Dr. Daigo Kobayashi
Assistant Professor
Contact
- 213 Hardaway Hall
- phone (205) 348-0361
Research Areas
Education
- Ph.D., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2025
- M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2020
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 2018
Daigo Kobayashi is an assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics. His research aims to enhance the sustainability of the space environment through both ground-based and space-based sensing techniques. He develops smart computer vision and optical sensing systems to operate under size, weight, and power constraints, as well as in photon-limited, noisy, or uncertain conditions. His research integrates orbit mechanics, astrodynamics, optics, geometry, and machine learning. The applications include spacecraft autonomy, space situational awareness, robotics, and remote sensing.
Affiliated Areas
Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
Selected Publications
- Kobayashi, D., and Frueh, C., “Image Recovery of LEO Objects by Leveraging Optical Turbulence and Light Curves,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, (2024). https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G007634
- Galea, D., Ma, H.-Y., Wu, W.-Y., and Kobayashi, D., “Deep Learning Image Segmentation for Atmospheric Rivers,” Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, (2024). https://doi.org/10.1175/AIES-D-23-0048.1
- Kobayashi, D., Burton, A., and Frueh, C., “AI-Assisted Near-Field Monocular Monostatic Pose Estimation of Spacecraft,” Proceedings of the Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, Maui, HI, Sept. 2023.
Awards and Honors
- Purdue University Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship
- Ito Foundation International Fellowship
- Tosoh Corporation Scholarship