The Knowledge Management Education Hub

Communities

Study/Working Groups

• Humanities and Social Sciences Subcommittee (est. 1989)
• Technical Terminology Study Group (est. 1988)
• Senior Information and Knowledge Study Group (est. 2011)
• Knowledge, Art and Cultural Informatics Study Group – Kansai Section (est. 2012)
• Open Science and Open Data (OS-OD) Study Group (est. 2019)
• SGML/XML Working Group*

Branches/Divisions

• Kansai Section/Division (est. 2004)
• CODATA Subcommittee – Japanese branch of the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA)
• JSIK Youth Association*

Conferences

• Japan Society of Information and Knowledge Conference (JSIK Conference)*
  The two days Japan Society of Information and Knowledge Conference (JSIK Conference; Japanese: 日本情報知識学会大会), until 2005 the one day Japan Society of Information and Knowledge Research Report Meeting, is the annual research report and general assembly meeting of the Japan Society of Information and Knowledge (JSIK).
• Information & Knowledge Forum*
  The Information and Knowledge Forum or the Japan Society of Information and Knowledge Forum (Japanese: 回情報知識学フォーラム), formerly the SGML / XML Training Forum, is an annual forum organized by the Japan Society of Information and Knowledge (JSIK) addressing current topics in information and knowledge. It consists of invited lectures/talks and research presentations (oral or poster presentations) from academic members.
• Technical Terminology Symposium** (1988-2009)

Seminars

Information & Knowledge Online Seminar Series

• Oct 2022: #04 Information Technology Supporting Japan Search
  Lectures:
  Policy and Technology for Metadata Coordination in Japan Search
  ColBase as a linker
• Jun 2022: #03 Examples of Development of Products and Services at Dai Nippon Printing Utilizing Information Technology – Application of Interface Design and Operations Research
  Lectures:
  Trial of Japanese layout design to improve reading efficiency
  Interface construction from the user’s perspective
  Development and Application of Combinatorial Optimization Solver Using Annealing Method
• Feb 2022: #2 Knowledge Base Formed Behind and Inside CiNii Research, an Academic Information Search Platform – New Information and Data Search Technologies Essential for Research Activities by Students and Researchers
  Lectures:
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• Nov 2021: #01 Challenge and fruition of knowledge and information technology in Toppan Printing
  Lectures:
  Current status and issues of Kuzushiji OCR
  Efforts of the Printing Museum Centered on Printing Culture Studies
  Case Study of Machine Learning Efforts in Toppan Printing

Knowledge, Art, and Cultural Informatics Study Group

• Knowledge, Art, and Cultural Informatics Studies Seminar*

  The Knowledge, Art, and Cultual Informatics Seminar is addressed to students and young researchers who are interested in information and knowledge research in art, culture, and other related fields. This research meeting is positioned as a place where participants can discover new research themes and methods through exchanges of people from different fields. It is co-organized with the Kansai Section of the Art Documentation Society in co-operation with the Ritsumeikan University’s Art Research Center (“Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Cultures” project).

  12th Workshop on Knowledge, Art, and Culture Informatics, February 18, 2023, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan / virtual venue

  Improvement of learning support system based on sutra copying programming
  Development of an image search system for kao
  Visualization research on “maai” in Japanese dance – Cubic and local
  Kabuki actor information from classical documents using named entity extraction method
  Miyako Odori and its publication database construction
  Analysis of factors contributing to the progress of digitalization and openness of local government newsletters
  Possibilities of Nara research utilizing cultural resources
  Practice of digital archive at Prince Chichibu Memorial Sports Museum

  11th Workshop on Knowledge, Art, and Culture Informatics, February 12, 2022, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan virtual venue

  Creation of digital content based on 3D measurement data of armor
  Borobudur temple mural relief by deep learning – Semantic Segmentation
  Study on support for creating comprehension tests for information processing subjects
  Is the for statement necessary? Questions and analysis in programming class
  Research on the role of documentation in video production
  Practice of building a digital archive related to local government video materials – Case study of digital archive construction of “Kyoto News”
  Analysis of trends in CGM by generation based on web content database creation
  Heroes and villains seen from American comic original movies – Research on Transition
  Analysis of Waka and Paintings of the Lotus Sutra through Text Analysis

  10th Workshop on Knowledge, Art, and Culture Informatics, February 13, 2021, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan virtual venue

  Improvement of Multiple Choice Question Generation Support System for Information Processing Subjects
  Examination of location information correction of databases on ruins
  Progress in digitization and openness of local materials such as local government history -　Differences between Kanagawa Prefecture City Areas and Town and Village Areas
  Study on Support for Effective Browsing of Genealogy Contents
  Virtual exhibition using social VR service “VRChat”: Development of production system – Ritsumeikan University Art Research Center reading room
  Using a large-scale point cloud obtained by 3D measurement: Collision Visualization of Tangible Cultural Properties
  Construction and construction of an archive of historical dramas as Japanese cultural resources
  Theater Archive Research: Theory and Practice Focusing on Contemporary Theater
  Development of Ukiyo-e Image Retrieval System Based on Deep Learning Model
  Towards a cross-modal multilingual search for ukiyo-e records: Trial of feature embedding extraction of work information by Multilingual-BERT

