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).