Biodata

Outside Director / Committee:

• • Deputy Representative Director, The RMP Administration Center for Terrestrial Broadcasting Content (TRMP), Oct. 2024-current

  • Director, The IPTV Forum Japan, Sep, 2024-current

  • Program Adviser, "Digital Trust", Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Feb. 2024-current

Education:

• Tokyo Institute of Technology

  • • Ph.D. in Engineering, Mar. 2011, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Thesis: Study of Video Content Generation Technology Using Text-to-Video

    • MOT(MBA in Management of Technology), Dec. 2010, Graduate School of Innovation Management, Project report: Research on Viewer’s Behavior in Integrated Services of Video-on-Demand and TV Review SNS

• Yokohama National University

  • • Master of Engineering, Mar. 2000, Graduate School of Engineering, Thesis: Stereoscopic Display Using Total Reflection

    • Bachelor of Engineering, Mar. 1998, Faculty of Engineering

• Kanagawa Prefectural Yokosuka High School, Mar. 1994

Publications (Selected):

• User Behavior Analysis in Social TV Systems, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics(ICCE2012), pp.195-196(Jan. 2012)

• Hyper-video System and Representation for Video UGC -Implementation and Verification Using TV4U-(Japanese), IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, Vol.J94-D,No.5, pp761-771 (May. 2011)

• Live Text-to-Video System Using Real-time Server-side Rendering(full paper), International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology(IWAIT2011) (Jan. 2011)

• User-Definable Rule Description Framework for Autonomous Actor Agents(Invited/full paper), The 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII2009) (Jul. 2009)

• Linkin TV4U: Text-based Production and TV-like Representation for Hyperlinked Video Blogging(full paper), Virtual Storytelling. Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling: 4th International Conference on Virtual Storytelling(ICVS2007), Proceedings pp.129-138 (Jan. 2008)

• Text-based Video Blogging(poster), The 15th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2006), Proceedings. (May 2006)

• Blog-type TV Program Production, Distribution and Viewing System Using Program Direction Style Sheet (Japanese), IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, Vol.J89-D, No.10, pp.2194-2205. (Oct. 2006)

• Internet-Based Personal TV Station Enabling Individuals to Produce, Distribute, and View TV Programs(full paper), The IADIS International Conference WWW/Internet 2005, Proceedings vol. 1, 52-60. (Oct. 2005)

other..

Honors:

• • Ichimura Academic Prize -Development of TVML and TV4U (2009)-

  • The IEICE General Conference Young Researcher's Award -A Development of TV Production Tool Using Program Direction Style Sheet (2005)-

  • HBF Prize -Development of TVML (2005)- 

Qualifications/Language:

• • The 1st Grade of Certified Terrestrial Radio Engineer

  • The 3rd Grade of Certified Skilled Worker of Financial Planning

  • TOEIC Score: 855

Projects:

• • NHK Plus

  • TVer(NHK Content)

  • IP Simulcast Trial (2015, 2016, 2017)

  • NAB Show NHK booth (2013, 2014, 2015)

  • IBC NHK stand (2014 Amsterdam, 2015 Dubai)

  • Teleda Project (Social TV System)

  • Super Hi-Vision(8K UHDTV) London Olympics 2012 Public Viewing

  • TVML/TV4U (video1, video2)

Interest/Expertise:

• • Management of Technology(MOT)

  • CTV(Connected TV)

  • Social Media

  • User Generated Content 

  • Content Production & Distribution

  • Digital Storytelling

  • 3D Computer Graphics

  • 3D/Stereoscopic Display

Sports/Hobbies:

• • Traveling

  • Snowboarding

  • Mountaineering

  • Bicycling