about me

Contact information

Hiroaki Ogata, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Information Science and Intelligent Systems,
Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima University
2-1, Minamijosanjima, Tokushima 770-8506, Japan
[TEL/FAX] +81 88 656 7498
mailto:ogata [at] is.tokushima-u.ac.jp
http://www-b4.is.tokushima-u.ac.jp/ogata/		 ogata

Research interests

  • Computer Supported Ubiquitous Learning and Mobile Learning,
  • CSCL (Computer Supported Collaborative Learning), 
  • CSCW (Computer Supported Collaborative Writing), Groupware,
  • CSSN (Computer Supported Social Networking),
  • Networked Virtual Communities,
  • Information and Knowledge Management,
  • Knowledge Awareness,  CHI (Computer Human Interaction)

Education

  • 1988.4-1992.3: Bachelor of Dept. of Information Science and Intelligent Systems, Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima University
  • 1992.4-1994.3: Master's Program in Graduate school of Engineering, Tokushima University
  • 1994.4-1995.3: Ph.D. Program in Graduate school of Engineering, Tokushima University
  • 1998.5: Ph.D., Tokushima University
  • 2001.9-2003.2: Visiting Researcher, Center for Lifelong Learning and Design, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

Employment

  • 1995.4-1999.3: Research Associate in Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima University
  • 1999.4-2001.2: Assistant Professor in Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima University
  • 2001.3- : Associate Professor in Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima University

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Awards

  • Best Paper Award of Japanese Society for Information and Systems in Education (1998)
  • WebNet 99 Top Paper Award (1999)
  • Paper Award of SIG GN, IPSJ (2004)
  • CSCL 2005 Contribution Award (2005)
  • ICALT 2006 Best Paper Award (2006)
  • MULE 2007 Best paper Awared (2007)
  • CollabTech 2008 Best Paper Award (2008)
  • Best Paper Runner-Up Awad at ICCE2008.
  • Best Paper Awad at ICIE 2009.
  • Best Paper Awad at mLearn 2009.
  • APSCE Young Researcher Leader Award in 2009.
  • Distinguished Young Researcher Award 2009 from the University of Tokushima.

Invited talks and keynotes

  • CSCL and Awareness, NIME meeting, Chiba, Japan, Aug. 2001.
  • Supporting Awareness in CSCL, ALIC meeting, Tokyo, Japan, Sep. 2001.
  • Mobile Media in Education, BEAT meeting, Tokyo, Japan, Sep. 4, 2004.
  • Ubiquitous and mobile technologies in CSCL, premier workshop in FIT2004, Kyoto, Japan, Sep. 2004.
  • Ubiquitous and Mobile Learning Environments, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan, Dec. 2004.
  • Research Trends on Ubiquitous and mobile technologies in Education, Ubiquitous Learning Council, Tokyo, Japan, June 27. 2005.
  • Keynote in IEEE WMUTE2008,Beijing, China, March 23-15, 2008.
  • Keynote in IEEE MUCTEL 2008, Taichung, Taiwan, June 11-13, 2008.
  • Keynote at International Conference on Mobile Learning. Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 26-28-, 2009.
  • Keynote at 9th International Educational Technology Conference 2009, Ankara, Turkey, May 6-9, 2009.
  • Keynote at International Conference on Information Engineering, Taiyuan, China, July 10-11, 2009.
  • Keynote at TeLearn 2009, Taipei, Taiwan, October, 2009.
  • Keynote at IEEE CAR 2010, Wuhan, China, March, 2010.

Professional Activities

Guest editor

  • Special issue on mobile learning of Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (2007)
  • Special issue on Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning Environments in international Journal of RPTEL (Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning) (deadline: End of March, 2008).
  • Special issue on Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies for Language Learning in international Journal of Mobile Learning and Organization ) 2009

Associate Editor

Editorial board of Journal

  • ijCSCL: International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, published by Springer (2005-)
  • International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, published by IGI global. (2008-)
  • International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology (IJWET) ISBN:1476-1289, published by Inderscience, UK.(2002-2005)
  • International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organization (IJMLO),  published by Inderscience, UK.(2006-)
  • Journal of JSiSE (Japanese Society for Information and Systems in Education) (2003-2007).
  • International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (2008-)
  • Journal of IEICE, D (2009-)

Editorial board of special issue

  • Special Issue on “From knowledge sharing to knowledge co-creation” of Journal of IPSJ.
  • Special Issue on “Ubiquitous Computing Society and Collaboration” of Journal of IPSJ.
  • Special Issue on “Ubiquitous Network Service” of Journal of IPSJ.
  • Special Issue on “Platform of Educational Systems” of Journal of IEICE.
  • Special Issue on Collaboration Technology in Everyday life in Journal of Information Processing in Japan