  9th Workshop on Knowledge, Art, and Culture Informatics, February 15, 2020, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan

  Construction of C language learning support interface based on sut
  Kamikoto for Digital Archives of Traditional Japanese Music
  Issues in Archiving Internet Art ― From the Discussion of Participatory Art
  Progress in digitization and openness of local materials such as local government history — From the case of Yokohama City
  A comparative report of deep features and human perception

  8th Workshop on Knowledge, Art, and Culture Informatics, January 26, 2019, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan

  Generation and Analysis of Comprehension Tests for Information Literacy
  e-learning system for C language learning support
  Relief Relief of Borobudur Temple Site Using Deep Learning: Three-dimensional digital reconstruction from old photographs
  Recommendation system based on relevance of Works for Ukiyo-e Digital Archive
  Research on urban development in modern Kyoto”
  Research on game information requirements for thematic access – Quantitative Text Analysis of Q&A Sites
  Document length for Japanese author identification”
  Large-scale reprinting of historical materials through online citizen participation (invited)
  Current status and prospects of Kuzushiji OCR (invited)

  7th Workshop on Knowledge, Art, and Culture Informatics, February 10, 2018, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan

  Verification of time-series data of search hits and its impact on indicators – Using Google Normalized Distance
  About CBT for information processing education
  High-quality visualization of tangible cultural properties by improving the quality of 3D measurement point clouds
  An Attempt to Recognize the Characters of the Library Seal Using Tenshotai
  Digital information on cultural properties obtained through restoration and research: Conservation research through database construction
  After creating TEI metadata for Japanese materials in Cambridge University Libraries
  How to Complement Each Other in Holding Institutions and Research Institutions ― Work at the Kyoto Prefectural Gaku Rekisaikan
  Efforts toward utilization of classical texts at the National Institute of Japanese Literature (invited)

  6th Workshop on Knowledge, Art, and Culture Informatics, January 21, 2017, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan

  New Inheritance of Cultural Properties – Nullification of Terrorism
  Interactive Art Using 3D Scanning Technology – Space-Time Archive
  Appearance Archives of Modern Japanese Literature: Woodblock Frontispieces
  Building a database system for genealogy
  Analysis of blog articles on disasters for article provision
  Misinterpretation of statistical data in electronic publication research
  Metadata core set of game package DB

  5th Workshop on Knowledge, Art, and Culture Informatics, February 6, 2016, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan

  Bibliographic Framework for Describing Information on the Establishment of Classical Books
  Study of Japanese literary works using text mining — About Yasunari Kawabata’s simile expression
  Development of a search system for providing disaster and disaster prevention article information
  Construction of a Digital Archive System for Training Materials ― Focusing on Transcription Support and Database Management
  Concept of a database of Japanese engravings and Chinese classics from the perspective of the Far East
  Reading the Dressing Image Database

  4th Workshop on Knowledge, Art, and Culture Informatics, February 7, 2015, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan

  Special Presentations:
  Master craftsmen and craftsmen from early modern and modern Kyoto: Construction of a digital atlas of masters and arts
  Optical measurement and Creation of Image Analysis Fundamental Technology
  Managing Collaborative Research on Humanities Databases: About building the platform

  Presentations:
  Construction of disaster/disaster prevention article information provision system
  Building an information management system for personal use
  Construction of a Digital Archive System for Training Materials
  Social Reading for Modern Digital Libraries
  Biwa Shimbun database and regional comparisons: the era of both world wars: The Development and Trends of Modern Biwa Music in East Asia
  Method for automatically extracting expressions related to characters from actors’ reviews
  Image measurement for plate type discrimination in board books ― Focusing on the comparison of the housing height
  Characteristics of Noh writers as seen from the frequency of occurrence of parts of speech: On the verses of Noh song
  Studying one factor of the publishing recession from sales trends of game-related books and magazines
  Demonstration experiment on linking library materials and learning process using IT ― Trial of hybrid reading environment design in the University of Tokyo new library project”

  3rd Workshop on Knowledge, Art and Culture Informatics, February 8, 2014, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan

  Special Presentations:
  Difficulties in Collecting Performing Arts Data
  Dawn of Quantitative Analysis of Traditional Performing Arts: Kabuki, Rakugo, and Sumo
  Considerations on the Transformation of Art and Culture in Japan from the Present to the Past: Utilization of Mathematical Approaches and Databases

  Presentations:
  Web information search support system considering browsing time
  Building an information management system for personal use
  Management of medical documents using digital tablet terminals
  Method for identifying the same work in different language ukiyo-e databases using metadata
  How to classify patterns expressed on stencils
  Construction and Utilization of Kitahida Folklore Knowledge Base Using Modern Product Magazines and Folklore Materials

  2nd Workshop on Knowledge, Art, and Culture Informatics, February 9, 2013, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan

