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Arisa EMA / 江間 有沙
Fields: Science & Technology Studies, Surveillance Studies
Arisa Ema is an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo and Visiting Researcher at RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project in Japan. She is a researcher in Science and Technology Studies (STS), and her primary interest is to investigate the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence by organizing an interdisciplinary research group. She is a board member of the Japan Deep Learning Association (JDLA). She is also a member of the Council for Social Principles of Human-centric AI, The Cabinet Office, which released “Social Principles of Human-Centric AI” in 2019, and also a member of the Japanese government's AI Strategy Council launched in May 2023. Internationally, she is an expert member of the working group on the Future of Work, GPAI (Global Partnership on AI). She is an elected member of the UN Secretary General's Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence. She obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo. The University of Tokyo Excellent Young Researcher, 2021.
Current Position
Associate Professor, Tokyo College, the University of Tokyo (2023.11-)
Visiting Researcher, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (2017.1-)
Previous Positions
Associate Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, University of Tokyo (2021.4-2023.10)
Visiting Researcher, AIST Department of Information Technology and Human Factors (2020.4-2021.3)
Assistant Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, University of Tokyo (2019.4-2020.3)
Assistant Professor, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, University of Tokyo (2018.4-2019.3)
Assistant Professor, Science Interpreter Training Program, Komaba Organization for Educational Excellence, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan (2015.4-2018.3)
Assistant Professor, Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Japan (2012.4-2015.3)
Research Fellow (DC1) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists (2009.4-2012.3)
Education
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Ph.D. in Science and Technology Study (2012)
Dissertation: “Confrontation between Security and Privacy in Information Society: Public Attitudes towards Surveillance related Technologies”
Cornell University, Department of Science & Technology Studies, Ithaca, USA. One-year visiting student (2009.8-2010.6)
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. M.A. in Science and Technology Study (2009)
University of Sussex, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), UK, visiting student (2007.4-2007.6)
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. B.A. in Science and Technology Study (2007)
Awards
Award From Chairman of the Council for Info-Communications Promotion Month (2024)
Women in AI Awards 2023 APAC, Finalist AI in Law Award (2023)
The University of Tokyo, Excellent Young Researcher (2021)
100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics You Should Follow in 2020 (2019)
100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics You Should Follow in 2019 and beyond (2018)
NISTEP Award (The Researchers with Nice Step) (2017)
Encouragement Award, Komaba Organization for Educational Excellence (KOMEX), University of Tokyo, Japan (2017)
2012 Ichiko Memorial Award, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan (2012)
Incentive Award of Department of General Systems Studies, University of Tokyo, Japan (2009)
President’s Award for Students, University of Tokyo, Japan (2007)
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