Category Archives: Conference/Workshop

IEICE Young Researcher’s Award (D1 Chenyu Zhao)

Mr. Chenyu Zhao, a first-year doctoral student (D1), received the IEICE Young Researcher’s Award for the following presentation at the IEICE Society Conference 2025

  • Chenyu Zhao, Yuzuki Morikawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Design of a Streaming-Based Resource-Efficient Mel Filter Bank Architecture for Real-Time Mel Spectrum Extraction on FPGA,” IEICE Society Conference, p. 118, A-14-15, Sep. 2025. [URL]

IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Activity Committee Internet Symposium 2026 (FY 2025) and Student Branch Advisors Award

Mr. Iura and Mr. Kawashima presented their works at IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Activity Committee Internet Symposium 2026 (FY 2025), which was held online from Feb. 20 to 27. Mr. Iura received the Hokkaido Section Student Branch Advisors Award

  • Takayuki Iura, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Evaluation of Spatial Noise Reduction Performance in Active Noise Control Using Multiple Secondary Loudspeakers for Snowplow Noise Reduction,” Proceedings of IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Activity Committee Internet Symposium, Feb. 2026 (in Japanese). [URL]
  • Taiyoh Kawashima, Yuito Ishisaki, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “An Evaluation of the Impact of Sleep Functions on Energy Consumption Based on Experimental Measurements in a LoRa-Based Environmental Sensing System,” Proceedings of IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Activity Committee Internet Symposium, Feb. 2026 (in Japanese). [URL]

2025 International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS 2025)

At the 2025 International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS 2025), held in Bandung from November 4 to 7, Mr. Yamamura and Ms. Morikawa presented the following papers.

  • Naoya Yamamura, Chenyu Zhao, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Evaluation of Bit-Width Effects in Fixed-Point FPGA-Optimized MFCC Computation via Software Simulation for HMM-Based Phrase Speech Recognition,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), Nov. 2025.
  • Yuzuki Morikawa, Chenyu Zhao, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Accuracy Evaluation of a Streaming-Based Resource-Efficient Mel Filter Bank Architecture with Fixed-Point Based Design Approaches,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), Nov. 2025.

2025 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers

Mr. Shimizu, Mr. Iura, Mr. Yamamura, Mr. Hori, and Mr. Kawashima presented their works at 2025 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers, which was held at Muroran Institute of Technology on Nov 2nd-3rd.

  • Kodai Shimizu, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, "An Evaluation of Parking Status Change Detection Using GMM-Based Analysis of Background-Subtraction Difference Distributionsfor Parking Lot Monitoring Systems in Snowy Conditions," Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, pp. 25-26, Nov. 2025 (in Japanese). [URL]
  • Taiyoh Kawashima, Yuito Ishisaki, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, "Experimental Evaluation of Energy Consumption for a LoRa-based Environmental Sensing System,"Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, p. 217, Nov. 2025 (in Japanese). [URL]
  • Takayuki Iura, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, "Evaluation of the Effect of Loudspeaker Placement on Active Noise Control Performance for Indoor Reduction of Outdoor Noise," Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, p. 112, Nov. 2025 (in Japanese). [URL]
  • Taishin Hori, Chenyu Zhao, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, "An Evaluation of Parameters for Log-Mel Spectrum Calculation in Anomalous Sound Detection Using Spiking Neural Networks," Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, p. 113, Nov. 2025 (in Japanese). [URL]
  • Naoya Yamamura, Chenyu Zhao, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, "Evaluation of Bit-Width Effects in Fixed-Point FPGA-Optimized MFCC Computation via Software Simulation for HMM-Based Phrase Speech Recognition Using Delta Features," Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, p. 114, Nov. 2025 (in Japanese). [URL]

A student networking event was held during this convention. Students made presentations about their university, research activity, and student activity. From our laboratory, Ms. Morikawa, the treasurer of IEEE Hokkaido University Student Branch gave a presentation on the activities of the IEEE Student Branch and the benefits of establishing a branch.

Hokuyukai Alma Mater Networking Event 2025

Mr. Yuito Ishisaki made a poster presentation entitled “A Measurement of Packet Delivery Rate and Signal Strength in LoRa Communication in Urban and Suburban Areas of Sapporo” at Hokuyukai Alma Mater Networking Event (in Japanese).

IEEE R10 Humanitarian Technology Conference (HTC) 2025

At the IEEE R10 HTC 2025, held at Chiba University of Commerce from September 29 to October 1, Mr. Ishisaki delivered the following presentations.

  • Yuito Ishisaki, Kyotaro Kunii, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “A Measurement of Packet Delivery Rate and Signal Strength in LoRa Communication in Urban and Suburban Areas of Sapporo,” Proceedings of IEEE R10 Humanitarian Technology Conference (IEEE R10 HTC), Sep. 2025.

The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers Society Conference 2025

On Spetember 8, D1 student Chenyu Zhao presented the following paper at the 2025 Society Conference held at Okayama University Tsushima campus.

  • Chenyu Zhao, Yuzuki Morikawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Design of a Streaming-Based Resource-Efficient Mel Filter Bank Architecture for Real-Time Mel Spectrum Extraction on FPGA,” IEICE Society Conference, p. 118, A-14-15, Sep. 2025.

2025 International Symposium on Multimedia and Communications (ISMAC 2025)

At the 2025 International Symposium on Multimedia and Communications (ISMAC 2025), held on Panglao Island from August 20 to 22, Mr. Zhao and Ms. Sakaki delivered the following two presentations.

  • Chenyu Zhao, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Design and Implementation of a Real-Time Acoustic Feature Visualization System on Raspberry Pi Platform Utilizing Fixed-Point FPGA-Based Mel Spectrum Extraction,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC), Aug. 2025.
  • Haruka Sakaki, Kenshiro Tanaka, Chenyu Zhao, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Comparative Evaluation of CNN, VGG16, Conformer, and YAMNet Models for Skateboard Riding Sound Detection,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC), Aug. 2025.

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 2025 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).