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Education

University of Maryland, College Park, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fall 2011 - Fall 2016
Adviser: Prof. Rama Chellappa

Keio University (Japan), M.Sc. in Integrated Design Engineering, April 2003 - March 2005
Keio University (Japan), B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, April 1999 - March 2003

Work Experience

Computer Vision Software Engineer, Apple Inc. Cupertino, September 2016 - Present
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Maryland, Spring 2012 - Fall 2016
Research Intern, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL), February 2015 - January 2016
Research Scientist Intern, eBay Research Labs, San Jose, June 2014 - August 2014
SECOM Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Research Engineer, April 2005 - July 2011


Teaching Experience

Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Maryland, Fall 2014, Image Understanding with Prof. Rama Chellappa
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland, Fall 2011, Computer Organization with Prof. Rajeev Barua

Course Work

MATH648Q Mathematical Methods for Data Dimension Reduction by Prof. Wojciech Czaja
CMSC828J Subspaces and Manifolds for Computer Vision and Machine Learning by Prof. David Jacobs

CMSC828T Robots Learning Manipulation Actions by Prof. Yiannis Aloimonos
ENEE731  Image Understanding by Prof. Rama Chellappa

ENEE633 Statistical Pattern Recognition by Prof. Rama Chellappa
ENEE631  Digital Image and Video Processing by Prof. K.J. Ray Liu
ENEE662 Convex Optimization by Prof. Michael Rotkowitz
ENEE620  Random Processes by Prof. Anthony Ephremides
ENEE630  Advanced Digital Signal Processing by Prof. Min Wu

ENEE641 Mathematical Foundation of Computer Engineering Prof. Uzi Vishkin
ENEE698A Recent Advances in Clustering Algorithms by Prof. Rama Chellappa

ENEE698A Machine learning seminar by Prof. Rama Chellappa

Patents

US Patent App. 14/963,026, 2015
Japanese Patent, No. 5755516  
Japanese Patent, No. 5545977

Japanese Patent, No. 4936952
Japanese Patent, No. 5063479
Japanese Patent, No. 5289290

Awards & Honors

ECE Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award, 2014
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Maryland, Fall 2014

Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award, University of Maryland, 2014
International Conference Student Support Award, University of Maryland, 2014

Clark School of Engineering Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, University of Maryland, 2011-2012
SECOM Invention Award, Bronze Medal, 2013, for Japanese Patent, No. 5063479


Membership & Service

Student Volunteer, CVPR 2012
IEEE Student Member 2012-present

Peer-review Activities

WACV 2016
ICRA 2017
IEEE Trans. on Multimedia
​Computer Vision and Image Understanding
Image and Vision Computing

Computer Language

C/C++, MATLAB, Ruby, C#, Python, Basic, Assembly, Tex, HTML, XML

Operating Systems & Other Software

Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, Various Unices, OpenCV, OpenGL, OpenMP, Intel TBB, Boost, LAPACK, R, Poser

Human Language

English, Japanese (native)

Hobbies

Tennis, Running, Travelling, Photography, Skiing
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