WHAT'S NEW

2012.04.01 I Joined Ritsumeikan University as a Research Associate.
2012.02.12 Website renewal !

FUNDAMENTAL INFORMATION

Masato NAKAYAMA (Photograph)
Affiliation 1: College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
Affiliation 2: Faculty of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Kinki University
Contact1: mnaka(at)fc.ritsumei.ac.jp
Contact2: nakayama(at)info.waka.kindai.ac.jp

EDUCATION

2001.03    B.E., Faculty of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Kinki University, Japan
2003.03    M.E., Graduate School of Systems Engineering, Wakayama University, Japan
2007.09    A.B.D., Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
2010.12    Ph.D, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
    (Doctoral Thesis PDF (in Japanese))

WORK EXPERIENCE

2004.04--2007.03
    Part-time Research Associate at College of Information Science and Engineering,
    Ritsumeikan University
2007.04--2008.03
    Part-time Lecturer at Faculty of Liberal Arts, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
2008.04--2009.03
    Guest Researcher at Research Organization of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
2008.04--2012.03
    Part-time Lecturer at Faculty of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Kinki University
2011.01--Present
    Researcher at Faculty of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Kinki University
2012.04--Present
    Research Associate at College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University

RESEARCH-RELATED INFORMATION

Areas of Expertise:
    Electroacoustics, Array signal processing, speech information processing, Measurement engineering,
    Sound interface
Main Researches:
    Microphone-array, Noisy speech acquisition, Speech recognition, Acoustic radar, Acoustic imaging,
    3D sound field reproduction, Active noise control, Robot sensor, Parametric loudspeaker,
    and their application to acoustics
Academic Society Affiliations: ASJ, IEICE
List of Research Results: (List of Publications (in Japanese))
Outreach Plan:
    2013/06/02-07 ICA 2013 (Canada)

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

2006.04--2010.03
    IPSJ-SIG SLP Noisy Speech Recognition Evaluation Working Group, Member
2007.04--2010.03
    Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (No. 19300060),
    ``Study on Speech Enhancement Based on Distorted Speech Corpora in the Real-world,''
    Co-researcher
2007.04--2009.03
    Industry-University Joint Research, Takara Sangyou Co.,Ltd., Co-researcher
2007.04--2009.03
    Industry-University Joint Research, Murata Machinery, Ltd., Co-researcher
2009.04--2010.03
    Industry-University Joint Research, FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Kyoto University, Co-researcher
2009.04--Present
    ASJ Kansai Chapter Young Researcher Exchange Conference Committee, Member
2011.09
    ASJ 2011 Autumn Meeting, Vice Chair
2012.03
    ASJ 2012 Spring Meeting, Vice Chair
2012.04--Present
    Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (No. 24700126),
    ``Study on Three-dimensional Sound System with Parametric Loudspeaker and Acoustic
    Tracking,'' Main-researcher
2012.05--Present
    IEICE Trans. on Fundamentals, Editor

CONTACT

College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
    1-1-1, Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan (ACCESS) (MAP)
    TEL&FAX: +81-77-561-5982 (Ex.8874)
    E-mail: mnaka(at)fc.ritsumei.ac.jp