Norifumi Kawabata

This is Norifumi Kawabata's official homepage. At present, I am studying on imaging and computer science.

General Info

  • Date of BirthDec. 1, 1988
  • E-mailnorifumi [AT] mdsc [DOT] hokudai [DOT] ac [DOT] jp

Research Interest

  • Color Imaging Science
  • Computer Graphics
  • Visual Information Science
  • Medical Imaging
  • Information System and Platform
Norifumi

Work Experience

  • May 2024 -- present

    Principal Investigator

    Computational Imaging Lab

    A study on imaging and computer science towards mathematical and data science.

  • April 2024

    Associate Professor

    Department of Information Engineering, Faculty of Information Engineering,
    Kanazawa Gakuin University

    Education and research on Computer Engineering (Signal Processing). (until April 2024)

  • April 2023

    Associate Professor

    Department of Economic Informatics, Faculty of Economic Informatics,
    Kanazawa Gakuin University

    Education and research on multimedia signal processing based on economic informatics. (until April 2024)

  • April 2022

    Principal Investigator

    Computational Imaging Lab

    A study on imaging and computer science towards mathematical and data science. (until March 2023)

  • October 2021

    Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

    Education and Research Center for Mathematical and Data Science,
    Hokkaido University

    Education and research on mathematical and data science. (until March 2022)

  • August 2021

    Assistant Technical Staff

    Medical IT Center,
    Nagoya University Hospital

    A study support on medical information system to smart hospital. (until September 2021)

  • April 2019

    Assistant Professor

    Department of Information Sciences,
    Faculty of Science and Technology,
    Tokyo University of Science

    Education and research on computer sciences based on software engineering, computer graphics, and formal method toward medical, science and technology. (until July 2021)

  • April 2018

    Assistant Technical Staff

    Research Division of Transportation and Information Systems,
    Institutes of Innovation for Future Society,
    Nagoya University

    Research assistance on transportation and information systems toward the mobility society including autonomous car. (until March 2019)

  • April 2017

    Research Fellow

    Center for Frontier Medical Engineering (CFME),
    Chiba University

    Education and research on information system of medical support using virtual reality system, and medical image processing (Advisor: Professor Toshiya Nakaguchi). (until March 2018)

Education

  • March 2017

    Ph.D. of Information Science

    Department of Information Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University

    Advisor: Professor Masaru Miyao

  • April 2013

    Entrance, Ph.D. Course (Information Science, Miyao Lab., Information Platform Group)

    Department of Information Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University

    Advisor: Professor Masaru Miyao

  • March 2013

    Master of Engineering

    Department of Intellectual Information Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering for Education, University of Toyama

    Advisor: Professor Yuukou Horita

  • April 2011

    Entrance, Master Course (Engineering, Horita Lab., Media Information and Communication Technology)

    Department of Intellectual Information Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering for Education, University of Toyama

    Advisor: Professor Yuukou Horita

  • March 2011

    Bachelor of Engineering

    Department of Intellectual Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Toyama

    Advisor: Professor Yuukou Horita

  • April 2007

    Entrance, Bachelor (Engineering)

    Department of Intellectual Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Toyama

    Advisor: Professor Yuukou Horita

  • March 2007

    Graduation

    General Course, Seiryo High School

Achievements

Contents


Last Update October 6, 2024


Awards


  1. “The international society for optics and photonics, SPIE Journal of Electronic Imaging, Certificate of Appreciation,"
    for serving as a reviewer for Journal of Electronic Imaging during the calendar year of 2023,
    January 4, 2024.
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  2. “The international society for optics and photonics, SPIE Journal of Electronic Imaging, Certificate of Appreciation,"
    for serving as a reviewer for Journal of Electronic Imaging during the calendar year of 2018,
    February 6, 2019.
    Photo

  3. “Elsevier Signal Processing Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing,"
    in recognition of the contributions made to the quality of the journal,
    April 2018.
    Photo

