Tarin Clanuwat

Profile Information

Affiliation: Research Scientist (Senior Research Scientist), Google Brain, Google LLC

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (Literature)(Waseda University)
修士（文学）(早稲田大学文学研究科日本語日本文学コース)

J-GLOBAL ID: 201701000032441840
researchmap Member ID: B000280303

External link: http://tkasasagi.github.io/

I am specialized in the Tale of Genji commentary books from Kamakura to Muromachi period. I am currently doing research on artificial intelligence system for Japanese literature especially deep learning for Kuzushiji (cursive Japanese) OCR.

Research Interests

Research Areas

Education

Sep, 2017 - Apr, 2018

General System Studies Special Research Student, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Multidisciplinary Science, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2018

Japanese Literature, Graduate School of Arts Letters and Sciences PhD Course, Waseda University
Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2012

Japanese Literature, Graduate School of Letters Arts and Sciences Master Course, Waseda University

Awards

Jul, 2020

技術賞, KuroNetくずし字認識サービス/くずし字データセット, デジタルアーカイブ推進コンソーシアム（DAPCON）

北本朝展, カラーヌワットタリン, Mikel Bober-Irizar, Alex Lamb
Mar, 2020

Academic Award (Research Paper), Progress and Results of Kaggle Machine Learning Competition for Kuzushiji Recognition, Japan Society for Digital Archive

Asanobu KITAMOTO, Tarin Clanuwat, Alex LAMB, Mikel Bober-Irizar
Sep, 2019

Yamashita Memorial Research Award, End-to-End Pre-Modern Japanese Character (Kuzushiji) Spotting with Deep Learning, Information Processing Society of Japan

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Feb, 2019

Best paper award, End-to-End Pre-Modern Japanese Character (Kuzushiji) Spotting with Deep Learning, IPSJ Jinmoncom Symposium

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Jul, 2018

Excellent Award, TC10/TC11 Summer School on Document Analysis and Recognition

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Papers

Sentence Boundary Estimation of Ancient Japanese Using Bi-LSTM

Lisa Suzuki, Rei Kawakami, Tarin Clanuwat, Asanobu Kitamoto, Toshiaki Nakazawa, Takeshi Naemura

The Information Processing Society of Japan, SIG Computers and the Humanities 2020, 17-22, Dec, 2020 Peer-reviewed
The Evolution of Kuzushiji Recognition Research and Services

Tarin Clanuwat, Asanobu Kitamoto

The Information Processing Society of Japan, SIG Computers and the Humanities 2020, 3-10, Dec, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead author
KuroNet: Regularized Residual U-Nets for End-to-End Kuzushiji Character Recognition

Alex Lamb, Tarin Clanuwat, Asanobu Kitamoto

SN Computer Science, 1(3), May, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Kaggle Kuzushiji Recognition Competition ─ Challenges of Hosting a World-Wide Competition in the Digital Humanities ─

Asanobu KITAMOTO, Tarin CLANUWAT, Mikel BOBER-IRIZAR

Journal of Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 35(3) 366-376, May, 2020 Invited
KaoKore: A Pre-modern Japanese Art Facial Expression Dataset

Yingtao Tian, Chikahiko Suzuki, Tarin Clanuwat, Mikel Bober-Irizar, Alex Lamb, Asanobu Kitamoto

Feb 20, 2020 Corresponding author
Progress and Results of Kaggle Machine Learning Competition for Kuzushiji Recognition

Asanobu KITAMOTO, Tarin CLANUWAT , Alex LAMB , Mikel BOBER-IRIZAR

The Information Processing Society of Japan, SIG Computers and the Humanities, Dec, 2019 Peer-reviewedCorresponding author
KuroNet: Pre-Modern Japanese Kuzushiji Character Recognition with Deep Learning

Tarin Clanuwat, Alex Lamb, Asanobu Kitamoto

The International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), Sep, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Analysis of Character Data: Potential and Impact of Kuzushiji Recognition by Machine Learning

Asanobu Kitamoto, Tarin Clanuwat, Tomo Miyazaki, Kazuaki Yamamoto

Journal of IEICE (Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineers), 102(6) 563-568, Jun, 2019 Peer-reviewedInvited
Kuzushiji Character Recognition with AI

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Heianchō Bungaku Kenkyū [Research into Heian-period Literature], 27, Mar, 2019 Peer-reviewedInvited
A human-inspired recognition system for pre-modern Japanese historical documents

Anh Duc Le, Tarin Clanuwat, Asanobu Kitamoto

IEEE Access, 2019 Peer-reviewed
End-to-End Pre-Modern Japanese Character (Kuzushiji) Spotting with Deep Learning

Tarin Clanuwat, Alex Lamb, Asanobu Kitamoto

Jinmoncom 2018, 15-20, Dec, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Deep Learning for Classical Japanese Literature

