Professor

Yoshinori Hijikata, Ph.D.

Kwansei Gakuin University (KGU)
School of Business Administration

1-155 Uegahara Ichiban-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo
E-mail: contact [at] soc [-] research.org

Research Area

Social Media Analysis, Social Informatics, Social Psychology

Target Conference

ACM CHI, IUI, CSCW, RecSys, AAAI ICWSM, UMAP, IEEE/WIC/ACM WI

Academic and Professional Background

1996 Bachelor Degree, Osaka University
1998 Master Degree, Osaka University
1998 Researcher, IBM Research, Tokyo Research Laboratory
2002 Ph.D., Osaka University
2002 Research Associate, Osaka University
2007 Assistant Professor, Osaka University
2009 Associate Professor, Osaka University
2014 Visiting Researcher, University of Minnesota, GroupLens Research
2017 Associate Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University
2019 Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University

Activities for Academic Society (Selected)

Chair of IEICE SIG on Web Intelligence and Interaction (2004-2012)
Chair of ARG SIG on Web Intelligence and Interaction (2012-2016)
Secretary of IEICE Human Communication Group (2002-2004)
Secretary of IPSJ SIG on Database systems (2007-2011)
Editorial Member of Journal of Human Interface Society Japan (2006-2008, 2013-2015)
Editorial Member of Journal of Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (2005-2009)
Councilor for Human Interface Society Japan (2007-2013)
Councilor for Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (2010-)
Director for Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (2016-2018)
General chair for ACM IUI-2018 (2016-2018)

Award (Selected)

Best Paper Award (ACM IUI 2006)
Best Paper Award (IPSJ Interaction 2005, 2013)
Best Paper Award (WebDB Forum 2011, 2012, 2013)
Best Paper Award (DEWS (DEIM) 2006)
IPSJ Yamashita SIG Research Award (2013)
President Award in Osaka University (2013)
Transactions of IEEJ Best Paper Award (2003)
Best Paper Award (IFIP BASYS 2002)
SICE Young Investigators Award (2003)
IEICE Senior member (2011)