Computer vision — semantic segmentation of biomedical images, temporal action segmentation,
and efficient adaptation of vision foundation models.
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
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)
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).
Hinako Mitsuoka and Kazuhiro Hotta,
"Combining Boundary Supervision and Segment-Level Regularization for Fine-Grained Action Segmentation",
CVPR 2026 Workshop (SAUAFG), June 2026 (Oral).
Hinako Mitsuoka and Kazuhiro Hotta,
"Hazard-Aware Duration Prior and F1-Adaptive Loss for Temporal Action Segmentation",
VISAPP 2026, March 2026 (Oral).
Hinako Mitsuoka and Kazuhiro Hotta,
"Accuracy Improvement of Cell Image Segmentation Using Feedback Former",
ECCV 2024 Workshop (HCV), October 2024 (Poster).
Sota Kato, Hinako Mitsuoka and Kazuhiro Hotta,
"Generalized SAM: Efficient Fine-Tuning of SAM for Variable Input Image Sizes",
ECCV 2024 Workshop (CADL), October 2024 (Oral).
Domestic Conferences
17 presentations at domestic conferences and symposia, including MIRU, ViEW, IBIS, FIT and CVIM
(see Publications for the full list).
Awards & Honors
Meijo University, Outstanding Master's Thesis Presentation Award (2026.03)
SICE Excellent Student Award (2026.03)
Meijo University, the 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)
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1) (2026.04 – 2029.03)