Akitoshi Okumura

Profile Information

Affiliation: Vice Chairman, Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan

Degree: Ph. D

J-GLOBAL ID: 201801005788328826
researchmap Member ID: B000298527

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

Apr, 2019 - Present

Vice Chairman, Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan
Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2019

Senior Vice President, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
Jul, 2011 - Mar, 2017

Senior Vice President, NEC Informatec Systems,Ltd.
Apr, 1986 - Jun, 2011

Central Research Laboratories, NEC
Oct, 1992 - Mar, 1994

Visiting Scientist, Information Sciences Institute,, University of Southern California,

Education

- Nov, 2007

Business Transformation and IT Strategy, Tepper School of Business,, Carnegie Mellon University
- Mar, 1999

Ph. D, Department of Computer Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Mar, 1986

M.E. degree, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto Univesity
- Mar, 1984

B.E. degree, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University
- Mar, 1980

Osaka Prefectural Kitano High School

Committee Memberships

Sep, 2023 - Present

Councilor, IT Coordinators Association
Apr, 2020 - Present

Selection Committee of JISA Awards, Japan Information Technology Services Industry Association
Jun, 2019 - Present

Fellow, Information Processing Society of Japan
May, 2019 - Present

Advisory Committee, Advanced Language Information Forum
Apr, 2019 - Present

Information Technology Standards Commission of Japan, Information Processing Society of Japan
Jan, 2015 - Present

Senior Innovation Coordinator, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
- May, 2021

Editor of Special Features, Digital Architecture Design, Information Processing Society of Japan
Mar, 2009 - May, 2019

Secretary and Planning, Advanced Language Information Forum
- Jan, 2011

Editor of Special Features, Development for Collaborative Integration of Speech and Image Recognition, Information Processing Society of Japan
Jul, 2007 - Jun, 2010

Councilor, Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
May, 2009 - Mar, 2010

Visiting Scientist, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Apr, 2008 - Mar, 2009

Representative Member, Information Processing Society of Japan
Apr, 2007 - Mar, 2009

Visiting Scientist, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
Nov, 2007 - Oct, 2008

参事官（情報通信担当）付, 内閣府政策統括官（科学技術政策・イノベーション担当）
- Jun, 2008

Editor of Special Features, Recent Advances in Multi-lingual Speech Translation, Information Processing Society of Japan
Jul, 2006 - Jun, 2007

Steering Committee Chair of Special Interest Groups, Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
Jul, 2005 - Jun, 2007

Director, Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
Mar, 2004 - Mar, 2004

Program organization working group of the 66th IPSJ National Convention, Information Processing Society of Japan
Apr, 2000 - Mar, 2004

Steering Committee of Special Interest Group of Natural Language Processing, Information Processing Society of Japan
Apr, 1997 - Mar, 2003

Visiting Scientist of Uenohara Research Center, Telecommunications Advancement Organization

Awards

Jun, 2020

2019 IPSJ Outstanding Paper Award, Improving Identity Verification for Ticket Holders of Large-scale Events Using Non-stop Face Recognition System, Information Processing Society of Japan

Akitoshi Okumura, Takamichi Hoshino, Susumu Handa, Yugo Nishiyama, Masahiro Tabuchi
Oct, 2019

DICOMO2019 Best Paper Award, Improving Face Recognition for Identity Verification by Managing Facial Directions and Eye Contact of Event Attendees

Akitoshi Okumura, Susumu Handa, Takamichi Hoshino, Naoki Tokunaga, Masami Kanda
Jun, 2019

IPSJ Fellow, Information Processing Society of Japan

Akitoshi Okumura
Dec, 2018

Best Paper Award of CDS Transaction, Improving Identity Verification for Ticket Holders of Large-scale Events Using Non-stop Face Recognition System, Information Processing Society of Japan

Akitoshi Okumura, Takamichi Hoshino, Susumu Handa, Yugo Nishiyama, Masahiro Tabuchi
Aug, 2018

Best Presentation Award of the 21st CDS, Identity Verification for Attendees of Large-scale Events Using Face Recognition of Selfies Taken with Their Cellphone Cameras, Information Processing Society of Japan

Akitoshi Okumura
Jun, 2018

2017 Industrial Achievement Award, Artificial-intelligence Powered, Voice-activated Electronic Forms for a Standard Process Improvement Solution, Information Processing Society of Japan

Masahiro Tabuchi, Motoshiko Sakaguchi, Hiroaki Hattori, Akitoshi Okumura, Shuji Komeiji
Mar, 2018

