagiri; A. Shimojima
    Goetalog 2000, the Fourth Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue (Proceedings, pp. 195-198.), Jun. 2000, Oral presentation
  • 図を用いた対面対話における手の動作の機能
    遠藤勉; 下嶋篤
    日本認知科学会第17回大会 (発表論文集20-21頁. ), Jun. 2000, Oral presentation
  • An Experimental Study on the Informational and Grounding Functions of Prosodic Features of Japanese Echoic Responses
    A. Shimojima; Y. Katagiri; H. Koiso; M. Swerts
    ESCA Workshop on Dialogue and Prosody (Proceedings pp. 187-192.), Sep. 1999, Oral presentation
  • Derivative Meaning in Graphical Representations
    A. Shimojima
    1999 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages (Proceedings, pp. 212-219.), Sep. 1999, Oral presentation
  • Pragmatics of Body Moves
    S. P. Gill; M. Kawamori; Y. Katagiri; A. Shimojima
    Third International Cognitive Technology Conference (Proceedings, pp. 345-358.), Aug. 1999, Oral presentation
  • 言語, 情報, 表現, そしてデザイン
    下嶋篤
    第29回創成科学フォーラム, Jun. 1999, Oral presentation, 神戸大
  • On Different Functions of Repetitive Utterances
    M. Swerts; H. Koiso; A. Shimojima; Y. Katagiri
    Fifth International Conference on Spoken Language Processing (Proceedings, Paper Number 269.), Dec. 1998, Oral presentation
  • An Informational Analysis of Echoic Responses in Dialogue
    A. Shimojima; H. Koiso; M. Swerts; Y. Katagiri
    Twentieth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (Proceedings, pp.951-956.), Aug. 1998, Oral presentation
  • 談話における信念改訂と推論コスト
    石川潔; 時本信吾; 下嶋篤
    日本認知科学会第15回大会 (論文集242-243頁. ), Jun. 1998, Poster presentation
  • 音声対話コーパスに基づく繰り返し応答の分析
    下嶋篤
    言語処理学会第4回年次大会, Mar. 1998, Oral presentation
  • 対話の情報論的研究のためのプロレゴメナ
    下嶋篤; 片桐恭弘; 小磯花絵
    計測自動制御学会第19回システム工学部会研究会 (資料集87-94頁. ), Dec. 1997, Oral presentation
  • 談話状況における情報統合:一般化理論の可能性について
    下嶋篤
    関西哲学会第50回大会, Oct. 1997, Invited oral presentation
  • Informational Potentials of Dynamic Speech Rate in Dialogue
    H. Koiso; A. Shimojima; Y. Katagiri
    Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (Proceedings, pp.394-399.), Aug. 1997, Oral presentation
  • 対話における情報境界と発話速度
    小磯花絵; 下嶋篤; 片桐恭弘
    日本認知科学会第14回大会 (論文集242-243頁. ), Jun. 1997, Oral presentation
  • 映像を介したコミュ ニケーションの特徴分析
    犬童早苗; 小磯花絵; 下嶋篤; 岡田美智男; 片桐恭弘
    電子情報通信学会研究会(信学技報 HCS96-42 (1997-01) 27-34頁. ), Jun. 1997, Oral presentation
  • Scorekeeping for Conversation-Construction
    A. Shimojima; Y. Katagiri; H. Koiso
    Munich Workshop on Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue (Proceedings, pp.172-194.), Mar. 1997, Oral presentation, The University of Munich, Germany
  • 会話相互作用におけるリズム
    小磯花絵; 下嶋篤; 岡田美智男; 片桐恭弘
    人工知能学会言語・音声理解と対話処理研究会(9-24頁.), Oct. 1996, Oral presentation
  • Hyperproof and Visual Reasoning
    G. Allwein; A. Shimojima
    Eleventh Conference on Computers and Philosophy, Aug. 1996, Oral presentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Definite Descriptions Revisited by Situations
    A. Shimojima
    Fourth Conference on Logic and Linguistics, Jul. 1993, Oral presentation, Ohio State University, Ohio
  • ウトゲンシュタイン『論理哲学論考』の「無意義性」
    下嶋篤
    Societas Philosophiae Doshisha 研究発表会, Sep. 1988, Oral presentation

Research Projects

  • An integrated approach to the processing of abstract information in diagrammatic reasoning
    A. Shimojima
    本研究では、論理学的・計算論的・心理学的アプローチを統合して、図を介した人間の情報処理を総合的に理解することを試みた。, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), 2015/04 -2020/03, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
  • Logic and Computation of Prediction, Judgment and Decision Making
