KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Potential of Natural Language Processing Technologies including Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Medical and Welfare Fields.
Assoc. Prof. Kyoko Kanzaki
Otemon Gakuin University, Japan

Abstract
In recent years, natural language processing technology, including generative AI, is expected to be applied in various fields to solve social issues. In this presentation, I will introduce our actual projects using natural language processing in the nursing and medical field. Japan is the fastest aging society in the world. On the other hand, there is a shortage of nursing care personnel. Applied technology to protect the health and QOL of the elderly is an important issue. We are currently working with elderly care facilities to develop a communication system to be mounted on nursing care robots. In the medical field, there is also a growing interest in using information technology to solve problems, such as reducing the workload of hospital staff, sharing and utilizing medical information and developing applications that are useful for both patients and hospital staff. We are working with a hospital on a project called "Smart Hospital," which aims to improve the informatization and efficiency of the medical field. In this presentation, I will discuss the difficulties of development and the potential for social application through an actual project case study.

Biography
Kyoko Kanzaki received the M.E. from Japanese Language and Culture Major, Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Science, Waseda University, and Ph.D. degrees in Philosophy from Kobe University (Doctoral corse of Systems Functional Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology), Japan in 2001. Her research interests include natural language processing, leixcon and Japanese linguistics. She was a senior researcher at National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) from 1998 to 2010. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Department of Linguistic Theory and Structure, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL) from 2010 to 2012. She was a Project Associate Professor at Toyohashi University and Technology from 2012 to 2021. From April, 2021, she is working at Department of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, Faculty of Psychology in Otemon Gakuin University.