YOKOYA Naoto
(Associate Professor/Division of Transdisciplinary Sciences)
Department of Complexity Science and Engineering/Image analysis, geoinformatics
Career Summary
2008: Graduated from Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (University of Tokyo) 2013: Received Ph.D. in Engineering (University of Tokyo) 2013-2017: Assistant Professor (University of Tokyo) 2015-2017: Alexander von Hunboldt Research Fellow (DLR and TUM) 2018-present: Unit Leader (RIKEN) 2020-present: Lecturer (University of Tokyo)
Research Activities
We are studying geoinformatics to understand the current state of the Earth from multimodal spatio-temporal data such as satellite images, mobile data, and disaster data. In particular, we are working on intelligent data analysis based on image processing and machine learning to understand what is happening on the Earth in a timely manner from a large and diverse set of images obtained from visible, near-infrared, thermal infrared, and microwave based remote sensing.
Other Activities
nstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Remote Sensing Society of Japan (RSSJ) IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) Image Analysis and Data Fusion Technical Committee Chair (2019-2021) and Co-Chair (2017-2019) IEEE GRSS All Japan Joint Chapter Secretary (2018-2022) EARTHVISION@CVPR Organizer (2019-2020) spacer
Future Plan
Our goal is to develop an intelligent system to understand what is happening on the Earth from multimodal spatio-temporal data.
Messages to Students
Developing cutting-edge technologies in image processing and machine learning, as well as applying them to solve global problems such as environmental destruction and large-scale disasters, is exciting and rewarding. Everyone who has the spirit to change the world through your research, let's open up the frontiers together.