Call for Papers - Special Issue of "Collaboration technologies and network services in the age of AI"

Journal of Information Processing (JIP) is pleased to announce the call for papers for a special issue of “Collaboration technologies and network services in the age of AI.”
In the modern era, AI and digital technologies have become core components of everyday life. The advancement of the AI era has revolutionized human work styles and communication methods, making cooperation across remote locations and international information exchange commonplace. These developments have spawned innovative forms of collaboration among diverse groups of individuals and organizations, facilitating creative and efficient problem-solving. Nevertheless, the rapid evolution of these technologies also brings significant challenges, such as privacy concerns, an increasing digital divide, and the weakening of human connections. As AI-enhanced communication improves convenience, it simultaneously reduces informal interactions and serendipitous exchanges, further diluting personal relationships. Amid these dynamics, the revaluation of interpersonal and social connections has become crucial. Addressing these issues to foster a harmonious coexistence of technology and humanity is critical, underscoring the growing importance of collaboration technologies and network services.
　For this special issue, the editorial committee invites paper submissions on topics related to collaboration and network services to contribute to the further development of research. The main topics of this special issue include, but are not limited to, communication and interaction, awareness, knowledge management, information sharing technologies, distributed/physical space support systems, AI/robotics applications, cyberspace and metaverse, multi-user/multi-modal interfaces, remote work/telework, cross-cultural exchanges, dialogue analysis, and social/administrative services. We also invite submissions on theories and technologies of collaboration and network services, as well as practical evaluations in various fields such as healthcare, welfare, education, disaster prevention, and tourism. We encourage vigorous submissions and look forward to your contributions. The editorial process for this issue will be conducted under the “Guest Editor System.”
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Journal of Information Processing (JIP) is currently encouraging more submissions from outside of Japan.
The publication fee of any accepted papers will not be charged if all the authors of the paper belong to institutes outside Japan.
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(1) All papers must be submitted electronically. Please access the following URL and proceed under the submission instructions:

https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ipsj

Once you have submitted your manuscript, you cannot change it.
So, you must submit the final version of your manuscript.
If, by mistake, you submitted a wrong version, please contact the IPSJ secretariat ＜s1m-at-ipsj.or.jp＞(Replace -at- with @).

In the event you would like to make a submission, you must first create an account on the paper submission Web page. For detailed information, please refer to the manual available from the link “Instructions & Forms” at the top of the submission page.

(2) All papers will be reviewed. The review process will be carried out in the same manner as regular issues. However, you have shorter time than usual (eight weeks) for preparation of your responses to inquiries.

(3) Submission deadline is March 24, 2025.

(4) The special issue will be published on the J-Stage website in January, 2026. Preprint will be published on the IPSJ Journal in January, 2026.

(5) The editorial committee of this special issue
Editor in-Chief: Hideyuki NAKANISHI (Kindai Univ.)
Editorial Board Member: Mikihiko MORI (Hosei Univ.), Takafumi HIGASHI (Tokyo Denki Univ.)
Editorial Committee Members: Kazuyuki ISO (Tokyo Information Design Professional Univ.), Yusuke ICHIKAWA (Saitama Univ.), Junko ICHINO (Tokyo City Univ.), Satoshi ICHIMURA (Otsuma Women's Univ.), Junko ITOU (Wakayama Univ.), Akifumi INOUE (Tokyo Univ. of Tech.), Tomoo INOUE (Univ. of Tsukuba), Hironori EGI (Univ. of Electro-Comm.), Hiroki ECHIGO (Freelance), Kouyou OTSU (Ritsumeikan Univ.), Masao OHIRA (Wakayama Univ.), Seiji OKAJIMA (Fujitsu), Kenichi OKADA (Keio Univ.), Takefumi OGAWA (Univ. of Tokyo), Hideaki KANAI (JAIST), Ikkaku KAWAGUCHI (Univ. of Tsukuba), Nobutaka KAWAGUCHI (Hitachi, Ltd), Yasue KISHINO (NTT), Kenro GO (SoftBank Corp.), Noriaki SAITO (Tokyo Online Univ.), Kosuke SASAKI (Chuo Univ.), Hidekazu SHIOZAWA (Tamagawa Univ.), Hirohiko SUWA (NAIST), Taichi SONO (Nagasaki Univ.), Kentaro TAKASHIMA (Tokyo Univ. of Science), Atsuo HAZEYAMA (Tokyo Gakugei Univ.), Akira HATTORI (Komazawa Univ.), Taku FUKUSHIMA (Osaka Inst. of Tech.), Hiroyuki MIKI (Oki Consulting Solutions Co., Ltd.), Akihiro MIYATA (Nihon Univ.), Takaya YUIZONO (JAIST), Hideto YUZAWA (Fujifilm), Takashi YOSHINO (Wakayama Univ.)