Introduction of Media Network Course for Freshmen (Sep. 2023)

On Friday, September 29th, 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.

IEICE Society Conference, September 12-15, 2023, at Nagoya University

From September 12th to 15th, 2023, Mr. Mochizuki, a Master’s second-year student in our laboratory, presented his research findings at the IEICE Society Conference held at Nagoya University. It’s worth noting that this was the first full in-person event since the Society Conference was last held at Osaka University in 2019. Normally, IEICE conferences feature a general reception desk where attendees can exchange their registration slips for a participant’s kit. However, this time, no such general reception desk was set up. Instead, participants were required to print their own name tags and bring them to the venue. Name tag holders were then distributed in each session room for attendees to use. Additionally, a conference app was introduced, which allowed attendees to access papers and other relevant information.

  • Keita Mochizuki, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “An Evaluation of Speech Segment Extraction Method Using Fundamental Frequency Estimation for Video Conferencing Recordings Automatic Editing System,” IEICE Society Conference, p. 111, A-14-2, Sep. 2023 (in Japanese).

Temporary suspension of services due to planned power outage (Sep 2 – Sep 4, 2023)

A planned power outage is scheduled to take place on the Sapporo Campus of Hokkaido University on Sep 3, 2023, from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. In accordance with this,
from Sep 2, 2023, at 12:00 PM to Sep 4, 2023, at 10:00 AM,
all lab services, including web service, will be temporarily suspended. Please note that the suspension period may change, and some services might be sporadically operational.

IEEE CASS Sapporo Workshop on Circuits and Systems

On Monday, July 31st, Professor Myung Hoon Sunwoo, the incoming president of IEEE CASS, along with other professors from IEEE CASS, visited the campus and delivered invited talks. Several students from our research lab also attended and listened to the talks.

BCT Conference at July 2023

Mr. Kumaki presented his research at the July 2023 Broadcasting and Communication Technologies Workshop held at Sapporo Business Innovation Center on July 27-28.

  • Reona Kumaki, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “An Evaluation of Neural Network Parameters for Decoding (8,4) and (16,8) Polar Codes,” IEICE Technical Report, Vol. 47, No. 21(BCT), pp. 49-52, BCT2023-61, 27-28 Jul. 2023 (in Japanese).

Also a reception was held at Matsuo-Jingisukan restaurant on the evening of the 27th.

“Campus Clean Day” 2023

We participated in the Campus Clean-up Day held at Hokkaido University on Wednesday, May 17th. This was the first time the event had been held in four years, with the last one taking place in 2019.

Lab tour for 2nd-year undergraduate students

On Apr. 25th, we held the lab tour for 2nd-year undergraduate students as part of the class.
After Prof. Tsutsui introduced our laboratory, we introduced image processing by using FPGA board, radio function by using USRP, and body tracking function by using Azure Kinect as a demonstration exhibit.

IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium 2023 Best Presentation Award

Mr. Hirai and Mr. Kumaki won one of the best presentation awards at IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium 2023 for the following presentation.

  • Kota Hirai, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “A Feasibility Study on Power Consumption Reduction of IoT Devices for Environmental Monitoring Systems Based on Long Sensing Intervals and Its Prototype Evaluation,” IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium, Feb. 2023 (in Japanese).
  • Reona Kumaki, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “A Structure Parameter Comparison of Fully Connected Neural Networks for Decoding Short Length Polar Codes,” IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium, Feb. 2023 (in Japanese).

IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium 2023

Mr. Kumaki, and Mr. Hirai presented their papers at IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium 2023, which was held online on Feb. 24th – Mar. 2nd.

  • Kota Hirai, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “A Feasibility Study on Power Consumption Reduction of IoT Devices for Environmental Monitoring Systems Based on Long Sensing Intervals and Its Prototype Evaluation,” IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium, Feb. 2023 (in Japanese).
  • Reona Kumaki, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Takeo Ohgane, “A Structure Parameter Comparison of Fully Connected Neural Networks for Decoding Short Length Polar Codes,” IEICE Hokkaido Section Student Council Internet Symposium, Feb. 2023 (in Japanese).

Technical meeting with UTS professors

On March 1(Wed.), Prof. Eryk Dutkiewicz and Prof. Negin Shariati Moghadam from the University of Technology Sydney (Sydney, Australia) visited our lab, and we had a technical meeting.
Some of our lab members participated in the meeting and presented of their research.