Category Archives: Conference/Workshop

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).

JST Hokkaido Area New Technology Presentation Meeting

Assoc. Prof. Tsutsui made the following presentation at JST Hokkaido Area New Technology Presentation Meeting on Jan 19.

  • Hiroshi Tsutsui, 補間技術を用いた適応的高品位映像撮像技術, JST Hokkaido Area New Technology Presentation Meeting, Jan 2015, in Japanese.

Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association, Annual Summit and Conference 2015 (APSIPA ASC 2015)

On 19th Dec. 2015, Mr Dabwitso Kasauka presented the following work at Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association (APSIPA) Annual Summit and Conference (ASC) 2015, which was held at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 16th to 19th, 2015.

  • Dabwitso Kasauka, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Hiroyuki Okuhata, Takashi Imagawa, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Image Smoothing Using Spatial Iterative Methods Based on Accelerated Iterative Shrinkage,” Proceedings of Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA ASC), pp. 779-783, 16-19 Dec. 2015.

Also at APSIPA ASC 2015, Hong Kong, Prof. Yoshikazu Miyanaga made the following lecture in an invited overview session.

  • Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “A MIMO-OFDM System for High-Quality Video Communication,” Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA ASC), p. 1224, Invited Overview Session, 16-19 Dec. 2015.

This year’s APSIPA ASC is the first ASC held at the area where APSIPA’s HQ locates, that is Hong Kong. In 2016 and 2017, APSIPA ASC will be held in Jeju Island and Malaysia, respectively. As for APSIPA ASC 2016, please refer the APSIPA ASC 2016 CFP for the details such as important dates, which is a scaned version of the distributed CFP at APSIPA 2015 venue.

Smart Info-media Systems (SIS) Technical Committee Conference, 3-4 Dec. at Awara Onsen, Fukui

On Dec. 3 to 4, Mr. Iwata, Mr. Aoki, Mr. Imai, Mr. Uesaka, Mr.  Kokami presented our research achievement at Smart Info-media Systems (SIS) Technical Committee (TC) in held in Awara Onsen, Fukui.

  • Sukeyuki Iwata, Masahito Umehara, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Evaluation of High Quality Synchronization Method Based on Delayed and Symmetric Correlation in MIMO-OFDM “, IEICE Technical Report, Vol. 115, No. 348, pp. 73-76, SIS2015-29, 3-4 Dec. 2015 (in Japanese).
  • Hikaru Aoki, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Evaluation for Appropriate Camera Selection in 3D Reconstruction System Using Multiple Cameras”, IEICE Technical Report, Vol. 115, No. 348, pp. 53-56, SIS2015-29, 3-4 Dec. 2015 (in Japanese).
  • Seijiro Imai, Dabwitso Kasauka, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Hiroyuki Okuhata, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Processing Time Reduction of Iterative Shrinkage Smoothing Using Parallel Processing”, IEICE Technical Report, Vol. 115, No. 348, pp. 57-60, SIS2015-29, 3-4 Dec. 2015 (in Japanese).
  • Hiroki Uesaka, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Accuracy Evaluation of Frame Interpolation Method Using High-Resolution Video and High-Frame Rate Video”, IEICE Technical Report, Vol. 115, No. 348, pp. 89-94, SIS2015-29, 3-4 Dec. 2015 (in Japanese).
  • Shingo Kokami, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Image Shrinking Based Computational Cost Reduction of Moving Area Extraction Using Global Motion Estimation with KLT Tracker and Background Subtraction”, IEICE Technical Report, Vol. 115, No. 348, pp. 95-98, SIS2015-29, 3-4 Dec. 2015 (in Japanese).

2015 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers

Mr. Iwata and Mr. Zhang attended 2015 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers, which was held at Kitami Institute of Technology On Oct. 7-8. The following presentations were given at the conference.

  • Sukeyuki Iwata, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An evaluation of high quality synchronization method in MIMO-OFDM using measured value,” Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, Nov. 2015 (in Japanese).
  • Wenheng Zhang, Alia Asheralieva, Gengfa Fang, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “A Power Allocation Method in OFDMA System,” Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, Nov. 2015.

IEICE Hokkaido Section Special Workshop, Next Generation Video Wireless Communication Networks

On Oct. 16, IEICE Hokkaido Section Special Workshop was held at Lecture Hall, Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building, Hokkaido University. The workshop topic is next generation video wireless communication networks, where the chair is Prof. Miyanaga. Associate Professor Tsutsui gave a lecture at this workshop as one of lecturer.