 M.Ejiri The Owner of this Website  Recent photo (giving a talk at an alumni reunion) MAJOR ROLES R&D Consultant in Industrial Science Techno-journalist Honorary President, The Robotics Society of Japan Member MVA Advisory Com. RSJ Advisory Board Member Urban Planning and Landscape Preservation Committee of the Tsukubamirai City CONTRIBUTIONS h-index： 25 i10 index： 47 Times cited： 2144 FORMER ROLES Vice President, Transdisciplinary Federation of Sicence and Technology President, The Robotics Society of Japan Vice-president of IAPR and Representative of Japan to IAPR. Senior Chief Research Scientist, Corporate Technology, Hitachi Ltd., (Central Research Lab. & Mechanical Engineering Rsearch Lab.) Advisor, Hitachi Henjinkai Visiting Professor at: ・The University of Electro-communications, ・University of Fukui, and ・JAIST (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) Guest lecturer at: ・University of Tokyo, ・Tokyo Institute of Technology, ・Waseda University, ・Nagoya University, ・Tokushima University, ・Nihon University, and a few others. Member IAPR Advisory Com. IAPR Nominating Com. General Co-chairman, ICPR 2008 Expert Examiner, Japan Science and Technology Agency Chairman, Fellows & Masters Committee, IEICE Member Political Ethics Review Committee of the Tsukubamirai City Editor-in-chief, Miraidaira-Yokodai News DEGREE Ph.D.in Electrical Engineering FELLOWSHIP IEEE Life Fellow IAPR Fellow IEICE Fellow RSJ Fellow MEMBER Takefu 26 Alumni. Takefu 30 Alumni. Sanshi Alumni. SOCIETIES JSME RSJ SICE IEICE IEEE IAPR MOTTO To live intelligently and brilliantly HOBBY Traveling Skiing Fishing Making smoked food Seal calligraphy Sport Fukiya (blowpipe) ENGELBERGER AWARD (quoted from News Release) 2005 Engelberger Robotics Award honor four industry leaders at ISR-2005, Dec.1, in Tokyo: Leadership; C.S.Jennings Application; A. Baroncelli Education; D. Tesar Technology; M. Ejiri 
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2023 The Yokodai News will discontinue at the end of this year, after my long-term
editorship of 18 years. (Dec.20) My wife was hospitalized for the lumbar fracture, for about four months,
and recently recovered and discharged from the hospital. (Oct. 19)Three of my subordinates, who used to work with me at the Hitachi's Centeral Research Lab. some 50 years ago, have recently been recognized as Japan's top scientists in computer science field by the Research.com, based on their H-indices. On this occasion, they visited my residence in the City of Tsukubamirai, and we celebrated the achievements and our reunion, with plenty of drinks and foods. (March 2023)2022 Revised the chapter of textbook "Digital Image Processing" that
I wrote in the past, and its second edition was published from CG-ARTS.
(March 2022)The Yokodai News being edited each month by myself attained its 200th issue
this month.(Feb. 2022)2021 Obtained an official "sandan ranking" in Sport Fukiya (blowpipe).
(Nov. 25, 2021) Accepted an offer and started to undertake the two-year-term task as a
member of Urban Planning and Landscape Preservation Committee of the Tsukubamirai
City. (March 13, 2021) Background story of my book publishing activities appeared in the Ibaraki
Newspaper, as an interview article by the newspaper reporter. (Jan. 28, 2021) . Tsukubamirai City announced, on its public relations magazine, that the books I presented to the City are now ready to browse at the City
Libraries. (Jan. 2021)2020 The number
of nearby historical/sightseeing spots ever visited reached 365 recently. By
taking this opportunity, I revised the previous book of my introductory
travelogues on these spots, and presented a few new issues to Ibaraki
Prefecture as well as to Tsukubamirai City. (Oct. 2020) Published a message in the Yokodai News and encouraged the neighborhood
school children to cope with this difficult time of COVID'19.(May 2020) Revised a chapter of the textbook
"Digital Image Processing" that I wrote in my past, for
re-publication from CG-ARTS. (Feb. 2020)2019 Participated in "Henjinkai" meeting at Hitachi CRL, and found
that my old document "How to write technical papers" written
20 years ago is still being widely read among young researchers.(Oct. 2019) Travelled to Fukui Pref. for the reunion meeting of my old friends in high
school days, Thought that this 1100 km drive might be my last run to my
native place because of my age and the tiredness felt during the drive.
