Takashi NAKAMURA Professor, Survey Research Group, Department of Data Science

Fax:	+81-42-526-4337
Personal Homepage:	http://www.ism.ac.jp/~nakamura/
Education:	Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Social Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1975 Master of Engineering, Department of Social Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1977
Degree:	Doctor of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1991, Title of Doctoral Thesis: Research on the Bayesian cohort models in the analysis of repeated social survey data.
Employment:	1979-1985, Researcher, the 6th Division, the Institute of Statistical Mathematics 1985-1987, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistical Methodology, the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM) 1987-1994, Associate Professor, Statistical Data Analysis Center, ISM 1988-1999, Associate Professor, School of Mathematical and Physical Science, the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (GUAS) 1994-1998, Associate Professor, Department of Statistical Methodology, ISM 1998-, Professor, Department of Statistical Methodology, ISM 1999-present, Professor, School of Mathematical and Physical Science, GUAS 2005-present, Professor, Department of Data Science, ISM 2007-present, Director, Department of Data Science, ISM
Honors & Awards:	Fukutake Sunao Award for 1991, Paper Award of Japan Society of Sports Industries for 2007
Research Fields:	Statistical Mathematics, Social Survey, Sampling Theory
Research Themes:	Cohort analysis of repeated social survey data

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Selected Papers
(1) Miwa, N., Nakamura, T., Naruse, Y., Ooe, Y. and Ohno, Y. (2006). The effects of various factors on cerebrovascular disease mortality rates in the 20th century and future trends in Japan, Journal of Public Health, 53(7), 493-502. (in Japanese)
(2) Yamamoto, T., Kikuchi, H. and Nakamura, T. (2006). Classification of changes in sports and recreational activities based on age-period-cohort analyses of participation rates, Journal of Japan Society of Sports Industry, 16(1), 25-42. (in Japanese)
(3) Nakamura, T. (2005). Reconsideration of a Bayesian age-period-cohort model with age-by-period interaction effects, Proceedings of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 53(1), 103-132. (in Japanese)
(4) Nakamura, T. (2002). Cohort analysis of data obtained using a multiple choice question, in Measurement and Multivariate Analysis (Eds. Nishisato, et al.), Springer-Verlag, 241-248.
(5) Miller, A. S. and Nakamura, T. (1997). Trends in American public opinion: a cohort analysis of shifting attitudes from 1972-1990, Behaviormetrika, 24(2), 179-191.
(6) Nakamura, T. (1995). Bayesian logit cohort models with age-by-period interaction effects and an over-dispersion parameter and their application to the data from the study of the Japanese national character, Proceedings of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 43(1), 99-119. (in Japanese)
(7) Nakamura, T. (1986). Bayesian cohort models for general cohort table analyses, Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 38(2, B), 353-370.
(8) Nakamura, T. (1982). A Bayesian cohort model for a standard cohort table analysis, Proceedings of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 29(2), 77-97. (in Japanese)

Selected Publications
(1) Tamura, M. (Ed.) (2002). Revolution in Retailing Money and Banking, Chikura Shobo, Tokyo. (Ch.5, Yamashita, T. and Nakamura, T., in Japanese)
(2) Research Committee on the Study of Japanese National Character (Ed.) (1992). A Study of the Japanese National Character, Idemitsu Shoten, Tokyo. (pp.120-138, Nakamura, T., in Japanese)
(3) Kato, H. et al. (Eds.) (1991). Research and Management of Whale Resources, Koseisha-Koseikaku, Tokyo. (pp.159-169, Nakamura, T., in Japanese)

Membership of Academic Societies
Japan Statistical Society, The Behaviormetric Society of Japan, The Japanese Association for Mathematical Sociology, The Japan Sociological Society, The Population Association of Japan, The Japanese Association of Criminal Psychology, The Japan Society of Physical Education Health and Sports Sciences, Japanese Society of Public Health, The Japanese Society for Dental Health, Japanese Society of Gerodontology

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