Itaru Kitahara,  Ph.D.

Professor

Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba

Center for Cybernics Research, University of Tsukuba


Our lab would like to be a lighthouse for those who are pioneering the future of technology
by developing the ability to get over stormy seas, showing the way when in lost, and always ready to come back.

[Work Experience]

2019-08 - (current)   Professor, Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba & Center for Cybernics Research, University of Tsukuba

2024-04- (current)  Guest Professor, (Global Development Informatics, Division of Sustainable Resource Engineering) Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University.

2023-04- (current)  Academic Advisor, Space-Time Observatory Ltd.

2020-07 - (current) Board member, Research Institute for Connected Societies

2019-01- (current)  Technical Advisor, Denqvision, Inc.

2016-04 - 2019-07   Associate Professor, Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba

2011-10 - 2016-03  Associate  Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, University of Tsukuba

2008-08 - 2011-09  Associate  Professor, Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering

University of Tsukuba

2005-04 - 2008-07  Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering

University of Tsukuba

2003-04 - 2005-03  Researcher, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International(ATR)

2000-04 - 2003-03  Research Associate, Center for Tsukuba Advanced  Research Alliance (TARA), University of Tsukuba

1996-04 - 1999-03  Sharp Corporation, Image Media Laboratory

[Education and Qualifications Obtained]

Doctor of Engineering, University of Tsukuba (March 2003)

Master of Engineering, University of Tsukuba  (March 1996)

Bachelor of Engineering,  University of Tsukuba (March 1994)

Computer Vision (3D Image Processing, Scene Understanding)

Visual Information Media (Free-Viewpoint Video, Mixed Reality, Augmented Reality)

Interdisciplinary applied research (Sports Science, ITS, Resource Engineering、Natural Disaster Science / Disaster Prevention Science, Developmental Psychology, Medical Life Science, Cultural Property Science)

[Researcher Information]

[Contact / Access]

kitahara@ccs.tsukuba.ac.jp

Tennoudai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, 305-8577

Center for Computational Sciences (access)

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