Takako Hashimoto

Bio: Takako Hashimoto is an academic researcher from Chiba University of Commerce. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social media & Marketing buzz. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 138 publications receiving 697 citations. Previous affiliations of Takako Hashimoto include Ricoh & Chiba University.

Contents management apparatus, contents management system, contents management method, computer product, and contents data

Abstract: A contents management apparatus that manages contents including a plurality of contents elements representing information to be provided to a user includes a contents request acquiring unit that acquires contents request information from the user, a contents element extracting unit that extracts the contents elements based on the contents request information when the contents request acquiring unit acquires the contents request information from the user, and a contents restructuring unit that restructures new contents from the contents elements extracted.

Digest generator, digest generating method, and recording medium recording program to allow computer to execute each process step of the method and read by the computer

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To generate a digest video image that meaningfully summarizes contents of a video image without manual intervention. SOLUTION: The digest generator receives video information including an index defining an event in a video stream to generate a digest video image. This digest generator is provided with a numeral setting section 305 that stores a numeral set in advance to an index as a rule file 306 and that enters a corresponding numeral from the rule file 306 on the basis of the index in the received video information and generates numeral video information 307 that expresses the contents of the video information with a change in numerals on the basis of the index and the numeral, and with an analysis processing section 308 and a re-configuration processing section 309 that use the change in the numeral of the numeral video information 307 generated by the numeral setting section 305 to extract the digest video image from the video information.

Method of and apparatus for generation/presentation of program-related contents

Abstract: A program video and program-related information are input, and program-related contents are generated based on a tree structure defined in advance. Based on a preset viewing data quantity as a viewing request from each user who has a portable terminal, leaf nodes in the tree structure of the program-related contents are selected as presentation candidates for each user. A presentation route that follows the leaf nodes of the presentation candidates starting from the root of the tree structure is generated as a presentation scenario for each user. The generated presentation scenario is transmitted to the portable terminal of the corresponding user.

Broadcast type distribution method, computer-readable recording medium recording with program to make computer with execute the method recorded therein and read by computer and computer-readable recording medium with video contents recorded therein

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to view video contents distributed by broadcast with one-to-multi relation by a method desired by users. SOLUTION: In a broadcast type distribution method, where contents being broadcast programs are distributed while being structured and made as objects, the contents have plural substitute objects usable in a same time band in a time serial stream and are the contents in which a program producer side prepares the plural substitute objects, based on at least one preset criterion and the time serial stream is reproduced by using the substitute object through selecting a preferred criterion from at least one criterion present at a receiver side (S1001-S1003).

Broadcast type distribution method, and computer readable recording medium recorded with program for executing the method by computer

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow the user to view video contents distributed by a broadcast in a one to many relation according to the method desired by the user. SOLUTION: A broadcast station broadcasts each scene that is a component of video contents according to a time series stream by using a channel and broadcasts a substitute scene by using other channel in matching with a broadcast timing of the corresponding scene. A user site receives the scene and the substitute scene and uses stored scenes in a buffer with an optional capacity sequentially according to the time series stream to reproduce video contents, and in the case that a viewer selects a preferred criterion, the user site uses the substitute on the criterion in place of the corresponding scene to reproduce the video contents (S1201, S1202).

Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning

Abstract: Probability Distributions.- Linear Models for Regression.- Linear Models for Classification.- Neural Networks.- Kernel Methods.- Sparse Kernel Machines.- Graphical Models.- Mixture Models and EM.- Approximate Inference.- Sampling Methods.- Continuous Latent Variables.- Sequential Data.- Combining Models.

The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom

Abstract: The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom by Evgeny Morozov New York: Public Affairs, 2011 409 pages $16.99 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In January 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a highly touted speech on Internet freedom in which she stated, "The freedom to connect is like the freedom of assembly, only in cyberspace. It allows individuals to get online, come together, and hopefully cooperate. Once you're on the Internet, you don't need to be a tycoon or a rock star to have a huge impact on society." Evgeny Morozov, in his book The Net Delusion, takes great issue with the implication, however, that the so-called "Arab Spring" and "Twitter Revolution" were caused by unfettered access to the Internet. Instead, Morozov, a research academic, provides a cautionary tale about what he argues is any attempt to establish a monocausal relationship to meaningful political change (especially when that single focus is information technology). The book opens with a discussion of cyber-utopianism and Internet-centrism--mind-sets that focus on the positive "emancipatory" aspects of Internet communication while ignoring the downsides. The argument throughout centers on nation-state policy, or lack thereof, that attacks the "wicked" problem of authoritarianism by, as a colleague of mine has dubbed it, "wiring the world." Morozov, expectantly, but importantly, cites the hedonistic world portrayed by Huxley and the "Big Brother" world of Orwell to consider both the proactive and reactive approaches to Internet freedom by authoritarian regimes. Interestingly, he notes that there is often a mix of both. Such regimes certainly use the anonymity and openness of the Internet to spy on their people and shutdown undesirable sites. But there is also a subtle approach that belies the jackboot on the keyboard methodology. While China may be known more for suppressing the Internet and for employing the masses to counter antiregime rhetoric, Russia imposes no formal Internet censorship. It relies on entertainment (porn is specifically cited) to soothe the masses, assuming that given options for political discourse and anything else, most opt for "anything else." Hitler would understand. And in nations where freedom is not widely understood from a western perspective, any bit of additional mindless diversion may be viewed as liberty by the populace. Perhaps most importantly, Morozov rails against social media determinism as driving the end of authoritarianism, labeling it "an intellectually impoverished, lazy way to study the past, understand the present, and predict the future." He does not dismiss the value of Facebook and Twitter to quickly mobilize like-minded individuals. He notes as well that the development of that very like-mindedness is complex and potentially can be manipulated by authoritarian governments using the same Internet freedom. …

Remote browsing session management

Abstract: A remote browsing process is directed to the generation and management of a remote persistent browsing context at a network computing provider. A client computing device requests a remote persistent browsing context instance at a network computing provider. The network computing provider provides processing results corresponding to processed representations of requested content to the client computing device. The persistent browsing context may be maintained at the network computing provider subsequent to the user ending his interaction with the browser application at the client device. A client computing device may subsequently request access to the persistent browsing context maintained at the network computing and storage device.