Research Grant

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI, The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)

• Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists  (B), Subject No. 21700191, "A study on trainable singing voice synthesis system capable of representing personal characteristics and singing styles", Apr. 2009 – Mar 2012 (3 years), Principal Researcher
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Subject No. 22500506, Supervisor: Tadashi Kitamura, Research on sign subunit technique using statistical model for large vocabulary continuous sign language recognition", Apr. 2010 - Mar 2013 (3 years), Co-researcher (Principal Researcher: Tadashi Kitamura)
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Subject No. 25350666, "Research on sign subunit technique using statistical model for large vocabulary continuous sign language recognition", Apr. 2013 – Mar 2016 (3 years), Co-researcher (Principal Researcher: Tadashi Kitamura)
• Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Subject No. 26730182, "Research on automatic performance rendering and Coordinated accompaniment system", Apr. 2014 – Mar 2017 (3 years), Principal Researcher
• Grant-in-Aid for Fostering Joint International Research, Subject No. 15KK00008, Apr. 2016 – Mar. 2018. (3 years), Principal Researcher
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Resaerch (S), Subject No. 17H06114, "Research on development of multi-purpose Japanese Sign Language Database", Jul. 2017 – Mar. 2021, Co-Resaercher (Principal Researcher: Prof. Yuji Nagashima)
• Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Subject No. 18K18698, "A Basic Study on the Production and Use of Sound Information by Tapping with a White Cane for the Visually Impaired", Jul. 2018 – Mar. 2022 (extended), Co-Researcher (Principal Researcher: Prof. Kiyohiko Nunokawa)

Competitive Research Grant

• ASTEP: Adaptable and Seamless Technology Transfer Program through Target-Driven R&D, FS stage, Subject No. AS231Z02560A, "Study of the Kansei estimation model from music signal based on a statistical model depend on user's preference", Aug. 2011 – Mar 2012 (8 months), Principal Researcher
• ASTEP: Adaptable and Seamless Technology Transfer Program through Target-Driven R&D, FS stage, Subject No. AS251Z01921H, Aug. 2013 – Mar 2014 (8 months), Principal Researcher
• ASTEP: Adaptable and Seamless Technology Transfer Program through Target-Driven R&D, FS stage, Subject No. AS262Z00622H , Jan. 2015 – Dec. 2015, Principal Researcher

Scholarship

• The Hori Information Science Promotion Foundation, 18^th Research Grant, "Research on Automatic Arrangement Method for Ensemble Music", Apr. 2009 – Mar 2010 (1 year), Principal Researcher
• Tatematsu Foundation, Special Research Grant, "Subunit modeling for sign and development of sign movie database", Aug. 2009 – Jul. 2010 (1 year), Principal Researcher.
• The MIKIYA Science And Technology Foundation, Research Grant, "Research on contextual subunit modeling using large scale sign corpus", Apr. 2010 – Mar 2011 (1 year), Principal Researcher
• Ichihara International Scholarship Fundation, Research Grant, "Research on collaborative performance system by using acoustic signals", Apr. 2012 – Mar 2012 (1 year), Principal Researcher
• The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation (TAF), Research Grant, "HMM-based chord recognition and music genre classification techinique from auditory signal", Apr. 2010 – Mar 2011 (1 year), Principal Researcher
• Sound Technology Promotion Foundation, Research Grant, "Music Pipe: Research on automatic arrangement method for ensemble music and development of automatic arrangement system", Apr. 2010 – Mar 2011 (1 year), Principal Researcher
• Artificial Intelligence Research Promotion Foundation, Research Grant, "Research on automatic speech synthesis of deceased", Apr. 2013 – Mar 2014 (1 year), Principal Researcher
• The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation (TAF), Research Grant, "Research on audio-based score alignment using statistical model", Apr. 2014 – Mar 2015 (1 year), Principal Researcher
• Research Foundation for the Electrotechnology of Chubu (REFEC), Research Grant, "Research on automatic accompaniment system", Apr. 2015 – Mar 2016 (1 year), Principal Researcher
• Kawai Foundation for Sound Technology & Music, 32^th Research Grant for Sound Technology Promotion, "Research on automatic violin estimation", Apr. 2015 – Mar 2016 (1 year), Principal Researcher
• Toukai Foundation for Technology (TFT), 27^th Research Grant, "Research on manual-markers and non-manual markers of sign using depth sensor", Apr. 2015 – Mar 2016 (1 year), Principal Researcher
• Hori Science & Arts Foundation, 25^th Research Grant for Computer Science, "Automatic violin fingering estimation", Apr. 2016 – Mar 2017 (1 year), Principal Researcher
• Kayamori Foundation of Informational Science Advancement , 2019 Research Grant, "A study on a sign language recognition using a first-person view with a full-surrounding camera", Jan. 2020 – Mar. 2022, Principal Researcher

