• Journal
• Wen-Syan Li, K. Selcuk Candan, Kyoji Hirata, Yoshinori Hara: Supporting efficient multimedia database exploration. VLDB Journal 9(4): 312-326 (2001)
• Kyoji Hirata, Sougata Mukherjea, Wen-Syan Li, Yoshinori Hara: Integration of Image Matching and Classification for Multimedia Navigation. Multimedia Tools and Applications 11(3): 295-309 (2000)
• Wen-Syan Li, Yi-Leh Wu, Corey Bufi, Kevin Chang, Divyakant Agrawal, Yoshinori Hara: PowerBookmarks: An Advanced Web Bookmark Database System and Its Information Sharing and Management. Journal of Knowledge and Information Systems: (2000)
• Wen-Syan Li, Divyakant Agrawal, Yi-Leh Wu, Corey Bufi, Kevin Chang, Yoshinori Hara: Information Organization, Sharing, and Management in WebDB. Int. Journal of Knowledge and Information Systems: (2000)
• Kyoji Hirata, Sougata Mukherjea, Wen-Syan Li, Yoshinori Hara: Integrating Image Matching and Classification for Multimedia Retrieval on the Web. ICMCS, Vol. 1: 257-263 (1999)
• Wen-Syan Li, K. Selcuk Candan, Kyoji Hirata, Yoshinori Hara: SEMCOG Multimedia Database Systems. IEEE TKDE: (1999)
• Sougata Mukherjea, Kyoji Hirata, Yoshinori Hara: AMORE: A World Wide Web Image Retrieval Engine. World Wide Web 2(3): 115-132 (1999)
• Wen-Syan Li, K. Selcuk Candan, Kyoji Hirata, Yoshinori Hara: Hierarchical Image Modeling for Object-Based Media Retrieval. DKE 27(2): 139-176 (1998)
• Kyoji Hirata, Sougata Mukherjea, Wen-Syan Li, Yusaku Okamura, Yoshinori Hara: Facilitating Object-Based Navigation Through Multimedia Web Databases. TAPOS 4(4): 261-283 (1998)
• Kyoji Hirata and Yoshinori Hara, “The Concept of Media-based Navigation and Its Implementation on Hypermedia System “Miyabi”,” NEC Research & Development: (1994)
• International Conferences (refereed papers)
• Shinsuke Nakajima, Junichi Tatemura, Yoshinori Hara, Katsumi Tanaka, and Shunsuke Uemura: Identifying Agitators as Important Blogger based on Analyzing Blog Threads. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3841. The Eighth Asia-Pacific Web Conference (APWeb2006). Springer-Verlag, January: 285-296 (2006)
• Shinsuke Nakajima, Junichi Tatemura, Yoichiro Hino, Yoshinori Hara, and Katsumi Tanaka: Discovering Important Bloggers Based on Analyzing Blog Threads. WWW 2005 2nd Annual Workshop on the Weblogging Ecosystem, May: (2005)
• Wen-Syan Li, Quoc Vu, Edward Chang, Divyakant Agrawal, Kyoji Hirata, Sougata Mukherjea, Yi-Leh Wu, Corey Bufi, Chen-Chuan K. Chang, Yoshinori Hara, Reiko Ito, Yutaka Kimura, Kazuyuki Shimazu, Yukiyoshi Saito: PowerBookmarks: A System for Personalizable Web Information Organization, Sharing, and Management. SIGMOD Conference: 565-567 (1999)
• Wen-Syan Li, Quoc Vu, Divyakant Agrawal, Yoshinori Hara, Hajime Takano: PowerBookmarks: A System for Personalizable Web Information Organization, Sharing, and Management. WWW8 / Computer Networks 31(11-16): 1375-1389 (1999)
• Kyoji Hirata, Sougata Mukherjia, Wen-Syan Li, Yoshinori Hara: Integrating Image Matching and Classification for Multimedia Retrieval on the Web. IEEE ICMCS: (1999)
• Wen-Syan Li, Junho Shim, K. Selcuk Candan, Yoshinori Hara: WebDB: A Web Query System and Its Modeling, Language, and Implementation. IEEE ADL: 216-227 (1998)
