Author Archives: Hiroshi Tsutsui

2015 International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA 2015)

In 2015 International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA 2015) held at Narashino, Prof. Yoshikazu Miyanaga presented our research achievement.

  • Htoo Maung Maung, Supavadee Aramvith, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Improved LCU-Level Intra Refresh and Rate Control for HEVC Video Coding,” Proceedings of International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA), pp. 136-141, RS2-8, Aug. 2015.

Hokkaido Regional TLO News (北海道広域TLO通信) Vol.91

All contents shown in this post is only in Japanese. The research topic of Assoc. Prof. Tsutsui can be found on Hokkaido Regional TLO News (北海道広域TLO通信) vol.91 and the web site of Institute for the Promotion of Business-Regional Collaboration, Hokkaido University. The content is basically same as that of Hokkaido University Research Profiles 2.

28th Workshop on Circuits and Systems, Summer Research Trial for Elementary and Junior High School Students

At the 28th Workshop on Circuits and Systems, which was held in Aug. 3rd to 4th at Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center, Assoc. Prof. Tsutsui was in charge of a topic of Summer Research Trial for Elementary and Junior-High Students, with Dr. Yuki Arikawa (NTT) and Prof. Jaehoon Yu (Osaka University). The topic was “Calculator design using logic ICs – Let’s make your own calculator”. The topic and its content is same as the previous version, which was organized by Prof. Takeshi Matsumoto (Ishikawa National College of Technology) and Dr. Kohei Hosokawa (NEC).

The Future of Mobile Networks: 5G and Beyond (Advanced Lectures in Media and Network Technology II, 2015) Lecture 3, 4 (13:00-16:15, Aug. 3)

An intensive course entitled “The Future of Mobile Networks: 5G and Beyond” is now in process. For the details, please visit here.
On Aug. 3, Lectures 3 and 4 were held. Since the number of lectures is 8 in total, half of them are finished. Dr. Gengfa Fang (Lecturer of Macquarie University, Australia) is a visiting lecturer of Hokkaido University. This lecture is a part of his visiting program.

The Future of Mobile Networks: 5G and Beyond (Advanced Lectures in Media and Network Technology II, 2015)

From July 27, an intensive course entitled “The Future of Mobile Networks: 5G and Beyond” will start. This course is organized as Advanced Lectures in Media and Network Technology II (2015) by Division of Media and Network Technologies. Lecturers of this course are Dr. Gengfa Fang (Macquarie University, Australia) and Dr. Alia Asheralieva. The number of lectures is 8 in total. For more information, please visit here.

RTSP 2015 and ISSCS 2015 at Romania

At International Workshop on Recent Trends in Signal Processing (RTSP 2015) held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from 6th to 7th July, Prof. Miyanaga made a plenary speech. At International Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems (ISSCS 2015) held in Iasi, Romania. From 9th to 10th July, Prof. Miyanaga made a plenary talk and oral presentation of our research achievement.

  • Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Robust Speech Recognition and its Robot Implementation,” International Workshop on Recent Trends in Signal Processing (RTSP), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, July 6-7 (Plenary Keynote), Jul. 2015.
  • Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “High-Quality Video Communication over Wireless Systems,” International Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems (ISSCS), Iasi, Romania, July 9-10 (Plenary talk), Jul. 2015.
  • Federico Ang, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Incorporation of Time-Varying LP Cepstral Features in HMM-Based Isolated Word Speech Recognition,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems (ISSCS), Jul. 2015.

Hokkokai (北工会) Sports Day 2015

We took part in the annual Sports Day as members of Course of Media and Network Technologies. Mr. Imai who participated in the 80-meter dash finished 2nd place and won a prize (fried noodles).