Dr. Norifumi KAWABATA
Research Collaborator, Emerging Media Initiative, Kanazawa University
Principal Investigator, Computational Imaging Lab
Ph.D. of Information Science (Nagoya University)
Welcome
This is the official English homepage of Norifumi Kawabata.
My research focuses on signal and media processing grounded in computer science.
I will be sharing research notes and updates here.
Current location
The Japanese version is available here.
Curriculum Vitae
Last Update: June 3, 2026
Affiliated Societies
ITE, IEICE, IEEE (SPS, EMBS, CS), IIEEJ, IPSJ, JAMIT, JSCAS, SPIE, JAMI, IS&T, IEEJ, CSAJ
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 design, hyper-distributed architecture, and embedded system software design for large-scale information system infrastructure, including software formal methods and data-driven programming
Late News
Academic Year 2026
- June 1… I am scheduled to give an oral presentation on July 8 at The 41st International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC2026), which will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from July 7 to 10, 2026.
- May 29… The proceeding paper presented at Image Quality and System Performance XXIII of the Electronic Imaging Symposium 2026 has been published as open access.
https://doi.org/10.2352/EI.2026.38.8.IQSP-259 - May 26… I am scheduled to present on June 22 at the ITE Technical Committee on Media Engineering (ITE-ME) meeting (co-organized with ITE-IST, and co-located with IEICE-IE, IEICE-SIP, IEICE-MI, and IEICE-BioX), held at the Tottori Prefectural Lifelong Learning Center on June 22 and 23, 2026.
- May 22… I participated and presented at the Image Media Quality (IMQ) Technical Meeting held at Kikai Shinko Kaikan Bldg., Tokyo, Japan on May 21, 2026.
- May 1… As of today, the international conference paper presented at The 32nd International Display Workshops (IDW’25), Workshop on 3D/Hyper-Realistic Displays and Systems (3D), Cognitive Science of 3D Systems, Special Topics of Automotive Displays (held on December 3–5, 2025) has been published as open access.
https://doi.org/10.36463/idw.2025.0812 - May 1… One conference paper has been accepted to ITC-CSCC2026, Bangkok, Thailand.
- April 24… I will be presenting at the Image Media Quality (IMQ) Technical Meeting held at Kikai Shinko Kaikan Bldg., Tokyo, Japan on May 21, 2026.
- April 1… As of today, I have been appointed as a Research Collaborator at the Emerging Media Initiative, Kanazawa University. I have also resumed my activities as the Principal Investigator of the Computational Imaging Lab. My current research includes developing digital archives for historical materials to support Museum Digital Transformation (DX) and secure utilization technologies, alongside signal and media processing based on computer science.
Academic Year 2025
- March 31… Completed my term as an Assistant Professor at the Emerging Media Initiative, Kanazawa University.
Contact Information
Address
Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 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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