    M. Okada
    理論研究と実証的研究を組み合わせ新研究手法を導入し、論理推論、論理判断、意思決定について多層的成果を得た。, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area), 2011/04 -2016/03, Competitive research funding
  • Modeling of analogical mapping among space, time and inference and their verification
    Y. Takubo
    本研究ではメンタルスペースの類比マッピングの概念を使い、空間と時間、これらと推論関係との写像関係を位相幾何学、論理意味論により明らかにした。, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), 2011/04 -2015/03, Competitive research funding
  • Integrated Study of the Competence of Diagrammatic Representation Systems and the Performance of Diagrammatic Reasoning
    A. Shimojima
    本研究では、図的表現系がその意味論的特性に基づいてどのような認知的能力をもっているかを論理・計算論的分析に基づいて予測し、さらにその能力が現実の人間による推論の過程にどのように影響するかを実験を主とした心理分析に基づいて解明した。, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), 2011/04 -2013/03, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Doshisha University
  • Research on computational theory of spatial thinking
    Y. Katagiri
    本研究課題では、空間思考を中核とする問題解決の高次認知活動を対象とした認知心理実験を行い、そこから得られる実証的事実に立脚し、言語思考に関する認知の計算理論との対比に基づいて空間思考を支える計算理論を構想し、その構成要素を明らかにすることを目標として研究を行った。, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, 2009/04 -2011/03, Competitive research funding, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Future University-Hakodate
  • Formal semantics of higher-level information of graphical representations that informs the study of diagrams comprehension
    A. Shimojima
    図は詳細度・抽象度の異なる情報を同時に表現することが知られている。本研究では、図の読解において抽象度の高い情報(「高次情報」という)が実際に利用されているかを、読解時の視線の運動を分析することによって確かめた。, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2008/04 -2010/03, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Doshisha University
  • Exploitation of the new domain of Data Science-Informatics of the cultural properties-
    M. Murakami
    本研究では、人文社会科学の中でも、情報化・データ化の研究が遅れていた文化財分野を対象とし、考古学、舞踊、古典文献、浮世絵等の具体的な研究課題の解明を通じて、文化財特有のデータの性質や基盤化、またそれを用いた新しい文化研究の方法論および解析方法の開拓を試みた。, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), 2006/04 -2009/03, Competitive research funding, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Doshisha University
  • An Analysis of the Cognitive Functions of Graphical Representations in Extended Semantic Approach
    A. Shimojima
    本研究課題では、グラフィック表現の認知機能の研究に対して、意味論的分析の側から貢献を行った。, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2006/04 -2007/03, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Doshisha University
  • A study of the efficacy of graphics dialogues with the focus on constraint projections from graphical structures
    A. Shimojima
    本プロジェクトでは、おもに次の3つの視点から、図的構造からの制約投射に着目したグラフィックス対話の有効性を分析した。(1)行動データによる制約投射理論の検証。(2)非対面遠隔音声対話における描画行動の観察。(3)対面音声対話における描画行動の観察。, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2001/04 -2003/03, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  • The construction of Abstract Design Theory and its development
    J. Kakuta
    情報の流れの概念をBarwise-Seligmanのチャンネル理論とは異なる条件射の概念を使用して直接的に定義し、それがBarwise-Seligmanのチャンネル理論のそれと同値であることを示した(完全性、健全性の証明)。, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 2001/04 -2002/03, Competitive research funding, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), KOBE UNIVERSITY
  • Formal semantics of graphical representations focusing on the interference from geometrical constraints
    A. Shimojima
    本研究では、同じ情報を異なった様式で表示したとき、一方の表現が他方よりすぐれていると場合があるという「表現の有効性」という現象を、意味論的な見地から説明した。, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Young Scientists (A), 1999/04 -2000/03, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding