Kaneiwa Laboratory (Artificial Intelligence and the Semantic Web)


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Former Members and Visitors

Listed below are the employers of our graduates (including subsequent employers), visiting researchers, and the thesis topics of former members.

Principal Employers of Graduates (a number in brackets indicates the cumulative number of graduates)

NTT DATA Corporation; Fujitsu Limited; NTT Communications Corporation; NEC Corporation; Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK); The Japan Research Institute, Limited; FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. [2]; NTT Advanced Technology Corporation; NEC Platforms, Ltd.; NTT DATA FRONTIER Corporation; Yahoo Japan Corporation [3]; KOEI TECMO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.; Information Technology R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation; Shinsei Bank, Limited; Corporate Research & Development Center, Toshiba Corporation; and others


Visiting Researchers

JSPS Fellow Michaël Thomazo (France) June 22 – August 22, 2011


Master's Program Graduates, Academic Year 2025 (Master's Thesis Topics)

Hayate Takahashi (高橋 颯): Two-Stage Ontology Completion Using Candidate Selection by Knowledge Graph Embedding and Language Models

Yuto Hino (日野 雄斗): Improving the Efficiency of Population Graphs Using Homophily for Graph Neural Networks

Undergraduate Graduates, Academic Year 2025 (Bachelor's Thesis Topics)

Hiroki Kamijo (上條 寛貴): Ontology Concept Subsumption Prediction Using the Integration of Different Knowledge Embeddings

Shigeki Tsukada (塚田 成貴): Entity Initialization for Knowledge Graphs by Combining Corpus-Based Embeddings and Contextualized Language Models

Ziqi Tian (田 梓岐): Few-Shot Textual Entailment via Prototype Augmentation Using Competing Contexts

Yusuke Yoshitake (吉竹 裕亮): Efficient Training of NeuralWalker through Training Data Selection

Master's Program Graduates, Academic Year 2024 (Master's Thesis Topics)

Ayu Iijima (飯島 彩友): Embedding Learning of Concept Hierarchies Considering the Logical Structure and Lexical Information of Ontologies

Yuki Iwamoto (岩本 有生): Inductive Relation Prediction by Re-ranking from Different Perspectives

Koki Yoshinaga (吉永 康希): Improving the Efficiency of Population Graphs Using Homophily for Graph Neural Networks

Undergraduate Graduates, Academic Year 2024 (Bachelor's Thesis Topics)

Atsushi Sakai (坂井 温): Reflecting Ontology Hierarchical Structures in Knowledge Graph Embedding Learning

Naoya Honda (本田 直也): Training Graph Neural Networks by Partitioning Graph Structures

Master's Program Graduates, Academic Year 2023 (Master's Thesis Topics)

Yukihiro Shiraishi (白石 幸寛): Embedding Models with Self-Matching Training and Annotations for Subsumption Prediction

Takashi Someya (染谷 崇): Accelerating Feature Selection Methods for Graph Structures

Yuto Yamanaka (山中 佑斗): An Embedding Method Based on Geometric Interpretation for Logical Reasoning on Concept Subsumption

Undergraduate Graduates, Academic Year 2023 (Bachelor's Thesis Topics)

Hayate Takahashi (高橋 颯): Entity Typing Using Hyperrectangle Embeddings and Edge Overlap

Yuto Hino (日野 雄斗): Homophily-Based Rewiring in Graph Neural Networks

Master's Program Graduates, Academic Year 2022 (Master's Thesis Topics)

Yuga Oishi (大石 悠河): Graph Neural Networks Based on Multi-Duplicated Characterization of Graph Structures Using the Information Gain Ratio (IGR)

Yuya Kawagoe (川越 悠矢): Link and Fact Prediction Using DBpedia Japanese

Masahiro Goto (後藤 理宏): Flexible Converging-Path Search Using Search Patterns

Undergraduate Graduates, Academic Year 2022 (Bachelor's Thesis Topics)

Ayu Iijima (飯島 彩友): Embedding Learning for Concept Subsumption Using Word and Image Data

