Contact:

 

masaoX@Xis.naist.jpX

Software Engineering Laboratory, Graduate School of Information Science,
Nara Institute of Science and Technology,
8916-5, Takayama, Ikoma, Nara, JAPAN 630-0192

Tel: +81(743)-72-5318, 5312 Fax: +81(743)-72-5319

 

Profile:

 

200*/* *2000/03:
MS from Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)
Master thesis: Supporting Mutual Understanding Through Visualizing Individual Differences of Impressions
200*/* *2003/03:
Ph.D. from Graduate School of Information Science, NAIST
Dissertation: EVIDII: An Environment for Mutual Understanding and Idea Elicitation in Face-To-Face Inter-Cultural Communication
   
   
2001/04-2003/03:
2002/04-2003/03:
2003/04-2003/09:
Research associate @ KID Lab., RCAST, The University of Tokyo
2003/04-2003/09:
Group member @ PRESTO, JST
2003/10-2004/09:
2004/04-2005/03:
Part-time Lecturer @ Osaka University of Arts (Computer Graphics I)
2004/10-20****/**: Assistant Professor @ Graduate School of Information Science, NAIST
2005/05-20****/**: Research associate @ KID Lab., RCAST, The University of Tokyo

 

Research
fields:

 

HCI (Human-Computer Interaction)
CSCW (Computer Supported Collaborative Work)
CSCL (Computer Supported Collaborative Learning)
SNA (Social Network Analysis)
ESE (Empirical Software Engineering)
OSSE (Open Source Software Engineering)
RE (Requirements Engineering)

 

Publications:


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Journal papers

  1. Masao Ohira, Reishi Yokomori, Makoto Sakai, Satoshi Iwamura, Eiji Ono, Taira Shinkai, Tomoyuki Yokogawa, Designing a System for Real-Time Software Development Management, Journal of Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Special Issue on System Development, Vol. J88-D-I, No.2, pp. 228-239, February, 2005 (in Japanese).
  2. Masao Ohira, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Kei Kurakawa, Kumiyo Nakakoji, L-EVIDII: a Learning Environment for Supporting Project-based Collaborative Learning, Information and Systems in Education, Journal of Japanese Society for Information and Systems in Education, Vol.18, No.3-4 (Autumn-Winter), pp.328-339, December, 2001 (in Japanese).
  3. Kumiyo Nakakoji, Masao Ohira, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Computational Support for Collective Creativity, Knowledge-Based Systems Journal, Elsevier Science, Vol.13, No.7-8, pp.451-458, December, 2000.
  4. Masao Ohira, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Kumiyo Nakakoji, EVIDII: A System that Supports Mutual Understanding through Visualizing Differences of Impressions, Journal of Information Processing Society of Japan, Special Issue on Knowledge and Information Sharing (in Japanese), Vol.41, No.10, pp.2814-2826, October, 2000.

International conference papers (refereed)

  1. Masao Ohira, Naoki Ohsugi, Tetsuya Ohoka, Ken-ichi Matsumoto, Accelerating cross-project knowledge collaboration using collaborative filtering and social networks, International Workshop on Mining Software Repositories (MSR2005), St. Louis, MO, pp. 111-115, May, 2005.
  2. Masao Ohira, Reishi Yokomori, Makoto Sakai, Ken-ichi Matsumoto, Katsuro Inoue, Michael Barker, Koji Torii, Empirical Project Monitor: A System for Managing Software Development Projects in Real Time, 2004 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (ISESE2004), Vol.2, pp.37-38, Redondo Beach, CA, 2004.
  3. Masao Ohira, Reishi Yokomori, Makoto Sakai, Ken-ichi Matsumoto, Katsuro Inoue, Koji Torii, Empirical Project Monitor: A Tool for Mining Multiple Project Data, International Workshop on Mining Software Repositories (MSR2004), Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, pp.42-46, May, 2004.
  4. Masao Ohira, EVIDII: An Environment to Help Externalizing Implicit Ideas through Visualizing Individual Associations, Proceedings of IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction(INTERACT'01), Japan, pp. 648-651, July, 2001.
  5. Kumiyo Nakakoji, Masao Ohira, A. Takashima, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, A Computational Tool for Lifelong Learning Through Experiencing Breakdowns and Understanding the Situations, The International Workshop on New Technologies for Collaborative Learning, Hyogo, Japan, pp.99-107, November, 2000.
  6. Kumiyo Nakakoji, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Masao Ohira, A Framework that Supports Collective Creativity in Design using Visual Images, Creativity and Cognition'99, Loughborough, UK., ACM Press, New York, NY., pp.166-173, October, 1999.
  7. Masao Ohira, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Kumiyo Nakakoji, An Environment for Constructing Shared Understanding through Visualizing Differences of Impressions, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Future Software Technology (ISFST-99), Nanjing, China, Software Engineers Associates, pp. 113-118, October, 1999.
  8. Masao Ohira, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Shingo Takada, Kumiyo Nakakoji, EVIDII: An Environment that Supports Understanding "Differences" Among People, International Conference on Cognitive Science 99 (ICCS 99), pp. 466-471. July, 1999.

