Projects

Linkify

• Linkify’s SDK Wants To Make Mobile Searches Less Cumbersome (TechCrunch, 2013)
• Linkify is Working to Make Mobile Searches Easier (Semanticweb.com, 2013)

Linkplaza

• Japan’s Studio Ousia to launch new affiliate solution for bloggers (THE BRIDGE, 2013)

Phroni

• Frustrated with smartphone and tablet browsing? Try Phroni (e27, 2012)
• GigaOM announces Mobilize 2012 LaunchPad winners (GigaOM, 2012)
• Japan-based Studio Ousia Finally Launches Phroni (Tech in Asia, 2012)

Main Publications

• Yamada, Ikuya, Ito, Tomotaka, Usami, Shinnosuke, Takagi, Shinsuke, Toyoda, Tomoya, Takeda, Hideaki, and Takefuji Yoshiyasu. Linkify: Enhanced Reading Experience by Augmenting Text Using Linked Open Data. In Semantic Web Challenge 2014, in 13th International Semantic Web Conference (Riva del Garda, Italy 2014). [PDF]
• Yamada, Ikuya, Ito, Tomotaka, Takagi, Shinsuke, Usami, Shinnosuke, Takeda, Hideaki, and Takefuji Yoshiyasu. Evaluating the Helpfulness of Linked Entities to Readers. In ACM Hypertext (Santiago Downtown, Chile 2014). [PDF] [Slides]
• Yamada, Ikuya, Yamaki, Wataru, Nakajima, Hirotaka, and Takefuji, Yoshiyasu. Ousia Weaver: A tool for creating and publishing mashups as impressive Web pages. In 3rd Workshop on Mashups, Enterprise Mashups and Lightweight Composition on the Web, in Proceedings of the 18th International World Wide Web Conference (Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 2010). [PDF]
• Yamada, Ikuya, Yamaki, Wataru, Nakajima, Hirotaka, and Takefuji, Yoshiyasu. Phroni: Augmenting Wikipedia Using Mashups. In AI Mashup Challenge 2010, in 7th Extended Semantic Web Conference (Heraklion, Greece 2010). [PDF]

Talks

Academic Activities

• 2014: Program Committee, AI Mashup Challenge 2014, at Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2014), May, 2014
• 2013: Program Committee, AI Mashup Challenge 2013, at Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2013), May, 2013

Working Experience

• 2007- Co-founder, CTO Studio Ousia Inc.
• 2003-2005: Vice President, CTO Fractalist Inc. (previously listed on the NSE Centrex (2007-2010) and acquired by motionBEAT Inc. in 2010)
• 2000-2005: Founder, CEO Newrong Inc. (acquired by Fractalist Inc. in 2005)