Category Archives: Conference/Workshop

6th AUN/SEED-Net Regional Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (RC-EEE)

At 6th AUN/SEED-Net Regional Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (RC-EEE) held at University of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur) on 4-5 Mar, Prof. Miyanaga and Assoc. Prof. Tsutsui presented the following invited speeches.

  • Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Robust Speech Recognition and its Low Power Consumption LSI Design,” 6th AUN/SEED-Net Regional Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (RC-EEE), Mar. 2014.
  • Hiroshi Tsutsui, “Design of Variational Based Realtime Retinex Image Enhancement IP Core,” 6th AUN/SEED-Net Regional Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (RC-EEE), Mar. 2014.

Smart Info-media Systems (SIS) Technical Committee Conference, 12th and 13th Dec. at Tottori

Mr. Iwaizumi and Mr. Sugitani presented their research achievements at Smart Info-media Systems (SIS) Technical Committee Conference held at Tottori on 12th Dec.

  • Hiroki Iwaizumi, Masahiro Sugitani, Baiko Sai, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Design of Highly Accurate 8×8 MIMO-OFDM System Using ASIP,” IEICE Technical Report, Vol. 113, No. 343, pp. 35-40, SIS2013-33, 12-13 Dec. 2013 (in Japanese).
  • Masahiro Sugitani, Hiroki Iwaizumi, Baiko Sai, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Development of 8×8 MIMO-OFDM System Using 9-Step MIMO Detector,” IEICE Technical Report, Vol. 113, No. 343, pp. 41-46, SIS2013-34, 12-13 Dec. 2013 (in Japanese).

2013 International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS 2013)

At 2013 International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS 2013) held in Naha, Okinawa, on Nov. 11-12, Mr. Inoue presented the following paper. The next ISPACS will be held at Kuching, Malaysia.

  • Yuya Inoue, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Study of PAPR Reduction Using Coded PTS in 8×8 MIMO-OFDM Systems,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), pp. 363-368, Nov. 2013.

Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association, Annual Summit and Conference 2013 (APSIPA ASC 2013)

Mr. Shimazaki (M2 student) presented the following paper at Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association, Annual Summit and Conference 2013 (APSIPA ASC 2013)
held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on Oct. 29 to Nov. 1.

  • Kosuke Shimazaki, Shingo Yoshizawa, Yasuyuki Hatakawa, Tomoko Matsumoto, Satoshi Konishi, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “A VLSI Design of an Arrayed Pipelined Tomlinson-Harashima Precoder for MU-MIMO Systems,” Proceedings of Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association, Annual Summit and Conference 2013 (APSIPA ASC 2013), OS.46-SPS.5, 166, 1 Nov. 2013.

18th Workshop on Synthesis And System Integration of Mixed Information technologies (SASIMI2013), Outstanding Paper Award

The following paper, where Assoc. Prof. Tsutsui is a co-author, received SASIMI 2013 Outstanding Paper Award. Workshop on Synthesis And System Integration of Mixed Information technologies (SASIMI2013) was held at Hotel Sapporo Garden Palace on Oct. 21st and 22nd, 2013. The first author of the paper, Mr. Imagawa from Kyoto University, received the award at the SASIMI 2013 banquet. The next SASIMI will be held in Taiwan.

  • Takashi Imagawa, Masayuki Hiromoto, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Hiroyuki Ochi, and Takashi Sato, “Place-and-Route Algorithms for a Reliability-Oriented Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Architecture using Time Redundancy,” in Proc. of the 18th Workshop on Synthesis And System Integration of Mixed Information technologies (SASIMI2013), Oct. 2013.

2013 International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA2013)

In 2013 International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA2013) held at WINC AICH, Nagoya from 30 Sep. to 2 Oct., M1 student Mr. Umehara presented the following paper. Next SISA (SISA2014) will be held at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

  • Masahito Umehara, Baiko Sai, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Evaluation of Channel Estimation Using RLS Algorithm in MIMO-OFDM Systems,” Proceedings of International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA), Oct. 2013.

ISCIT 2013 (International Symposium on Communication and Information Technologies 2013) @Samui Island, Thailand

At the International Symposium on Communication and Information Technologies (ISCIT) 2013 held in Ko Samui, Thailand, on 4th to 6th, Sep., Mr. Hikiyama, Ms. Watanabe, Mr. Matsuura, and Mr. Morinaga presented the following papers. They are all master course students.

  • Yuki Hikiyama, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “MIMO Propagation Scenario Discrimination for Adaptive Wireless Communication Systems,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT), S2, 4-6 Sep. 2013.
  • Masumi Watanabe, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Robust Speech Recognition for Similar Pronunciation Phrases Using MMSE under Noise Environments,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT), T5, 4-6 Sep. 2013.
  • Masato Matsuura, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Realtime Transmission of Full High-Definition 30 Frames/s Videos over 8×8 MIMO-OFDM Channels Using HACP-Based Lossless Coding,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT), T4, 4-6 Sep. 2013.
  • Kosuke Morinaga, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Evaluation of Wireless Video Transmission Using Lossless Video Compression and 8X8 MIMO-OFDM Wireless Transceiver,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT), S5, 4-6 Sep. 2013.

IEEE Student Branch Leadership Training Workshop (SBLW) 2013 @ Tohoku University

As staff of IEEE Hokkaido Univ. Student Branch, Matsuura(M1, Secretary) and Umehara(M1, Treasurer) presented activities of Student Branch and our research themes at IEEE Student Branch Leadership Training Workshop (SBLW) 2013 held at Tohoku University Kawauchi Campus on 26-27 August.

Smart Info-media Systems (SIS) Technical Committee Conference, 13th and 14th June at Kagoshima Houzan Hall

Sun and Watanabe presented their research topics at Smart Info-media Systems (SIS) Technical Committee Conference held at Kagoshima Houzan Hall on 14th June. Associate Processor Tsutsui presented a tutorial lecture.

  • Hiroshi Tsutsui, “[Tutorial Lecture] Design Case Study of Image Processing Hardware IP — Development of Retinex-based Image Enhancement IP Core –,” IEICE Technical Report, SIS2013-10, Vol. 113, No. 78, pp. 47-52, 13-14 Jun. 2013 (in Japanese).
  • Masumi Watanabe, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Robust Speech Recognition for Similar Pronunciation Words by Using Linear Prediction Theory,” IEICE Technical Report, SIS2013-12, Vol. 113, No. 78, pp. 59-64, 13-14 Jun. 2013 (in Japanese).
  • Xihao Sun, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Efficiency Improvement in Dynamic Time Warping Algorithms for Isolated Word Recognition,” IEICE Technical Report, SIS2013-13, Vol. 113, No. 78, pp. 65-68, 13-14 Jun. 2013.