Signal Processing Engineering
Resume:
Kazuhiro (Kazz) Kondo
Yamagata University,
Telephone:
+81-***-**-****
Faculty of Engineering,
e-mail:
******@***.**.********-*.**.**
Dept. of Electrical
Engineering
Background
Japanese citizen with extensive residency
in New York, NY (5 years) and Dallas, TX (4 years).
Education
Doctor of Engineering (Ph. D.), Waseda
University
1998
Major:
Electrical Engineering
Dissertation:
A Study on Speech Coding for Asynchronous Transfer Mode Networks, and Speech
Recognition for the World Wide Web
Master of Engineering, Waseda
University
1984
Major:
Electrical Engineering
Thesis:
An Analysis of the Vision System Functions by Intense Light Stimuli
Bachelor of Engineering, Waseda
University
1982
Major:
Electrical Engineering
Thesis:
Non-invasive Visual Instrumentation of the Digestive System
Professional
Experience
Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University
1999 -
Present
Associate ProfessorResponsible for research and education in
the field of signal processing for communication. Specific interest fields
include, but not limited to multimedia signal processing with emphasis on
speech and video processing, active sound control, data hiding, and multimedia
signal communications over IP networks.
Conversational Computing Corporation
1999
DeveloperResponsible for the development of robust
speech recognition front-ends for noisy environment. Also
responsible for developing Japanese speech recognition models for PC
applications.
Texas Instruments, Dallas,
TX
1995 - 1998
Member of Technical Staff
Responsible for the development of high performance phonetic
models in both English and Japanese, in both telephone and microphone channels.
Also responsible for improving Japanese digit models and for
developing applications using the Japanese models.Developed
phonetic models in both English and Japanese which reduced word errors to less
than half with improved context cluster tree and Gaussian mixtures. Models used
for successful multi-language speech recognition demos at a major
telecommunication equipment exposition (Telecom 95).Proposed
and evaluated a system, which enables control of Japanese World Wide Web pages
using speech recognition. Developed prototype using C and Perl on a UNIX
platform.
Texas Instruments Tsukuba Research Center,
Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 1992 - 1995
ResearcherResponsible for the development of Japanese speech models for
both telephone and microphone channels. These included word-based digit models
as well as phonetic models. Also, participated in the
establishment of the speech research program in the new Tsukuba R & D
center.Proposed and prototyped a flexible
vocabulary Japanese speech recognition system which enabled arbitrary words to
be added to the vocabulary on the fly.Proposed
and evaluated an efficient inter-word phonetic context modeling method which
reduced the number of required phonetic models to less than one half with no
performance penalty.
Hitachi, Kokubunji,
Tokyo, Japan
1984 - 1992
ResearcherResponsible for the development of speech signal processing
systems for the telecommunication market. Also responsible
for video coding systems for the professional digital VCR market.Proposed and evaluated a speech packet coding/transmission system which
showed only modest degradation even at 30 % packet loss. Real-time prototype
developed using multiple DSPs, and transferred for productization.Designed
and implemented a speech coder prototype which decreased the bit rate from 64
to 8 kbits/sec maintaining toll-quality speech
quality with a single DSP, while meeting target delivery schedule to productization.Proposed
and evaluated a video coding method for digital VCRs which enabled trick-play
(jog, shuttle).
Academic
Experience
Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University
1999 -
Present
Associate Professor
Courses
Information
Communication (First semester, 1999-2001)
Electronic
Circuits (Second semester, 1999, 2001)
Fundamentals
of Electrical Engineering (First semester, 2000-2001)
Computer
Programming 2 (Second semester, 2001-2003)
Logic
Circuits (Second semester, 2001-2004)
System
Analysis B(First semester, 2002-2007)
System
Analysis A(First semester, 2004-2007)
Information
Processing (First semester, 2004-2005)
English
for Electrical Engineers 2 (Second semester, 2002-2007)
Introduction
to Computer Systems (First semester, 2006-)
Communication
Systems (Second semester, 2006-)
Computer
Programming 1 (First semester, 2008-)
Signal Processing (Second semester, 2007-2009)
Fundamentals
of Digital Communication (Graduate first semester, 2000-)
Fundamentals
of Media Signal Processing (Graduate, 2007-)
Areas of Research and Educational Interests
Multimedia
Signal Processing
Speech
and Audio Processing
Visual
Signal Processing
Active
Sound Control
Data
Hiding
Speech
Quality Assessment
University Services
University
Traffic Safety Committee (1999.4 –2000.3 )
Department
Treasurer (2000.4 – 2001.3)
Student
Welfare Committee (2001.4-2003.3)
Curriculum
Committee (2002.4-2003.3)
Library
Committee (2003.4-2004.3)
Education
Program Committee (2003.4-2005.3)
Entrance
Exams Committee (2008.3-)
Professional Associations
The IEEE Signal Processing Society Senior MemberThe Institute of Electrical, Information and Communication
Engineers of JapanThe Acoustical Society of JapanThe Audio Engineering SocietyInternational Speech Communication Association
Professional
Activities
Served
as reviewer for the IEEE Communication Society, the SPIE, the Institute of
Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers of Japan (IEICE), and the
Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ).
