(Development of WISE Program to foster AI Professionals
for Marine Industries)

Report on Completion of Internship at WISE Program Partner Institute IDEA Consultants, Inc.
(Takahashi, Course of Applied Marine Environmental Studies)

I participated in a two-week internship at IDEA Consultants, Inc. from September 1 (Mon.) to September 12 (Fri.).

During the internship, I analyzed the assigned task on my own and considered an improvement strategy based on an existing algorithm. Specifically, I worked on improving an AI method for reconstructing object shapes from images. Using the learning of SDF (Signed Distance Field) employed in NeuS (Neural Implicit Surface) as the focus, I aimed to represent the contours of star-shaped 2D data more naturally. While reviewing the implementation of the existing approach, I mainly refined the design of the loss function to improve accuracy, and validated its effectiveness through implementation and experiments. On the final day, I presented the details of my work and the results to the company's employees.

It was also a very valuable experience to be able to learn by directly interacting with and running implementations related to 3D reconstruction (SfM), which is my research field. Through discussions with the employees, I gained many insights into how to approach my future research and how AI technology can be applied to solving real-world social issues, making this internship extremely meaningful.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to everyone at IDEA Consultants, Inc. for hosting me for this internship.

TAKAHASHI,1st year student,Course of Applied Marine Environmental Studies