Imaging Sciences, Chiba University

Imaging Sciences, Chiba University

2023 News & Updates until March 2023

2023/03/07
Announce Member of the International Master's Program in Optical Imaging Informatics (IMLEX), of which Chiba University is a partner school, visited Chiba University for training and toured the laboratory of the Imaging Science Course.
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2023/03/07
Journal A research entitled "Effect of Chromatic Lighting on Emotional Change in the Observation of Affective Pictures" was published in journal of Psychology.
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2023/03/02
-03/03
Announce An exchange program for the Asia Student Workshop on Imaging Science was held online.
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2023/03/02
Award E.Arai (Master's course students of Imaizumi Lab.) received best poster Award from IEICE-EMM Group.Congratulations!
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2023/03/02
Journal A research entitled "Security Enhancement for Reversible Data Hiding for Palette-Based Images" was published in Bulletin of the Society of Photography and Imaging of Japan.
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2023/02/23
Journal A research entitled "Effects of JPEG Compression on Vision Transformer Image Classification for Encryption-then-Compression Images" was published in journal of Sensors.
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2023/02/10
Journal A research entitled "Reversible Image Processing for Color Images with Flexible Control" was published in journal of Applied Sciences.
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2022/01/28
Int. Conf. Prof. Mizokami has presented a invited talk at the International Symposium on Colour Imaging and Metaverse.（Lecture title：Recognition of Facial Skin Color, Brightness, and Expressions）
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2022/12/14
Award Assoc. Prof.S.Imaizumi received Signal Processing Distinguished Service Award from IEICE Technical Group on Signal Processing.Congratulations!
2022/12/14
Int. Conf. K. Nakamura (Master's course student of Horiuchi Lab.) has presented his work at IDW'22.
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2022/12/03
Announce Asst. Prof. H. Sato has presented a talk at the 41st Annual Conference of the Japanese psychonomic society at Nishi-Chiba Campus,Chiba University.
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2022/11/27
Announce Asst. Prof. H. Sato has presented a keynote speech at the deep SHITSUKAN project of SFC Open Research Forum 2023 at Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus.
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2022/11/27
Award A.Kudo ( Bachelor's course student of Mizokami・Sato Lab.) received Best Presentation Encouragement Award from Autumn Meeting of the Color Science Association of Japan. Congratulations!
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2022/11/24
Int. Conf. Y.Sugimoto (Master's course student of Imaizumi Lab.) has presented his work online at ISPACS2022.
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2022/11/23
Journal A research entitled "Metaheuristic Optimization for Improving Weed Detection in Wheat Images Captured by Drones" was published in Mathematics.
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2022/11/17
Int. Conf. Y. Manabe (Master's course student of Horiuchi Lab.) have presented his work at CIC30.
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2022/11/16
Int. Conf. S.Nakamura (Mastet's course student of Mizokami・Sato Lab.) has poster presented his work at CIC30.
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2022/11/14
Int. Conf. Prof.Y.Mizokami has presented a talk at the Workshop 1: Facial Appearance, Rendering, Perception, and Measurement of CIC30 at Scottsdale, United States.
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2022/11/10
Int. Conf. G.Hamano (Master's course student of Imaizumi Lab.) has presented his work online at APSIPA ASC2022.
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2022/11/04
Announce A press release titled "Ricoh-Chiba University Comprehensive Collaborative Lecture Meeting," in which Professor Horiuchi gave a lecture, has been issued.
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2022/11/01
Announce The book "Illustrated Visual Dictionary'' co-authored by Prof. Yoko Mizokami was published by the Vision Society of Japan (Asakura Shoten).
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2022/10/21
Int. Conf. R.Ogawa (Mastet's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) has poster presented her work at ACA 2022.
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2022/10/20
-10/21
Int. Conf. Y.Onozaki,T.Kitano (Master's course students of Mizokami・Sato Lab.) has presented their work online at ACA 2022.
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2022/10/18
Int. Conf. N.Kikuchi (Mastet's course students of Imaizumi Lab.) has poster presented his work at GCCE 2022.
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2022/09/22
Journal A research entitled "Prediction model for perceptual gloss by physical measurement of flat objects" was published in Lighting Research & Technology.
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2022/09/20
Journal A research entitled "A Reversible Data-Hiding Method with Prediction-Error Expansion in Compressible Encrypted Images" was published in Applied Sciences.
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2022/09/15
Int. Conf. Y. Onozaki ,H.Shiba,A.Takahashi,R.Michishita(Master's course students of Mizokami・Sato Lab.) have presented their work at ASPT 2022.
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2022/09/12
Int. Conf. Prof. Horiuchi has presented a invited talk at the MANER Training School in Norway.
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2022/09/09
Journal A research entitled "Bumpy Appearance Editing of Object Surfaces in Digital Images" was published in Journal of Imaging Science and Technology.
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2022/09/08
Int. Conf. Hideaki Todo (Master's course student in Horiuchi Lab.) has presented his work at CVCS 2022.
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2022/09/08
Int. Conf. Tsubasa Ando (Master's course student in Horiuchi Lab.) has presented his work at CVCS 2022.
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2022/09/07
Int. Conf. Kyosuke Ota (Master's course student in Horiuchi Lab.) has presented his work at CVCS 2022.
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2022/09/03
Journal A research entitled "Simple Color Calibration Method by Projection onto Retroreflective Materials" was published in Journal of Imaging.
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2022/08/30
Journal A research entitled "Privacy-Preserving Semantic Segmentation Using Vision Transformer" was published in Journal of Imaging.
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2022/08/19
Int. Conf. Prof. Mizokami has presented a invited talk at the 13th Aisa Lighting Conference.（Lecture title：The diffuseness of illumination suitable for reproducing object surface appearance）
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2022/08/19
Award T. Iwasaki (Master's course students of Mizokami・Sato Lab.) received Student Best Paper Award from The 13th Aisa Lighting Conference.Congratulations!
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2022/08/18
Int. Conf. T.Iwasaki (Master's course students of Mizokami・Sato Lab.) has presented his work online at ALC 2022.
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2022/08/10
Int. Conf. The website of the 2022 Research Center Formation Project B, Research exchange project "Formation of an Asian Center for Global Sensitivity Imaging Science and Technology" (coordinator: Prof. Yoko Mizokami) has been released.
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2022/07/08
Journal A research entitled "Slippage- and load-induced changes in the crystalline orientation of oligo(3-methoxythiophene) powder to develop a gold-tone luster" was published in RSC Advances.
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2022/07/08
Int. Conf. E. Arai (Master's course students of Imaizumi Lab.) has presented his work online at ICCE-TW 2022.
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2022/07/02
Int. Conf. He Yuanyuan (Doctor's course students of Mizokami・Sato Lab.)A.Takahashi(Master's course students of Mizokami・Sato Lab.)Asst. Prof. H. Sato have poster presented their work at ICVS 2022 in Iraklion.
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2022/07/01
Award K. Nakamura (Master's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) received Best Student Presentation award from The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers. Congratulations!
2022/06/28
Announce Prof.Y.Mizokami has presented a talk at the Perceptual Intelligence Lab (Pi-Lab) seminar at TU Delft.
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2022/06/27
Award Li Donghui (Doctor's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) received Special honors award from CCIW22. Congratulations!
2022/06/26
Award M. Ohtsu (Master's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) received Encouragement Award for Presentation from The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Color Science Association of Japan 2022. Congratulations!
2022/06/26
Award T. Ando (Master's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) received Encouragement Award for Presentation from The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Color Science Association of Japan 2022. Congratulations!
2022/06/26
Award Prof.Y.Mizokami received the Paper Review Contribution Award from The 53rd National Convention of the Color Science Association of Japan.Congratulations!
2022/06/21
Journal A research entitled "High-Capacity Reversible Data Hiding in Encrypted Images with Flexible Restoration" was published in Journal of Imaging.
