Asanobu Kitamoto

Asanobu KITAMOTO earned his Ph.D. in electronic engineering from the University of Tokyo. He is now the Director of the Center for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH), Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research (DS) in the Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS). He is also a Professor at the National Institute of Informatics and SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies). He has developed various data-driven science approaches in the humanities, earth environment, and disaster management, and the usage of open academic research platforms such as databases and services has exceeded over tens of millions times annually, including academia and society. He is also working on a trans-disciplinary collaboration to promote open science. He has received awards such as Jury Recommended Works (Art Division) from Japan Media Arts Festival, Yamashita SIG Research Award from the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ), Best Paper Award from IPSJ SIG Computers and the Humanities Symposium, Academic Award (Research Paper) from Japan Society for Digital Archive, and Good Design Award.