Yukie Nagai

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Yukie Nagai is Project Professor at the International Research Center for Neurointelligence at the University of Tokyo. She earned her Ph.D. in Engineering from Osaka University in 2004 and has held research positions at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Bielefeld University, and Osaka University. Since 2019, she has led the Cognitive Developmental Robotics Lab at the University of Tokyo.

Her research integrates cognitive developmental robotics, computational neuroscience, and assistive technologies to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying social cognitive development. Using computational models grounded in sensorimotor predictive learning and predictive coding, her work addresses the emergence of self–other cognition, mirror neuron systems, prosocial behavior, emotional development, and atypical cognitive processing associated with developmental disorders.

In recognition of her contributions, she was named among Analytics Insight’s “World’s 50 Most Renowned Women in Robotics” (2020), IEEE IROS “35 Women in Robotics Engineering and Science” (2022), and Forbes JAPAN “Women In Tech 30” (2024).