Category Archives: Event

Lab orientation/tour for 3rd-year undergraduate students, 2024

We will conduct a laboratory orientation for third-year undergraduate students as per the following schedule:

  • Location: 11-12, IST Building 11th floor
  • Date and Time: Oct 18 (Fri) at 13:00-, 14:00-
    (Please try to join us at an earlier time if possible. We may not conduct the session after 14:00 if there are no participants.)

Visits (tours) to the lab are also possible. The available time slots are as follows:

  • Location: ICN Lab., IST Building 11th floor
  • Date and Time: Students will definitely be available during the following hours.
    (For Wednesdays and Thursdays, please refrain from visiting before the end of the experiment; School of Engineering Timetable)

    • Oct 16 (Wed) after the end of the experiment, until 18:00
    • Oct 17 (Thu) after the end of the experiment, until 18:00
    • Oct 21 (Mon) 16:30-18:00

If the above times are not suitable, please contact (or visit) us directly.

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

On Monday, September 30th, 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.
Here shows contents of demonstration exhibit.

  • Real-time display of Flightradar24 using Raspberry Pi and software wireless device (aircraft position tracking)
  • Voice pitch shift using FPGA board
  • Chapit, a voice recognition robot from Raytron

Research Presentations by Mr. Chen and Mr. Ishisaki at the BCT Workshop

Mr. Chen and Mr. Ishisaki presented their research achievements at the BCT Workshop, which was held at Muroran Institute of Technology on July 26.

  • Yuito Ishisaki, Kyotaro Kunii, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “An Evaluation of Communication Quality and Line-of-Sight Impact on LoRa Wireless Communication Using Radio Measurement Vehicle in Sapporo Suburbs,” ITE Technical Report, Vol. 48, No. 23, pp. 8-11, BCT2024-53, 26-26 Jul. 2024 (in Japanese). [URL]
  • Yuanyou Chen, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Performance Evaluation of Reservoir Computing Based MIMO-OFDM Detection with Precoders,” ITE Technical Report, Vol. 48, No. 23, pp. 12-15, BCT2024-54, 26-26 Jul. 2024 (in Japanese). [URL]

This workshop was held with the support of Muroran Institute of Technology and the Center for Computer Science (CCS), Muroran Institute of Technology. Before the lunch break, there was a presentation titled “Introduction of Muroran Institute of Technology” by Professor Kaoru Ohta, CCS Director.

“Campus Clean Day” 2024

We participated in the Campus Clean-up Day held at Hokkaido University on Wednesday, May 15.

Lab tour for 2nd-year undergraduate students 2024

On April 16th, we held a lab tour for second-year undergraduate students as part of their class. Professor Tsutsui introduced our laboratory, and demonstrated image processing using an FPGA board and speech phrase recognition with a communication robot named Chapit.

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.

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!

2023 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers

Mr. Chimkono, Mr. Kunii, Mr. Tanaka, and Mr. Saito presented their works at 2023 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers, which was held at Future University Hakodate on Oct 28th-28th.

  • Kenshiro Tanaka, Kota Hirai, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “A Feasibility Study on Power Consumption Reduction of IoT Device GPS Modules for Environmental Monitoring Systems and Its Prototype Evaluation,” Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, pp. 206-207, Oct. 2023 (in Japanese).
  • Yuki Saito, Kyotaro Kunii, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “An Investigation of Temporal Variations in LoRa Modulation-based Communication Performance,” Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, p. 208, Oct. 2023 (in Japanese).
  • Kyotaro Kunii, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Investigating the Impact of LDPC Codes on LoRa Modulation Communication Performance,” Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, pp. 209-210, Oct. 2023 (in Japanese).
  • Aaron William Chimkono, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Towards Robust Parking Classification in Snow: Training MobileNetV3 on a Custom Dataset,” Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, p. 254, Oct. 2023.

A student networking event was held during this convention. Students made presentations about their university, research activity, and student activity. Mr. Kunii who is the chair of IEEE Hokkaido University Student Branch introduced the activity of the student branch.