北九州市立大学国際環境工学部 奥田研究室｜The University of Kitakyushu International Environmental Engineering Department Okuda laboratory

Professor, The University of Kitakyushu
IEEE Senior Member, IEICE Member

TEL: +81-93-695-3255

FAX: +81-93-695-3368

• Doctoral Degree (Engineering), March 1998
  Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University. Dissertation: "Design of Digital Filters with Prescribed Error Tolerance"
• Master Degree (Engineering), March 1995
  Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University Thesis: Complex Chebyshev Approximation for IIR Digital Filters"
• Bachelor of Engineering, March 1993,
  Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University

• April 2011 to Present
  Professor at Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu
• April 2001 to March 2011
  Associate Professor at Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu
• April 1998 to March 2001
  Post Doctoral Fellow of Japan Society of the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

• April 1999 to March 2000, Visiting Researcher
  Faculty of Sciencce and Technology, Keio University, Japan
• June 1998 to April 1999, Visiting Researcher
  AMP lab., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• July 1997 to March 1999, Visiting Researcher
  Image Processing & Vision Research Lab. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, USA

Image Processing, Multirate Signal Processing, Digital Filter Design, 3D Geometry Processing and Coding

1. Electrical Circuits, 238 pages, Publisher:Baifukan, written in Japanese
2. First Course in Matlab, 315 pages, Publisher:Baifukan, written in Japanese
3. [Book Chapter] Masahiro Okuda，"Fir Filters", IEICE "Knowledge Base", 2011.(written in Japanese)
4. Masahiro Okuda,"High Dynamic Range Image Processing with MATLAB", (ISBN: 978-4-88657-744-3) 2010/11(written in Japanese)
5. [Book Chapter] F. Gurri, M. Okuda et al. "HDR Image watermaking," Boock chapter to appear, Elsevier.

IEEE Senior member, IEICE member

1. --2015-Present: Treasurer of IEEE Signal Processing Society Japan Chapter
2. --2015-Present: Vice Chair of IEICE Technical Group on Signal Processing
3. --2014-Present: Area Editor of IEICE Trans. on Fundamentals
4. --2014-Present:TC Member of APSIPA IVM Technical Committee
5. --2013:General Chair of IEICE Signal Processing Symposium
6. --2004 to 2014: member of Technical Committee on Signal Processing, The Institute Of Electronics, Information And Communication Engineers, Japan.
7. --2010: Vice Chair, IEICE 23rd Workshop on Circuits and Systems in Karuizawa
8. --2009-2011: Secretary, IEICE Technical Group on Signal Processing
9. --2008 -2011: Associate Editor , IEICE Electronics Express (ELEX)
10. --2005-2010: Associate Editor, IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals,
11. --2008-Present: Reviewer, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
12. --2004-Present: Reviewer, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)
13. --2008-Present: Reviewer, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP)
14. --2011: Special Session Organizer: APSIPA-ASC “State of the Art in High Dynamic Range Image Processing”
15. --2010: Special Session Organizer: IEEE International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies, “Advanced Design of Digital Filters”
16. --2003 to 2008: Associate Editor, IEICE Transaction on Fundamentals, Special Section on Signal Processing
17. --2008: Technical Program Committee, International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications
18. --2001 and 2005: Guest Associate Editor, IEICE Transaction, ITC-CSCC/2002 Special Issue
19. --2004: Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS),
20. --2004: Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies, (ISCIT 2004)
21. --2006: Technical Program Committee, International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems, (ISPACS)

etc.

• --April 2015 to March 2018
  "Reflectance Estimation using Multiple Light Sources"(Project Leader)
  Grant for Young Sciences of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
• --April 2012 to March 2015
  "HDR Image Coding with Dynamic Range Scalability "(Project Leader)
  KDDI Foundation
• --April 2012 to March 2015
  "Surveillance System with High Dynamic Range Cameras "(Project Leader)
  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
• --Dec. 2011 to July 2012
  "Video Surveillance System with High Dynamic Range Sensors” "(Project Leader)
  Adaptable and Seamless Technology Transfer Program through Target-driven R&D
• --April 2010 to March 2011
  “HDR Compression with Dynamic Range Scalability” (Project Leader) Heiwa Nakajima Foundation
• --April 2009 to March 2011
  “Acquisition and Encoding for High Dynamic Range Images” (Project Leader)
  In collaboration with KENZAN CO., LTD.
• --April 2008 to March 2012
  “Real-time Compression of 3D Models using PC Cluster” (Project Leader)
  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
• --April 2008 to March 2009
  “A Research on High Dynamic Range Video Compression” (Project Leader)
  Comprehensive Support Programs for Creation of Regional Innovation, Japan Science and Technology Agency


• --April 2005 to 2007 "Research on Progressive 3D Modeling and Real-Time Streaming"(Project Leader)
  Grant for Young Sciences of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
• --April 2001 to Present
  "Super Real Media Open System" (Project Leader) Grant from MEXT via Kitakyushu Innovative Cluster Project
  In collaboration with ZENRIN CO., LTD.
• --April 2001 to March 2006
  "Research on Coding and Transmission Technology for 3D Models," (Project Leader)
  Grant from Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry Science and Technology
• --April 2002 to march 2005
  "3D Model Coding with Scalability of Resolution, Complexity and ROI" (Project Leader)
  Grant for Young Science of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
• --April 2002 to March 2004
  "Research on Multimedia Streaming" (Project Leader) In collaboration with RealVision Inc.
• --June 2002 to March 2003 "Distributed Systems for Real-Time 3D Modeling"
  Grant from Kitakyushu City