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2022/06/15
Int. Conf. He Yuanyuan (Doctor's course students of Mizokami・Sato Lab.) has presented her work online at AIC 2022.
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2022/06/10
Int. Conf. Prof.Y.Mizokami received the Paper Review Contribution Award from The 53rd National Convention of the Color Science Association of Japan.Congratulations!
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2022/06/16
Int. Conf. K. Ohta (Master's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) has presented his work online at AIC 2022.
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2022/06/07
Int. Conf. Li Donghui (Doctor's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) has presented his work at CCIW22.
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2022/06/06
Journal A research entitled "Adapting to an enhanced color gamut – implications for color vision and color deficiencies" was published in Optics Express.
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2022/05/31
Journal A research entitled "Lightness Perception of Fabrics Under Non-uniform and Uniform Lighting Conditions" was published in Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan.
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2022/05/28
Journal A research entitled "Evaluating the Influence of ipRGCs on Color Discrimination" was published in Journal of Imaging.
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2022/05/22
Journal A research entitled "Analysis of harmony between color and fragrance in lighting environments by the reaction of the orbitofrontal area" was published in i-Perception.
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2022/05/19
Int. Conf. Prof. Mizokami has presented a invited talk at The 11th Rajamangala University of Technology International Conference.
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2022/05/17
Int. Conf. Asst. Prof. Sato has poster presented her work at Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society 2022.
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2022/05/16
Award K. Nakamura (Master's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) received Suzuki Memorial Encouragement award from The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers.Congratulations!
2022/05/09
Journal A research entitled "An Overview of Compressible and Learnable Image Transformation with Secret Key and its Applications" was published in APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing.
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2022/04/19
Journal A research entitled "Effect of light source distances and illuminances on the gloss perception of papers" was published in Journal of the Optical Society of America A.
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2022/04/13
Journal A research entitled "Effect of skin colors due to hemoglobin or melanin modulation on facial expression recognition" was published in Vision Research.
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2022/04/05
Announce The book "Psychology of Sense Perception'' edited by Tatsuya Yoshizawa co-authored by Prof. Yoko Mizokami was published(Asakura Shoten).
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2022/04/01
Announce The research exchange project "Formation of an Asian Center for Global Sensitivity Imaging Science and Technology" was adopted for the 2022 Research Center Formation Project B.
(Japanese base organization: Chiba University, coordinator: Faculty of Engineering, professor, Yoko Mizogami)
We will promote research exchanges with Thailand, Turkey, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Indonesia.
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2022 News & Updates until March 2022

2022/3/31
Journal A research entitled "Slope Disparity Gating: System and Applications" was published in IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging.
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2022/3/31
Journal A research entitled "Eliminating Temporal Illumination Variations in Whisk-broom" was published in International Journal of Computer Vision.
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2022/3/8
Award Y. Sugimoto (Master's course students of Imaizumi Lab.) received the EMM Student Research award from the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers. Congratulations!
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2022/3/7
-3/11
Announce An exchange program for the Asia Student Workshop on Imaging Science was held online.
At the international symposium, 5 invited lectures and 15 research presentations were given in the student session, and more than 100 people attended.
In addition, more than 25 students from Chiba University and more than 70 students from Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Turkey worked on the project.
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2022/2/27
Journal A research entitled "Glossiness Index of Objects in Halftone Color Images Based on Structure and Appearance Distortion" was published in Journal of Imaging .
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2022/2/15
Journal A research entitled "Diffuseness of illumination suitable for reproducing a faithful and ideal appearance of an object" was published in Journal of the Optical Society of America A.
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2022/1/28
Award M. Ueda (Doctor's course students of Imaizumi Lab.) received the Technical Committee Encouragement award from Electronics, Information and Systems Society. Congratulations!
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2022/1/28
Journal A research entitled "An Extension of Reversible Image Enhancement Processing for Saturation and Brightness Contrast" was published in Journal of Imaging.
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2022/1/20
Int. Conf. Y. Manabe (Master's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) has presented his work online at Electronic Imaging 2022.
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2021/12/17
Int. Conf. M. Ueda (Doctor's course students of Imaizumi Lab.) has presented her work at APSIPA ASC 2021.
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2021/12/16
Int. Conf. R. Motomura (Master's course students of Imaizumi Lab.) has presented his work at APSIPA ASC 2021.
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2021/12/9
Journal A research entitled "A Reversible Data Hiding Method in Encrypted Images for Controlling Trade-Off between Hiding Capacity and Compression Efficiency" was published in Journal of Imaging.
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2021/12/2
Int. Conf. Prof.T. Horiuchi has presented his work online at 28th International Display Workshops (IDW'21).
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2021/11/19
Journal A research entitled "Glossy Appearance Editing for Heterogeneous Material Objects" was published in Journal of Imaging Science and Technology.
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2021/11/15
Award Y. Sugimoto (Master's course students of Imaizumi Lab.) received the EMM Best poster award from the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers. Congratulations!
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2021/11/2
Int. Conf. G. Yamashita (Master's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) has presented his work online at Asia Color Association (ACA) Conference in Indonesia.
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2021/11/2
Int. Conf. Y. Onozaki and M. Kato (Master's course students of Mizokami-Sato Lab.) have presented their work online at Asia Color Association (ACA) Conference in Indonesia.
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2021/11/1
Journal A research entitled "Non-invasive measurement of pulse wave in soles of rats using an RGB camera" was published in OSA Continuum.
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2021/11/1
Journal A research entitled "Creating a diagnostic assistance system for diseases in Kampo medicine" was published in Applied Sciences.
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2021/11/1
Journal A research entitled "Signal-to-Noise Ratio Enhancement in Cardiac Pulse Measurements Using Multi-Tap CMOS Image Sensors With In-Pixel Temporal Redundant Samplings" was published in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices.
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2021/10/13
Int. Conf. E. Arai (Master's course students of Imaizumi Lab.) has presented his work at IEEE GCCE 2021.
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2021/10/12
Int. Conf. Y. Matsuoka (Master's course students of Imaizumi Lab.) has presented his work at IEEE GCCE 2021.
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2021/10/7
Int. Conf. Y. Sugimoto (Master's course students of Imaizumi Lab.) has presented his work at IEEE MMSP 2021.
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2021/10/7
Int. Conf. Prof. Mizokami has presented a invited talk at Asian Symposium on Printing Technology (ASPT 2021 in ICAI2021).
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2021/10/1
Journal A research entitled "Multimodal Stress Estimation Using Multibiological Information: Towards More Accurate and Detailed Stress Estimation" was published in ITE Transactions on Media Technology and Applications.
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2021/10/1
Journal A research entitled "Comparison of Noncontact Camera-Based Methods for Measuring Pulse-Rate of Awake Infants" was published in Artificial Life and Robotics.
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2021/9/27
-9/29
Int. Conf. Prof. Mizokami has presented her work at Workshop (Cone‐fundamental‐based colorimetry) in CIE Midterm Meeting.
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2021/9/29
Int. Conf. S. Mizushima, X. Zhu, T. Tamura (Master's course students of Mizokami-Sato Lab.) have presented their work at CIE Midterm Meeting in Malaysia.
[link(CIE2021)]
2021/9/27
Int. Conf. S. Amari, R. Ogawa (Master's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) has presented his work online at CIE Midterm Meeting in Malaysia.
[link(CIE2021)]
2021/9/2
Int. Conf. S. Watanabe (Doctor's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) has poster presented his work at AIC Congress 2021 in Milan.
[link(AIC2021)]
2021/9/1
Journal A research entitled "Layout Estimation for Layered Ink of 3D Printer to Reproduce the Desired Line Spread Function of Skin using Simulated Data" was published in Journal of Imaging Science and Technology.
