Prof. Hiroshi Murase

Hiroshi Murase received the B.Eng, M.Eng, and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Nagoya University, Japan, in 1978, 1980, and 1987, respectively. In 1980 he joined the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT). From 1992 to 1993 he was a visiting research scientist at Columbia University, New York. From 2001 to 2003, he was the Executive Manager of NTT Communication Science Laboratories. He has been a Professor at Nagoya University since 2003, and Professor Emeritus since 2021. He was awarded the IEEE CVPR Best Paper Award in 1994, the IEEE ICRA Best Video Award in 1996, the IEEE Transaction on Multimedia Paper Award in 2004, etc. He got a Medal with Purple Ribbon from the Government of Japan in 2012. His research interests include computer vision, pattern recognition, multimedia information recognition, and ITS applications. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE, and a Fellow of the IAPR, IPSJ, and IEICE.

Keynote Title: Image Recognition for Driving Assistance and Secure Daily Life

Driver assistance systems using image recognition, and camera-based surveillance systems for comfortable secure daily life are becoming increasingly important for sustainable futures. This is due to the increasing rate of traffic accidents involving elderly drivers and the increasing percentage of people living alone in Japan. This may be the same in other countries. First, I will introduce several image recognition methods for driving assistance that we have developed so far, such as the detection of pedestrians which are easily missed by drivers; recognition of weather conditions such as rain and fog; and recognition of consensus between drivers and pedestrians. In addition, I will talk about the human pose estimation using a super-low-resolution infrared sensor array to watch elderly people at home; subjective weight estimation of baggage for carrying assistance when walking; and other research topics.