Author Archives: Hiroshi Tsutsui

Bachelor’s Thesis Presentations JFY 2017

On Feb. 19, four undergraduate students made presentations of the following bachelor’s theses.

  • Mariko Hirayama, An Evaluation of Symbol Synchronization with Measured Data Using Eye-pattern Based Offset Detection and Mueller-Muller Timing Recovery, Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Hokkaido University, Bachelor’s Thesis, Feb. 2018.
  • Yunako Katagishi, A Feasibility Study of Side Information Compression Approach for Adaptive Block Based Lossless Compression Method, Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Hokkaido University, Bachelor’s Thesis, Feb. 2018.
  • Riku Takanashi, A Design of Neural Network for Speech Emotion Recognition Using Phoneme Information and Fundamental Frequency, Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Hokkaido University, Bachelor’s Thesis, Feb. 2018.
  • Mayuka Gomi, Screen Area Detection from Presentation Video Sequences Acquired by Action Camcorders and Its Distortion Correction Using Affine Transformation, Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Hokkaido University, Bachelor’s Thesis, Feb. 2018.

Master’s Thesis Defense JFY 2017

On Feb. 6, the master’s thesis defense in Division of Media and Network Technologies was held. From our laboratory, the following master theses were presented.

  • Takahiro Ikeshita, Low Complexity Maximum Likelihood Estimation Detection Method in MIMO Detection for MIMO-OFDM Communication Hardware, Division of Media and Network Technologies, Hokkaido University, Master’s Thesis, Feb. 2018.
  • Kenta Sugiyama, Hardware Implementation of Haze Removal Method Using Variational Model Based Transmission Map Estimation, Division of Media and Network Technologies, Hokkaido University, Master’s Thesis, Feb. 2018.

An unbiased approach for sifting through big data

The following paper by Prof. Matteo Convertino is now available online.

  • Joseph L. Servadio, Matteo Convertino, “Optimal information networks: Application for data-driven integrated health in populations,” Science Advances, Vol. 4, No. 2, Feb. 2018.

For the defailts, see the following.

Hokkaido Summer Institute (HSI) 2018

In the next Japanese fiscal year, three lecture courses related to our laboratory will be available as follows in Hokkaido Summer Institute (HSI).

As for the details of Hokkaido Summer Institute, please check the following pages.

Tuition fee of these lectures for Hokkaido University students is free. Hokkaido University students can make registrations for these lectures during class registration period in April. The application period for other attendees is February 1, 2018 (Thursday) – February 28 (Wednesday). For the defailts, please check http://hokkaidosummerinstitute.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/.

Lab tour for 3rd-year undergraduate students, 2017

Lab tour is available for 3rd-year undergraduate students.

  • Venue: IST Building 11th floor 11-13
    (Laboratory of Information Communication Networks)
  • Schedule: In the following time slots, M1 students are available for introducing our laboratory. The representatives of M1 students are Mr. Nakagoshi and Mr. Watanabe. We welcome your visit not limited to the following time slots.
    • Nov. 8 (Wed) 16:30-18:00
    • Nov. 9 (Thu) 16:30-18:00
    • Nov. 10(Fri) 16:30-18:00 ← NEW!
    • Nov. 13 (Mon) 16:30-18:00

      • The time slots of Wed and Thu overwrap the time of MN experiment II. Please come only if you completed your experiment task and you have time.

IST Building 11F (the top floor)

IEICE Hokkaido Section Special Workshop, Trend of Communication Technology and Future Prospect

On Oct 20, IEICE Chugoku Section Special Workshop was held at Muroran Institute of Technology. The workshop topic is Trend of Communication Technology and Future Prospect, where Associate Professor Tsutsui gave a lecture.

2017 International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA 2017)

In 2017 International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA 2017) held at Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences, Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan, Prof. Yoshikazu Miyanaga gave one of keynote speeches. In the workshop, Ms. Myat Hsu Aung and Mr. Xiaonan Jiang presented our research achievements. The next SISA, SISA 2018, will be held at Inner Mongolia University of Technology, China, on Sep. 5 to 7, 2018.

  • Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “A Communication ROBOT with Noise Robust Speech Recognition,” International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA), Sep. 2017. [Keynote Speech]
  • Xiaonan Jiang, Tatsuya Nakagoshi, Noboru Hayasaka, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Evaluation of Phrase Rejection Using K-means Clustering for Robust Speech Recognition,” Proceedings of International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA), pp. 154-157, Sep. 2017.
  • Myat Hsu Aung, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Accuracy Evaluation of WiFi Based Indoor Positioning System Using Estimated Reference Locations,” Proceedings of International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA), pp. 321-326, Sep. 2017.

2017 International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC 2017)

Mr. Miyazaki, Mr. Yamada, Mr. Tsuyuguchi, and Mr. Nakagoshi presented their research achievements at 2017 International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC 2017) held in Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand, from 23 to 25 Aug.

  • Yoshiyuki Miyazaki, Yasuhito Arakane, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Noise Robust Phrase Speech Recognition for Similar Words,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC), pp. 135-138, Aug. 2017.
  • Kentaro Yamada, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Evaluation of Foreground Extraction Using Background Subtraction and GrabCut,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC), pp. 27-30, Aug. 2017.
  • So Tsuyuguchi, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Low-Cost Adaptive Block-Based Lossless Compression Method for Memory Bandwidth Reduction,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC), pp. 97-100, Aug. 2017.
  • Tatsuya Nakagoshi, Xiaonan Jiang, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Robust Speech Recognition Using Low-pass Processing RSA in the Frequency Domain,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC), pp. 139-142, Aug. 2017.