2021/9/1
Journal A research entitled "An Extended PEE-HS Based Method for Reversible Data Hiding of Depth Images" was published in IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
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2021/8/31
Int. Conf. Prof. Horiuchi has presented his work online at AIC Congress 2021 in Milan.
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2021/8/25
Int. Conf. K. Myosen (Master's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) has presented his work online at at the 43rd meeting of the European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP 2021).
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2021/8/22
-8/27
Int. Conf. K. Shibuya, H. Shiba, A. Takahashi (Master's course students of Mizokami-Sato Lab.) have presented their work at the 43rd meeting of the European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP 2021).
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2021/7/28
Int. Conf. H. Yuanyuan (Doctor's course students of Mizokami・Sato Lab.) presented her work at OSA Vision and Color Summer Data Blast.
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2021/7/2
Award Assoc. Prof. S. Imaizumi received the Academic Award from The Society of Photography and Imaging of Japan. Congratulations!
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2021/7/1
Journal A research entitled "Prediction of the layered ink layout for 3D printers considering a desired skin color and line spread function" was published in Optical Review.
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2021/7/1
Journal A research entitled "Mechanistic Study on Gold-Like Luster Development of Solution-Cast Oligo (3-methoxythiophene) Film" was published in Coatings.
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2021/6/27
Award Y. Manabe (Master's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) received the presentation encouragement award from the Color Science Association of Japan. Congratulations!
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2021/6/27
Award The co-authorship of K. Kikuchi (graduate of Yaguchi-Mizokami Lab.), Prof. Y. Mizokami, Prof Emer. H. Yaguchi received the Treatise Award from the 2020 Color Science Association of Japan. Congratulations!
2021/6/27
Award Prof Emer. H. Yaguchi received the the 25th CSAJ Award from the Color Science Association of Japan. Congratulations!
2021/6/27
Award Assoc. Prof. K. Hirai received the Activity Achievement Award from the Color Science Association of Japan. Congratulations!
2021/6/2
Announce Our department seeks a candidate for a faculty position at the Associate Professor rank. Please check the following document.
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2021/6/1
Journal A research entitled "Video Smoke Removal from a Single Image Sequence" was published in IEICE TRANS. FUNDAMENTALS.
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2021/5/19
Int. Conf. Yuanyuan He (Doctor's course students of Mizokami Lab.) have presented her work at Virtual Vision Sciences Society (V-VSS 2021).
[link(V-VSS 2021)]
2021/5/1
Journal A research entitled "Automatic classification of adult males with and without autism spectrum disorder by non-contact measurement of autonomic nervous system activation" was published in Frontiers in Psychiatry.
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2021/5/1
Announce Assoc. Prof. Keita Hirai passed away. May he rest in peace.
2021/4/1
Journal A research entitled "A Dual NIR-Band Lock-In Pixel CMOS Image Sensor With Device Optimizations for Remote Physiological Monitoring" was published in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices.
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2021/4/1
Announce Asst. Prof. Hiromi Sato has been appointed.

2021 News & Updates until March 2021

Mar. 19,2021
Int. Conf. Prof. Yoko Mizokami has presented a invited talk at the 2nd International Symposium for Color Science and Art 2020-2021. [link(ISCSA)]
Mar. 15,2021
-Mar. 19
Announce An exchange program for the Asia Student Workshop on Image Science was held online. At the international symposium, Prof. Mitsuo Ikeda (Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Thailand) gave a keynote speech and nine invited speakers gave lectures. More than 35 students from Chiba University and more than 35 students from Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Turkey and Taiwan worked on projects. [link(ASW)]
Mar. 9,2021
Int. Conf. R. Hirasawa (Master's course students of Imaizumi Lab.) have presented his work at IEEE LifeTech 2021. [link(IEEE)]
Mar. 9,2021
Award A. Matsuda (graduate of Imaizumi Lab.) received the Technical Committee Encouragement Award from the The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Congratulations! [link(IEE)]
Mar. 1,2021
Journal A research entitled "Measuring BRDF and Radius of Curvature with Patterned Illumination" was published in OSA Continuum . [link]
Feb. 27,2021
Journal A research entitled "Perception modeling based on vision and touch:“authenticity”of leather defined through observational experience" was published in Textile [link(ScientificReports)]
Feb. 4,2021
Journal A research entitled "The Reproduction and Evaluation of Star Fields with the Milky Way in a Planetarium" was published in Applied Sciences. [link(ScientificReports)]
Feb. 2,2021
Journal A research entitled "Comparisons in perception of facial skin brightness, as influenced by differences in skin color: Asian observers" was published in Color [link(ScientificReports)]
Feb. 1,2021
Journal A research entitled "Application of Reversible Data Hiding for Printing with Special Color Inks to Preserve Compatibility with Normal Printing" was published in [link(ScientificReports)]
Feb. 1,2021
Journal A research entitled "Reversible Data Hiding Associated with Digital Halftoning That Allows Printing with Special Color Ink by Using Single Color Layer" was [link(ScientificReports)]
Jan. 28, 2021
Journal A research entitled "Predicting Individual Emotion from Perception-based Non-contact Sensor Big Data" was published at Scientific Reports. [link(ScientificReports)]
Jan. 28, 2021
Int. Conf. M.Ohtsu (Student of Hirai Lab.) have online presented his work at Electronic Imaging 2021. [link(EI2021)]
Jan. 22, 2021
Int. Conf. S.Watanabe (Docter's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) have online presented his work at Electronic Imaging 2021. [link(EI2021)]
Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Conf. S.Watanabe (Docter's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) have online presented his work at Electronic Imaging 2021. [link(EI2021)]
Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Conf. K.Myosen (Master's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) have online presented his work at Electronic Imaging 2021. [link(EI2021)]
Jan. 19, 2021
Int. Conf. G.Yamashita (Master's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) have online presented his work at Electronic Imaging 2021. [link(EI2021)]
Journal A research entitled "Highly Visible Solvent Sensor Using an Inverse Opal Structure Containing Melanin-mimicking Polydopamine" by Prof. Hirai (as co-author) was published at Chemistry Letters. [link(CSJ)]
Dec. 12, 2020
Award A. Takahashi (Bachelor's course students of Mizokami Lab.)received the Excellent presentation award from the Color. Congratulations! [link(CSAJ)]
Dec. 11, 2020
Int. Conf. M.Ohtsu (Student of Hirai Lab.) have online presented his work at International Display Workshops. [link(IDW20)]
Dec. 9, 2020
Int. Conf. R.Hirasawa (Master's course students of Imaizumi Lab.) have online presented his work at APSIPA Annual Summit and Conference 2020. [link(APSIPA ASC)]
Dec. 8, 2020
Int. Conf. A study on eviromental sensing and emotion prediction by Hirai Lab. had been publisehd in Springer Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering. [link(Springer)]
Dec. 1, 2020
Journal A research entitled "A Reversible Data Hiding Method in Compressible Encrypted Images" was published in IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals. [link(IEICE)]
Nov. 25, 2020
Int. Conf. Yoko Mizokami, Nozomu Yoshizawa, Sano Sano and Naoto Yoshida: The development of Japan standard for the museum lighting, 17th China International Forum on Solid State Lighting, (2020 Novebember, Shenzhen) [link(SSL Chaina)]
Nov. 17, 2020
Int. Conf. Daichi Yagi and Kazuki Iwata (Students of Hirai Lab.) have online-presented his work at Color and Imaging Conference. [link(CIC28)]
Nov. 17, 2020
Int. Conf. Prof. Horiuchi have online-presented his work at Color and Imaging Conference. [link (CIC28)]
Nov. 17, 2020
Int. Conf. Li Donghui (Docter's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) have online-presented his work at Color and Imaging Conference. [link (CIC28)]
