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Masashi Toyoda is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo. He leads the Kitsuregawa and Toyoda Laboratory and is affiliated with the International Research Center for Strategic Information Fusion. His research focuses on web mining, user interfaces, and information visualization.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology (1999)
- M.S. in Computer Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology (1996)
- B.S. in Computer Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology (1994)
His research interests span web mining, user interfaces, information visualization, and visual programming. He has conducted significant work in spatiotemporal web analysis, web spam detection, evolution of web communities, and visualization techniques including zooming interfaces and 3D web graph visualization.
Recent publications (2008-2011) demonstrate strong focus on web mining, information visualization, and web security. Research trends include 3D visualization of time-series web data, analysis of blog archives and CGM images, and novel methods for detecting and classifying web spam. The work consistently emphasizes large-scale web data analysis and interactive systems.
Scientific Awards:
- 1st DBSJ Paper Award Winner (2003)
- FIT Paper Award and Funai Best Paper Award (2002)
- Best Presentation Award at DEWS2002
- Presentation Award at DEWS2000
- Best Paper Award at DEIM2011
- Conference Excellence Award at IPSJ 72nd National Convention
As head of the Toyoda Laboratory at the University of Tokyo, he leads research in web mining, information fusion, and visualization. The lab has developed notable projects including WebRelievo for web structure evolution analysis and KLIEG visual programming environment.
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