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According to Wikipedia, Ken Sakamura, as of April 2017, is a Japanese professor and dean of the Faculty of Information Networking for Innovation and Design at Toyo University, Japan. He is a former professor in information science at the University of Tokyo . He is the creator of the real-time operating system architecture TRON.

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Ubiquitous ID: Standards for Ubiquitous Computing and the Internet of Things (2010) (175)
A UWB-IR Transmitter With Digitally Controlled Pulse Generator (2007) (154)
Ubiquitous computing technologies for ubiquitous learning (2005) (148)
An Internet of Things (IoT) architecture for embedded appliances (2013) (108)
Navigating visually impaired travelers in a large train station using smartphone and bluetooth low energy (2016) (71)
The Tron Project (1987) (61)
μITRON for small-scale embedded systems (1995) (55)
A New Challenge (2001) (55)
Architecture of the TRON VLSI CPU (1987) (53)
Challenges in the age of ubiquitous computing: a case study of T-Engine, an open development platform for embedded systems (2006) (50)
Schedulability of generalized multiframe task sets under static priority assignment (1997) (49)
The eTRON Wide-Area Distributed-System Architecture for E-Commerce (2001) (45)
Accurate Wireless Location/Communication System With 22-cm Error Using UWB-IR (2007) (34)
BTRON: THE Business-oriented Operating System (1987) (34)
A novel approach to multiprogrammed multiprocessor synchronization for real-time kernels (1997) (32)
Predictable spin lock algorithms with preemption (1994) (32)
A space-identifying ubiquitous infrastructure and its application for tour-guiding service (2008) (26)
Priority inheritance spin locks for multiprocessor real-time systems (1996) (26)
CASIS: a context-aware speech interface system (2005) (25)
Video avatar: embedded video for collaborative virtual environment (1999) (24)
Real-Time Synchronization Protocols with Abortable Critical Sections (1994) (24)
TRON VLSI CPU: Concepts and Architecture (1987) (23)
Context-aware access control for clinical information systems (2012) (23)
eTNet: A Smart Card Network Architecture for Flexible Electronic Commerce Services (2011) (22)
Fine-grained access control to medical records in digital healthcare enterprises (2015) (22)
An Analysis of Software Project Failure (1979) (22)
The Objectives of the TRON Project (1987) (20)
Access control framework for API-enabled devices in smart buildings (2016) (20)
Towards ubiquitous database in mobile commerce (2001) (19)
Mobile applications for assisting mobility for the visually impaired using IoT infrastructure (2014) (18)
Realization of Gmicro/200 (1988) (18)
Programmable Interface Design in HFDS (1990) (17)
uNavi : Implementation and Deployment of a Place-Based Pedestrian Navigation System (2008) (17)
Design principles and configuration of CTRON (1987) (17)
Real-time scalability of nested spin locks (1995) (17)
Tokyo University Digital Museum (2000) (16)
T-engine: the open, real-time embedded-systems platform for ubiquitous computing (2002) (16)
Enhancing public transit accessibility for the visually impaired using IoT and open data infrastructures (2014) (16)
Towards a Scalable Real-Time Kernel for Function-Distributed Multiprocessors (1996) (15)
Numerical and experimental investigation of TDOA-based positioning system by ultra-wideband impulse radio (2011) (15)
Ubiquitous Computing : Making It a Reality (2003) (15)
1-cc Computer: Cross-Layer Integration With UWB-IR Communication and Locationing (2008) (14)
The Computerized Society (1988) (14)
Toward a synergy among discretionary, role-based and context-aware access control models in healthcare information technology (2012) (14)
TRON Project 1988 (1988) (14)
User-Generated Content for Location-Based Services: A Review (2012) (14)
Near drowning pattern detection using neural network and pressure information measured at swimmer's head level (2012) (13)
A Secure and Flexible Electronic-Ticket System (2009) (13)
TACL: TRON Application Control-flow Language (1989) (13)
