Funded research projects I have led or contributed to.
2022 – 2023
Principal Investigator JST CREST AIP ChallengeDeepfake Detection for eKYC Systems
This project focused on developing robust and efficient solutions to protect electronic Know Your Customer (eKYC) verification systems from deepfake attacks.
2020 – 2025
Student, later staff member JST CRESTFakeMedia project
CREST FakeMedia addressed the potential threats posed by AI-generated fake media while developing social information technologies that support diverse forms of communication and decision-making.
2018 – 2023
Student, later staff member JST CRESTVoicePersonae project
VoicePersonae was an international collaboration among the National Institute of Informatics, Japan; the University of Avignon, France; and Eurecom, France, supported by JST CREST and ANR. Its research covered voice identity, including speech synthesis, voice conversion, speaker recognition, presentation attack detection, media forensics, speech anonymization, and speech privacy.
2016 – 2021
Student member JSPS Kakenhi (S)Communication System for Defending against Attacks of Media Clones
The distribution of inauthentic media poses a growing threat in everyday life, including fraud through voice impersonation of family members or friends. This project aimed to protect recipients from such skillfully fabricated replicas of authentic media—known as media clones—through media-processing technologies for a safer and more reliable society.