Category Archives: Conference/Workshop

ISCIT 2015 (International Symposium on Communication and Information Technologies) @Nara, Japan

At the International Symposium on Communication and Information Technologies (ISCIT) 2015 held at Nara, Japan, on 7th to 9th, Sep., Prof. Rhandley Cajote and Prof. Supavadee Aramvith presented the following papers.

  • Rhandley Cajote, Watchara Ruangsang, Supavadee Aramvith, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, Takao Onoye, Prasit Prapinmongkolkarn, “Wireless Video Transmission Over MIMO-OFDM Using Background Modeling for Video Surveillance Applications,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT), pp. 237-240, 7-9 Oct. 2015.
  • Htoo Maung Maung, Supavadee Aramvith, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Region-of-Interest Based Error Resilient Method for HEVC Video Transmission,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT), pp. 241-244, 7-9 Oct. 2015.

2015 International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC 2015)

Dr. Imagawa and Mr. Moriyama presented our research achievement at 2015 International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC 2015) held in Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand. We also enjoyed the conference official sightseeing tour.

  • Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “A Feasibility Study of a Flexible OFDM Transmitter Towards an Adaptive Control of Communication Quality,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC), pp. 77-79, Sep. 2015.
  • Shinya Moriyama, Kosuke Morinaga, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, Masaki Miura, Tohru Gotho, Junji Yamano, “Carrier and Sampling Frequency Offset Compensation in 8×8 MIMO-OFDM Systems and its Performance Evaluation Using Measured Data,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC), pp. 73-76, Sep. 2015.

IEICE Society Conference 2015 (8-11, Sep) at Tohoku University

Mr. Kokami, Mr. Imai, Mr. Uesaka and Mr. Aoki presented our research achievements at IEICE Society Conference 2015 held in Tohoku University. We also enjoyed a dinner party with the professors and students of the Processor Architecture and Systems Synthesis Laboratory at Kyoto University.

  • Hiroki Uesaka, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Evaluation of Motion Compensated Frame Interpolation from Multiple Resolution and Multiple Frame Rate Video Based on Global Motion,” IEICE Society Conference, Sep. 2015 (in Japanese).
  • Hikaru Aoki, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Evaluation towards Highly Efficient 3D Reconstruction Using Multiple Cameras,” IEICE Society Conference, Sep. 2015 (in Japanese).
  • 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, Sep. 2015 (in Japanese).
  • Shingo Kokami, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Image Shrinking Based Computational Cost Reduction of Moving Area Extraction with Global Motion Estimation and Background Subtraction,” IEICE Society Conference, Sep. 2015 (in Japanese).

Smart Info-media Systems (SIS) Technical Committee Conference, 3-4 Sep. at Kansai University

Mr. Moriyama presented our research achievements at Smart Info-media Systems (SIS) Technical Committee (TC) Conference held in Kansai University.

  • Shinya Moriyama, Kosuke Morinaga, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, Masaki Miura, Tohru Gotoh, Junji Yamano, “Performance Evaluation of Carrier and Sampling Frequency Offset Compensation Using Measured Data in MIMO-OFDM Systems,” IEICE Technical Report, Vol. 115, No. 208, pp. 31-36, SIS2015-20, 3-4 Sep. 2015 (in Japanese). [URL]

2015 International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA 2015)

In 2015 International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA 2015) held at Narashino, Prof. Yoshikazu Miyanaga presented our research achievement.

  • Htoo Maung Maung, Supavadee Aramvith, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Improved LCU-Level Intra Refresh and Rate Control for HEVC Video Coding,” Proceedings of International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA), pp. 136-141, RS2-8, Aug. 2015.

28th Workshop on Circuits and Systems, Summer Research Trial for Elementary and Junior High School Students

At the 28th Workshop on Circuits and Systems, which was held in Aug. 3rd to 4th at Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center, Assoc. Prof. Tsutsui was in charge of a topic of Summer Research Trial for Elementary and Junior-High Students, with Dr. Yuki Arikawa (NTT) and Prof. Jaehoon Yu (Osaka University). The topic was “Calculator design using logic ICs – Let’s make your own calculator”. The topic and its content is same as the previous version, which was organized by Prof. Takeshi Matsumoto (Ishikawa National College of Technology) and Dr. Kohei Hosokawa (NEC).

2015 IEEE International Conference on Digital Signal Processing (DSP 2015)

Last July 21-24, students from the ICN laboratory presented their research works at the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Digital Signal Processing. Among the presenters from the ICN lab were Mr. Federico Ang and Mr. Takahiro Inatsuki, supervised by Prof. Hiroshi Tsutsui. The following papers were then included in the conference proceedings:

  • “An FPGA Implementation of Low-latency Video Transmission System Using Lossless and Near-lossless Line-based Compression”, by Takahiro INATSUKI, Masato MATSUURA, Kosuke MORINAGA, Hiroshi TSUTSUI and Yoshikazu MIYANAGA
  • “Time-Varying LP Cepstral Features for Improved Isolated Word Speech Recognition” by Federico ANG, Hiroshi TSUTSUI and Yoshikazu MIYANAGA
  • “Framework of Surveillance Video Analysis and Transmission System using Background Modeling and MIMO-OFDM”, by Rhandley CAJOTE, Watchara RUANGSANG, Supavadee ARAMVITH, Prasit PRAPINMONGKOLKARN, Yoshikazu MIYANAGA and Takao ONOYE

RTSP 2015 and ISSCS 2015 at Romania

At International Workshop on Recent Trends in Signal Processing (RTSP 2015) held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from 6th to 7th July, Prof. Miyanaga made a plenary speech. At International Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems (ISSCS 2015) held in Iasi, Romania. From 9th to 10th July, Prof. Miyanaga made a plenary talk and oral presentation of our research achievement.

  • Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Robust Speech Recognition and its Robot Implementation,” International Workshop on Recent Trends in Signal Processing (RTSP), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, July 6-7 (Plenary Keynote), Jul. 2015.
  • Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “High-Quality Video Communication over Wireless Systems,” International Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems (ISSCS), Iasi, Romania, July 9-10 (Plenary talk), Jul. 2015.
  • Federico Ang, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Incorporation of Time-Varying LP Cepstral Features in HMM-Based Isolated Word Speech Recognition,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems (ISSCS), Jul. 2015.

Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association, Annual Summit and Conference 2014 (APSIPA ASC 2014)

On 12th Dec. 2014, Mr Dabwitso Kasauka presented the following work at Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association (APSIPA) Annual Summit and Conference (ASC) 2014, which was held in Siem Reap, Cambodia from 9th to 12th, 2014.

  • Dabwitso Kasauka, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Hiroyuki Okuhata, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Computational Cost Analysis and Implementation of Accelerated Iterative Shrinkage Smoothing,” Proceedings of Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association, Annual Summit and Conference 2014 (APSIPA ASC 2014), 9-12 Dec. 2014.

2014 International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA 2014)

In 2014 International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA 2014) held at Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. Masahito Umehara presented our research achievement.

  • Masahito Umehara, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Approach of Doppler-Tolerant Channel Estimation Using RLS Algorithm for MIMO-OFDM Systems,” Proceedings of International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA), pp. 197-202, Oct. 2014.