Author Archives: Reona Kumaki

2024 Farewell party

On Monday, March 18, we held a farewell party for Mr. Kunii who will graduate this year, and Mr. John who will move to another laboratory.
We wish them both the best of luck in their new positions!

Introduction of Media Network Course for Freshmen (Feb. 2024)

On Thursday, February 8th, an introductory session for freshmen was held. Students from our research laboratory also participated as representatives of the Media Network Course. We provided an overview of the course, explained the research laboratory through panel presentations, and demonstrated equipment to the freshmen.

2024 Lab’s new-year party

On Feb 5(Friday), we held a Lab’s new-year party.

2023 Lab’s year-end party

On Dec 8(Friday), we held a Lab’s year-end party.

Welcome party for new members

On Tuesday, November 21, we held a welcome party for four new members (Mr. Yamanaka, Ms. Morikawa, Mr. Hori, and Ms. Sakaki) assigned to our laboratory. Let’s work together from now on!

Introduction of Media Network Course for Freshmen (Sep. 2023)

On Friday, September 29th, an introductory session for freshmen was held. Students from our research laboratory also participated as representatives of the Media Network Course. We provided an overview of the course, explained the research laboratory through panel presentations, and demonstrated equipment to the freshmen.

IEEE CASS Sapporo Workshop on Circuits and Systems

On Monday, July 31st, Professor Myung Hoon Sunwoo, the incoming president of IEEE CASS, along with other professors from IEEE CASS, visited the campus and delivered invited talks. Several students from our research lab also attended and listened to the talks.

BCT Conference at July 2023

Mr. Kumaki presented his research at the July 2023 Broadcasting and Communication Technologies Workshop held at Sapporo Business Innovation Center on July 27-28.

  • Reona Kumaki, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “An Evaluation of Neural Network Parameters for Decoding (8,4) and (16,8) Polar Codes,” IEICE Technical Report, Vol. 47, No. 21(BCT), pp. 49-52, BCT2023-61, 27-28 Jul. 2023 (in Japanese).

Also a reception was held at Matsuo-Jingisukan restaurant on the evening of the 27th.

Lab tour for 2nd-year undergraduate students

On Apr. 25th, we held the lab tour for 2nd-year undergraduate students as part of the class.
After Prof. Tsutsui introduced our laboratory, we introduced image processing by using FPGA board, radio function by using USRP, and body tracking function by using Azure Kinect as a demonstration exhibit.

IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium 2023 Best Presentation Award

Mr. Hirai and Mr. Kumaki won one of the best presentation awards at IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium 2023 for the following presentation.

  • Kota Hirai, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “A Feasibility Study on Power Consumption Reduction of IoT Devices for Environmental Monitoring Systems Based on Long Sensing Intervals and Its Prototype Evaluation,” IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium, Feb. 2023 (in Japanese).
  • Reona Kumaki, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “A Structure Parameter Comparison of Fully Connected Neural Networks for Decoding Short Length Polar Codes,” IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium, Feb. 2023 (in Japanese).