Category Archives: Conference/Workshop

2017 International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA 2017)

In 2017 International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA 2017) held at Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences, Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan, Prof. Yoshikazu Miyanaga gave one of keynote speeches. In the workshop, Ms. Myat Hsu Aung and Mr. Xiaonan Jiang presented our research achievements. The next SISA, SISA 2018, will be held at Inner Mongolia University of Technology, China, on Sep. 5 to 7, 2018.

  • Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “A Communication ROBOT with Noise Robust Speech Recognition,” International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA), Sep. 2017. [Keynote Speech]
  • Xiaonan Jiang, Tatsuya Nakagoshi, Noboru Hayasaka, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Evaluation of Phrase Rejection Using K-means Clustering for Robust Speech Recognition,” Proceedings of International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA), pp. 154-157, Sep. 2017.
  • Myat Hsu Aung, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Accuracy Evaluation of WiFi Based Indoor Positioning System Using Estimated Reference Locations,” Proceedings of International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA), pp. 321-326, Sep. 2017.

2017 International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC 2017)

Mr. Miyazaki, Mr. Yamada, Mr. Tsuyuguchi, and Mr. Nakagoshi presented their research achievements at 2017 International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC 2017) held in Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand, from 23 to 25 Aug.

  • Yoshiyuki Miyazaki, Yasuhito Arakane, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Noise Robust Phrase Speech Recognition for Similar Words,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC), pp. 135-138, Aug. 2017.
  • Kentaro Yamada, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Evaluation of Foreground Extraction Using Background Subtraction and GrabCut,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC), pp. 27-30, Aug. 2017.
  • So Tsuyuguchi, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Low-Cost Adaptive Block-Based Lossless Compression Method for Memory Bandwidth Reduction,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC), pp. 97-100, Aug. 2017.
  • Tatsuya Nakagoshi, Xiaonan Jiang, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Robust Speech Recognition Using Low-pass Processing RSA in the Frequency Domain,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC), pp. 139-142, Aug. 2017.

GI-CoRE GSQ, GSB & IGM Joint Symposium

At GI-CoRE GSQ, GSB & IGM Joint Symposium held on July 10-11 in Hokkaido University, Ms. Myat Hsu Aung made the following presentation. More specifically, her presentation is one of the student presentations for GSB Workshop held on July 11.

  • Myat Hsu Aung, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Implementation of WiFi Based Indoor Positioning System Using Estimated Reference Locations,” GI-CoRE GSQ, GSB & IGM Joint Symposium, Jul. 2017.

The 30th Workshop on Circuits and Systems

At the 30th Workshop on Circuits and Systems, which was held in May 10th to 11th at Kitakyushu International Conference Center, Mr. Kenta Sugiyama presented the following paper.

    • Kenta Sugiyama, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Evaluation of Atmospheric Light Estimation in Haze Removal Method Using Variational Model Based Transmission Map Estimation,” Proceedings of Workshop on Circuits and Systems, pp. 57-60, May. 2017 (in Japanese).

Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association, Annual Summit and Conference 2016 (APSIPA ASC 2016)

On 14th Dec. 2016, Mr Dabwitso Kasauka presented the following work at Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association (APSIPA) Annual Summit and Conference (ASC) 2016, which was held at Jeju, South Korea from 13th to 16th, 2016.

  • Dabwitso Kasauka, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Seijiro Imai, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroyuki Okuhata, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Image Smoothing in the Spatial Domain Using Multigrid Conjugate Gradient Methods Based on Accelerated Iterative Shrinkage,” Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA ASC), Dec. 2016.

In 2017 and 2018, APSIPA ASC will be held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and Hawaii USA, respectively. As for APSIPA ASC 2016, please refer APSIPA ASC 2017 Web Site for the details such as important dates.

IEICE Chugoku Section Special Workshop, Next Generation Video Wireless Communication Systems

On Nov. 11, IEICE Chugoku Section Special Workshop was held Tottori University Tottori Campus. The workshop topic is next generation video wireless communication systems, where Prof. Miyanaga and Associate Professor Tsutsui gave lectures.

2016 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers

Mr. Ikeshita presented his paper at 2016 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers, which was held at Hokkai-Gakuen University on Nov. 5th-6th. In this paper, we reduced the amount of memory and operation of an FPU-based matrix inversion circuit for MIMO-OFDM demodulation. The circuit has the scalability in the target matrix size and the number of FPUs. This paper evaluated the circuit area and the processing cycle count.

  • Takahiro Ikeshita, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An FPU-based hardware implementation of Gauss-Jordan matrix inversion operation for
    MIMO-OFDM demodulation,” Joint Convention Record, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers, Japan, Nov. 2016

A student exchange meeting was held during this workshop. Students of each university made presentations about their university, research activity, and student activity. Mr. Uesaka who is the chair of IEEE student branch at Hokkaido university introduced the activity of the student branch.

2016 International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS 2016)

At 2016 International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS 2016) held at Phuket, Thailand on Oct. 24-27, Prof. Alia and Mr. Imai presented the following papers.

  • Alia Asheralieva, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Multi-Agent Q-Learning for Autonomous D2D Communication,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), Oct. 2016.
  • Seijiro Imai, Dabwitso Kasauka, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroyuki Okuhata, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Processing Time Reduction of Tone Mapping Based on Iterative Shrinkage Smoothing Using Parallel Processing,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), Oct. 2016.

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).