LABORATORY

Solving society’s problems with information science.

It was once believed that the information society was coming.
Today we live in such a society.

“Information Science” is emerging in the information society.
This field is for:
Organize large amounts of information.
Complement human information processing.
Finding hidden information.

For example, tourism, sports, cyber bullying, etc.
It is a technical field that can be applied to many fields and can provide feedback to society.
It is a technological field that can be applied to many fields and can provide feedback to society.

Solving society’s problems with information science.

To this end, we are engaged in a variety of research projects every day.

TEACHER

Professor and Director of
Research Center for Winter Sports Science

FUMITO MASUI

Affiliation

Engineering Department of Regional Future Design, Faculty of Engineering, Kitami University
Information Design and Communication Engineering

Message

The world is a big place. There is still so much we don’t know.
Throw away your conventional wisdom and see the world from perspectives you never thought possible.
Would you like to join us? Why don’t you and your like-minded colleagues get together and do exciting research together? After that, a new and different world is surely waiting for you.

Born in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
1990 Graduated from Okayama University, Faculty of Science
1990 Joined Oki Electric Industry Co.
2000-2009 Research Assistant, Department of Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mie University
2001-2003 Part-time lecturer, Suzuka University of Medical Science
2004-2005 Visiting Researcher, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University
2005-2007 Co-researcher, National Institute of Informatics
2005-2008 Director, Data Spirit Inc.
2006 Doctor of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University
2009 Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kitami Institute of Technology
2013-2016 Super Consortium, Cooperating Faculty
2013- Part-time lecturer, Department of Regional Industry Management, Tokyo University of Agriculture
2016- Researcher, Center for the Advancement of Winter Sports Science
2018- Director, Center for the Advancement of Winter Sports Science
2018- Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kitami Institute of Technology

Associate Professor

PTASZYNSKI MICHAL EDMUND

Affiliation

Engineering Department of Regional Future Design, Faculty of Engineering, Kitami University
Information Design and Communication Engineering

Message

I was born in Poland, studied Japanese language at university and computer science at university. I am a graduate of the University of My research interests include automatic language processing and emotional processing at the University of Engineering and Technology. Currently, I am mainly My research interests include “computers that understand human minds” and “robots that can speak Ainu”. bot,” etc. If you are interested in doing research that is both interesting and meaningful We are looking forward to your visit.

Born in Poland
2000 Graduated from Boles Abu Frobly Name No. 12 High School in Wroclaw
2001 Graduated from Technical University of Wroclaw
2001-2006 Adam Mitkiewicz University of Poznan, Institute of Oriental Studies, Department of Japanese Studies, Master’s Degree (*including the period as an undergraduate student, Master’s Degree)
2004-2005 Hokkaido University, Japanese Language and Culture Study Course (Monbukagakusho Government Scholarship)
2007 Research student, Otaru University of Commerce, Faculty of Commerce, Department of Social Informatics
2007-2010 Doctoral Course, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University
2008-2010 Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University Teaching Assistant (TA), responsible for: 1. microprocessor, 2. natural language processing system
2008-2010 Global COE Research Assistant (RA), Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University
2010 Project Researcher, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University
2010-2012 Foreign Postdoctoral Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), High Technology Research Center, Engineering Research Institute, Hokkai-Gakuen University
2012-2013 Part-time Researcher, Department of Information Systems Engineering, Kitami Institute of Technology
2013-2018 Assistant Professor, Kitami Institute of Technology
2018- Associate Professor, Kitami Institute of Technology

PROJECT

Our research focuses on four main areas: natural language processing, tourism informatics, curling informatics, and education engineering. We are actively involved in industry-academia collaborations and community service, using engineering approaches to connect people and places with textual information, and to provide a useful tool for our research.

MEMBERS’ FUTURE COURSES

Our graduates have gone on to work in a variety of professions, 
including software development, plant management, and municipal government.

IT
・Yahoo Japan
・NTT Data Corporation
・DNP Information Systems
・AXEL MARK
・anbloom Inc.
・Japan Technical Software
・Networld
・Alpha Systems
・NTT DoCoMo Engineering, Inc.
・KDDI Technical Engineering Service
・Nexway Corporation
・SOFT CREATE
・i-enter corporation
・Eye Focus Network
Manufacturing
・Nippon Disk Corporation
・Sharp Corporation
・Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Cement
・KANDA TOMOTSUMI
Other
・Kitami City Hall
・System Supply Co.
・Kitami Institute of Technology Graduate School
・Ground Self-Defense Force