Toolsmith researcher, programming the way of programming and storytelling. AIST / Arch Inc. (JP) / ex-ExSitu, Université Paris-Saclay (FR). 日本語: @arcatdmz
Paris, France ⇔ Tsukuba, Japan
Joined April 2009
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Critiques of technical-novelty bias, WEIRDness, and framing scholarship as a problem-solving race between humans and AI all seem connected. I value both recognizing the epistemic limits of my perspective and embracing the joy of intellectual exploration.
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After 25 years of being told that theoretical physics isn’t mathematics because we prioritize understanding over proofs, I find the math-AI debate rather heartwarming. Suddenly, many mathematicians are explaining that mathematics is about understanding, not just proofs. Welcome!
Things are heating up on Terry Tao’s blog. In “If Math Is More Than Proof, We Need to Better Celebrate the Rest of It,” Grant Sanderson of @3blue1brown proposes “open exposition problems” -- rewarding the work of making math genuinely understandable.
terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/…
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@tweet_phia sent me the database consumption wiki article earlier this week & i was soo happy to have a word for this way of engaging with my media I've held beloved since childhood, rabbitholing on Touhou/Marvel wikis… databases gotta be one of my favorite narrative mediums
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🚩Hatsune Miku “Magical Mirai 2026” Programming Contest is on-going!
Entries open until noon on June 29th (Mon.) JST!✨💻
Deadline is less than a week away! Looking forward to your participation!🌻
magicalmirai.com/2026/procon…
#MagicalMirai2026 #HatsuneMiku #mm2026procon #TextAlive
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"There was a 33% increase in UIST paper submissions. The overall mean score is 2.46 and the median is 2.5. Papers with an overall score of 3.0 or higher are in the top 23% of submissions." uist.acm.org/2026/announceme…
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Hatsune Miku “Magical Mirai 2026” Programming Contest is available in English!
Entries open until noon on June 29th (Mon.) JST!✨💻
The TextAlive App API support page also supports English.
Check out our official website for more!🌟
magicalmirai.com/2026/procon…
#MagicalMirai2026 #HatsuneMiku #mm2026procon #TextAlive
I’m not attending #CHI2026, but I’ll be part of this lecture series. In the coming weeks, I’ll be giving two talks: “🫂 Research community,” on joining a research community, and “🛠️ DevOps for research,” on using tools to support research.
The lecture "Non-Research Tips for Information Science Researchers" will be held tomorrow during the 2nd period 👏 We will systematically explain "non-research skills" essential for advancing research. w/ @bravery_ @koya_narumi @arcatdmz #non_research_tips non-research-tips.github.io/…
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The lecture "Non-Research Tips for Information Science Researchers" will be held tomorrow during the 2nd period 👏 We will systematically explain "non-research skills" essential for advancing research. w/ @bravery_ @koya_narumi @arcatdmz #non_research_tips non-research-tips.github.io/…
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🎶Hatsune Miku “Magical Mirai 2026” Programming Contest has been announced!
Entries open until noon on June 29th (Mon.) JST!✨💻
Check out our official website for more!🌻
magicalmirai.com/2026/procon…
#MagicalMirai2026 #HatsuneMiku #mm2026procon #TextAlive
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Writing an HCI paper about an AI-powered system to a venue like UIST 2026 or CHI 2027? Wondering what reviewers expect you to report, and how to approach paper framing and writing? Check out our reporting guidelines: medium.com/p/7c3ae86341e3?po…
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To date, HCI researchers have had no support on signaling their paper's relevance to AI, esp. when that connection is tenuous at best. We introduce a systematic framework to ensure LLMs are mentioned at every stage of paper reporting—from framing, to evaluation, to implications.
📢We held The 1st Animāre Seminar on Creativity Support Tools this Tuesday, and the recording is now available:
youtube.com/watch?v=fCcY6S9M…
Featuring Jingyi, Jane, Shm, Kumiyo, and myself, the seminar went beyond technical CSTs to discuss creative processes, expertise, and cultures.
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deadine extended to feb 20! ;-)
submit to our workshop so we can yap about creativity support & activity tracing & understanding creative communities/process/people better, together
herding-cats-ws.github.io/
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submit to our workshop so we can yap about creativity support & activity tracing & understanding creative communities/process/people better, together
herding-cats-ws.github.io/
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Elena’s Variation Lab is recruiting PhD students! See below document for details. Excellent (and rare!) opportunity for stellar students to purse a PhD in HCI:
We're admitting PhD students! (Possible co-PIs include @zittrain or @IanArawjo if interests align.) Deadline: Dec 15. Here's what we're excited about pursuing with new students: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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Happy CHI review deadline day! Time to finish and polish those last-minute reviews. Here’s a link to Kumar et al.’s guide to reviewing for CHI: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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“[S]ystem building efforts were a lot more exciting and had greater impact—in no small part because we thought long and hard about how the systems ended up getting adopted and used!” 👏
Blog Post: Looking back on the first decade as faculty (2014-2024).
I list my favorite papers from the decade, why I enjoyed working on them, and provide backstory and reflection.
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