• Yoshinori Hara, Kyoji Hirata: Augmented Hypermedia: Issues on System Integration and Usability Study. FODO: 183-190 (1998)
• Wen-Syan Li, Yi-Leh Wu, Corey Bufi, Kevin Chang, Divyakant Agrawal, Yoshinori Hara: PowerBookmarks: An Advanced Web Bookmark Database System and its Information Sharing and Management. FODO: 200-209 (1998)
• Sougata Mukherjea, Kyoji Hirata, Yoshinori Hara: Using clustering and visualization for refining the results of a WWW image search engine. Workshop on New Paradigms in Information Visualization and Manipulation: 29-35 (1998)
• Sougata Mukherjea, Yoshinori Hara: Focus + Context Views of World-Wide Web Nodes. ACM Hypertext: 187-196 (1997)
• Wen-Syan Li, K. Selcuk Candan, Kyoji Hirata, Yoshinori Hara: IFQ: A Visual Query Interface and Query Generator for Object-based Media Retrieval: IEEE ICMCS: 353-361 (1997)
• Kyoji Hirata, Sougata Mukherjea, Yusaku Okamura, Wen-Syan Li, Yoshinori Hara: Object-based Navigation: An Intuitive Navigation Style for Content-Oriented Integration Environment. ACM Hypertext: 75-86 (1997)
• Wen-Syan Li, Yoshinori Hara, Nancy Fix, K. Selcuk Candan, Kyoji Hirata, Sougata Mukherjea: Brokerage Architecture for Stock Photo Industry. IEEE RIDE: (1997)
• Wen-Syan Li, K. Selcuk Candan, Kyoji Hirata, Yoshinori Hara: Facilitating Multimedia Database Exploration through Visual Interfaces and Perpetual Query Reformulations. VLDB: 538-547 (1997)
• Wen-Syan Li, K. Selcuk Candan, Kyoji Hirata, Yoshinori Hara: A Hybrid Approach to Multimedia Database Systems through Integration of Semantics and Media-based Search. WWCA: 182-197 (1997)
• Yosaku Okamura, Kyoji Hirata, Yoshinori Hara: Design and Implementation of Object-based Video Navigation. Int. Conference on Multimedia Information Systems: 30-41 (1997)
• Sougata Mukherjea, Kyoji Hirata, Yoshinori Hara: Towards a Multimedia World-Wide Web Information Retrieval Engine. WWW6 / Computer Networks 29(8-13): 1181-1191 (1997)
• Komei Harada, Eiichiro Tanaka, Ryuichi Ogawa, Yoshinori Hara: Anecdote: A Multimedia Storyboarding System with Seamless Authoring Support. ACM Multimedia: 341-351 (1996)
• Kyoji Hirata, Yoshinori Hara, Hajime Takano, Shigehito Kawasaki: Content-oriented Integration in Hypermedia System. ACM Hypertext: 11-21 (1996)
• Shigeto Kawasaki, Yoshinori Hara, et al., “Hypermedia on Demand – A Distributed Hypermedia Navigation System,” World Telecommunication Forum (TELECOM), October (1995)
• Yoshinori Hara, Kyoji Hirata, Hajime Takano, Shigehito Kawasaki: Hypermedia Database “Himotoki” and Its Applications. IEEE ICDE 1996: 372-379 (1994)
• Yoshinori Hara, Rodrigo A. Botafogo: Hypermedia Databases: A Specification and Formal Language. DEXA: 521-530 (1994)
• Kyoji Hirata, Yoshinori Hara, Naoki Shibata, Fusako Hirabayashi: Media-Based Navigation for Hypermedia Systems. ACM Hypertext: 159-173 (1993)
• Yoshinori Hara, Arthur M. Keller, Gio Wiederhold: Relationship Abstractions for an Effective Hypertext Design: Augmentation and Globalization. DEXA: 270-274 (1991)
