
Shinji Ricardo Yamane (山根 信二) is a researcher in the field of soial implication of information and communication technology, especially in the digital game study, e-learning, and information security. Currently an assistant professor at Aoyama Gakuin University, Yamane's interests include game development, security engineering, e-learning, and social aspects of computing. Yamane is a member of Information Processing Society of Japan and co-authored the Best Paper Award of the National Convention of IPSJ. He co-authored Internet Ethics and some books in English and Japanese on the social aspect of computing. He is also a member of CPSR Japan chapter and IGDA Japan chapter.