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Name:
         Hongbo Zhu
History:
         Apr. 2011 - Now:  
              Assistant Professor with VLSI Design and Education Center 
              The University of Tokyo
         Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2011:  
              Working for the Department of Embedded System
              Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. 
         Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2010:  
              Department of Electronic Engineering
              Graduate School of Engineering
              The University of Tokyo, Japan (Degree: Ph.D.)
         Apr. 2005 - Mar. 2007:  
              Division of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering
              Graduate School of Engineering
              Osaka University, Japan (Degree: Master of Engineering)
         Jan. 2005 - Mar. 2005:  
              Division of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering
              Graduate School of Engineering
              Osaka University, Japan (Research student)
         Oct. 2003 - Sep. 2004:  
              Faculty of Engineering
              Fukui University, Japan (Exchange student)
         Sep. 2000 - Sep. 2004: 
              Department of Information Science & Electronic Engineering 
              Zhejiang University, China
              Specialized class on Microelectronics (Degree: Bachelor)
Publications:
Journal:
  1. Hongbo Zhu and Tadashi Shibata, "A Real-Time Motion-Feature-Extraction VLSI Employing Digital-Pixel-Sensor-Based Parallel Architecture," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 24 no. 10, pp. 1787~1799, Oct. 2014
  2. Hongbo Zhu and Tadashi Shibata, "VLSI processor with a configurable processing element array for balanced feature extraction in high-resolution images," Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. vol. 53 no. 4S, pp. 04EE05-1-7, 2014
  3. Zuoxun Hou, Yitao Ma, Hongbo Zhu, Nanning Zheng, and Tadashi Shibata, "Real-Time Very Large-Scale Integration Recognition System with an On-Chip Adaptive K-Means Learning Algorithm," Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. vol. 52 no. 4, pp. 04CE11-1~10, 2013
  4. Pushe Zhao, Hongbo Zhu, He Li, and Tadashi Shibata, "A Directional-Edge-Based Real-Time Object Tracking System Employing Multiple Candidate-Location Generation," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 23 no. 3, pp. 503~517, Mar. 2013
  5. Hongbo Zhu and Tadashi Shibata, "A Digital-Pixel-Sensor-Based Global Feature Extraction Processor for Real-Time Object Recognition," Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. vol. 48 no. 4, pp. 04C080-1~7, 2009
  6. Hiroki INUBUSHI, Noriyuki TAKAHASHI, Hongbo ZHU and Kenji TANIGUCHI, "Ultrasonic 3D Image Sensor Employing PN Code and Beam-Forming Technologies," IEICE A, Vol.J90-A No.6 pp.517~523, 2007 (in Japanese)
International conferences:
  1. Hongbo Zhu and Kunihiro Asada, "A superparallel image filtering digital-pixel-sensor employing a compressive multiplication technique," in the Proceedings of 21st IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS), pp. 363-366, Marseille, France, Dec. 7-10, 2014
  2. Zuoxun Hou, Hongbo Zhu, Nanning Zheng, and Tadashi Shibata, "A Single-Chip 600-fps Real-Time Action Recognition System Employing a Hardware Friendly Algorithm," in the Proceedings of 2014 International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'14), pp. 762-765, Melbourne, Australia, June 1-5, 2014
  3. Hongbo Zhu and Tadashi Shibata, "A VLSI Processor with a Configurable Processing Element Array for Balanced Feature Extraction in High Resolution Images," in Extended Abstracts of the 2013 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM 2013), pp. 138~139, Fukuoka, Japan, Sep. 25-27, 2013
  4. Pushe Zhao, Hongbo Zhu, and Tadashi Shibata, "A Multiple-Candidate-Regeneration-Based Object Tracking System with Enhanced Learning Capability by Nearest Neighbor Classifier," in the Proceedings of 2013 International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'13), pp. 2392~2395, Beijing, China, May 19-22, 2013
  5. Atsushi Shimada, Hongbo Zhu, and Tadashi Shibata, "A VLSI DBSCAN Processor Composed As an Array of Micro Agents Having Self-Growing Interconnects," in the Proceedings of 2013 International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'13), pp. 2062~2065, Beijing, China, May 19-22, 2013
  6. Zuoxun Hou, Yitao Ma, Hongbo Zhu, and Tadashi Shibata, "A Real-Time VLSI Recognition System With an On-chip Adaptive K-means Learning Algorithm," in Extended Abstracts of the 2012 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM2012), PS-5-4, pp. 148-149, Kyoto, Japan, Sep. 25-27, 2012
  7. (Invited) Tadashi Shibata, Hongbo Zhu, Ruihan Bao, Pushe Zhao, and Renyuan Zhang, "A VLSI System for Motion Perception and Action Recognition," in the Proceedings of the 2nd Solid-State Systems Symposium (4S 2012), VLSIs & Related Technologies, pp. 23-29, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Aug. 22-24, 2012
  8. Hongbo Zhu and Tadashi Shibata, "A Real-Time Motion-Feature-Extraction Image Processor Employing Digital-Pixel-Sensor-Based Parallel Architecture," in the Proceedings of 2012 International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'12), pp. 1612~1615, Seoul, Korea, May 20-May 23, 2012. (Best Paper Award)
  9. Hongbo Zhu, Pushe Zhao and Tadashi Shibata, "Directional-Edge-Based Object Tracking Employing On-Line Learning and Regeneration of Multiple Candidate Locations," in the Proceedings of 2010 International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'10), pp. 2630~2633, Paris, France, May 30-June 2, 2010.
  10. Hongbo Zhu and Tadashi Shibata, "A Real-Time Image Recognition System Using a Global Directional-Edge-Feature Extraction VLSI Processor," in the Proceedings of the 35th European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC 2009), pp. 248~251, Athens, Greece, Sep. 14-18, 2009.
  11. Hongbo Zhu and Tadashi Shibata, "A Digital-Pixel-Sensor-Based Global Feature Extraction VLSI for Real-Time Image Recognition," in Extended Abstracts of the 2008 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM 2008), pp. 476~477, Tsukuba, Japan, Sep. 24-26, 2008.
  12. Hongbo Zhu, Hiroki Inubushi, Noriyuki Takahashi and Kenji Taniguchi, "An ultrasonic 3D image sensor employing PN code", The 5th IEEE conference on sensors. pp. 319~322, Daegu, Korea, Oct. 22-25, 2006.