Hamid LAGA

Image Processing Laboratory
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
8916-5, Takayama, Ikoma, Nara
630-0192 JAPAN
phone: +81-90-3537-6369
mobile: +81-90-3537-6369
email: hamid@is.naist.jp
Web: http://www.img.cs.titech.ac.jp/~hamid/

Personnel Information

Date of Birth: October 15th, 1974 (Male)
Nationality:
Algeria
Current position:
JSPS Promoted Assistant Professor.
JSPS: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

Research Interests

3D Model retrieval, Shape matching, Geometry processing, Point-based graphics, Computer vision, Computer graphics.

Education

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo Japan
Ph.D in Computer Science. April 2003 ~ March 2006
  • Dissertation title: Shape descriptors and algorithms for content-based 3D model retrieval.
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    Masters in Computer Science, April 2001 ~ March 2003
  • Thesis title: 3D Model Reconstruction from Range Data using Implicit Functions.
    • Japanese Language Trainee. April 2000 ~ Sept. 2000
    Institut National d'Informatique, Algiers, Algeria
    State Engineer in Computer Science. Sept. 1992 ~ Sept. 1997

    Awards and Scholarships

  • Best paper award at the "IEEE International Conference on Shape Modeling and Applications 2006", Japan,
    for the paper "Spherical Wavelet Descriptors for Content-based 3D Model Retrieval".
    		• June 2006
  • JSPS promoted Assistant Professor.
    		•  April 2006 ~ present
  • Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology scholarship recipient.
    		•  April 2000 ~ March 2006
    Algerian Ministry of Universities scholarship recipient. Oct. 1992 ~ Sept. 1997

    Research Experience

    Image Processing Laboratory,
    Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, Japan
    JSPS Promoted Assistant Professor. April 2006 ~ present
    Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering,
    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo Japan
    Research Student. April 2000 ~ March 2001
  • Research topic: Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Analysis and Segmentation.
    • Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory,
    Advanced Technologies Development Center (CDTA), Algiers - Algeria
    Student intern (internship).Oct. 1996 ~ Sept. 1999
  • Research project: Scenery image restoration and contour completion.

    • Academic Experience

    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
    Teaching Assistant. April 2003 ~ July 2003
  • Algorithms and C/C++ programming lecture.
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    Professional School of Informatics and Accounting Techniques, Algeria
    Part time Engineer Teacher. Nov. 1997 ~ March 2000
  • Graph theory, Computer Architecture, Databases, Mathematics.

    • Professional Experience

    The Embassy of Algeria in Tokyo, Japan
    Part-time System Administrator. April 2002 ~ March 2006
    Society of Industrial Maintenance, Engineering and Testing (SIMET), Algiers, Algeria
    Engineer, Consultant. Sept. 1999 ~ March 2000
    Azazga Informatics, Algeria, Algeria
    Owner, Engineer and Software developer. Feb. 1999 ~ March 2000
  • Designed and implemented a software for stock control, invoice and bank accounts
    management using Borland Delphi. The client was a mid-sized pharmacy.
  • Designed and implemented a Software for stock control and invoice management
    using Borland Delphi. The client was a mid-sized supermarket.
  • Customer service: computer maintenance, software maintenance and customer service,
    staff training on different software including Office tools.

    • Activities

    3rd International Conference on Cyberworlds 2004 (CW 2004),
    18-20 November 2004, Tokyo, Japan. IEEE Computer Society.
  • Paper reviewer.

    • Selected publications (others available under request)

    Journal papers
  • Hamid LAGA, Hiroki Takahashi, Masayuki Nakajima, "Spherical Parametrization and Geometry Image-based 3D Shape Similarity Estimation (CGS 2004 Special Issue)", The Visual Computer Journal, 2006 (to appear).
  • Hamid LAGA, Romanos Piperakis, Hiroki Takahashi, Masayuki Nakajima, "Radial Basis Function Based Approach for Polygon-free Reconstruction and Representation of 3D Objects from Range Data", The Journal of the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers ITE, 57(11), pp.1526-1533, 2003.
    • International conferences
  • Hamid LAGA, Hiroki Takahashi, Masayuki Nakajima, "Spherical Wavelet Descriptors for Content-based 3D Model Retrieval", IEEE International Conference on Shape Modeling and Applications, Sendai, Japan, June 2006 (Best Paper Award).
  • Hamid LAGA, Hiroki Takahashi, Masayuki Nakajima, "Spherical Wavelet Descriptors for Content-based 3D Model Retrieval", International Workshop on Advanced Imaging Techniques (IWAIT), Okinawa, Japan, January 2006.
  • Hamid LAGA, Hiroki Takahashi, Masayuki Nakajima, "Geometry Image Matching for Similarity Estimation of 3D Shapes", Computer Graphics International (CGI2004), Crete, Greece, June 2004.

    • Computer skills

  • Programming: C++, C, C#, Java, Pascal, VRML, HTML, Java Script, XML, PHP.
  • Tools: OpenGL, Misa, Java3D, Java Advance Imaging (JAI), OpenCV, the Visualization toolkit (VTK), LaTEX.
  • Others: Matlab, Octave.
  • Databases: Access, SQL, mySQL.
  • Operating Systems: Linux, Windows.

    • Language skills

  • Japanese: Intermediate level
  • English: Business level
  • French: Native level
  • Arabic: Native
  • Berber: Native.

    • References

    Prof. Masayuki Nakajima
    Dept of Computer Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
    nakajima@img.cs.titech.ac.jp
     
    Prof. Kunihiro Chihara
    Dean of the Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan
    chihara@is.aist-nara.ac.j