Dr. Asanobu KITAMOTO earned Ph.D. in Engineering from University of Tokyo in 1997. He then worked for National Center for Science Information Systems, which was later reorganized to National Institute of Informatics, where he now serves as associate professor. His research interests include image information processing, earth environmental informatics, and digital archives of cultural heritage. His work on e-Science and e-Culture also produced several popular websites, which has been attracting a large number of professional and general users to obtain academic and scientific data.
GeoNLP: Toward Intelligent Geo-Tagging for Natural Language Text, CSIS Days 2011 Best Presentation Award, Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo
Earth Environmental Information Integration Program
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT): Initiatives on Adaptation Strategies for Climate Change
Project Year: Apr 2011 - Mar 2016 Investigator(s): KITAMOTO Asanobu
Coastal ocean prediction for Thailand by integrating database technology into simulation
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT): Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results (JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers)
Project Year: Nov 2010 - Oct 2012 Investigator(s): KITAMOTO Asanobu
Typhoon Imagination : Development of Online Game for Disaster Reduction with Multiple Evaluation Cycles Synchronizing with the Real World
Hayao Nakayama Foundation for Science & Technology and Culture: Research Grants
Project Year: Apr 2011 - Mar 2012 Investigator(s): KITAMOTO Asanobu
National Institute of Informatics Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT): Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results (Database)
Project Year: Apr 2011 - Mar 2012 Investigator(s): KITAMOTO Asanobu
