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2026 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers

Mr. Saeki and Mr. Kawashima presented their works at 2026 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers, which was held at Hokkaido University of Science on Oct 31st – Nov 1st.

  • Yuya Saeki, Chenyu Zhao, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “An Evaluation of False-Positive Reduction Using Signal Power in Zero-Crossing-Rate-Based Ambulance Siren Detection with Difference Preprocessing,” Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, p. 102, Oct. 2026 (in Japanese). [URL]
  • Taiyoh Kawashima, Chenyu Zhao, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Implementation of LUT-Based Fixed-Point Logarithmic Approximation and Evaluation of Its Resource Usage,” Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, p. 112, Nov. 2026 (in Japanese). [URL]

A student networking event was held during this convention. Students made presentations about their university, research activity, and student activity. From our laboratory, Mr. Kawashima, the treasurer of IEEE Hokkaido University Student Branch, gave a presentation on the activities of the IEEE Student Branch and the benefits of establishing a branch.

2026 Engineering Sciences Society Symposium (ESSS 2026)

At the 2026 Engineering Sciences Society Symposium (ESSS 2026), held in Okinawa from October 30 to November 1, Mr. Chimkono, Mr. Lin, Mr. Hori and Mr. Ando presented the following papers.

  • Aaron William Chimkono, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Cross-Weather LOWO Evaluation of an Edge-Density Parking Occupancy Detector: Per-Slot Failure Analysis,” Proceedings of Engineering Sciences Society Symposium (ESSS), Oct. 2026.
  • Juzheng Lin, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “A Two-Stage Framework with a TFC-TDF-UNet-Based Second Stage for Six-Stem Music Source Separation,” Proceedings of Engineering Sciences Society Symposium (ESSS), Oct. 2026.
  • Taishin Hori, Chenyu Zhao, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “An Accuracy Evaluation of Unsupervised Anomalous Sound Detection for Machine Condition Monitoring Using a Spiking Neural Network with Fixed-Point Log-Mel Features,” Proceedings of Engineering Sciences Society Symposium (ESSS), Oct. 2026.
  • Shota Ando, Chenyu Zhao, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Design of a Single-Port SRAM-Based Configurable-Length FFT IP Core with Four-Cycle Butterfly Operations Using a Single Multiplier,” Proceedings of Engineering Sciences Society Symposium (ESSS), Oct. 2026.

IEICE Young Researcher’s Award (D1 Chenyu Zhao)

Mr. Chenyu Zhao, a first-year doctoral student (D1), received the IEICE Young Researcher’s Award for the following presentation at the IEICE Society Conference 2025

  • Chenyu Zhao, Yuzuki Morikawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Design of a Streaming-Based Resource-Efficient Mel Filter Bank Architecture for Real-Time Mel Spectrum Extraction on FPGA,” IEICE Society Conference, p. 118, A-14-15, Sep. 2025. [URL]

IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Activity Committee Internet Symposium 2026 (FY 2025) and Student Branch Advisors Award

Mr. Iura and Mr. Kawashima presented their works at IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Activity Committee Internet Symposium 2026 (FY 2025), which was held online from Feb. 20 to 27. Mr. Iura received the Hokkaido Section Student Branch Advisors Award.

  • Takayuki Iura, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Evaluation of Spatial Noise Reduction Performance in Active Noise Control Using Multiple Secondary Loudspeakers for Snowplow Noise Reduction,” Proceedings of IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Activity Committee Internet Symposium, Feb. 2026 (in Japanese). [URL]
  • Taiyoh Kawashima, Yuito Ishisaki, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “An Evaluation of the Impact of Sleep Functions on Energy Consumption Based on Experimental Measurements in a LoRa-Based Environmental Sensing System,” Proceedings of IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Activity Committee Internet Symposium, Feb. 2026 (in Japanese). [URL]

2025 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers

Mr. Shimizu, Mr. Iura, Mr. Yamamura, Mr. Hori, and Mr. Kawashima presented their works at 2025 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers, which was held at Muroran Institute of Technology on Nov 2nd-3rd.