(June 2019) Four colleagues, who worked with me at the Hitachi's Centeral Research Lab. some 50 years ago, visited my residence in Tsukubamirai City, after a long time apart of more than 20 years. We celebrated the reunion with a lot of wines and also with my favorite smoked foods prepared by myself. (May 2019) Participated in the MVA-2019 International Conference at the National
Olympics Memorial Youth Center in Yoyogi, Tokyo, and organized a Senior
Meeting for elderly members who used to contribute to the past MVA meetings.
(May 2019) Visited Warp-station EDO, a TV movie studio for period drama in Edo/Meiji
era, for participating in its renovation opening ceremony. Newly built
was the area for more recent period drama in Taisho/Showa era, where the
NHK drama "Idaten" is now being filmed. (Jan.2019)2018 Traveled Niigata Prefecture and enjoyed the autumn scenerary in Mt. Yahiko
and in Murasugi Hot Springs. Also visited Lake Hyoko where a few swans
from Siberia were observed. (Nov. 2018). Obtained an official "nidan ranking" in
Sport Fukiya (blowpipe). (Oct. 2018) Visited AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) and learned about the recent progress in Robotics field. (Sept. 2018) Obtained an official "shodan ranking" in
Sport Fukiya (blowpipe). (May 2018) Revised/reissued two previous books, one on my
autobiography and the other on trips to nearby historical/sightseeing spots.
(March 2018)2017 Renewed family tombs in
native city. (June 2017) Participated in MVA-2017
for senior meeting. (May 2017) Family lunch meeting
held for celebrating my 80-year anniversary. (March 2017) Experienced 4-kilometer
Nordic walking. (March 2017) Participated in the
municipal New Year meeting (Jan. 2017) Visited Kagami-iwa
(mirror rock), described in an old book in 8th century. (Jan. 2017)2016 Edited/published a book
on nearby historical places and sightseeing spots, for celebrating the 10th
anniversary of our local Yokodai community.(Sept. 2016) Participated in RSJ advisory committee meeting (May 2016)Traveled southern Hokkaido, by taking the opportunity of completion and openning of Hokkaido Shinkansen Railway (April 2016) Edited/published a collection of articles written by my dear old high-school
classmates, for commemoration of our age of 80. (Feb-March 2016) Participated in the municipal New Year meeting as a member of the Ethical
Review Board of our city. (Jan. 2016)2015 Participated in IAPR's International Conference, MVA, in Tokyo, and received
Certificate of Appreciation for the founding of and the long-term services
to the MVA-series conferences (May 2015) Traveled to Kanazawa city and Noto Peninsula, taking the opportunity of
completion and openning of Hokuriku Shinkansen Railway (April 2015) Wrote an article to RSJ journal, entitled "Hello, My Kindred Spirits
in Robotics!" with the subtitle of "Social and Personal Axes
in R&R Activities (Jan. 2015) Started to enjoy Sport Fukiya(blowpipe) for my own healthcare (Jan. 2015)2014 Traveled to Kagoshima and Yakushima Island (June 2014) Participated in a BBQ meeting of Indonesian Students(June 2014) Participated in RSJ advisory committee meeting(May 2014)2013 Delivered a talk at a city council meeting (Dec. 2013) Traveled Tohoku district, including the cities damaged by Tsunami in 2011
(Oct. 2013) Participated in IAPR's International Conference, MVA, in Kyoto (May 2013) Started to serve for IAPR as a member of its advisory committee (May 2013) Delivered a special talk at Hitachi's Hitachi Reserach Laboratory (Feb.
