R4D Researcher Miyuki Fujiwara to Speak at HCG Symposium 2023 on Monday, December 11

R4D researcher Miyuki Fujiwara will be giving a presentation at HCG Symposium 2023, an event held by the Human Communication Group (HCG) of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers from December 11th (Mon.) to 13th (Wed.). Fujiwara will be speaking together with Ari Hautasaari and Rintaro Chujo of the University of Tokyo, who are members of the Value Exchange Engineering project, a collaboration between Mercari and the University of Tokyo

• See here for more details on HCG Symposium 2023

Overview of HCG Symposium 2023

• Venue:
  • AIM 3F, Kitakyushu Convention and Visitors Association (3-8-1 Asano, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka); also streamed online
• Dates:
  • Monday, December 11, 2023—Wednesday, December 13, 2023

About the Presentation

• Topic
  • How sharing your preferred communication style impacts price negotiations on an online marketplace
• Speakers
  • Miyuki Fujiwara (Mercari R4D)
  • Rintaro Chujo (University of Tokyo)
  • Ari Hautasaari (University of Tokyo)
• Date and time
  • 2:10 PM–3:25 PM on Monday, December 11, 2023 (Fifth presentation of session A-2 at event space A)
• Reference videos:
  • Mercari R4D: Text Communication Research to Improve the Customer Service Messages Sent to Users (video about Fujiwara’s research)
  • Mercari and University of Tokyo: How the Shape of Speech Bubbles Communicate the Emotion Behind a Message | Value Exchange Engineering Project (video about Chujo’s project)
  • Communication and Value Exchange: Overcoming Language Barriers with Interdisciplinary Research (video of a conversation between Fujiwara and Hautasaari)

Related link on communication research: https://r4d.mercari.com/en/communication/

Value Exchange Engineering website: https://www.riise.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/research_programs/vxe