Tarin Clanuwat, Mikel Bober-Irizar, Asanobu Kitamoto, Alex Lamb, Kazuaki Yamamoto, David Ha

Dec, 2018
Historical Big Data: Reconstructing the Past Through the Integrated Analysis of Historical Data

Asanobu Kitamoto, Mika Ichino, Chikahiko Suzuki, Tarin Clanuwat

Japanese Association for Digital Humanities, Sep, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Shichigo Genji and Hikarugenji Monogatarishou

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Bungaku Gogaku, Jun, 2018 Peer-reviewed
The Research on the Tale of Genji Commentary Books from 13th to 15th Century

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Waseda University, Mar, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Shichigo Genji and Genji Commentaries from Kamakura period

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Kokubungaku Kenkyu, 182, Jul, 2017 Peer-reviewed
The Relationship between Suigenshō and Aoi no Maki Kochū

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Waseda Rilas Journal, 3, Oct, 2015 Peer-reviewed
The Uniqueness of 3 Books Version Shimeishō from the National Archives of Japan

Tarin Clanuwat

Kodai Chūsei Bungaku Ronkō [The Study of Ancient and Medieval Japanese Literature], 31, Oct, 2015
The Comparison between Aoi no Maki Kochū (Nanamibon and Yoshidabon) and Other Genji Commentaries from the 13th Century

Tarin Clanuwat

Heianchō Bungaku Kenkyū [Research into Heian-period Literature] Journal, 21, Mar, 2013 Peer-reviewed
Research on Kuyobunko "Genjimonogatarisho" Commentary Book

Tarin Clanuwat

Waseda University, Mar, 2012 Peer-reviewed

Presentations

Japanese Culture and AI

JST

JST Sakura Science Club, Mar 16, 2021 Invited
AI and Minna de Honkoku

Minna de, Honkoku Summit

Feb 15, 2021 Invited
KaoKore: A Pre-modern Japanese Art Facial Expression Dataset

Yingtao Tian, Chikahiko Suzuki, Tarin Clanuwat, Mikel Bober-Irizar, Alex Lamb, Asanobu Kitamoto

Sep 9, 2020
Making Millions of Japanese Historical Documents More Accessible with AI

Tarin Clanuwat

Google Solve with AI Symposium, Jul 10, 2019 Invited
Pre-modern Japanese Kuzushiji Character Recognition with Deep Learning

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Institute for Physics of Intelligence, the University of Tokyo, Apr 4, 2019 Invited
End-to-End Pre-Modern Japanese Character (Kuzushiji) Recognition with Deep Learning

Tarin Clanuwat

Women in Machine Learning @ Google Japan, Jan 26, 2019 Invited
Deep Learning for Classical Japanese Literature

Tarin Clanuwat, Mikel Bober-Irizar, Asanobu Kitamoto, Alex Lamb, Kazuaki Yamamoto, David Ha

Neural Information Processing Systems, Machine Learning for Creativity and Design Workshop, Dec 8, 2018
End-to-End Pre-Modern Japanese Character (Kuzushiji) Spotting with Deep Learning

Tarin Clanuwat, Alex Lamb, Asanobu Kitamoto

Neural Information Processing Systems, Women in Machine Learning Workshop, Dec 3, 2018
End-to-End Pre-Modern Japanese Character (Kuzushiji) Spotting with Deep Learning

Tarin Clanuwat

SIG Computers and the Humanities, Dec 2, 2018
More than just a Love Story: Medieval Genji as Gate to Knowledge

Tarin Clanuwat

Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ), Jun, 2015
The Position of 3 Books Version Shimeishō from the National Archives of Japan Comparing to Other Versions of Shimeishō

Tarin Clanuwat

The Association for the Study of Japanese Heian Literature Conference, Oct, 2014
The Commentary and Information found in 3 Books Version Shimeishō from the National Archives of Japan

Tarin Clanuwat

The Association for the Study of Japanese Language and Literature Conference, Dec, 2013
The Kuyō Bunko Book Genjimonogatarishō and Suigenshō, Sangohishō and Chidorishō.

Tarin Clanuwat

The 36th Conference on Japanese Literature, Oct, 2012
Aoi no Makikochu and Hikarugenji Monogatarishou

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Heiancho Bungaku Kenkyukai, Sep, 2012

Works

Kuzushiji Single Character Recognition on IIIF

Tarin Clanuwat

Apr, 2019 Web Service
Kuzushiji-MNIST dataset

Tarin Clanuwat

Dec, 2018 Database
the Hentaigana Application development, a collaboration between UCLA and Waseda University as a project of the Tadashi Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities

Tarin Clanuwat

Jun, 2015 - Sep, 2015 Software

Research Projects

資料調査のためのオンデバイスくずし字認識

ACT-X, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Dec, 2020 - Mar, 2023
End-to-end Pre-modern Japanese Kuzushiji Recognition with Deep Learning

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2022