2013)2012 Participated in ICPR-2012 at Tsukuba International Congress Center, and
completed the roles as members of ICPR-2012 Advisory Committee, IAPR Advisory
Committee, and IAPR Nominating Committee. (Nov. 2012) Delivered a talk on "Vision technology and its industrial applications"
at College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University (Oct. 2012) The article "Reminiscences of my Machine Vision Research and IAPR
Activities" was published in the IAPR Newsletter (Aug. 2012) Delivered a special talk at Hitachi's Central Reserach Laboratory (June 2012) Took a one-week trip to Vietnam, a fascinating country that have been dreamed of for a long time. (May 2012) Published the half-century history of Hitachi's R&D activity on Robotics and
Machine Vision Technology (April 2012) Spoke in support of a candidate at the election of members of municipal
assembly (Feb. 2012) Participated in committee meeting at Kanzanji, to initiate MVA-2013 (June 2011) Participated in an event to cerebrate the 5th anniversary of the Council
of Residents (Jan. 2012)2011 Found my old work appeared in Nilsson's book "The Quest for Artificial
Intteligence", Cambridge (Nov. 2011) Received a special award from SICE at its 50th anniversary (Sept. 2011) Participated in IAPR's International Conference, MVA, in Nara (June 2011) Delivered a talk on "Development of Machine Vision Technology"
at Hitachi Technical College (May 2010) Giant earthquake and tsunami attacked the north-east coarst of Japan (March
2011) Delivered a talk on "To live intelligently and brilliantly"
at Hitachi Information Academy (March 2010) Delivered a talk on "Industrial Applications of Machine Vision Technology"
at Tokushima Industry Promotion Organization (March 2010) Participated in new-year getting-aquainted meeting held by three robotics-related
industrial parties (Jan. 2011)2010 Started to serve for IAPR as members of its advisory committee and nominating
committee (Dec. 2010) Participated in the national census as an investigator (Oct. 2010) Delivered a talk on "Development of Machine Vision Technology"
at Hitachi Technical College (Sept. 2010) Edited a short history of Hitachi R&D activity on Robotics and Machine
Vision (Aug. 2010) Delivered a talk on "Sensor fusion and mechatronics" at Chuo
University(July 2010) Edited autobiography by compiling my fifty-year R&D history (April
2010) Participated in RSJ Advisory Meeting in Tokyo as a member of the Advisory
board of the Robotics Society of Japan (April 2010) Participated in IEICE TC meeting in Kyoto as an F&M Committee Member
(March 2010)2009 Participated in IEICE TC meeting PRMU-FM at Kinugawa as an F&M Committee
Member (Dec. 2009) Cooperated with Prof. Freeman on editing the history of IAPR (Oct. 2009). Participated in IEICE TC meeting at Toyota as an F&M Committee Member (Sept. 2009) Hosted IAPR MVA-2009 at Keio University (May 2009) Delivered a talk on Academic Roadmap of Trans-disciplinary Sicence and
Technology at Okan meeting (March 2009) Hosted IEICE TC meeting at Ehime University, as a chair of F&M Committee
(March 2009) Resigned a role as the expert examiner of Japan Scinece and Technology
Agency. (March 2009)2008 Hosted an IEICE TC meeting at Kumamoto University, as a chair of F&M Committee. (Dec. 2008) Hosted ICPR-2008 at Tampa, Florida, as one of General Co-Chairs. (Dec.
2008) Delivered special talks at Hitachi Mechanical Engineering Laboratory and
at Takefu "Goyukai" Club(Nov. 2008) Designated as a Life Fellow of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers). (Oct. 2008) Designated as an Honorary President of the Robotics Society of Japan.
(Sept. 2008) Participated in annual conference of Japan Society for Simulation Technology
as a chair of a panel on "Academic Roadmap of Simulation Technology
for Social Science".(June 2008) Hosted a Symposium on Evolution of Digital Image Technology at Osaka Science
& Technology Center, as the chair of IEICE F&M Committee. (June
2008) Resigned the Vice-president of the Transdisciplinary Federation of Science and Technology. (May 2008) Completed the academic roadmap for transdisciplinary science and technology,
and reported to METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry). (March 2008) Gave a special talk to students of Alma Mater "Takefu High School"
on my personal R&D experiences in science and technology.(Feb. 2008)2007 Participated in the conference of Trans-disciplinery Federation of Science
and Technology, and discussed on the academic roadmap of the Federation. (Nov.2007) Participated, as one of the nominators, in the ceremony of Okawa Prize given to Prof. J.K.Aggarwal and Prof. T.
Kanade. (Nov. 2007) Delivered a special talk on Machine Vision Technology, at ACCV 2007, to
explain the Japan's pioneering contributions in early days.(Nov. 2007) Served as a panelist at the symposium held in my native city "Echizen",
that was planned to promote manufacturing technology based on 1500-year
tradition since the Emperor Keitai.(Nov.2007) Gave a special speech to condole on the late Prof. Mikio Takagi, one of
the founder of the MVA, at the dinner meeting of MVA-2007 Conference. (May 2007) Started to serve again as the Vice President of the Transdisciplinary Federation
of Sicence and Technology. (April 2007) 2006 Served as a panelist at the symposium of Trans-disciplinery Federation
of Science and Technology, and discussed on the acadmis roadmap of the
Federation. (Dec. 2006) Proposed a draft of the Statement of Ethics to the IAPR. (Dec. 2006) Delivered a special talk on "Patteren Information Processing Technology
-Its History, and Future Expectations toward Younger Generations-"
at F&M Symposium (Nov. 2006) Started to serve as a chair of Advisory Committee of the IAPR (Sept. 2006) Participated in ICPR 2006 in Hong Kong, and was introduced to 1,000 banquet
participants as the co-chairman of the next ICPR 2008. (Aug. 2006)2005 Delivered a Special Talk, entitled "Lift your Sights, Raise
your Spirits, and Get out into the World!", at PRMU held in Niigata
University. (Dec. 2005) Received 2005 Engelberger Robotics Award in Technology Development (Dec.