2017 IPSJ Yamashita SIG Research Award, Information Processing Society of Japan

Akitoshi Okumura
Aug, 2017

Best Presentation Award of the 19th CDS, Improving Identity Verification for Ticket Holders of Large-scale Events Using Non-stop Face Recognition System, Information Processing Society of Japan

Akitoshi Okumura
Jun, 2017

2016 Field Innovation Award, The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence

Motoshiko Sakaguchi, Masahiro Tabuchi, Hiroaki Hattori, Eiko Yamada, Shuji Komeiji, Katsumi Kato, Akitoshi Okumura, Hideya Sato, Takayuki Arakawa, Yutaka Matsushita
Aug, 2016

Best Presentation Award of the 16th CDS, Identity Confirmation to Issue Tickets using Face Recognition, Information Processing Society of Japan

Akitoshi Okumura
Jun, 2016

2015 Field Innovation Award, The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence

Yugo Nishiyama, Susumu Handa, Takamichi Hoshino, Takeshi Takagi, Kiyohito Kubota, Akitoshi Okumura, Toshihiko Hiroaki, Kazushi Enomoto, Takaaki Tomisawa
Jun, 2011

2010 Field Innovation Award, R&D of Practical Speech Translation Technology for Mobile Device, The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence

Shin-ichi Ando, Seiya Osada, Kunihiko Sadamasa, Mitsugu Miura, Motohiro Akaishizawa, Akitoshi Okumura
Jul, 2009

2008 Kiyasu Special Industrial Achievement Award, Development of Practical Multi-lingual Speech Translation System for Embedded Devices, Information Processing Society of Japan

Akitoshi Okumura, Ryosuke Isotani, Kiyoshi Yamabana, Ken Hanazawa, Takao Watanabe
Jul, 2007

METI Minister Award, Development of Practical Multi-lingual Speech Translation System for Mobile Devices, Fuji Sankei Business i,

Akitoshi Okumura, Hiroaki Hattori, Ryosuke Isotani, Kiyoshi Yamabana, Shin-ichi Doi, Shin-ichi Ando
Jun, 2006

The 1st AAMT Nagao Award, R&D of Practical Speech Translation System for Mobile Device, Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation

Akitoshi Okumura, et all
Sep, 2005

FIT2015 Funai Best Paper Award, Parallelization of an LVCSR algorithm for cellphone-oriented processors, Information Processing Society of Japan

Shin-ya Ishikawa, Kiyoshi Yamabana, Ryosuke Isotani, Akitoshi Okumura
May, 2004

2003 Technology Development Award, Development of Speech Translation Technology, Acoustical Society of Japan

Takao Watanabe, et all, Akitoshi Okumura

Papers

WISDOM-DX: An Automatic DX Assessment System Using a QA System Based on Web Data

KAI ISHIKAWA, AKITOSHI OKUMURA, DAI KUSUI, NORIYOSHI ICHINOSE, KENTARO TORISAWA, KIYONORI OHTAKE

Journal of Information Processing, Digital Practice Paper, 4(3), Jul, 2023 Peer-reviewed
Improving Face Recognition for Identity Verification by Managing Facial Directions and Eye Contact of Event Attendees

Akitoshi Okumura, Susumu Handa, Takamichi Hoshino, Naoki Tokunaga, Masami Kanda

Journal of Information Processing Vol.28(2020) (online), May 13, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead author
Identity Verification for Attendees of Large-scale Events Using Face Recognition of Selfies Taken with Smartphone Cameras

Akitoshi Okumura, Takamichi Hoshino, Susumu Handa, Eiko Yamada, Masahiro Tabuchi

Journal of Information Processing, 26 779-788, Nov, 2018 Peer-reviewed
An Approach to Realize an Artificial-intelligence Voice-activated Electronic Forms Having Cheat Deterrent Effect ― A Proposal of Multi-layer Speaker Adaptation

Shuji Komeiji, Motohiko Sakaguchi, Masahiro Tabuchi, Hiroaki Hattori, Akitoshi Okumura

8(3) 1-8, Oct, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Artificial-intelligence Powered, Voice-activated Electronic Forms for a Standard Process Improvement Solution

Masahiro Tabuhi, Motohiko Sakaguchi, Hiroaki Hattori, Akitoshi Okumura

8(2) 13-23, May, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Improving Identity Verification for Ticket Holders of Large-scale Events Using Non-stop Face Recognition System

Akitoshi Okumura, Takamichi Hoshino, Susumu Handa, Yugo Nishiyama, Masahiro Tabuchi

8(1) 27-38, Jan, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Identity verification of ticket holders at large-scale events using face recognition