Session chair, IEEE ISSPIT, IEEE IIHMSP, ASJ National Conventions, Tohoku-section
Joint Convention of Institutes of Electrical Engineering.
IEICE
delegate
IEICE
Tohoku Chapter board member
IEICE
Technical Group member, Multimedia Information Hiding
ASJ
Tohoku Chapter Secretary of Finance, Secretary of Generall
Affairs, Accounting Auditor
ASJ Journal Review Board Member
Program Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent
Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Invited Session Organizer, IEEE IIHMSP 2011
Publications
Journals and Book Chapters (refereed)Kazuhiro Kondo (Ed.), Multimedia
Information Hiding Technologies and Methodologies for Controlling Data, ISBN 978**********
(IGI-Global, 2012, in print).
1-1) Kazuhiro Kondo, gData
Hiding for Stereo Audio Signals, h in Multimedia Information Hiding Technologies
and Methodologies for Controlling Data, K. Kondo (Ed.), ISBN 978********** (IGI-Global,
2012, in print).
1-2) A. Nishimura, K. Kondo, gInformation Hiding for Audio Signals, h in Multimedia
Information Hiding Technologies and Methodologies for Controlling Data,
K. Kondo (Ed.), ISBN 978********** (IGI-Global, 2012, in print).Toru Shibuya, Hitomi Watanabe, Yosuke Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Kondo, "Differences
in the Effect of Time-Expanded and Time-Contracted Speech on Intelligibility
by Phonetic Feature and Adaptive Rate Control Strategy," The Journal
of the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, vol. 66, no. 10, (Oct. 2012) (in print).Kazuhiro Kondo, Tomohiro Terada, Futari Kano, gSpeech intelligibility of
guide audio with parametric loud speakers, h Noise Control Engineering Journal,
vol. 60, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 2012) (in print).Kazuhiro Kondo, gEstimation of Speech Intelligibility Using Objective Measures, h
Applied Acoustics, Elsevier, (online pub. July, 2012).Kazuhiro Kondo, Yusuke Takano, Rui Kaga, Masaya Fujimori, gA Two-to-One Selection Based
Japanese Speech Intelligibility Test and its Objective Estimation Methods, h in
Advances in Communication And Media Research, A. V. Stavros (Ed.), ISBN 978-1-60876-576-8, Nova Science Publishers, June, 2012.Kazuhiro Kondo, Subjective Quality Measurement of Speech - Its Evaluation,
Estimation, and Applications, ISBN 978-3-642-27505-0, Springer-Verlag,
March, 2012.Kazuhiro Kondo, A Data Hiding Method for Stereo Audio Signals Using Inter-Channel Decorrelator Polarity, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society Cvol. 59, no. 6 Cpp. 379-395, June 2011.Kazuhiro Kondo, "Estimation of Speech Intelligibility Using Perceptual
Speech Quality Scores," in Speech and Language Technologies, Ivo Ipsic
(Ed.), ISBN 978-953-307-322-4, InTech, June, 2011. Yusuke Takano and Kazuhiro Kondo, "Estimation of Speech Intelligibility Using Speech Recognition Systems,"
IEICE Trans. Inf. and Syst., vol. E93-D, no. 12, pp. 3368-3376, Dec. 2010.Keiichi Satoh, Jubee Tada, Yasutaka Tamura, Gensuke Goto, Toshio Koga and Kazuhiro Kondo, "Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Imaging Using Hardware Acceralator Based on FPGA", in Vision Sensors and Edge Detection, Francisco Gallegos-Funes (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-098-8, Sciyo, Aug. 2010. .Yosuke Kobayashi, Kazuhiro
Kondo, and Kiyoshi Nakagawa, gIntelligibility of HE-AAC Coded Japanese
Words with Various Stereo Coding Modes in Virtual 3D Audio Space, h in
Auditory Display, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5954, Springer-Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg, pp. 219-238, May, 2010.Kazuhiro Kondo Takahito
Chiba, Yuichiro Kitashima
and Noriyasu Yano, "Intelligibility
Comparison of Japanese Speech with Competing Noise Spatialized in Real and
Virtual Acoustic Environments," Acoust.