  4. “The international society for optics and photonics, SPIE Journal of Electronic Imaging, Certificate of Appreciation,"
    for serving as a reviewer for Journal of Electronic Imaging during the calendar year of 2017,
    February 17, 2018.
    Photo

  5. “The 15th Forum on Information Technology FIT Encouragement Award 2016,"
    “Award with regard to The Comparison for 3D CG Image Quality Assessment between Multi-view 3D and 5K Images Including S-CIELAB Color Space,"
    in Gofuku Campus, University of Toyama, September 7, 2016 (Presentation), September 9, 2016 (Award).
    Link Photo

  6. “IEICE Tokai Section Student Award 2014,"
    “Award with regard to A Study of the 3D CG Image Quality Metrics with 8 Viewpoints Parallax Barrier Method,"
    in Castle Plaza, Nagoya, June 3, 2015.
    Link1 Photo1 Link2 Photo2

Contents


Journal Papers


(Submitted)


  • “(Submitted)"

  • “(Submitted)"

  • “(Submitted)"

(Conditional Acceptance)


  • Norifumi Kawabata,
    “(Final Revision, Conditional Acceptance)"

Journal Papers (Peer-reviewed)


Full Paper


Contents


International Conference Papers, Proceedings (Peer-reviewed)


  1. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Image Quality Metrics for Cross Reality Considering Image Region and Perspective Based on 360 Degrees Camera,"
    Proc. of The 31st International Display Workshops (IDW'24),
    4 pages, Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo, Japan, December 4-6, 2024 (Accepted).

  2. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “HEVC Image Evaluation and Analysis between Contrast and Rotation Based on Material Data Set of the Shitsukan Perception Standard Problem,"
    Proc. of 2024 IEEE 13th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2024),
    2 pages, Asia Pacific Import Mart (AIM) Medium Exhibition Hall, Kokura, Japan, October 29 -- November 1, 2024 (Accepted).

  3. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Evaluation of 3D CG Image Colorization Quality Using Visible Digital Watermarking after Noise Removal Based on Sparse Dictionary Learning,"
    Proc. of The 39th International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC2024),
    6 pages, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Okinawa, Japan, July 2-5, 2024.

  4. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “ROI Estimation of Laparoscopic Image Including Contrast Enhancement Based on Saliency Map,"
    Proc. of The 27th International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology (IWAIT2024),
    7A2 (Image/Video Compression), 6 pages, Parkroyal Langkawi Resort, Langkawi, Malaysia, January 7-8, 2024.

  5. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “HEVC Subjective and Objective Image Quality Assessment Considering Cross Reality Based on 360 Degrees Camera,"
    Proc. of The 30th International Display Workshops (IDW'23),
    Workshop on 3D/Hyper-Realistic Displays and Systems (Human Factor on Realistic Display),
    3D2/3DSA2, pp.642--645, TOKI MESSE Niigata Convention Center, Niigata, Japan, December 6-8, 2023.

  6. Norifumi Kawabata and Toshiya Nakaguchi,
    “Optimal Design of Color Laparoscopic Super-Resolution Image Quality Based on Generative Adversarial Networks,"
    Proc. of The 2023 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Image Processing (CGIP2023),
    S2-6, 7 pages, Takanawa Campus, Tokai Univ., Tokyo, Japan, January 13-16, 2023.

  7. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “3D CG Image Region of Interest Estimation and Visual Attention Based on Saliency Map,"
    Proc. of The 29th International Display Workshops (IDW'22),
    Vol.29, VHFp1-6L, pp.709--710, Fukuoka International Congress Center, Fukuoka, Japan, December 14-16, 2022.
    Program PDF (Paper, Presentation)

  8. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Data Set Production and Evaluation for Semantic Segmentation of 3D CG Images by H.265/HEVC,"
    Proc. of The Eleventh International Workshop on Image Media Quality and its Applications (IMQA2022),
    SO-4, pp.107--113, Online (Campus Plaza Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan), March 2022.
    Program PDF (Paper, Presentation)

