Koji Yokokawa

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Self Introduction | 自己紹介

Representative of Yengawa Systems / Researcher of Information Design in Tama Art University / Part-time Teacher in Aoyama University / Part-time Teacher in Musashi University / Information Designer in Kawauso Brothers / Member of Children Programming Circle "Scratch"

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 / 青山学院大学非常勤講師 / 武蔵大学非常勤講師 / かわうそ兄弟商會情報システムデザイナー / こどもプログラミングサークル"スクラッチ" メンバー

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:
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Resume | 履歴

Skills | 技能

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.

コンピューターシステム開発や技術教育トレーナーを10年以上行い、思考を表現するメディアとしてのコンピュータ利用のデザインを5年以上行ってきたデザイナー兼エンジニアです。主にSmalltalkやJavaを使った先進的開発プロジェクトに携わってきました。プロトタイプ駆動設計、アジャイル開発プロセス、オブジェクト指向技術、ソフトウェアエージェントに精通しています。

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。現在は、多摩美術大学の須永剛司教授が統括するMedia Exprimoで情報デザインの研究を行っています。

Academic Background | 学歴

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

Career | 経歴

Information Designer in Kawauso Brothers, 2010-.
Part-time teacher in Aoyama University, 2010-.
Member of Children Programming Circle "Scratch", 2009-.
Researcher of Information Design in Tama Art University, 2009-.
Yengawa Systems, 2006-.
Mamezou Co., Ltd., 2000-2006.
Fuji Xerox Information Systems Co., Ltd., 1997-2000.

Publication | 論文・出版

Koji Yokokawa, Takeshi Sunaga "Discussion on Designing to Emerge Expression Activities - from a survey of expression activities using computer -" (横川耕二・須永剛司「表現活動をうながすためのデザイン試論」) 認知科学 Vol.17 No.3 (Sep.2010)
Koji Yokokawa, Takeshi Sunaga "Using Zuzie2 to Exchange Viewpoints for a Broader Outlook" in IEEE the Eighth International Conference on Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing (C5'10). (full text PDF)
Takeshi Sunaga, Koji Yokokawa, Won Jae-sung "Integration of Expression and Analysis using Constructive Scrapbook" in IEEE the Seventh International Conference on Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing (IEEE C5'09). (full text PDF)

Koji Yokokawa "Script Synthesis Tool for Non-Experienced Programmers" in IEEE the Fourth International Conference on Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing (IEEE C5'06), pp. 218-221. (full text PDF)
Koji Yokokawa "Swimmy: A Framework of Multi-Agent Instruction System for Children" in IEEE the Third International Conference on Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing (IEEE C5'05), pp. 27-32. (full text PDF)
A translater of "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」.

Project Experiences | 経験した仕事

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 IEEE the Fourth International Conference on Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing (IEEE 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 IEEE the Third International Conference on Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing (IEEE 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)