My major research interests are tsunamis and numerical modeling of them. Predictive skills for tsunami behavior have rapidly developed over the last several decades. Based on numerical simulation, we can now reasonably estimate tsunami propagation and inundation resulting from an offshore sea surface deformation. However, the numerical results do not necessarily reflect the actual tsunami behaviors accurately, especially in nearshore and inundated areas, because of uncertainties in the modeling. Based on these situations, in my studies, observational and/or experimental studies are sometimes carried out to support the numerical results for a tsunami phenomenon. Using these results from the different approaches, we will achieve a comprehensive understanding of tsunami dynamics.

Vimba Viewer

For more than 30 years, Allied Vision has been helping people to reach their imaging goals. Allied Vision supplies camera technology and image capture solutions for industrial inspection, medical and scientific imaging, traffic monitoring and many more application areas in digital imaging.

With Vimba's Image Transform Library, you can output several pixel formats. Vimba includes programming examples and an extensive user documentation.

Vimba includes programming examples in C, C++, C#, and Python and an extensive user documentation. To get started, we recommend reading the Vimba Quickstart Guide, which is part of the Vimba installation. More information about Vimba's architecture and APIs.

GenICam is THE standard for plug & play handling of cameras and devices. GenICam APIs are independent of the operating system, camera interface, and camera sensor, so that you can always reuse your source code. As a member of the EMVA (European Machine Vision Association), Allied Vision actively contributes to the further development of GenICam.

Vimba provides APIs for C, C++, .NET, and Python. For a quick start or protoptyping, we recommend the Python API. Users who want to develop a straightforward application love the simplicity of the C API or the .NET API.

Vimba is a comprehensive software suite including drivers for best performance on Windows and the Vimba Driver Installer application.

Allied Vision

Vimba is Allied Vision's GenICam-based SDK with transport layers for all Allied Vision cameras with GigE Vision, USB3 Vision, IEEE 1394, and Camera Link interface.

The company has nine locations in Germany, Canada, the United States, Singapore and China and is represented by a network of sales partners in over 30 countries.

Vimba's GenICam-based transport layers (TLs) support Allied Vision cameras with GigE Vision, USB3 Vision, IEEE 1394, and Camera Link interface. Moreover, they automatically connect with third-party software, for example, MATLAB, OpenCV, Halcon, CVB, and many more.

Advanced users with high demands appreciate the C++ API, which is designed as a highly efficient and sophisticated API for advanced object-oriented programming including the STL (standard template library), shared pointers, and interface classes.

With a deep understanding of customers’ needs, Allied Vision finds individual solutions for every application, a practice which has made Allied Vision one of the leading camera manufacturers worldwide in the machine vision market.

With the Vimba Viewer application, you can instantly view images and explore camera features without programming. Additionally, you can save your camera settings and quickly use them with any Vimba API.

Vimba runs on Windows, Linux, and Linux for ARM. You can port your source code from Windows to Linux or cross-compile from a Linux PC to an embedded system.