Category Archives: Conference/Workshop

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.

6th International Symposium on Communications, Control, and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2014)

Prof. Miyanaga presented the following paper at the 6th International Symposium on Communications, Control, and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2014) held in Athens, Greece on May 21-23.

  • Hiroki Iwaizumi, Masahiro Sugitani, Baiko Sai, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Video Wireless Communication Based on High Speed 8×8 MIMO-OFDM System,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Communications, Control, and Signal Processing (ISCCSP), pp. 627-630, 21-23 May. 2014.

2014 IEICE General Conference

At 2014 IEICE General Conference held at Niigata University, we presented some results of IDMA outdoor transmission experiment at session B-5 on 20th Mar.

  • Yuki Hikiyama, Hiroki Iwaizumi, Shingo Yoshizawa, Yasuyuki Hatakawa, Satoshi Konishi, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Characteristic Evaluation of IDMA in Outdoor Transmission Experiment,” IEICE General Conference, p.440, Mar. 2014 (in Japanese).
  • Yasuyuki Hatakawa, Satoshi Konishi, Shingo Yoshizawa, Hiroki Iwaizumi, Yuki Hikiyama, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Overview of Outdoor Transmission Experiment of IDMA,” IEICE General Conference, p.439, Mar. 2014 (in Japanese).
  • Shingo Yoshizawa, Yasuyuki Hatakawa, Satoshi Konishi, Yuki Hikiyama, Hiroki Iwaizumi, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Effect of Receiver Diversity in IDMA Outdoor Transmission Experiment,” IEICE General Conference, p.441, Mar. 2014 (in Japanese).