Category Archives: Conference/Workshop

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.

40th PARTHENON Technical Society Conference

At the 40th PARTHENON Technical Society Conference which was held in Kyoto University on Sep. 29, Assoc. Prof. Hiroshi Tsutsui reported Collaborative Work for Embedded Systems Training (Phase-2) held at Universities’ Research Centre (URC), the University of Yangon.

Hokuyukai Alma Mater Networking Event / Hokkaido University Engineering Innovation Forum 2014

George Mufungulwa made a poster presentation at Hokuyukai alma mater networking event (北楡会母校交流会) held with Hokkaido University Engineering Innovation Forum 2014.

Collaborative Work for Embedded Systems Training at the University of Yangon

Assoc. Prof. Tsutsui participated Collaborative Work for Embedded Systems Training (Phase-2) held at Universities’ Research Centre (URC), the University of Yangon. The workshop was held on 20 Aug. to 5 Sep. He gave some lectures and exercises using DE0 FPGA board. The topic where he involved was related to hardware description languages mainly targeting NSL and C programming for a tiny embedded processor, SN/X.

Smart Info-media Systems (SIS) Technical Committee Conference, 9-11 July at Hokkaido University

Mr. Umehara presented our research achievements at Smart Info-media Systems (SIS) Technical Committee (TC) Conference held in Hokkaido University Centennial Hall on 10th July. This TC Conference was cosponsored by SIS-TC and TCs from System and Signal Processing Sub-Society (SSP) which includes Circuits and Systems (CAS), VLSI Design Technologies (VLD), Signal Processing (SIP), and Mathematical Systems Science and Its Applications (MSS). Assoc. Prof. Tsutsui served as one of local organizers.

  • Masahito Umehara, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Doppler-Resistant Channel Estimation Method Using RLS Algorithm for MIMO-OFDM Systems,” IEICE Technical Report, 9-11 Jul. 2014 (in Japanese). [URL]

The 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2014)

Second Year Doctor student Federico Ang gave a poster presentation at the 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2014) held in Melbourne, Australia on June 1-5. ISCAS is the annual flagship conference of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (IEEE CASS).

  • Federico Ang, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, Rowena Cristina Guevara, Rhandley Cajote, Michael Gringo Bayona, “Open Domain Continuous Filipino Speech Recognition with Code-Switching,” Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 2301-2304, 1-5 June, 2014.