Shumpei Kumon — Articles
English introductions to the institute’s research, essays, and archived publications. Japanese originals and downloadable materials are linked from each entry.
Joint Recommendation on Policies for the Development and Use of AI
David Farber and Shumpei Kumon’s statement of 27 April 2023 welcomes AI’s potential while calling for international cooperation on risk assessment, transparency in technological development, and guidelines adapted to different users and purposes. The authors’ original English PDF is available.
Remembering Professor Takeyuki Hida
Professor Takeyuki Hida, Professor Emeritus of Nagoya University, died on 29 December 2017. This memorial introduces his links with the institute and the relevance of his research on stochastic processes to Socio-Infonomics. The Features page brings together related materials.
Social Systems Theory: Course Materials for 2012
Reference materials for the 2012 Tama University course on social systems theory. The original Japanese page links to the course document.
The Information Society Today: Draft Manuscript
An archival announcement of draft chapters circulated for comment in 2010. A later note states that draft publication ended after the completed book was issued as The Information Society Today: To New Netizens by NTT Publishing in 2011.
The Information Society Today
A paper by Shumpei Kumon of the Institute of Socio-Infonomics, Tama University, dated May 2009. The archive provides a downloadable Japanese document.
The Convenience of an “iPhone Newspaper”
An article by Shumpei Kumon published in Seiron on 15 January 2009, introducing the usefulness of reading newspapers on an iPhone. The source links to a Japanese PDF.
General Epistemology: A Manual for Life as a Netizen
Shumpei Kumon’s project investigates how people understand the world and design their actions in the information society. The archive offers draft PDF sections on existence and logical systems, together with references.
Modernization Reconsidered: Japan and the Third Phase
Shumpei Kumon reconsiders Japanese modernization in light of work on civilization, economic history, and social development. The article proposes a perspective on a third phase of modernization and the possibilities of further interaction with European civilization. A Japanese PDF is available.
Keynote Address to the Infosocionomics Society
Shumpei Kumon outlines three complementary approaches to Socio-Infonomics: an interdisciplinary study of the information society as a whole; a design science for creating a more desirable society; and a discipline within explanatory science. The source provides a downloadable paper.
Shumpei Kumon: Research Interests
The original research-interest record lists social systems theory, studies of Japanese society, and information civilization. These areas also appear on the updated profile.