Curriculum Vitae #
Employments #
Nov 2024 – Present
Associate Professor
Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
Mar 2023 – Oct 2024
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
Apr 2021 – Feb 2023
Postdoctoral Researcher
Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
Jan 2021 – Mar 2021
Research Fellow (PD)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Apr 2019 – Mar 2021
Research Fellow (DC2)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Apr 2018 – Mar 2019
Research Assistant
Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
Apr 2017 – Sep 2017
Research Assistant
Center for Co-Evolutional Social Systems, Kyushu University, Japan
Center for Co-Evolutional Social Systems, Kyushu University, Japan
Apr 2015 – Mar 2017
Part-time Lecturer
Kyushu Electrical College, Japan
Kyushu Electrical College, Japan
Education #
Apr 2017 – Dec 2020
Ph.D. in Engineering
Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
Thesis: Multimodal Visual Perception for Real-World Scene Parsing
Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
Thesis: Multimodal Visual Perception for Real-World Scene Parsing
Apr 2015 – Mar 2017
Master in Engineering
Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
Apr 2013 – Mar 2015
Bachelor in Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering and Compuer Science, School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
Department of Electrical Engineering and Compuer Science, School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
Apr 2008 – Mar 2013
Foundation Degree
Department of Electric Control, Kumamoto National College of Technology, Japan
Department of Electric Control, Kumamoto National College of Technology, Japan
Grants #
Apr 2023 – Mar 2026
Apr 2020 – Mar 2025
Apr 2022 – Mar 2023
Research Start Program (Principal Investigator)
Kyushu University, Japan
Project: Modeling photometric properties of LiDAR sensors and application to Sim2Real
Kyushu University, Japan
Project: Modeling photometric properties of LiDAR sensors and application to Sim2Real
Apr 2019 – Mar 2021
Teaching #
2024
Python Programming
Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Japan
Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Japan
2023, 2024
Assembler Programming
Department of Electrical Engineering and Compuer Science, School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
Department of Electrical Engineering and Compuer Science, School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
Awards #
Nov 2019
Oral Contribution Award
Joint Workshop on Machine Perception and Robotics (MPR), 2019
Paper: Multi-perspective Image Captioning for Human-Robot Symbiotic Scenes
Joint Workshop on Machine Perception and Robotics (MPR), 2019
Paper: Multi-perspective Image Captioning for Human-Robot Symbiotic Scenes
Oct 2018
Best Poster Paper Award
Joint Workshop on Machine Perception and Robotics (MPR), 2018
Paper: Describing Daily Events in Intelligent Space via Fourth-person Perspective Images
Joint Workshop on Machine Perception and Robotics (MPR), 2018
Paper: Describing Daily Events in Intelligent Space via Fourth-person Perspective Images
Aug 2017
Student Encouragement Award
Meeting on Image Recognition and Understanding (MIRU), 2017
Domestic conference in Japan, 19 selected students
Meeting on Image Recognition and Understanding (MIRU), 2017
Domestic conference in Japan, 19 selected students
May 2017
Finalist of Best Service Robotics Award
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2017
Paper: Feasibility Study of IoRT Platform “Big Sensor Box”, 4 finalists
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2017
Paper: Feasibility Study of IoRT Platform “Big Sensor Box”, 4 finalists
Scholarships #
Apr 2019 – Mar 2021
Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2/PD)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Acceptance rate: 19.8%
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Acceptance rate: 19.8%
Apr 2017 – Mar 2018
Doctoral Scholarship
Kyushu University, Japan
100 students selected from 20 faculties
Kyushu University, Japan
100 students selected from 20 faculties
Oct 2017 – Dec 2017
Overseas Internship Program
Kyushu University, Japan
A maintenance allowance for a 3-month Internship at NASA JPL
Kyushu University, Japan
A maintenance allowance for a 3-month Internship at NASA JPL
Apr 2015 – Mar 2017
Graduate Student Scholarship
Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO)
w/ repayment exemption due to outstanding academic achievements
Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO)
w/ repayment exemption due to outstanding academic achievements
Internships #
Oct 2017 – Dec 2017
Research Intern
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology
Project: terrain image segmentation using visible and thermal images
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology
Project: terrain image segmentation using visible and thermal images
Aug 2015 – Aug 2015
Research Intern
Toshiba Corporate Research & Development Center, Japan
Project: pedestrian detection using deep learning
Toshiba Corporate Research & Development Center, Japan
Project: pedestrian detection using deep learning
Talks #
2019
Tutorials on Deep Learning
Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation (JAMSS), Japan
Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation (JAMSS), Japan
Aug 2018
Academic Services #
Member #
Oct 2016 – Present
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Feb 2024 – Present
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS)
Fev 2017 – Present
The Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ)
Oct 2024 – Present
The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE)
Committee #
2024 (program)
Robotics Symposia
Domestic Conference in Japan
Domestic Conference in Japan
2023 (executive)
Symposium on Fuzzy, Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks and Computational Intelligence (FAN)
Domestic Conference in Japan
Domestic Conference in Japan
Reviewer #
Journal #
2022, 2023
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)
2023
Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS)
2021
IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (TAI)
2022
Discover Artificial Intelligence
2021, 2022, 2023
IEICE Transactions
2023, 2024
Advanced Robotics (AR)
2022, 2024
Transactions of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers
Japanese journal
Japanese journal
Conference #
2024, 2025
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2022, 2023, 2024
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
2021
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)
2019, 2020
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)
2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII)
2024
Augmented Humans International Conference (AHs)
2024
IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSSR)
2024
IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM)
2024
SICE Festival with Annual Conference
2024
Robotics Symposia
Domestic Conference in Japan
Domestic Conference in Japan