User:Satoru Nakamura

Satoru Nakamura, Ph.D, is an assistant professor at the department of Information Technology Center of the University of Tokyo. His main research interest is development and  utilization of  digital  archives. He is promoting the  development  of  digital archives  of  academic  research  resources  and conducting  research  on  methodologies  related to  the  creation,  preservation,  and  provision  of the  data  in  those  archives. Especially, he played a central role in the digitization and disclosure of the technical documents left by Yuzuru Hiraga who was the president of Tokyo Imperial University and the vice-admiral in the shipbuilding division of the Imperial Japanese Navy. In addition, he is currently engaged in developing digital archives of various materials of the University of Tokyo Library. He also  aims  to  contribute  to  the  creation  of new  knowledge in humanities  research by utilizing  digital  archives  and  information technology, such as Linked Data, Ontology, IIIF and TEI.