Keiichi Yamada

Biography

Keiichi Yamada is a Professor in the Department of Information Engineering at the Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan. He received his Dr. of Eng. degree in electronic engineering from Nagoya University, Japan, in 1996. He worked at Toshiba Corporation and Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories before joining the faculty at the Meijo University in 2006. He was also a Visiting Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 2002 to 2003. His research interests include computer vision, pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, human computer interaction, and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). He is the director of the Pattern Recognition and ITS Research Lab in the Department of Information Engineering at the Meijo University.

Publications

• K.Yamada and J. K. Kuchar, "Preliminary study of behavioral and safety effects of driver dependence on a warning system in a driving simulator", IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 602-610, 2006.
• Y. Fang, K.Yamada, Y. Ninomiya, B.K.P. Horn, I. Masaki, "A shape-independent method for pedestrian detection with far-infrared images", IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, Vol.53, No.6, pp.1679-1697, 2004.
• K. Yamada, M. Soga, "A compact integrated visual motion sensor for ITS applications", IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol.4, No.1, pp.35-42, 2003.
• K. Yamada and M. Mizuno, "A vehicle parking detection method using image segmentation", Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part III, Vol. 84, No. 10, pp. 25-34, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001.
• T. Naito, T. Tsukada, K. Yamada, K. Kozuka, and S. Yamamoto, "Robust license-plate recognition method for passing vehicles under outside environment", IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 49, No. 6, pp. 2309-2319, 2000.
• K. Yamada, T. Nakano, and S. Yamamoto, "A vision sensor having an expanded dynamic range for autonomous vehicles", IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 332-341, 1998.

Recent publications can be found at the lab's publications page.

Contact Information

Department of Information Engineering
Faculty of Science and Technology, Meijo University
1-501 Shiogamaguchi, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan