WIRED VOL.18 STAR WARS ISSUE
インタビュー・執筆:
Meet the Legend vol.4
金出武雄、ロボットに「目」を授けた男
指紋の照合、顔認識、自律走行車。数々の技術に使われる「ロボットの目」を生み出し、人類の視覚を拡張し続けてきた科学者・金出武雄は、何を見て、どんなヴィジョンを描いたのか。金出のカーネギーメロン大学時代の教え子で、現在マイクロソフトのCTOとして活躍するハリー・シャムが「彼から得たもの」を綴った寄稿付き。
The “vision” of the vision
Professor Takeo Kanade is a computer scientist who has conducted many pioneering studies in the field of 'computer vision', in other words, the eyes of robots, or image recognition. Kanade is one of the researchers who has received the greatest amount of research funding from DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency).
Computer vision is an important technology behind self-driving cars, which has made remarkable strides in technological development recently. Astonishingly, Professor Kanade was the first to conduct a successful experiment to travel about 3000 miles across the US, from Pittsburgh to San Diego, by a computer controlled car in 1995.
What I covered:
I introduced the scientist Takeo Kanade’s extensive research from the birth of computer vision to smartphone’s facial recognition system.
Why I covered:
This WIRED’s feature is the Star Wars. Like many robots (droids) appear in the film to help characters, in modern society, people's lives are supported by a great number of 'robot eyes'.
How did I cover it:
In collaboration with the WIRED editors, I conducted an interview and researched Kanade's papers closely. I wrote a biography on Professor Kanade's career in a four-page article.