Congratulations to Alumnus Taiki Uno on the ISPRS Congress Best Young Author Award 2026

  • Award and Appointment

Congratulations to Alumnus Taiki Uno who received the Best Young Author Award 2026 at the ISPRS Congress (International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Congress) held in Toronto.

Details are as follows:

Award Recipient: Taiki Uno, Research Center for Climate Change Adaptation Strategy, DPRI, Kyoto University,  Graduate School of Engineering (completed Master’s program in March 2026]

Award Name: Best Young Author Award 2026,  the ISPRS Congress

Award-winning Paper: Refraction-Aware Gaussian Splatting for Shallow Water Bathymetry from UAV Imagery

Date of Award: 5 July 2026

About the ISPRS Best Young Author Award…

Established in 1988, sponsored by donor organizations and the ISPRS, this award recognizes researchers who are under the age of 35 as of the opening day of the Congress and who are the sole or lead author of a high-quality paper accepted for oral presentation at the Congress. Typically, the award is presented to two individuals for each ISPRS Technical Commission.