Masataka Sawayama (澤山 正貴), Ph.D.

Recent activities

[05/February/2023 updated]

• 2023.02  [Journal Article]

  Liao, X., Sawayama, M., & Xiao, B. (2023) Unsupervised learning reveals interpretable latent representations for translucency perception. PLoS Computational Biology, 19(2): e1010878 (Article)

• 2022.10  

  I have started to work at The University of Tokyo (Amano lab) as a project lecturer.

• 2022.08  [Preprint]

  Liao, X., Sawayama, M., & Xiao, B. (2022) Translucency perception emerges in deep generative representations for natural image synthesis. bioRxiv 2022.08.12.503662 (Article)

• 2022.08  [Conference]

  Adolphe, M., Sawayama, M., Maurel, D., Delmas, A., Oudeyer, P.Y., & Sauzeon, H. (2022) An adaptive curriculum design for cognitive training of attention. 22nd meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP), Lille, France

• 2022.08  [Conference]

  Sawayama, M., Adolphe, M., Maurel, D., Delmas, A., Oudeyer, P.Y., & Sauzeon, H. (2022) Developing an open-source cognitive test battery for human attention and memory assessment. 22nd meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP), Lille, France

• 2022.08  [Conference]

  Liao, X., Sawayama, M., & Xiao, B. (2022) Unsupervised learning of translucent material appearance using StyleGAN. Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience (CCN), San Francisco, USA

• 2022.07  [Blog post]

  Sawayama, M., Lemesle, Y., & Oudeyer, P.Y. (2022) Watching artificial intelligence through the lens of cognitive science methodologies. hal-03729242, (Article)

• 2022.06  [Journal Article]

  Adolphe*, M., Sawayama*, M., Maurel, D., Delmas, A., Oudeyer, P.Y., & Sauzeon, H. (2022) An open-source cognitive test battery to assess human attention and memory Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 1-16. *equal contribution, (Article) (Code)

• 2022.05  [Conference]

  Liao, X., Sawayama, M., & Xiao, B. (2022) A Perceptual Evaluation of the StyleGAN2-ADA Generated Images of Translucent Objects 22nd Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Florida, USA

• 2022.05  [Conference]

  Sawayama, M., Liao, C., Nishida, S. & Xiao, B. (2022) Replaceability of two deep generative models trained with a pair of translucent objects with different geometries 22nd Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society (V-VSS), Online conference

• 2022.05  [Conference]

  Takahashi, N., Chen, X., Sawayama, M., Motomura, Y., & Hiramatsu, C. (2022) Color saliency and attention change represented by neural processing in individuals with various color visions 22nd Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Florida, USA

• 2022.03  [Conference full paper]

  Lemesle*, Y., Sawayama*, M., Valle-Perez, G., Adolphe, M., Sauzéon, H., & Oudeyer, P. Y. (2022) Language-biased image classification: evaluation based on semantic representations International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2022. *equal contribution. (Article) (Code)

• 2022.01  [Journal Article]

  Sawayama, M., Dobashi, Y., Okabe, M., Hosokawasa, K., Koumura, T., Saarela, T., Olkkonen, M., & Nishida, S. (2022) Visual discrimination of optical material properties: a large-scale study. Journal of Vision, 22(2):17, 1–24. (Article)

• 2021.12  [Journal Article]

  Liao, C., Sawayama, M., & Xiao, B. (2022) Crystal or Jelly? Effect of Color on the Perception of Translucent Materials with Photographs of Real-world Objects. Journal of Vision, 22(2):6, 1–23. (Article)

• 2021.12  [Preprint]

  Sawayama, M., Dobashi, Y., Okabe, M., Hosokawasa, K., Koumura, T., Saarela, T., Olkkonen, M., & Nishida, S. (2021) Visual discrimination of optical material properties: a large-scale study. bioRxiv 800870; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/800870 (Article)

• 2021.10  [Preprint]

  Liao, C., Sawayama, M., & Xiao, B. (2021) Crystal or Jelly? Effect of Color on the Perception of Translucent Materials with Photographs of Real-world Objects bioRxiv , 10.18.464695. (Article)

• 2021.06  [Journal Article]

  Kuroki, S., Sawayama, M., & Nishida, S. (2021) The roles of lower- and higher-order surface statistics in tactile texture perception. Journal of Neurophysiology , 126, 95-111. (Article)

• 2021.05  [Conference]

  Liao, C., Sawayama, M., & Xiao, B. (2021) Individual differences in classification of translucent materials using photos of real-world objects. 21st Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Online conference

• 2021.03  [Editorial committee]

  I am inaugurated as the Review Editor of Frontiers in neuroscience and Frontiers in Psychology.

• 2021.03  [Book][Japanese]

  I contributed to publishing a Japanese dictionary of psychology, "現代心理学辞典," published by Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd. I wrote 19 items, including "material perception, texture perception, lightness, brightness, luminance, etc." You can buy this book from here.

• 2021.02  [Journal Article]

  Okubo, L., Yokosawa, K., Sawayama, M., & Kawabe, T. (2021) Discounting mechanism underlies extinction illusion. Consciousness and Cognition, 90, 103100. 1-11. (Article)

• 2021.01  

  I have started to work at Inria (Team Flowers) as a postdoctoral fellow.