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Achievements

Journal Papers (Peer-reviewed)

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Journal Papers (Conditional Acceptance)

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  1. Norifumi Kawabata,
    Conditional Acceptance.

International Conference Papers, Proceedings (Peer-reviewed)

  1. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Zero-Shot Semantic Segmentation for 3D CG Images Utilizing Vision-Language Pretraining and Depth Estimation,"
    Proc. of The 30th International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology (IWAIT2027),
    Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea, January 2027 (Accepted).
  2. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Simulation and Analysis of Point Cloud Data for Autonomous Driving Localization,"
    Proc. of The 33rd International Display Workshops (IDW’26),
    IST3-4/VHF4-4, AI Based Image Processing, 4 pages, ACT CITY Hamamatsu, Hamamatsu, Japan, December 2026 (to appear).
  3. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Quantitative Evaluation of Spatial and Color Reproduction in 3D Gaussian Splatting Using S-CIELAB Color Space,"
    Proc. of The 9th Asia Color Association Conference (ACA2026 Taipei),
    6 pages, Taipei City, Taiwan, November 2026 (to appear).
  4. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “An Improved Biological Signal Processing and Data Cleaning Approach for EEG Database Analysis,"
    Proc. of 2026 IEEE 15th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2026),
    2 pages, Kobe International Conference Center, Kobe, Japan, October 2026 (to appear).
  5. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Evaluating Total Variation Regularization for Denoising in Color Laparoscopic Imaging,"
    Computational Color Imaging Workshop Satellite workshop (CCIW2026) within (ICIP2026), IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 6 pages, Tampere Hall, Tampere, Finland, September 2026.
  6. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “A Study on Wavelet Multi-Resolution Analysis of Laparoscopic Image around Contrast Enhancement,"
    Proc. of The 41st International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC2026), Comp.1-4, 6 pages, Royal Orchid Sheraton Riverside Hotel Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand, July 2026.
  7. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “3D CG Object Image Quality Assessment and Analysis for Glossy and Painted Based on Material Data Set of the Shitsukan Perception Standard Problem,"
    Image Quality and System Performance XXIII (IQSP XXIII) (Electronic Imaging Symposium 2026 (EI 2026)),
    IQSP-259, 6 pages, Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, CA USA, March 1-5, 2026.
  8. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Discussion on Introduction of Quantum Information and Computational Science in the Image Data Compression Procedure of 360 Degrees Camera,"
    Proc. of SPIE (The 29th International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology) (IWAIT2026),
    Howard Plaza Hotel Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, February 2026.
  9. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Subjective Quality Assessment for Cross Reality of 3D CG Projected Video on a Holographic Display Prototype,"
    Proc. of The 32nd International Display Workshops (IDW’25),
    Workshop on 3D/Hyper-Realistic Displays and Systems (3D), Cognitive Science of 3D Systems, Special Topics of Automotive Displays,
    3D3-2/VHF2-2, pp.812–815, International Conference Center Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, December 3-5, 2025.
  10. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “3D CG HEVC Images Attention Mechanism Based on Vision Transformer,"
    Proc. of The 33rd Color and Imaging Conference (CIC33),
    P-13, 6 pages, Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong, October 27-31, 2025.
  11. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “3D CG Image Quality Assessment in Vision and Language Based on Stable Diffusion,"
    Image Quality and System Performance XXII (IQSP XXII) (Electronic Imaging Symposium 2025 (EI 2025)),
    IQSP-243, 5 pages, Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, CA USA, February 2-6, 2025.
  12. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Image Quality Metrics for Cross Reality Considering Image Region and Perspective Based on 360 Degrees Camera,"
    Proc. of The 31st International Display Workshops (IDW’24),
    Workshop on 3D/Hyper-Realistic Displays and Systems, (Emerging Technologies for 3D/Hyper-Realistic Display),
    4 pages, Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo, Japan, December 4-6, 2024 (Accepted).
  13. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “HEVC Image Evaluation and Analysis between Contrast and Rotation Based on Material Data Set of the Shitsukan Perception Standard Problem,"
    Proc. of 2024 IEEE 13th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2024),
    2 pages, Asia Pacific Import Mart (AIM) Medium Exhibition Hall, Kokura, Japan, October 29 — November 1, 2024.
  14. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Evaluation of 3D CG Image Colorization Quality Using Visible Digital Watermarking after Noise Removal Based on Sparse Dictionary Learning,"
    Proc. of The 39th International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC2024),
    6 pages, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Okinawa, Japan, July 2-5, 2024.
  15. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “ROI Estimation of Laparoscopic Image Including Contrast Enhancement Based on Saliency Map,"
    Proc. of The 27th International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology (IWAIT2024),
    6 pages, Parkroyal Langkawi Resort, Langkawi, Malaysia, January 7-8, 2024 (Traveling abroad Travel Expenses Assistance in the Telecommunications Advancement Foundation).
  16. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “HEVC Subjective and Objective Image Quality Assessment Considering Cross Reality Based on 360 Degrees Camera,"
    Proc. of The 30th International Display Workshops (IDW’23),
    Workshop on 3D/Hyper-Realistic Displays and Systems (Human Factor on Realistic Display),
    3D2/3DSA2, pp.642–645, TOKI MESSE Niigata Convention Center, Niigata, Japan, December 6-8, 2023.
  17. Norifumi Kawabata and Toshiya Nakaguchi,
    “Optimal Design of Color Laparoscopic Super-Resolution Image Quality Based on Generative Adversarial Networks,"
    Proc. of The 2023 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Image Processing (CGIP2023),
    S2-6, 7 pages, Takanawa Campus, Tokai Univ., Tokyo, Japan, January 13-16, 2023.
  18. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “3D CG Image Region of Interest Estimation and Visual Attention Based on Saliency Map,"
    Proc. of The 29th International Display Workshops (IDW’22),
    Workshop on Applied Vision and Human Factors,
    Vol.29, VHFp1-6L, pp.709–710, Fukuoka International Congress Center, Fukuoka, Japan (Hybrid), December 14-16, 2022.
  19. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Data Set Production and Evaluation for Semantic Segmentation of 3D CG Images by H.265/HEVC,"
    Proc. of The Eleventh International Workshop on Image Media Quality and its Applications (IMQA2022),
    SO-4, pp.107–113, Online (Campus Plaza Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan), March 2022.
    Program PDF (Paper, Presentation)
  20. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Visualization for Texture Analysis of the Shitsukan Research Database Based on Luminance Information,"
    Image Quality and System Performance XIX (IQSP XIX) (Electronic Imaging Symposium 2022 (EI 2022)),
    IQSP-198, 6 pages, Online (San Francisco, CA, USA), January 2022.
    Program PDF (Paper (IS&T Library), Presentation)
  21. Norifumi Kawabata and Toshiya Nakaguchi,
    “Color Laparoscopic High-Definition Video Quality Assessment for Super-Resolution,"
    Proc. of The International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology (IWAIT2022),
    7A5, 6 pages, The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., Hong Kong, January 2022.
    Program PDF (Paper (SPIE Digital Library), Presentation)
  22. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “3D CG Image Noise Removal and Quality Assessment Based on Sparse Dictionary Learning,"
    Proc. of The 2021 IEEE 3rd Global Conference on Life Sciences and Technologies (LifeTech 2021),
    OS-AIT1-3 (Advanced Image Technology in Applied Life Science: IoT & Deep Learning Perspectives), pp.225–226, Nara Royal Hotel, Nara, Japan (Hybrid), March 9-11, 2021.
    Program PDF (Paper (IEEExplore), Presentation)
  23. Norifumi Kawabata and Toshiya Nakaguchi,
    “Color Laparoscopic Image Region Segmentation after Contrast Enhancement Including SRCNN by Image Regions,"
    Proc. of SPIE (The International Forum on Medical Imaging in Asia (IFMIA2021)),
    6 pages, National Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology (Online), January 24-26, 2021.
    Program PDF (Paper (SPIE Digital Library), Presentation)
  24. Norifumi Kawabata and Toshiya Nakaguchi,
    “Laparoscopic Image Region Segmentation Based on Texture Analysis by Regions,"
    Proc. of The Tenth International Workshop on Image Media Quality and its Applications (IMQA2020),
    PS2-4, 6 pages, National Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology, Taiwan, March 12-13, 2020.
    Program PDF (Paper, Poster)
  25. Norifumi Kawabata and Toshiya Nakaguchi,
    “Color Laparoscopic Image Diagnosis for Automatic Detection of Coded Defect Region,"
    Proc. of The 5th Asia Color Association Conference (ACA2019 Nagoya),
    Vol.5, P1-25, pp.487–492, Meijo Univ., Nagoya, Japan, November 29–December 2, 2019.
    Program PDF (Paper, Poster)
  26. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Computational Classification of Texture Contents in the Shitsukan Research Database,"
    Proc. of The 26th International Display Workshops (IDW’19),
    Workshop on Applied Vision and Human Factors,
    Vol.26, VHF7-3, pp.1185–1188, Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo, Japan, November 27-29, 2019.
    Program PDF (Paper, Presentation)
