Basic Information

Affiliated programs (koza)

• Graduate School of Informatics, 社会情報学専攻 教育情報学, 特定講師

Professional Memberships

• 日本データベース学会
• 情報処理学会
• 人工知能学会
• Society for Learning Analytics Research
• IEEE
• Asian Pacific Society for Computers in Education

Academic Degree

• Master's (Engineering)(Kyushu University)
• Ph.D (Information Science)(Kyushu University)

Research History

• From Oct. 2022, To Present

  Kyoto University, Graduate School of Informatics, Program Specific Associate Professor
• From Oct. 2022, To Present

  Kyoto University, Center for Innovative Research and Education in Data Science Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Program Specific Associate Professor
• From Oct. 2018, To Sep. 2022

  Kyoto University, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Program-Specific Senior Lecturer
• From Apr. 2018, To Sep. 2022

  Kyoto University, Department of Social informatics, Graduate School of Informatics,, Senior Lecturer
• From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018

  Kyoto University Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Program-Specific Researcher
• From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2017

  日本学術振興会 特別研究員 DC2

Language of Instruction

• English
• Japanese

ID,URL

• ORCID ID

  0000-0001-7644-997X

• J-Global ID

  201701014373291856

• Researcher number

  00807612

• External link

  https://flanaganacademic.wordpress.com

Website(s) (URL(s))

• http://flanaganacademic.wordpress.com/

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/bren

Research

Research Interests

• Educational Data Mining
• Data Science
• Text Mining
• Language Learning
• Machine Learning
• Learning Analytics

Research Areas

• Informatics, Intelligent informatics
• Humanities & social sciences, Educational technology
• Informatics, Information theory
• Informatics, Learning support systems

Papers

• Adaptive formative assessment system based on computerized adaptive testing and the learning memory cycle for personalized learning

  Albert C.M. Yang; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, Oct. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• Blockchain in Education: A Systematic Review and Practical Case Studies

  Patrick Ocheja; Friday J. Agbo; Solomon S. Oyelere; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  IEEE Access, 15 Sep. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• Early-warning Prediction of Student Performance and Engagement in Open Book Assessment by Reading Behavior Analysis

  Brendan Flanagan; Rwitajit Majumdar; Hiroaki Ogata

  International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education 19(41). (SSCI, IF=7.611), 09 Aug. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• Assessment Results on the Blockchain: A Conceptual Framework

  Patrick Ocheja; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  In Rodrigo, M.M., Matsuda, N., Cristea, A.I., Dimitrova, V. (eds) Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2022). Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners’ and Doctoral Consortium, 26 Jul. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• Design of a Learning Dashboard to Enhance Reading Outcomes and Self-directed Learning Behaviors in Out-of-class Extensive Reading

  Yuanyuan Yang; Rwitajit Majumdar; Huiyong Li; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  Interactive Learning Environments (Impact Factor 3.928), 21 Jul. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• How Students’ Self-Assessment Behavior Affects Their Online Learning Performance

  Albert C. Yang; Chen, I.Y; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, Mar. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• Visualization of education blockchain data: trends and challenges

  Ocheja, P; Flanagan, B; Ogata, H; Oyelere, S. S

  Interactive Learning Environments, Jan. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• Blockchain in Education: Connecting Learning Records and Contents through the Blockchain

  Patrick Ocheja; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  Blockchain in Kyoto 2021, 17 Feb. 2021, Peer-reviewed

  
• Language Learning Tool for Refugees: Identifying the Language Learning Needs of Syrian Refugees Through Participatory Design

  Victoria Abou-Khalil; Samar Helou; Brendan Flanagan; Niels Pinkwart; Hiroaki Ogata

  Languages, 09 Sep. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• EFL Vocabulary Learning Using a Learning Analytics-based E-book and Recommender Platform

  Kensuke Takii; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  2021 International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), Jul. 2021

  
• Educational Explainable Recommender Usage and its Effectiveness in High School Summer Vacation Assignment

  Kyosuke Takami; Yiling Dai; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  LAK22: 12th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference, 21 Mar. 2022

  
• Fine Grain Synthetic Educational Data: Challenges and Limitations of Collaborative Learning Analytics

  Brendan Flanagan; Rwitajit Majumdar; Hiroaki Ogata

  IEEE ACCESS, 2022

  
• E-book technology facilitating university education during COVID-19: Japanese experience

  Rwitajit Majumdar; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 20 Sep. 2021

  
• Learning analytics of humanities course: reader profiles in critical reading activity

  Rwitajit Majumdar; Geetha Bakilapadavu; Reek Majumder; Mei-Rong Alice Chen; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING, Aug. 2021

