Chihiro Nakatani

Ph.D student at Toyota Technological Institute, working with Prof. Norimichi Ukita at IIM Lab. Publishing first-author papers at top-tier venues including CVPR and ICCV.

On the job market — Fall 2026

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Chihiro Nakatani

Education

2024/10 – Present
Ph.D in Engineering — Toyota Technological Institute Department of Electronics and Information Engineering
2025/04 – 2025/06
Visiting Researcher — Idiap Research Institute 🎉 CVPRW 2026 accepted  ·  Study abroad journal (note)
2024/04 – 2024/09
Analyst (Long-term Internship) — Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
2023/04 – 2024/03
Ph.D in Engineering — Toyota Technological Institute
2021 – 2023
Master of Engineering — Toyota Technological Institute Graduated at the top of the class
2018 – 2021
Faculty of Engineering — Toyota Technological Institute Early admission to graduate school
– 2018
Asahigaoka High School

Publications

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Awards & Grants

2026
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2)
2025
JST ASPIRE Kyoto Workshop Poster Award
2024
International travel grant — Telecommunications Advancement Foundation
2024
Int'l Conference Research Presentation Award — IEEE Nagoya Branch
2024
International exchange grant — Tateishi Science & Technology Foundation
2023
SICE Outstanding Student Award
2023
Scholarship — Toyoaki Scholarship Foundation (2023–2026)
2018
Scholarship — Toyota Scholarship Foundation (2018–2021)

Work Experience

Playbox

Machine Learning Engineer
Remote, 2025 · Tech blog

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

Analyst
Hokkaido, Japan · 2024/04–2024/09 · Long-term internship

OptFit Corporation

Server Side Engineer
Remote, 2020 · Part-time

Activate Data Corporation

Machine Learning Engineer
Remote, 2019 · Part-time

Professional Activities

Reviewer: CVPR 2024 Reviewer: CVPR 2025 Reviewer: CVPR 2026 Reviewer: ICCV 2025 Reviewer: ICMI 2025