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SAITO Shinya

Department / Course College of Image Arts and Sciences Department of Image Arts and Sciences

Title / Position Associate Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Image Arts and Sciences
2.	Kinugasa Research Organization Art Research Center
3.	Kinugasa Research Organization Institute of Human Sciences
4.	Research Organization of Open Innovation & Collaboration Center for MONODZUKURI Qualitative Research
5.	Research Organization of Open Innovation & Collaboration The Research and Development Institute of Regional Information
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Academic background
1.	2008/03 Degree Acquisition	│ Ritsumeikan University Doctor of Philosophy in Policy Science
2.	2003/03 Degree Acquisition	│ Ritsumeikan University Master of Arts in Policy Science
3.	～2001/03	Department of Economics │ College of Economics │ Ritsumeikan University │ Graduated
4.	～2003/03	Doctoral Program (1st Semester) │ Policy Science Major │ Graduate School of Policy Science │ Ritsumeikan University │ Completed
5.	～2008/03	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) │ Policy Science Major │ Graduate School of Policy Science │ Ritsumeikan University │ Completed

Research activities
1.		Japanese Society for the Science of Design
2.		Japan Information-Culturology Society
3.		The Japan Society for Management Information
4.		Japanese Society for Law and Psychology

Subject of research
1.	Analysis of Network Community with Data Mining
2.	Construction of Kyoto Street Culture Archive
3.	Development of Three-dimensional Graphical User Interface to Support Database Utilization
4.	Social use of game engine
5.	Study on Application of Data Visualization Technique to Humanities and Social Science

Research summary
①Study on Application of Data Visualization Techniques to Humanities and Social Sciences ②Analysis on Network Communities with Data Mining ①Study on Application of Data Visualization Techniques to Humanities and Social Sciences This research will perform proprietary development of techniques of Data visualization and info-graphics, designed to support the research process of humanities and social sciences. In many research works, data analysis may be an essential process to derive findings. In the advanced information age, while various scientific databases themselves tend to be improved, discussion has not been mature, yet, on the models to keep track and make use of the enormously stored information. Against this backdrop, this research will build the data visualization environment that has 3D CG, interactive operation and other features. ②Analysis on Network Communities with Data Mining I will derive findings on organizational principles in communities formed via the internet, The advanced information age has been transforming the way people are related to each other and the way knowledge is exchanged. This research will analyze new collaboration models by analyzing communication logs on the internet with the data scientific approach. I aim to develop flexible research methods that can widely address subjects ranging from analyzing observations on so-called SNS (social networking services) to analyzing the users' play styles on digital games.

Present specialized field
Human interface and interaction, Entertainment and game informatics, Library and information science/ Humanistic social informatics, Design science, Data science, Infographics (Keyword：UX, informatics, data visualization, infographics, digital humanities, game studies, difficulty assessment engineering, qualitative research method, data mining, law and psychology, policy science, information society theory, theory of network organizations)

Books
1.	2012/11	Towards social application and sustainability of digital archives: The case study of 3D visualization of large-scale documents of the great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake │ ,pp.213-230
2.	2011/11	A Platform for Visualizing and Sharing Collective Cultural Information │ ,pp.169-182

Papers
1.	2019/08	Research on the Activities to Make Various Local Resources into a Game: The Possibility of “Community Game” │ Replaying Japan 2019 Conference Abstracts │ ,pp.84-87
2.	2019/03	A Development and Societal Implement of the VR-Timeline System “ENGI KUKAN” : From the Visualization of Archives to Application as Entertainment │ Art Research │ 19,pp.41-50
3.	2019/03	Development of an Information Platform for “Community Game” :A Next-generatation Entertainment based on Regional Information │ 8,pp.36-50
4.	2019/03	A Development of the Turntable-Style User Interface for Data-Browsing: From the Viewpoint of “Gaming Visualization” │ Replaying Japan │ 1,pp.136-143
5.	2019/01	Development of the Visualization Tool “NARREX” for Qualitative Data ：Supporting Way for the Mixed-Method of Trajectory Equifinality Modeling and KJ Method │ Ritsumeikan Journal of Human Sciences │ (38),pp.111-119
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2024/08/19	An Exploratory Study on Game Play Support Considering Visual Impairment
2.	2022/08/27	3DCG spatial representation with partial scaling in response to viewpoint movement operations
3.	2022/08/27	An Exploratory Research on Game Design that Supports Operation with Sound: Considering Production Process Through the Development of Videogame for Investigation
4.	2019/08/10	Research on the Activities to Make Various Local Resources into a Game: The Possibility of Community Game
5.	2018/08/22	Development on the Authoring and Playable Platform Based on Omnidirectional Image Data
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Other research achievements
1.	2025/04/01 ～ 2026/03/31	Constructing a Kyoto Street Culture Archive and Its Metaverse Implementation

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2012/04 ～ 2014/03	Research on Development and Application of Data Visualization with "CUBE
2.	2010/04 ～ 2012/03	A Study on Development and Application of Potential Power of Cubic Expression