Akisato Kimura, Ph.D
Akisato Kimura, Ph.D
Akisato Kimura, Ph.D
Akisato Kimura, Ph.D

Akisato Kimura, Ph.D

Executive Research Scientist in Research Planning Section & Leader of Computational Modeling Research Group, Communication Science Laboratories, NTT Inc., Japan.

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🏆Awards
📖Services
🏢Experience

Biography

  • January 2025 - now: Executive Research Scientist, Research Planning Section, Communication Science Laboratories, NTT, Inc.
  • July 2025 - now: Leader of Computational Modeling Research Group, Media Information Laboratory, Communication Science Laboratories, NTT, Inc.
  • September 2007: Ph.D. in Information Theory, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Supervisor: Prof. Tomohiko Uyematsu)
  • April 2000: Joined Communication Science Laboratories, NTT Corporation (now NTT, Inc.)
  • March 2000: M.Eng. in Information Theory, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Supervisor: Prof. Tomohiko Uyematsu)
  • March 1998: B.Eng. in Integrated Systems, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Supervisor: Prof. Nobuo Fujii)

(Please check 🏢Experience for the detail.)

News

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Recent News

A paper published at ApJA paper published at ApJ
A paper published at ApJ
December 10, 2025
A paper published at MNRASA paper published at MNRAS
A paper published at MNRAS
June 10, 2025
A paper presented at ICASSP2025A paper presented at ICASSP2025
A paper presented at ICASSP2025
June 10, 2025
A paper presented at WACV2025A paper presented at WACV2025
A paper presented at WACV2025
June 10, 2025
A paper presented at BMVC2024A paper presented at BMVC2024
A paper presented at BMVC2024
August 14, 2024
A paper presented at EMNLP2024A paper presented at EMNLP2024
A paper presented at EMNLP2024
September 24, 2024
Two papers presented at ICIP2024 (One received Best Paper Award 1st Runner-up)Two papers presented at ICIP2024 (One received Best Paper Award 1st Runner-up)
Two papers presented at ICIP2024 (One received Best Paper Award 1st Runner-up)
August 14, 2024
A paper published at CVPR2024A paper published at CVPR2024
A paper published at CVPR2024
March 15, 2024
A paper published at SIGMOD2024A paper published at SIGMOD2024
A paper published at SIGMOD2024
January 11, 2024
A paper published at Pattern RecognitionA paper published at Pattern Recognition
A paper published at Pattern Recognition
November 30, 2023
A paper published at BMVC2023A paper published at BMVC2023
A paper published at BMVC2023
September 1, 2023
A paper presented at ACPR2023A paper presented at ACPR2023
A paper presented at ACPR2023
August 15, 2023
A paper presented at CVPR2023A paper presented at CVPR2023
A paper presented at CVPR2023
February 28, 2023
A paper presented at ICASSP2023A paper presented at ICASSP2023
A paper presented at ICASSP2023
February 22, 2023
A paper presented at DASFAA2023A paper presented at DASFAA2023
A paper presented at DASFAA2023
January 21, 2023
A paper published at Pattern RecognitionA paper published at Pattern Recognition
A paper published at Pattern Recognition
December 1, 2022
A paper presented at IEEE BigData2022A paper presented at IEEE BigData2022
A paper presented at IEEE BigData2022
November 15, 2022
A paper presented at ACMMM2022 (Best Paper Runner-Up)A paper presented at ACMMM2022 (Best Paper Runner-Up)
A paper presented at ACMMM2022 (Best Paper Runner-Up)
July 4, 2022
A paper presented at ICPR2022A paper presented at ICPR2022
A paper presented at ICPR2022
May 24, 2022
A paper presented at MMM2022A paper presented at MMM2022
A paper presented at MMM2022
November 4, 2021
A paper presented at ICASSP2022A paper presented at ICASSP2022
A paper presented at ICASSP2022
January 22, 2022
A paper presented at DAS2022A paper presented at DAS2022
A paper presented at DAS2022
March 14, 2022
A paper presented at AISTATS2022 (oral)A paper presented at AISTATS2022 (oral)
A paper presented at AISTATS2022 (oral)
January 19, 2022
A paper published at Signal Processing journalA paper published at Signal Processing journal
A paper published at Signal Processing journal
January 5, 2022
A paper published at Journal of Electronic ImagingA paper published at Journal of Electronic Imaging
A paper published at Journal of Electronic Imaging
December 2, 2021
A paper presented at NeurIPS2021A paper presented at NeurIPS2021
A paper presented at NeurIPS2021
December 15, 2021
A long oral paper presented at ACML2021A long oral paper presented at ACML2021
A long oral paper presented at ACML2021
November 21, 2021
A paper presented at ICIP2021A paper presented at ICIP2021
A paper presented at ICIP2021
September 19, 2021
A paper presented at ICASSP2021A paper presented at ICASSP2021
A paper presented at ICASSP2021
May 19, 2021
Three papers presented at ICDAR2021Three papers presented at ICDAR2021
Three papers presented at ICDAR2021
September 5, 2021
A spotlight paper presented at NeurIPS2020A spotlight paper presented at NeurIPS2020
A spotlight paper presented at NeurIPS2020
November 25, 2020
A paper presented at InterSpeech2020A paper presented at InterSpeech2020
A paper presented at InterSpeech2020
October 25, 2020
A new paper accepted to PASJA new paper accepted to PASJ
A new paper accepted to PASJ
July 30, 2020
A paper presented in ICASSP2020A paper presented in ICASSP2020
A paper presented in ICASSP2020
May 30, 2020

Skills

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Multimedia Content Analysis

Expert

Pattern Recognition

Expert

Machine Learning

Advanced

Computer Vision

Knowledgeable

Long-Distance Running

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Japanese

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Contacts

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Head of Media Information Laboratory, NTT Communication Science Labs. Pattern recognition / data mining / computer vision / machine learning / former marathoner https://akisatok.tech https://x.com/_akisato

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Head of Media Information Laboratory, NTT Communication Science Labs. Pattern recognition / data mining / computer vision / machine learning / former marathoner

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Akisato Kimura - Group Leader - NTT | LinkedIn

Recognition Research Group, Media Information Laboratory, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan. [Responsibility]Leading basic researches on cross-media & cross-platform multimedia mining and its application to real-media & read-world event detection, recognition & deep understanding.

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Akisato Kimura - Group Leader - NTT | LinkedIn
Media Information Laboratory | NTT Communication Science Laboratories | NTT R&D Website

Japanese|English] The Media Information Laboratory is organized into five research groups: media recognition, signal processing, computational modeling, biomedical informatics, and computing theory. We are promoting basic researches on information processing technology and fundamental principles related to "media", which is a medium for transmitting information in communication.

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Media Information Laboratory | NTT Communication Science Laboratories | NTT R&D Website
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Interested in pattern recognition, computer vision, image processing and social media mining. - akisatok

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