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Hiroyuki Kawano is a pioneering researcher in web information retrieval, text mining, and web archiving, whose work has shaped how users navigate and preserve the ever-expanding digital universe. He is best known for developing the Japanese web search engine "Mondou (RCAAU)," a system that integrated text mining and information visualization to provide associative keywords and intuitive interfaces—helping naive users discover valuable resources without domain expertise. His most cited papers, including "Overview of Mondou Web search engine using text mining and information visualizing technologies" (15 citations) and "Experiments of collecting WWW information using distributed WWW robots" (15 citations), laid foundational strategies for distributed crawling and cooperative resource collection. Kawano also contributed to national digital preservation through his work on the WARP web archiving system for Japan's National Diet Library, addressing challenges in handling born-digital information. His research on web mining applications extended to P2P filtering, demonstrating the versatility of his methods. With a career focused on making the web more accessible and preservable, Kawano’s contributions remain relevant for students and researchers exploring search engine design, digital libraries, and scalable information retrieval.