Category Archives: Conference/Workshop

Regional Conference on Computer and Information Engineering (RCCIE 2016)

In Regional Conference on Computer and Information Engineering (RCCIE 2016) held at Yangon Technological University on 3-4 Oct, Prof. Miyanaga presented the following invited speech.

  • Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Robust Speech Recognition with New Time-Varying Speech Features,” Regional Conference on Computer and Information Engineering (RCCIE 2016), Oct. 2016.

IEICE Society Conference 2016 (8-11, Sep) at Hokkaido University

Mr. George Mufungulwa and Mr. Kenta Sugiyama presented our research achievements at IEICE Society Conference 2016 held in Hokkaido University. Some students of our laboratory joined the conference as staffs.

  • George Mufungulwa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Alia Asheralieva, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Robust Speech Recognition using MFCC with Triangular Mel Filtered Time Varying LPC,” IEICE Society Conference, A-15-10, Sep. 2016.
  • Kenta Sugiyama, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Evaluation of Haze Removal Method Using Variational Model Based Transmission Map Estimation,” IEICE Society Conference, A-15-18, Sep. 2016 (in Japanese).

Hokuyukai Alma Mater Networking Event / Hokkaido University Engineering Innovation Forum 2016

Mr. Hiroki Uesaka made a poster presentation entitled “An Accuracy Evaluation of Motion-Compensated Frame Interpolation Using High-Resolution Video and High-Frame-Rate Video” at Hokkaido University Engineering Innovation Forum 2016 (Hokuyukai alma mater networking event).

2016 International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA 2016)

In 2016 International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA 2016) held at Ayutthaya, Thailand, Prof. Yoshikazu Miyanaga and Mr. Hiroki Uesaka presented our research achievements.

  • Htoo Maung Maung, Supavadee Aramvith, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Improved Region-of-Interest based Rate Control for Error Resilient HEVC Framework,” Proceedings of International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA), Sep. 2016.
  • Hiroki Uesaka, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Accuracy Evaluation of Motion-Compensated Frame Interpolation Using High-Resolution Video and High-Frame-Rate Video,” Proceedings of International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA), Sep. 2016.

2016 International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC 2016)

PhD candidates Mr. Xu and Mr. Mufungulwa, master course students Mr. Rao and Mr. Li presented our research achievements at 2016 International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC 2016) held at Tokyo City University Setagaya Campus. Also Visiting Assistant Professor Dr. Boonserm Kaewkamnerdpong made a keynote speech entitled “Autsim Therapy with Technology” at the symposium.

  • Xin Xu, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Prosody Information for Emotion Recognition in the Real World,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC), Aug. 2016.
  • George Mufungulwa, Alia Asheralieva, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “New MFCC with Triangular Mel Filtered Time Varying LPC,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC), Aug. 2016.
  • Licheng Rao, Shingo Yoshizawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “One-block shared memory FFT processor by using new memory addressing approach,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC), Aug. 2016.
  • Yang Li, Alia Asheralieva, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Delay Aware Resource Allocation Scheme for a Cognitive LTE Based Radio Network,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC), Aug. 2016.

The 31st International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC 2016)

At the 31st International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC 2016) held on on July 10-13 in Naha, Okinawa, Japan, Mr. George Mufungulwa and Mr. Wenheng Zhang presented the following works.

  • George Mufungulwa, Alia Asheralieva, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Speech Recognition using MFCC with Time Varying LPC for Similar Pronunciation Phrases,” The 31st International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC), Jul. 2016.
  • Wenheng Zhang, Alia Asheralieva, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “The optimum power allocation method in the uplink of OFDMA system,” The 31st International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC), Jul. 2016.

Smart Info-media Systems (SIS) Technical Committee Conference, 9-10 June at Kushiro Tourism and International Relations Center, Kushiro City

On June 9 to 10, Mr. George Mufungulwa and Ms. Na Zhu made the following presentations at Smart Info-media Systems (SIS) Technical Committee (TC) Conference held at Kushiro Tourism and International Relations Center, Kushiro City.

  • Na Zhu, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Masumi Watanabe, “Two-steps Process Speech Recognition System for Similar Pronunciation Phrases under Noise Environment,” IEICE Technical Report, Vol. 116, No. 81, pp. 61-64, SIS2016-12, 9-10 Jun. 2016.
  • George Mufungulwa, Alia Asheralieva, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “New Speech Features Based on time-varying LPC for Robust Automatic Speech Recognition,” IEICE Technical Report, Vol. 116, No. 81, pp. 55-59, SIS2016-11, 9-10 Jun. 2016.

IEICE Young Researcher’s Award

Mr. Seijiro Imai won IEICE Young Researcher’s Award for the following presentation at IEICE Society Conference. The award ceremony was held on Mar. 17 during IEICE General Conference at Kyushu University Ito Campus.

  • Seijiro Imai, Dabwitso Kasauka, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Hiroyuki Okuhata, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Computational Cost Reduction of Iterative Shrinkage Smoothing Based Image Enhancement,” IEICE Society Conference, p. 144, A-20-4, Sep. 2015 (in Japanese).

IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium 2016 Best Presentation Award

Mr. Aoki, a 2nd-year master student, won one of the best presentation awards at IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium 2016 for the following presentation.

  • Hikaru Aoki, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Evaluation of Data Traffic Reduction for 3D Reconstruction Using a Wireless Network Camera System,” Proceedings of IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium, Feb. 2016 (in Japanese).

IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium 2016

Mr. Imai and Mr. Aoki, 2nd-year master students, made the following presentations on IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium 2016, which was held on Feb. 17 to 23.

  • Seijiro Imai, Dabwitso Kasauka, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Hiroyuki Okuhata, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Evaluation of Frame-based Parallel Processing for Iterative Shrinkage Smoothing Using Multi-core Processor,” Proceedings of IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium, Feb. 2016 (in Japanese).
  • Hikaru Aoki, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Evaluation of Data Traffic Reduction for 3D Reconstruction Using a Wireless Network Camera System,” Proceedings of IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium, Feb. 2016 (in Japanese).