Scholar
Helmut Prendinger
Google Scholar ID: ExEodcUAAAAJ
Professor, National Institute of Informatics
Citations & Impact
Citations
3,921
H-index
30
i10-index
60
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume
Academic Achievements
- Published over 260 peer-reviewed papers in international journals, conferences, and book chapters
- h-index: 50
- Recognized as a Top Scientist in Japan (Computer Science & Electronics)
- Best Paper Award at Pacific-Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI) in 2000
- Future Program Special Contributor Award from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science in 2004 for Multi-modal Anthropomorphic Interface project
- Best Application of Lifelike Agents award at GALA competition (IVA 2006)
- Finalist for COLING 2010 Best Paper Award
- Recipient of the Hojjat Adeli Award for Innovation in Computing in 2015 for the most innovative paper published in 2014 in Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
- Co-edited the book 'Life-Like Characters' (with Mitsuru Ishizuka, University of Tokyo), published in Springer's Cognitive Technologies series in 2004
Research Experience
- Conducts research at NII on AI, Deep Learning, LLMs, and intelligent drone systems
- Leads research on drone traffic management, risk modeling, and collision avoidance within the NEDO ReAMo project
- 2019–2020: Delivered a 12-hour lecture series on 'Drone x AI' for the Advanced Robotics Foundation (ARF), covering AI and Deep Learning for drones
- Frequently invited as keynote/invited speaker at international forums, including Japan Drone Consortium Forum, Center for Aerial Intelligent Vehicles Kick-off Symposium, and TECHNO-FRONTIER International Drone Symposium
- Co-organized the 8th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA'08) in Tokyo in 2008