Human Localization Sensor Ontology: Enabling OWL 2 DL-Based Search for User's Location-Aware Sensors in the IoT (2016) (13)
TULS: TRON Universal Language System (1988) (12)
A multimedia MUD system for the digital museum (1998) (12)
Human interface with computers in everyday life (1992) (12)
Design of CTRON (1987) (12)
ITRON-MP: an adaptive real-time kernel specification for shared-memory multiprocessor systems (1991) (12)
Design Policy of the Operating System Based on the BTRON2 Specification (1990) (12)
Assisting mobility of the disabled using space-identifying ubiquitous infrastructure (2008) (12)
1-cc Computer: Cross-Layer Integration with 3.4-nW/bps Link and 22-cm Locationing (2007) (11)
Intermittent Operation Control Scheme for Reducing Power Consumption of UWB-IR Receiver (2009) (11)
A robust pedestrian dead-reckoning positioning based on pedestrian behavior and sensor validity (2012) (11)
TTP: secure ACID transfer protocol for electronic ticket between personal tamper-proof devices (2000) (11)
Multi-language Character Sets Handling in TAD (1987) (11)
An adaptive map-matching based on Dynamic Time Warping for pedestrian positioning using network map (2012) (11)
A specification-based adaptive test case generation strategy for open operating system standards (1996) (10)
Inter- and intra-processor synchronizations in multiprocessor real-time kernel (1996) (10)
Window real objects: a distributed shared memory for distributed implementation of GUI applications (1993) (10)
Automatic waist airbag drowning prevention system based on underwater time-lapse and motion information measured by smartphone's pressure sensor and accelerometer (2013) (10)
A secure and flexible e-Health access control system with provisions for emergency access overrides and delegation of access privileges (2016) (9)
Context-awareness: exploring the imperative shared context of security and ubiquitous computing (2012) (9)
ITRON Real Time Operating System (1985) (9)
ITRON: An Overview (1987) (9)
A Pedestrian Navigation System using Multiple Space-Identifying Devices Based on a Unique Identifier Framework (2007) (9)
Design fault tolerance in operating systems based on a standardization project (1995) (9)
Adaptive radial artery pulse rate measurement using Piezo film sensor based on ensemble empirical mode decomposition (2010) (9)
A CMOS UWB-IR Receiver Analog Front End with Intermittent Operation (2007) (9)
0.7-GHz-Bandwidth DS-UWB-IR System for Low-Power Wireless Communications (2008) (9)
TRON application projects: gearing up for HFDS (1991) (9)
A Study on the Linear Cryptanalysis of AES Cipher (2004) (8)
The software structure of extended nucleus based on BTRON specification (1987) (8)
Dynamic Polling Algorithm for Low Energy Garbage Level Measurement in Smart Trash Bin (2016) (8)
TRON and the Digital Museum (1996) (8)
A Proposal of New Unified Model of Man-machine Interaction in the BTRON Environment (1985) (8)
An implementation based on the BTRON specification (1988) (8)
TRON Project 1989 (1988) (8)
Implementation Issues of the TACL/TULS Language System on BTRON (1988) (8)
After a decade of TRON, what comes next? (1994) (8)
Near drowning pattern recognition using neural network and wearable pressure and inertial sensors attached at swimmer's chest level (2012) (8)
A Framework for Distributed Inter-smartcard Communication (2006) (7)
1-cc computer using UWB-IR for wireless sensor network (2008) (7)
Reliable ranging technique based on statistical RSSI analyses for an ad-hoc proximity detection system (2009) (7)
CTRON reference model (1989) (7)
BTRON: An Overview (1987) (7)
The multi-layered design diversity architecture: application of the design diversity approach to multiple system layers (1992) (7)
Large-scale Ubiquitous Information System for Digital Museum (2003) (7)
Improving Design Dependability by Exploiting an Open Model-Based Specification (1999) (7)
Making computers invisible (2002) (7)
Device collaboration framework in IoT-aggregator for realizing smart environment (2016) (7)
Entertainment and Edutainment (1999) (7)
Tamper-Resistant Security for Cyber-Physical Systems with eTRON Architecture (2015) (7)
21st-Century Microprocessors (2000) (6)
