Brief Biography of Naoki Saito
Education
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B.Eng., Mathematical Engineering & Information Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan,
1982
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M.Eng., Mathematical Engineering & Information Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan,1984
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Ph.D., Mathematics, Yale University, CT, USA, 1994
Employment History
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Software Development Engineer, Nippon Schlumberger K.K.,
Fuchinobe, Japan, 1984-1986
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Associate Research Scientist, Schlumberger-Doll Research,
CT, USA, 1986-1994
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Research Scientist, Schlumberger-Doll Research, Ridgefield,
CT, USA, 1994-1997
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Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Unviersity
of California, Davis, CA, 1997-2001
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Professor, Department of Mathematics, Unviersity
of California, Davis, CA, 2001-present
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Chair, Graduate Group in Applied Mathematics, Unviersity
of California, Davis, CA, 2007-present
Award
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Best Paper Award, Wavelet Applications in Signal and
Image Processing Conference II, SPIE, July, 1994
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Henri G. Doll Award, Schlumberger Interpretation Symposium,
June, 1997
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Election to Senior Membership, Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Dec., 1999
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Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award,
Feb., 2000
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Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
(PECASE), Oct., 2000
Grants
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"Fractographic Analysis of High-Cycle Fatigue in Aircraft Engines," SRI International (a part of US AFOSR, No. F49620-98-C-0041),
10/01/98-12/31/99.
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"Efficient Description, Modeling, and Recognition of Natural Imagery via a Local Basis Library," National Science Foundation, No. 9973032, 08/15/99-07/31/03.
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"Probabilistic Modeling and Computational Methods in Envrionmental Statistics," (with R. A. Levine and D. F. Layton), National Science Foundation, No. 9978321,
09/15/99-08/31/02.
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"Signal Demixing Using Least Statistically-Dependent Bases and Related Techniques," Research Contract from Raytheon Corp., Tucson, Az.
Period: 03/01/00-02/28/01.
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"Robust Object Signature Definition using Vector-Valued Sensor Data," Office of Naval Research, Young Investigator Program. Award No. N000140010469. Period: 06/01/00-05/31/03.
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"Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical (SCREMS)," (with A. Cheer, Z. Bai, E. G. Puckett, S. Shkoller), National Science Foundation, Award No. 0079760. Period: 09/05/00-08/31/03.
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"Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences - VIGRE: Research Focus Groups in Mathematics," (with B. Nachtagaele, J. De Loera, J. Hass, J. Hunter, A. Thompson), National Science Foundation, Award No. 0135345. Period: 07/01/02-06/30/07.
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"The Polyharmonic Local Sine Transform and Its Applications in High-Dimensional Data Processing and Analysis," Office of Naval Research, Young Investigator Program + Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
Award No. N000140010469. Period: 06/01/03-05/31/05.
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"Training Program in Vision Science," (PI: J. S. Werner; I am one of the 20 preceptors),
National Eye Institute (NEI) of the NIH, Award No. 5 T32 EY015387. Period: 09/30/03-08/31/08.
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"Object-Oriented Image Analysis and Synthesis using Computational Harmonic Analysis and Boundary Value Problems," National Science Foundation, Award No. DMS-0410406. Period: 08/01/04-07/31/08.
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"Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical (SCREMS)," (with E. G. Puckett, E. Rains, J. De Loera, A. Cheer), National Science Foundation, Award No. 0532308. Period: 09/15/05-12/31/06.
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"Analysis and Classification of High-Dimensional Patterns using Fast, Flexible, Adaptable, and Hierarchical Feature Extractors," Office of Naval Research, Award No. N00014-06-1-0615 and N00014-07-1-0166. Period: 05/01/06-09/30/09.
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"Enhancements and Improvements on the Local Discriminant Basis Algorithms for Sonar Waveform Classification," Office of Naval Research, Award No. N00014-09-1-0041. Period: 10/01/08-09/30/11.
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"Training Program in Vision Science," (PI: J. S. Werner; I am one of the 22 preceptors), National Eye Institute (NEI) of the NIH, Award No. 5 T32 EY015387. Period: 09/01/08-08/31/13.
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"A Tight Integration of Wavefield Simulation and Object Classification by Modern Computational Harmonic Analysis Techniques," (co-PI: J. Bremer, Jr.), Office of Naval Research, Award No. N00014-09-1-0318. Period: 01/01/09-12/31/11.
Patents
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"Methods of Determining Dips and Azimuths of Fractures from Borehole Images," (with N. Bennett and R. Burridge), US Patent Number 5,960,371, Granted 9/28/99.
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"Method for Interpreting Carbonate Reservoirs," (with T. S. Ramakrishnan, R. Ramamoorthy, and C. Flaum), US Patent Number, 6,088,656, Granted 7/11/00, also
UK Patent Number, GB2346230, Granted 12/19/00.
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"Method for Interpreting Petrophysical Data," (with A. Rabaute and T. S. Ramakrishnan), UK Patent Number, GB2345776, Granted 1/16/01.
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"Improvement of DCT-based Image Compression Algorithms using Poisson's Equation," (with K. Yamatani), US Patent Application 11/667, 848 on 05/16/07 and Japan Patent Application 2006-545145 on 05/16/07 both jointly filed with Shizuoka University.
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