CV
Hidekazu Kubota
Ph.D. in Engineering (University of Tokyo, 2004)
Independent Developer
https://gyazo.com/b8e64a630903ca1a9e275fc113d451d9
Summary
Developer with strengths in interaction design and programming, backed by training in applied artificial intelligence research. Known for resolving problems in collaborative software, leading teams to success in business competitions, and securing multiple awards in enterprise Java challenges.
Professional History
2020 to Current, Independent Developer
Developed open-source software for personal knowledge management.
Lecturer at a technical college (Kyoto Computer Gakuin)
April 2012 to March 2020
NEURONET Inc., Chief Technology Officer
Provided telecommunication system development projects leadership in dynamic technology-driven environment with multiple priorities.
Collaborated with third-party vendors to implement a new video call center system.
Won many awards from governments and organizations for the development of Web conferencing and video call center systems.
July 2009 to March 2012
Phyzios Inc., Advisor
Produced detailed reports outlining key issues and proposed solutions about entertainment software that uses physics simulation technologies.
December 2008 to March 2012
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , Postdoctoral Fellow / Technical Staff
Wrote and published peer-reviewed articles concerning findings of the People Art at the CREST national research project.
Collaborated with art and science professionals to advance research and gain deeper understanding of topics.
December 2008 to August 2009
MITOU Program, Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA), Creator
Won a super creator award from Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA).
April 2006 to March 2008
Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University, Lecturer (part-time)
Employed advanced knowledge of collaborative software to teach information ethnography courses to graduate students.
April 2006 to November 2008
Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Postdoctoral Fellow
Developed a sketchbook-style content management system on Web.
Won awards from the Information Processing Society of Japan.
April 2001 to March 2003
Communications Research Laboratory, Japan, Research Fellow
Developed an automated TV program generation system in collaboration with Tokyo University and KDDI.
Educational History
2000-04 - 2004-03, University of Tokyo
Ph.D. in Engineering
Doctoral Thesis
1998-04 - 2000-03, Nara Institute of Science And Technology
Master of Engineering
1993-04 - 1998-03, Kyoto University
Bachelor of Engineering
Skills
Software Development
Product Development
Technical Writing
Interests
Interaction Design
Personal Knowledge Management
Professional Training for Computer Beginners
History of Computing
Awards and Achievements
Won Payara Hackathon – Generative AI on Jakarta EE, 2024
Super creator certified under the MITOU Program (FY2008), Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA), 2009
Best paper award and Noguchi award, DICOMO2009 symposium, Information Processing Society of Japan, 2009
JSAI Annual Conference Award, The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, 2006
Published Works
Major Articles in Refereed Journals
Hidekazu Kubota, Satoshi Nomura, Yasuyuki Sumi, and Toyoaki Nishida: Sustainable Memory System using Global and Conical Spaces, Special Issue on Communicative Intelligence in Journal of Universal Computer Science, Vol.13, No.2, pp.135-148, 2007.
Hidekazu Kubota, Sadao Kurohashi, Toyoaki Nishida: Virtualized egos using knowledge cards, Electronics and Communications in Japan (Part II: Electronics), Vol.88, No.1, pp. 32-39, 2005.
Major Articles in International Conference Proceedings
Hidekazu Kubota, Toyoaki Nishida, Tomoko Koda: Exchanging Tacit Community Knowledge by Talking-virtualized-egos. Fourth International Conference on AUTONOMOUS AGENTS(Agents 2000, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. June 3 -June 7), pp.285-292, 2000.
Major Book Chapters
Hidekazu Kubota, Yasuyuki Sumi, and Toyoaki Nishida: Visualization of Contents Archive by Contour Map Representation, New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence: Proceeding of the 20th Annual Conferences of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer, 2007.
Ken Saito, Hidekazu Kubota, Yasuyuki Sumi, and Toyoaki Nishida: Support for content creation using conversation quanta, New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence: Joint JSAI 2005 Workshop Post-Proceedings, LNAI 4012, pp. 29-40, Springer, 2006.
Hidekazu Kubota, Toyoaki Nishida: EGOCHAT AGENT: A Talking Virtualized Agent that Supports Community Knowledge Creation, In Socially Intelligent Agents - creating relationships with computers and robots, Editors: Kerstin Dautenhahn, Alan Bond, Lola Cañamero, Bruce Edmonds, chapter 11, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp.93-100, 2002.
Takashi Hirata, Hidekazu Kubota, and Toyoaki NISHIDA, "Talking Virtualized Egos for Dynamic Knowledge Interaction'', In Dynamic Knowledge Interaction, chapter 6, CRC Press, Boca Raton FL, pp.183-222, 2000.
(more have been published in Japanese)