This is Michihiro Hayashi, Engineering Design teacher at Kanazawa campus. Today, I would like to share my experience attending SID Display Week 2025, an international conference held in San Jose, CA, USA, from Monday, May 12th to Saturday, May 17th, 2025.　

 

Our school contributed two presentations to the conference, titled “Hyper-Realistic SDR/LDR Image Reproduction Proposal Needing Just Approx. 1/30th Exposure of Conventional SDR Image and Global-Tone Mapping, or 1D-LUT, in UHDR Environments Regardless of Time of Day” and “Research on Individual Differences in Ability to Recognize Obstacles Employing Binocular Stereopsis and Development of Stereoscopic Test Video Sequences for Analyses”

Both of our presentations were presented using the poster session format.
For more detailed information on each presentation, please refer to the following.
https://researchmap.jp/Sakuichi_Ohtsuka/published_papers/50160420
https://researchmap.jp/Sakuichi_Ohtsuka/published_papers/50160352

The first presentation, given by Prof. Sakuichi Ohtsuka, was about an image processing technique that makes photos taken with digital cameras appear more natural. The culmination of the research was a series of beautiful photographs produced with this image process technique. These images, printed on large-format paper, looked remarkably natural and attracted a great deal of attention from attendees. The second presentation, given by 5th year student, Ema Miwa, demonstrated a video for evaluating binocular stereoscopic vision. She brought playback equipment to the venue so that attendees could actually view the video, and prepared printed materials with a pair of images for stereoscopic viewing as part of her presentation. This presentation also led to active discussions with attendees in front of the poster.

Since the venue was the San Jose Convention Center in California, I traveled from Kanazawa with Ema and Prof. Justin Han, taking connecting flights from Komatsu to Haneda, then to Honolulu, and finally to San Jose. With multiple flight connections, we had to go through several security checks, immigration procedures, and customs inspections, making the journey quite hectic. It was my first time in Hawaii since my honeymoon, but due to the transfer procedures, I had very little time to enjoy the scenery. However, I do remember how dazzling the sunlight was. After arriving in San Jose, we met up with Prof. Ohtsuka, who had traveled separately. We discussed the upcoming presentation and he showed us around the area near the hotel.

Since San Jose is not a tourist destination, we rarely saw other Japanese people outside the conference venue. It is located near Silicon Valley, the city is home to the headquarters of many IT companies such as Google, Adobe, PayPal, and Zoom. For transportation within San Jose, we used both the light rail and Uber. When taking the light rail, we purchased tickets from the automated machines at the stations. There were no ticket gates or inspections, so we could simply board the train. On the other hand, since cars are the main mode of transportation in San Jose, there were many Ubers available. Using the dedicated app, we could easily call a ride. The drivers were friendly, and we were able to travel conveniently and safely.

During our stay in San Jose, we had the chance to meet one of Prof. Justin’s high school friends. When we mentioned that he teaches 'Applied Physics' at school, his friend seemed genuinely surprised at how accomplished he had become. It made me wonder—what kind of student he was back in high school?

At the conference, time flew by as I listened to other participants' presentations and checked out the latest tech exhibits from companies. After finishing our presentations, we departed from San Jose the next morning and returned to Komatsu using the same connecting flights as on the way there. After safely arriving in Kanazawa, I suddenly had a craving for Kanazawa curry for some reason. The next SID Display Week is scheduled to take place in Los Angeles from May 3rd to 8th, 2026. I hope to continue my research activities and student mentorship with the goal of presenting my work there once again.

*Prof. Ohtsuka’s presentation has been uploaded to YouTube @charbax
Please search for “Paper: ICT Kanazawa Hyper-Realistic SDR/LDR Global Tone Mapping 1/30x Exposure” to watch it.