Eri Kuroda

University of Tokyo Matsuo-Iwasawa Lab.

Project Researcher, Postdoc

Biography

Eri Kuroda is a graduate student majoring in information science at Ochanomizu University.

My research focuses on understanding the world using machine learning and deep learning to help humans recognize objects and make predictions.

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Interests

Machine Learning
Deep Learning
World Model
Physical Reasoning
Prediction

Education

Ph.D (Computer Sciences), 2025

Ochanomizu University
M.Sc. (Computer Sciences), 2022

Ochanomizu University
B.Sc. (Computer Sciences), 2020

Ochanomizu University

News

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2025-05-20

Our paper on collision prediction of objects in real environments has been published in JACIII.

2025-04-01

I started working at the University of Tokyo as an academic staff.

2025-03-24

I completed my PhD (computer science) at Ochanomizu University.

2024-09-04

I gave an oral presentation at The 40th Fuzzy System Symposium.

2024-08-23

Our paper was accepted for 2024 Joint 13th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 25th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS&ISIS2024).

2024-05-31

I gave an oral presentation at The 38th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence.

2024-04-01

I was selected for Research Grant (C) from Tateisi Science and Technology Foundation.

2023-11-10

I received the Yasui-Kuroda Scholarship Fund from Ochanomizu University for my research in natural sciences.

2023-10-10

I gave an oral presentation at DS2023 held at Porto, Portugal.

2023-10-04

As a Guest Researcher, I stay at Saarland University> from October 4th to March 28th.

2023-08-06

I gave an online oral presentation at PRML2023 held at Xinjiang University, China.

2023-07-26

Our paper was accepted for 26th International Conference on Discovery Science (DS2023).

2023-06-06

I gave an oral presentation at The 37th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence.

2023-05-30

I gave a Plenary Talk at the Artificial Intelligence Research Center (AIRC) of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).

2023-05-10

Our paper was accepted for 2023 IEEE the 4th International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (PRML2023).

2023-04-01

I was selected for JSPS Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers.

2023-03-28

One paper was published in the Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan (paper).

2023-03-02

I gave an oral presentation at The 85th National Convention of IPSJ.

2023-01-24

I gave an invited talk at an Education Program for Female Leaders : Training Course hosted by Ochanomizu University.

2023-01-05

Two papers were published in the Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan (1・2).

2022-10-20

I gave an invited talk at an Online Seminar for female student hosted by RIKEN AIP.

2022-10-06

As an internship student, I stay at German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) from October 6th to December 31st.

2022-09-01

Our paper "The World Students See Through Research"was published in Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence.

2022-06-15

I gave an oral presentation at The 36th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence.

2022-05-01

Two papers were published in a Special Issue of "Thinking about the Future of Transactions of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence" (AI System Papers・Concept Papers) in Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence.

2022-04-01

I was awarded Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (DC1) by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

2022-03-03

I gave an online presentation at The 84th National Convention of IPSJ and won Student Encouragement Award of IPSJ National Convention.

2022-02-15

I won the Best Session Award at The 22nd International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (ISIS2021) held in December 2021.

2021-12-16

I gave an online presentation at The 22nd International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (ISIS2021) .

2021-10-27

Our paper was accepted for The 22nd International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (ISIS2021) .

2021-05-31

My interview was posted on the website.

2021-03-26

I received Research Grant from Leave a Nest Co. and Appliances Company, Panasonic Co.

2021-03-18

I gave an online presentation at The 83rd National Convention of IPSJ.

2020-12-23

I won the FY2020 Ochanomizu University Student Award.

2020-12-07

Renewal of the website.

2020-11-24

I gave an online presentation at The 23rd Information-Based Induction Sciences Workshop.

2020-06-09

I gave an online presentation at The 34th Annual Conference of the JSAI2020.

2020-05-28

I won the Best Paper Award of IPSJ National Convention at The 82nd National Convention of IPSJ held in Mar 2020.

2020-04-01

I selected as a KSP-SP scholarship student (3rd term) by Ochanomizu University and KSP-SP Co.

2020-03-07

I gave an online presentation at The 82nd National Convention of IPSJ and won Student Encouragement Award of IPSJ National Convention.

