Category Archives: Conference/Workshop

IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium 2025 Best Presentation Award

Ms. Sakaki won one of the best presentation awards at IEICE Hokkaido SAC Internet Symposium 2024 for the following presentation.

  • Haruka Sakaki, Kenshiro Tanaka, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Noise Robustness Improvement by Applying Multi-Condition Training to a VGG16-Based Skateboard Riding Sound Detection System,” Proceedings of IEICE Hokkaido Section Section Student Activity Committee Internet Symposium, Feb. 2025 (in Japanese).

The 50th PARTHENON Technical Society Conference @ Meiji University Ikuta Campus

On December 25, B4 student Yuzuki Morikawa presented the following paper at the 50th Parthenon Technical Society Conference held at Meiji University Ikuta Campus. We also participated in the Parthenon Workshop held on December 26.

  • Yuzuki Morikawa, Chenyu Zhao, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Towards a Low-Cost Hardware Implementation of a Mel Filter Bank for Audio Signal Processing,” Proceedings of the 50th PARTHENON Technical Society Conference, pp. 32-33, Dec. 2024 (in Japanese).

2024 International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS 2024)

At the 2024 International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS 2024), held in Kaohsiung from December 10 to 13, Mr. Zhao presented the following paper.

  • Chenyu Zhao, Naoya Yamamura, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Evaluation of Computational Cost and Result Accuracy in Design and Efficient Implementation of Log-Mel Spectrogram and MFCC Feature Extraction Using Fixed-Point Arithmetic on FPGA,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), Dec. 2024.

2024 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers

Mr. Tanaka, and Mr. Saito presented their works at 2024 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers, which was held at Hokkaido University on Nov 2nd-3rd.

  • Yuki Saito, Yuito Ishisaki, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Evaluation of Energy Consumption in LoRa Modulation with Varying Payload Lengths,” Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, p. 65, Nov. 2024 (in Japanese).
  • Kenshiro Tanaka, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “A Feasibility Study on Transfer Learning Using VGG16 for Skateboarder Detection System Based on Skateboard Rolling Sound Detection,” Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, p. 29, Nov. 2024 (in Japanese).

A student networking event was held during this convention. Students made presentations about their university, research activity, and student activity. From our laboratory, Mr. Saito, the Chair of IEEE Hokkaido University Student Branch, served as the MC, and Mr. Ishizaki, the Treasurer, gave a presentation on the activities of the IEEE Student Branch and the benefits of establishing a branch.

Participation of Fourth-Year Students in the 27th PARTHENON Workshop

Morikawa, Sakaki, and Hori, fourth-year undergraduate students, participated in the 27th PARTHENON Workshop, organized by the PARTHENON Society, Non-Profit Organization, held at
the Tokyo Campus, the Institute for Small Business Management and Technology (Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation) from Thursday, August 29 to Saturday, August 31 (Tsutsui also participated). They implemented their own designed systems on the DE10-Lite platform using the hardware description language NSL and the CPU they designed with it.

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.

IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium 2024 Best Presentation Award

Mr. Shimizu won one of the best presentation awards at IEICE Hokkaido SAC Internet Symposium 2024 for the following presentation.

  • Kodai Shimizu, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “An Evaluation of Parking Status Change Detection Using Background Subtraction for Parking Lot Monitoring Systems in Snowy Conditions,” Proceedings of IEICE Hokkaido Section Section Student Activity Committee Internet Symposium, Feb. 2024 (in Japanese).

The 49th PARTHENON Technical Society Conference @ Meiji University Ikuta Campus

On December 23, M1 student Chenyu Zhao presented the following paper at the 49th Parthenon Technical Society Conference held at Meiji University Ikuta campus. This presentation was selected for the Outstanding Presentation Award. It seems that Zhao will later receive a PARTHENON T-shirt.

  • Chenyu Zhao, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “A Prototype Implementation of Audio Signal Pitch Shifting Utilizing Arty A7 and I2S MEMS Microphone Controlled by RISC-V Processor,” Proceedings of the 49th PARTHENON Technical Society Conference, pp. 25-29, Dec. 2023.

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.

ISCIT 2023 (2023 International Symposium on Communication and Information Technologies) @Sydney, Australia

At the ISICT 2023 (2023 International Symposium on Communication and Information Technologies) held at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) from October 16th to 18th, presentations were given by Ph.D. candidate Haojiong Wang and first-year master’s student Kota Hirai as follows:

  • Haojiong Wang, Elroy L. M. Galbraith, Matteo Convertino, “Risky Blooms: Space-Time Chlorophyll-a Analysis and Forecasting,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT), Oct. 2023.
  • Kota Hirai, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Ying He, Takeo Ohgane, “Power Consumption and Prototype Evaluation of IoT Devices for Environmental Monitoring Systems,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT), Oct. 2023.