Domestic conference papers (refereed)

  1. Makoto Sakai, Masao Ohira, Reishi Yokomori, Ken-ichi Matsumoto, Katsuro Inoue, Koji Torii, EPM: A Prototype System for Automatic Data Collection and Analysis, Software Symposium 2004, pp.119-127, Okayama, June, 2004. (in Japanese)
  2. Masao Ohira, Reishi Yokomori, Makoto Sakai, Ken-ichi Matsumoto, Katsuro Inoue, Koji Torii, Empirical Project Monitor: Automatic Data Collection and Analysis toward Software Process Improvement, Technical Report of Japan Society for Software Science and Technology, No.28, Proceedings of 1st Dependable Software Workshop (DSW2004), pp. 141-150, February, 2004.
  3. M. Ohira, Y. Yamamoto, S. Takada, K. Nakakoji, EVIDII: A System that Supports Cross-Cultural Communication by Visualizing Individual Impressions of Images, Proceedings of the DICOMO 99, Wakayama, Japan, IPSJ, pp. 327-332, July 1999 (in Japanese).

Domestic conference papers (not refereed)

  1. Koji Toda, Noboru Nakamichi, Kazuyuki Shima, Masao Ohira, Makoto Sakai, Ken-ichi Matsumoto, An Information Exploration Model based on Eye Movements during Browsing Web Pages, IPSJ-SIG-HI, Vol.2005-HI-113, No.52, pp.35-42, May, 2005. (in Japanese)
  2. Susumu Kuriyama, Masao Ohira, Akito Monden, Ken-ichi Matsumoto, Analysis of program comprehension that has effects on the code review achievement, TECHNICAL REPORT OF IEICE, Vol.104, No.571, SS2004-53, pp.17-22, Jan. 2005. (in Japanese)
  3. Masao Ohira, Reishi Yokomori, Makoto Sakai, Ken-ichi Matsumoto, Katsuro Inoue, Koji Torii, Empirical Project Monitor: A System that Automatically Collects and Analyzes Quantitative Development Data toward Process Improvement,TECHNICAL REPORT OF IEICE, Vol.103, No.708, SS2003-48, pp.13-18, March, 2004. ( in Japanese)
  4. M. Yasuoka, K. Nakakoji, M. Ohira, T. Ishida, S. Nomura, Communication Errors as Opportunities for Shared Understanding in Intercultural Collaboration, IPSJ-SIG-HI, Vol.2003, No.47, pp.47-54, May 2003 (in Japanese).
  5. M. Ohira, K. Nakakoji, M. Matsushita, T. Owada, K. Kuwabara, Horizontal vs. Vertical Shared Information Space: A Study of Influences on Communications during Using the EVIDII System, IPSJ-SIGHI-99, pp.47-54, August, 2002. (in Japanese)
  6. M. Ohira, K. Kurakawa, K. Nakakoji, A Meeting Capture System That Helps Recovering Context During Group Meetings, Proceedings of the 64th IPSJ Biannual Conference, Special Track on (1) Groupware and Network Services, Vol.4, pp.387-390, 2002 (in Japanese).
  7. N. Komagata, M. Ohira, K. Kurakawa, K. Nakakoji, A Cognitive system that Supports Note-Taking in a Real-Time Class Lecture, IPSJ-SIG-HI94-07, pp.35-40, July, 2001 (in Japanese).
  8. K. Nakakoji, M. Ohira, Y. Yamamoto, Interactive Visualized Space for Words and Impressions, SIG-LSE-9904-1, pp.1-5, March, 2000. (in Japanese)
  9. Masao Ohira, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Noriko Nishikawa, Kumiyo Nakakoji, EVIDII+: A Tool for Supporting Communications with Newcomers, Interaction2000, IPSJ, pp.167-168, February/March, 2000. (in Japanese)
  10. K. Nakakoji, M. Ohira, Y. Yamamoto, Computational Support for Collective Creativity, IPSJ-99-HI-84-6, pp.31-36, August, 1999. (in Japanese)

Technical reports / etc.

  1. Masao Ohira, Reishi Yokomori, Makoto Sakai, Ken-ichi Matsumoto, Katsuro Inoue, Koji Torii, Empirical Software Engineering Platform and Empirical Project Monitor, Technical Report of Software Engineering Research Laboratory, Dec-26-2003.
  2. Kumiyo Nakakoji, Masao Ohira, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Collaborative Learning Environments using Visual Images, UNISYS Technical Report 62, Vol.19, No.2, pp.73-86, August, 1999. (in Japanese)
Workshop/etc.
  1. Masao Ohira, Ken-ichi Matsumoto, Analysis on Diversity and Similarity among Software Development Projects Using Empirical Project Monitor, International Workshop on Computer-Supported Knowledge Collaboration, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, July, 2004.
  2. Masao Ohira , Inter-Community Metrics (ICM): Analysis on Diversity and Similarity among OSS Projects Using EPM, 2nd DynC Project Meeting, Future University-Hakodate, Hakodate, September 13, 2004.
  3. Masao Ohira, Empirical Project Monitor and Results from 100 OSS Development Projects, International Workshop on Community-Driven Evolution of Knowledge Artifacts, University of California, Irvine, December, 2003.
  4. Masao Ohira, EVIDII - A shared communicative environment for collaborative design, International Symposium on Social Creativity, Breckenridge, Colorado, June, 2002.
  5. Masao Ohira, Toward Computational Support for Collaborative Learning in Group Meetings, International Symposium on Social Creativity and Meta-Design, Aspen, Colorado, May, 2001

last update: Jun. 01. 2005