IEICE Chugoku Section Special Workshop, Next Generation Video Wireless Communication Systems

On Nov. 11, IEICE Chugoku Section Special Workshop was held Tottori University Tottori Campus. The workshop topic is next generation video wireless communication systems, where Prof. Miyanaga and Associate Professor Tsutsui gave lectures.

2016 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers

Mr. Ikeshita presented his paper at 2016 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers, which was held at Hokkai-Gakuen University on Nov. 5th-6th. In this paper, we reduced the amount of memory and operation of an FPU-based matrix inversion circuit for MIMO-OFDM demodulation. The circuit has the scalability in the target matrix size and the number of FPUs. This paper evaluated the circuit area and the processing cycle count.

  • Takahiro Ikeshita, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An FPU-based hardware implementation of Gauss-Jordan matrix inversion operation for
    MIMO-OFDM demodulation,” Joint Convention Record, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers, Japan, Nov. 2016

A student exchange meeting was held during this workshop. Students of each university made presentations about their university, research activity, and student activity. Mr. Uesaka who is the chair of IEEE student branch at Hokkaido university introduced the activity of the student branch.

2016 International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS 2016)

At 2016 International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS 2016) held at Phuket, Thailand on Oct. 24-27, Prof. Alia and Mr. Imai presented the following papers.

  • Alia Asheralieva, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Multi-Agent Q-Learning for Autonomous D2D Communication,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), Oct. 2016.
  • Seijiro Imai, Dabwitso Kasauka, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroyuki Okuhata, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Processing Time Reduction of Tone Mapping Based on Iterative Shrinkage Smoothing Using Parallel Processing,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), Oct. 2016.

Regional Conference on Computer and Information Engineering (RCCIE 2016)

In Regional Conference on Computer and Information Engineering (RCCIE 2016) held at Yangon Technological University on 3-4 Oct, Prof. Miyanaga presented the following invited speech.

  • Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Robust Speech Recognition with New Time-Varying Speech Features,” Regional Conference on Computer and Information Engineering (RCCIE 2016), Oct. 2016.

Introduction of Our Course for Freshmen (Sep. 2016)

On Sep. 27, an introduction of our course for freshmen was held at “Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education”. Many freshmen visited our booth.

IEICE Society Conference 2016 (8-11, Sep) at Hokkaido University

Mr. George Mufungulwa and Mr. Kenta Sugiyama presented our research achievements at IEICE Society Conference 2016 held in Hokkaido University. Some students of our laboratory joined the conference as staffs.

  • George Mufungulwa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Alia Asheralieva, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Robust Speech Recognition using MFCC with Triangular Mel Filtered Time Varying LPC,” IEICE Society Conference, A-15-10, Sep. 2016.
  • Kenta Sugiyama, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Evaluation of Haze Removal Method Using Variational Model Based Transmission Map Estimation,” IEICE Society Conference, A-15-18, Sep. 2016 (in Japanese).

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).

IEICE ESS Contribution Award (Society Steering) (2016)

Assoc. Prof. Tsutsui received IEICE ESS Contribution Award (Society Steering) for contribution as Director, Service Activities, IEICE-ESS. The ceremony was held at the IEICE Society Conference, which was held at Hokkaido University.

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.