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RESEARCH AREAS:

  • Human-Computer Interaction

  • AI Ethics

  • Sociotechnical Systems

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TAKUYA MAEDA

Doctoral Student, 
Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Western University

I am a PhD student in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western University. My work is jointly supervised by Prof. Luke Stark and Prof. Anabel Quan-Haase.

My research interests lie at the intersection between NLP and HCI, focusing on how anthropomorphic features in large language models affect user perceptions in ways that might contribute to biases, stereotypes, and interaction harms. I aim to translate these findings into evaluations and regulatory practices.

Previously, I completed a master’s program in information science and engineering at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology, where I studied natural language processing and explored research topics related to social computing, health informatics, online abuse and hate speech, and ethics in NLP.

Maeda, T., & Quan-Haase, A. (2024). When human-AI interactions become parasocial: Agency and anthropomorphism in affective design. In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (pp. 1068-1077).

Maeda, T. (2024). Misplaced Capabilities: Evaluating the Risks of Anthropomorphism in Human-AI Interactions. In Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 35-36).

2025 (Forthcoming) the third edition of the Summer School on Responsible AI and Human Rights, Mila and the University of Montreal

Fall 2024/Winter 2025, MIT 1020: Foundations of Media, Communication, and Technoculture, Faculty of Information and Media Studies

Winter 2024, MIT 2200: Mapping Media and Cultural Theory, Faculty of Information and Media Studies

Fall 2023, MIT 2100: Political Economy of Media, Faculty of Information and Media Studies