Hiromu Taketsugu (武次 広夢)

Hiromu Taketsugu (武次 広夢)

Ph.D. student (D1) at Toyota Technological Institute

Intelligent Information Media Lab.

Biography

Hiromu Taketsugu is a Ph.D. student at Toyota Technological Institute. He is currently adviced by Prof.Norimichi Ukita in Intelligent Information Media Lab. His research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Embodied AI, and Social Robotics. He develops human/scene-interactive and physics-aware systems/robots. He is a JSPS Research Fellow (DC1, 14% acceptance rate). He has served as the first author on papers accepted to top-tier international conferences such as CVPR and WACV. He is also a father of one daughter.

Interests
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Vision
  • Embodied AI
  • Social Robotics
Education
  • Ph.D., 2025-present

    Toyota Technological Institute (Ukita Lab.)

  • M.Eng., 2023-2025

    Toyota Technological Institute (Ukita Lab.)

  • B.Eng., 2019-2023

    Toyota Technological Institute (Ukita Lab.)

Skills

Technical
Machine Learning

I was a TA for over 3 years in a well-known machine learning course, GCI by UTokyo, which is attended by more than 30,000 people each semester.

Computer Vision

I am addicted to creating cutting-edge applications, thinking about future societies and technologies, and understanding how human intelligence works through computer vision.

Python

I actively try out new tools and devise ways to increase my productivity turough programming.

Linux

I develop mainly on Linux, e.g., Ubuntu.

Robotics

I got a minor in mechanical engineering as an undergraduate, but I am still learning.

Hobbies
Dogs and cats

I have a friendly Maltese and a lovely Ragdoll-Siamese mix.

Social community

I set up vista, a community for mutual progress management, with my best friend in 2020 and still organizing it.

Reading

I love books that let me rethink daily life in a scientific way or give me time for philosophical reflection.

Language

I love learning languages (duolingo streak is over 500), travelling to new places and connecting with new people. I mainly practice English and Vietnamese (my wife is Vietnamese).

Work out

Exercise is an awesome partner that energises me and boosts my productivity. I was captain of the Spartan Race Club in my university.

Recent Publications

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(0001). Active Transfer Learning for Efficient Video-Specific Human Pose Estimation. IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), Poster (Acceptance rate = 41%).

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(0001). Physical Plausibility-aware Trajectory Prediction via Locomotion Embodiment. IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Poster (Acceptance rate = 22%).

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(0001). Uncertainty Criteria in Active Transfer Learning for Efficient Video-Specific Human Pose Estimation. 2023 18th International Conference on Machine Vision and Applications (MVA), Oral (Acceptance rate = 17%).

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(0001). 効率的な動画別の人体姿勢推定を目的とした能動転移学習の不確実性基準. 情報処理学会研究報告(CVIM).

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