Category Archives: Conference/Workshop

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).

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.