Masaaki Kurosu

Masaaki Kurosu is a professor of the R&D Department of National Institute of Multimedia Education (NIME) of MEXT, the ministry of education. He is also a head of Department of Cyber Culture and Society of the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI). Before coming to NIME and SOKENDAI on September of 2001, he was a professor at the Faculty of Information of Shizuoka University from April of 1994 where he taught the HCI and the usability engineering. Until then, he was working for Hitachi Ltd. at the Design Center from 1988 to 1994 and at the Central Research Laboratory from 1978 to 1988. He studied the experimental psychology and the psychological measurement at the Ph.D. course and the master course of graduate school of Waseda University. He graduated Waseda University in 1971. He developed sHEM (structured Hueristic Evaluation Method), DTM (Dual Task Model), NEM (Novice-Expert ratio Method), and other usability evaluation methods, and now he is interested in the research method for the context of use and is engaged in the development of MSM (Micro Scenario Method). He was also engaged in the methodological development of interaction design, the LISP programming system, and the Japanese word processor. He is now a president of NPO HCD-Net that promotes the human-centered design or the usability engineering in Japan. He is an (co-)author of 27 books, wrote more than 30 articles and gave conference presentations of more than 200. He is a member of ACM SIGCHI, SIGDOC, UPA, HFES, IEEE Computer Society, APS, IPSJ, HIS, JES, JSD, JPA, and JCSS. He served as a conference chair for APCHI'98 and INTERACT'01. He is a member of TC159/SC4/WG6 and IFIP/TC13, and is a board member of IWIPS.

Publications by Masaaki Kurosu (bibliography)

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Kurosu, Masaaki (2012). Commentary on 'Visual Aesthetics' by Noam Tractinsky

Kurosu, Masaaki (ed.) Human Centered Design, HCII 2011, LNCS 6776 July 9-14, 2011, Orlando, Florida, USA.

Hashizume, Ayako, Kurosu, Masaaki and Kaneko, Takao (2008): The Choice of Communication Media and the Use of Mobile Phone among Senior Users and Young Users. In: Lee, Seongil, Choo, Hyunseung, Ha, Sungdo and Shin, In Chul (eds.) Computer-Human Interaction 8th Asia-Pacific Conference - APCHI 2008 July 6-9, 2008, Seoul, Korea. pp. 427-436.

Itoh, Yasuhisa, Hirose, Yoko, Takahashi, Hideaki and Kurosu, Masaaki (2007): A New User-Centered Design Process for Creating New Value and Future. In: Jacko, Julie A. (ed.) HCI International 2007 - 12th International Conference - Part I July 22-27, 2007, Beijing, China. pp. 108-116.

Kurosu, Masaaki (2007): Concept of Usability Revisited. In: Jacko, Julie A. (ed.) HCI International 2007 - 12th International Conference - Part I July 22-27, 2007, Beijing, China. pp. 579-586.

Kurosu, Masaaki, Go, Kentaro, Hirasawa, Naoki and Kasai, Hideaki (2007): Micro-Scenario Database for Substantializing the Collaboration Between Human Science and Engineering. In: Jacko, Julie A. (ed.) HCI International 2007 - 12th International Conference - Part I July 22-27, 2007, Beijing, China. pp. 140-145.

Daimoto, Hiroshi, Araki, Sachiyo, Mizuno, Masamitsu and Kurosu, Masaaki (2007): Application of Micro-Scenario Method (MSM) to User Research for the Motorcycle's Informatization - A Case Study for the Information Support System for Safety. In: Jacko, Julie A. (ed.) HCI International 2007 - 12th International Conference - Part I July 22-27, 2007, Beijing, China. pp. 49-57.

Lin, Haifu, Kurosu, Masaaki, Takahashi, Hideaki, Kato, Hiroshi and Toya, Takeshi (2007): Verification of Development of Scenarios Method and Visual Formats for Design Process. In: Jacko, Julie A. (ed.) HCI International 2007 - 12th International Conference - Part IV 2007. pp. 1095-1101.

Kurosu, Masaaki and Morishita, Masako (2007): Cultural Environment for Social Learning and Adaptation in Different Countries - A Comparison of Minority Foreigners and Majority Foreigners. In: Aykin, Nuray M. (ed.) UI-HCII 2007 - Second International Conference on Usability and Internationalization - Part II July 22-27, 2007, Beijing, China. pp. 133-139.

Hashizume, Ayako, Kurosu, Masaaki and Kaneko, Takao (2007): Multi-window System and the Working Memory. In: Harris, Don (ed.) EPCE 2007 - Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics - 7th International Conference, July 22-27, 2007, Beijing, China. pp. 297-305.

Ando, Masaya and Kurosu, Masaaki (2007): Long Term Usability; Its Concept and Research Approach - The Origin of the Positive Feeling Toward the Product. In: Jacko, Julie A. (ed.) HCI International 2007 - 12th International Conference - Part I July 22-27, 2007, Beijing, China. pp. 393-396.

Daimoto, Hiroshi, Takahashi, Tsutomu, Fujimoto, Kiyoshi, Takahashi, Hideaki, Kurosu, Masaaki and Yagi, Akihiro (2007): Effects of a Dual-Task Tracking on Eye Fixation Related Potentials (EFRP). In: Jacko, Julie A. (ed.) HCI International 2007 - 12th International Conference - Part III 2007. pp. 599-604.

Kurosu, Masaaki, Kobayashi, Tadashi, Yoshitake, Ryoji, Takahashi, Hideaki, Urokohara, Haruhiko and Sato, Daisuke (2004): Trends in Usability Research and Activities in Japan. In International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 17 (1) pp. 103-124.

Kurosu, Masaaki, Sugizaki, Masamori and Matsuura, Sachiyo (1999): A Comparative Study of sHEM (structured heuristic evaluation method). In: Bullinger, Hans-Jörg (ed.) HCI International 1999 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction August 22-26, 1999, Munich, Germany. pp. 938-942.

Kurosu, Masaaki (1997): Dilemma of Usability Engineering. In: Smith, Michael J., Salvendy, Gavriel and Koubek, Richard J. (eds.) HCI International 1997 - Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Volume 2 August 24-29, 1997, San Francisco, California, USA. pp. 555-558.

Kurosu, Masaaki, Yamadera, Hitoshi and Mimura, Itaru (1995): The Role of Screen Parameters in Visual Communication. In: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction July 9-14, 1995, Tokyo, Japan. pp. 167-172.

Kurosu, Masaaki and Kashimura, Kaori (1995): Apparent usability vs. inherent usability: experimental analysis on the determinants of the apparent usability. In: CHI 95 Conference Companion 1995 1995. pp. 292-293.

Kurosu, Masaaki (1993): The Technical Committee for Human Interface (SICE-Japan) -- An Introduction. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 25 (4) pp. 13-14.

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