Sci. & Tech., vol. 31, no. 3, pp.231-238, 2010. Kazuhiro Kondo and Kiyoshi Nakagawa,
"A Digital Watermark for Stereo Audio Signals Using Variable
Inter-Channel Delay in High-Frequency Bands and its Evaluation," International
Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, vol. 6, no.
3(B), pp. 1209-1220, Mar. 2010.Kazuhiro Kondo and Kiyoshi Nakagawa, " Simple watermark for stereo audio signals with
modulated high-frequency band delay, " Acoustical Science and
Technology", vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 384-387, Nov. 2008. PDF
available.
Yuichiro Kitashima,
Kazuhiro Kondo, Hirotoshi Terada, Takahito Chiba and Kiyoshi Nakagawa, gIntelligibility
of read Japanese words with competing noise in virtual acoustic space, h Acoust. Sci. & Tech., vol. 29, no. 1, pp.74-81
(Jan. 2008). K. Kondo and K. Nakagawa, Speech
emission control using active cancellation, Speech Communication, vol. 49,
no. 9, pp. 687-696, Sept. 2007. K. Kondo, R. Izumi, M. Fujimori, R. Kaga, K. Nakagawa, Two-to-one selection-based Japanese
speech intelligibility test, Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan,
vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 196-205, Apr. 2007 (in Japanese). PDF
available.
K. Kondo and K. Nakagawa, A Speech
Packet Loss Concealment Method Using Linear Prediction, IEICE Trans. of
the Inf. and Syst., vol. E89-D, no. 2, pp. 806-813, Feb. 2006. PDF
available.
K. Kondo, H. Kanazawa, A. Yoshii, H.
Kato, T. Seino, K. Nakagawa, " On Data Embedding Methods Applicable
to ADPCM Family of Codecs, " Trans. of the IEICE D-II, vol. J87-D-II,
no. 5, pp. 1043-1051, May, 2004 (in Japanese).PDF
available.
K. Tanaka, K. Takano, K. Kondo, K.
Nakagawa, Eye Openings in WDM Transmission Systems with Optical SSB
Modulation Using All-optical Hilbert Transformer, Trans. of the IEICE B,
vol. J85-B, no. 8, pp. 1371-1381, Aug. 2002 (in Japanese). K. Tanaka, K. Takano, K. Kondo, K.
Nakagawa, Eye Openings in WDM Transmission Systems with Optical SSB
Modulation Using a Hilbert Transformer and with Electrical Low-Frequency
Band Equalization, Trans. of the IEICE B, vol. J85-B, no. 2, pp. 159-168,
Feb. 2002 (in Japanese).
K. Tanaka, K. Takano, K. Kondo, K.
Nakagawa, " Improved sideband suppression of
optical SSB modulation using all-optical Hilbert transformer,"
Electronics Letters vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 133-134, Jan. 2002.J. Picone,
T. Staples, K. Kondo and N. Arai, "Kanji to Hiragana Conversion Based
on a Length-Constrained N-gram Analysis, " IEEE Transactions on
Speech and Audio Processing, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 985-696, Nov. 1999. PDF
available.
K. Kondo and C. Hemphill, "A WWW
Browser Using Speech Recognition and its Evaluation," Transactions of
the IEICE D-II, vol. J81-D-II, no. 2, pp. 257-267, Feb. 1998 (in
Japanese).
English translation available in Systems and Computers in Japan, vol. 29, no.10, Sept. 1998. PostScript
available.
Or,
(not very pretty, and you need Japanese fonts to display part of the
document properly).
