Professor

YAMADA Shoji

YAMADA Shoji

Homepage :Yamada Shoji Laboratory

Education:

1986
B.A., Tsukuba University
1988
M. Med. Sci., Tsukuba University
1998
D. Eng., Kyoto University

Professional Experience:

2011 - present
Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
1996 - 2011
Associate Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
1992 - 1996
Department of Computer Science, Division for the Visually Impaired, Tsukuba College of Technology
1988 - 1992
IBM Japan

Specialized Fields:

Informatics, History of Cultural Exchange

Current Research Themes:

Informatics on the Creation, Dissemination, and Transformation of Culture

Keywords for Research:

Information, arts and crafts, creativity, Zen culture, quantity analysis, computer, digital society, intellectual properties

Major publications:

Books

2012
“Pirate” Publishing: The Battle over Perpetual Copyrightin Eighteenth-Century Britain, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
2011
Nihon no Chosakuken ha Naze Konnani Kibishii noka (Why Japanese Copyright Is So Strict?), Jimbun Shoin
2009
Shots in the Dark: Japan, Zen, and the West. The University of Chicago Press
2007
Kaizokuban no shisō: 18 seiki eikoku no eikyū kopīraito tōsō (Philosophy of Pirated Print: Battles against Perpetual Copyright in the 18th Century Britain), Misuzu Shobō
2005
Zen to yū na no Nihonmaru (Zen: A Cargo Boat of Japanese Culture), Kōbundō
Jōhō no mikata (Introductions of Informatics), Kōbundō

Awards

2007
Monozukuri Linkage Award 2007, Special Award (Development of Electric Dictionary for Reading Japanese Historical Characters)

Fellowships

2007-2010
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research A, "Development of Data-Mining Resources for Pre-modern Japanese Historical-spatial Analysis"
2004-2006
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research A (2), "Development of Data-Mining Resources for Pre-modern Japanese Concepts"
2002
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research B (1), "A Study on the Improvement of Historical Character Recognition System"
2001-2003
Grant-in-Aid for Exploratory Research, "Toward the Scientific Style Analysis of Buddhist Statues: A Cognitive Engineering Study"
1999-2001
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research B (1), "Development of a Historical Document Analysis Supporting System Using Handwritten OCR Technology"
1999-2001
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research B (1), "Intelligent Informatical Study of Historical Document Analyzing Process"

Academic Society Membership



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