Profile

I am a professor at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo. I received my B.S. degree from the University of Tokyo in 1990, and my MS and PhD degrees in robotics from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in 1993 and 1997, respectively. My research covers various topics in computer vision, from human behavior understanding to object appearance analysis, such as egocentric vision, gaze sensing, and physics-based vision. I have been involved in journal editorial work, including IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, International Journal of Computer Vision, and Computer Vision and Image Understanding. I have also held key roles in organizing major conferences such as CVPR 2023 General Co-Chair, ICCV 2021 Program Co-Chair, ECCV 2012 Program Co-Chair, ACCV 2018 General Co-Chair, and ACCV 2016 Program Co-Chair. IAPR Fellow, IEICE Fellow, and AAIA Fellow.

• Computer Vision Group at IIS, UTokyo.

• Google Scholar

• Semantic Scholar

For Prospective Students

Our group is affiliated with two graduate schools of the University of Tokyo: Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology and Emerging Design and Informatics Course, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies. For more information on admission, please visit our department pages, or contact me.

Services

• Editorial board member, International Journal of Computer Vision

• Area chair, ICCV 2025

• Senior Area Chair, CVPR 2026

Services in the past

Services (domestic)

Education

• 1997 Ph.D. in Robotics, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

• 1993 M. Sci. in Robotics, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

• 1990 B. Eng, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Academic Appointments

• 2013-2023, Director, Center for Socio-Global Informatics

• 2010 Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

• 2005 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo

• 2000 Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

• 1997 Assistant Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

• 1997 Research Scientist, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

Contact

Yoichi Sato, Professor
Institute of Industrial Science
The University of Tokyo
4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
Email: ysato AT iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Contact address in Japanese

Honors