Background Information: 

Xu Gang is a Chair Professor of College of Information Science and Technology, Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo from April, 2025. He graduated from Nanjing Institute of Technology in 1982 and received his Master and Doctor degrees from Osaka University in 1986 and 1989, respectively. After teaching in Osaka University, he became an associate professor in Ritsumeikan University in 1996 and a full professor there in 2001. He founded 3D MEDiA, Co.Ltd. in 2000, later renamed Kyoto Robotics Corporation, and was its CEO till 2022, after Hitachi, Ltd. acquired the company in 2021. The company had always been the pioneer in R&D and marketing in 3D photogrammetry and intelligent robots in Japan. He is a foreign member of Engineering Academy of Japan. He was visiting scholars in Harvard University, Microsoft Research China, Motorola Australian Research Centre and the University of Tokyo. He published 3 books and more than 200 technical papers and patents in 3D vision, robot vision, intelligent robots, computer vision and artificial intelligence, and 1 book in social science. He received many Japanese awards including Grand Award of Logistics, Robot Award, Japan Venture Award, METI Minister Award for Industry, Academy and Government Cooperation, and best paper award from Telecommunication Advancement Foundation.

Research Field:

3D Vision, Robot Vision, Intelligent Robots, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence

Educational Background:

1986-1989: PhD. (in Control Engineering), Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Japan

1984-1986: Master (in Control Engineering), Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Japan

1978-1982: Bachelor (in Radio Engineering), Nanjing Institute of Technology（Now Southeast University）

Work Experience:

2025-    : Chair Professor, EIT, Ningbo

2003-2024: Professor, College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University

2010: Vice Dean, College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University

2007 & 2024: Chair, Department of Media Technology, College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University 

2001-2003: Professor, College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University

2000-2022: Founder and CEO, Kyoto Robotics Corporation

1996-2000: Associate Professor, College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University

1993-1995: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Osaka University

1990-1992: Research Associate, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Osaka University

1989: Associate Researcher, ATR Communication Systems Research Laboratory

Academic Experience:

2011: Visiting Researcher, Mechanics Department, The University of Tokyo

2000: Visiting Researcher, Motorola Australian Research Centre

1999: Visiting Researcher, Microsoft Research China

1994: Visiting Researcher, Robotics Laboratory, Harvard University

Academic Part-time Jobs (Partial):

2023: Recommendation Committee Member, J-Startup Kansai

2009: General Chair, Joint Workshop on Machine Perception and Robotics

1998:  President, Association of Chinese Doctors in Japan

1995:  Founder and Chief Director, Japan-China Education Fund

1990:  Program Committee Member, 3rd International Conference on Computer Vision

Awards and Honors:

2025: Professor Emeritus, Ritsumeikan University

2024: Fellow，Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA)

2021: Foreign member, Engineering Academy of Japan

2021: Acquisition by Hitachi Ltd. of Kyoto Robotics Corporation he founded

2020: Grand Award of Logistics

2018: One of the first J-Startup companies representing Japan

2017: Japan Venture Award

2015: METI Minister Award for Industry-Academy-Government Cooperation

2012: Robotics Award, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

1997: Best Paper Award, The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation

Representative Works:

4 books and more than 200 papers and patents

Google Scholar：

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dt2v914AAAAJ&hl=ja

10 Representative Works (* refers to the corresponding author)

1. Gang Xu* and Zhengyou Zhang: Epipolar Geometry in Stereo, Motion and Object Recognition: A Unified Approach, Kluwer Academic Publishers,1996

2. Gang Xu* and Saburo Tsuji: 3D Vision (textbook in Japanese), Kyoritsu Shuppan, 1998 (Korean Translation published in 2000)

3. Gang Xu*: 3D Graphics from Photos (in Japanese), Kindai Kgakusha, 2001

   (Chinese Translation published by Wuhan University Press in 2006)

4. Yan Guo, Gang Xu* and Saburo Tsuji: Tracking human body motion based on a stick figure model, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation 5 (1), 1-9

5. Xian-Hua Han*, Yen-Wei Chen and Gang Xu: High-order Statistics of Weber Local Descriptors for Image Representation, IEEE Transaction on Cybernetics, vol. 45, Issue: 99. No.6, pp.1180-1193, 2015

6. Rubin Gong and Gang Xu*: Surface Reconstruction from Multiple Images Using Constrained Optimization, The Journal E of Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Vol.E87-D, No.1, pp.215-222, 2004

7. Rubin Gong and Gang Xu*: 3D Structure from a Single Calibrated View Using Distance Constraints, The Journal E of Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Vol.E87-D, No.6, pp.1527-1536, 2004

8. Gang Xu* and Noriko Sugimoto, A Linear Algorithm for Motion from Three Weak Perspective Images Using Euler Angles, IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol.21, No.1, pp.54-57, 1999

9. Gang Xu* and Noriko Sugimoto: An Algebraic Derivation of the Kruppa Equations and a New Algorithm for Self-Calibration of Cameras, Journal of American Society of Optics A, Vol.16, No.10, pp.2219-2424, Oct. 1999

10. Gang Xu*, Saburo Tsuji and Minoru Asada: 

11. A Motion Stereo Method Based on Coarse-to-Fine Control Strategy,

    IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 332-336