Call for Papers - Special Issue of "Young Researchers’ Papers"

　Journal of Information Processing (JIP) is pleased to announce the call for papers for a special issue of “Young Researchers’ Papers”.
　In this special issue, we invite young researchers including students, who will be responsible for future information processing technology, to submit a wide range of novel research results based on their unique perspectives and innovative approaches. To promote activities by young researchers, submitted papers are carefully peer-reviewed with the full cooperation of the JIP editorial board members, with the aim of timely and speedy publication. We invite you to submit a paper that will be a step forward in changing the future of information processing.
　This special issue is open to a wide range of submissions on any research topic related to IPSJ, as long as the first author is a young researcher (including students). Submissions can be made in Japanese or English, with the Japanese version published in the IPSJ Journal (See Japanese CFP in the IPSJ Journal) and the English version published in JIP (Journal of Information Processing, available as a free-access journal from J-STAGE) and as a reprint in the IPSJ Journal. This special issue is conducted by the guest editor system. Michiko Inoue (NAIST) has been invited as a guest editor in chief.

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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.

The Japanese version of the call for papers can be found on the IPSJ Journal 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 May 7, 2025.

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

(5) Requirements for submission
The first author of the paper should be a member (or a student member) of IPSJ less than 40 years old at the time of submission.

(6) The Editorial Committee of This Special Issue
Editor in-Chief： Michiko INOUE (NAIST)
Associate Editor in-Chief： Masahiko INAMI (The Univ. of Tokyo)
Editorial Board Member： Tetsuya ARAKI (Gunma Univ.), Shigeyoshi YAMAI (Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology), Hajime MURAI (Future Univ. Hakodate), Hideki GOROMARU (Chiba Institute of Technology)
Editorial Committee Members： Masateru TSUNODA (Kinki Univ.), Hidetoshi TERADA (Hitachi, Ltd.), Takashi HATASHIMA (NTT), Ryuya UDA (Tokyo Univ. of Technology), Ryo TAKANO (Toyama Prefectural Univ.), Yasukazu HASHIMOTO (RevComm), Yasue KISHINO (NTT), Kohei MATSUMURA (Ritsumeikan Univ.)