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Nagoya University Graduate School of Informatics
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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

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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.

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Image captioning considering imageability

In this research, we incorporate psycholinguistics into image captioning in order to tailor captions to different applications.

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Imageability estimation

In this research, we model the human perception of the semantic gap for use in affective computing.

Recent publications

    MLLM-based Dataset Construction for Hazard-aware Guidance for the Visually Impaired
    Peiyuan ZHU, Marc A. Kastner, Hirotaka Kato, Takatsugu Hirayama, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro Ide
    Unknown 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 Ide
    Unknown 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 Ide
    Unknown Journal, IS2-140, July 2025.
    Quantifying Image-Adjective Associations by Leveraging Large-Scale Pretrained Models
    Chihaya Matsuhira, Marc A. Kastner, Takahiro Komamizu, Takatsugu Hirayama, Ichiro Ide
    Lecture 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 Ide
    Lecture 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 Ide
    International 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 Ide
    International 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 Ide
    Proceedings 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 Ide
    Proceedings 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 Ide
    Unknown Journal, IS2-99, August 2024.
    Toward Visual Storytelling using Scene-Graph
    PHUEAKSRI Itthisak, Marc A. Kastner, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro Ide
    Unknown 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 Ide
    IEEE 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 Ide
    IEEE 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 Deguchi
    Multimedia 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 Deguchi
    Multimedia 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 Deguchi
    Multimedia 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 Deguchi
    Multimedia 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 Ide
    IEEE 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 Ide
    IEEE 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 Ide
    IEEE 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 Ide
    IEEE 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 Ide
    Proceedings 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 Ide
    Proceedings 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.
    Leverage Semantic Alignment of Object Relations for Image Captioning
    Da Huo, Marc A. Kastner, 平山 高嗣, Takahiro Komamizu, 井手 一郎
    第26回画像の認識・理解シンポジウム(MIRU2023), IS1-85, July 2023.
    Leverage Semantic Alignment of Object Relations for Image Captioning
    Da Huo, Marc A. Kastner, 平山 高嗣, Takahiro Komamizu, 井手 一郎
    第26回画像の認識・理解シンポジウム(MIRU2023), IS1-85, July 2023.
    MVA2023 Small Object Detection Challenge for Spotting Birds: Dataset, Methods, and Results
    Yuki Kondo, Norimichi Ukita, Takayuki Yamaguchi, Hao-Yu Hou, Mu-Yi Shen, Chia-Chi Hsu, En-Ming Huang, Yu-Chen Huang, Yu-Cheng Xia, Chien-Yao Wang, Chun-Yi Lee, Da Huo, Marc A. Kastner, Tingwei Liu, 川西 康友, 平山 高嗣, Takahiro Komamizu, 井手 一郎, Yosuke Shinya, Xinyao Liu, Guang Liang, Syusuke Yasui
    International Conference on Machine Vision Applications (MVA), TE-1, July 2023.
    MVA2023 Small Object Detection Challenge for Spotting Birds: Dataset, Methods, and Results
    Yuki Kondo, Norimichi Ukita, Takayuki Yamaguchi, Hao-Yu Hou, Mu-Yi Shen, Chia-Chi Hsu, En-Ming Huang, Yu-Chen Huang, Yu-Cheng Xia, Chien-Yao Wang, Chun-Yi Lee, Da Huo, Marc A. Kastner, Tingwei Liu, 川西 康友, 平山 高嗣, Takahiro Komamizu, 井手 一郎, Yosuke Shinya, Xinyao Liu, Guang Liang, Syusuke Yasui
    International Conference on Machine Vision Applications (MVA), TE-1, July 2023.
    Small Object Detection for Birds with Swin Transformer
    Da Huo, Marc A. Kastner, Tingwei Liu, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Takatsugu Hirayama, Takahiro Komamizu, Ichiro Ide
    International Conference on Machine Vision Applications (MVA), TE-3, July 2023.

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