  
• A framework to foster analysis skill for self-directed activities in data-rich environment

  Yuanyuan Yang; Rwitajit Majumdar; Huiyong Li; Gokhan Akcapinar; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING, Jul. 2021

  
• Towards Explainable Group Formation by Knowledge Map based Genetic Algorithm

  Brendan Flanagan; Changhao Liang; Rwitajit Majumdar; Hiroaki Ogata

  IEEE 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES (ICALT 2021), 2021

  
• EXAIT: A Symbiotic Explanation Learning System

  Brendan Flanagan; Kyosuke Takami; Kensuke Takii; Yiling Dai; Rwitajit Majumdar; Hiroaki Ogata

  29TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION (ICCE 2021), VOL I, 2021

  
• ReDrEw: A Drawing based Knowledge Organization Task in LA-enhanced Platform

  Rwitajit Majumdar; Daichi Yoshitake; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  IEEE 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES (ICALT 2021), 2021

  
• Analytics of Open-Book Exams with Interaction Traces in a Humanities Course

  Rwitajit Majumdar; Geetha Bakilapadavu; Jiayu Li; Mei-Rong Alice Chen; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  29TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION (ICCE 2021), VOL I, 2021

  
• Investigating Relevance of Prior Learning Data Connected through the Blockchain

  Patrick Ocheja; Brendan Flanagan; Rwitajit Majumdar; Hiroaki Ogata

  29TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION (ICCE 2021), VOL I, 2021

  
• Vocabulary recommendation approach for forced migrants using informal language learning tools

  Victoria Abou-Khalil; Samar Helou; Mei‐Rong Alice Chen; Brendan Flanagan; Louis Lecailliez; Niels Pinkwart; Hiroaki Ogata

  Universal Access in the Information Society, 15 May 2021

  
• Supporting Interpersonal Communication Using Mind Maps

  Flanagan Brendan; Yin Chengjiu; Inokuchi Yohei; Hirokawa Sachio

  The Journal of Information and Systems in Education, 2013

  
• A prototype framework for a distributed lifelong learner model

  Patrick Ocheja; Brendan Flanagan; Solomon Sunday Oyelere; Louis Lecailliez; Hiroaki Ogata

  ICCE 2020 - 28th International Conference on Computers in Education, Proceedings, 23 Nov. 2020

  
• Identifying student engagement and performance from reading behaviors in open eBook assessment

  Brendan Flanagan; Rwitajit Majumdar; Kensuke Takii; Patrick Ocheja; Mei Rong Alice Chen; Hiroaki Ogata

  ICCE 2020 - 28th International Conference on Computers in Education, Proceedings, 23 Nov. 2020

  
• Exploring student approaches to learning through sequence analysis of reading logs.

  Gökhan Akçapinar; Mei-Rong Alice Chen; Rwitajit Majumdar; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  LAK '20: 10th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge(LAK), 2020

  
• Smart dictionary for e-book reading analytics.

  Louis Lecailliez; Brendan Flanagan; Mei-Rong Alice Chen; Hiroaki Ogata

  LAK '20: 10th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge(LAK), 2020

  
• The Relationship Between Student Performance and Reading Behavior in Open eBook Assessment.

  Brendan Flanagan; Rwitajit Majumdar; Gökhan Akçapinar; Hiroaki Ogata

  20th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies(ICALT), 2020

  
• Oh! Another Deadline: Cohort Analysis of Learner's Behaviors in Self-Directed Tasks.

  Rwitajit Majumdar; Huiyong Li; Yuanyuan Yang; Brendan Flanagan; Gökhan Akçapinar; Hiroaki Ogata

  20th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies(ICALT), 2020

  
• Measuring Analysis Skill in Data-informed Self-directed Activities

  Yuanyuan YANG; Rwitajit MAJUMDAR; Huiyong Li; Gökhan AKÇAPINAR; Brendan FLANAGAN; Hiroaki OGATA

  27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Taiwan: Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (ICCE2019), Dec. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Invited

  
• Impacts of a knowledge sharing-based e-book system on students’ language learning performance and behaviors

  Mei-Rong Alice CHEN; Hiroaki OGATA; Gwo-Jen HWANG; Gökhan AKÇAPINAR; Brendan FLANAGAN; Yi-hsuan LIN; Hsiao-Ling HSU

  27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Taiwan: Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (ICCE2019), Dec. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Invited

  
• Modeling Self-Planning and Promoting Planning Skills in a Data-Rich Context

  Huiyong LI; Yuanyuan YANG; Rwitajit MAJUMDAR; Gökhan AKÇAPINAR; Brendan FLANAGAN; Hiroaki OGATA

  27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Taiwan: Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (ICCE2019), Dec. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Invited

  
• Identifying Reading Styles from E-book Log Data

  Ivica BOTICKI; Hiroaki OGATA; Karla TOMIEK; Gokhan AKCAPINAR; Brendan FLANAGAN; Rwitajit MAJUMDAR; Nehal HASNINE

  27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Taiwan: Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (ICCE2019), Dec. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Invited

  
• Exploring the Relationships between Students' Engagement and Academic Performance in the Digital Textbook System

  Gökhan AKÇAPINAR; Mohammad Nehal HASNINE; Rwitajit MAJUMDAR; Brendan FLANAGAN; Hiroaki OGATA

  27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Taiwan: Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (ICCE2019), Dec. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Invited

  
• Developing E-Book Page Ranking Model for Pre-Class Reading Recommendation

  Christopher C.Y. YANG; Gökhan AKÇAPINAR; Brendan FLANAGAN; Hiroaki OGATA

  27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Taiwan: Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (ICCE2019), Dec. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Invited

  
• Automatic Vocabulary Study Map Generation by Semantic Context and Learning Material Analysis

  Brendan FLANAGAN; Mei-Rong Alice CHEN; Louis LECAILLIEZ; Rwitajit MAJUMDAR; Gökhan AKÇAPINAR; Patrick OCHEJA; Hiroaki OGATA

  27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Taiwan: Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (ICCE2019), Dec. 2019, Peer-reviewed, Invited

  
• Decentralized E-Learning Marketplace: Managing Authorship and Tracking Access to Learning Materials Using Blockchain

  Patrick Ocheja; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  The Second International Cognitive Cities Conference (IC3), Sep. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Extracting Self-Direction Strategies and Representing Practices in GOAL System

  Huiyong Li; Rwitajit Majumdar; Yuan Yuan Yang; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  Companion Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, Mar. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Learning Analytics Dashboard Widgets to Author Teaching-Learning Cases for Evidence-based Education

  Rwitajit Majumdar; Arzu Akçapınar; Gokhan Akçapınar; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  Companion Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, Mar. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Identification of the vocabulary needed to foster self-expression in Syrian refugees in Lebanon

  Victoria Abou Khalil; Brendan Flanagan; Mohammad Nehal Hasnine; Hiroaki Ogata

  Companion Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, Mar. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• LAView: Learning Analytics Dashboard Towards Evidence-based Education

  Rwitajit Majumdar; Arzu Akçapınar; Gökhan Akçapınar; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  Companion Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, Mar. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Predicting Performance Based on the Analysis of Reading Behavior: A Data Challenge

  Brendan Flanagan; Atsushi Shimada; Stephen Yang; Bae-Ling Chen; Yang-Chia Shih; Hiroaki Ogata

  Companion Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, Mar. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• A Platform for Image Recommendation in Foreign Word Learning

  Mohammad Nehal Hasnine; Brendan Flanagan; Masatoshi Ishikawa; Hiroaki Ogata

  Companion Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, Mar. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Using Learning Analytics to Detect Off-Task Behaviors in Class

  Gökhan Akçapınar; Mohammad Nehal Hasnine; Rwitajit Majumdar; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  Companion Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, Mar. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Investigating Subpopulation of Students in Digital Textbook Reading Logs by Clustering

  Christopher Yang; Brendan Flanagan; Gökhan Akçapınar; Hiroaki Ogata

  Companion Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, Mar. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Knowledge Map Creation for Modeling Learning Behaviors in Digital Learning Environments

  Brendan Flanagan; Rwitajit Majumdar; Gökhan Akçapınar; Jingyun Wang; Hiroaki Ogata

  Companion Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, Mar. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Learning isolated polysemous words: identifying the intended meaning of language learners in informal ubiquitous language learning environments.

  Victoria Abou Khalil; Samar El Helou; Brendan Flanagan; Mei-Rong Alice Chen; Hiroaki Ogata

  Smart Learn. Environ., 2019

  
• Design of a Location-based Word Recommendation System based on Association Rule Mining Analysis

  Mohammad Nehal Hasnine; Gökhan Akçapınar; Brendan Flanagan; Kousuke Mouri; Hiroaki Ogata; Keiichi Kaneko; Noriko Uosaki

  International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics, 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Adaptive Support for Acquisition of Self-Direction Skills using Learning and Health Data.

