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Naoki KITA

Ph.D. Associate Professor

Email: nkita [at] cs.shinshu-u.ac.jp

Shinshu University

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I am an associate professor at Shinshu University. I received my Ph.D. at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST). I received my B.S. degree in science from Kanazawa University in 2009, and my M.S. in knowledge science from JAIST in 2011. My current research interests include computational design/fabrication and human visual perception, especially in layout/arrangement for discrete elements.

Projects

StencilQR: Connectivity-enhanced Fabricable QR Codes for Stencil

Naoki Kita

The Visual Computer (CGI 2025, to appear)

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Computational Design and Fabrication of Protective Foam

Tsukasa Fukusato, Naoki Kita

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (2025)

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PackMolds: Computational Design of Packaging Molds for Thermoforming

Naoki Kita

The Visual Computer (CGI 2024)

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Dissection Puzzles Composed of Multicolor Polyominoes

Naoki Kita

Computer Graphics Forum (Pacific Graphics 2023)

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Palette-based Image Search with Color Weights

Naoki Kita, Shiori Kawasaki, Takafumi Saito

SIGGRAPH Asia 2022 Posters

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Procedural Modeling of Crystal Clusters

Naoki Kita, Satoshi Tsukii, Miwako Tsuru

SIGGRAPH Asia 2022 Posters

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Computational Design of Polyomino Puzzles

Naoki Kita, Kazunori Miyata

The Visual Computer (CGI 2020)

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Computational Design of Generalized Centrifugal Puzzles

Naoki Kita, Takafumi Saito

Computers & Graphics (SMI 2020)

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Mapping Two-Dimensional Plots to a Spherical Surface using Elliptical Grid Mapping

Naoki Kita, Grégoire Cliquet, Kazunori Miyata

Graphical Models (CVM 2020)

Project page DOI PDF (Author's version, 12.7 MB)

Magic Sheet: Visual Cryptography with Common Shares

Naoki Kita, Kazunori Miyata

Computational Visual Media (CVM 2018)

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Cube Art

Naoki Kita, Kazunori Miyata

SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 Posters

Project page DOI PDF (Author's version, 16.4 MB) Cover (Japanese Science Magazine)

Aesthetic Rating and Color Suggestion for Color Palettes

Naoki Kita, Kazunori Miyata

Computer Graphics Forum (Pacific Graphics 2016)

Project page DOI PDF (Author's version, 11.6 MB) Supplemental Material (487 KB)

Multi-class Anisotropic Blue Noise Sampling for Discrete Element Pattern Generation

Naoki Kita, Kazunori Miyata

The Visual Computer (CGI'16)

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Interactive procedural modeling of pebble mosaics

Naoki Kita, Kazunori Miyata

SIGGRAPH Asia 2011 Sketches

DOI PDF (Author's version, 5.6 MB)

A rule-based method for generating bookshelf models

Naoki Kita, Kazunori Miyata

SIGGRAPH Asia 2010 Posters

DOI PDF (Author's version, 2.4 MB)

Spider Hero: A VR application using pulling force feedback system

Ken Ishibashi, Toni Da Luz, Remmy Eynard, Naoki Kita, Nan Jian, Hiroshi Segi, Keisuke Terada, Kyohei Fujita, Kazunori Miyata

VRCAI 2009

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Journals

International Journals

StencilQR: Connectivity-enhanced Fabricable QR Codes for Stencil

Naoki Kita

The Visual Computer (2025)

DOI

Computational Design and Fabrication of Protective Foam

Tsukasa Fukusato, Naoki Kita

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 8 pages (2025)

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PackMolds: computational design of packaging molds for thermoforming

Naoki Kita

The Visual Computer, Vol. 40, pp.4689--4700 (2024)

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Dissection Puzzles Composed of Multicolor Polyominoes

Naoki Kita

Computer Graphics Forum, Vol. 42, Issue 7, e14968 (2023)

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Computational design of polyomino puzzles

Naoki Kita, Kazunori Miyata

The Visual Computer, Vol.37, No.4, pp.777--787 (2021)

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Computational design of generalized centrifugal puzzles

Naoki Kita, Takafumi Saito

Computers & Graphics, Vol.90, pp.21--28 (2020)

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Mapping two-dimensional plots to a spherical surface using elliptical grid mapping

Naoki Kita, Grégoire Cliquet, Kazunori Miyata

Graphical Models, Vol.109, 101067 (2020)

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Integration of machine learning and open access geospatial data for land cover mapping

Mohammad Mardani, Hossein Mardani, Lorenzo De Simone, Samuel Varas, Naoki Kita, Takafumi Saito

Remote Sensing, Vol.11, No.16, 1907 (2019)

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Magic sheets: visual cryptography with common shares

Naoki Kita, Kazunori Miyata

Computational Visual Media, Vol.4, No.2, pp.185--195 (2018)

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Aesthetic rating and color suggestion for color palettes

Naoki Kita, Kazunori Miyata

Computer Graphics Forum, Vol.35, No.7, pp.127--136 (2016)

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Multi-class anisotropic blue noise sampling for discrete element pattern generation

Naoki Kita, Kazunori Miyata

The Visual Computer, Springer, Vol.32, No.6, pp.1035--1044 (2016)

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Domestic Journals

模様の連続性を担保した包装紙デザインの自動生成

菅原万梨夏, 田村崚, 北直樹, 斎藤隆文

画像電子学会誌, Vol.50, No.3, pp.419--424 (2021)

グラフィックデザインのためのセマンティクスを考慮した色候補生成

玉置尚吾, 北直樹, 斎藤隆文

画像電子学会誌, Vol.50, No.2, pp.277--283 (2021)

モアレを用いた多彩な動き生成

安部龍馬, 北直樹, 斎藤隆文

画像電子学会誌, Vol.50, No.2, pp.265--271 (2021)

没入的VRデータ可視化のための2次元プロットの球面マッピング

北直樹, Grégoire Cliquet, 宮田一乘

画像電子学会誌, Vol.47, No.4, pp.425--432 (2018)

スパイダーヒーロー: 張力提示によるエンタテインメントVR

石橋賢, Toni Da Luz, Remy Eynard, 北直樹, 姜南, 瀬木宏, 寺田圭祐, 藤田恭平, 宮田一乘

映像情報メディア学会誌, Vol.66, No.1, pp.J11--J16 (2012)

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