Other Grant

• Nagoya Institute of Technology, Research Promotion Grant for Young Researcher, "A research on statistical modeling method for characteristics of performer", Apr. 2010 – Mar. 2011 (1 year), Principal Researcher
• Nagoya Institute of Technology, Research Promotion Grant for Young Researcher, "Research on performance generation method based on musical interpretation", Apr. 2011 – Mar. 2012 (1 year), Principal Researcher
• Nagoya Institute of Technology, Research Promotion Grant for Young Researcher, "Research on collaborative performance system based on musical expression", Apr. 2012 – Mar. 2013 (1 year), Principal Researcher
• Nagoya Institute of Technology, Research Promotion Grant for Young Researcher, "Research on automatic fingering estimation for violin", Apr. 2013 – Mar. 2014 (1 year), Principal Researcher
• Nagoya Institute of Technology, Research Promotion Grant for Young Researcher, "Research on music performance rendering", Apr. 2014 – Mar. 2015 (1 year), Principal Researcher
• Nagoya Institute of Technology, Research Promotion Grant for Exploratory Research , "Research on sign language recognition using non-manual signal", Apr. 2015 – Mar. 2016 (1 year), Principal Researcher
• Nagoya Institute of Technology, Research Promotion Grant for Exploratory Research, "A research on  motion tracking  using first-person video for sign language recognition", Apr.2021 – Mar. 2022 (1 year), Principal Researcher

Joint Research

• Aug. 2007 – Mar 2008, Universal Robot co, ltd., Principal Researcher
• Oct. 2009 – Jun. 2010, Universal Robot co, ltd., Principal Researcher
• Sep. 2011 – Aug. 2012, Takeda Design and Manufacturing Co.,Ltd, Principal Researcher
• Sep. 2014 – Mar 2015, Universal Robot co, ltd., Principal Researcher
• May 2015 – Apr. 2016, Union Software Management, Co-researcher (Principal Researcher: Tadashi Kitamura)

Travel Grant

• Nagoya Institute of Technology, International Training Program, 25^th Jul. 2012 – 31^th Dec. 2012 (6 months), Technische Universität München (TUM) , Munich, Germany. Visiting Researcher
• Nagoya Institute of Technology, Oversea visit program for university-industry cooperation, 9^th Dec. 2011 – 15^th Dec. 2011, ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA 2011, Universal Robot HongKong, etc (HongKong), Visiting Researchter
• Daiko Fundation, Overseas travel grant for academic exchange, 25^th Oct. 2011 - 28^th Oct. 2011, 12^th Conference of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) (Florida, USA), Presenter
• Tatematsu Foundation, Overseas travel grant for academic exchange, 20^th Jul. 2013 – 28^th Jul. 2013, 15^th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (LasVegas, USA), Presenter
• The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation (TAF), Overseas travel grant for academic exchange, 11^th Aug. 2014 – 15^th Aug. 2014, 2014 International Conference on Active Media Technology (AMT) (Warsaw, Poland), Presenter
• Nagoya Institute of Technology, International promotion project 2014, 29^th Aug. 2015 – 24^th Sep. 2015, AGH University of Science and Technology (Krakow, Poland), Technische Universität München (Munich, Germany), Project Manager
• Nagoya Institute of Technology, Oversea visit program for university-industry cooperation, 8^th Sep. 2015 – 9^th Sep. 2015, VoicePIN (Krakow, Poland), Visiting Researcher
• Nagoya Institute of Technology, International promotion project 2014, 23^th Aug. 2016 – 23^th Nov. 2016 (3 months), AGH University of Science and Technology (Krakow, Poland), Project Manager