K. Kondo, Y. H. Kao and B. Wheatley,
"Clustered Inter-phrase or Word Context-Dependent Models for
Continuously Read Japanese," Journal of the Acoustical Society of
Japan (E), vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 299-310, Sept. 1995. K. Kondo and M. Ohno,
"Packet Transmission on ATM Networks Using a Variable Rate Embedded
ADPCM Coding Scheme," IEEE Transactions on Communication, vol. 42,
no. 2/3/4, pp. 243-247, Feb./Mar./Apr. 1994. K. Kondo, H. Gunji,
Y. Eto, A. Gonda, K.
Naka and H. Owashi, "A Video Coding Scheme
for HDTV Digital VCRs," in Signal Processing of HDTV IV, E. Dubois
and L. Chiariglione, editors, Elsevier,
Amsterdam, pp. 59-66, 1993. K. Kondo and M. Ohno,
"Packet Transmission on ATM Networks Using a Variable Rate Embedded
ADPCM Coding Scheme," IEICE Transactions on Communication, vol.
E-76-B, no. 4, pp. 420-430, Apr. 1993.
International and Domestic
Conferences (refereed)Yoshimi Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Kondo, gA Watermark Method for Embedding Short
Information Split into Audio and Video Signals, h Proc. IEEE International
Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing CPiraeus,
Greece, July 2012.Kazuhiro Kondo, gOn the Use of Objective Quality Measures to Estimate Watermarked
Audio Quality, h Proc. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Information
Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing CPiraeus, Greece, July 2012.Tohru Shibuya, Yosuke Kobayashi, Hitomi Watanabe, Kazuhiro Kondo, "Differences
in the Effect of Time-Expanded and Time-Contracted Speech on Intelligibility
by Phonetic Feature," Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing
(ICASSP), Kyoto, Japan, Mar. 2012.Kazuihiro Kondo, "The Effect of Speaker and Noise Type on the Accuracy
of Estimated Speech Intelligibility Using Objective Measures," Proc.
the Seventh IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding
and Multimedia Signal Processing CDalian, China, Oct. 2011.Toru Shibuya, Yousuke Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Kondo, "Differences in the
effect of speech rate on intelligibility in artificially speed-altered
speech by phonetic feature," Proc. 40th International Congress and
Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering COsaka, Japan, Sept. 2011.Yosuke Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Kondo, "On distortion measures effective
for the estimation of Japanese speech intelligibility of localized speech
with competing noise in virtual acoustic space," Proc. 40th International
Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering, Osaka, Japan, Sept.
2011.Kazuhiro Kondo, "Improving accuracy of estimated speech intelligibility
scores by speech recognizers using multi-condition noise-adpated models,"
Proc. 40th International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering
COsaka, Japan, Sept. 2011.Kazuhiro Kondo, "Optimum orientation of parallel parametric speakers
for simultaneous guide audio with minium cross-talk," Proc. 40th International
Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering COsaka, Japan, Sept.
2011.Kazuhiro Kondo "Estimation of speech intelligibility using objective
measures," Proc. 40th International Congress and Exhibition on Noise
Control Engineering COsaka, Japan, Sept. 2011.Naoya Anazawa, Yosuke Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Yagyu, Takayuki Kanda, Kazuhiro
Kondo, "Evaluation of localized speech intelligibility from bone-conduction
headphones with competing noise for augmented audio reality," Proc.
40th International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering
COsaka, Japan, Sept. 2011.Tomohiro Komiyama, Kazuhiro Kondo, "An efficient speech privacy system
using speaker-dependent babble noise as maskers," Proc. 40th International
Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering COsaka, Japan, Sept.
2011.Masanori Miura, Hideharu Isaka, Kazuhiro Kondo, "Sound presentation
of audio reality systems in environment with wind noise," Proc. 40th
International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering COsaka,
Japan, Sept. 2011.Yosuke Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Kondo, Kiyoshi Nakagawa, and Yukio Iwaya, "On the Influence of Coding Method on Japanese Speech Intelligibility
in Virtual 3D Audio Space," Proc. AES 40th International Conf. on
Spatial Audio, Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 2010.Kazuhiro Kondo, Takayuki Kanda, Yosuke Kobayashi, and Hiroyuki Yagyu, "Speech
Intelligibility of Diagonally Localized Speech with Competing Noise Using
Bone-Conduction Headphones," Proc. Interspeech, Tue-Ses2-P3.1, pp.
1213-1216, Makuhari, Japan, Sept. 2010.Kazuhiro Kondo and Yusuke Takano, "Estimation of Two-to-One Forced
Selection @Intelligibility Scores by Speech @Recognizers Using Noise-Adapted
Models," Proc. Interspeech, Mon-Ses2-P4.2, pp. 302-305, Makuhari,
Japan, Sept. 2010.Kazuhiro Kondo, "Evaluation of a
Stereo Audio Data Hiding Method Using Inter-Channel Decorrelator Polarity," Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech
and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 277-280, Dallas, TX, Mar. 2010.Yosuke Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Kondo, and
Kiyoshi Nakagawa, "Influence of Various Stereo Coding Modes on
Encoded Japanese Speech Intelligibility with Competing Noise," Proc.