2020-03-01

I opened the website.

2020-02-02

I gave an poster presentation at the convention of Chronogenesis.

2019-11-20

I received research support from Ochanomizu University AI and Data Science Center.

Publications

Journal

Kuroda,E. & Kobayashi, I. (in press). Verbal Representation of Object Collision Prediction Based on Physical Properties. Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics.
Kuroda,E. & Kobayashi, I. (2025). Predictive Inference Models for Real-world Physical Environments. Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, Vol.29, No.3, pp.456-468, 2025.

International Conference

Eri Kuroda & Ichiro Kobayashi. Verbal Representation of Object Collision Prediction Based on Physical CommonSense Knowledge. 2025 17th International Conference on Machine Learning and Computing (ICMLC2025), Long Paper, Oral, Guangzhou, China, Feb 14th-17th, 2025.
Eri Kuroda, Yuki Taya & Ichiro Kobayashi. Verbal Description Focusing on Physical Properties of Real-World Environments. 2024 Joint 13th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 25th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS&ISIS2024), Long Paper, Oral, Hyogo, Japan, Nov 9th-12th, 2024.
Eri Kuroda & Ichiro Kobayashi. Predictive Inference Model of the Physical Environment that emulates Predictive Coding. 26th International Conference on Discovery Science (DS2023), Long Paper, Oral, Porto, Portugal, Oct 9th-11th, 2023 (Acceptance rate 35.3%).
Eri Kuroda & Ichiro Kobayashi. Extraction of Motion Change Points based on the Physical Characteristics of Objects. 2023 IEEE the 4th International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (PRML2023), Long Paper, Oral, Xinjiang University, China, Aug 4th-6th, 2023.
Eri Kuroda, Shinji Nishimoto, Satoshi Nishida & Ichiro Kobayashi. A Deep Generative Model imitating Predictive Coding in the Human Brain. The 22nd International Symposium on Advances Intelligent Systems, Long Paper, Oral, Online, December 15th-18th, 2021 (Best Session Award).

Domestic Conference (in Japanese)

Eri Kuroda & Ichiro Kobayashi. Verbal Representation of Object Collision Prediction Based on Physical Common Sense. The 40th Fuzzy System Symposium, Oral, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Aichi, Sep 2nd-4th, 2024.
Eri Kuroda & Ichiro Kobayashi. Verbal Description Focusing on Physical Properties of Real-world Environments. The 38th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Oral, ACT CITY Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, May 28th-31st, 2024.
Eri Kuroda & Ichiro Kobayashi. Predictive Inference Model of the Physical Environment that mimics Predictive Coding. The 37th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Oral, Kumamoto-jo Hall, Kumamoto, Jun 5th-9th, 2023.
Eri Kuroda & Ichiro Kobayashi. A Study on the Construction of an Inflection Point Prediction Model Imitating Predictive Coding in the Human Brain Under Physical Environments. The 85th National Convention of IPSJ, Oral, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Mar 2nd-4th, 2023.
Eri Kuroda & Ichiro Kobayashi. A Study on Extraction of Motion Inflection Points Focusing on Objects in an Image. The 36th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Oral, Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto, Jun 14th-17th, 2022.
Eri Kuroda & Ichiro Kobayashi. A Study on Extracting the Inflection Point in the Physical Environment. The 84th National Convention of IPSJ, Oral, Online, Mar 3rd-5th, 2022 (Student Encouragement Award of IPSJ National Convention).
Eri Kuroda, Shinji Nishimoto, Satoshi Nishida & Ichiro Kobayashi. A Study on a Deep Generative Model Imitating Predictive Coding. The 83rd National Convention of IPSJ, Oral, Online, Mar 18th-20th, 2021.
Eri Kuroda, Shinji Nishimoto, Satoshi Nishida & Ichiro Kobayashi. A Deep Generative Model Imitating Predictive Coding. The 23rd Information-Based Induction Sciences Workshop, Oral, Online, Nov 23rd-26th, 2020.
Eri Kuroda & Ichiro Kobayashi. A Study on Building a Deep Generative Model for Prediction in the Human Brain. The 34th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Oral, Online, Jun 8th-11th, 2020.
Eri Kuroda & Ichiro Kobayashi. A Study on Predicting the Real World using Deep Generative Models. The 82nd National Convention of IPSJ, Oral, Online, Mar 5th-7th, 2020 (Student Encouragement Award of IPSJ National Convention, Best Paper Award of IPSJ National Convention).
Eri Kuroda & Ichiro Kobayashi. A Study on Building a Deep Generative Model for Prediction in the Human Brain. Chronogenesis, Poster, Toyonaka, Osaka, Feb 1st-2nd, 2020.