  Rwitajit Majumdar; Yuan Yuan Yang; Huiyong Li; Gökhan Akçapinar; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  19th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2019, Maceió, Brazil, July 15-18, 2019, 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Vocabulary Learning Support System Based on Automatic Image Captioning Technology.

  Mohammad Nehal Hasnine; Brendan Flanagan; Gökhan Akçapinar; Hiroaki Ogata; Kousuke Mouri; Noriko Uosaki

  Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions - 7th International Conference, DAPI 2019, Held as Part of the 21st HCI International Conference, HCII 2019, Orlando, FL, USA, July 26-31, 2019, Proceedings, 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Developing an early-warning system for spotting at-risk students by using eBook interaction logs.

  Gökhan Akçapinar; Mohammad Nehal Hasnine; Rwitajit Majumdar,Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  Smart Learn. Environ., 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Managing lifelong learning records through blockchain.

  Patrick Ocheja; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroshi Ueda; Hiroaki Ogata

  Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Measuring Behaviors and Identifying Indicators of Self-Regulation in Computer-Assisted Language Learning Courses

  Huiyong LI; Brendan Flanagan; Shin’ichi Konomi; Hiroaki Ogata

  Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, Dec. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Towards Final Scores Prediction over Clickstream Using Machine Learning Methods

  Hasnine M.N; Akçapınar G; Flanagan B; Majumdar R; Kousuke Mouri; Ogata H

  Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE2018), Nov. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Automatic Generation of Contents Models for Digital Learning Materials

  Flanagan B; Akçapınar G; Majumdar R; Ogata H

  Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE2018), Nov. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Investigating Students’ e-Book Reading Patterns with Markov Chains

  Akçapınar, G; Majumdar, R; Flanagan, B; Ogata, H

  Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE2018), Nov. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Image Recommendation for Informal Vocabulary Learning in a Context-aware Learning Environment

  Mohammad Nehal Hasnine; Kousuke Mouri; Brendan Flanagan; Gökhan Akçapınar; Noriko Uosaki; Hiroaki Ogata

  Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE2018), Nov. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• SCROLL Dataset in the Context of Ubiquitous Language Learning

  Hiroaki Ogata; Kousuke Mouri; Noriko Uosaki; Mohammad Nehal Hasnine; Victoria Abou-Khalil; Brendan Flanagan

  Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE2018), Nov. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Joint Activity on Learner Performance Prediction using the BookRoll Dataset

  Brendan Flanagan; Weiqin Chen; Hiroaki Ogata

  Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE2018), Nov. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Transferring Learning Footprints Across Versions within E-Book Reader

  Christopher Yang; Gökhan Akçapınar; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE2018), Nov. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Connecting decentralized learning records: A blockchain based learning analytics platform

  Patrick Ocheja; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 07 Mar. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Implementing A Blockchain Based Learning Analytics Platform

  Ocheja Patrick; Flanagan Brendan; Ogata Hiroaki

  情報処理学会研究報告(Web), Mar. 2018

  
• Learning what students want to learn

  Abou Khalil Victoria; Flanagan Brendan; Ogata Hiroaki

  情報処理学会CLE研究会, Mar. 2018

  
• Version Control for The Continuity of Learning Footprints Across Versions within E-Book Reader

  Yang Ching-Yuan; Flanagan Brendan; Ogata Hiroaki

  情報処理学会CLE研究会, Mar. 2018

  
• Measuring Behaviors and Identifying Indicators of Self-Regulation in Computer-Assisted Language Learning Courses.

  Li H; Flanagan B; Konomi S; Ogata H

  Research and practice in technology enhanced learning, 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Maintaining reading experience continuity across e-book revisions

  Christopher Ching-Yuan Yang; Brendan Flanagan; Gokhan Akcapinar; Hiroaki Ogata

  Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Beyond Learning Analytics: Framework for Technology-Enhanced Evidence-Based Education and Learning

  Ogata H; Majumdar R; Akçapınar G; Hasnine M.N; Flanagan B

  Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE2018), 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Learning Analytics Platform in Higher Education in Japan

  Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  Knowledge Management & E-Learning (KM&EL), 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• GOAL: A System to Support Learner’s Acquisition of Self Direction Skills

  Majumdar R; Yuan Yuan Yang; Huiyong Li; Akçapınar G; Flanagan B; Ogata H

  Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE2018), 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Learning Analytics Infrastructure for Seamless Learning

  Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  Companion Proceedings of LAK 2018, 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Learning False Friends across Contexts.

  Victoria Abou Khalil; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  Proceedings of the Second Multimodal Learning Analytics Across (Physical and Digital) Spaces co-located with the 8th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference, CrossMMLA@LAK 2018, Sydney, Australia, March 06, 2018., 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• A Learning Analytics Platform Approach to Seamless Learning.

  Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  7th International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2018, Yonago, Japan, July 8-13, 2018, 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Learning culturally situated dialogue strategies to support language learners.

  Victoria Abou Khalil; Toru Ishida 0001; Masayuki Otani; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata; Donghui Lin

  Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• An Automatic Method to Extract Online Foreign Language Learner Writing Error Characteristics.

  Brendan Flanagan; Sachio Hirokawa

  IJDET, 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• A Multi-model SVR Approach to Estimating the CEFR Proficiency Level of Grammar Item Features

  Brendan Flanagan; Sachio Hirokawa; Emiko Kaneko; Emi Izumi; Hiroaki Ogata

  Proceedings - 2017 6th IIAI International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2017, 15 Nov. 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Semi-automatic Construction of Ontology Based on Data Mining Technique

  Jingyun Wang; Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  Proceedings - 2017 6th IIAI International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2017, 15 Nov. 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• LTDE: A Layout Tree Based Approach for Deep Page Data Extraction

  Jun Zeng; Feng Li; Brendan Flanagan; Sachio Hirokawa

  IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS, May 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Integration of Learning Analytics Research and Production Systems While Protecting Privacy

  Brendan Flanagan; Hiroaki Ogata

  Proc. of ICCE2017 workshops, 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Classification of speaking proficiency level by machine learning and feature selection

  Brendan Flanagan; Sachio Hirokawa; Emiko Kaneko; Emi Izumi

  Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Support Vector Mind Map of Wine Speak

  Brendan Flanagan; Sachio Hirokawa

  Human Interface and the Management of Information: Information, Design and Interaction, Pt I, 2016, Peer-reviewed

  
• Automatic Extraction and Prediction of Word Order Errors From Language Learning SNS

  Brendan Flanagan; Sachio Hirokawa

  PROCEEDINGS 2016 5TH IIAI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ADVANCED APPLIED INFORMATICS IIAI-AAI 2016, 2016, Peer-reviewed

  
• テキストマイニングで抽出された重要単語を利用した重要文の評価

  山下 貴範; Flanagan Brendan; 若田 好史; 濱井 敏; 中島 康晴; 岩本 幸英; 中島 直樹; 廣川 佐千男

  医療情報学連合大会論文集, Nov. 2015

  
• Temporal Relation Extraction in Outcome Variances of Clinical Pathways

  Takanori Yamashita; Yoshifumi Wakata; Satoshi Hamai; Yasuharu Nakashima; Yukihide Iwamoto; Brendan Franagan; Naoki Nakashima; Sachio Hirokawa

  Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2015, Peer-reviewed

  
• Visualization of key factor relation in clinical pathway

  Takanori Yamashita; Brendan Flanagan; Yoshifumi Wakata; Satoshi Hamai; Yasuharu Nakashima; Yukihide Iwamoto; Naoki Nakashima; Sachio Hirokawa

  KNOWLEDGE-BASED AND INTELLIGENT INFORMATION & ENGINEERING SYSTEMS 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, KES-2015, 2015, Peer-reviewed

  
• Prediction of Learner Native Language by Writing Error Pattern

  Brendan Flanagan; Chengjiu Yin; Takahiko Suzuki; Sachio Hirokawa

  LEARNING AND COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGIES, LCT 2015, 2015, Peer-reviewed

  
• Predicting and Visualizing Wine Characteristics Through Analysis of Tasting Notes from Viewpoints

  Brendan Flanagan; Nao Wariishi; Takahiko Suzuki; Sachio Hirokawa

  HCI INTERNATIONAL 2015 - POSTERS' EXTENDED ABSTRACTS, PT I, 2015, Peer-reviewed

  
• Sentiment Analysis of Wine Aroma

  Nao Wariishi; Brendan Flanagan; Takahiko Suzuki; Sachio Hirokawa

  2015 IIAI 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ADVANCED APPLIED INFORMATICS (IIAI-AAI), 2015, Peer-reviewed

  
• 医療プロセス改善を目的とした手術記録からのテキストマイニングによる重要因子抽出

  山下 貴範; 若田 好史; 濱井 敏; 中島 康晴; 岩本 幸英; フラナガン・ブレンダン; 中島 直樹; 廣川 佐千男

  医療情報学連合大会論文集, Nov. 2014

  
• A Web Page Segmentation Approach Using Visual Semantics

  Jun Zeng; Brendan Flanagan; Sachio Hirokawa; Eisuke Ito

  IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS, Feb. 2014, Peer-reviewed

  
• Classification of English language learner writing errors using a parallel corpus with SVM.