International Workshop on the Principles and Applications of Spatial
Hearing (IWPASH), Miyagi, Japan, Nov. 2009.Takayuki Kanda, Hiroyuki Yagyu, Yosuke Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Kondo, and Kiyoshi
Nakagawa, "Comparison of Localized Speech Intelligibility with
Competing Noise Using Regular and Bone-Conduction Sterero
Headphones," Proc. International Workshop on the Principles and
Applications of Spatial Hearing (IWPASH), Miyagi, Japan, Nov. 2009.Kazuhiro Kondo, "A Data Hiding
Method for Stereo Audio Signals Using the Polarity of the Inter-Channel Decorrelator," Proc. International Conference on
Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing (IIHMSP),
pp. 86-89, Kyoto, Japan, Sept. 2009. Masanori Miura, Yuki Fukazawa,
Kazuhiro Kondo, and Hideharu Isaka,
"Towards Reliable Articulation Evaluation Inside Automobiles Using
Binaural Mannequins," Proc. 38th International Congress
and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering (Internoise),
Ottawa, Canada, Aug. 2009.Yusuke Takano and Kazuhiro Kondo,
"On Estimation of Two-to-One Selection-Based Intelligibility Score
Using Speech Recognition," Proc. IEEE International Symposium on
Consumer Electronics (ISCE2009), pp. 518-522, Kyoto, Japan, May 2009.Yosuke Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Kondo and
Kiyoshi Nakagawa, "Intelligibility of Low Bit Rate MPEG-Coded
Japanese Speech in Virtual 3D Audio Space," Proc. 15th
International Conference on Auditory Display, pp. 99-102, Copenhagen,
Denmark, May, 2009.Masanori Miura, Kazuhiro Kondo, and Hideharu Isaka, "On
Articulation of Automobile Navigation Speech using Piezoelectric
Speakers," Proc. 37th International Congress and
Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering (Internoise), Shanghai, China, Oct. 2008.Yuuki Akiba,
Kazuhiro Kondo, Katsumi Takano, Kiyoshi Nakagawa, "Comparison of
Audio Packet Loss Concealment Methods using LPC Interpolation on the
Time-Frequency MDCT Frame," Proc. 37th International
Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering (Internoise), Shanghai, China, Oct. 2008.Takahito Chiba, Yuichiro
Kitashima, Noriyasu
Yano, Kazuhiro Kondo, and Kiyoshi Nakagawa, "On the Influence of Localized
Position of Interference Noise on the Intelligibility of Read Japanese
Words in Remote Conference Systems," Proc. 37th
International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering (Internoise), Shanghai, China, Oct. 2008.K. Hiratsuka, K. Kondo, and K.
Nakagawa, gOn the Accuracy of Estimated Synchronization Positions for
Audio Digital Watermarks using the Modified Patchwork Algorithm on Analog
Channels, h Proc. International Conference on Intelligent Information
Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing (IIHMSP), pp. 628-631, Harbin,
China, Aug. 2008.K. Kondo, and K. Nakagawa, gA Digital
Watermark for Stereo Audio Signals Using Variable Interchannel
Delay in High Frequency Bands, h Proc. International Conference on
Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing (IIHMSP),
pp. 624-627, Harbin, China, Aug. 2008. Y. Komatsu, T. Hiramatsu,
Y. Kitashima, K. Kondo, and K. Nakagawa,
gAccuracy of estimated position using ZigBee radio
signals, h Proc. IPSJ Symp. on Multimedia, Distributed, Cooperative and Mobile (DICOMO), vol. 2007, pp.
277-280, Toba, Japan, Jul. 2007.Masato Anzai,
Kazuhiro Kondo, Kiyoshi Nakagawa, Hideharu Isaka, and Katsuyoshi
Suzuki, gOn an active vibration control system of impulsive bang noise for
floor units, h Proc. 35th International Congress and Exposition
on Noise Control Engineering (Internoise 2006),
Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 2006.Yuichiro Kitashima,
Kazuhiro Kondo and Kiyoshi Nakagawa, "A speech communication
environment using open source software library for active sound image
control," Proc. 4th Joint Meeting of the Acoustical
Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan, 5pSC46, Honolulu,
Hawaii, Dec. 2006.
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