Nov. 12, 2020
Journal A research entitled "Image-based Perceptual Editing: Leather "Authenticity" as a Case Study" was published in Journal of Imaging Science and Technology. [link(JIST)]
Spe. 28, 2020
Announce Assoc. Prof. N. Tsumura released a new vital measurement technique for remote medicine from a smartphone video and a simple camera color calibration technique. [Press Release(in Japanese)] [link(Journal Paper)]
Sep. 16 2020
Int. Conf. R. Nakamura (Master's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) have online presented her work at Colour and Visual Computing Symposium in Norway. [link(CVCS2020)]
Sep. 16 2020
Int. Conf. Y. Matsumoto (Master's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) have online presented her work at Colour and Visual Computing Symposium in Norway. [link(CVCS2020)]
Sep. 11 2020
Journal A research entitled "Glossiness-aware Image Coding in JPEG Framework" was published in Journal of Imaging Science and Technology. [link(JIST)]
Sep. 11 2020
Journal A research entitled "Texture-Aware Error Diffusion Algorithm for Multi-Level Digital Halftoning" was published in Journal of Imaging Science and Technology. [link(JIST)]
Sep. 4, 2020
Journal A research entitled "Spectral Estimation of Multiple Light Sources based on Highlight Detection" was published in Journal of Imaging Science and Technology. [link(JIST)]
Aug. 1, 2020
Int. Conf. S.Mizushima (Master's course students of Mizokami Lab.)'s research was released.Originally It was going to present at CIE 5th CIE Expert Symposium on Colour and Visual Appearance .(The event was cancelled due to COVID-19) [link(CIE)]
Aug. 1, 2020
Int. Conf. K. Akiba (Master's course students of Horiuchi Lab.)'s research was released.Originally It was going to present at CIE 5th CIE Expert Symposium on Colour and Visual Appearance .(The event was cancelled due to COVID-19) [link(CIE)]
Aug. 1, 2020
Int. Conf. H. Ishiyama (Master's course students of Horiuchi Lab.)'s research was released.Originally It was going to present at CIE 5th CIE Expert Symposium on Colour and Visual Appearance .(The event was cancelled due to COVID-19) [link(CIE)]
Jul. 21, 2020
Journal A research entitled "The Difference in Impression between Genuine and Artificial Leather: Quantifying the Feeling of Authenticity" was published in Journal of Perceptual Imaging. [link(Perceptual Imaging)]
Jul. 18, 2020
Int. Conf. S. Watanabe (Doctor's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) have online presented his work at International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics. [link(AHFE2020)]
Jun. 27, 2020
Award K. Shibuya (Master's course students of Mizokami Lab.) received the research encouragement award from the Color Science Association of Japan. Congratulations! [link(CSAJ)]
Jun. 23, 2020
Journal A research entitled "Modeling perceptions using common impressions: Perceptual "authenticity," "luxury," and "quaintness" for leather" was published inTextile Research Journal. [link(Textile Research)]
Jun. 19, 2020
Int. Conf. Yuanyuan He, Taiga Mikami, Suguru Tanaka, Yoko Mizokami: Observer-dependency of the brightness perception of facial skin influenced by skin colors. [link(V-VSS2020)]
May 01, 2020
Journal A research entitled "Influence of naturalness of chroma and lightness contrast modulation on colorfulness adaptation in natural images" was published in Journal of the Optical Society of America A (Vol.37, No.5, pp.A294-A304, 2020). [link(JOSAA)]
Apr. 01, 2020
Announce The research project "Shitsukan and Affective Imaging (Imaging for Material Appearance and Affect)" (Project Leader: N. Tsumura, from Apr. 2020 to Mar. 2023) has been accepted by The Institute for Global Prominent Research in Chiba University. Please also the website! [link]

2020 News & Updates until March 2020

Mar. 31, 2020
Journal A research entitled "Effect of Directional and Diffused Lights on the KANSEI Evaluation of a Glossy Object and the Scene" was published in Journal of Science and Technology in Lighting. [link(JSTL)]
Mar. 25, 2020
Award K. Masui (Master's course students of Tsumura Lab.)received the award from the Dean of the Graduate School of Science and Engineering. Congratulations!
Mar. 15, 2020
Int. Conf. Y. Matsumoto (a 4th year undergraduate students of Horiuchi Lab.) has announced the paper (the meeting was canceled due to COVID-19) that was scheduled to be presented at 6th International Symposium on Affective Science and Engineering. [link(IS&T)]
Mar. 01, 2020
Journal A research entitled "Color Feature Analysis of Famous Art Paintings Based on Equal Separation of Attribute Distribution" was published in Journal of the Color Science Association of Japan.
Mar. 01, 2020
Journal A research entitled "Parameter Estimation of PuRet Algorithm for Managing Appearance of Material Objects on Display Devices" was published in Journal of the Color Science Association of Japan. [link(IS&T)]
Feb. 21, 2020
Int. Conf. R. Takahashi (Master's course students of Tsumura Lab.) have presented his work at The Symposium of the 'Color' of Digital Imaging in Biology and Medicine.
Feb. 08, 2020
Journal A research entitled "Cross-spectral iris recognition using phase-based matching and homomorphic filtering" by Horiuchi-Hirai Lab. published in was Elsevier Heliyon. [link(Elsevier)]
Feb. 05, 2020
Announce Assoc. Prof. Norimichi Tsumura has presented a invited talk at The Society of Cosmetic Chemists of Japan.
Feb. 05, 2020
Journal A research entitled "Lack of Implicit Visual Perspective Taking in Adult Males with Autism Spectrum Disorders" was published in Research in Developmental Disabilities. [link]
Feb. 03, 2020
Int. Conf. K.Iuchi (Master's course students of Tsumura Lab.) have presented his work at SPIE BiOS 2020.
Jan. 30, 2020
Int. Conf. H.Suto (Master's course students of Tsumura Lab.) have presented his work at The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2020.
Jan. 28, 2020
Int. Conf. N.Tada (Master's course student of Horiuchi-Hirai Lab.) have presented his work at Electronic Imaging 2020. [link(EI2020)]
Jan. 15, 2020
Journal A research entitled "Development of an image evaluation method for skin color distribution in facial images and its application: Aging effects and seasonal changes of facial color distribution." was published in Color Research and Application. [link(CRA)]
Jan. 01, 2020
Journal A research entitled "Unglossy to glossy image conversion using deep photo style transfer" was published in Journal of Imaging Science and Technology. [link]
Jan. 01, 2020
Journal A research entitled "Estimating pigment concentrations from spectral images using an encoder-decoder neural network" was published in Journal of Imaging Science and Technology. [link]
Jan. 01, 2020
Journal A research entitled "Analysis of the Relationship between Age and Wrinkle from Facial Images Corrected for Surface Reflection" was published in Bulletin of the Society of Photography and Imaging of Japan. [link]
Dec. 25, 2019
Award H. Sasaki (Master's course students of Horiuchi-Hirai Lab.) has received the Outstanding Poster Paper Award at the International Display Workshop 2019. Congratulations! [link(IDW)]
Dec. 13, 2019
Journal A research entitled "Parameter estimation of PuRet algorithm for managing appearance of material objects on display devices" was published in Journal of Imaging Science and Technology. [link(IS&T)]
Dec. 1, 2019
Journal A research entitled "Effective Combination of Iris-Based Cancelable Biometrics and Biometric Cryptosystems" was published in International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications. [link(IJACSA)]
Dec. 1, 2019
Int. Conf. H.Ishiyama (Master's course students of Horiuchi-Hirai Lab.) have presented his work at Asia Color Association Conference. [link(ACA2019 Nagoya)]
Nov. 30, 2019
Int. Conf. Prof. Yoko Mizogami gave an invited talk at the 5th Asian Color Society (ACA2019 Nagoya). [link(ACA2019 Nagoya)]
Nov. 29, 2019
Int. Conf. S. Tanaka, T. Funaki , T. Mikami and T. Masumitsu (Master's course students of Mizokami Lab.) have presented their work at the 5th Asian Color Society (ACA2019 Nagoya). [link(ACA2019 Nagoya)]
Nov. 27, 2019
Int. Conf. H. Sasaki , D. Nakayama and T. Nishimura (Master's course students of Horiuchi-Hirai Lab.) have presented their work at International Display Workshop. [link(IDW)]
Nov. 26, 2019
Journal A research entitled "Random Spray Retinex Extensions Considering Region of Interest and Eye Movements" was published in Journal of Imaging Science and Technology. [link(IS&T)]
Nov. 22, 2019
Announce Asia Student Workshop on Image Science acceptance program was implemented.Nineteen students from Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia participated in lectures, experiments, laboratory visits, company / museum tours, and cultural exchange activities.
