Asanobu KITAMOTO

Asanobu KITAMOTO earned his Ph.D. in electronic engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1997. He is now Director of Center for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH), Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research (DS), Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS), Professor of National Institute of Informatics, and SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies). His primary technical interest is in image processing and pattern recognition. He also develops data-driven science in various disciplines such as humanities, earth science and environment, and disaster reduction. He is also working on a trans-disciplinary collaboration for the promotion of open science. He has received awards such as Japan Media Arts Festival Jury Recommended Works, IPSJ Yamashita Award, Jinmoncom Symposium Best Paper Award, Japan Society for Digital Archive Academic Award (Research Paper).