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2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
67
Citations
15667
World Ranking
2217
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2011 - Society for Information Display Fellow

Overview

Yoichi Sato is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields within computer science and engineering, with a primary focus on computer vision and pattern recognition. This includes subfields such as artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, mechanical engineering, and control and systems engineering.

The main topics addressed in their work include human pose and action recognition, multimodal machine learning applications, anomaly detection techniques and applications, hand gesture recognition systems, advanced thermodynamic systems and engines, video surveillance and tracking methods, and robot manipulation and learning.

Recent publications by Yoichi Sato include:

  • Ego4D: Around the World in 3,000 Hours of Egocentric Video (2022), presented at the 2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)
  • Gaze Estimation by Exploring Two-Eye Asymmetry (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
  • Mutual Context Network for Jointly Estimating Egocentric Gaze and Action (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
  • Ego-Exo4D: Understanding Skilled Human Activity from First- and Third-Person Perspectives (2023), available on arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Efficient Annotation and Learning for 3D Hand Pose Estimation: A Survey (2023), published in the International Journal of Computer Vision

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Sato include Ryosuke Furuta, Yifei Huang, Takehiko Ohkawa, and Zhenqiang Li. These collaborations reflect ongoing work within their main research areas.

Publications are often featured in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Cryogenics, IEEE Access, the International Journal of Computer Vision, and the Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems.

Throughout their career, Yoichi Sato has contributed extensively to the body of knowledge in their areas of expertise, with numerous publications emphasizing both theoretical and applied aspects of computer vision and related engineering disciplines.

Recognition of their professional contributions includes being named a Society for Information Display Fellow in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Object shape and reflectance modeling from observation

    Yoichi Sato;Mark D. Wheeler;Katsushi Ikeuchi

  • Hierarchical Gaussian Descriptor for Person Re-identification

    Tetsu Matsukawa;Takahiro Okabe;Einoshin Suzuki;Yoichi Sato

  • Ego4D: Around the World in 3,000 Hours of Egocentric Video

    Kristen Grauman;Andrew Westbury;Eugene Byrne;Zachary Chavis

  • Acquiring a radiance distribution to superimpose virtual objects onto a real scene

    Imari Sato;Yoichi Sato;Katsushi Ikeuchi

  • Real-time fingertip tracking and gesture recognition

    K. Oka;Y. Sato;H. Koike

  • Learning-by-Synthesis for Appearance-Based 3D Gaze Estimation

    Yusuke Sugano;Yasuyuki Matsushita;Yoichi Sato

  • Shape-Preserving Half-Projective Warps for Image Stitching

    Che-Han Chang;Yoichi Sato;Yung-Yu Chuang

  • Consensus surfaces for modeling 3D objects from multiple range images

    Mark K. Wheeler;Yoichi Sato;Katsushi Ikeuchi

  • Evidence that substance P and somatostatin transmit separate information related to pain in the spinal dorsal horn.

    Yasushi Kuraishi;Naoyoshi Hirota;Yoichi Sato;Yutaka Hino

  • Temporal-color space analysis of reflection

    Yoichi Sato;Katsushi Ikeuchi

  • Fast unsupervised ego-action learning for first-person sports videos

    Kris M. Kitani;Takahiro Okabe;Yoichi Sato;Akihiro Sugimoto

  • Aesthetic quality classification of photographs based on color harmony

    Masashi Nishiyama;Takahiro Okabe;Imari Sato;Yoichi Sato

  • Illumination from shadows

    I. Sato;Y. Sato;K. Ikeuchi

  • Integrating Paper and Digital Information on EnhancedDesk : A Method for Realtime Finger Tracking on an Augmented Desk System

    Hideki Koike;Yoichi Sato;Yoshinori Kobayashi

  • Fast tracking of hands and fingertips in infrared images for augmented desk interface

    Y. Sato;Y. Kobayashi;H. Koike

  • Adaptive Linear Regression for Appearance-Based Gaze Estimation.

    Feng Lu;Yusuke Sugano;Takahiro Okabe;Yoichi Sato

  • Real-time tracking of multiple fingertips and gesture recognition for augmented desk interface systems

    K. Oka;Y. Sato;H. Koike

  • Appearance-Based Gaze Estimation Using Visual Saliency

    Y. Sugano;Y. Matsushita;Y. Sato

  • Eigen-texture method: appearance compression based on 3D model

    Ko Nishino;Yoichi Sato;Katsushi Ikeuchi

  • The ASTRO-H Mission

    Tadayuki Takahashi;Kazuhisa Mitsuda;Richard Kelley;Felix Aharonian

Frequent Co-Authors

Takunori Taira
Takunori Taira National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Katsushi Ikeuchi
Katsushi Ikeuchi Microsoft (United States)
Hideki Koike
Hideki Koike Tokyo Institute of Technology
Yusuke Sugano
Yusuke Sugano University of Tokyo
Kris M. Kitani
Kris M. Kitani Carnegie Mellon University
Feng Lu
Feng Lu Beihang University
Yasuyuki Matsushita
Yasuyuki Matsushita Microsoft Research Asia Tokyo
Ko Nishino
Ko Nishino Kyoto University
Sunao Kurimura
Sunao Kurimura National Institute for Materials Science
Cordelia Schmid
Cordelia Schmid French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA

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