Taro KamiokaTaro Kamioka, PhD.
Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and Management
Hitotsubashi University

Dr. Kamioka studied cognitive science and artificial intelligence at graduate school of behavioral science, Hokkaido University. Just after the graduation in 1990, he started his academic career as assistant professor at Hitotsubashi University and promoted to associate professor and then current position.

He has now a great variety of research interest from cognitive science, human-computer interaction, offshore software development, IT management, e-commerce, to marketing(Most of his research paper are written in Japanese but one research paper in English for the 8th Eighth International Conference on Electronic Commerce)

Dr. Kamioka has been involved in a lot of projects with private companies for example in marketing field, research program on interactive agencies in the US in 1997 with Dentsu, ROI measurement in advertisement with VVC group by Toyota motor in 2001, and so on.

About Hitotsubashi University
Hitotsubashi University is a publicly funded university in Tokyo that specializes in the social sciences. For 130 years Hitotsubashi graduates have played leading roles in Japanese business, hence the university's motto "captains of industry." Today, our former students are also prominent in finance, government, politics and the media. The quality of our research has been recognized internationally, and Hitotsubashi scholars maintain strong ties to industry and government. Hitotsubashi is an excellent base for visiting researchers, offering a well-stocked library, a beautiful campus (and in the case of ICS a location in the heart of Tokyo), and a friendly atmosphere.