Topic
The internship topic has not been fixed before starting the internship. I usually discuss the topic with the intern after the selection process. While my research mainly focuses on 3D computer vision, I am broadly interested in research involving other modalities as well, such as language, speech, multi-wavelength data, different types of sensors such as event cameras. The topic will be decided through discussion based on the intern's interests and research background. Depending on the topic, the project may involve collaboration with external research partners. Here are topics that recent interns had conducted.
- 3D visualization of aurora (Aurora Visualization Project, in collaboration with the National Institute of Polar Research)
- Separation of base geometry and fine surface structure in 3D models
- Feedforward 3D reconstruction from 360-degree walking videos (MovieMap Project, in collaboration with the University of Tokyo)
- Fusion of a polarization camera and multi-wavelength photometric stereo (in collaboration with Denso IT Laboratory)
Meetings
Usually I hold a weekly in-person meeting with interns. Additional discussions are always welcome if needed. Communication is mainly done through Slack.
Computing Resources
Each intern is provided with a desktop PC. The available GPUs vary by machine and may include RTX 3090, RTX 4090, RTX 5090 or RTX 6000 Ada. Initial experiments are usually conducted on the local machine, but when larger-scale experiments are required for research papers, access to GPU cloud resources can also be arranged.