Kyosuke Tanaka
I'm a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Management at Aarhus University in Denmark. [CV (pdf)]
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Last updated on July 4, 2023
RESEARCH
Kyosuke (pronounced KYO-s-kay ) studies communication structures and dynamics that lead to effective coordination among members of a group and organization. He uses experiments and field data to address research questions. (see my dissertation (pdf)).
Current Research Projects:- Examining the role of formal and informal structures in realized interactions in teams and organizations
- Quantifying an individual ability to effectively navigate their social network
- Examining how and why people misperceive and miss communication links in communication networks
- Developing an R package and method to quantify imaginary network motifs between observed and perceived networks, in collaboration with George G. Vega Yon
- Investigating cognitive representations of "who bullies whom"in school classrooms
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Articles
Tanaka, K., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. S. (2020). The impact of network acuity on information sharing under communication delays in space multiteam systems. Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress.We examined how effectively space crew members and mission support can share information as needed in their communication network under different communication delay conditions. Our results show that network acuity (i.e., an individual ability to leverage their perceptions of the network to route information effectively) among crew members is higher than mission support, especially under communication delays.
Tanaka, K., & Horvát, E-Á. (2019). (Un)intended consequences of networking in individual and network-level efficiency. Applied Network Science, 4(77).
Whereas the benefit of creating a new contact directly goes to you, increasing communication frequency with your existing contact can benefit your partner or neighbors. Our findings are fairly consistent based on our simulations of networking approaches on a diverse set of real-world communication networks.
Tanaka, K., & Horvát, E-Á. (2018). Networking strategies and efficiency in human communication networks. Proceedings of The 7th International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications COMPLEX NETWORKS 2018, 258-270.
Using data-driven computer simulations, we study the effect of networking strategies on efficiency in communication networks. We found there is a clear trade-off between the studied networking strategies and efficiency.
Report
Ackland, R., & Tanaka, K. (2015). Development impact of social media. WDR 2016 Background Paper.In this paper, we assess the impact of social media on social and economic development, using an analytical framework that draws on social networks and social learning. We particularly highlight the use of social media in developing countries.
PRESENTATIONS
Recent Conferences
Tanaka, K., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. S. Errors of Omission and Commission in Group Communication Networks [Paper presentation].
82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, USA, August 5-9.
2022
Tanaka, K., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. S. Network and Processing Errors in Information Sharing [Paper presentation].
17th Annual INGRoup Conference, Hamburg, Germany, July 21-24.
2022
Tanaka, K., & Contractor, N. S. Knowing is not enough: How network awareness and acuity are associated [Paper presentation].
72th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Paris, France, May 26-30.
2022
Tanaka, K., & Vega Yon, G. G. Imaginary network motifs: Structural patterns of false positives and negatives in social networks [Paper presentation].
72th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Paris, France, May 26-30.
2022
Tanaka, K., Chen, X., Baimenova, A., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. S. Network routing task performance among space crew with mission control in space multiteam systems [Conference presentation].
Networks 2021, July 5-10.
2021
Tanaka, K., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. S. Knowing is not enough: How network awareness and acuity are associated with [Conference presentation].
Networks 2021, July 5-10.
2021
Tanaka, K., DeChurch, L. A., Baimenova, A., & Contractor, N. S. Network Routing Task Performance among Space Crew with Human Mission Support vs. Automated Mission Support in Space Multiteam Systems [Conference presentation].
The NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop, Galveston, TX, February 4.
2021
Invited Talks
Tanaka, K. How relational affect impacts coordination misalignment in an organization.
Human Dynamics Group at MIT Media Lab (Virtual), November 29.
2022
Tanaka, K. Network Perspective in Effective Coordination.
Decision Science Seminar Series at National University of Colombia, Medellín, Colombia, November 29.
2022
Tanaka, K. How relational affect impacts coordination misalignment in an organization.
Network Science and Social Network Analysis at the University of Utah (Virtual), October 28.
2022
Tanaka, K. Positional and dispositional factors that predict who commits routing errors and who learns from them.
School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, March 2.
2020
Tanaka, K. The dynamics of network awareness.
Research Institute of Business Administration Seminar Talk at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, December 25.
2019
Tanaka, K. How dispositional and positional factors affect an individual’s ability to efficiently route messages in a network.
NICO Lightning Talks at Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Evanston, IL, December 4.
2019
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Media, Technology, and Society
2015-2021
Northwestern University
Advisor: Noshir Contractor
M.S.R. (Advanced)
2013-2015
GradCert in Social Research
Australian National University
Advisor: Robert Ackland
Cert in International Business Professions
2010-2011
Bellevue College