2025
Mar. 27, 2025. NAIST STELLA
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The research presentation event for NAIST STELLA, an educational program for high school students, was held. Naohiro presented his work on a ping-pong serve simulation using physics-based CG and received the Excellent Poster Award. His efforts, along with the support from his mentors Takumi and Daisuke, truly paid off. |
Mar. 25, 2025. Degree Conferment Ceremony
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Although the cherry blossoms did not bloom in time, we had a warm and heartfelt degree conferment ceremony this year as well. We look forward to seeing our graduates thrive in various fields. |
Mar. 21, 2025. Motion Capture
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Prof. Funatomi, Prof. Kitano, and Ippei conducted an experiment to capture detailed human pose data at a motion capture studio in Tokyo. |
Mar. 18-19, 2025. CVIM Workshop @ Shiga University
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At the CVIM Workshop held at Shiga University, Tomoya presented his research on depth interpolation for confocal images, and Jun presented his research on Depth from Focus. Jun received the Encouragement Award. |
Mar. 10-11, 2025. Measurement Experiment at Izumizaki Yokoana
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As part of a joint research project with Microsoft, the University of Tokyo, and the Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Professor Mukaigawa, Professor Funatomi, and Daisuke visited Izumizaki Yokooana in Fukushima Prefecture and conducted a spectral measurement experiment on ancient tomb murals. Using cutting-edge equipments, they are analyzing murals painted 1,400 years ago. |
Mar. 8, 2025. Open campus
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The Open Campus was held, and Ippei presented a demonstration of human pose estimation using an event-based camera, which was the outcome of the NAIST Granite Program. |
Feb. 28, 2025. Farewell party
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We held a farewell party at an izakaya where we could enjoy Hokkaido's delicious seafood. Nara has no sea, but we can still enjoy fresh seafood reasonably well. |
Feb. 26-28, 2025. VISAPP2025@Portugal
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Diego presented his research on an event-based camera simulator at the international conference VISAPP 2025 in Portugal. Since his work combined new technologies, NeRF and event-based cameras, many people came to see his poster presentation. |
Feb. 25-26, 2025. Spring seminar
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We held a Spring Seminar where a participant worked on free-viewpoint image generation using generative AI. This field is advancing at an incredible speed. |
Feb. 7, 2025. Panasonic group recruiter seminar
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A seminar hosted by Panasonic Group recruiters was held. Our lab alumni, Mr. Kitajima and Mr. Ryuguji, visited and introduced their work. |
Feb. 5-12, 2025. Final master's thesis defense
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The final master's thesis defense was held. Each 20-minute presentation encapsulated two years of hard work. |
Jan. 22, 2025. PRMU workshop at Kyushu university
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Minoru presented his research on Neural Geometric Transformation Fields
at the PRMU workshop held at Kyushu University.
We also visited the Ito Campus one and a half years ago
for a field experiment on soil moisture estimation.
Jan. 20, 2025. Public hearing of Yohanssen
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Yohanssen's doctoral dissertation public hearing was held. Based on the questions and comments received, he will further improve the quality of his dissertation. |