Highly responsive implementation of the BTRON2 window system (1993) (6)
A design and evaluation of the multi-user virtual environment server system for the Digital Museum (1996) (6)
A framework for context-aware power management on embedded devices (2012) (6)
Design and implementation of the browser for the multimedia multi-user dungeon of the digital museum (1998) (6)
μBTRON Bus: Design and Evaluation of Musical Data Transfer (1987) (6)
Electronic Tickets on Contactless Smartcard Database (2002) (6)
Verifying Identifier-Authenticity in Ubiquitous Computing Environment (2007) (6)
A Debugging Machine - An Approach to an Adaptive Computer (1977) (6)
EPDL: Supporting Context-Based Energy Control Policy Design in IoT-Enabled Smart Buildings: Programing the Physical World with EPDL (2015) (6)
Radio frequency identification and noncontact smart cards (2001) (6)
Digiket: decentralized architecture for worldwide electronic market (1999) (6)
CTRON: An Overview (1987) (6)
Infrastructures for an age of computerized environments (1993) (6)
Standards for Ubiquitous Computing and the Internet of Things (2010) (6)
Future SOC Possibilities (2002) (5)
Towards a standard API design for open services in smart buildings (2016) (5)
MLDD (Multi Layered Design Diversity) Architecture for Achieving High Design Fault Tolerance Capabilities (1994) (5)
CPaaS.io: An EU-Japan Collaboration on Open Smart-City Platforms (2018) (5)
Distributed object-oriented schema for XML-based electronic catalog sharing semantics among businesses (2000) (5)
1-GHz Input bandwidth 6-bit under-sampling A/D converter for UWB-IR receiver (2007) (5)
A real-time hypervisor for embedded systems with hardware virtualization support (2014) (5)
A smartcard-based framework for delegation management in healthcare Access Control systems (2016) (5)
SaSYS: A Swipe Gesture-Based System for Exploring Urban Environments for the Visually Impaired (2013) (5)
Compact, low-cost, but real-time distributed computing for computer augmented environments (1995) (5)
Implementation of inter-processor synchronization/communication and design issues of ITRON-MP (1991) (5)
Micro T-Kernel: A Low Power and Small Footprint RTOS for Networked Tiny Devices (2009) (5)
Experimental implementations of priority inheritance semaphore on ITRON-specification kernel (1994) (5)
Security in healthcare informatics: Design and implementation of a robust authentication and a hybrid access control mechanism (2012) (5)
Pedestrian dead-reckoning unit for navigation system using mobile device (2012) (5)
Design of General Rules in CTRON Interfaces (1988) (5)
A Kiosk WWW browser for digital museums (2003) (4)
Ubiquitous sensor-based pedestrian dead-reckoning for LBS applications (2012) (4)
Advances in ITRON specifications-supporting multiprocessor and distributed systems (1992) (4)
Secure Consumer-Oriented Integrated Services Using Activity-Based Attestation for Converging Online and In-Store Shopping ExperienceSecure Consumer-Oriented Integrated Services Using Activity-Based Attestation for Converging Online and In-Store Shopping Experience (2012) (4)
A Discretionary Delegation Framework for Access Control Systems (2016) (4)
Guest Editor's Introduction: Advanced Dram Technology (1997) (4)
BTRON: Human-Machine Interface (1987) (4)
Itron 3.0 Real-Time Operating Systems for Embedded Systems (1997) (4)
Multilingual Computing as a Global Communications Infrastructure (1995) (4)
A new definition for high-performance computing (2002) (4)
A Dynamic Retargettable Multi-Protocol RFID Reader/Writer (2007) (4)
T-Kernel/SS: A Secure Filesystem with Access Control Protection Using Tamper-Resistant Chip (2010) (4)
The Context-Security Nexus in Ubiquitous Computing (2014) (4)
An overview of the BTRON/286 specification (1989) (4)
TRON Universal Language System (1989) (4)
Embedding Legacy Keyword Search into Queries for the Ubiquitous ID Database (2008) (4)
Window shared data pool: a new window system for BTRON2 (1991) (4)
DCRDL: An energy management rule definition language for context-based device control in smart buildings (2015) (4)
A new approach to an adaptive computer—an automatic recovery mechanism to prevent the occurrence of subtract errors (1979) (3)
