AKIRA FURUI
Last Updated :2025/03/03
- Affiliations, Positions
- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Associate Professor
- Web Site
- E-mail
- akirafurui
hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Basic Information
Major Professional Backgrounds
- 2024/04/01, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Associate Professor
- 2018/04/01, 2019/09/30, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1)
- 2019/10/01, 2020/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Engineering, Assistant Professor
Educational Backgrounds
- Hiroshima University, School of Engineering, Japan, 2016/03
- Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Engineering, The Department of System Cybernetics, Japan, 2016/04, 2019/09
Academic Degrees
- Hiroshima University
- Hiroshima University
Educational Activity
- [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Informatics and Data Science : Department of Informatics and Data Science : Intelligence Science Program
- [Master's Program] Graduate School of Innovation and Practice for Smart Society
- [Master's Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Informatics and Data Science Program
- [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Innovation and Practice for Smart Society
- [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Informatics and Data Science Program
Research Fields
- Informatics;Human informatics;Intelligent informatics
- Complex systems;Biomedical engineering;Medical systems
Research Keywords
- Biological signal processing
- Machine learning/Deep learning
- Probabilistic modeling
- Medical image analysis
- Human machine interface
Affiliated Academic Societies
- he Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
- The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Educational Activity
Course in Charge
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Starting Programming from Scratch
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Starting Programming from Scratch
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Starting Programming from Scratch
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Starting Programming from Scratch
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Starting Programming from Scratch
- 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Starting Programming from Scratch
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Basics of AI
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Digital Signal Processing
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Data Science Seminar I
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Data Science Seminar II
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Special Exercises on Informatics and Data Science A
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Special Exercises on Informatics and Data Science A
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Special Exercises on Informatics and Data Science B
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Special Exercises on Informatics and Data Science B
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Study on Informatics and Data Science
- 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Special Study on Informatics and Data Science
Research Activities
Academic Papers
- The Number of Microbubbles Generated During Cardiopulmonary Bypass Can Be Estimated Using Machine Learning From Suction Flow Rate, Venous Reservoir Level, Perfusion Flow Rate, Hematocrit Level, and Blood Temperature, IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 5, 66-74, 20240101
- Evaluating Classifier Confidence for Surface EMG Pattern Recognition, Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, 20230724
- Stochastic Fluctuation in EEG Evaluated via Scale Mixture Model for Decoding Emotional Valence, 2024 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, SII 2024, 567-572, 20240108
- Bayesian Approach for Adaptive EMG Pattern Classification Via Semi-Supervised Sequential Learning, Proceedings of 2023 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 3310-3315, 20231001
- Finger-Tapping Motion Recognition Based on Skin Surface Deformation Using Wrist-Mounted Piezoelectric Film Sensors, IEEE Sensors Journal, 24(11), 17876-17884, 20240601
- Cognitive screening test for rehabilitation using spatiotemporal data extracted from a digital trail making test part-A, Heliyon, 10(13), 20240715
- Spatiotemporal patterns of spontaneous movement in neonates are significantly linked to risk of autism spectrum disorders at 18 months old, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 13(1), 20230824
- Motor-cognitive functions required for driving in post-stroke individuals identified via machine-learning analysis, JOURNAL OF NEUROENGINEERING AND REHABILITATION, 20(1), 20231018
- Cough sound-based estimation of vital capacity via cough peak flow using artificial neural network analysis, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 13(1), 20230525
- Prediction of autistic tendencies at 18 months of age via markerless video analysis of spontaneous body movements in 4-month-old infants, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 12(1), 20221027
- Automated Classification of General Movements in Infants Using a Two-stream Spatiotemporal Fusion Network, Proceedings of Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), 753-762, 20220916