Nov. 14, 2019
Journal A research entitled "Measurement of advertisement effect based on multimodal emotional responses considering personality" was published in ITE Transactions on Media Technology and Application. [link(ITE)]
Nov. 8, 2019
Journal A research entitled "Three-dimensional stimuli and environment for studies of color constancy" was published in Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. [link(Elsevier)]
Oct. 31, 2019
Journal A research entitled "Improved Viewpoint Entropy to Evaluate Material Appearance under Various Lighting Positions" was published in Optical Review. [link(Springer)]
Oct. 28, 2019
Journal A research entitled "Relationship analysis between sexual attractiveness and heartrate variability in observing portrait and self-introduction movie" was published in Artificial Life and Robotics. [link(Springer)]
Oct. 23, 2019
Int. Conf. R. Takahashi , K. Iuchi ,K. Fukumoto and I. Nomura (Master's course students of Tsumura Lab.) have presented their work at Color and Imaging Conference. [link(CIC)]
Oct. 18, 2019
Int. Conf. M. Ueda, and ｈ. Seguchi (Master's course students of Imaizumi Lab.) have presented their work at EEE GCCE 2019. [link(EEE GCCE 2019)] [link(CIC)]
Oct. 17, 2019
Award Professor Hirohisa Yaguchi received the award at the Judd Award at the International Color Association, and the award ceremony and award lecture were held at AIC 2019 in Buenos Aires. [link(AIC)]
Oct. 16, 2019
Int. Conf. K.Akiba (Master's course students of Horiuchi-Hirai Lab.) have presented his work atMidterm Meeting of the International Color Association. [link(AIC)]
Oct. 14, 2019
Journal A research entitled ""Improved analysis for skin color separation based on independent component analysis" was published in Artificial Life and Robotics. [link(Springer)]
Oct. 1, 2019
Announce Imaging Sciences Workshop: Exchange program between College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University & Department of Imaging Sciences, Chiba University was held. And sixteen students from Zhejiang University participated in lectures, laboratory tours, and cultural exchange activities.
Sep. 12, 2019
Award S. Watanabe (Master's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) has received the Best Presentation Award at the 21st Japan Society of Kansei [link(JSKE)]
Sep. 4, 2019
Journal A research entitled "Advances in Cross-Spectral Iris Recognition Using Integrated Gradientface-Based Normalization" was published in IEEE Access.[link IEEE Xplore] [link(IEEE)]
Sep. 1, 2019
Journal The paper entitled "Spectral reconstruction of fluorescent objects with mutual illumination effects" by Prof. Horiuchi et al. has been published on Journal of the Optical Society of America A. [link(OSA)]
Aug. 28, 2019
Int. Conf. Prof. Yoko Mizokami has presented an invited talk at IMID2019(International Meeting on Information Display) held in Gyeongju Korea. [link(IMID2019)]
Aug. 26, 2019
Int. Conf. Prof. Yoko Mizokami has presented an invited talk at UNIST（Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology）Color Workshop held in Ulsan, Korea.
Aug. 23, 2019
Int. Conf. Prof. Yoko Mizokami has presented an invited talk at ALC(Asia Lighting Conference) held in Daegu, Korea. [link(ALC2019)]
July 29, 2019
Int. Conf. Prof. Yoko Mizokami has organized and gave a lecture on Symposium: Color vision in naturalistic objects and environments. [link(APCV2019)]
July 29, 2019
Int. Conf. S. Tanaka, and Y. He (Master's course students of Mizokami Lab.) have presented their work at APCV2019. [link(APCV2019)]
July 9, 2019
Award T. Mikami (Master's course students of Mizokami Lab.) has received the Poster Second Prize atthe 25th Symposium of the International Colour Vision Society (ICVS2019). Congratulations! [link(ICVS2019)]
July 8, 2019
Int. Conf. K.Iuchi (Master's course students of Tsumura Lab.) has presented his work at 2019 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo. [link(ICME2019)]
July 5, 2019
Int. Conf. T.Masumitsu, T. Mikami, and Y. He (Master's course students of Mizokami Lab.) have presented their work at ICVS2019. [link(ICVS2019)]
June 25, 2019
Journal The paper entitled "Block Scrambled Image Encryption Method Considering Compression Processin" by Assoc. Prof. Imaizumi et al. has been published on Journal of the Japan Photographic Society.
June 24, 2019
Int. Conf. R.Takahashi (Master's course students of Tsumura Lab.) have presented his work at OSA’s Imaging and Applied Optics Congress. [link]
June 17, 2019
Int. Conf. Prof. Yoko Mizokami has presented a research work at International Lighting Commission session. [link(CIW2019)]
June 17, 2019
Journal The paper entitled "Skin color image analysis for evaluating wetness on palm with reducing influence of sharp highlights" by Assoc. Prof. Tsumura et al. was published in Artificial Life and Robotics. [link(Springer)]
June 4, 2019
Journal The paper entitled "Technology for visualizing the local change in shape of edema using a depth camera" by Assoc. Prof. Tsumura et al. was published in Artificial Life and Robotics. [link(Springer)]
June 2, 2019
Award S. Tanaka (Master's course students of Mizokami Lab.) has received the Announcement Encouragement Award at the Japan Color Society 50th National Convention. Congratulations!
