Monthly Archives: October 2026

Lab orientation/tour for 3rd-year undergraduate students, 2026

We will conduct a laboratory orientation for third-year undergraduate students as per the following schedule:

  • Location: 11-12, IST Building 11th floor
  • Date and Time: Oct 16 (Fri) at 13:00-, 14:00-
    (Please try to join us at an earlier time if possible. We may not hold the 14:00 session if there are no participants.)

Visits (tours) to the lab are also possible. The available time slots are as follows:

  • Location: ICN Lab., IST Building 11th floor
  • Date and Time: Students will definitely be available during the following hours.
    (Refrain from visiting before the end of the experiment; School of Engineering Timetable)

    • Oct 15 (Thu) 16:30-, after the end of the experiment
    • Oct 16 (Fri) 16:30-
    • Oct 19 (Mon) 16:30-

If the above times are not suitable, please contact (or visit) us directly.

Introduction of Media Network Course for Freshmen (Sep. 2026)

On Wednesday, September 30, an introductory session for first-year students was held. Students from our research laboratory also participated as representatives of the Media Network Course. We provided an overview of the course, introduced our laboratory using a poster panel, and gave demonstrations to the first-year students. The demonstrations included:

  • Real-time audio feature visualization system using an FPGA board and a Raspberry Pi
  • Chapit, a voice recognition robot from Raytron

Best Wishes to Prof. Takeo Ohgane on His Retirement

Prof. Takeo Ohgane has retired from Hokkaido University. We sincerely thank him for all his support and wish him all the best in his retirement.