Shin'ichi Konomi
Last Update: June 6, 2020
"A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points" (Alan Kay)
[News]
-- my first online teaching experience (May 7, 2020)
-- invited talk at National Institute for Educational Policy Research (March 3, 2020, Tokyo)
-- invited talk at Wuhan University (September 23, 2019, Wuhan)
Bio
Shin’ichi Konomi is a Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Kyoto University in 1996, and M.Eng. degree in Computer Science and Communication Engineering from Kyushu University. Before joining Kyushu University in 2017, he was an associate professor at the University of Tokyo, a senior research associate at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a postdoctoral research scientist at GMD (German National Research Centre for Information Technology with eight institutes in three different cities; since 2001 merged with Fraunhofer Society). He conducts research based on human-centric and data-centric approaches to develop novel computational environments that make people smarter and happier. He is a member of ACM, IEEE, IEICE, IPSJ, DBSJ, and GIS Association of Japan.
Alternative bio: Shin’ichi Konomi is a Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University. His research interests include pervasive computing, human-computer interaction, human-data interaction, learning analytics, and civic computing. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from Kyoto University.
略歴: 木實 新一 （このみ しんいち） 平成3年九州大学大学院工学研究科情報工学専攻修士課程修了。平成8年工学博士（京都大学）。以後、ドイツ国立情報処理研究所、コロラド大学、東京大学、九州大学にて、主としてデータベース、ユビキタスコンピューティング、ヒューマンインタフェース・インタラクション、ヒューマンデータインタラクション、ラーニングアナリティクス分野の研究に従事。現在九州大学基幹教育院教授。ACM，IEEE、情報処理学会、電子情報通信学会、日本データベース学会、地理情報システム学会各会員。
Publication
Selected recent publications
2023
Lulu Gao, Shin’ichi Konomi (2023). Indoor Spatiotemporal Contact Analytics Using Landmark-Aided Pedestrian Dead Reckoning on Smartphones. Sensors 2023, 23(1), 113, MDPI, Basel, December 22, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23010113.
2022
Boxuan Ma, Min Lu, Yuta Taniguchi, Shin’ichi Konomi (2022). Exploring jump back behavior patterns and reasons in e-book system. Smart Learning Environments, 9, 2, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, January 4, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-021-00183-6
Lulu Gao, Shin’ichi Konomi (2022). A Cost-effective and Quality-ensured Framework for Crowdsourced Indoor Localization. in Duffy, V.G., Landry, S.J., Lee, J.D., Stanton, N. (eds) Human-Automation Interaction. Automation, Collaboration, and E-Services, vol 11. Springer, Cham. pp. 451–467
2021
Boxuan Ma, Min Lu, Yuta Taniguchi, Shin’ichi Konomi (2021). CourseQ: The Impact of Visual and Interactive Course Recommendation in University Environments. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 16, Article number: 18, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, June 30, 2021. http://doi.org/10.1186/s41039-021-00167-7.
Boxuan Ma, Min Lu, Yuta Taniguchi, Shin’ichi Konomi (2021). Investigating course choice motivations in university environments. Smart Learning Environments, 8, 31, Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, November 27, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-021-00177-4.
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Courses
Kyushu University
Big Data Processing (Summer Quarter, Winter Quarter, 2019, 2020), School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation, Kyushu University
Fundamentals of Data Science (Spring Quarter, Summer Quarter, 2019, 2020), School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation, Kyushu University
Social Computing (2nd Semester, 2018, 2019, 2020), Graduate School and Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University
Interdisciplinary Collaborative Learning of Social Issues (2nd Semester, 2017, 2018, 2020), Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University
Information Science (2nd Semester, 2017, 2018, 2018, 2019, 2019, 2020, 2020; 1st and 2nd Semesters , 2018, 2019), Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University
Kikan-Education Seminar (Summer Quarter, 2017, 2018, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2020), Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University
Programming Exercises (2nd Semester, 2017), Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University
University of Tokyo
Urban Computing
Urban Analysis
Introduction to Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies
Virtual Spatial Information Systems
Professional Service
Research grants
Distributed Cooperative Learning Analytics for Developing Communities (original title in Japanese), Grant- in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), No.20H00622, 2020-2024. (PI)
WebAgent: Integrated development research on labor-saving e-learning system (original title in Japanese), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), No.20K12092, 2020-2023. (Co-Investigator)
Constructing Living Trust Networks and Using Them to Share Local Information (original title in Japanese), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C Special), 2017-2021. (PI)
Research on Cloud Information Infrastructure for Supporting Teaching and Learning Using Educational Big Data (original title in Japanese), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S), 2016-2020 (2017-). (Co-Investigator)
Research for addressing the digital gap problem in applying IoT technologies in super-aging societies in Japan and the US, and for supporting their wide use across cultural boundaries (original title in Japanese), Japan (JST)-US (NSF) Research Collaboration ”Digital Science for the Next-Generation Society,” JST SICORP Grant, 2020-2020, No. 19218154. (Co-Investigator)
Editorial activities
Founding Associate Editor, PACM Journal on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), ACM Press, 2016-
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, IOS Press, 2013-
Review Editor, Frontiers in ICT and Psychology, 2014-
Guest Co-editor, Special Issue on Mobile and Situated Crowdsourcing, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Elsevier, 2016
Guest Co-editor, Special Issue on PerCom 2014, Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal, Elsevier, 2014
Guest Co-editor, Special Issue on Ubiquitous Computing in the Real World, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Journal, Springer, 2007
Program committee
C5 (program co-chair), PerCom (vice program co-chair), UbiComp, Pervasive, CHI (associate chair for WiP), HCII-DAPI, AmI, MUM, ICCE, WMUTE, CUMTEL, DIGITEL, SMART, Urb-IoT, iThings, PerMoby, CPSCom, ICT4AWE, FESAmI, CoSTA, PhyCS, MobiCASE, AxI, AITAmI, SIPC, ODBASE, MobiWIS, GPC, UIC, APCAP, AWSVCI, PALMS, DWDOT, DWDB, ...
Links
Kyushu University
School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation
Department of Advanced Information Technology in the Graduate School and Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering
Lab
Konomilab: Former website of the lab
AkiyaToolbox
AkiyaToolbox: Website for community members who are interested in using free open source tools to collect and share information about vacant houses (in Japanese)
Misc
Lost Again in Shibuya: Exploration and Awareness in a Labyrinth (ca 2007-2008)
PingMag article: The Mitsukoshi Case: interaction design for RFID retail (via WaybackMachine)
Visit we-make-money-not-art
regine's cool article on RFID and art
ALAN-K Web: Advanced LeArning Network in Kyoto (in Japanese)
Ubicomp Info: List of links related to ubiquitous computing (ca. 2000). (via WaybackMachine)
Contact Information
Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, 744, Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, JAPAN
konomi [at] artsci.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Public Key (PGP Fingerprint: 36E0 1387 2E28 66A3 7EF5 D3BB 3892 0439 171F 5242)
+81-92-802-5875
〒819-0395 福岡市西区元岡744 九州大学基幹教育院
konomi [at] artsci.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Public Key (PGP Fingerprint: 36E0 1387 2E28 66A3 7EF5 D3BB 3892 0439 171F 5242)
092-802-5875