Intelligent facilitator for multilingual design workshops

• Project/Area Number: 21K17794
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 61020:Human interface and interaction-related
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: PITUXCOOSUVARN MONDHEERA 立命館大学, 情報理工学部, 助教 (10875941)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2026-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2021)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: HCI / Collaboration technology / Intelligent facilitator

Outline of Research at the Start

Machine translation has become a useful tool for intercultural collaboration. However,misunderstanding and inactiveness of team members still occur. This research aims to design and develop an artificial agent to facilitate multilingual and intercultural workshops and help to solve these problems.