Farewell message (2002) (3)
A Bounded Spin Lock Algorithm with Preemption (1993) (3)
Predicting collective user preference for optimal comfort level in smart buildings (2015) (3)
A proxy framework for API interoperability in the Internet of Things (2016) (3)
A Java-enabled evolution (2001) (3)
A new network layer protocol with routing address and tables auto-configuration mechanism (2000) (3)
T-Engine The Open Platform for the Ubiquitous Computing Age (2005) (3)
A framework for peak electricity demand control utilizing constraint programing method in smart building (2014) (3)
/spl mu/ITRON bus: a real-time control LAN for open network environment (1996) (3)
ARES: a memory, capable of associating stored information through relevancy estimation (1977) (3)
SUCAS: An Architecture for Secure User Centric Attestation in Location-based Services (2010) (3)
ucR Based Interoperable Spatial Information Model for Realizing Ubiquitous Spatial Infrastructure (2010) (3)
SUCAS: smart-card-based secure user-centric attestation framework for location-based services (2012) (3)
Building human interfaces for computerized environments (1993) (3)
USR: Uniform stress routing protocol for constrained networks (2016) (3)
6LoWPAN framework for efficient integration of embedded devices to the Internet of Things (2014) (3)
Dynamic stepwise task scheduling algorithm for a tightly-coupled multiprocessor ITRON. (1990) (2)
Schedulability of Generalized Multiframe Task Sets with Static Priority Scheduling (1997) (2)
Human-machine interface specifications in the "computing everywhere" age (1995) (2)
Semistructured Object : A Ubiquitous Data Model (2001) (2)
A patient-centric approach to delegation of access rights in healthcare information systems (2016) (2)
Applying the mu BTRON bus to a music LAN (1988) (2)
MIXER: an expert system for microprogramming (1983) (2)
Operating system based on the BTRON specifications (1989) (2)
Guest Editor's Introduction: Presenting the Far East Special Issue for 1991 (1991) (2)
VLSI AND SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE - THE NEW DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEM 5G (1982) (2)
Design and implementation of the ITRON specification - an embedded industrial realtime OS (1989) (2)
Prioritized inter-processor synchronization in an ITRON-MP implementation (1996) (2)
Design of VACL: a visual script language system which controls and extends applications on a graphical user interface environment (1996) (2)
Dynamic Tuning of operating systems (1980) (2)
Design of MTRON: construction of HFDS (1989) (2)
A Distributed Approach to Delegation of Access Rights for Electronic Health Records (2020) (2)
Robust Enterprise Application Security with eTRON Architecture (2015) (2)
Firmware structure and architectural support for monitors, vertical migration and user microprogramming (1982) (2)
Design Approach of BTRON Human Interface (1988) (2)
Implementation of label metaphor using shared interaction object architecture (1994) (2)
Enableware: adaptive technologies for disabled people on the TRON architecture (1993) (2)
CSV-X: A Linked Data Enabled Schema Language, Model, and Processing Engine for Non-Uniform CSV (2016) (2)
TRON Project 1987 Open-Architecture Computer Systems (1987) (2)
Model Design of Generating Path with Accessibility Semantics for Assisting Indoor Mobility (2015) (2)
Smart Living Environment: Ubiquitous Computing Approach Based on TRON Architecture (2012) (2)
17th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium: Work in Progress Sessions (1996) (2)
TENeT: A Framework for Distributed Smartcards (2005) (2)
Natural language translation services in BTRON (1989) (2)
Advancing Microelectronics Technology (1999) (2)
A software HEMS framework for consumer electronics (2013) (2)
Proceedings of the Fifth TRON Project Symposium on TRON Project 1988: open-architecture computer systems (1989) (1)
A low latency and intuitive control video streaming system (2012) (1)
Multimedia Machine (1983) (1)
A Context-Policy-based Approach to Access Control for Healthcare Data Protection (2020) (1)
Interoperable Spatial Information Model and Design Environment Based on ucR Technology (2013) (1)
