Abstract
This article describes Gakkai Net, which is a general web-based platform, to support various
activities of academic societies. Gakkai Net platform is designed to cover such various activities
of academic societies as regular conference management, paper review, journal editing and production
management, and membership administrations all on the web. The platform is characterized
by the following unique features: 1) Database centered system, which contains various aspects of
society members’ information, 2) Software agent sub-systems to facilitate the implementation of the
functionalities, 3) Web-based applications for end-users with unified interfaces corresponding to the
user model and access control for different types of users in order to comfort ever changing members
in charge of activities. The article addresses the basic principles, system configuration and functions,
current status, and future plans of Gakkai Net.
