PhD in Informatics 2007
Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan
Master of Informatics 2002
Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan
Bachelor of Engineering 2000
Faculty of engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
March 2024 – to date: Interdisciplinary Information Science Research Division, Information Technology Center, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Professor
February 2019 – February 2024: Department of Information and Communication Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Associate Professor
October 2018 – January 2012: Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan
Project-specific Associate Professor (JST CREST)
August 2016 – March 2017: Department of Informatics, University of Sussex, UK
Visiting Researcher
October 2015 – September 2018: Department of Information and Communication Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
JSPS Research Fellow
October 2014 – September 2015: Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan
Program-Specific Associate Professor
October 2011 – September 2014: Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan
Associate Professor
January 2010 – September 2011: Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University, Japan
Program-Specific Lecturer
October 2007 – January 2010: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
Research Expert
April 2005 – September 2007: Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University, Japan
Researcher
March 2024 – to day: Research, Teaching and Management at Information Technology Center, The University of Tokyo, Japan
February 2019 – February 2024: Research and Teaching at Dept. of Information and Communication Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
October 2018 – January 2012: Research at Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan
October 2015 – September 2018 as a research fellow as a JSPS research fellow at the University of Tokyo, Japan
January 2010 – September 2015: Research & Teaching at ACCMS/Dept. of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan
October 2007 – January 2010: Research at NICT, Japan
April 2005 – September 2007: Research & Conduct of sponsored projects, including administration at ACCMS, Kyoto University, Japan
§ April 2018 to March 2021: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C): Leader
“家庭における「ものづくり」の学び・教えを助けるマルチメディアコンテンツの作成支援”
Grant ID: 18K11425 | Budget amount: \4,420,000
§ April 2018 to March 2022: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B): Collaborator
“深い学びを支援するための機械学習に基づく授業状況・学習状況の推定と可視化”
Grant ID: 18H01063 | Budget amount: \15,340,000
§ April 2018 to March 2019: National Institute of Informatics (NII) Collaboration: Leader
“意味構造解析された和文・英文レシピテキストの分析および整理に基づく英語圏での和文レシピデータの活用基盤構築”
Grant ID: 戦略４－６| Budget amount: \1,500,000
§ October 2015 to September 2018: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows: Leader
“人から知識を聞きだす音声対話ロボットのためのＷｅｂ情報検索を用いた対話戦略の決定”
Grant ID: 15J40163 | Budget amount: \4,420,000
§ April 2017 to March 2018: National Institute of Informatics (NII) Collaboration: Leader
“フロ一グラフ化した料理レシピの手順説明文による日英料理用語辞書の自動構築”
Grant ID: 自由２６| Budget amount: \1,000,000
§ April 2016 to March 2017: National Institute of Informatics Collaboration: Leader
“Web料理レシピの手順説明文書で使用される中間生成物を表す用語辞書の構築”
Grant ID: 戦略４－１| Budget amount: \1,300,000
§ April 2014 to March 2018: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B): Leader
“消費者生産型レシピコンテンツの手順・記述から見た多様性の解析手法の提案”
Grant 26280039 | Budget amount: \ 17,160,000
§ April 2014 to March 2018: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B): Collaborator
“受講ログの獲得と可視化による受講状況の振り返りが容易な学習支援システムの開発”
Grant ID: 26282062 | Budget amount: \16,250,000
§ April 2012 to March 2016: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A): Collaborator
“Understanding Human Activity in Kitchen via Food, Tool, and Action Recognition”
Grant 24240030 | Budget amount: \46,150,000
§ April 2011 to March 2015: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B): Leader
“Recipe dictation system from verbal illustration of how to cook while cooking”
Grant ID: 23700144 | Budget amount: \ 4,420,000
§ April 2011 to March 2014: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B): Collaborator
“Development and Practice of Acquisition and Visualization System of Behavior of Lecturers and Students in Lecture Room Videos”
Grant ID: 23300311 | Budget amount: \ 18,070,000
§ April 2011 to March 2014: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B): Collaborator
“Facilitating Video-based Cooking Communication by Multimedia Technologies”
Grant ID: 23500137 | Budget amount: \ 5,200,000
§ Takuya Kadowaki, Master thesis, Graduate school of Informatics, Kyoto University, 2015.
§ Asuka Miyazawa, “Detection of the timing to which it can’t take one’s eyes off work,” Master thesis, Graduate school of Informatics, Kyoto University, 2013.
§ Jin Inoue, “Recipe Guiding System based on Cook’s Grabbing/Releasing Motion,” Master thesis, Graduate school of Informatics, Kyoto University, 2013.
