Kyoto University Global COE｜Information Technology to Promote the Circulation of Knowledge

Knowledge Search Core

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Promotion Staff

Professor SADAO KUROHASHI Graduate School of Informatics (Department of Intelligence Science and Technology) natural language processing, machine translation, information retrieval, knowledge engineering http://nlp.kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~kuro/index.html kuro AT i.kyoto-u.ac.jp Sadao Kurohashi received the B.S., M.S., and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Kyoto University in 1989, 1991 and 1994, respectively. He has been a visiting researcher of IRCS, University of Pennsylvania in 1994. He is currently a professor of the Graduate School of Informatics at Kyoto University. His research interests include natural language processing, knowledge acquisition/representation, and information retrieval.
Professor Katsumi Tanaka Graduate School of Informatics (Department of Social Informatics) Web search, video retrieval, database, multimedia information systems http://www.dl.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~tanaka/ tanaka AT dl.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp Professor Katsumi Tanaka received the BS, MS and PhD degrees in Information Science from Kyoto University, in 1974, 1976 and 1981, respectively. In 1986, he joined the Department of Instrumentation Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Kobe University, as an associate professor. In 1994, he became a full professor at the Department of Computer and Systems Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University. Since 2001, he has been a professor of the Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University. His research interests include database theory and systems, Web search, video retrieval, and multimedia information systems.
Professor Yoshinori Hara Graduate School of Management Innovation Management, IT & Service Innovation, Open Innovation http://www.gsm.kyoto-u.ac.jp/hara/index-e.html hara AT gsm.kyoto-u.ac.jp Dr. Yoshinori Hara serves as professor, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University, since April 2006, when the graduate school was established. His current research focus includes innovation management, service and design management, and open innovation with IT frameworks. Prior to joining Kyoto University, he held various research and key management positions at R&D organizations in NEC Corporation, for 13 years in Japan, and for 10 years in the Silicon Valley, California, USA. He was responsible for conducting research and development on advanced ubiquitous computing including Web/Hypermedia systems, mobile & embedded systems, adaptive user interfaces, advanced information retrieval technologies, system security & reliable systems, etc. >From 1990 to 1991, he was a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Computer Science, Stanford University. He received his B.E. and M.E. from University of Tokyo, and his Ph.D. from Kyoto University.
Professor MICHIHIKO MINOH Department of Digital Content Research, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies Multimedia data processing, Interaction, Ubiquitous computing http://www.mm.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp/members/minoh/index-e.php minoh AT media.kyoto-u.ac.jp Michihiko Minoh is a professor at Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies (ACCMS), Kyoto University, Japan. 　　He received the B.Eng., M.Eng. and D.Eng.degrees in Information Science from Kyoto University, in 1978, 1980 and 1983, respectively. 　　He has been a director of ACCMS since 2006. His research interest includes a variety area of Image Processing，Artificial Intelligence and Multimedia Applications, particularly, model centered frame work for the computer system to help visual communication among humans and information media structure for human communication. 　　He is a member of Information Processing Society of Japan, Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers of Japan, the IEEE computer society and communication society, and ACM.
Professor MASATOSHI YOSHIKAWA Graduate School of Informatics (Department of Social Informatics) XML Databases, Web Information Retrieval, Information Integration http://www.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~yoshikawa/ yoshikawa AT i.kyoto-u.ac.jp He received Ph.D. degrees from Department of Information Science, Kyoto University in 1985. He was on the faculty of Kyoto Sangyo University from 1985 until 1993. From 1989 to 1990, he was a visiting scientist at University of Southern California. In 1993, he joined Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) as a faculty member. From April 1996 to January 1997, he has stayed at University of Waterloo as a visiting associate professor. From June 2002 to March 2006, he served as a professor at Nagoya University. From April 2006, he has been a professor at Kyoto University. His research interests include database query processing, XML databases, index structures and Web informatin retrieval.

Research Collaborator

Professor Tatsuya Kawahara
Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies

Speech Processing
http://www.ar.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp/EN/
kawahara AT i.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Tatsuya Kawahara received the B.E. degree in 1987, the M.E. degree in 1989, and the Ph.D. degree in 1995, all in information science, from Kyoto University. In 1990, he became a Research Associate in the Department of Information Science. From 1995 to 1996, he was a Visiting Researcher at Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA. Currently, he is a Professor in the Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Informatics. He has published more than 100 technical papers covering speech recognition, spoken language processing, and spoken dialogue systems. He has been managing several speech-related projects in Japan including a free large vocabulary continuous speech recognition software project (http://julius.sourceforge.jp/).

Office Staff

Faculty

Researcher（GCOE) Mayumi UEDA Dept. of Intelligence Science and Technology,Graduate School of I formatics, Kyoto Univ. recommendation system, course management system http://www.mm.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/index.html mayumi AT mm.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp 2003.3 Received the doctorate degree in informatics, graduate school of informatics, Kansai University. In 2003.4 - 2004.12 she was a researcher of Cybermedia Center, Osaka Univ. In 2005.1 - 2008.2 she was a researcher of Information Technology Center, Nagoya Univ. Since 2008.3,she was a researcher of graduate school of Infomatics, Kyoto Univ. Her research interests includes personalization of information retrieval, recommendation syste, and course management system.
Professor Kazutoshi Sumiya School of Human Science and Environment, University of Hyogo sumiya AT shse.u-hyogo.ac.jp information search・WWW・content integration・multimedia DOB: September 7,1963 Professor, Department of Environmental Information, Graduate School of Human Science and Environment, University of Hyogo, April 2004 to present Associate Professor, Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, September 2001 to March 2004 Associate Professor, Research Center for Urban Safety and Security, Kobe University, April 2000 to September 2001 Lecturer, Research Center for Urban Safety and Security, Kobe University, April 1999 to March 2000 Leaving Panasonic Corporation, March 1999 Ph.D. in Information media, Kobe University, 1998 Entering Panasonic Corporation, 1988 M.S. in Engineering, Kobe University, 1988
Researcher（GCOE) Nimit PATTANASRI Dept. of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University Information retrieval and comprehension, data mining and comprehension http://www.dl.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~nimit nimit AT dl.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp Nimit Pattanasri received the doctorate degree in Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University in 2007. During 2008.4 - 2010.3, he was a researcher at Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University. Now he becomes a researcher at Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Infomatics, Kyoto University. His research interests include information retrieval and data mining.
Global COE Assistant Professor Yoshinori Yamakawa Graduate School of Informatics internet business development, innovation management, and social cognitive neuroscience http://bi-lab.org/ yamakawa AT bi-lab.org 1998 B.S. in Molecular biology from Faculty of Science, Kyoto University. 2000 M.S. in Neurophysiology from Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. 2000-2004 Internet Business Development Office, NEC Corporation 2004-2008 Assistant Manager, Corporate Planning Division, NEC Corporation 2008 Ph.D. in Cognitive neuroscience from Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University. His research interests include internet business development, innovation management, and social cognitive neuroscience.