Curriculum Vitae - Hajime BABA, Ph.D

April 2007

Contact Information

Current Position:

Engineer (April 2007 - Present)
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science,
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Office Address:

3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara,
Kanagawa 229-8510, JAPAN

E-Mail:

baba.hajime @ nifty.com
(baba @ kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp is also available.)

Homepage:

http://www.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~baba/

Educations

March 2002:

Conferred Ph.D degree in Astrophysics at the Division of Physics and Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University,
with a dissertation on "Photometric and Spectroscopic Observation of SU UMa-type Dwarf Novae in the Optical Range" (in Japanese).

April 1997 - March 2001:

Ph.D course in Astrophysics at the Division of Physics and Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University.

April 1995 - March 1997:

Master of Science in Astrophysics at the Division of Physics and Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University.

April 1990 - March 1995:

Bachelor of Science in Astronomy at the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University.

Employments

April 2007 - Present:

Position: Engineer, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS),
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Accomplishments/Responsibilities: Development of software systems of scientific spacecrafts on ISAS.

April 2006 - March 2007:

Additional position: Part-time instructor, Media Network Center, Waseda University
Accomplishments/Responsibilities: Instruction of information technology.

November 2005 - March 2007:

Additional position: Guest Researcher, Open Source Software Research Institute, Information Technology Research Organization, Waseda University
Accomplishments/Responsibilities: Research of open source softwares.

November 2005 - March 2007:

Additional position: Guest Researcher, Waseda Research Institute Corporation
Accomplishments/Responsibilities: Research of open source softwares.

August 2005 - March 2007:

Position: Lecturer, Center for Research and Development in University Education, Ibaraki University (In April 2006, CRDUE was reconstructed as University Education Center.)
Additional position: Lecturer, Division of Educational Technology, Center for Information Technology, Ibaraki University
Accomplishments/Responsibilities: Development of various IT systems related to university education.

April 2004 - March 2007:

Additional position: Joint Research Scientist for ASTRO-F Project, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Accomplishments/Responsibilities: Development of data pipeline platform of the ISAS infrared astronomical satellite ASTRO-F.

April 2005 - July 2005:

Additional position: Part-time instructor, School of Bionics, Tokyo University of Technology
Accomplishments/Responsibilities: Instruction of information technology.

October 2004 - July 2005:

Additional position: Senior Research Associate, Media Network Center, Waseda University
Accomplishments/Responsibilities: Operation of the center.

April 2004 - July 2005:

Position: Senior Research Associate, School of Education, Waseda University
Accomplishments/Responsibilities: Administration and operation of many workstations and related systems in the center. Development of public astronomical data archive system (DARTS, SMOKA, jMAISON, and JVO).

April 2002 - March 2004:

Position: Postdoctoral fellow of PLAIN Center, ISAS. (In October 2003, ISAS was reconstructed as JAXA/ISAS.)
Accomplishments/Responsibilities: Development of public data archive system of the ISAS satellites (DARTS). Development of data pipeline platform of the ISAS infrared astronomical satellite ASTRO-F. Administration and operation of many workstations and related systems in the center.

April 2001 - March 2002:

Position: Assistant fellow of Astronomical Data Analysis Center, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
Accomplishments/Responsibilities: Development of public data archive system of the Subaru Telescope (SMOKA). Time-Of-Opportunity observation of WZ Sge around the 2001 superoutburst maximum. Administration and operation of many workstations and related systems in the center.

Main Research Interests

Astronomy

• Virtual observatory in Astronomy.
• Astronomical data archive system.
• Data processing of astronomical satellites.
• Photometric and spectroscopic optical observation of variable stars, especially cataclysmic variables and dwarf novae.

Information Science

• Ranking system of search engines in the Internet.
• Full-text retrieval system in Japanese.
• Natural language processing in Japanese.
• Dictionary for Kana-Kanji conversion system.

Professional Memberships

• The Astronomical Society of Japan (ASJ)
• International Astronomical Union (IAU)
• Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ)

Technical Skills

• Foreign language:
• • Japanese: Mother tongue.
  • English: Practical level.
  • French/German: Acquaintance level.
• Computer:
• • Languages: C, Perl, Ruby, Java, IDL (commercial product), XML.
  • Platforms: UNIX variants, especially Linux and Solaris.

Publications (Selected)

Refereed journal papers

1. "Variable Star Network: World Center for Transient Object Astronomy and Variable Stars"
   Kato, T.; Uemura, M.; Ishioka, R.; Nogami, D.; Kunjaya, C.; Baba, H.; Yamaoka, H.
   2004, PASJ, 56, S1
   http://ads.nao.ac.jp/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2004PASJ...56S...1K
   
2. "Development of public data archive system of the Subaru Telescope"
   Baba, H.; Yasuda, N.; Ichikawa, S.; Yagi, M.; Iwamoto, N.; Takata, T.; Horaguchi, T.; Taga, M.; et al.
   2002, Report of NAOJ, 6, 23 (in Japanese)
   http://library.nao.ac.jp/naoreport/6-1-3.pdf
   
3. "Spiral Structure in WZ Sagittae around the 2001 Outburst Maximum"
   Baba, H.; Sadakane, K.; Norimoto, Y.; Ayani, K.; Ioroi, M.; Matsumoto, K.; Nogami, D.; Makita, M.; Kato, T.
   2002, PASJ, 54, L7
   http://ads.nao.ac.jp/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2002PASJ...54L...7B
   
4. "Discovery of a New SU UMa-type Dwarf Nova, V1028 Cygni"
   Baba, H.; Kato, T.; Nogami, D.; Hirata, R.; Matsumoto, K.; Sadakane, K.
   2000, PASJ, 52, 429
   http://ads.nao.ac.jp/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2000PASJ...52..429B
   

See a complete research publication list for more details.

Books

1. "Structure and exploitation of Namazu system, 2nd edition"
   Baba, H., 2003, SOFTBANK Publishing, ISBN4-7973-2338-8
   http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4797323388/
2. "Structure and exploitation of Namazu system"
   Baba, H., 2001, SOFTBANK Publishing, ISBN4-7973-1641-1
   http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4797316411/
3. "Introduction and exploitation of version control system (CVS)"
   Koie, H.; Nishimoto, T.; Baba, H., 2000, SOFTBANK Publishing, ISBN4-7973-1066-9
   http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4797310669/
4. "Structure and exploitation of Japanese full-text retrieval system"
   Baba, H., 1998, SOFTBANK, ISBN4-7973-0691-2
   http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4797306912/

Note: All of the books are written in Japanese.