§ Atsushi Hashimoto, “Detecting and Tracking Handled-Objects for Progress Management in Food Preparation,” Doctoral thesis, Graduate school of Informatics, Kyoto University, 2012.
§ Yoshiki Tsuchimoto, “Ingredient Recognition from Load Feature at Cutting Action,” Master thesis, Graduate school of Informatics, Kyoto University, 2010
§ Takuto Yamamoto, “Estimation Cooking Action Based on Positional Information Independent of Design of Kitchen,” Master thesis, Graduate school of Informatics, Kyoto University, 2010
Teaching at Kyoto University from April 2010 to March 2016
§ “Basic Informatics I (Undergraduate)", Introduction of Information science for first year students
§ “Informatics Fundamentals & Practice A (Undergraduate)”, Practical training course of basic Information science for first year students
§ “Media Information Processing (Undergraduate)”, Basic technique for text, speech, sound, image and video processing for third year students
§ “Computer Science Laboratory and Exercise 4 (Undergraduate)”: Practical training of Web application design and implementation for third year students of fac. of Engineering
§ “Advanced Media Information Processing (Graduate)”, Advanced technique for text, speech, sound, image and video processing for master course students
Memberships in panels:
§ The Vice Chairman of special interest group of “Multimedia on Cooking and Eating Activities, IEICE
Scientific review:
§ Transaction on The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)
§ Information Processing Society of Japan Transactions (IPSJ)
§ Journal of The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI)
§ Journal of Japanese Cognitive Science Society (JCSS)
§ The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration (SICE JCMSI)
§ WebDB Forum
§ International Workshop on Multimedia Assisted Dietary Management (MADiMa)
Member of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), IEICE (the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers), and JSAI (The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence)
MMM2024
ICMR
§ ICMR 2019 Workshop on Multimedia for Cooking and Eating Activities (CEA2019), June 10, 2019. Programming chair
§ IJCAI 2018 Workshop on Multimedia for Cooking and Eating Activities (CEA2018), July 15, 2018. Programming chair
§ The Workshop on Data Engineering meets Intelligent Food and COoking Recipe 2018, PARIS, April 16, 2018. Steering Committee Co-Chair
§ IJCAI 2017 Workshop on Multimedia for Cooking and Eating Activities (CEA2017), August 20, 2017. Programming chair
§ ICME 2016 Workshop on Multimedia for Cooking and Eating Activities (CEA2016), July 15, 2016. Program chair
§ ICME 2015 Workshop on Multimedia for Cooking and Eating Activities (CEA2015), July 3, 2015. Organizing chair
§ ACM UbiComp 2014 Workshop on Smart Technology for Cooking and Eating Activities (CEA2014), September 14, 2014. Organizing chair
§ ACM Multimedia 2013 Workshop on Multimedia for Cooking and Eating Activities (CEA2013), October 21, 2013. Organizing chair
§ ACM Multimedia 2012 Workshop on Multimedia for Cooking and Eating Activities (CEA2012), November 2, 2012. Organizing chair
§ ISM 2011 Workshop on Multimedia for Cooking and Eating Activities (CEA2011), December 6, 2011. Organizing chair
§ ISM 2010 Workshop on Multimedia for Cooking and Eating Activities (CEA2010), December 14, 2010. Organizing chair
§ ACM Multimedia 2009 Workshop on Multimedia for Cooking and Eating Activities (CEA2009), October 23, 2009. Organizing chair
§ International Workshop on Intelligent Media Technology for Communicative Intelligence in Warsaw, Poland, September 13-14, 2004. Organizing Committee
2015-2018
Research Fellowships for Young Researchers from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
2017
The Best Paper Award on the IJCAI 2017 Workshop on Multimedia for Cooking and Eating Activities (CEA2017), “A Comparison of Cooking Recipe Named Entities between Japanese and English,” Yoko Yamakata, John Carroll, Shinsuke Mori
2015
Recognition of Merit on ICME2015 Workshop on Multimedia for Cooking and Eating Activities (CEA2015), Takuya Kadowaki, Yoko Yamakata, Katsumi Tanaka
2012
The Best Paper Award on the ACM Multimedia 2012 Workshop on Multimedia for Cooking and Eating Activities (CEA2012), “Recognizing Ingredients at Cutting Process by Integrating Multimodal Features,” Atsushi Hashimoto, Jin Inoue, Kazuaki Nakamura, Takuya Funatomi, Mayumi Ueda, Yoko Yamakata, Michihiko Minoh
2003
Incentive Award of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI)
§ Maternity leave: 2009-09 to 2010-3 and 2011-4 to 2011-9