Temporary suspension of services due to planned power outage (Aug 31 – Sep 2, 2024)

A planned power outage will be conducted at Hokkaido University’s Sapporo Campus on Sunday, September 1st, from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. As a result, all lab services will be suspended
from 1:00 PM on Saturday, August 31st, until 10:00 AM on Monday, September 2nd.
The service suspension period may vary, and some services might be running slightly, or they might not be running at all.

Research Presentations by Mr. Chen and Mr. Ishisaki at the BCT Workshop

Mr. Chen and Mr. Ishisaki presented their research achievements at the BCT Workshop, which was held at Muroran Institute of Technology on July 26.

  • Yuito Ishisaki, Kyotaro Kunii, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “An Evaluation of Communication Quality and Line-of-Sight Impact on LoRa Wireless Communication Using Radio Measurement Vehicle in Sapporo Suburbs,” ITE Technical Report, Vol. 48, No. 23, pp. 8-11, BCT2024-53, 26-26 Jul. 2024 (in Japanese). [URL]
  • Yuanyou Chen, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Performance Evaluation of Reservoir Computing Based MIMO-OFDM Detection with Precoders,” ITE Technical Report, Vol. 48, No. 23, pp. 12-15, BCT2024-54, 26-26 Jul. 2024 (in Japanese). [URL]

This workshop was held with the support of Muroran Institute of Technology and the Center for Computer Science (CCS), Muroran Institute of Technology. Before the lunch break, there was a presentation titled “Introduction of Muroran Institute of Technology” by Professor Kaoru Ohta, CCS Director.

“Campus Clean Day” 2024

We participated in the Campus Clean-up Day held at Hokkaido University on Wednesday, May 15.

Lab tour for 2nd-year undergraduate students 2024

On April 16th, we held a lab tour for second-year undergraduate students as part of their class. Professor Tsutsui introduced our laboratory, and demonstrated image processing using an FPGA board and speech phrase recognition with a communication robot named Chapit.

2024 Farewell party

On Monday, March 18, we held a farewell party for Mr. Kunii who will graduate this year, and Mr. John who will move to another laboratory.
We wish them both the best of luck in their new positions!

Introduction of Media Network Course for Freshmen (Feb. 2024)

On Thursday, February 8th, an introductory session for freshmen was held. Students from our research laboratory also participated as representatives of the Media Network Course. We provided an overview of the course, explained the research laboratory through panel presentations, and demonstrated equipment to the freshmen.

2024 Lab’s new-year party

On Feb 5(Friday), we held a Lab’s new-year party.

2023 Lab’s year-end party

On Dec 8(Friday), we held a Lab’s year-end party.

The 49th PARTHENON Technical Society Conference @ Meiji University Ikuta Campus

On December 23, M1 student Chenyu Zhao presented the following paper at the 49th Parthenon Technical Society Conference held at Meiji University Ikuta campus. This presentation was selected for the Outstanding Presentation Award. It seems that Zhao will later receive a PARTHENON T-shirt.

  • Chenyu Zhao, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “A Prototype Implementation of Audio Signal Pitch Shifting Utilizing Arty A7 and I2S MEMS Microphone Controlled by RISC-V Processor,” Proceedings of the 49th PARTHENON Technical Society Conference, pp. 25-29, Dec. 2023.

Welcome party for new members

On Tuesday, November 21, we held a welcome party for four new members (Mr. Yamanaka, Ms. Morikawa, Mr. Hori, and Ms. Sakaki) assigned to our laboratory. Let’s work together from now on!