IEICE Hokkaido Section Special Workshop, Next Generation Video Wireless Communication Networks

On Oct. 16, IEICE Hokkaido Section Special Workshop was held at Lecture Hall, Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building, Hokkaido University. The workshop topic is next generation video wireless communication networks, where the chair is Prof. Miyanaga. Associate Professor Tsutsui gave a lecture at this workshop as one of lecturer.

ISCIT 2015 (International Symposium on Communication and Information Technologies) @Nara, Japan

At the International Symposium on Communication and Information Technologies (ISCIT) 2015 held at Nara, Japan, on 7th to 9th, Sep., Prof. Rhandley Cajote and Prof. Supavadee Aramvith presented the following papers.

  • Rhandley Cajote, Watchara Ruangsang, Supavadee Aramvith, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, Takao Onoye, Prasit Prapinmongkolkarn, “Wireless Video Transmission Over MIMO-OFDM Using Background Modeling for Video Surveillance Applications,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT), pp. 237-240, 7-9 Oct. 2015.
  • Htoo Maung Maung, Supavadee Aramvith, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Region-of-Interest Based Error Resilient Method for HEVC Video Transmission,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT), pp. 241-244, 7-9 Oct. 2015.

Introduction of Our Course for Freshmen (Sep. 2015)

A course introduction for freshmen was held on September 25. We think it is nice if we can tell about the fascination of the Course of Media and Network Technologies for the course assignment.

2015 International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC 2015)

Dr. Imagawa and Mr. Moriyama presented our research achievement at 2015 International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC 2015) held in Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand. We also enjoyed the conference official sightseeing tour.

  • Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “A Feasibility Study of a Flexible OFDM Transmitter Towards an Adaptive Control of Communication Quality,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC), pp. 77-79, Sep. 2015.
  • Shinya Moriyama, Kosuke Morinaga, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, Masaki Miura, Tohru Gotho, Junji Yamano, “Carrier and Sampling Frequency Offset Compensation in 8×8 MIMO-OFDM Systems and its Performance Evaluation Using Measured Data,” Proceedings of International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC), pp. 73-76, Sep. 2015.

IEICE Society Conference 2015 (8-11, Sep) at Tohoku University

Mr. Kokami, Mr. Imai, Mr. Uesaka and Mr. Aoki presented our research achievements at IEICE Society Conference 2015 held in Tohoku University. We also enjoyed a dinner party with the professors and students of the Processor Architecture and Systems Synthesis Laboratory at Kyoto University.

  • Hiroki Uesaka, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Evaluation of Motion Compensated Frame Interpolation from Multiple Resolution and Multiple Frame Rate Video Based on Global Motion,” IEICE Society Conference, Sep. 2015 (in Japanese).
  • Hikaru Aoki, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “An Evaluation towards Highly Efficient 3D Reconstruction Using Multiple Cameras,” IEICE Society Conference, Sep. 2015 (in Japanese).
  • Seijiro Imai, Dabwitso Kasauka, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Hiroyuki Okuhata, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Computational Cost Reduction of Iterative Shrinkage Smoothing Based Image Enhancement,” IEICE Society Conference, Sep. 2015 (in Japanese).
  • Shingo Kokami, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Image Shrinking Based Computational Cost Reduction of Moving Area Extraction with Global Motion Estimation and Background Subtraction,” IEICE Society Conference, Sep. 2015 (in Japanese).

Smart Info-media Systems (SIS) Technical Committee Conference, 3-4 Sep. at Kansai University

Mr. Moriyama presented our research achievements at Smart Info-media Systems (SIS) Technical Committee (TC) Conference held in Kansai University.

  • Shinya Moriyama, Kosuke Morinaga, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, Masaki Miura, Tohru Gotoh, Junji Yamano, “Performance Evaluation of Carrier and Sampling Frequency Offset Compensation Using Measured Data in MIMO-OFDM Systems,” IEICE Technical Report, Vol. 115, No. 208, pp. 31-36, SIS2015-20, 3-4 Sep. 2015 (in Japanese). [URL]

IEICE Hokkaido Section & IEEE Sapporo Section Joint Technical Lecture | Prof. Kwei-Jay Lin from University of California, Irvine

A technical lecture related to IoT was given by Prof. Kwei-Jay Lin from University of California, Irvine.

Date: 13:00-, Sep. 3, 2015
Room: 11-17, Grad School of IST Building, Hokkaido University
Title: Service-Oriented Things: A Service-Oriented Paradigm for Internet of Things
Lecturer: Prof. Kwei-Jay Lin, University of California, Irvine, IEEE Fellow

Cosponsored by IEICE Hokkaido Section and IEEE Sapporo Section.

Details can be found on http://www.hokkaido.ieice.org/kouen/kouen.html.

2015 International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA 2015)

In 2015 International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA 2015) held at Narashino, Prof. Yoshikazu Miyanaga presented our research achievement.

  • Htoo Maung Maung, Supavadee Aramvith, Yoshikazu Miyanaga, “Improved LCU-Level Intra Refresh and Rate Control for HEVC Video Coding,” Proceedings of International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA), pp. 136-141, RS2-8, Aug. 2015.