Name (last/first)

• YAMAOKA Kouei

Degree

• Ph.D. (Major in Computer Science)

Profile

Kouei Yamaoka received the B.Sc. and M.E. degrees in information engineering and engineering from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, in 2017 and 2019, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in computer science from Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan, in 2024. He is now an Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan. His research interests include acoustic signal processing, signal enhancement, source localization, and asynchronous distributed microphone arrays.
He received the IEEE SPS Japan Young Author Best Paper Award in 2024, the Telecom System Technology Student Award in 2023, the IEEE SPS Tokyo Joint Chapter Student Award and the IEEE SPS Japan Student Conference Paper Award both in 2020, the Student Poster Award by Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) Speech Committee in 2019, and Student Presentation Award by ASJ in 2018.
Dr. Yamaoka is a member of IEEE, ASJ, and IEICE.

Career

• Apr. 2024–Assistant Professor, Department of Information Physics & Computing, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo

Affiliation

• Saruwatari & Saito lab. (System #1 lab.), Department of Information Physics & Computing, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo

Previous Affiliations

• Ono Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Graduate School of Systems Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University
• Multimedia Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba

Academic Background

• Mar. 2017,Graduated from College of Information Science, School of Informatics, University of Tsukuba
• Mar. 2019,Graduated from Department of Computer Science, Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba
• Mar. 2024,Graduated from Department of Computer Science, Graduate school of Systems Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University

Research Topics

• Acoustic signal processing, array signal processing, speech enhancement, asynchronous distributed microphone array, source localization

Educational Activities

• "Information System Laboratory: Project Practice," Department of Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics, The University of Tokyo, Japan.（FY2024 Instructor）
• "Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics: Digital Signal Processing and Acoustic Systems," Department of Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics, The University of Tokyo, Japan.（FY2024 Instructor）
• "Advanced Signal Processing," Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan. (FY2024 Guest Presenter) [Slide (in Japanese)]

Academic Activities

• Mar., 2019–Mar., 2025Acoustical Society of Japan (ASJ) Student and Young Researchers Forum organizing member

Memberships of Academic Societies

• IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS), Member
• The Acoustical Society of Japan (ASJ)
• The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)