Yuya Moroto

Biography

I am a researcher at Hitachi, Ltd. I received my Ph.D. degree at the Hokkaido University in 2024, advised by Prof. Miki Haseyama.
My research interests in machine learning and its applications, especially in computer vision and affective computing. From the technical perspective, I am interested in the multimodal analysis using multimedia contents and biological signals, and then apply techniques from various fields such as deep learning, probabilistic generative model, tensor analysis etc.

B.S. (Engineering), M.S. (Information Science), Ph.D. (Information Science)
[CV] in English updated on Nov 6, 2022

Email: yuya.moroto.sx[at]hitachi.com

Research Interest

• Machine Learning
• Multimodal Analysis
• Signal Processing
• Computer Vision

Research Experience

• Apr. 2024 - Present, Researcher at Hitachi, Ltd. R&D Group
• Nov. 2017 - Mar. 2024, Student at Haseyama-Ogawa Laboratory in Hokkaido University
  • Research topic: Machine learning methods using gaze information from images and videos
• Apr. 2021 – Mar. 2024, JSPS DC1 Research Fellow at Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
• Dec. 2022 - Apr. 2023, Research Intern at Hitachi, Ltd
  • Part of the MEXT Job-Type Research Internship program
  • Research topic: AI technologies for recognizing human activities and environments from video
• Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2023, Super Research Assistant at MEXT Doctoral program for Data-Related InnoVation Expert (D-DRIVE)
• Feb. 2023 - Mar. 2023, Research Intern at Sony Group Corporation
  • Research topic: Evaluation and learning of intervention strategies under cost constraints
• Sep. 2021 – Jul. 2022, Research Intern at CyberAgent AI Lab
  • Research topic: Novel digital signage advertising using pedestrian state-recognition models
• Aug. 2016 – Sep. 2016, Intern at Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc. (now Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation)
  • First participant in the Keizai Doyukai Internship Program
  • Research topic: Evaluation of mixing processes under flow conditions and equipment optimization using experiments and CAE analysis

Education

• Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2024, Ph.D., Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido Univ., Japan
  
  • Advisor: Prof. Miki Haseyama
  • [PhD Thesis]
• Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2021, M.S., Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido Univ., Japan
  • Advisor: Prof. Miki Haseyama
• Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2019, B.S., School of Engineering, Hokkaido Univ., Japan
  • Advisor: Prof. Miki Haseyama
• Apr. 2012 - Mar. 2015, Yokkaichi High School

Teaching Experience

Part-time Lecturer

• Hokkai-Gakuen University, Faculty of Engineering, “Project Practicum” (Academic years 2021; 2022; 2023)

Teaching Assistant / Teaching Fellow

• Hokkaido University, “Do Robots Have Emotions?” (2019; 2020; 2021)
• Hokkaido University, “Media Network Experiments IA & IIA” ( 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023)
• Hokkaido University, “Media Network Practicum II” (2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023)
• Hokkaido Consortium of National Universities, Joint General Education Course (2019; 2020; 2021; 2022)

Awards

1. The 2023 IEEE Sapporo Section Encouragement Award (Feb. 2024)
2. IWAIT 2024 Best Paper Award (Jan. 2024, with Goka et al., as co-author)
3. Intelligence, Informatics and Infrastructure Award for Outstanding Potential Paper (Dec. 2023)
4. IEEE ICCE-TW 2023 Best Paper Award Honorable Mention (Jul. 2023, with Goka et al., as co-author)
5. Young Researcher Excellent Paper Presentation Award, FY2022 Joint Conference of Electrical and Information Societies, Hokkaido Section (Dec. 2022, with Goka et al., as co-author)
6. The 2021 IEEE Sapporo Section Student Paper Contest Best Presentation Award (Feb. 2022, with Ye et al., as co-author)
7. The 2021 IEEE Sapporo Section Encouragement Award (Feb. 2022)
8. IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Encouragement Award (Mar. 2021)
9. IEEE LifeTech 2021 Excellent Poster Award for On-site Poster Presentation (Mar. 2021)
10. Young Researcher Excellent Paper Presentation Award, FY2020 Joint Conference of Electrical and Information Societies, Hokkaido Section (Nov. 2020)
11. The 2019 IEEE Sapporo Section Student Paper Contest Encouraging Prize (Feb. 2020)
12. 2nd Prize, IEEE LifeTech 2019 Excellent Paper Award (Mar. 2019)
13. IEEE GCCE 2018 Outstanding Paper Award (Oct. 2018)

Grants / Scholarships

• Apr. 2023 – Mar. 2024, Sky Oura ICT Scholarship Foundation (1,000,000JPY)
• Apr. 2022 – Mar. 2023, JEES–Mitsubishi Corporation Science and Technology Student Scholarship (1,300,000JPY)
• Apr. 2020 – Mar. 2022, Nitori International Scholarship Foundation – Hokkaido Mirai IT Talent Scholarship (1,920,000JPY)
• Apr. 2021 – Mar. 2024, JSPS DC1 Research Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (scholarship: 200,000JPY/Mon+research grants:2,200,000JPY, acceptance rate: about 20%)
• Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2021, Scholarship of Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO)
  • Full repayment exemption for outstanding performance (2,112,000JPY, acceptance rate: about 10%)

Academic Services

Reviewer

• JSAI 2022
• LAU Summer 2024