Research Interests

Computer vision, at the intersection of semantic segmentation and action recognition, with a focus on lightweight approaches that improve existing methods.

Education

• 2026.04 – Present: Ph.D. Program, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Meijo University (Advisor: Prof. Kazuhiro Hotta)
• 2024.04 – 2026.03: M.Eng., Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Meijo University
• 2020.04 – 2024.03: B.Eng., Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Meijo University

Professional Experience

• 2026.04 – Present: JSPS Research Fellow (DC1), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
• 2026.04 – Present: Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Meijo University
• 2024.08 – 2024.09: Research Intern, NEC Biometrics Research Laboratories

Publications

Journal Articles

1. Hinako Mitsuoka and Kazuhiro Hotta, "Human Brain-Inspired Network Using Transformer and Feedback Processing for Cell Image Segmentation", IEEE Access, 13, pp.50918-50930, 2025.

International Conferences (Refereed)

1. Hinako Mitsuoka and Kazuhiro Hotta, "Prompt-Free and Efficient SAM2 Adaptation for Biomedical Semantic Segmentation via Dual Adapters", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP2026), September 2026 (Poster).
2. Hinako Mitsuoka and Kazuhiro Hotta, "Combining Boundary Supervision and Segment-Level Regularization for Fine-Grained Action Segmentation", CVPR Workshop on Skilled Activity Understanding, Assessment and Feedback Generation (SAUAFG2026), June 2026 (Oral).
3. Hinako Mitsuoka and Kazuhiro Hotta, "Hazard-Aware Duration Prior and F1-Adaptive Loss for Temporal Action Segmentation", International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP2026), March 2026 (Oral).
4. Hinako Mitsuoka and Kazuhiro Hotta, "Accuracy Improvement of Cell Image Segmentation Using Feedback Former", ECCV Workshop on Human-inspired Computer Vision (HCV2024), October 2024 (Poster).
5. Sota Kato, Hinako Mitsuoka and Kazuhiro Hotta, "Generalized SAM: Efficient Fine-Tuning of SAM for Variable Input Image Sizes", ECCV Workshop on Computational Aspects of Deep Learning (CADL2024), October 2024 (Oral).

Awards & Honors

• Meijo University, Outstanding Master's Thesis Presentation Award (2026.03)
• SICE Excellent Student Award (2026.03)
• Meijo University, President's Award — 7 times in total (2021, 2024, 2026)
• Hack U Meijo University 2025, Happy Hacking Award (2025.12)
• Grand Prize, Visual Inspection Algorithm Contest, ViEW 2025 (2025.12)
• IEICE Tokai Section, Student Research Encouragement Award (2025.06)
• IEEE Nagoya Section, Student Encouragement Award (2025.01)
• IEEE Nagoya Section, Excellent Student Award (2024.03)
• IEEJ Tokai Branch Chair's Award (2024.03)
• Grand Prize, Power Academy Electrical Engineering Educational Material Contest — 3rd (2021.03) and 6th (2024.03) editions
• Hack U Meijo University 2023, Grand Prize & Happy Hacking Award (2023.12)

Fellowships & Scholarships

• JASSO Type I Scholarship - Full Exemption from Repayment for Outstanding Achievement (2026.07)
• Telecommunications Advancement Foundation, Overseas Travel Grant (2026.06)
• JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1) (2026.04 – 2029.03)
• Rinnai Scholarship Foundation, Grant-Type Scholarship (2024.04 – 2026.03)
• Meijo University, Academic Excellence Scholarship (2023)
• Meijo University, Alumni Association Scholarship (2022)

Academic Service

• Program Committee Member, AAAI 2026
• Technical Program Committee Member, ICCV 2025 Workshop (HiCV)
• Technical Program Committee Member, ECCV 2024 Workshop (HCV)
• Organizer, Nagoya CV/PRML Seminar (2024.04 – Present)
• Organizing Committee, 3rd Joint Symposium of Nagoya Univ. AI-MAILs × Tohoku Univ. ClinicalAI (2023)
• CVPR 2025 / CVPR 2026 Report Contributor

Skills

Python, PyTorch, OpenCV, scikit-learn, C, MATLAB, Swift, Docker, Linux, LaTeX

Memberships

• IEEE Student Member
• The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) Student Member