June 2, 2019
Award S. Watanabe (Doctor's course students of Horiuchi Lab.) has received the 2019 Best Student Paper Award from the Japan Society of Color Science. Congratulations! [link(J-STAGE)]
May 29, 2019
Int. Conf. Prof. Yoko Mizokami has presented an invited talk keynote at Tamagawa University Brain Science Institute. [link]
May 18, 2019
Int. Conf. Prof. Yoko Mizokami has presented two works at the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS2019). [link(VSS2019)]
Apr. 30, 2019
Journal The paper entitled "Pigeons discriminate shapes based on topological features" by Assoc. Prof. Hirai et al. has been published on Vision Research. [link(Elsevier)]
Apr. 1, 2019
Announce Our department seeks a candidate for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor rank. Please check the following document. [Details(PDF)]

2019 News & Updates until March 2019

Mar. 30, 2019
Announce CCIW2019 had been ended with the support of The Institute for Global Prominent Research in Chiba University and Department of Imaging Sciences. [link(CCIW2019)]
Mar. 29, 2019
Int. Conf. Dr. T. Yamazoe (Postdoc researcher of SHITSUKAN Imaging GP) has presented his work at CCIW2019. [link(CCIW2019)]
Mar. 29, 2019
Int. Conf. H. Shirasawa and K. Maeda (Master's course students of Horiuchi-Hirai Lab.) have presented their work at CCIW2019. [link(CCIW2019)]
Mar. 28, 2019
Int. Conf. I. Nomura (Master's course students of Tsumura Lab.) has presented her work at CCIW2019. [link(CCIW2019)]
Mar. 23, 2019
Int. Conf. Assoc. Prof. Keita Hirai has presented a tutorial talk on spatial augmented reality at IEEE VR 2019. [link(IEEEVR2019)]
Mar. 19, 2019
Award K. Iuchi (Master's course students of Tsumura Lab.) has received the Best Presentation Award at the 13th IPG Kanto Student Workshop. Congratulations! [link]
Mar. 8, 2019
Journal The paper entitled "Pigeons discriminate shapes based on topological features" by Assoc. Prof. Hirai et al. is published in Vision Research. [link(Elsevier)]
Mar. 1, 2019
Journal The paper entitled "Relationship between Faithfulness and Preference of Stars in a Planetarium" by Assist. Prof. Tanaka and Prof. Horiuchi et al. is published in Journal of Perceptual Imaging. [link(Ingenta)]
Feb. 1, 2019
Award Y. Kiyasu (Master's course students of Mizokami Lab.) has received the Best Presentation Award at the Winter Meeting of the Japan Society of Visual Society 2019. Congratulations! [link]
Jan. 15, 2019
Int. Conf. T. Nakamura and T. Takanashi (Master's course students of Horiuchi-Hirai Lab.) have presented their work at EI2019. [link(EI2019)]
Dec. 21, 2018
Journal The paper entitled "A Time-Resolved NIR Lock-In Pixel CMOS Image Sensor With Background Cancelling Capability for Remote Heart Rate Detection" by Assoc. Prof. Tsumura et al. is published in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. [link(IEEE Xplore)]
Dec. 14, 2018
Int. Conf. T.Nishimura (Master's course students of Horiuchi-Hirai Lab.) have presented his work at IDW'18. [link(IDW'18)]
Dec. 6, 2018
Int. Conf. T. Wakamatsu, S. Otsuka, M. Kato and T. Masumitsu (Master's course students of Mizokami Lab.) have presented their work at ACA2018. [link ACA2018]
Dec. 6, 2018
Int. Conf. Prof. Takahiko Horiuchi keynote at ACA2018 held in Chiang Mai, Thailand [link ACA2018]
Dec. 6, 2018
Int. Conf. Y. Sakuma, T. Nakamura, Y. Nakamura and D. Nakayama (Master's course students of Horiuchi-Hirai Lab.) have presented their work at ACA2018. [link ACA2018]
Dec. 3, 2018
Journal A research on sitsukan printing by Assoc. Prof. Tsumura has been published JAPAN TAPPI JOURNAL
Dec. 1, 2018
Journal A research on image encryption considering compression efficiency was published in the journal of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers. [link(IEICE)]
Nov. 26, 2018
Award K. Maeda (Bachelor's course student of Horiuchi-Hirai Lab.) has received CSAJ 2018 Autumn presentation award. Congratulations!
Nov. 19, 2018
Int. Conf. Tsumura Lab. has presented six papers on Affective and Shitsukan Imaging at CIC26 (Twenty-sixth Color and Imaging Conference). [link(IngentaConnect)]
Nov. 15, 2018
Int. Conf. Y. Izawa (Master's course students of Imaizumi Lab.) have presented his work at APSIPA ASC2018. [link(APSIPA2018)]
Nov. 7, 2018
Award Assoc. Prof. Keita Hirai, T. Ujiie (Master's course students of Imaizumi Lab.) and K. Masui (Master's course students of Tsumura Lab.) have received the Best Presentation Award at the 3rd IGPR Symposium. Congratulations! [link]
Nov. 2, 2018
Award Research by Assoc. Prof. Shoko Imaizumi was adopted as research funding for the Casio Science Promotion Foundation. [link]
Oct. 27, 2018
Award T.Mikami (Master's course students of Mizokami Lab.) has received the JPHACKS @ TOKYO Best Hack Award. Congratulations! [link]
Oct. 16, 2018
Journal In Optical Review, the paper is published on "Device-independent Graininess Reproduction". [link(Springer)]
Oct. 6, 2018
Journal In Artificial Life and Robotics, the paper is published on ”Ease-to-use approach of BRDF recovery from 360° Light Probe” [link]
Oct. 3, 2018
Announce Students have presented final reports of this year's unique course "Imaging Science PBL (Project-based Learning)" [Details]
Oct. 1, 2018
Announce We will hold a one-day symposium on Shitsukan Imaging (Imaging for Material Appearance) on 30 November. [link]
Oct. 1, 2018
Announce Assoc. Prof. Yoko Mizokami got promoted to a Professor, and Assist. Prof. Keita Hiraii got promoted to an Associate Professor. [link]
Oct. 1, 2018
Award Y. Shen (Master's course students of Horiuchi-Hirai Lab.) has received IMQA2018 Student Presentation Award. Congratulations! [link(IMQA2018)]
Sep. 28, 2018
Int. Conf. Assoc. Prof. Norimichi Tsumura has presented a invited talk at "ADVANCED PHOTONICS 2018 IN CLINICAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY THE 2nd FINNISH ? JAPANESE MEDICAL PHOTONICS SYMPOSIUM" (Kuopio, Finland). [link]
Sep. 28, 2018
Int. Conf. Y. Shen (Master's course students of Horiuchi-Hirai Lab.) has presented "Estimating Illumination and Surface Reflectance Properties from a Single RGB-D Image with Depth Refinement" at IMQA2018. [link(IMQA2018)]
Sep. 25, 2018
Announce A review by Assoc. Prof. Norimichi Tsumura has been published at "Interface". [link]
Sep. 25, 2018
Int. Conf. Assoc. Prof. Norimichi Tsumura has presented a invited talk at Advanced Photonics 2018 in Clinical Medicine and Surgery.
Sep. 22, 2018
Int. Conf. Y. Kiyasu and Y. Takahashi (Master's course student and Postdoc researcher of Mizokami Lab.) have presented their works at OSA Fall Vision Meeting. [link(FVM2018)]
Sep. 22, 2018
Journal In Artificial Life and Robotics, the paper is published on ”Evaluation of Kampo Disease State Using Facial Images” [link(Springer)]
Sep. 20, 2018
Announce Our department has hold an interim research meeting by student presentations [Details].
Sep. 13, 2018
Int. Conf. Assoc. Prof. Yoko Mizokami has presented a invited talk at The 11th Asia Lighting Conference (ALC2018). [link(ALC2018)]
Sep. 12, 2018
Award Assoc. Prof. Shoko Imaizumi has achieved the contribution award (as a editor) from the IEICE Engineering Sciences Society. Congratulations! [link(IEICE)]
Sep. 8, 2018
Journal In Journal of Imaging Science and Technology, the paper is published on ”Dual-Band Infrared Video-Based Measurement Using Pulse Wave Maps to Analyze Heart Rate Variability” [link(IngentaConnect)]
Sep. 1, 2018
Int. Conf. Assoc. Prof. Yoko Mizokami has presented a Keynote talk at "Seminar on Visual Perception" (Helsinki).
Aug. 31, 2018
Journal In Journal of Imaging Science and Technology, the paper is published on ”Canonical Correlation Analysis for Long-term Changes of Facial Images based on the Frequency of UV Protection, Physical and Psychological Features” [link(IngentaConnect)]
Aug. 31, 2018
Journal The paper entitled "Noncontact heart rate measurement using a high-sensitivity camera in a low-light environment" by Assoc. Prof. Tsumura et al. was published in Artificial Life and Robotics. [link(Springer)]
Aug. 29, 2018
Announce Assoc. Prof. Shoko Imaizumi has achieved the Grant of The Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications. [link]
Aug. 8, 2018
Int. Conf. Assoc. Prof. Yoko Mizokami has presented a invited talk at "2018 UK JSPS Symposium - SHITSUKAN approach to digital colour sensing" (Manchester, UK). [link]
Aug. 4, 2018
Journal In Artificial Life and Robotics, the paper is published on ”Optical examination of the efficacy of contact needle therapy for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: integration of inspection in Kampo therapy with color spectrum information” [link(Springer)]
Aug. 2, 2018
Journal The paper entitled "Investigation of metallic color perception using real world materials" by Prof. Horiuchi et al. was published in Color Research & Application. [link(CRA/Wiley)]
Aug. 2, 2018
Announce Our department has started this year's unique course "Imaging Science PBL (Project-based Learning)" [Details].
