Koji Yokokawa

Self Introduction | 自己紹介

Representative of Yengawa Systems / Researcher of Information Design at Tama Art University

I am a software developer living in Tokyo Japan. I aim to create useful, unique, and amusing software for people. I'm interested in Software Agents, Object-Oriented Technology, Information Design, and BEER!

I am looking for a job, except military affairs.

ヱンガワシステムズ代表 / 多摩美術大学情報デザイン学科研究員

東京在住のソフトウェアクリエータです。人のために役に立つ、ユニークで楽しいソフトウェアを作ることを目指しています。ぼくが興味あるモノはソフトウェアエージェント、オブジェクト指向技術、インフォメーションデザイン、それからビール!

ただいま仕事募集中。ただし、軍事関係を除く。

Links | リンク

• E-Mail: ykoubo2008@yengawa.com
• Twitter: ykoubo
• MIXI: こーぼ
  
• FOAF: Koji Yokokawa

Resume | 履歴

I have been working as a developer and a trainer of object-oriented software development for almost ten years in Japan.. Now, I am a freelance consulting engineer of object-oriented or software agent technology I am also well informed about UML and agile development process. I have been working on mainly object-oriented developing projects with Smalltalk or Java. And then, I was granted 2004, 2005 IPA Exprolatory Software Project managed by Dr. Alan Kay. In that grant, I developed two software agent systems for children.

オブジェクト指向技術の開発者やトレーナーとして日本で10年近く働いてきました。今はオブジェクト指向やソフトウェアエージェントのフリーランスのコンサルティングエンジニアです。UMLやアジャイル開発プロセスにも精通しています。主にSmalltalkやJavaを使ったオブジェクト指向開発プロジェクトに携わってきました。それから、2004・2005年度IPA未踏ソフトウェア開発プロジェクトに採択されて、アラン・ケイ博士のもとで子供向けソフトウェアエージェントシステムを2つ開発しました。

Academic Background | 学歴

• Master of Engineering (Information Processing), 1996.
• Bachelor of Science (Physics), 1994.

Business Career | 職歴

• Researcher of Information Design at Tama Art University, 2009-.
• Free lance, 2006-.
• Mamezou Co., Ltd., 2000-2006.
• Fuji Xerox Information Systems Co., Ltd., 1997-2000.

Project Experiences | 経験プロジェクト

• Takeshi Sunaga, Koji Yokokawa, Won Jae-sung "Integration of Expression and Analysis using Constructive Scrapbook" in Seventh International Conference on Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing (C5'09). (full text PDF)
• Developed teaching materials for 「Squeakで学ぼう(Squeak for Education)」.
• Developed an experimental communication support system (Squeak), for Tama Art University.
• Developed a CASE tool for business process engineering (Squeak)
• Developed a smart software agent system 'Spottie' (Squeak/Tweak, Prolog), managed by Alan Kay and supported by IPA. Paper: Koji Yokokawa Script Synthesis Tool for Non-Experienced Programmers" in Fourth International Conference on Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing (C5'06), pp. 218-221. (full text PDF)
• Developed a multi-agent framework 'Swimmy' (Squeak/Morphic), managed by Alan Kay and supported by IPA. Paper: Koji Yokokawa "Swimmy: A Framework of Multi-Agent Instruction System for Children" in Third International Conference on Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing (C5'05), pp. 27-32. (full text PDF)
• Developed the i18n enhancement for SmallWiki1 (VisualWorks, Squeak).
• Developed enhancements for Comanche and ComSwiki (Squeak).
• Developed an experimental multi-agent application using JADE (Java)
• Developed an experimental AI application using Bayesian Networks (Java, C++)
• Trained new graduates for the object-oriented development on embedded systems (Embedded C++)
• Translated a book "Squeak: Open Personal Computing and Multimedia" into Japanese 「Squeak入門―過去から来た未来のプログラミング環境」.
• Developed a prototype of web application for e-commerce (Java/Servlet)
• Developed a web application for project management (Java/Servlet, XML Database)
• Developed a laser-printer control program (C++)
• Developed a CASE tool (VisualWorks, GemStone)
• Developed editor for expert-system (VisualWorks, Humble)
• Developed a prototype of web application with OODB (VisualWave, Matisse)