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Dr. Marc A. Kastner
Cooperative Research Fellow （Hiroshima City University）
E-Mail: mkastner ( a t ) nii.ac.jp
Personal website: https://www.marc-kastner.com
Dr. Marc A. Kastner received his BSc and MSc in Computer Science from Braunschweig University of Technology in Braunschweig, Germany, in 2013 and 2016, and his PhD in Informatics from the Graduate School of Informatics of Nagoya University, Japan in 2020. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Informatics, Japan. His research focuses on affective multimedia, language and vision and semantic gap problems.
Main projects
Book page colorization based on perception
In this research, we colorize pages of books according to human perception in order to summarize and compare book contents.
Image captioning considering imageability
In this research, we incorporate psycholinguistics into image captioning in order to tailor captions to different applications.
Imageability estimation
In this research, we model the human perception of the semantic gap for use in affective computing.
Recent publications
IntentVC 2025: The ACM Multimedia Grand Challenge on Intention-Oriented Controllable Video Captioning
Takahiro Komamizu, Marc A. Kastner, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Trung Thanh Nguyen, Junan ChenACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACMMM), pp.1-2, October 2025.
Image Retrieval based on Editable Scene Graph with Contrastive Representation Learning
PHAM Dinh Duy, Itthisak PHUEAKSRI, Marc A. Kastner, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro IdeUnknown Journal, July 2025.
MLLM-based Dataset Construction for Hazard-aware Guidance for the Visually Impaired
Peiyuan ZHU, Marc A. Kastner, Hirotaka Kato, Takatsugu Hirayama, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro IdeUnknown Journal, IS2-140, July 2025.
MLLM-based Dataset Construction for Hazard-aware Guidance for the Visually Impaired
Peiyuan ZHU, Marc A. Kastner, Hirotaka Kato, Takatsugu Hirayama, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro IdeUnknown Journal, IS2-140, July 2025.
MLLM-based Dataset Construction for Hazard-aware Guidance for the Visually Impaired
Peiyuan ZHU, Marc A. Kastner, Hirotaka Kato, Takatsugu Hirayama, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro IdeUnknown Journal, IS2-140, July 2025.
Front matter
Takahiro Komamizu, Marc A. Kastner, Minh-Son DaoICDAR ‘25: Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Intelligent Cross-Data Analysis and Retrieval, June 2025.
ICDAR 25: Intelligent Cross-Data Analysis and Retrieval
Takahiro Komamizu, Marc A. Kastner, Minh-Son Dao, Michael Alexander Riegler, Duc-Tien Dang-Nguyen, Son TranICMR ‘25: Proceedings of the 2025 International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval, June 2025.
ICDAR'25 -Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Intelligent Cross-Data Analysis and Retrieval-
Takahiro Komamizu, Marc A. Kastner, Minh-Son DaoACM Proceedings, June 2025.
Quantifying Image-Adjective Associations by Leveraging Large-Scale Pretrained Models
Chihaya Matsuhira, Marc A. Kastner, Takahiro Komamizu, Takatsugu Hirayama, Ichiro IdeLecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol.15523, pp.428-441, January 2025.
Quantifying Image-Adjective Associations by Leveraging Large-Scale Pretrained Models
Chihaya Matsuhira, Marc A. Kastner, Takahiro Komamizu, Takatsugu Hirayama, Ichiro IdeLecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol.15523, pp.428-441, January 2025.
Towards Visual Storytelling by Understanding Narrative Context through Scene-Graphs
PHUEAKSRI Itthisak, Marc A. Kastner, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro IdeInternational Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM), 15523 (4), pp.226-239, January 2025.
Towards Visual Storytelling by Understanding Narrative Context through Scene-Graphs
PHUEAKSRI Itthisak, Marc A. Kastner, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro IdeInternational Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM), 15523 (4), pp.226-239, January 2025.
Investigating Conceptual Blending of a Diffusion Model for Improving Nonword-to-Image Generation
Chihaya Matsuhira, Marc A. Kastner, Takahiro Komamizu, Takatsugu Hirayama, Ichiro IdeProceedings of the 32nd ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACMMM), pp.7307-7315, October 2024.
Investigating Conceptual Blending of a Diffusion Model for Improving Nonword-to-Image Generation
Chihaya Matsuhira, Marc A. Kastner, Takahiro Komamizu, Takatsugu Hirayama, Ichiro IdeProceedings of the 32nd ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACMMM), pp.7307-7315, October 2024.