  Brendan Flanagan; Chengjiu Yin; Takahiko Suzuki; Sachio Hirokawa

  I. J. Knowledge and Web Intelligence, 2014, Peer-reviewed

  
• Learning Winespeak from Mind Map of Wine Blogs

  Sachio Hirokawa; Brendan Flanagan; Takahiko Suzuki; Chengjiu Yin

  HUMAN INTERFACE AND THE MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION: INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE IN APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES, PT II, 2014, Peer-reviewed

  
• Learning by "search & log"

  Yin C; Flanagan B; Hirokawa S

  Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2014, 2014, Peer-reviewed

  
• Construction of Dominant Factor Presumption Model for Postoperative Hospital Days from Operation Records

  Takanori Yamashita; Yoshifumi Wakata; Naoki Nakashima; Satoshi Hamai; Yasuharu Nakashima; Yukihide Iwamoto; Brendan Flanagan; Sachio Hirokawa

  2014 IIAI 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED APPLIED INFORMATICS (IIAI-AAI 2014), 2014, Peer-reviewed

  
• Classification and Clustering English Writing Errors Based on Native language

  Brendan Flanagan; Chengjiu Yin; Takahiko Suzuki; Sachio Hirokawa

  2014 IIAI 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED APPLIED INFORMATICS (IIAI-AAI 2014), 2014, Peer-reviewed

  
• AWeb Page Segmentation Approach Using Seam Degree and Content Similarity

  Jun Zeng; Brendan Flanagan; Qingyu Xiong; Junhao Wen; Sachio Hirokawa

  APPLIED COMPUTING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 2014, Peer-reviewed

  
• Learning by Searching: A Learning Environment that Provides Searching and Analysis Facilities for Supporting Trend Analysis Activities

  Chengjiu Yin; Han-Yu Sung; Gwo-Jen Hwang; Sachio Hirokawa; Hui-Chun Chu; Brendan Flanagan; Yoshiyuki Tabata

  EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY, Jul. 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Learning by searching: A learning environment that provides searching and analysis facilities for supporting trend analysis activities

  Chengjiu Yin; Han Yu Sung; Gwo Jen Hwang; Sachio Hirokawa; Hui Chun Chu; Brendan Flanagan; Yoshiyuki Tabata

  Educational Technology and Society, 2013

  
• Proposal of Seam Degree and Content Similarity for Web Page Segmentation

  Jun Zeng; Brendan Flanagan; Qingyu Xiong; Junhao Wen; Sachio Hirokawa

  2013 SECOND IIAI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED APPLIED INFORMATICS (IIAI-AAI 2013), 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Layout-tree-based approach for identifying visually similar blocks in a web page

  Jun Zeng; Brendan Flanagan; Sachio Hirokawa

  2013 IEEE/ACIS 12th International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICIS 2013 - Proceedings, 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Keywords frequency trend analysis of online novels

  Eisuke Ito; Takahiro Urakawa; Brendan Flanagan; Sachio Hirokawa

  Proceedings - 2nd IIAI International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2013, 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Intelligent Computer Classification of English Writing Errors

  Brendan Flanagan; Chengjiu Yin; Takahiko Suzuki; Sachio Hirokawa

  INTELLIGENT INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS AND SERVICES, 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Build A Search Engine To Support Doing Research Surveys On SNS

  Chengjiu Yin; Brendan Flanagan; Sachio Hirokawa; Yoshiyuki Tabata

  2013 SECOND IIAI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED APPLIED INFORMATICS (IIAI-AAI 2013), 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• An automated method to generate e-learning quizzes from online language learner writing

  Brendan Flanagan; Chengjiu Yin; Sachio Hirokawa; Kiyota Hashimoto; Yoshiyuki Tabata

  International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• A private cloud environment for teaching search engine construction

  Ito E; Flanagan B; Yin C; Nakatoh T; Hirokawa S

  Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2013, 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Near friends communication encouragement system using NFC and SNS

  Ninomiya Hiroaki; Ito Eisuke; Flanagan Brendan; Hirokawa Sachio

  Proceedings of the 2012 IIAI International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAIAAI 2012, 19 Sep. 2012, Peer-reviewed

  
• Search engine focused on multiple features of scientific articles

  Toshihiko Sakai; Brendan Flanagan; Jun Zeng; Tetsuya Nakatoh; Sachio Hirokawa

  Proceedings of the 2012 IIAI International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAIAAI 2012, 2012, Peer-reviewed