Advisory board of Journal

Conference Chair / Organizing chair

  • CC 2000 in Australia on Dec. 12-15, 2000.
  • International Workshop on CSCL 2000 in Tokushima, Japan on Nov. 27-29, 2000.
  • IEEE International Workshop on WMTE 2005, in Tokushima, Japan on Nov. 28-30, 2005.
  • International Workshop on MULE (Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning Environments) in ICCE2006 at Beijing, China, Dec 1, 2006.
  • Pervasive Learning 2007, Toronto, Canada, May 13, 2007.
  • International Workshop on MULE in Hong Kong, China, August 15-17, 2007.
  • International Workshop on MULE in ICCE2007, Hiroshima, Japan, Nov. 5/6, 2007.
  • International Workshop on MULE in Tokushima, Japan, March 26-27, 2009.

Steering Committee

Program (Co-)Chair

  • IEEE WMTE2005,Tokushima, Japan, Nov 27-30, 2005.
  • CollabTech2008, Wakayama, Japan, August 21-22, 2008.
  • Educatinment 2009: 4th international conference on e-Learning and Games, Banf, Canada, August 9-11, 2009.
  • CollabTech 2009, Sydney Australia, August 12-14, 2009.
  • ICCE2009, Hong Kong, Oct 30-Dec 4, 2009, Program coordnition chair

Program Committee

  • ICC 2000 in Australia on Dec. 12-15, 2000.
  • Euro-CSCL 2001:, in Netherlands, on March, 2001
  • MICCS 2001, Mexico, September 16-19, 2001
  • CSCL 2002, Computer Support for Collaborative Learning, Boulder CO. USA, Jan., 7-11, 2002
  • Networked Learning, NL 2002, Berlin, May 1-4, 2002
  • IRMA 2002, Information Resources Management Association, Seattle Washington, USA, May 19-22, 2002
  • AAMAS 2002 workshop on Regulated Agent-Based Social Systems: Theories and Applications (RASTA'02), Bologna, Italy from July 15-19, 2002
  • WMTE 2002: IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education, August 29-30, 2002, Vaxjo, Sweden.
  • MDEST2002: International Workshop on Multimedia Distance Education Systems and Technologies in conjunction with International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems (DMS2002), Sep. 26-28, 2002, San Francisco, USA.
  • IRMA 2003, May 18-21, 2003, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • CSCL2003, Computer Support for Collaborative Learning, Bergen, Norway, 14-18 June 2003.
  • IEEE WMTE 2003/2004: March 22-25, 2003, National Central University, Taiwan
  • KEST2003: International Conference on Knowledge Economy and Development of Science and Technology, Akita, Japan, Sep. 16 - 19, 2003.
  • IRMA 2004
  • KEST2004, Beijin, China.
  • KSCE 2004, IASTED International Conference on Knowledge Sharing and Collaborative Engineering:, November 22-24, 2004, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.
  • CELDA 2004 and 2005 (IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age), 15-17 December 2004 and 2005.
  • AMT2005: IEEE International Conference on Active Media Technology, Kagawa, Japan, May 19-21, 2005.
  • WWW 2005: International Conference on World Wide Web, Makuhari, Japan, May 10-14, 2005.
  • CSCL 2005, Taiwan, June 1-6, 2005. (also Interactive Event Co-Chair)
  • ICALT 2005, and SW-EL@ICALT2005 Taiwan, July, 2005.
  • Interaction 2006
  • ICALT 2006 at Netherland, ICALT2007 at Niigata, Japan
  • UbiSafe2007
  • IEEE WMUTE2006 at Athens, Greece
  • ICCE 2006 at Beijing, China,
  • ICCE2007 at Hiroshima, Japan, Nov. 5-9, 2007. (also, Poster Co-Chair and Implementation Committee member)
  • CELDA2007 at Portogal
  • WMUTE2008, Beiging, China
  • UASS2008, Okinawa, Japan, March 25-28, 2008.
  • ICCE2008, Taipei, Taiwan, October 27-31, 2008.
  • ICCE2009, Hong Kong, November 30-December 4, 2009. Program coordnition chair
  • ICALT 2009
  • CELDA 2009
  • TeLearn 2009
  • CollabTech 2009
  • ICIE2009
  • IETC 2009
  • mLearn 2009
  • International Workshop on Technology for Education 2009

  • CSE 2009

Reviewer
IEICE(1999 - ), IJAIED(2000 - ), AIED (2000 - ), ICCE (2000 - ), CollaboTech2005

Academic Service
IEEE Shikoku Section Secretariat (2005-2006)
Excutive Committee of APSCE (2008-2009)
Excutive Committee of IAmLearn (2010-)

Member in academic societies

  • ACM, AIED, IEEE (Senior member), ISLS, APSCE, IPSJ, IEICE, JSiSE, JSET.

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