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Welcome to SUN Lab

The laboratory conducts research on image and video processing, neural networks, and related hardware acceleration. Representative research topics are listed below.

  • Learned image/video compression
  • Generative model
  • FPGA/ASIC acceleration
  • LLM

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Recent News

2026

📝[2026.05] One paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology.

📝[2026.04] One paper is accepted by ICML 2026.

💰[2026.04] One JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) project has been granted, with me serving as the PI.

💰[2026.02] One JST BOOST project has been granted, with me serving as the PI.

📝[2026.01] Two papers are accepted by IEEE ISCAS 2026.

📝[2026.01] One paper is accepted by IEEE ICASSP 2026.

📝[2026.01] One paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems.

2025

🏆[2025.12] I was awarded the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Visual Signal Processing and Communications (VSPC) Rising Star Award. [Website] [Website in Japanese]

📝[2025.11] One paper is accepted by AAAI 2026.

🎤[2025.10] I gave a tutorial on "Recent Advances in End-to-End Learned Image and Video Coding" at APSIPA ASC 2025. [Website]

💰[2025.10] One JST CRONOS project has been granted, with me serving as a Co-PI. [Website]

🎤[2025.09] I gave a tutorial on "End-to-End Learned Image and Video Coding: Recent Advances and the Rate-Distortion-Complexity Trade-offs" at EUSIPCO 2025. [Website]

📝[2025.09] Two paper are accepted by VCIP 2025 and PCS 2025.

📝[2025.08] One corresponding-author paper is accepted by APSIPA ASC 2025. [Paper]

📝[2025.07] One paper is accepted by Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representatation.

📝[2025.04] One paper is accepted by IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems.

📝[2025.02] One corresponding-author paper is accepted by IEEE/CVF CVPR 2025. [Paper]

📝[2025.01] One paper is accepted by IEEE ISCAS 2025.

📝[2025.01] My design paper on FPGA-based learned image codec is presented at ASPDAC 2025. [Paper]

2024

📝[2024.10] Four papers are accepted by IEEE VCIP 2024.

🏆[2024.07] I received the IPSJ/IEEE Computer Society Young Computer Researcher Award.

📝[2024.06] One paper on approximated computing for FPGA is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers.

📝[2024.04] One survey paper on visual signal coding and processing with generative models is accepted by IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems. [Paper]

🏆[2024.04] I received the Young Scientists' Award from the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

🏆[2024.03] My paper on algorithm-architecture co-optimization for learned image compression is accepted by IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, and selected as a Spotlight Article. [Paper]

📝[2024.02] One corresponding-author paper is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting. [Paper]

📝[2024.02] One paper is accepted by PCS 2024.

📝[2024.01] Two papers are accepted by IEEE ISCAS 2024.

2023

📝[2023.12] One paper is accepted by AAAI 2024.

📝[2023.11] One paper is accepted as Extended Abstracts of DATE 2024. [Accepted Papers]

🎤[2023.10] The research is introduced at CEATEC 2023. [Website in Japanese]

🎤[2023.10] I gave a tutorial on "End-to-End Learned Image and Video Compression: Design, Implementation, and Computer Vision Applications" at IEEE/CVF ICCV 2023. [Website]

📝[2023.07] One corresponding-author paper on fast VVC intra encoding algorithm is accepted by Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation. [Paper]

📝[2023.05] One corresponding-author paper on low-cost architecture for VVC adaptive loop filter is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs. [Paper]

💰[2023.04] One JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists project has been granted, with me serving as the PI.

💡[2023.04] Sun lab is created.

📝[2023.03] One corresponding-author paper on Transformer and CNN-based learned image compression is accepted by IEEE/CVF CVPR 2023, and selected as the highlight paper. [Paper] [Highlight Paper Link] [Pytorch]

🏆[2023.03] I received the Telecommunications Advancement Foundation Award.

📝[2023.02] One corresponding-author paper on reconfigurable architecture for VVC transform is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems. [Paper]

🎤[2023.01] I gave a tutorial on "Advances in Design and Implementation of End-to-End Learned Image and Video Compression" at IEEE/CVF WACV 2023. [Website]

Before 2023

📝[2022.12] My paper on network quantization for learned image compression is accepted by IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology. [Paper]

🏆[2022.12] My paper on FPGA codec system of learned image compression gets the Best Demo Award of IEEE VCIP 2022. [Paper] [Youtube] [Youtube] [Bilibili]

🏆[2022.11] One corresponding-author paper on image coding for machine is selected as Best Paper Award Finalists of PCS 2022. [Paper]

📝[2022.08] My paper on FPGA architecture design for learned image compression is accepted by IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC) 2022. [Paper]

🏆[2021.06] My paper on learned image compression with fixed-point arithmetic gets the Top-10 Best Paper of PCS 2021. [Paper]

🎤[2021.05] I gave a tutorial on "Advances in Design and Implementation of End-to-End Learned Image and Video Compression" at IEEE ISCAS 2021.

🏆[2020.12] My paper on learned intra prediction gets the Best Paper Award of IEEE VCIP 2020. [Paper] [Tensorflow]