  Presentations:
  Examination of Saikaku’s manuscripts from the viewpoint of bibliometrics
  Behavioral Characteristic Survey of Web Information Search Considering User Type and Browsing Time
  Characteristics of Tenpyo Culture as Seen in Patterns on Jewelry Mirrors
  Construction of full-text search engine selection support system – focusing on search accuracy
  Improving research efficiency by developing an automatic indexing tool for actor reviews
  Concept of a comprehensive digital archive of early-modern publications centered on woodblock digital archive
  Supporting the inheritance of intangible cultural assets (Japanese dance) using motion capture

  1st Workshop on Knowledge, Art, and Culture Informatics, January 21, 2012, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan

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Meetings

Senior Group: Table Talks

Oct 2023: #21 Will online education take root in Japanese universities?
Mar 2023: #20 From chemical information to digital archive

Nov 2022: #19 Looking back on my six years as head of school

Dec 2019: #18 Operation of Digital Archive System ADEAC
Oct 2019: #17 Over 30 years in the library in the museum

Dec 2018: #16 Informatization and Problems in the Field of Geology
Oct 2018: #15 Meeting between economic and industrial research and information – My work and interests -” – From the standpoint of looking at information from the standpoint of the economy and companies since the time of Mitsubishi Research Institute
Mar 2018: #14 Open data situation in Europe (in the case of philosophy)

Nov 2017: #13 Data Thinking, Fast and Slow
Mar 2017: #12 The World of Banned Books in the Prewar Period

Sep 2016: #11 Fact data, fact databases
Feb 2016: #10 History and Future of Toyo Bunko

Oct 2015: #09 Recalling Naming in Chemistry and Afterwards

Dec 2013: #08 Getting Started with Information Search – Recollection of Introduction of Overseas Database Service
Sep 2013: #07 Modern Information & Knowledge Environment – Interpretation and Appreciation
Mar 2013: #06 Memories of the design and implementation of the “JICST Terminology Management System”

Nov 2012: #05 How library services should be in response to the aging information society
Aug 2012: #04 Toppan Printing’s VR efforts, information equipment and services in an aging society

Nov 2011: #03 Information activities at the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
Jul 2011: #02 Beginning of database

Dec 2010: #01 OCLC Founder Frederick Kilgour and I

Kansai Division: Research meeting (w. Organizing Technology Research Group, Japan Library Research Association)

Sep 2013: Fundamentals of Linked Open Data and Future Use of Information

Sep 2012: Japanese localization and trial use of an open source archive material information management system (provisional)

May 2011: Regarding MLA (museums, libraries, and archives) collaboration: Conscious of information organization

Jul 2010: Museum collection management system and exhibition guidance system using Nintendo DS
Mar 2010: Functional understanding of information organization in the current Net.-based information distribution

Sep 2009: Conservation, restoration, digital archiving and reproduction of works of art and cultural properties
Jul 2009: Development of an information search support system that integrates a library classification system and Wikipedia (provisional title)
Mar 2009: Latest Trends in Libraries, Archives, and Museum Collaboration in Europe: Focusing on the European Digital Project
Jan 2009: Prospects of text mining technology in the field of medicine and biology (tentative title)

May 2008: Overview of “clothing and Attire Culture Database”: Focusing on the interface, input rules, and controlled vocabulary
Jan 2008: Extended thesaurus term relations

Jun 2007: Aiming to realize an open source library system

Sep 2006: Class Hierarchy and Thesaurus as Thematic Expressions
Jun 2006: Construction of an ontology model for classical Japanese and Chinese studies

Jul 2005: Construction of a thesaurus for large-scale Korean ontology development
Jun 2005: Organize materials based on themes using topic maps

JSIK Monthly Social Gatherings (venue: in general in Tokyo)

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Sep 2007: Utilizing Cultural Property Contents for Educational Purposes – Efforts in the CEAX Project
Mar 2007: How Much Scientific and Technological Information Do People Need?

Nov 2006: History and Future of Printing (Lecture: Introduction to the Printing Museum and History of Printing, Tours: VR Theater Tour, Visit to the Printing Museum) (Tsukuba)
Sep 2006: Digital Archive as National Storage Device – Based on the experience of the Center for Asian Historical Records and the National Archives Digital Archive

Oct 2005: Toward new information use ― Geographic information/location information/full-text search system… (Tsukuba)
Jul 2005: Terminology vs. Naming (Tokai region)
Mar 2005: Is Information Science a study of tools?

Nov 2004: Participant research report and get-together (Kansai region)
Sep 2004: The history and the use of information
Jun 2004: Information Culture Theory
Mar 2004: Translation and communication
Feb 2004: Databases and Japanese people

Nov 2003: Research activities of the Japan Society of Information and Knowledge (Kansai region)
Oct 2003: Databases and Japanese people
Sep 2003: Activities and plans for the future
Jul 2003: Position of the Japan Society for Information and Knowledge – Requests for academic journals
Jun 2003: How the Information and Knowledge Society Should Be
Mar 2003: About “Information”, a new high school subject

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Events

• Study tours (educational facilities, advanced information systems)