Takagi Laboratory

Research Keywords

(1) Interactive Evolutionary Computation

(2) Soft Computing / Computational Intelligence

• cooperative systems of FS/NN/EC
• fuzzy rule base acquisition using GA

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Joint Research

Note that the affiliations in the below were not as of now but in those days.

• Dr. Miho Ohsaki (Shizuoka University, Japan)
  　　Hearing Aid Fitting based on Interactive Evolutionary Computation
• Prof. Takeshi Takeda and Mr. Shinichi Kamohara (Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Japan)
  　　Virtual Reality
• Prof. Sung-Bae Cho (Yonsei University, Korea)
  　　Image Database Retrieval based on Interactive Evolutionary Computation
• Dr. Fabio Boschetti (CSIRO - Division of Exploration and Mining, Australia)
  　　Application of Interactive Evolutionary Computation to Inverse Problem in Geoscience
• Dr. Werasak Kurutach (Mahanakorn University of Technology, Thailand)
  　　Data Mining from Time Sequential Database
• Dr. Hiroaki Nishino and Prof. Kouichi Utsumiya (Oita University, Japan)
  　　Interactive Evolutionary Computation-based 3-D CG Education System
• Dr. Chee Peng Lim (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia)
  　　Interactive Evolutionary Computation-based Data Mining
• Mr. Ken Aoki (Hiroshima International University, Japan)
  　　Fireworks CG Animation
• Prof. Daniel Collins (Arizona State University:, USA)
  　　Evaluation of Interactive Evolutionary Computation-based 3-D CG Education System
• Prof. Barbara S. Minsker (University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, USA)
  　　Study on Groundwater Management based on Interactive Evolutionary Computation
• Prof. David E. Goldberg, Prof. Michael Welge, Dr. Xavier Llora (University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, USA)
  　　DISCUS: Distributed and Scalable Collaboration, Knowledge Fusion, and Innovation via Data Mining, Chance Discovery, and Human- and Machine-Based Genetic Algorithms
• Prof. Alice Agogino and Raffi Roupen Kamalian (University of California at Berkeley)
  　　IEC application to MEMS Design
• Nice Sophia-Antipolis University: Dr. Denis Pallez
  　　Interactive Evolutionary Computation
• Fukuoka University: Prof. Takashi Nakagawa
  　　IEC-based Coacher Implant Fitting