• Yoshinori Hara, Arthur M. Keller, Gio Wiederhold: Implementing Hypertext Database Relationships through Aggregations and Exceptions. ACM Hypertext: 75-90 (1991)
• Yoshinori Hara, Asao Kaneko: A New Multimedia Electronic Book and Its Functional Capabilities: User-Oriented Context-Based Text & Image Handling (RIAO): (1988) RIAO88
• Asao Kaneko, Yoshinori Hara: A Multimedia Document Base System for Office Work Support: International Computer Software & Application Conference (COMPSAC): (1986)
• International Conferences (invited talk, panel session, poster session, demo session, etc.）
• Yoshinori Hara. Advanced Ubiquitous Computing for Emerging Multimedia Applications: IEEE Workshop on Managing Data for Emerging Multimedia Application (EMMA), (2005 ) (invited)
• Sang Kyun Cha, Anastassia Ailamaki, Yoshinori Hara, Vishal Sikka: Paradigm Shift to New DBMS Architectures: Research Issues and Market Needs. IEEE ICDE 2005: 1140 (2005)
• Yoshinori Hara, Katsumi Tanaka, Robert Wilensky: Workshop on Organizing Web Space: An Integration of Content Search with Structure Analysis. ACM DL: (1999)
• Wen-Syan Li, K. Selcuk Candan, Kyoji Hirata, Yoshinori Hara: SEMCOG: An Object-based Image Retrieval System and Its Visual Query Interface. ACM SIGMOD Conference: 521-524 (1997)
• Kyoji Hirata, Hajime Takano, Yoshinori Hara: Miyabi: A Hypertext Database with Media-Based Navigation (Video). ACM Hypertext: 233-234 (1993)
• Yoshinori Hara and Kojiro Watanabe: Hypermedia Research at C&C Research Labs, NEC USA. ACM CHI (organizational overview session):97-98 (1997)
• Wen-Syan Li, K. Selcuk Candan, Kyoji Hirata and Yoshinori Hara: IFQ: A Visual Query Interface for Object-based Image Retrieval. ACM CHI (demonstration session): 32-33 (1997)
• Komei Harada, Eiichiro Tanaka, Ryuichi Ogawa, Yoshinori Hara: Implementation of the Anecdote Multimedia Storyboarding System. ACM Multimedia (demonstration session): 403-404 (1996)
• Sougata Mukherjea, Kyoji Hirata, Yoshinori Hara: Visualizing the Results of the Multimedia Web Search Engines. IEEE Information Visualization (demonstration session): 64-65 (1996)
• Yoshinori Hara, Ryuichi Ogawa, Kyoji Hirata, Komei Harada: Reference-based vs. Scenario-based Hypermedia. Workshop on Evaluation Methods and Quality Criteria for Multimedia Applications in ACM Multimedia’95 (position paper): (1995)
• Yoshinori Hara, Yutaka Kasahara: A Set-to-Set Linking Stratey for Hypertext Systems. ACM COIS: (1990)
• Other English Materials
• Yoshinori Hara, “Advanced Ubiquitous System Technologies for Symbiotic Evolution,” 2005 NEC Technology Forum, March, (2005)
• Yoshinori Hara, and Kyoji Hirata, “Hypermedia Navigation and Content-based Retrieval for Distributed Multimedia Databases,” NEC Research Symposium, June, (1995)
• Yoshinori Hara, Arthur R. Keller, Peter K. Rathmann, Gio Wiederhold, “Implementing Hypertext Database Relationships through Aggregations and Exceptions,” Stanford University Computer Science Technical Report, STAN-CS-91-1381, 36 pages, (1991)
• Hiroshi Matoba, Yoshinori Hara, et al., “A Regional Information Guaidance System based on Hypermedia Concept,” Electronic Imaging, February, (1990)
and, papers written in Japanese…