  
• Analysis of influence of investor relation documents to stock price

  Toshihiko Sakai; Masashi Matsushita; Brendan Flanagan; Jun Zeng; Sachio Hirokawa

  Proceedings - 2012 9th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery, FSKD 2012, 2012, Peer-reviewed

  
• Mistake discovery and generation of exercises automaticity in context

  Chengjiu Yin; Sachio Hirokawa; Brendan Flanagan; Takahiko Suzuki; Yoshiyuki Tabata

  Proceedings of the 2012 IIAI International Conference on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAIAAI 2012, 2012, Peer-reviewed

  
• Extraction of relevant components using shallow structure of HTML documents

  Jun Zeng; Brendan Flanagan; Toshihiko Sakai; Sachio Hirokawa

  Proceedings - 2012 9th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery, FSKD 2012, 2012, Peer-reviewed

  
• Extraction of Feature Words with the Same Generality Level as Query using Restricted Bootstrapping

  Jun Zeng; Toshihiko Sakai; Brendan Flanagan; Sachio Hirokawa

  PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2012 IEEE 14TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMERCE AND ENTERPRISE COMPUTING (CEC 2012), 2012, Peer-reviewed

  
• Descriminant words for problems in scientific articles

  Toshihiko Sakai; Jun Zeng; Brendan Flanagan; Tetsuya Nakatoh; Sachio Hirokawa

  Proceedings - 2012 IEEE/ACIS 11th International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICIS 2012, 2012, Peer-reviewed

  
• Bridging SNS ID and User Using NFC and SNS Design of NFC and SNS based event attendance management system

  Hiroaki Ninomiya; Eisuke Ito; Brendan Flanagan; Sachio Hirokawa

  2012 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ANTI-COUNTERFEITING, SECURITY AND IDENTIFICATION (ASID), 2012, Peer-reviewed

  
• Analysing research trends of mobile learning with the Milky Way

  Brendan Flanagan; Chengjiu Yin; Sachio Hirokawa; Han-Yu Sung; Gwo-Jen Hwang

  Proceedings 2012 17th IEEE International Conference on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technology in Education, WMUTE 2012, 2012, Peer-reviewed

  

Misc.

• Diachronic Analysis of Thick And Think Adjective Antonym Pair Usage In Wine Tasting Notes (人工知能と知識処理)

  FLANAGAN Brendan; HASHIMOTO Kiyota; HIROKAWA Sachio

  電子情報通信学会技術研究報告 = IEICE technical report : 信学技報, 18 Dec. 2015

  
• Connecting Learning Histories of Students Across Different Institutions Using Blockchain

  OGATA Hiroaki; OCHEJA Patrick; FLANAGAN Brendan

  人工知能学会全国大会論文集(CD-ROM), 2018

  
• Estimation of English learners vocabulary and English words difficulty by Item Response Theory

  野口 和久; フラナガン ブレンダン; 廣川 佐千男

  電子情報通信学会技術研究報告 = IEICE technical report : 信学技報, 09 Dec. 2016

  
• Correlation between an Entropy Based Measure and English Language Learner Proficiency

  Brendan Flanagan; Sachio Hirokawa

  Proceedings - 2015 IIAI 4th International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics, IIAI-AAI 2015, 06 Jan. 2016, Peer-reviewed

  
• Effect of Synonym on Prediction Performance for Postoperative Hospital Stay by Text Mining

  KUBO HARUKA; YAMASHITA TAKANORI; FLANAGAN BRENDAN; WAKATA YOSHIFUMI; SOEJIMA HIDEHISA; NAKASHIMA NAOKI; HIROKAWA SACHIO

  電子情報通信学会技術研究報告, 11 Dec. 2015

  
• Prediction of Writing Error Category of English Learners by Decision Tree

  Flanagan Brendan

  Record of Joint Conference of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Kyushu, 2015

  
• Prediction of Long Post-Operatively Stay and Comparison between SVM and Decision Tree

  Brendan Flanagan

  Record of Joint Conference of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Kyushu, 2015

  
• Feature Words to Predict Long Post-Operatively Stay in Semi-structured Medical Records

  Brendan Flanagan

  Record of Joint Conference of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Kyushu, 2015

  
• Construction of Dominant Factor Presumption Model for Postoperative Hospital Days from Operation Records

  YAMASHITA Takanori; WAKATA Yoshifumi; HAMAI Satoshi; NAKASHIMA Yasuharu; IWAMOTO Yukihide; FLANAGAN Brendan; NAKASHIMA Naoki; HIROKAWA Sachio

  IEICE technical report. Natural language understanding and models of communication, 04 Sep. 2014