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1. Ken Aoki, Hideyuki Takagi
   Best Paper Award in vol.1 of the Proceedings of the 1st Int. Conf. on Conventional and Knowledge-based Intelligent Electronic Systems(KES'97), Adelaide, Australia (May 21-23, 1997)
   (Awarded paper: Ken Aoki and Hideyuki Takagi, "3-D CG Lighting with an Interactive GA.")
2. Miho Ohsaki, Hideyuki Takagi
   Best Paper Award at the 5th Int. Conf. on Soft Computing and Information/Intelligent Systems (IIZUKA'98), Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan (Oct. 16-20, 1998)
   (Awarded paper: Miho Ohsaki and Hideyuki Takagi, "Application of Interactive Evolutionary Computation to Optimal Tuning of Digital Hearing Aids.")
3. Toshihiko Noda
   Student Paper Award at the 6th Int. Conf. on Soft Computing (IIZUKA2000), Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan (Oct. 1--4, 2000)
   (Awarded paper: Toshihiko Noda, Dong Zhao, and Hideyuki Takagi, "Music Database Retrieval and Media Conversion System Based on Impression.")
4. Hideyuki Takagi（This is a joint paper with Mr. Nishino and Prof. Utsumiya of Oita University and Prof. Cho of Yonsei University).
   Program Committee Award at the 15th Int. Conf. on Information Networking (ICOIN-15), Beppu, Japan (Jan. 31 - Feb. 2, 2001)
   (Awarded paper: Hiroaki Nishino, Hideyuki Takagi, Sung-Bae Cho, and Kouichi Utsumiya, "A 3D Modeling System for Creative Design.")
5. Hideyuki Takagi
   Distinguished Service Award, Slovak Artificial Intelligence Society (June, 2002).
6. Hideyuki Takagi
   Outstanding Contribution Award, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (October, 2003)
7. Hideyuki Takagi, Takeo Ingu(OB), and Kei Ohnishi(OB)
   Paper Award of Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics in 2004
   (Awarded paper: Hideyuki Takagi, Takeo Ingu, and Kei Ohnishi, "Accelerating a GA Convergence by Fitting a Single-Peak Function," J. of Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics, vol.15, no.2, pp.219-229 (2003） (in Japanese) ) .
8. Hideyuki Takagi
   Best Associate Editor Award, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (October, 2005).
9. Hideyuki Takagi
   2009 IEEE Most Active SMC Technical Committee Award, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (Oct., 2010).
10. Yan Pei and Hideyuki Takagi
    Best Paper Award, the 6th Int. Conf. on Genetic and Evolutionary Computing (ICGEC2012), Kitakyushu, Japan (Aug. 25-28, 2012).
    (Awarded paper: Yan Pei and Hideyuki Takagi, "Comparative study on fitness landscape approximation with Fourier transform" ) .
11. Yan Pei
    Excellent Presentation Award, The 14th SOFT Kyushu Chapter Annual Conference, Saga, Japan (Dec. 8, 2012).
    (Awarded paper: Yan Pei and Hideyuki Takagi, "Approximating and Analyzing Fitness Landscape for Evolutionary Search Enhancement". (in English and in Japanese)
12. Hideyuki Takagi
    2016 IEEE Outstanding SMCS Chapter Award, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (Oct., 2017).
13. Jun Yu
    Best Student Paper Award, 9th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ICSI’2018), Shanghai, China (June 17-22, 2018).
    (Awarded paper: Jun Yu, Ying Tan, and Hideyuki Takagi, "Accelerating Fireworks Algorithm with an Estimated Convergence Point")
14. Yuhao Li and Jun Yu
    Best Student Paper Award, 10th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ICSI’2019), Chiang Mai, Thailand, pp.257-266 (July 26-30, 2019).
    (Awarded paper: Yuhao Li, Jun Yu, Hideyuki Takagi and Ying Tan, "Accelerating Fireworks Algorithm with Weight-based Guiding Sparks")

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Members in 2020 Fiscal Year (April - March)

Lab Researchers/Visitors

1. Dr. Dilip Kumar Pratihar on leaving from Regional Engineering College, Durgapur, India (June 1, 2000 - November 29, 2000）
   Study on 2-D Mapping for Visualized IEC
2. Dr. Rudolf Jaksa, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers, on leaving from Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia (April 12, 2001 - March 30, 2003）
   Study on Reinforcement Learning for Structured Neural Networks
3. Dr. Chee Peng Lim, JSPS Invitation Fellowship Programs for Research in Japan, on leaving from Universiti Sains Malaysia (March 25, 2002 - May 17, 2002）
   Development of an On-line Knowledge Acquisition and Embedding System Using Interactive Evolutionary Computation
4. Prof. Barbara S. Minsker, JSPS Invitation Fellowship Programs for Research in Japan, (May 20, 2003 - June 4, 2003), Meghna Babbar and bhishek Singh (May 20, 2003 - June 19, 2003), all from University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
   IEC application to underground water management
5. Raffi Roupen Kamalian, JSPS Summer Program, from University of California at Berkeley (July 1, 2003 - August 20, 2003)
   MEMS design by Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization with IEC
6. Huidao Tang, Anfei University of Technology, China (July, 2004 - June, 2005)
7. Dr. Shangfei Wang, Post Doctoral Researcher of Kyushu University (July, 2004 - September, 2005)
   on leaving from University of Science and Technology of China, China
8. Alexandra Brintrup, JSPS Summer Program, from Cranfield University, UK (June, 2005 - August, 2005)
   Data Visualization for Interactive Evolutionary Computing based Multiple Objective Optimization
9. Dr. Raffi Roupen Kamalian, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow (November 28, 2004 - November 27, 2006）
10. Dr. Shino Iwahista, Research Associate of Kyushu University (March 1, 2005 - March 31, 2006)
11. Dr. Kyuichiro Tani, Research Associate of Kyushu University （April 1, 2006 - March 31, 2007)
12. Dr. Linfu Li, Post Doctoral Researcher of Kyushu University （April 1, 2006 - March 31, 2007)
13. Mojtaba Karami, Visiting Researcher from Iram University, Iran (May 8, 2009 - November 5, 2009)

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