  27. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “HEVC Image Quality Assessment of the Multi-view and Super-resolution Images Based on CNN,"
    Proc. of 2018 IEEE 7th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2018),
    POS1A-3, pp.38–39, Nara Royal Hotel, Nara, Japan, October 9-12, 2018.
    Program PDF (Paper (IEEExplore), Poster)
  28. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Image Diagnosis for Coded Defect Detection on Multi-view 3D Images,"
    Proc. of The Ninth International Workshop on Image Media Quality and its Applications (IMQA2018),
    PS-10, pp.110–119, Kobe Univ., September 27-28, 2018.
    Program PDF (Paper, Poster)
  29. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Multi-view 3D CG Image Quality Evaluation and Analysis for Application Procedure between H.265/HEVC and Watermarking,"
    Proc. of The 21st International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology (IWAIT2018),
    D3-3, 4 pages, The Imperial Mae Ping Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand, January 7-9, 2018 (Traveling abroad Travel Expenses Assistance in the Telecommunications Advancement Foundation).
    Program PDF (Paper (IEEExplore), Presentation)
  30. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “Image Quality Assessment for Multi-view 3D CG Images and 5K High Definition Images Based on S-CIELAB Color Space,"
    Proc. of The 24th International Display Workshops (IDW’17),
    Workshop on 3D/Hyper-Realistic Displays and Systems,
    Vol.24, 3D5-1, pp.849–852, Sendai International Center, Sendai, Japan, December 6-8, 2017.
    Program PDF (Paper, Presentation)
  31. Norifumi Kawabata and Masaru Miyao,
    “Multi-view 3D CG Image Quality Assessment for Contrast Enhancement Including S-CIELAB Color Space in case the Background Region is Gray Scale,"
    Proc. of The 31st International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC2016),
    T2-6-3, pp. 579–582, Municipal Center (Jichikaikan), Okinawa, Japan, July 10-13, 2016 (ITE International Conference Support Grant for Student).
    Program (all) Program (our session) PDF (Paper, Presentation)
  32. Norifumi Kawabata and Masaru Miyao,
    “Multi-view 3D CG Image Quality Evaluation Including Visible Digital Watermarking Based on Color Information,"
    Proc. of The Eighth International Workshop on Image Media Quality and its Applications (IMQA2016),
    OS1-3, pp.18–26, Noyori Conference Hall, Higashiyama Campus, Nagoya Univ., March 10-11, 2016.
    Program PDF (Paper, Presentation)
  33. Norifumi Kawabata and Masaru Miyao,
    “3D CG Image Quality Assessment for the Luminance Change by Contrast Enhancement Including S-CIELAB Color Space with 8 Viewpoints Parallax Barrier Method,"
    Proc. of The 1st International Conference on Advanced Imaging (1st ICAI2015),
    T107-01, pp.632–635, National Center of Science (Hitotsubashi Memorial Hall), Tokyo, Japan, June 17-19, 2015.
    Program J-GLOBAL PDF (Paper, Presentation)
  34. Norifumi Kawabata, Masaru Miyao, and Yuukou Horita,
    “3D CG Image Quality Metrics Including the Coded Degradation by Regions with 8 Viewpoints Parallax Barrier Method,"
    Proc. of The Seventh International Workshop on Image Media Quality and its Applications (IMQA2014),
    PS-9, pp. 102–105, Keyaki Hall, Nishi Chiba Campus, Chiba Univ., September 2-3, 2014.
    Program PDF (Paper, Poster)
  35. Norifumi Kawabata, and Yuukou Horita,
    “Statistical Analysis and Consideration of Subjective Evaluation of 3D CG Images with 8 Viewpoints Lenticular Lens Method,"
    Proc. of The Sixth International Workshop on Image Media Quality and its Applications (IMQA2013),
    T1-2, pp.23–32, Takanawa Campus, Tokai Univ., September 12-13, 2013.
    Program PDF (Paper, Presentation)
  36. Norifumi Kawabata, Keiji Shibata, Yasuhiro Inazumi, and Yuukou Horita,
    “Image Quality Evaluation of 3D CG Images with 8 Viewpoints Lenticular Lens Method,"
    Proc. of The Fifth International Workshop on Image Media Quality and its Applications (IMQA2011),
    D-10, pp.88–90, Campus Plaza Kyoto, October 4-5, 2011.
    Program PDF (Paper, Poster)

Technical Reports

  1. Norifumi Kawabata and Masaru Miyao,
    “Multi-view 3D CG Image Quality Assessment by Using S-CIELAB Color Space Including Visible Digital Watermarking by Regions in case the Background Region is Gray Scale,"
    IEICE Tech. Rep., Image Media Quality,
    vol. 116, no. 68, IMQ2016-1, pp. 1–6, Chiba Univ., May 2016.
    Ken-System CiNii J-GLOBAL
  2. Norifumi Kawabata and Masaru Miyao,
    “3D CG Image Quality Metrics for the Contrast Enhancement of the Object Region Including S-CIELAB Color Space with 8 Viewpoints Parallax Barrier Method,"
    IEICE Tech. Rep., Image Media Quality,
    vol. 115, no. 48, IMQ2015-4, pp. 17–22, Univ. of Toyama, May 2015.
    Ken-System CiNii J-GLOBAL

Talks

  1. Norifumi Kawabata,
    “A Study on 3D CG Image Quality Assessment Based on Visible Digital Watermarking for Advanced Information Security,"
    2025 8th International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Applications (ICBTA2025),
    The Kanazawa Theatre, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, December 2025 (Invited).

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