We present discussion mining as a preliminary study of knowledge discovery from
discussion content of offline meetings. Our system generates minutes for such meetings semi-…

Interdisciplinary research is expected to contribute to industrial and economic development.
However, due to expansion of knowledge and the fragmentation of research fields, …

Trust is a necessary concept to realize the Semantic Web. But how can we build a “Web of
Trust”? We first argue that a small “Web of Trust” for each community is very essential to …

… Yutaka Matsuo, Hironori Tomobe, Kôiti Hasida, Hideyuki Nakashima, Mitsuru Ishizuka …

Various studies within NLP and Semantic Web use the so-called Google count, which is the
hit count on a query returned by a search engine (not only Google). However, sometimes the …

Discussion mining is a preliminary study on gathering knowledge based on the content of
face-to-face discussion meetings. To extract knowledge from discussion content, we have to …

In a ubiquitous computing environment, it is desirable to provide a user with information
depending on a user’s situation, such as time, location, user behavior, and social context. At …

As an example, I developed a Discussion Mining System for analyzing meetings, as depicted
in Fig. 1. This system is targeted toward assessment of face-to-face meetings. Detailed …

This paper proposes a new capture method for an indoor interactive workshop with facilitators
and attendees working collaboratively on creation of original works. A simple audio …

While the significance of innovation is on the increase in society and economy, it is a pressing
issue to understand the field of intellectual property rights (IPR) panoramically; however, …