Professor Kazuo Ouchi

National Defense Academy
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Computer Science
Software Engineering Laboratory

Graduate School of Science and Engineerng
Mathematics and Computer Science

Education :

1971 Physics Department, College of Science & Technology Nihon University (BSc)

1976 Physics Department, Southampton University (BSc)

1977 Physics Department, Imperial College of Science & Technology, University of London (DIC, MSc)

1981 Physics Department, Imperial College of Science & Technology, University of London (PhD)

Career :

1980 Research Associate, Blackett Laboratory, Physics Department, Imperial College, University of London
1980 Research Consultant, Oxford Computer Services Ltd (〜1983)
1981 Research Associate, Physics Department, Queen Elizabeth College, University of London
1984 Research Associate, Wheatstone Laboratory, Physics Department, King's College London
1991 Research Consultant, Oxford Computer services Ltd (〜1993)
1992 Research Fellow, Blackett Laboratory, Physics Department, Imperial College, University of London
1996 Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, Hiroshima Institute of Technology
1999 Professor, Department of Environmental Systems Engineering, Kochi University of Technology
2006 Professor, Department of Computer Science, School of Eletronic and Computer Engineering, National Defence Academy of Japan

Society Affiliations & Activities :

EEE Senior Member (1999〜), IEEE Member (1985〜1999) of Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society
Chair of the IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing, Japan Chapter (2000.1〜2001.12)
IEEE Member of Oceanic Engineering Society (1992〜1995, 2004〜)
The Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society, Associate Fellow (2001〜), Member (1985〜2001)
Remote Sensing Society of Japan, Member (1992〜), Director (International Committee Chair) (2005.5〜2007.5), Vice President (2006.5〜2007.5)
The Oceanographic Society of Japan, Member (1997〜)
Visualization Society of Japan, Member (1993〜), Councilor (2000〜)
The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), Member (2000〜)
Technical Committee Member of Space, Aeronautical and Navigational Electronics (SANE) (2005〜)
Fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy (2007〜)
Organizing Committee Member of PIERS 2006 (2004〜2007)
Session Organizer of PIERS 20061(Osaka, Japan), 2006 (Tokyo, Japan), 2008 (Hangzhou, China)

Japan Resources Observation System and Space Utilization Organization, "Ultilization of PALSAR data", Committee Member (2008〜)
Japan Resources Observation System and Space Utilization Organization, "Research and survey on the technologies of shore current measurements and small vessel detection by SAR" Committee Chair (2008〜2009)
Japan Resources Observation System and Space Utilization Organization, "Research and development of next generation SAR ", Committee Member (2005)
Japan Resources Observation System and Space Utilization Organization, "Research and development of next generation SAR for practical applications", Committee Chair (2005)
Visiting Research Fellow of the National ResearchInstitute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (2003〜)
Program Committee Member of SPIE 2002 (2002)
Earth Science and Technology Organization (ESTO), Committee Member (2000.4〜2002.3)
Japan Weather Association (JWA) "Study of Ocean Waves and Wind Characteristics Under Tyhoons by Satellites", Committee member (2000.4〜2001.3)
International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Commission-F, Committee Member (2000〜)
International Scientific Committee Member for CEOS WCGV SAR Workshop 2001 (2001)

Books :

Principles of Synthetic Aperture Radar for Remote Sensing (in Japanese) Tokyo Denki University Press. (ISBN 4-501-32330-2) (2004)
Principles of Synthetic Aperture Radar's Errata (updated 24/05/2008) is given here word file , pdf file .

Information Extraction from Earth Observation Data (Chap: Analysis of Oceanic Data) (Series 3 of "Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing for Practical Uses") (in Japanese) ERSDAC, Tokyo (2003)
Wave Propagation and Scattering (Joint Author), Oxford University Press (ISBN 0-19-853607-0) (1986)
Satellite Microwave Remote Sensing (Joint Author), Ellis Harwood (John Wiley) (ISBN 0-85312-494-9/ 0-470-27397-6) (1986)

Research Subjects :

Analysis of Oceanic Phenomena by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Interferometric SAR (InSAR)
Applications of SAR and InSAR to Land Surfaces
Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves
Speckle Statistics and Their Applications to Image Analysis
Statistical Optics, Coherent Optics

List of Publications :

2007-
2002-2006
1997-2001
1991-1995
1986-1990
1978-1985

Main Research Funding :

2005-2006 :	"Development of forest information measurement system by multi-wavelengths and multi-polarization high-resolution SAR" by the Grants-in-Aid Scientific Research (B) of JSPS
2001-2003 :	"Development of processing algorithms for synthetic aperture radar for the classification and interpretation of land and sea images," by JSPS/The Royal Society.
1998-1999 :	" Observation and Analysis of deforestation and plantation in the tropical rainforests of Sarawak Malaysia by the JERS-1 SAR," (continue) by the Japan Life Foundation.
1997-1998 :	" Observation and Analysis of deforestation and plantation in the tropical rainforests of Sarawak Malaysia by the JERS-1 SAR," by the Japan Life Foundation.
1996-2001 :	"Development of Environmental & Disaster Prevension Infrastructure Information Systems Based on the Utilisation of Satellite High Technology Engineering," by the Ministry of Education, Japan.
1980-1996 :	A number of research fundings by the Defence & Evaluation Research Agencies (DERA, Great Malvern, Farnborough, Ministry of Industry, etc.) on the basic research and applications of SAR/InSAR/EM Scattering.

Contact :

Department of Computer Science
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
National Defence Academy, 1-10-20 Hashirimizu, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 239-8686, Japan.
Tel:+81-46-841-3810 ext.3768 (press ext. no. after recording voice)
Fax:+81-46-844-5911
Email:ouchi@nda.ac.jp