Biography of Naoki Saito

Naoki Saito
Director, UC Davis TETRAPODS Institute of Data Science (UCD4IDS)
Professor, Department of Mathematics
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 USA
Phone: (530) 754-2121; Fax: (530) 752-6635
Email: saito [at] math [dot] ucdavis [dot] edu

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Education

• B.Eng., Mathematical Engineering & Information Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan, 1982
• M.Eng., Mathematical Engineering & Information Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan,1984
• Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, Yale University, CT, USA, 1994

• Software Development Engineer, Nippon Schlumberger K.K., Fuchinobe, Japan, 1984-1986
• Associate Research Scientist, Schlumberger-Doll Research, CT, USA, 1986-1994
• Research Scientist, Schlumberger-Doll Research, Ridgefield, CT, USA, 1994-1997
• Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Davis, CA, 1997-2001
• Faculty, Graduate Group in Applied Mathematics, University of California, Davis, CA, 1997-present
• Affiliated Faculty, Graduate Program in Statistics, University of California, Davis, CA, 1997-present
• Affiliated Faculty, Graduate Program in Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, 2014-present
• Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Davis, CA, 2001-present
• Chair, Graduate Group in Applied Mathematics, University of California, Davis, CA, 2007-2012
• Director, the UC Davis TETRAPODS Institute of Data Science (UCD4IDS), University of California, Davis, CA, 2019-present

• Best Paper Award,  Wavelet Applications in Signal and Image Processing Conference II, SPIE, Jul., 1994
• Henri G. Doll Award, Schlumberger Interpretation Symposium, Jun., 1997
• Election to Senior Membership, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Dec., 1999
• Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, Feb., 2000
• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), Oct., 2000
• JSIAM Letters Best Paper Award (jointly with Jeff Irion) from the Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (JSIAM), Sep. 2016
• JSIAM Best Author Award from the Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (JSIAM), Sep. 2016
• Election to Life Senior Membership, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Aug. 2023

• "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.
• "Efficient Description, Modeling, and Recognition of Natural Imagery via a Local Basis Library," National Science Foundation, No. 9973032, 08/15/99-07/31/03.
• "Probabilistic Modeling and Computational Methods in Environmental Statistics," (with R. A. Levine and D. F. Layton), National Science Foundation, No. 9978321, 09/15/99-08/31/02.
• "Signal Demixing Using Least Statistically-Dependent Bases and Related Techniques," Research Contract from Raytheon Corp., Tucson, Az. Period: 03/01/00-02/28/01.
• "Robust Object Signature Definition using Vector-Valued Sensor Data," Office of Naval Research, Young Investigator Program. Award No. N00014-00-1-0469. Period: 06/01/00-05/31/03.
• "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.
• "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.
• "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. N00014-00-1-0469. Period: 06/01/03-05/31/05.
• "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.
• "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.
• "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.
• "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.
• "Enhancements and Improvements on the Local Discriminant Basis Algorithms for Sonar Waveform Classification," Office of Naval Research, Award No. N00014-09-1-0041. Period: 10/01/08-09/30/12.
• "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.
• "Vision Research Core Grant," (PI: J. S. Werner; I am one of the participating investigators), National Eye Institute (NEI) of the NIH, Award No. P30 EY012576. Period: 07/01/04-06/30/14.
• "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.
• "Modern Computational Harmonic Analysis for Data Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation," (co-PI: J. Bremer, Jr.), Office of Naval Research, Award No. N00014-12-1-0177. Period: 01/01/12-09/30/15.
• "Statistics in the 21st Century - Objects, Geometry and Computing," (PI: W. Polonik; I am serving as Senior Personnel), National Science Foundation, Award No. DMS-1148643. Period: 09/01/12-08/31/20.
• "Training Program in Vision Science," (PI: J. S. Werner; I am one of the 31 preceptors), National Eye Institute (NEI) of the NIH, Award No. 5 T32 EY015387. Period: 09/01/13-08/31/18.
• "Multiscale Basis Dictionaries and Best Bases for Data Analysis on Graphs and Networks," National Science Foundation, Award No. DMS-1418779. Period: 08/01/14-07/31/18.
• "Time-Frequency Feature Extraction from Nonstationary Multiple Time Series and Its Applications," Office of Naval Research, Award No. N00014-16-1-2255. Period: 02/01/16-01/31/18.
• "NCS-FO: Probing the Functional Significance of Brain Oscillations through Closed-Loop Phase-Locked Stimulation," (PI: J. Ditterich; co-PIs: N. Saito and W. M. Usrey), National Science Foundation, Award No. IIS-1631329. Period: 09/01/16-08/31/21.
• "Flexible and Sound Computational Harmonic Analysis Tools for Graphs and Networks," National Science Foundation, Award No. DMS-1912747. Period: 06/15/19-08/31/24.
• "HDR TRIPODS: UC Davis TETRAPODS Institute of Data Science," (PI: N. Saito; co-PIs: A. Amenta; C.-N. Chuah; T. C. M. Lee), National Science Foundation, Award No. CCF-1934568. Period: 10/01/19-09/30/24.
• "Needle in Haystack: Fetal Signal Isolation for Transabdominal Fetal Pulse Oximetry (TFO)," (PI: S. Ghiasi; co-PIs: N. Saito; H. L. Hedriana, A. Wang, D. L. Farmer), UC Davis CeDAR Seed Grant, Period: 04/21/20--04/20/22.
• "Robust Feature Extraction from Acoustic Wavefields for Object Classification," Office of Naval Research, Award No. N00014-20-1-2381. Period: 06/01/20-08/31/24.