  9. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Visualization for Texture Analysis of the Shitsukan Research Database Based on Luminance Information,"
    Image Quality and System Performance XIX (IQSP XIX) (Electronic Imaging Symposium 2022 (EI 2022)),
    IQSP-198, 6 pages, Online (San Francisco, CA, USA), January 2022.
    Program PDF (Paper (IS&T Library), Presentation)

  10. Norifumi Kawabata and Toshiya Nakaguchi,
    “Color Laparoscopic High-Definition Video Quality Assessment for Super-Resolution,"
    Proc. of The International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology (IWAIT2022),
    7A5, 6 pages, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, January 2022.
    Program PDF (Paper (SPIE Digital Library), Presentation)

  11. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “3D CG Image Noise Removal and Quality Assessment Based on Sparse Dictionary Learning,"
    Proc. of The 2021 IEEE 3rd Global Conference on Life Sciences and Technologies (LifeTech 2021),
    OS-AIT1-3 (Advanced Image Technology in Applied Life Science: IoT & Deep Learning Perspectives), pp.225--226, Nara Royal Hotel, Nara, Japan (Hybrid), March 9-11, 2021.
    Program PDF (Paper (IEEExplore), Presentation)

  12. Norifumi Kawabata and Toshiya Nakaguchi,
    “Color Laparoscopic Image Region Segmentation after Contrast Enhancement Including SRCNN by Image Regions,"
    Proc. of SPIE (The International Forum on Medical Imaging in Asia (IFMIA2021)), 6 pages, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Online), January 24-26, 2021.
    Program PDF (Paper (SPIE Digital Library), Presentation)

  13. Norifumi Kawabata and Toshiya Nakaguchi,
    “Laparoscopic Image Region Segmentation Based on Texture Analysis by Regions,"
    Proc. of The Tenth International Workshop on Image Media Quality and its Applications (IMQA2020),
    PS2-4, 6 pages, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, March 12-13, 2020.
    Program PDF (Paper, Poster)

  14. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Computational Classification of Texture Contents in the Shitsukan Research Database,"
    Proc. of The 26th International Display Workshops (IDW'19),
    Workshop on Applied Vision and Human Factors,
    Vol.26, VHF7-3, pp.1185--1188, Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo, Japan, November 27-29, 2019.
    Program PDF (Paper, Presentation)

  15. Norifumi Kawabata and Toshiya Nakaguchi,
    “Color Laparoscopic Image Diagnosis for Automatic Detection of Coded Defect Region,"
    Proc. of The 5th Asia Color Association Conference (ACA2019 Nagoya),
    Vol.5, P1-25, pp.487--492, Meijo Univ., Nagoya, Japan, November 29--December 2, 2019.
    Program PDF (Paper, Poster)

  16. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “HEVC Image Quality Assessment of the Multi-view and Super-resolution Images Based on CNN,"
    Proc. of 2018 IEEE 7th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2018),
    POS1A-3, pp. 38--39, Nara Royal Hotel, Nara, Japan, October 9-12, 2018.
    Program PDF (Paper (IEEExplore), Poster)

  17. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Image Diagnosis for Coded Defect Detection on Multi-view 3D Images,"
    Proc. of The Ninth International Workshop on Image Media Quality and its Applications (IMQA2018),
    PS-10, pp.110--119, Kobe Univ., September 27-28, 2018.
    Program PDF (Paper, Poster)

  18. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Multi-view 3D CG Image Quality Evaluation and Analysis for Application Procedure between H.265/HEVC and Watermarking,"
    Proc. of The 21st International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology (IWAIT2018),
    D3-3, 4 pages, The Imperial Mae Ping Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand, January 7-9, 2018 (Traveling abroad Travel Expenses Assistance in the Telecommunications Advancement Foundation).
    Program PDF (Paper (IEEExplore), Presentation)

  19. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Image Quality Assessment for Multi-view 3D CG Images and 5K High Definition Images Based on S-CIELAB Color Space,"
    Proc. of The 24th International Display Workshops (IDW'17),
    Vol.24, 3D5-1, pp.849--852, Sendai International Center, Sendai, Japan, December 6-8, 2017.
    Program PDF (Paper, Presentation)