The next challenge (2002) (1)
Tamper-Resistance Network - An Infrastructure for moving electronic tokens (2001) (1)
Interoperable Spatial Information System Architecture Based on Ubiqiutous ID Infrastructure (2011) (1)
Adaptation and personalization of VLSI-based computer architecture (1981) (1)
Multiuser interface architecture using structured distributed shared memories (1995) (1)
TRON Project 1990 (1990) (1)
Issues for Realizing a Scalable Real-Time Kernel for Function-Distributed Multiprocessors (1996) (1)
TOA-based lateral distance measurement system using UWB impulse radio (2010) (1)
Real-time browser for the Digital Museum available with low-cost terminals and low-bandwidth networks (1996) (1)
Evaluation of Weight Factor Mode and EEMD performance on measuring heart rate activity in the presence of cardiac arrhythmia (2012) (1)
Introducing Tobus: the system bus in the TRON architecture (1988) (1)
Bibliography of the TRON project (1984-1996) (1996) (1)
A multi-processor ARES with associative processing capability on semantic data bases (1978) (1)
The type mechanism of the TIPE/L programming language (1989) (1)
An Investigation on the Nature of the PB Curves of Software Projects (1979) (1)
How lock contention affects energy use in a CMP server (2009) (1)
A Review of Technical Solutions to Computational Resource Limitation in Ubiquitous Computing Environment (2007) (1)
Development of a Bot using Sentiment Dictionary and Machine Learning for Proactive Detection of Slanderous Japanese Posts on Social Media (2021) (1)
A Multi-Microprocessor Architecture for Associative Processing of Image Data (1981) (1)
Sub-meter accuracy localization system using self-localized portable UWB anchor nodes (2012) (1)
Queuing spin lock algorithms with preemption (1996) (1)
TRON Project 1987 Open Architecture Computer Systems: Proceedings of the Third TRON Project Symposium (1987) (1)
The μBTRON Bus: Functions and Applications (1988) (0)
Towards securer and smarter smartcard applications (2013) (0)
A system for exchanging electronic values, mobile terminal and method for exchanging electronic values (2005) (0)
The Test of Time (2002) (0)
InfoScope: Smart telescope system using robust feature points matching under various sunshine conditions (2013) (0)
32-bit microprocessors based on the TRON (1990) (0)
Performance in the New Millennium (2000) (0)
In Search of Perfect Computing (EIC Message) (2001) (0)
Design and Implementation of Secure and Transferable eCoupons (2019) (0)
Applying pBTRON Bus to a Music LAN (1988) (0)
Location Detection Method for Ubiquitous Environment using Contactless IC Cards (2003) (0)
The Network Auto Configuration Mechanism in UNP (2005) (0)
Image Information from Cultural Viewpoint. The University of Tokyo 'Digital Museum'. (1998) (0)
Proc. of the Third TRON Project Symposium on TRON Project 1987---Open-architecture computer systems (1987) (0)
UWB-IR Wireless Accurate Location System for Sensor Network (2011) (0)
BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS (2021) (0)
Controlling Priority Inversion using Abortions (1995) (0)
Challenges by INIAD, Faculty of Information Networking for Innovation and Design, Toyo University (2020) (0)
Apparatus and method for dispensing digital content (2003) (0)
Automatic tuning of multi-task programs for real-time embedded systems (1985) (0)
Technologies for Network Computing (1996) (0)
Desing Concept and Implementation of ITRON Specification-Embedded Industrial Realtime OS (1989) (0)
Keynote address & special symposium (2012) (0)
An Implementation of the TRON Keyboard (1987) (0)
Large Market on the Horizon (2002) (0)
Relying on Market Forces (1999) (0)
Special Lecture 'Computer phylosophy in 21st century' ( Commemorative Technical forum for the 40th Anniversary of the foundation of INFOSTA) (1991) (0)
T-Visor: A Hypervisor for Mixed Criticality Embedded Real-time System with Hardware Virtualization Support (2018) (0)
Beginnings and Endings (EIC Message) (2001) (0)
Universal design compatibility in the TRON project (2001) (0)
Surviving the Slump, Building the Future (2001) (0)
Bibliography of the TRON project (1984-1994) (1994) (0)