  
• A Study of search engine practice using VM on a private cloud

  ITO Eisuke; FLANAGAN Brendan; YIN Chenge; NAKATOH Tetsuya; HIROKAWA Sachio

  電気学会研究会資料. IS, 情報システム研究会, 24 May 2013

  
• Extraction of Informative Blocks from Deep Web Page Using Similar Layout Feature

  Zeng Jun; Flanagan Brendan; Hirokawa Sachio

  International Journal of Advancements in Computing Technology, May 2013

  
• Error Classification of English Writing Lessons

  フラナガン ブレンダン; 殷 成久; 鈴木 孝彦; 廣川 佐千男

  火の国情報シンポジウム論文集, 14 Mar. 2013

  
• Focused search using community search logs

  Brendan Flanagan; Takahiko Suzuki; Jun Zeng; Chengjiu Yin; Toshihiko Sakai; Kiyota Hashimoto; Sachio Hirokawa

  3rd International Conference on Digital Information Processing and Communications, ICDIPC 2013, 01 Jan. 2013

  

External funds: Kakenhi

• Learning Support by Novel Modality Process Analysis of Educational Big Data

  Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

  Medium-sized Section 62:Applied informatics and related fields

  Kyoto University

  Flanagan Brendan

  From 09 Jul. 2021, To 31 Mar. 2023, Granted

  Modality analysis;Learning process;Learning Analytics;Recommendation;Modality Analysis;Learning Process;Knowledge Map

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-21K19824/
• Knowledge-Aware Learning Analytics Infrastructure to Support Smart Education and Learning

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

  Basic Section 09070:Educational technology-related

  Kyoto University

  Flanagan Brendan

  From 01 Apr. 2020, To 31 Mar. 2023, Granted

  Knowledge Map;Knowledge Extraction;Learning Analytics;Educational Data Mining;Smart Learning Systems;Knowledge map;Smart learning systems;Knowledge extraction;Learning analytics;Educational Informatics

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-20H01722/
• GOAL project: AI-supported self-directed learning lifestyle in data-rich educational ecosystem

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

  Basic Section 90020:Library and information science, humanistic and social informatics-related

  Kyoto University

  Majumdar Rwito

  From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2025, Granted

  GOAL;Self Direction Skills;Learning Analytics;Quantified Self;DAPER model

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-22H03902/

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Basics of Academic Information Literacy

  G201, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 0.5
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Basics of Academic Information Literacy

  G208, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 0.5
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Readings in Humanities and Social Sciences (All Faculties, English)-E1

  HA01, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Information Education

  3289, Fall, Graduate School of Informatics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Human Interface

  9117, Fall, Faculty of Engineering, 2
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Basics of Academic Information Literacy

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Basics of Academic Information Literacy

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Basic Informatics (Faculty of Engineering)

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Basics of Academic Information Literacy

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Human Interface

  Fall, 工学部
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Basics of Academic Information Literacy

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Information Education

  Fall, 情報学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Basics of Academic Information Literacy

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Human Interface

  Fall, 工学部
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Readings in Humanities and Social Sciences (All Faculties, English)-E1 :Education Technology and AI

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Basics of Academic Information Literacy

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Information Education

  Fall, 情報学研究科

Academic, Social Contribution

Committee Memberships

• From 2017, To Present

  PC Member, ICCE
• From 2017, To Present

  PC member, IIAI AAI
• From 2021, To 2021

  PC Member, IEEE ICALT
• From 2021, To 2021

  Track co-chair, ICCE Classroom, Ubiquitous, and Mobile Technologies Enhanced Learning
• From 2020, To 2021

  PC Member, IEEE TALE
• From 2019, To 2021

  PC Member, AIED Workshop on Intelligent Textbooks
• From 2019, To 2021

  Workshop Organizer, LAK Workshop on Predicting Performance Based on the Analysis of Reading Behavior
• From 2018, To 2021

  Workshop Organizer, ICCE Workshop on Learning Analytics (LA)
• From 2020, To 2020

  PC Member, GCCCE
• From 2019, To 2020

  Track Executive Chair, ICCE Advanced Learning Technologies (ALT) Learning Analytics and Digital Infrastructure
• From 2016, To 2019

  ワークショップ主催者, 言語処理学会年次大会「言語教育と言語処理の接点」
• From 2018, To 2018

  PC Member, ASEAN-AI
• From 2017, To 2017

  PC member, iSAI-NLP
• From 2017, To 2017

  Judge Committee, ICCE Best Poster Design Awards Selection
• From 2017, To 2017

  Organizer, AAI LTLE Special Session on Big Corpus Data Driven Language Learning and Linguistics