  20. Norifumi Kawabata and Masaru Miyao,
    “Multi-view 3D CG Image Quality Assessment for Contrast Enhancement Including S-CIELAB Color Space in case the Background Region is Gray Scale,"
    Proc. of The 31st International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC2016),
    T2-6-3, pp. 579--582, Municipal Center (Jichikaikan), Okinawa, Japan, July 10-13, 2016 (ITE International Conference Support Grant for Student).
    Program (all) Program (our session) PDF (Paper, Presentation)

  21. Norifumi Kawabata and Masaru Miyao,
    “Multi-view 3D CG Image Quality Evaluation Including Visible Digital Watermarking Based on Color Information,"
    Proc. of The Eighth International Workshop on Image Media Quality and its Applications (IMQA2016),
    OS1-3, pp.18--26, Noyori Conference Hall, Higashiyama Campus, Nagoya Univ., March 10-11, 2016.
    Program PDF (Paper, Presentation)

  22. Norifumi Kawabata and Masaru Miyao,
    “3D CG Image Quality Assessment for the Luminance Change by Contrast Enhancement Including S-CIELAB Color Space with 8 Viewpoints Parallax Barrier Method,"
    Proc. of The 1st International Conference on Advanced Imaging (1st ICAI2015),
    T107-01, pp.632--635, National Center of Science (Hitotsubashi Memorial Hall), Tokyo, Japan, June 17-19, 2015.
    Program J-GLOBAL PDF (Paper, Presentation)

  23. Norifumi Kawabata, Masaru Miyao, and Yuukou Horita,
    “3D CG Image Quality Metrics Including the Coded Degradation by Regions with 8 Viewpoints Parallax Barrier Method,"
    Proc. of The Seventh International Workshop on Image Media Quality and its Applications (IMQA2014),
    PS-9, pp. 102--105, Keyaki Hall, Nishi Chiba Campus, Chiba Univ., September 2-3, 2014.
    Program PDF (Paper, Poster)

  24. Norifumi Kawabata, and Yuukou Horita,
    “Statistical Analysis and Consideration of Subjective Evaluation of 3D CG Images with 8 Viewpoints Lenticular Lens Method,"
    Proc. of The Sixth International Workshop on Image Media Quality and its Applications (IMQA2013),
    T1-2, pp.23--32, Takanawa Campus, Tokai Univ., September 12-13, 2013.
    Program PDF (Paper, Presentation)

  25. Norifumi Kawabata, Keiji Shibata, Yasuhiro Inazumi, and Yuukou Horita,
    “Image Quality Evaluation of 3D CG Images with 8 Viewpoints Lenticular Lens Method,"
    Proc. of The Fifth International Workshop on Image Media Quality and its Applications (IMQA2011),
    D-10, pp.88--90, Campus Plaza Kyoto, October 4-5, 2011.
    Program PDF (Paper, Poster)

Contents


Technical Reports


  1. Norifumi Kawabata and Masaru Miyao,
    “Multi-view 3D CG Image Quality Assessment by Using S-CIELAB Color Space Including Visible Digital Watermarking by Regions in case the Background Region is Gray Scale,"
    IEICE Tech. Rep., Image Media Quality,
    vol. 116, no. 68, IMQ2016-1, pp. 1--6, Chiba Univ., May 2016.
    Ken-System CiNii J-GLOBAL

  2. Norifumi Kawabata and Masaru Miyao,
    “3D CG Image Quality Metrics for the Contrast Enhancement of the Object Region Including S-CIELAB Color Space with 8 Viewpoints Parallax Barrier Method,"
    IEICE Tech. Rep., Image Media Quality,
    vol. 115, no. 48, IMQ2015-4, pp. 17--22, Univ. of Toyama, May 2015.
    ken-System CiNii J-GLOBAL

Contents


Thesis, Dissertation


Doctor Dissertation


  1. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “A Study of the Multi-view 3D CG Image Quality Assessment Including the Image Characteristics,"
    Department of Information Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University, January 2017.