Future University Hakodate

OKUNO Taku Professor

OKUNO Taku

Belongs:

Department of Media Architecture; Information architecture domain, Advanced ICT area, Media design field, Center for University-Society Relations and Collaboration (CRC)

Field of Study

Tourism Informatics, Digital Archiving, Software Engineering, Web Technologies

Previous employment/history

Hokkaido University

Subjects in charge (undergraduate)

Software Design Theory I, Project Management

Subjects taught (Graduate School)

Advanced Topics in Open Technologies

Bachelor of Science

Doctor (Engineering)

Message to students
MESSAGE

Our goal is to create an information system that is so indispensable, yet so subtle, like the air we breathe.

OKUNO, Taku Professor

Affiliation：

Department of Media Architecture、 Media Architecture Field、 Advanced ICT Field、 Media Design Field、 Center for University-Society Relations and Collaboration

Research Fields

Tourism Informatics, Digital Archives, Software Engineering, Web Technologies

Research Keywords

Linked Open Data

Academic Background

Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University

Subjects in Charge (Undergraduate)

Software Design Principle I, Project Management

Subjects in Charge (Graduate School)

Advanced Open Technologies

Degree

Dr. Eng.

Message for Students

Polish up your skills of expertise in our graduate school to take the first step toward a information engineer/researcher.

Research Projects

Our research aims to make people happy through software. We primarily focus on application software that directly supports human intellectual activities. These intellectual activities include software development, documentation, tourism, web-based information dissemination, e-portfolios, and translation. Furthermore, we conduct research using open standards technologies such as DITA (a technical documentation standard) and Linked Open Data (LOD), as well as open-source software such as web content management systems (CMS) and software development support tools.

The appeal of research

The results of this research will become "tools" that people use when performing their work and various activities. The quality of these tools can make a huge difference in productivity. The quality of a tool is determined by integrating various elements such as the concept, architecture, technologies used, implementation methods, and user interface. The appeal of this research lies in being able to consider and create all of these elements as a system.

Achievements

While working at a company, I was involved in research and development on the application of genetic algorithms to production process scheduling, research and development of a system that performs automated farm work based on maps created by GIS in conjunction with GPS-enabled autonomous tractors (Agricultural Robot Project), and research and development of open-source web service middleware (OpenSOAP Project). I was also involved in the development of commercial web systems and the standardization of development processes in system development projects. At the university, I have been continuously involved in training practical software engineers through industry-academia collaboration. As part of the core PBL (Project-Based Learning) program, I am also involved in the construction of systems such as smartphone applications that provide tourism information and digital archives, as well as related research.

Major publications and papers

LOD (Link-of-Demand) conversion of destination-based tourism information content and development of the tourism app "Hakodate Map+": Activities of the Advanced ICT Exercise Tourism Project, Tourism and Information: Journal of Tourism Informatics, 10(1), 25-36, 2014.
Building DITA-Based CMS as Integrated Documentation Environment, Marie Sakai and Taku Okuno, IEEE The 6th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems/The 13th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS-ISIS 2012), pp. 1816-1820, Kobe, Japan, November 20-24, 2012
Efforts to cultivate highly skilled IT personnel through the establishment of endowed courses, Keiji Suzuki, Yoko Konno, Taku Okunoo, Information Processing Vol. 52 No. 10 Oct. 2011, pp. 1241-1244, 2011.
Data Integration Method for Recommendation on Small Website, Nobuyuki Shimizu and Taku Okuno, Proceedings of Joint 5th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 11th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS & ISIS 2010), pp. 1180-1185, 2010
A Middleware Framework for Loose Robot Communication over the Internet, Makoto Oya and Taku Okuno, Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, pp. 11-16, 2005
An OpenSOAP Based Framework for Robot Communication, Taku Okuno and Makoto Oya, Proceedings of the 2004 JSME International Conference on Advanced Mechatronics, pp. 436-441, 2004
A practical example of advanced information technology education at the Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University. Zenjiro Oba, Yusuke Kakazu, Makoto Otani, Yasuhiro Hatakeyama, Taku Okunoo. Journal of the Japan Society for Engineering Education, Engineering Education, Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 78-85, 2004.

Research Contents

The goal of my research is making people happy with software. The main target is the application software that supports the intellectual activities of human. Such activities include: software development, documentation, tourism activity, information provision on the Web, e-portfolio, translation, etc. The technologies for supporting the activities include: a standard of a technical documentation, DITA; a standard of open data, Linked Open Data (LOD); Web content management system (CMS); tools for software development.

Attractive Factors of My Research

The result of research becomes the tool used when people perform work and various activities.
The quality of the tool has a very large influence on the productivity.
The quality of the tool results from the integration of various elements: concept, architecture, technologies used, implementation, user interface, etc. The appeal of this research is to create such a tool by considering it comprehensively as a system.

Achievements

Research and development at the companies: an application of the genetic algorithm to the production process scheduling, an automated farming system based on the maps generated by GIS in cooperation with an autonomous tractor navigated by GPS (agricultural robot project), open source middleware for the Web services (OpenSOAP project), B2C Web systems, standardization of the system development process, etc.
Research and education at the university: development of software engineers by PBL in cooperation with industry, development of smartphone apps for tourists (PBL), development of a digital archive system, etc.

Major Books and Papers

Making LOD of Community Tourism Information Contents and Development of Hakodate Map+: Activities of Tourism Project of Advanced ICT Practices, Tourism and Information: Jounal of Society for Tourism Informatics, 10(1), 25-36, 2014.
Building DITA-Based CMS as Integrated Documentation Environment, Marie Sakai and Taku Okuno, IEEE The 6th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems/The 13th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS-ISIS 2012), pp. 1816-1820, Kobe, Japan, November 20-24, 2012.
Training Courses for Advanced IT Engineers based on Endowed Courses in Universities, Keiji Suzuki , Yohko Konno and Taku Okuno, IPSJ Magazine, Vol.52 No.10 Oct. 2011, pp.1241-1244, 2011.
Data Integration Method for Recommendation on Small Website, Nobuyuki Shimizu and Taku Okuno, Proceedings of Joint 5th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 11th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS & ISIS 2010), pp.1180-1185, 2010.
A Middleware Framework for Loose Robot Communication over the Internet, Makoto Oya and Taku Okuno, Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, pp.11-16, 2005.
An OpenSOAP Based Framework for Robot Communication, Taku Okuno and Makoto Oya, Proceedings of the 2004 JSME International Conference on Advanced Mechatronics, pp.436-441, 2004.
Practical Implementation of Education in High-level IT Engineer in Graduate School of Engineering Hokkaido University, Zenjiro Oba, Yukinori Kakazu, Makoto Oya, Yasuhiro Hatakeyama and Taku Okuno, Engineering Education, Japanese Society for Engineering Education, 52, Vol.3, pp.78-85, 2004.