Personal History

Akira Utsumi received the B.E. degree in Matallugical Engineering from Osaka Prefecture University in 1991. He received the M.E. degree in Information & Computer Siences from Osaka University in 1993. He received the Ph.D. degree (Engineering) from Osaka University in 1999. In 1993, he joined the Communication Systems Research Laboratories at Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR), Kyoto, Japan. He is now a senior resercher in ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories. His current research interest includes Computer Vision, Image Processing and Human-Computer Interaction. He is a member of the IEICE (Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers), IPSJ (Information Processing Society of Japan), VRSJ (Virtual Reality Society of Japan).