Akitoshi Okumura, Takamichi Hoshino, Susumu Handa, Yugo Nishiyama, Masahiro Tabuchi

Journal of Information Processing, 25 448-458, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Improving Question Answering of Disaster-information Analyzer (DISAANA) Using Modality Analysis

Junta Mizuno, Jun Goto, Kiyonori Ohtake, Takuya Kawada, Kentaro Torisawa, Kloetzer Julien, Masahiro Tanaka, Chikara Hashimoto, Akitoshi Okumura

6(1) 106-120, May, 2016 Peer-reviewed
Development and Evaluation of the Fast and Accurate Compact-scalable Speech Translation Software

Ken Hanazawa, Akitoshi Okumura, Koji Okabe, Shinichi Ando

2(2) 10-18, Jul, 2012 Peer-reviewed
Information Value Creation Platform for Media Analysis Applications

Tsunehisa Kawamata, Takeshi Arikuma, Nobuhisa Shiraishi, Kazuya Koyama, Akitoshi Okumura

2(11) 1-9, Mar, 2012 Peer-reviewed
HMM-based text segmentation using variational Bayes learning and its application to audio-visual indexing

Takafumi Koshinaka, Akitoshi Okumura, Ryosuke Isotani

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS IN JAPAN PART II-ELECTRONICS, 90(12) 1-11, 2007 Peer-reviewed
An HMM-Based Text Segmentation Method Using Variational Bayes Inference and Its Application to Audio-Visual Indexing

Takafumi Koshinaka, Akitoshi Okumura, Ryosuke Isotani

The IEICE transactions on information and systems, 89(9) 2113-2122, Sep, 2006 Peer-reviewed
Alignment of lecture speech data and presentation documents based on discourse markers and text length

Satoshi Nakazawa, Kenji Satoh, Akitoshi Okumura

Journal of natural language processing, 12(2) 133-156, Mar, 2005 Peer-reviewed
Evaluating Text Summarization Using Multiple Correct Answer Summaries

Kai Ishikawa, Shinichi Ando, Akitoshi Okumura

Journal of Natural Language Processing, 9(4) 33-53, Jul, 2002 Peer-reviewed
Text Summarization based on Information Extraction and Categorization Using 5W1H

AKITOSHI OKUMURA, TAKAHIRO IKEDA, KAZUNORI MURAKI

Journal of Natural Language Processing, 6(6) 27-44, Jul, 1999 Peer-reviewed
Translingual Information Management by Natural Language Processing

Akitoshi Okumura

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Mar, 1999 Peer-reviewed
Symmetric Pattern Matching Analysis for English Coordinate Structures

Akitoshi Okumura, Kazunori Muraki

Journal of Natural Language Processing, 5(4) 61-76, Oct, 1998 Peer-reviewed
Japanese-English Cross Language Information Retrieval based on Comparable Corpora and Bilingual Dictionary

Akitoshi Okumura, Kai Ishikawa, Kenji Satoh

Journal of Natural Language Processing, 5(4) 77-93, Oct, 1998 Peer-reviewedLead author
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構造化プログラミング型知識表現に基づくプラント異常診断用エキスパート・システム

奥村明俊

京都大学, Mar, 1986 Peer-reviewed

Misc.

139

IPA's Initiatives for Cyber Security Human Resource Development

Akitoshi Okumura

Nov 25, 2023 Lead author
Testimonials from the Youngest Passer of the Information Technology Engineer Examination and His Parents

Akitoshi Okumura

Oct 16, 2023
Estimation of Corporations Applying for the Information Technology Engineer Examination Using a QA System Based on Web Data

Akitoshi Okumura, Noriyoshi Ichinose, Dai Kusui, Kai Ishikawa, Kentaro Torisawa, Kiyonori Otake

Sep 8, 2023 Lead author
Evaluation of Companies Encouraging Women's Success in the Workplace using WISDOM-DX, Automatic Assessment System of Enterprise Activities Based on Web Information

Akitoshi Okumura, Noriyoshi Ichinose, Dai Kusui, Kai Ishikawa, Kentaro Torisawa, Kiyonori Otak

Jun 8, 2023 Lead author
Cybersecurity Practices Require a Shift in Thinking from the Part to the Whole

Akitoshi Okumura

(5167), May 1, 2023 Lead author
Reform in the implementation method of the IT Engineers Examination -Realization of an Examination System toward New Daily Normal-

Yasuhiro Honda, Akitoshi Okumura

64(4) 166-173, Mar 15, 2023 Peer-reviewedInvitedCorresponding author
Validation of WISDOM-DX, an Evaluation System of Enterprise Digital Transformation Activities Based on Web Data

Akitoshi Okumura, Noriyoshi Ichinose, Dai Kusui, Kai Ishikawa, Kentaro Torisawa, Kiyonori Ohtake

DEIM Forum 2023, Mar 7, 2023 Lead author
Enterprise Evaluation of DX Activities Using Web Information

Akitoshi Okumura, Noriyoshi Ichinose, Dai Kusui, Kai Ishikawa, Kentaro Torisawa, Kiyonori Ohtake

Society for Computational Social Science of Japan, Feb 20, 2023 Lead author
Assessment on Personnel and Enterprises in the Digital Era - Evaluation of cybersecurity talent and corporate DX activities -

Akitoshi Okumura

Nov 18, 2022 Lead author
WISDOM-DX: An Automatic DX Evaluation System Using a QA System Based on Web Information

Akitoshi Okumura, Kai Ishikawa, Dai Kusui, Noriyoshi Ichinose, Kentaro Torisawa, Kiyonori Ohtake

Multimedia, Distributed, Cooperative, and Mobile Symposium, 1286-1300, Jul, 2022 Lead author
Improving Automatic Enterprise Evaluation System WISDOM-DX using QA System based on Web Information

DAI KUSUI, KAI ISHIKAWA, NORIYOSHI ICHINOSE, AKITOSHI OKUMURA, KENTARO TORISAWA, KIYONORI OHTAKE

Jan, 2022
Analyzing Enterprise Activities for Digital Transformation using QA System based on WEB information

DAI KUSUI, KAI ISHIKAWA, AKITOSHI OKUMURA, KENTARO TORISAWA, KIYONORI OHTAKE

Sep 2, 2021 Corresponding author
Editor's Message to Special Issue on Digital Architecture Design

Akitoshi Okumura

IPSJ Magazine, 62(6), May 15, 2021 Peer-reviewedLead author
Striving for the Real Deal

Akitoshi Okumura

IPSJ Magazine, 61(8) 875-875, Jul, 2020 InvitedLead author
Identity Verification Using Face Recognition Improved by Managing Check-in Behavior of Event Attendees

Akitoshi Okumura, Susumu Handa, Takamichi Hoshino, Naoki Tokunaga, Masami Kanda

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 291-304, Feb 4, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead author
Identity Verification Using Face Recognition for Artificial-Intelligence Electronic Forms with Speech Interaction

Akitoshi Okumura, Shuji Komeiji, Motohiko Sakaguchi, Masahiro Tabuchi, Hiroaki Hattori

HCI 2019: HCI International 2019, 52-66, Jul, 2019
Improving Face Recognition for Identity Verification by Managing Facial Directions and Eye Contact of Event Attendees

Akitoshi Okumura, Susumu Handa, Takamichi Hoshino, Naoki Tokunaga, Masami Kanda

DICOMO2019, 1505-1514, Jul, 2019
Identity Verification Using Face Recognition Improved by Managing Check-in Behavior of Event Attendees

Akitoshi OKUMURA, Susumu HANDA, Takamichi HOSHINO, Naoki TOKUNAGA, Masami KANDA

Jun, 2019
Identity Verification for Attendees of Large-scale Events Using Face Recognition of Selfies Taken with Smartphone Cameras

Akitoshi Okumura, Takamichi Hoshino, Susumu Handa, Eiko Yamada, Masahiro Tabuchi

HCI 2018: HCI International 2018 – Posters' Extended Abstracts, 501-509, Jul, 2018 Peer-reviewed
音声対話型AI帳票における顔認証による本人確認

奥村明俊, 古明地秀治, 坂口基彦, 田淵仁浩, 服部浩明

情報処理学会研究報告コンシューマ・デバイス＆システム, 2018-CDS-22(9) 1-7, May, 2018

Books and Other Publications

パートナーロボット資料集成

奥村明俊 (Role: Contributor, 高精度な話し言葉認識技術)

(株)エヌ・ティー・エス, 2005
自然言語処理－基礎と応用－

田中穂積, 永田昌明, 奥村明俊, 奥村学, 長尾確, 加藤恒昭, 乾健太郎, 池原悟, 宇津呂武仁, 黒橋禎夫, 西野文人, 浦本直彦, 伊藤克亘 (Role: Joint author, 第2章意味解析)

社団法人電子情報通信学会, 1999

Presentations

大規模Web情報を活用した企業活動の評価と今後の展開

奥村明俊

AIと文化シンポジウム：生成系AIの活用, Jul 12, 2023, 理化学研究所
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Introduction of safety assessment of cloud services and assessment techniques using web information