Aug. 1, 2018
Announce The Chiba University research project on "Shitsukan Imaging" held a special lecture by Prof. Shigeki Nakauchi (Toyohashi Tech) [Details].
July 18, 2018
Journal The paper entitled "Effect of acupuncture on the autonomic nervous system as evaluated by non-contact heart rate variability measurement" by Assoc. Prof. Tsumura et al. was published in Artificial Life and Robotics. [link(Springer)]
July 16, 2018
Int. Conf. D. Xinlong, M. Takano and T. Funaki (Master's course students of Mizokami Lab.) have presented their works at APCV2018. [link(APCV2018)]
July 4, 2018
Journal The paper entitled "Optical examination of the efficacy of contact needle therapy for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: integration of inspection in Kampo therapy with color spectrum information" by Assoc. Prof. Tsumura et al. was published in Artificial Life and Robotics. [link(Springer)]
July 4, 2018
Award K. Masui (Master's course student of Tsumura Lab.) has received MCS 2018 best paper award. Congratulations!
July 3, 2018
Int. Conf. K. Masui and I. Nomura (Master's course students of Tsumura Lab.) have presented their works at MCS 2018. [link(MCS2018)]
July 2, 2018
Award T.Mikami (Master's course students of Mizokami Lab.) won the 3 rd ??? development department. Congratulations! [link]
June 20, 2018
Award T.Wakamatsu (Master's course students of Mizokami Lab.) has received the 5th Grand Prize for research idea "Dream game" of the HAYAO NAKAYAMA Foundation for Science & Technology and Culture. Congratulations! [link]
June 12, 2018
Award Tsumura Lab's paper "Analyzing the Components of Dark Circle by Nonlinear Estimation of Chromophore Concentrations and Shading" [link] has been selected as SPSTJ paper award.
June 3, 2018
Award Three Master's course students in the Department of Imaging Sciences has been awarded at CSAJ 2018 (Five students has been awarded at CSAJ 2018 in toal).
June 3, 2018
Award T. Mikami (Master's course student of Mizokami Lab.) has received CSAJ 2018 presentation award. Congratulations!
June 3, 2018
Award Y. Shirasawa (Master's course student of Horiuchi-Hirai Lab.) has received CSAJ 2018 presentation award. Congratulations!
June 3, 2018
Award T. Nakamura (Master's course student of Horiuchi-Hirai Lab.) has received CSAJ 2018 presentation award. Congratulations!
May 19, 2018
Int. Conf. Assoc. Prof. Yoko Mizokami has presented her talk at VSS 2018. [link(VSS2018)]
May 16, 2018
Journal New research on the emotion estimation by Tsumura Lab. has been published in Artificial Life and Robotics. [link(Springer)]
May 15, 2018
Award T.Mikami (Master's course students of Mizokami Lab.) has received the 1st Tokyo Public Transport Open Data Challenge INIAD Special Award. Congratulations! [link]
May 2, 2018
Announce The Chiba University research project on "Shitsukan Imaging" will hold the open lab. on 26 May. Please join the event [link]
May 1, 2018
Announce A review article on "Manga material image database" by Prof. Horiuchi et al. has been published in ITE (in Japanese). [link(ITE)]
May 1, 2018
Announce A review article on the spectral image projector by Horiuchi-Hirai Lab. has been published in Optical Alliance. (in Japanese). [link]
Apr. 27, 2018
Announce We will hold the lab tour of our department on 26th May. If you are interested in our researches, please join the lab. tour! [link]
Apr. 27, 2018
Int. Conf. Assoc. Prof. Norimichi Tsumura has presented an invited talk at CIE 2018. [link(CIE2018)]
Apr. 27, 2018
Journal New research on the multi-primary display by Mizokami Lab. has been published in Journal of the International Colour Association. [link(JAIC)]
Apr. 26, 2018
Int. Conf. Assoc. Prof. Yoko Mizokami has presented an invited talk at CIE 2018. [link(CIE2018)]
Apr. 25, 2018
Announce A paper "High-Dynamic-Range Spectral Imaging System for Omnidirectional Scene Capture" by Assist. Prof. Hirai et al. has been selected as a cover of J.Imaging(Vol.4, No.4). [link(J. Imaging)]
Apr. 20, 2018
Award A paper "Physical Indices for Judging Appearance Harmony of Materials" 」 [link(CRA/Wiley)] by Prof. Horiuchi et al. has been selected as CSAJ paper award.
Apr. 10, 2018
Announce A review article on "Measurement and Manipulation of Material Appearance" by Prof. Horiuchi et al. has been published in ISJ (in Japanese). [link(J-Stage)]
Apr. 9, 2018
Int. Conf. Prof. Horiuchi has presented his work on "Color2Gray and Gray2Color" at SSIAI 2018 (IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation, April 8-10, 2018, Las Vegas, USA). [link(SSIAI2018)]
Apr. 6, 2018
Journal New research on the noncontact pulse wave detection by Tsumura Lab. has been published inArtificial Life and Robotics. [link(Springer)]
Apr. 3, 2018
Journal New research on the color blindness simulation using multispectral images by Mizokami Lab. has been published in Journal of the Optical Society of America A. [link(OSA)]
Apr. 2, 2018
Journal New research on the skin color appearance by Mizokami Lab. has been published in CSAJ (in Japanese). [link(J-STAGE)]
Apr. 2, 2018
Announce Assoc. Prof. Norimichi Tsumura has achieved the Grant of TERUMO FOUNDATION for LIFE SCIENCES and ARTS. [link]
Apr. 1, 2018
Announce Dr. Takanori Igarashi (Kao Corporation) has became a visiting associate professor of Department of Imaging Sciences.
Apr. 1, 2018
Announce The Institute for Global Prominent Research in Chiba University has launched the website. Faculty members in this department execute the research project on "Shitsukan Imaging (Imaging for Material Appearance)". Please check the details in the following link! [link]

2018 News & Updates until March 2018

Mar. 23, 2018
Journal New research on an HDR omnidirectional spectral imaging system and its applications by Horiuchi-Hirai Lab. has been published in J. Imaging. [link(J. Imaging)]
Mar. 7, 2018
Int. Conf. Y. Kiyasu and Y. Takahashi (Mizokami Lab.) has presented their works at Lux Pacifica 2018 (Tokyo). [link(LuxPacifica2018)]
Mar. 1, 2018
Announce An article entitled "Report on TV Tokyo tour" by Imaizumi Lab. students has been published in ITE (in Japanese). [link(ITE)]
Mar. 1, 2018
Journal New research on camera autofocus by Tsumura Lab. has been published in Journal of Imaging Science and Technology. [link(IngentaConnect)]
Feb. 3, 2018
Announce Assoc. Prof. Norimichi Tsumura has achieved the JFE Grant.