Yuki Iwamoto (岩本 有生): Applying Retrieval-Augmented Language Models to Knowledge Graphs

Sota Nishikawa (西川 爽太): Accelerating Path Search between Resources on RDF Graphs

Koki Yoshinaga (吉永 康希): Classification of Medical Data Using Graph Neural Networks

Master's Program Graduates, Academic Year 2021 (Master's Thesis Topics)

Yuki Odaka (小高 祐輝): Arousal Estimation and Sentiment Analysis by Semi-Supervised Learning Using Block-Segmentation Vectors

Daiki Takahashi (高橋 大樹): Satisfiability Checking for Description Logics Using SAT Solvers

Yota Minami (南 陽太): Classification Learning with Vector Representations Extracted from Graph Data

Undergraduate Graduates, Academic Year 2021 (Bachelor's Thesis Topics)

Yukihiro Shiraishi (白石 幸寛): Embedding Models for Logical Reasoning on Concept Instances and Binary Relations

Takashi Someya (染谷 崇): Extending Feature Vector Representations for Graph Data

Yuto Yamanaka (山中 佑斗): Machine Learning of Path Queries Using Embedding Models

Undergraduate Graduates, Academic Year 2020 (Bachelor's Thesis Topics)

Yuga Oishi (大石 悠河): Applying RDF Data to GNNs (Convolutional Neural Networks) and Restricting Features

Masahiro Goto (後藤 理宏): Node Classification of RDF Graphs Using Composite Triples and Graph Embeddings

Master's Program Graduates, Academic Year 2019 (Master's Thesis Topics)

Akito Sueki (末木 顕人): Ontology Mapping of Complex Predicate Expressions in RDF Data

Kenta Hirayama (平山 健太): Efficient Duplicate Elimination and Query Rewriting in SPARQL Query Answering

Yuki Yamanaka (山中 佑紀): Converging-Path Search Integrating Multiple Large-Scale RDF Datasets

Hiroki Nakata (中田 央輝): Extracting Description Logic Knowledge Bases from Japanese Sentences

Undergraduate Graduates, Academic Year 2019 (Bachelor's Thesis Topics)

Shinnosuke Akaishi (赤石 眞之介): Inferring Paths Equivalent to Binary Relations in RDF Data

Yuki Odaka (小高 祐輝): Extracting Emotion Rules from Events Using Rough Set Theory

Daiki Takahashi (高橋 大樹): Reinforcement Learning by Monte Carlo Tree Search Using Both State Values and Action Values

Yota Minami (南 陽太): Diverse Feature Vectors Extracted from RDF Graphs

Master's Program Graduates, Academic Year 2018 (Master's Thesis Topics)

Ryo Suzuki (鈴木 諒): Pattern Mining for Web Text Data

Kentaro Tanabe (田邉 憲太朗): Ontology Construction from Japanese Text

Undergraduate Graduates, Academic Year 2018 (Bachelor's Thesis Topics)

Daichi Yamazaki (山崎 大地): Implementation of RDF Query Parsing and Processing

Master's Program Graduates, Academic Year 2017 (Master's Thesis Topics)

Daichi Arai (荒井 大地): Kernel Learning for Query Answering over RDF Graphs

Yoshiki Hamamatsu (濱松 良樹): Faster and More Memory-Efficient Keyword Search over RDF Graphs

Miki Hirohashi (廣橋 美紀): Graph Pattern Mining for RDF Data

Undergraduate Graduates, Academic Year 2017 (Bachelor's Thesis Topics)

Ryutaro Ishii (石井 隆太郎): Blog Classification by Feature Extraction Using WordNet

Akito Sueki (末木 顕人): Generating DBpedia RDF Triples from Japanese Sentences

Kenta Hirayama (平山 健太): Design of Aggregate Functions and Query Rewriting in SPARQL

Yuki Yamanaka (山中 佑紀): Semantic Search of Web Documents Using Multiple Large-Scale RDF Datasets

Master's Program Graduates, Academic Year 2016 (Master's Thesis Topics)

Toshiyuki Kagawa (香川 俊幸): Compression and Loading Methods for RDF Data Stores

Yuji Takeda (武田 祐司): A Question Answering System for Natural-Language Questions over RDF Data

Undergraduate Graduates, Academic Year 2016 (Bachelor's Thesis Topics)

Daiki Iizuka (飯塚 大貴): Resource Classification and Attribute Estimation Using SVMs for Wikidata

Ryo Suzuki (鈴木 諒): Acquisition of Relation Patterns for Semantic Information Retrieval

Rikuo Takahama (高浜 陸生): A Fast Boosting Algorithm for Web Page Classification

Kentaro Tanabe (田邉 憲太朗): Ontology Construction from Japanese Text

Undergraduate Graduates, Academic Year 2015 (Bachelor's Thesis Topics)

Daichi Arai (荒井 大地): Kernel Functions for Redundant Feature Representations of RDF Data

Yuhi Sato (佐藤 雄飛): Rule Generation for Description Logics by Minimal Model Reasoning

Yoshiki Hamamatsu (濱松 良樹): Keyword Search over Large-Scale RDF Graphs

Miki Hirohashi (廣橋 美紀): Accelerating the Answering of Variable-Join Queries over RDF Data

Yutaro Yoshimura (吉村 悠太郎): Semantic Extraction of Feature Vectors for Text Classification

Master's Program Graduates, Academic Year 2014 (Master's Thesis Topics)

Takuma Nagai (長井 拓馬): Concept Learning in the Description Logic ALCH(D) Based on Minimal Model Reasoning over RDF Data

Koji Fujiwara (藤原 浩司): Efficient Storage and Query Answering for Large-Scale RDF Data

Undergraduate Graduates, Academic Year 2014 (Bachelor's Thesis Topics)

Junpei Oishi (大石 純平): Development of a Tableau-Based Theorem Prover for Intuitionistic Propositional Logic

Toshiyuki Kagawa (香川 俊幸): RDF Data Compression by Combining Resource Occurrence Frequency and Front Coding

Yuji Takeda (武田 祐司): Decompression-Free Query Answering over Logically Compressed RDF Data

Kazuki Hayakawa (早川 和揮): Distributed Processing of Query Answering over Large-Scale RDF Data

Tatsuya Yoshihara (吉原 達也): Recommendation of User Activity Information from Web Data Using Rough Sets

Master's Program Graduates, Academic Year 2013 (Master's Thesis Topics)

Takamasa Abe (阿部 貴雅): Semantic Similarity in Semantic Web Data and Its Application to Music Recommendation

Haruka Tazawa (田澤 遥香): Reasoning from Information Systems with Ambiguity Using Rough Sets

Undergraduate Graduates, Academic Year 2012 (Bachelor's Thesis Topics)

Takaaki Kikuchi (菊池 隆明): Performance Evaluation of RDF Query Answering with MySQL

Kenta Sasaki (佐々木 健太): Automatic Generation of SPARQL Queries from the Constituents of Question Sentences

Takeshi Sugawara (菅原 剛史): Data Extraction from Web Pages and Query Search Using Ontologies

Takuma Nagai (長井 拓馬): Concept Learning Using Negation as Failure for RDF Data

Koji Fujiwara (藤原 浩司): Efficient Query Answering for Large-Scale RDF Graphs

Undergraduate Graduates, Academic Year 2011 (Bachelor's Thesis Topics)

Takamasa Abe (阿部 貴雅): Semantic Similarity Evaluation Based on RDF and RDF Schema and Its Application to Music Recommendation

Ryoma Osuga (大須賀 竜馬): Query Search Using Reasoning in Distributed Ontology Environments

Ukyo Shimizu (清水 右郷): Semantic Completion of Keyword Search Using RDF Schema Reasoning

Haruka Tazawa (田澤 遥香): Retrieval of and Reasoning about Product Information in Augmented Reality