Professional background
My experiences, memberships, and possessions relevant to my profession.
I participated in exciting projects. I have friendly, outstanding colleagues in many places.
when | institution | department | title | job description |
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2022 - present | Tokyo University of Foreign Studies | Online Learning Support Team | Professor of educational engineering | Improve online learning environment. Assist instructors who teach online. |
2008 - 2010 (2 6-month visits) | University of Antwerp | Institute of Education and Information Sciences (IOIW) | Visiting Researcher | Research funded by the Canon Foundation in Europe. |
2003 - 2020 | Hokkaido University | Center for Language Learning | Professor of educational engineering | Design online learning systems. Teach English language to freshmen. Advise master's and doctoral students. |
2000 - 2003 | Oregon Health & Science University (formerly Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology) | Center for Spoken Language Understanding | Senior Research Associate | Model intonation for synthesizing and teaching spoken language. |
1999 - 2000 | University of California Santa Cruz | Perceptual Science Laboratory | Postgraduate Researcher | Develop systems for hearing-impaired children to acquire spoken language. |
1999 | University of Tokyo | Keikichi Hirose Laboratory | Spoken Language Scientist | Teach undergraduate students. Develop systems for learning pronunciations of non-native languages. |
1988 - 1996 | SRI International | Speech Technology and Research Laboratory | Research Linguist | Develop systems for learning pronunciations of non-native languages. Administer computer network. |
1986 - 1988 | Palo Alto Research Center (formerly Xerox Palo Alto Research Center) | Information Systems Laboratory | Research Assistant | Evaluate software for document processing. |
I started as a language teacher, and became an educational engineer.
when | institution | department | degree |
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1999 | University of Tokyo | Department of Information and Communication Engineering | Ph.D. in Engineering |
1986 | Stanford University | Department of Linguistics | Coursework. Funded by Rotary International |
1986 | International Christian University | Educational Technology | M.A. in education |
1984 | University of Tokyo | Department of Linguistics | B.A. in linguistics. Teaching certificate for middle school and high school (English language). |
I urge academic societies to reduce environmental waste, bulk, and expense by publishing electronic journals instead of paper editions. E-journals allow text to be searched, and computer files (such as data and programs) to be attached.
My collaborator Akio Ohnishi owns the registered trademark glexa ®.
My former graduate student Takafumi Utashiro and I own the registered trademark Discourseware ®.
My former graduate student Takafumi Utashiro and I own the registered trademark Discourseware ®.