I am a Ph.D. student at NAIST, Mukaigawa Lab.
I received my M.S. in Information Science from NAIST in 2025 and my B.S. in Science from Kyoto University in 2023.
Contact: fujiwara.kazuma.fj4[at]is.naist.jp
Permanent email: kskvn[at]kazumafujiwara.com
[2026/08/17] My project was selected for Kyoto Mitou 2026.
[2026/08/04] I gave an invited talk at MIRU 2026 about our ECCV 2026 paper.
[2026/06/17] My first-author paper has been accepted to ECCV 2026 (main).
[2025/08/01] My co-first-author work was presented at MIRU 2025 (Oral).
[2025/04/01] I was selected for the JST SPRING program.
[2023/11/29] My first-author paper has been accepted to Electronic Imaging 2024.
*Equal contribution, †Corresponding author
Selected Publications
Compact Low-Cost Hyperspectral Imaging via Angular-to-Spectral Diversity Conversion
Kazuma Fujiwara†, Takuya Funatomi, Kazuya Kitano, Yuki Fujimura, Yasuhiro Mukaigawa
ECCV2026 (main)
Acceptance Rate 27.5% (2,883 of 10,473 submissions)
[Paper], [Project Page]
複屈折万華鏡ハイパースペクトルイメージング
EN: Birefringent Kaleidoscope Hyperspectral Imaging
Yuta Fujimoto*, Kazuma Fujiwara*†, Kazuya Kitano, Takuya Funatomi, Yasuhiro Mukaigawa
MIRU 2025 (Oral)
Oral Acceptance Rate 34.5% (Domestic Conferences)
[Paper], [Slide], [Poster]
It was the first project I got to work on from the idea stage, so it means a lot to me.
Others
Snapshot Hyperspectral Imaging using Petrographic Thin Section
Yuta Fujimoto, Kazuya Kitano†, Kazuma Fujiwara, Yuki Fujimura, Takuya Funatomi, Yasuhiro Mukaigawa
MVA2025
[paper]
Detection of Multiple Fluorescent Dyes Using Liquid Crystal Variable Retarder and Sparse Modeling
Kazuma Fujiwara†, Takuya Funatomi, Kazuya Kitano, Yuki Fujimura, Yasuhiro Mukaigawa, Hiroshi Ochiai
Electronic Imaging 2024
[paper]
Quantification of Overlapped Fluorescent Dyes via Autoencoder with Simultaneous Optimization of LCVR Voltage Selector and Quantifier
Kazuma Fujiwara†, Takuya Funatomi, Kazuya Kitano, Yuki Fujimura, Yasuhiro Mukaigawa, Hiroshi Ochiai
MIRU 2024, Poster (Domestic Conferences)
Japanese Patent Application No. 2023-221014, filed December 27, 2023
PCT Application No. PCT/JP2024/43902, filed December 11, 2024
複数蛍光色素定量方法および装置
EN: Method and apparatus for quantifying multiple fluorescent dyes
Kazuma Fujiwara, Takuya Funatomi, Kazuya Kitano, Yuki Fujimura, Yasuhiro Mukaigawa, Hiroshi Ochiai
Japanese Patent Application No. 2026-178580, filed July 27, 2026
分光撮像装置および分光撮像方法
EN: Spectral Imaging Apparatus and Spectral Imaging Method
Kazuma Fujiwara, Takuya Funatomi, Kazuya Kitano, Yuki Fujimura, and Yasuhiro Mukaigawa
Kyoto Mitou, 2026(京都未踏的人材発掘・育成プログラム)
スマホ×万華鏡×複屈折で実現する「時・空・波」高分解能ハイパースペクトルカメラ, Kazuma Fujiwara,¥1,000,000
High-Resolution Hyperspectral Imaging Across Time, Space, and Wavelength Using a Smartphone, Kaleidoscope, and Birefringence
Acceptance Rate 22.2% (10 of 45 submissions)
JST SPRING Program, 2025–2028
アドオン複屈折万華鏡による普及可能なコンピューテーショナルカメラ, Kazuma Fujiwara,¥1,450,000
EN: Add-on Birefringent Kaleidoscope for Accessible Computational Cameras
MEXT Advanced Research Infrastructure for Materials and Nanotechnology (ARIM) Student Training Program, 2026
文部科学省 マテリアル先端リサーチインフラ(ARIM)令和8年度学生研修プログラム 採択
Selected participant, No. 46: Fabrication and Characterization of Nanostructured Devices Using Imprint Technology, Kyoto University
Kyoto University Omoro Challenge Program (京都大学「おもろチャレンジ」), FY2018
ヌサ・トゥンガラ諸島の「建築家なしの建築」の探検調査, ¥300,000, Indonesia, Feb. 7–Mar. 8, 2019
EN: Exploratory field research on architecture without architects in the Nusa Tenggara Islands
[Link]
JST BOOST / NAIST Granite-AI, 2026–2029
結像のズレに基づく単一画像からの絶対深度推定の実現, Project Member (PI: Jun Kohashiguchi)
EN: Absolute Depth Estimation from a Single Image Based on Imaging Misalignment
NAIST STELLA Program, 2026
Research Mentor
Provided a research topic and mentored students in conducting research and writing a research paper.
Vision, Graphics, and Sensing Workshop 2026 (VGSW 2026)
複屈折万華鏡 − 複屈折 - 万華鏡+ X= ?, Kazuma Fujiwara, University of Tsukuba, Sep. 17, 2026, Oral Presentation
NAIST Granite / Granite-AI Interdisciplinary Workshop, Oct. 31, 2025
複屈折万華鏡 (EN: Birefringent Kaleidoscope), Kazuma Fujiwara, Short Oral Presentation & Poster
CREST BioDX Midterm Symposium, Nov. 2024
符号化撮像の蛍光多重イメージングへの拡張, Kazuma Fujiwara, Takuya Funatomi, Kazuya Kitano, Yuki Fujimura, Yasuhiro Mukaigawa, Hiroshi Ochiai, Poster
2nd Vision, Graphics and Sensing Workshop, Apr. 2024
Quantification of Overlapped Fluorescent Dyes via Autoencoder with Simultaneous Optimization of LCVR Voltage Selector and Quantifier, Kazuma Fujiwara, Takuya Funatomi, Kazuya Kitano, Yuki Fujimura, Yasuhiro Mukaigawa, Hiroshi Ochiai, Poster
2025–Present
Ph.D. student in Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
2025
M.S. in Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
2023
B.S. in Science, Kyoto University