Akitoshi Okumura

Sep 15, 2022 Invited
デジタル・トランスフォーメーションとどう向き合うか～「DX推進人材の機能と役割のあり方に関する調査」を踏まえて～」

一般社団法人科学技術と経済の会一般社団法人科学技術と経済の会第69回キーパーソン（KP）研究会, Oct 31, 2019 Invited
企業でやりたいこと

奥村明俊

NLP2011 言語処理学会第17回年次大会ワークショップ自然言語処理における企業と大学と学生の関係, Mar 11, 2011 Invited
ユビキタス社会におけるコミュニケーション理解技術の進展

奥村明俊

組込みシンポジウム2009, Oct 22, 2009 Invited
Fusion of Speech, Language and Media Technologies

Akitoshi Okumura

ISUC 2008 : The 2nd International Symposium on Universal Communication, Dec 16, 2008 Invited
コミュニケーションエージェントによるメッセージ理解とモバイル情報提供

奥村明俊, 安藤真一, 西沢俊広

FIT2008 第7回情報科学技術フォーラム, Sep 2, 2008
NEC Machine Translation Service and Technology for Mobile Phones

Akitoshi Okumura

LangTech 2008, Feb 28, 2008 Invited
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Human Communication Technology

Akitoshi Okumura

MT Summit XI, The 11th Machine Translation Summit, Sep 23, 2007 Invited
音声言語翻訳技術の応用

奥村明俊

アジア太平洋機械翻訳協会（AAMT）講演会, Jun 18, 2004 Invited
Development of Speech Translation for Hand-held Devices

Akitoshi Okumura

MT Summit IX, The 9th Machine Translation Summit, Sep 25, 2003 Invited

Teaching Experience

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Research Projects

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特許第4736478号音声書き起こし支援装置およびその方法ならびにプログラム

越仲孝文, 奥村明俊
特許第4517260号自動通訳システム、自動通訳方法、および自動通訳用プログラムを記録した記憶媒体

石川開, 安藤真一, 奥村明俊
特開2009-146446 テキスト要約システム、テキスト要約方法、および、テキスト要約プログラム

石川開, 安藤真一, 土井伸一, 奥村明俊
特開2009-146447 テキスト要約システム、テキスト要約方法、および、テキスト要約プログラム

石川開, 安藤真一, 土井伸一, 奥村明俊
特許第4042360号自動通訳システム及びその方法並びにプログラム

中田貴之, 佐藤研治, 安藤真一, 奥村明俊
特許第3903738号情報記録・検索装置、方法、プログラム、および記録媒体

中澤聡, 佐藤研治, 奥村明俊
特開2006-243575 音声書き起こし支援装置およびその方法ならびにプログラム

越仲孝文, 奥村明俊
特開2006-133478 音声処理システム及び方法並びに音声処理用プログラム

花沢健, 磯谷亮輔, 奥村明俊
特許第3555464号文書添削支援装置及びそれに用いる文書添削支援方法並びにその制御プログラムを記録した記録媒体

佐藤研治, 奥村明俊
特開2004-118545 テキスト要約システム、テキスト要約方法、および、テキスト要約プログラム

石川開, 安藤真一, 土井伸一, 奥村明俊
特許第3430017号情報通知装置、情報通知方法および記録媒体

池田崇博, 奥村明俊, 佐藤研治
特開2003-029779 自動通訳システム及びその方法並びにプログラム

中田貴之, 佐藤研治, 安藤真一, 奥村明俊
特許第3379443号情報通知装置及び情報通知方法並びにプログラムを記録した機械読み取り可能な記録媒体

中澤聡, 池田崇博, 奥村明俊
特開2002-351893 情報記録・検索装置、方法、プログラム、および記録媒体

中澤聡, 佐藤研治, 奥村明俊
特許第3317904号省略名称抽出装置、方法および記録媒体

池田崇博, 佐藤研治, 落合尚良, 奥村明俊
特開2002-082947 自動通訳システム、自動通訳方法、および自動通訳用プログラムを記録した記憶媒体

石川開, 安藤真一, 奥村明俊
特許第3275813号文書検索装置、方法及び記録媒体

池田崇博, 奥村明俊
特許第3225900号事象解析方法および装置

石川開, 奥村明俊
特開2001-222529 機械翻訳システム及びプログラムを記録した機械読み取り可能な記録媒体

佐藤研治, 池田崇博, 奥村明俊
特許第3219937号翻訳変換学習装置

安藤真一, 奥村明俊

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