- Beat-to-Beat Estimation of Peripheral Arterial Stiffness From Local PWV for Quantitative Evaluation of Sympathetic Nervous System Activity, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, 69(9), 2806-2816, 20220901
- Neural Network-based Estimation of Microbubbles Generated in Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuit: A Clinical Application Study, Proceedings of 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 617-620, 20220711
- Toward a Robust Estimation of Respiratory Rate Using Cardiovascular Biomarkers: Robustness Analysis Under Pain Stimulation, IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL, 22(10), 9904-9913, 20220515
- Increased cerebrovascular reactivity in selected brain regions after extracranial-intracranial bypass improves the speed and accuracy of visual cancellation in patients with severe steno-occlusive disease: a preliminary study., Neurosurgical review, 20220130
- Sleep EEG Analysis Based on a Scale Mixture Model and its Application to Sleep Spindle Detection, Proceedings of 2022 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 887-892, 20220109
- Predictors of Stroke Outcome Extracted from Multivariate Linear Discriminant Analysis or Neural Network Analysis, JOURNAL OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND THROMBOSIS, 29(1), 99-110, 20220101
- ★, EMG pattern recognition via Bayesian inference with scale mixture-based stochastic generative models, Expert Systems with Applications, 185, 20211215
- A Time-Series Scale Mixture Model of EEG with a Hidden Markov Structure for Epileptic Seizure Detection, Proceedings of 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'21), 5832-5836, 20211209
- Biomimetic Control of Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand Based on a Lambda-type Muscle Model, Proceedings of 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 10484-10490, 20211018
- Cardiorespiratory synchronisation and systolic blood pressure correlation of peripheral arterial stiffness during endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1), 20210316
- ★, Non-Gaussianity Detection of EEG Signals Based on a Multivariate Scale Mixture Model for Diagnosis of Epileptic Seizures, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 68(2), 515-525, 20210225
- Neural network-based modeling of the number of microbubbles generated with four circulation factors in cardiopulmonary bypass, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1), 20210112
- Measurement of emotional states of zebrafish through integrated analysis of motion and respiration using bioelectric signals, Scientific Reports, 11(1), 20210108
- Relationships between motor and cognitive functions and subsequent post-stroke mood disorders revealed by machine learning analysis, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 10(1), 20201111
- Longitudinal assessment of U-shaped and inverted U-shaped developmental changes in the spontaneous movements of infants via markerless video analysis, Scientific Reports, 10(1), 20201008
- Does the variance of surface EMG signals during isometric contractions follow an inverse gamma distribution?, Proceedings of 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'20), 3118-3121, 20200827
- Video-based evaluation of infant crawling toward quantitative assessment of motor development, Scientific Reports, 10(1), 11266, 20200709
- Spatiotemporal Parameterization of Human Reaching Movements Based on Time Base Generator, IEEE ACCESS, 8, 104944-104955, 20200605
- Markerless Measurement and Evaluation of General Movements in Infants, Scientific Reports, 10(1), 20200129
- Muscle Fatigue Analysis by Using a Scale Mixture-based Stochastic Model of Surface EMG Signals, Proceedings of 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'19), 1948-1951, 20191007
- Biomimetic Control of a Five-finger Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand Based on Muscle Synergy Hypothesis, The journal of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, 102(9), 768-771, 20190801
- ★, A myoelectric prosthetic hand with muscle synergy-based motion determination and impedance model-based biomimetic control, Science Robotics, 4(31), eaaw6339, 20190626
- Development of Myoelectric Robotic/Prosthetic Hands with Cybernetic Control at the Biological Systems Engineering Laboratory, Hiroshima University, Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, 31(1), 27-34, 20190220
- ★, A Scale Mixture-Based Stochastic Model of Surface EMG Signals With Variable Variances, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 66(10), 2780-2788, 20190128
- An EMG Pattern Classification Method Based on a Mixture of Variance Distribution Models, Proceedings of 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'18), 5216-5219, 20181029
- Electromyographic Interface Technology and Robotic Arm Prostheses, Journal of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering, 83(11), 1010-1013, 20171105
- Variance Distribution Analysis of Surface EMG Signals Based on Marginal Maximum Likelihood Estimation, Proceedings of 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'17), 2514-2517, 20170914
- Virtual Restoration of Down-sampled EMG Signals Using a Stochastic Model, Proceedings of the 11th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe2017), 20170822
- An artificial EMG generation model based on signal-dependent noise and related application to motion classification, PLOS ONE, 12(6), e0180112, 20170622
- A Variance Distribution Model of Surface EMG Signals Based on Inverse Gamma Distribution, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 64(11), 2672-2681, 20170125
Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation
- Automated Classification of General Movements in Infants Using Two-stream Spatiotemporal Fusion Network, Yuki Hashimoto, Akira Furui, Koji Shimatani, Maura Casadio, Paolo Moretti, Pietro Morasso, and Toshio Tsuji, 25th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI2022), 2022/09/18, Without Invitation, English
- Neural Network-based Estimation of Microbubbles Generated in Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuit: A Clinical Application Study, Satoshi Miyamoto, Zu Soh, Shigeyuki Okahara, Akira Furui, Taiichi Takasaki, Keijiro Katayama, Shinya Takahashi, Toshio Tsuji, 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2022/07/11, Without Invitation, English
- Sleep EEG Analysis Based on a Scale Mixture Model and Spindle Detection, Miyari Hatamoto, Akira Furui, Keiko Ogawa, and Toshio Tsuji, 2022 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII2022), 2022/01/09, Without Invitation, English
- A non-Gaussian EEG model focusing on stochastic amplitude fluctuation for automatic epileptic seizure detection, Akira Furui, Tomoyuki Akiyama, Toshio Tsuji, The 51st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (JSCN), 2021/12/16, With Invitation, Japanese
- Pressure-based Detection of Heart and Respiratory Rates from Human Body Surface using a Biodegradable Piezoelectric Sensor, Ziqiang Xu, Akira Furui, Shumma Jomyo, Toshiki Sakagawa, Masanori Morita, Tsutomu Takai, Masamichi Ando, and Toshio Tsuji, 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'21), 2021/11/01, Without Invitation, English
- A Time-Series Scale Mixture Model of EEG with a Hidden Markov Structure for Epileptic Seizure Detection, Akira Furui, Tomoyuki Akiyama, and Toshio Tsuji, 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'21), 2021/11/01, Without Invitation, English
- A Wearable Finger-Tapping Motion Recognition System Using Biodegradable Piezoelectric Film Sensors, Shumma Jomyo, Akira Furui, Tatsuhiko Matsumoto, Tomomi Tsunoda, and Toshio Tsuji, 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'21), 2021/11/01, Without Invitation, English
- Pen-point Trajectory Analysis During Trail Making Test Based on a Time Base Generator Model, Hiroto Sakai, Akira Furui, Seiji Hama, Akiko Yanagawa, Koki Kubo, Yutaro Morisako, Yuki Orino, Maho Hamai, Kasumi Fujita, Tomohiko Mizuguchi, Akihiko Kandori, and Toshio Tsuji, 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'21), 2021/11/01, Without Invitation, English
- Biomimetic Control of Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand Based on a Lambda-type Muscle Model, Akira Furui, Kosuke Nakagaki, and Toshio Tsuji, 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2021), 2021/05, Without Invitation, English
- Does the variance of surface EMG signals during isometric contractions follow an inverse gamma distribution?, Akira Furui and Toshio Tsuji, 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'20), 2020/07, Without Invitation, English, EMBS Virtual Academy
- Muscle Fatigue Analysis by Using a Scale Mixture-based Stochastic Model of Surface EMG Signals, Akira Furui and Toshio Tsuji, 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'19), 2019/07, Without Invitation, English, Berlin, Germany
- An EMG Pattern Classification Method Based on a Mixture of Variance Distribution Models, Akira Furui, Hideaki Hayashi, and Toshio Tsuji, 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'18), 2018/07, Without Invitation, English, Honolulu, HI, USA
- EMG Interface Technology and Robotic Arm Prostheses, Akira Furui and Toshio Tsuji, 7th Hiroshima Conference on Education and Science in Dentistry, 2018/03, With Invitation, English
- Virtual Restoration of Down-sampled EMG Signals Using a Stochastic Model, Akira Furui, Hideaki Hayashi, Takaei Kihara, Takahiro Konishi, Yusuke Yoshida, Yuichi Kurita, and Toshio Tsuji, 11th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe2017), 2017/08, Without Invitation, English, Kobe International Conference Center, Kobe
- HUVETS: Hiroshima University Virtual EMG Training System for myoelectric hand control with evaluation of motor skills and fatigue in users, Masanobu Kittaka, Akira Furui, and Toshio Tsuji, Global Student Innovation Challenge for Assistive Technology (gSIC-AT), The 11th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe2017), 2017/08, Without Invitation, English, Kobe International Conference Center, Kobe
- Variance Distribution Analysis of Surface EMG Signals Based on Marginal Maximum Likelihood Estimation, Akira Furui, Hideaki Hayashi, Yuichi Kurita, and Toshio Tsuji, 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'17), 2017/07, Without Invitation, English, Jeju Island, Korea
Awards
- 2023/10/04, Franklin V. Taylor Memorial Award - Finalist, "President, IEEE SMC Society Award Committee Chair, IEEE SMC Society", Bayesian Approach for Adaptive EMG Pattern Classification Via Semi-Supervised Sequential Learning
- 2020/11/07, Phoenix Outstanding Researcher Award, Hiroshima University
- 2019/08/31, Young Researcher Award, IEEE EMBS East and Central Japan Chapter/West Japan Chapter
- 2017/08/24, gSIC-AT: i-CREATe2017 Best Poster Award, Coalition on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology of Asia (CREATe Asia)
External Funds
Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds
- Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (DC1), 2018, 2019
- Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, 2020, 2022