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Yohei Kurata
Associate Professor (Tourism Informatics and GIScience) |
News
- I have been off work for rehabilitation(2017.8-2019.9)
Lectures on 2020,
| Apr-Jul | Oct-Feb | |
| Liberal Arts |
Introduction to Tourism Science (one lecture) |
Theory of Tourism Industry Tourism Theories and Practice(one Lecture in English) |
| Undergrad School |
Geographic Information Science for Tourism Exercise on Reginal Analysis for Tourism (one lecture) Statistical Analysis for Tourism (one lecture) |
Introduction to Behaviral and Management Science /Tourism Informatics (five lectures) |
| Graduate School | Advanced Lecture of Geographic Information Science for Tourism I | Advanced Lecture of Tourism Informatics (in English) |
CV
- He graduated Deparment of Urban Engineering Science, University of Tokyo (BEng. and MEng.)
- He attended Department of Spatial Information Science & Engineering, University of Maine, and received Ph.D. in 2007
- He worked at SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition, University of Bremen as a Post-Doc
- Since 2010, he has been an associate professor of Tokyo Metropolitan University
- More Information
Current Research Topics
- Development of a user-adaptive, collaborative tour planning system (CT-Planner)
- Visualization of the locations where tourists get interested (Potential-of-Interest Maps)
- Realization of tourism information created by ordinary citizens using adventure-game-style virtual tour creator (Zen-Sekai Guide-san)
- Spatio-temporal behavioral analysis of inbound tourists in Japan using ICT devices
- Gamification in Tourism
Publications
- Here is the list of my publications and their PDFs as much as possible
Past Research Topics
- Qualitative spatial calculi for multi-domain objects)
- Theories related to the 9+-intersection (a model of topological relations))
- Theory and Interpretation of arrow symbols in sketch interfaces
- Automated matching between sketch maps and precise digital maps
- Automated design of preference-based tour schedules
Contact
| office: | Department of Tourism Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University 1-1 Minamiosawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan |
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| email: | ykurata[at!]tmu.ac.jp |