  • Kodai Shimizu, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, "An Evaluation of Parking Status Change Detection Using GMM-Based Analysis of Background-Subtraction Difference Distributions for Parking Lot Monitoring Systems in Snowy Conditions," Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, pp. 25-26, Nov. 2025 (in Japanese). [URL]
  • Taiyoh Kawashima, Yuito Ishisaki, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, "Experimental Evaluation of Energy Consumption for a LoRa-based Environmental Sensing System," Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, p. 217, Nov. 2025 (in Japanese). [URL]
  • Takayuki Iura, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, "Evaluation of the Effect of Loudspeaker Placement on Active Noise Control Performance for Indoor Reduction of Outdoor Noise," Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, p. 112, Nov. 2025 (in Japanese). [URL]
  • Taishin Hori, Chenyu Zhao, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, "An Evaluation of Parameters for Log-Mel Spectrum Calculation in Anomalous Sound Detection Using Spiking Neural Networks," Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, p. 113, Nov. 2025 (in Japanese). [URL]
  • Naoya Yamamura, Chenyu Zhao, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, "Evaluation of Bit-Width Effects in Fixed-Point FPGA-Optimized MFCC Computation via Software Simulation for HMM-Based Phrase Speech Recognition Using Delta Features," Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, p. 114, Nov. 2025 (in Japanese). [URL]

A student networking event was held during this convention. Students made presentations about their university, research activity, and student activity. From our laboratory, Ms. Morikawa, the treasurer of IEEE Hokkaido University Student Branch gave a presentation on the activities of the IEEE Student Branch and the benefits of establishing a branch.

The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers Society Conference 2025

On September 8, D1 student Chenyu Zhao presented the following paper at the 2025 Society Conference held at Okayama University Tsushima campus.

  • Chenyu Zhao, Yuzuki Morikawa, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Design of a Streaming-Based Resource-Efficient Mel Filter Bank Architecture for Real-Time Mel Spectrum Extraction on FPGA,” IEICE Society Conference, p. 118, A-14-15, Sep. 2025.

IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium 2025 Best Presentation Award

Ms. Sakaki won one of the Best Presentation Awards at IEICE Hokkaido SAC Internet Symposium 2025 for the following presentation.

  • Haruka Sakaki, Kenshiro Tanaka, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Noise Robustness Improvement by Applying Multi-Condition Training to a VGG16-Based Skateboard Riding Sound Detection System,” Proceedings of IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Activity Committee Internet Symposium, Feb. 2025 (in Japanese).

2024 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers

Mr. Tanaka, and Mr. Saito presented their works at 2024 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers, which was held at Hokkaido University on Nov 2nd-3rd.

  • Yuki Saito, Yuito Ishisaki, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Evaluation of Energy Consumption in LoRa Modulation with Varying Payload Lengths,” Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, p. 65, Nov. 2024 (in Japanese).
  • Kenshiro Tanaka, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “A Feasibility Study on Transfer Learning Using VGG16 for Skateboarder Detection System Based on Skateboard Rolling Sound Detection,” Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, p. 29, Nov. 2024 (in Japanese).

A student networking event was held during this convention. Students made presentations about their university, research activity, and student activity. From our laboratory, Mr. Saito, the Chair of IEEE Hokkaido University Student Branch, served as the MC, and Mr. Ishizaki, the Treasurer, gave a presentation on the activities of the IEEE Student Branch and the benefits of establishing a branch.

IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium 2024 Best Presentation Award

Mr. Shimizu won one of the Best Presentation Awards at IEICE Hokkaido SAC Internet Symposium 2024 for the following presentation.

  • Kodai Shimizu, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “An Evaluation of Parking Status Change Detection Using Background Subtraction for Parking Lot Monitoring Systems in Snowy Conditions,” Proceedings of IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Activity Committee Internet Symposium, Feb. 2024 (in Japanese).

2023 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers

Mr. Chimkono, Mr. Kunii, Mr. Tanaka, and Mr. Saito presented their works at 2023 Joint Convention, the Hokkaido Chapters of the Institutes of Electrical and Information Engineers, which was held at Future University Hakodate on Oct 28-29.

  • Kenshiro Tanaka, Kota Hirai, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “A Feasibility Study on Power Consumption Reduction of IoT Device GPS Modules for Environmental Monitoring Systems and Its Prototype Evaluation,” Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, pp. 206-207, Oct. 2023 (in Japanese).
  • Yuki Saito, Kyotaro Kunii, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “An Investigation of Temporal Variations in LoRa Modulation-based Communication Performance,” Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, p. 208, Oct. 2023 (in Japanese).
  • Kyotaro Kunii, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Investigating the Impact of LDPC Codes on LoRa Modulation Communication Performance,” Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, pp. 209-210, Oct. 2023 (in Japanese).
  • Aaron William Chimkono, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “Towards Robust Parking Classification in Snow: Training MobileNetV3 on a Custom Dataset,” Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Hokkaido, p. 254, Oct. 2023.

A student networking event was held during this convention. Students made presentations about their university, research activity, and student activity. Mr. Kunii who is the chair of IEEE Hokkaido University Student Branch introduced the activity of the student branch.