Profile Information

Affiliation
Professor, Digital Content and Media Sciences Research Division, National Institute of Informatics
(Concurrent)Director, Center for Open Data in the Humanities, Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research
Professor, Informatics Program, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Research Scientist, Sakana AI
Degree
Doctor of Engineering(Mar, 1997, The University of Tokyo)

ORCID iD
 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1517-7795
J-GLOBAL ID
200901090287280928
researchmap Member ID
1000226244

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Asanobu KITAMOTO earned his Ph.D. in electronic engineering from the University of Tokyo. He is now a professor at the National Institute of Informatics and 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 has developed various data-driven science approaches in the humanities, earth environment, and disaster management, and his open academic research platforms have been used nearly 40 million times annually, ranging from researchers to citizens. He is also working on promoting open science and trans-disciplinary collaboration. 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.


Research History

  14

Awards

  26

Papers

  267

Presentations

  355

Books and Other Publications

  12

Misc.

  43

Works

  55

Research Projects

  43

Committee Memberships

  33

Social Activities

  19

Media Coverage

  4