Toward Visual Storytelling using Scene-Graph
PHUEAKSRI Itthisak, Marc A. Kastner, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro IdeUnknown Journal, IS2-99, August 2024.
Toward Visual Storytelling using Scene-Graph
PHUEAKSRI Itthisak, Marc A. Kastner, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro IdeUnknown Journal, IS2-99, August 2024.
Interpolating the Text-to-Image Correspondence Based on Phonetic and Phonological Similarities for Nonword-to-Image Generation
Chihaya Matsuhira, Marc A. Kastner, Takahiro Komamizu, Takatsugu Hirayama, Keisuke Doman, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Ichiro IdeIEEE Access, Vol.12, pp.41299-41316, March 2024.
Interpolating the Text-to-Image Correspondence Based on Phonetic and Phonological Similarities for Nonword-to-Image Generation
Chihaya Matsuhira, Marc A. Kastner, Takahiro Komamizu, Takatsugu Hirayama, Keisuke Doman, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Ichiro IdeIEEE Access, Vol.12, pp.41299-41316, March 2024.
Computational measurement of perceived pointiness from pronunciation
Chihaya Matsuhira, Marc A. Kastner, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro Ide, Takatsugu Hirayama, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Keisuke Doman, Daisuke DeguchiMultimedia Tools and Applications, 83(9), pp.26183-26210, March 2024.
Computational measurement of perceived pointiness from pronunciation
Chihaya Matsuhira, Marc A. Kastner, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro Ide, Takatsugu Hirayama, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Keisuke Doman, Daisuke DeguchiMultimedia Tools and Applications, 83(9), pp.26183-26210, March 2024.
Correction to: Computational measurement of perceived pointiness from pronunciation
Chihaya Matsuhira, Marc A. Kastner, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro Ide, Takatsugu Hirayama, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Keisuke Doman, Daisuke DeguchiMultimedia Tools and Applications, 83(9), pp.26211-26212, March 2024.
Correction to: Computational measurement of perceived pointiness from pronunciation
Chihaya Matsuhira, Marc A. Kastner, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro Ide, Takatsugu Hirayama, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Keisuke Doman, Daisuke DeguchiMultimedia Tools and Applications, 83(9), pp.26211-26212, March 2024.
Image-Collection Summarization using Scene-Graph Generation with External Knowledge
PHUEAKSRI Itthisak, Marc A. Kastner, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro IdeIEEE Access, Vol.12, pp.17499-17512, January 2024.
Image-Collection Summarization using Scene-Graph Generation with External Knowledge
PHUEAKSRI Itthisak, Marc A. Kastner, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro IdeIEEE Access, Vol.12, pp.17499-17512, January 2024.
An Approach to Generate a Caption for an Image Collection Using Scene Graph Generation
PHUEAKSRI Itthisak, Marc A. Kastner, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro IdeIEEE Access, Vol.11, pp.128245-128260, November 2023.
An Approach to Generate a Caption for an Image Collection Using Scene Graph Generation
PHUEAKSRI Itthisak, Marc A. Kastner, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro IdeIEEE Access, Vol.11, pp.128245-128260, November 2023.
Nonword-to-Image Generation Considering Perceptual Association of Phonetically Similar Words
Chihaya Matsuhira, Marc A. Kastner, Takahiro Komamizu, Takatsugu Hirayama, Keisuke Doman, Ichiro IdeProceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Multimedia Content Generation and Evaluation: New Methods and Practice, pp.115-125, October 2023.
Nonword-to-Image Generation Considering Perceptual Association of Phonetically Similar Words
Chihaya Matsuhira, Marc A. Kastner, Takahiro Komamizu, Takatsugu Hirayama, Keisuke Doman, Ichiro IdeProceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Multimedia Content Generation and Evaluation: New Methods and Practice, pp.115-125, October 2023.
Image Collection Scene Graph Summarization Enhancing Relation Predictor with External Knowledge
PHUEAKSRI Itthisak, Marc A. Kastner, 川西 康友, Takahiro Komamizu, 井手 一郎第26回画像の認識・理解シンポジウム(MIRU2023) 論文集, IS1-80, July 2023.
Image Collection Scene Graph Summarization Enhancing Relation Predictor with External Knowledge
PHUEAKSRI Itthisak, Marc A. Kastner, 川西 康友, Takahiro Komamizu, 井手 一郎第26回画像の認識・理解シンポジウム(MIRU2023) 論文集, IS1-80, July 2023.
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