KOHICHI OGAWA

Last Updated :2026/07/06

Affiliations, Positions
Information Media Center, Associate Professor
E-mail
kogawahiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
My research themes arise from practical challenges encountered in real-world system operations. To address these issues, I apply interdisciplinary approaches in information science and conduct research on information infrastructure operation technologies that support people. One example is a method I devised to recognize the LED indicators of various network devices through image processing, which helps improve operational management. I have implemented and experimented with this approach. In addition, I am working on automating system operations based on information collection using mobile robots. In the near future, I aim to create an environment where even a small number of administrators can effectively operate and manage complex information infrastructure systems.

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Saitama University

Research Fields

  • Informatics;Human informatics;Intelligent robotics
  • Informatics;Computing Technologies;Information network
  • Informatics;Human informatics;Human interface and interaction

Research Keywords

  • Utilizing information infrastructure during disasters
  • Internet of Things(IoT)
  • Rack Monitoring Rail
  • Cloud Robotics Services

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • IEEE
  • The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
  • Information Processing Society of Japan

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Informatics and Data Science Exercise IV
  2. 2026, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Long-term Fieldwork I
  3. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Computer Science Seminar I
  4. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Computer Science Seminar II
  5. 2026, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis
  6. 2026, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Information Systems

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. A framework for communication infrastructure against disasters, IEEE World Telecommunication Congress (WTC), 2012
  2. Operational experiences from the viewpoint of university IT system administrators in the metropolitan area on east Japan great earthquake, 40th annual ACM SIGUCCS conference on User services, 2012
  3. Network operational Method by using Software-Defined Networking for Improvement of Communication Quality at Disasters, 16th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS), 2014
  4. Monitoring System for Network devices with Mobile Robots, International Conference on Technology and Social Science (ICTSS), 2017
  5. A Discussion on Periodic Communication Disruption in LEO Satellite Constellations, 2025 1st International Conference on Consumer Technology (ICCT-Pacific), 2025
  6. Construction of Elderly Monitoring Platform Using Monitoring Gateway, 2024 International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Taiwan (ICCETaiwan), 2024
  7. Collection platform for audience sensor data in live music performances using mobile lines and clouds, 2023 International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Taiwan (ICCE-Taiwan), 2023
  8. Proposal of Low-Cost Automated Security Diagnosis System for IoT Devices, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2023
  9. A Smart LED Cane to Monitor Older People Living Alone for Considering Privacy, 2022 IEEE 11th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE), 2022
  10. Smart Help Desk to support user's PC settings, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Taiwan(ICCE-TW), 2022
  11. Proposal for Display System Superimposing Operating Instructions on Home Appliances, 2022 IEEE 4th Global Conference on Life Sciences and Technologies (LifeTech), 2022
  12. A New Method for Notifying the Status of Home Appliances by Monitoring their Control Panel, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2022
  13. ★, Development of a Support System to Resolve Network Troubles by Mobile Robots, The 11th International Conference on Internet and Distributed Computing Systems(IDCS), 209-220, 2018
  14. Non-Intrusive Crowd State Awareness in Evacuation Shelters Using Multi-Modal Sensing, 2026 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Taiwan (ICCE-Taiwan), 2026
  15. Collection platform for audience sensor data in live music performances using mobile lines and clouds, 2023 International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Taiwan (ICCE-Taiwan), 765-766, 2023
  16. A Discussion on Periodic Communication Disruption in LEO Satellite Constellations, 2025