2005) First conference on Trans-disciplinary Science and Technology was held
in Nagano, and the declaration of promoting this new Science and Technology
was released to public. (Nov. 2005) Delivered a Special Talk on Practicability in Vision Research at MIRU
2005, held in Awajishima Island. (July 2005) Served as an Editor-in-chief for the book, published by Takefu 26 Alumni Association, for celeblating the year of members' seventieth birth. (July 2005) Started to serve as the Vice President of the Transdisciplinary Federation
of Sicence and Technology, an association of more than 40 academic societies
in Japan. (April 2005) Established a Fellow and Master's Committee in IEICE (March 2005) Delivered a lecture at my Alma Mater, Takefu Daiichi Junior High School,
regarding the newwaves of Robotics.(March 2005) Resigned from the auditor position of the RSJ. (March 2005)2004 Chosen as one of the eight new Fellows of the Robotics Society of Japan.
Award ceremony took place at the annual RSJ meeting held at Gifu University
this fall. (Sept. 2004) The IAPR governing board overwhelmingly approved our plans for 19th ICPR
(2008) in Tampa, Florida. I will co-chair the conference with American
and Italian colleagues. (Aug. 2004) Reviewed the papers applied to 17th ICPR in Cambridge as a reviewer, and
selected a paper for Best Industry-related Paper Award as a member of IAPR
ILC Committee. (Feb.-May. 2004) Participated in Japan-Russia Workshop on Robotics as one of the Japanese
members. A new horizon of robotics was discussed towards the cooperative
research in the future. (Feb.20, 2004) Took part in the external technology evaluation team for MEXT Project
on Rescue Robots. Technologies at the intermediate stage of development
were examined, and a few comments were made to further proceed the project
effectively. (Jan.13, 2004)2003 Delivered an address to the students at Chiwata Junior High School in Nagasaki
Prefecture, in commemoration of the winning of MEXT Minister Award for
promotion of creative science education. (Dec.11, 2003) Serving as a member of NEDO technology committee, for evaluating Industrial Technology Research Grant. (Since April 2000) Serving as a member of JST committee for evaluating intellectual properties
applied by universities. (Since Oct. 2003) Delivered an address at the National Institute of Science and Technology
Policy of MEXT, regarding the future directions of robotics research and
its promotion. (July 17, 2003) Examined slogans applied by school children regarding human-robot symbiosis in future society, at the Asahi News Paper Contest commemorating the birth date of Astro-boy (Tetsuwan Atom), a popular cartoon hero by the late Osamu Tezuka. (April 7, 2003) Contributed to the establishment of Association for Transdisciplinary
Science, as a member of its founding committee. Also, served as the chairman
at its founding general meeting. (April 7, 2003) |
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Robotics |
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| Through the aggressive research activities since mid 1960s, the robotics
in Japan has made a great progress. Automation in manufacturing industry
was a main target at its early stage of development. Nowadays, the areas
of application are broadened to medical, entertainment, rescue, and many
others. In this concern, the RSJ, Robotics Society of Japan, has been playing
an important role in promoting the progress of robotics since its establishment,
and it celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2002 when I was serving as the
president. （Refer to "Robots & Robotics" at the left column for further information） |
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| ◆ History of Robotics in Japan ◆ History of Robotics at Hitachi ◆ History of RSJ ◆ History of IROS conferences |
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Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis |
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| Vision-related technologies such as pattern recognition, image processing,
and computer vision also made a big stride in Japan since their starts
in mid 1960s. Semiconductor assembly and mail-sorting were two leading
applications contributed to the advancement of technologies. Nowadays,
a wide variety of applications are being attempted, and the security is
one of the promising applications for realizing advanced, networked, information
society. Especially noteworthy is the contribution of the IAPR (International
Association for Pattern Recognition) and its Japanese counterpart, MVA
committee, to promote the R&D progress. I was also involved deeply
in these organizations. (Refer to "IAPR and MVA" at the left column for details) |
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| ◆ History of IAPR ◆ History of ICPR conferences ◆ History of MVA meetings ◆ History of Image Processing (in Japanese) |
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