Feb. 3, 2018
Journal New skin research by Tsumura Lab. has been published in Optical Review. [link(Springer)]
Jan. 20, 2018
Journal A fluorescent surface analysis technique using a spectral imaging system by Horiuchi-Hirai Lab. has been published in Optics Express. [link(OSA)]
Jan. 10, 2018
Journal New research on color constancy by Mizokami Lab. has been published in i-Perception. [link(SAGE)]
Jan. 8, 2018
Int. Conf. H. Ujiie (Master's course student of Imaizumi Lab.) has presented his work at IWAIT 2018 (Thailand). [link(IWAIT2018)]
Jan. 1, 2018
Journal New research on emotion monitoring by Tsumura Lab. has been published in ITE Transactions on Media Technology and Applications. [link(J-STAGE)]
Dec. 21, 2017
Journal New research on image protection techniques by Imaizumi Lab. has been published in J. Imaging. [link(J. Imaging)]
Dec. 15, 2017
Announce "Seminar on Color Vision & Shitsukan Perception" will be held on Jan. 5th, at Chiba University. [link]
Dec. 14, 2017
Journal New research on facial dark circles by Tsumura Lab. has been published in Bulletin of the Society of Photography and Imaging of Japan. [link]
Dec. 13, 2017
Int. Conf. A. Aryal (Doctor's course student of Imaizumi Lab.) has presented her work at APSIPA ASC 2017 (Kuala Lumpur). [link(APSIPA ASC 2017)]
Dec. 9, 2017
Announce Assoc. Prof. Norimichi Tsumura has achieved the Pfizer Health Research Grant. [link]
Dec. 8, 2017
Int. Conf. Assist. Prof. Hirai has presented his work on "projection mapping and haptic perception" at IDW 2017. [link(IDW2017)]
Nov. 30, 2017
Journal New skin analysis research by Tsumura Lab. has been published in Journal of the International Colour Association. [link(JAIC)]
Nov. 28, 2017
Journal New research on planetarium evaluation by Horiuchi-Hirai Lab. has been published in Journal of Imaging Science and Technology. [link(IngentaConnect)]
Nov. 17, 2017
Journal A multispectral high dynamic range polarimetric imaging system and material classification by Horiuchi-Hirai Lab. has been published in Optics Express. [link(OSA)]
Nov. 1, 2017
Announce Assoc. Prof. Norimichi Tsumura has became a visiting professor of Shizuoka University.
Oct. 25, 2017
Journal New skin research by Tsumura Lab. has been published in Optical Review. [link(Springer)]
Oct. 21, 2017
Int. Conf. Mizokami Lab. has presented two researches on Skin and Facial Shitsukan Perception at AIC2017 (The 13th International AIC Congress, Jeju). [link(AIC2017)]
Oct. 21, 2017
Int. Conf. Horiuchi-Hirai Lab. has presented four papers on Shitsukan researches at AIC2017 (The 13th International AIC Congress, Jeju). [link(AIC2017)]
Oct. 18, 2017
Journal A new imaging system by Tsumura Lab. has been published in Mechanical Engineering Letters. [link(J-STAGE)]
Oct. 11, 2017
Journal A new Shitsukan-work by Horiuchi-Hirai Lab. has been published in Color Research & Application. [link(CRA/Wiley)]
Oct. 10, 2017
Announce Tsumura Lab. has relaunched the website. Please check the following website site! [link]
Sep. 23, 2017
Announce A review article on Spectral Lighting System and its Application by Assoc. Prof. Mizokami has been published in CSAJ (in Japanese). [link(J-STAGE)]
Sep. 23, 2017
Announce A review article on Spectral Image Projector by Assist. Prof. Hirai and Prof. Horiuchi has been published in CSAJ (in Japanese). [link(J-STAGE)]
Sep. 17, 2017
Journal A new measurement technique for heart rate variability by Tsumura Lab. has been published in Artificial Life and Robotics. [link(Springer)]
Sep. 16, 2017
Int. Conf. Horiuchi-Hirai Lab. has presented four papers on Shitsukan Imaging at CIC25 (Twenty-fifth Color and Imaging Conference, Lillehammer). [link(IngentaConnect)]
Sep. 16, 2017
Int. Conf. Tsumura Lab. has presented six papers on Affective and Shitsukan Imaging at CIC25 (Twenty-fifth Color and Imaging Conference, Lillehammer). [link(IngentaConnect)]
Sep. 1, 2017
Journal A new hate rate measurement technique by Tsumura Lab. has been published in Artificial Life and Robotics. [link(Springer)]
Aug. 24, 2017
Journal A new biomedical video measurement technique by Tsumura Lab. has been published in Journal of Imaging Science and Technology. [link(IngentaConnect)]
Aug. 24, 2017
Journal New Shitsukan & Manga research by Horiuchi-Hirai Lab. has been published in Journal of Imaging Science and Technology. [link(IngentaConnect)]
Aug. 24, 2017
Journal New Shitsukan Imaging research by Horiuchi-Hirai Lab. has been published in Journal of Imaging Science and Technology. [link(IngentaConnect)]
Aug. 19, 2017
Int. Conf. M. Kato and Y. Kiyasu (Master's course students of Mizokami Lab.) have presented their works at ICVS 2017 (The 24th Symposium of the International Colour Vision Society, Erlangen).
Aug. 3, 2017
Significant TopicAnnounce Our department project "Creation of Shitsukan Imaging (Imaging for Material Apperance Management)" has been accepted by Chiba University Leading Research Promotion Program.
Aug. 1, 2017
Journal New six primary display research by Mizokami Lab. has been published in Journal of the International Colour Association. [link]
July 31, 2017
Journal New volume measurement research by Tsumura Lab. has been published in Bulletin of the Society of Photography and Imaging of Japan. [link]
July 13, 2017
Int. Conf. Dr. Yu Fang (Researcher of Mizokami Lab.) has presented her work at APCV 2017 (The 13th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Tainan).
July 3, 2017
Journal New skin research by Mizokami Lab. has been published in Color Research & Application as Early View. [link(CRA/Wiley)]
June 20, 2017
Award H. Ujiie (Master's course student of Imaizumi Lab.) has receiced SPIJ 2017 best poster presentation award. Congratulations!
June 14, 2017
Journal New skin research by Tsumura Lab. has been published in Optical Review. [link(Springer)]
June 13, 2017
Int. Conf. Assoc. Prof. Imaizumi has presented her work on "block-based image encryption" at SCIA 2017. [link(Springer)]
June 6, 2017
Journal A new Shitsukan-work by Horiuchi-Hirai Lab. has been published in Color Research & Application. [link(CRA/Wiley)]
June 5, 2017
Award Dr. T. Yano (a graduate of Miyake-Yaguchi Lab.) has receiced "CSAJ Journal Award 2017" [link(CRA/Wiley)]. Congratulations!
June 5, 2017
Award Dr. K. Kikuchi (a graduate of Mizokami Lab.) has receiced "CSAJ Research Award for Young Scientist 2017" [link(J-Stage)]. Congratulations!
June 5, 2017
Award C. Otsuka (Master's course student of Mizokami Lab.) has receiced CSAJ 2017 presentation award. Congratulations!
June 5, 2017
Award Y. Tanaka (Master's course student of Horiuchi-Hirai Lab.) has receiced CSAJ 2017 presentation award. Congratulations!
May 20, 2017
Int. Conf. Assoc. Prof. Mizokami has presented her work on "effects of illumination on material apperance" at VSS 2017.
May 16, 2017
Significant TopicAward Dr. Gono (a graduate of Miyake-Tsumura Lab.) has receiced "Medal with Purple Ribbon". Congratulations! [link(Olympus)]
May 1, 2017
Announce A review article entitled "Image Processing and Color Spaces" by Assist. Prof. Hirai has been published in ITE (in Japanese). [link(ITE)]
Apr. 22, 2017
Int. Conf. Assoc. Prof. Tsumura has presented his work on "attractiveness measurements" at IEEE BigMM 2017.
Apr. 21, 2017
Announce Activities of Mizokami Lab. have been uploaded. Please check the following YouTube site! [link(YouTube)]
Apr. 13, 2017
Announce A book in which one chapter was written by Prof. Horiuchi has been published. [link(IGI Global)]
Apr. 6, 2017
Announce Department of Imaging Sciences relaunch the website.
Apr. 1, 2017
Announce Activities 2016 of Tsumura Lab. has been summarized. Please check the following website! [links(Tsumura Lab.)]
Apr. 1, 2017
Journal A new Shitsukan-work by Horiuchi-Hirai Lab. has been published in ACM Transactions on Applied Perception. [link(ACM)]
Apr. 1, 2017
Int. Conf. S. Yamaguchi (Master's course student of Horiuchi-Hirai Lab.) has presented her work at CCIW 2017 (Italy). [link(Springer)]
Apr. 1, 2017
Announce Department of Imaging Sciences is opened.

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