Dr. Norifumi KAWABATA
Assistant Professor
Emerging Media Initiative, Kanazawa University
Ph.D. of Information Science, Nagoya University
Welcome
This page is Norifumi Kawabata’s Homepage written in English. At present, I am studying on signal information processing based on computer science. I will write and update research memo etc. Japanese page is here.
Curriculum Vitae
Last Update June 19, 2025
Affiliated Societies
The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers (ITE), The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (Signal Processing Society (SPS), Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Computer Society (CS)), The Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan (IIEEJ), The Institute of Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ), The Japanese Society of Medical Imaging Technology (JAMIT), The Japan Society of Computer Aided Surgery (JSCAS), The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Japan Association for Medical Informatics (JAMI), Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T)
Research Fields
- Signal and media processing based on color information engineering (imaging science, color engineering, signal processing, information theory)
- Signal and media processing related to computer graphics (3DCG, texture informatics, media database)
- Signal and media processing related to visual information science (3D, VR, XR, watermarking, media information and communication)
- Signal and media processing for medical systems (medical imaging, medical AI information systems, computer-aided diagnosis)
- Signal and media processing for mobility social systems (next-generation transportation information systems, information usability, human interface interaction)
- Information platform, hyper-distributed architecture, and embedded system software design for realizing large-scale information system infrastructure, application to software formal methods and development environment, and data-driven programming
Late News
Academic Year 2025
- June 14… I will have participated and presented on September 5, 2025 in The 24th Forum on Information Technology (FIT2025) held at Hokkaido University of Science on September 3-5, 2025.
- June 12… Today, I became a reviewer of ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information.
- June 10… Today, I became a reviewer of Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing.
- June 7… I have finished participation and presentation on June 6, 2025 in Media Engineering Technical Meeting held at Kakuma campus, Kanazawa University on June 5-6, 2025.
- June 6… Today, I became a reviewer of Journal of Perceptual Imaging.
- June 2… I will have participated and presented as an invited speaker in Joint Conference of Hokuriku Chapters of Electrical and Information Societies (JHES 2025) held at Online (hosted by Gofuku Campus, University of Toyama.).
- May 11… I will have participated and presented on June 6, 2025 in Media Engineering Technical Meeting held at Kakuma campus, Kanazawa University on June 5-6, 2025.
- May 2… Today, my one international conference paper has been published to the 31st International Display Workshops (IDW’24), Workshop on 3D/Hyper-Realistic Display System, Emerging Technologies for 3D/Hyper-Realistic Display as open access.
https://doi.org/10.36463/idw.2024.0806 - April 17… Today, I became a reviewer of the 19th International Conference on Machine Vision Applications (MVA2025).
- April 1… Today, I became an Assistant Professor, Emerging Media Initiative, Kanazawa University. I will be educating and researching on mathematical, data science and ai, promotion of dx, information network, and information system.
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Contact Information
Address
Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa-shi, 920–1192 Japan
(Primary)
norifumi [AT] staff [DOT] kanazawa-u [DOT] ac [DOT] jp
(Secondary)
norifumi [AT] nagoya-u [DOT] jp
(Tertiary)
norifumi [AT] ieee [DOT] org
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