• "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.
• "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.
• "Method for Interpreting Petrophysical Data," (with A. Rabaute and T. S. Ramakrishnan), UK Patent Number GB2345776, Granted 1/16/01.
• "Data Compression/Decompression Method, Program, and Device," (with K. Yamatani), Japan Patent Number 4352110, Granted 8/7/09. US Patent Number 8,059,903, Granted 11/15/11.

• Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK, Aug. 1998.
• Department of Mathematics, KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), Stockholm, Sweden, Sep.-Oct. 1998.
• Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), UCLA, Sep.-Dec. 2004.
• Mathematical Science Research Institute (MSRI), Berkeley, Jan.-May 2005.
• Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), UCLA, Sep.-Dec. 2007.
• Centre Sciences des Données (CSD), École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France, Oct. 2021-Jan. 2022.

• Chair, SIAM Activity Group on Imaging Science (2014-2015)
• Vice Chair, SIAM Activity Group on Imaging Science (2012-2013)
• Chair, The SIAM Activity Group on Imaging Sciences Prize Selection Committee (2013)
• Member, Editorial Board: Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision (2014-present)
• Member, Editorial Board: Inverse Problems and Imaging (2008-present)
• Associate Editor: Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis (2007-present)
• Member of Program Committee: SPIE Wavelets Conferences (1998-2007, 2014-2017)
• Organizer, the minisymposium on "Recent Advances in Multiscale Transforms for Image Analysis," International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM), Tokyo, Japan, 08/24/23
• Organizer, the minisymposium on "Distance Metrics and Mass Transfer Between High Dimensional Point Clouds," International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM), Valencia, Spain, 07/17/19
• Main Organizer, the 5-day workshop on "Laplacians and Heat Kernels: Theory and Applications," the Banff International Research Station (BIRS) for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery, Banff, Canada, 03/22/15-03/27/15
• Organizer, the AMS Special Session on "Applied Harmonic Analysis: Large Data Sets, Signal Processing, and Inverse Problems," Joint Mathematics Meetings, Baltimore, MD, 01/15/14-01/16/14
• Organizer, the minisymposium on "Laplacian Spectra for Shape Optimization, Classification, Recognition, and Beyond," SIAM Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 07/08/13-07/10/13
• Organizer, the minisymposium on "Harmonic Analysis on Graphs and Networks," International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM), Vancouver, Canada, 07/22/11
• Chair of the Organizing Committee of the AMS Special Session on "The Mathematics of Information and Knowledge," Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Francisco, 01/14/10-01/15/10
• Organizer, the special session on "Kernel Methods in Data Analysis," IEEE Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing, Cardiff, Wales, UK, 09/01/09
• Organizer, the short-term program on "Laplacian Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions: Theory, Computation, Application," Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics, UCLA, 02/09/09-02/13/09
• Organizer, the minisymposium on "Laplacian Eigenfunctions and Applications in Image Science," 4th SIAM Imaging Science Conf., San Diego, CA, 07/09/08
• Organizer, the minisymposium on "Laplacian Eigenfunctions and Their Applications," International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM), Zürich, Switzerland, 07/18/07
• Organizer, the long-term program on "Multiscale Geometry and Analysis in High Dimensions," Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics, UCLA, 09/07/04-12/17/04
• NSF Review Panelist, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2023

• Life Senior Member: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
• The Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (JSIAM)