Invited

Eri Kuroda. Education Program for Female Leaders : Advanced Course, Ochanomizu University, Institute for Global Leadership, Jan 29th, 2025.
Eri Kuroda. Research Introduction, Universität des Saarlandes : Prof.Dr. Vera Demberg team, Oct 30th, 2023.
Eri Kuroda. Plenary Talk, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Artificial Intelligence Research Center (AIRC), May 30th, 2023.
Eri Kuroda. Education Program for Female Leaders : Training Course, Ochanomizu University, Institute for Global Leadership, Jan 24th, 2023.
Eri Kuroda. Research Introduction, DFKI Cognitive Assistants : Dr.-Ing. Jan Alexandersson team, Nov 30th, 2022.
Eri Kuroda. Research Introduction, DFKI Cognitive Assistants : Dr.-Ing. Boris Brandherm team, Oct 25th, 2022.
Eri Kuroda. Online seminars for female students, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP), Oct 20th, 2022.

Others

Eri Kuroda, Ayana Murakami. Student Forum (126) Interview with Prof. Yoko Nishihara: Discover Your Desires from Your Heart, Not Just Your Capabilities. Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Vol.40, No.1, pp.1092-1096.
Eri Kuroda. Special Issue: New Trends of Researches for Doctoral Theses. Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Vol.39, No.1, pp.46-47.
Eri Kuroda. Student Forum (117) Interview with Associate Prof. Yuki Igarashi: Real Opinions and Communications. Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Vol.38, No.3, pp.429-434.
Eri Kuroda. Project on Student Editorial Committee: Report on the 40th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (Probabilistic Robotics and Data Engineering Robotics ~Recognition, Behavioral Learning, and Symbolic Emergence~ (4/4)), Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, Vol.41, No.2, pp.149-150.
Eri Kuroda. Project on Student Editorial Committee: Report on the 40th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (Probabilistic Robotics and Data Engineering Robotics ~Recognition, Behavioral Learning, and Symbolic Emergence~ (3/4)), Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, Vol.41, No.1, pp.46-47.
Eri Kuroda. Project on Student Editorial Committee: Report on the 40th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (Probabilistic Robotics and Data Engineering Robotics ~Recognition, Behavioral Learning, and Symbolic Emergence~ (1/4)), Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, Vol.41, No.1, pp.44-45.
Eri Kuroda, Tomoko Ohkuma, Masanori Takano, Chie Morita, Yuko Sakurai & Yoji Kiyota. The World Students See Through Research, Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Vol.37, No.5, pp.640-648.
Eri Kuroda, Saya Kashiwakura & Ayari Matsui. Student Forum (112) Interview with Prof. Akiko Aizawa: Climb Your Own Mountain, Even If Itʼs Small at First. Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Vol.37, No.4, pp.533-536.
Eri Kuroda, Yuko Sakurai, Masanori Takano, Hiroshi Sakuma & Yoji Kiyota. AI System Papers -Challenges and Possibilities for Collaboration among Different Communities-. Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Vol.37, No.3, pp.323-328.
Eri Kuroda, Hiroshi Yamakawa, Fujio Toriumi, Hiroshi Sakuma & Yoji Kiyota. Concept Papers -To Facilitate Dissemination of High-Impact Papers-. Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Vol.37, No.3, pp.329-333.
Maiko Onishi, Eri Kuroda & Hiroshi Sakuma. Student Forum (110) Interview with Prof. Emi Tamaki: The Future of “Body Sharing Technology” Based on Deep Sensation. Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Vol.37, No.2, pp.237-239.
Eri Kuroda. Interview Articles about Leave a Nest Research Grant.