Faculty Profile
Professor: Digital Media, Graduate School
Toru WAKAHARA
- Ph.D. (Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics)
Research area:
- Intelligent Image Processing
- Pattern Recognition
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Personal Statement
Toru WAKAHARA received the B.E. and M.E. degrees in applied physics and the Ph.D. degree in mathematical engineering and information physics from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, in 1975, 1977, and 1986, respectively. From 1977 to 1986, he was with the Basic Research Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Tokyo, Japan, where he was engaged in research on on-line handwriting recognition. From 1987 to 2000, he was with the Human Interface Laboratories, Cyber Space Laboratories, and Cyber Solutions Laboratories, NTT, Kanagawa, Japan, where he was engaged in research and development of a machine-printed multi-font character recognition system, an advanced handwritten character recognition system, a pen-based interface, and a biometric person authentication system. From 1991 to 1993, he was posted to the Institute for Posts and Telecommunications Policy (IPTP), Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Japan, where he conducted the first, second, and third IPTP character recognition competitions and studies on multi-expert system for handwritten 3-digit postcode and postal address recognition. Since April 2001, he has been a professor at the Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Hosei University.
His research interests include learning and generalization in pattern recognition, intelligent image processing, human visual perception, and human-machine interaction.
He is a member of the IEEE Computer Society and the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers of Japan (IEICE).
He received a Special Achievement Award in 1994 from the Institute for Posts and Telecommunications Policy (IPTP), Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Japan.
Teaching Courses
Undergraduate School
No Lecture at 2009.
Graduate School
No Lecture at 2009.