Consideration on compaction of X.509 certificates for contactless integrated circuits cards (2003) (0)
Controlling Priority Inversion Using Abortions Title Controlling Priority Inversion Using Abortions Authors (1995) (0)
Implementation of design fault tolerance based on a standardization project for operating systems (1997) (0)
Complexity optimization technique for sound synthesis on digital sound processing architectures (1993) (0)
32-bit microprocessors based on the TRON specification (1989) (0)
Evaluation of Weight Factor Mode Based Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition Method in Heart Activity Analysis (2012) (0)
Electronic Brains and Robots (1986) (0)
Application of multimedia technology to the digital museum (1997) (0)
A Multimicroprocessor Ares for Associative Search on Semantic Data Bases (2018) (0)
A fundamental study on picture motion TAD on BTRON specification operating system (1991) (0)
Connecting Will Be Commonplace (2000) (0)
A GUI Architecture Facilitating Cooperation among Software Components in Distributed Environments (1996) (0)
The Shared Interaction Objects Architecture: Integration of Advanced GUI Techniques in Distributed Environments (1995) (0)
B-15-15 A Unified Application Platform (5) : Implementation of a High Error Tolerance Data Delivery System using Communication and Broadcasting (2005) (0)
Ubiquitous computing—how to get there from here (2003) (0)
Openbasket: a pick-and-droppable shopping agent placing orders to multiple electronic storefronts (2001) (0)
Developing New Computer Architectures (2000) (0)
A New Challenge (EIC Message) (2001) (0)
Improving design dependability based on the TRON loose standardization approach (1995) (0)
istributed Hypermedia Op ng System: Net-BTRON (2000) (0)
Approaching vehicle alert system for pedestrians using UWB impulse radio (2010) (0)
Generalization of knowledge base in the expert system for microprogramming (1984) (0)
Apparatus for information management used in traffic between IC card connection information (2003) (0)
A tamper-resistant digital token-based rights management system (2017) (0)
Ubiquitous computing as innovation infrastructure (2008) (0)
Educational aspects of BTRON (1989) (0)
Overview of the TRON project (1995) (0)
3. Computerized Living Environment (1991) (0)
Guest Editor's Introduction: The Current Japanese Computer Scene (1990) (0)
A distributed hypermedia operating system: Net-BTRON (2000) (0)
IC card and method for authentication in an electronic ticket distribution system (2003) (0)
1. IoT and Japan's Industry Strategy (2016) (0)
AS-4-5 22-cm Accurate Location System with 1-cc Small Size Sensor Node : Practical Experiment of UWB Location System (2006) (0)
An Indoor Localization Service using 360 Degree Spherical Camera (2020) (0)
New Applications and Demands (2000) (0)
A-5-13 3-nw/bps Low Power UWB System (4) : Development of Baseband Signal Processing (2005) (0)
Developing Secure and Efficient Electronic Commerce Applications with eTRON Architecture (2010) (0)
Exchange system for electronic currency and exchange procedures for electronic currency (2006) (0)
Welcoming the 21st Century (1999) (0)
The TRON project and development of a TRON-spec 32-bit microprocessor (1988) (0)
Beyond Mere Technological Issues (1999) (0)
Guest Editor's Introduction: Stepping Into the Future (2000) (0)
Microelectrics in Japan, Guest Editor's Introduction (1995) (0)
Fast Handover Mechanism for Mobile IP with Legacy Routers (2006) (0)
Motivation behind and the current status of the TRON project. (1987) (0)
Designing Low-Power CPUs (1999) (0)
Mu1tilingual Computin Project at the University of Tokyo (1995) (0)
Greeting from the Chair of Technical Program Committee (2014) (0)
A-5-12 Low Power LSI for Ultra Wideband Impulse Radio (4) : Design of CMOS RF Front-End for UWB Receiver (2006) (0)
Keynote addresses & special symposiums (2013) (0)
Guest Editor's Introduction: Toward a World Filled with Computers (1993) (0)
Traceability Systems for Concrete (2009) (0)
Digital Microscope: A Realtime Viewer for Huge Images (1998) (0)
Firmware realization of an operating system (1981) (0)

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