UEC Research and Innovation

The January 2024 issue of UEC Research and Innovation includes video profiles of UEC faculty Katsuya Suto (Innovation: AINet: AI for Innovative Wireless Networking) and Akihiko Ikeda (Research: Materials science at ultra-high 1000 T magnetic fields).

The news is a report on the visit of UEC President Shunichi Tano and Director Kazuaki Oya to New Zealand to foster new partnerships.

UEC Research and Innovation

The October 2023 issue of UEC Research and Innovation includes video profiles of UEC faculty Hideyuki Nomura (Innovation) and Tomah Sogabe (Research) the Research Highlights section covers research by Fuseya (Research) on a “new type of nanoscale Turing patterns in a monolayer of bismuth atoms”, and Yasuhide Hobara (Research) on the “Impact of the largest Gamma-Ray Burst on the Earth’s ionosphere”.

The news covers recent developments in “tele-operation of avatars for real-world applications” and a report on the 10th UEC Seminar 2023, was held on 9 September 2023 in Bangkok.

UEC Research and Innovation

The January 2023 issue of UEC Research and Innovation includes video profiles of UEC faculty Dairoku Muramatsu (Research) and Jun Shintake (Innovation); the Research Highlights section covers research by Hiroshi Kikuchi (Innovation) on meteorology and “Precipitation on the radar”. .

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The October issue of UEC Research and Innovation includes video profiles of UEC faculty Hiroyuki Kajimoto (Research) and Tomoaki Nakamura (Innovation); the Research Highlights section covers publications by Hiroshi Kikuchi (Meteorology Precipitation on the radar) and Zhi Liu (Video technology, Wireless video streaming of the future).

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The February 2022 issue of the UEC e-Bulletin includes a video profile of UEC Associate Professor Kali Prasanna Nayak where he describes his recent research on ‘Developing a single atom quantum interface on a tapered optical fiber’.

The Research Highlights in this edition are ‘Musical acoustics-Tapping into the sound of violins,' Eriko Aiba; ‘Gas sensing-Spectroscopic gas detection,' Tetsuo Kan; and ‘Atmospheric science-Night cloud watching from space,’ Takuo Tsuda.

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The December 2021 issue of the UEC e-Bulletin includes a video profile of UEC Associate Professor Toru Nakashika where he describes his recent research on ‘Speech Signal Processing Based on Shallow Neural Networks’.

The Research Highlights are, ‘Frequency analysis helps to understand sleep disorder,' Keiki Takadama ; and ‘Modelling performance assessment,' Masaki Uto.

The Topics is an interview with Eriko Watanabe, Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering Science, who describes her ‘Fascination with digital holograms and their applications for imaging through semi-opaque materials.’

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The September 2021 issue of the UEC e-Bulletin includes a video profile of UEC Associate Professor Shouhei Kidera where he describes his recent research on “Radar-based human recognition for self-driving cars”.

The Research Highlights are, Radar-based human recognition for self-driving cars,' Shouhei Kidera; and ‘Getting the most out of quantum systems,' Jun Suzuki.

The Topics is an interview with Yoshihiro Nakata, Associate Professor at the School of Informatics and Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering, offering insights into ‘creating robots to coexist in harmony with humans in the real world’.

The News and Events describes research by Hiroshi Kohsaka on the ‘relationship between the speed at which insects move and the environmental temperature’.

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The June 2021 issue of the UEC e-Bulletin includes a video profile of UEC Assistant Professor Daisuke Nakane where he describes his recent research on “How and why do bacteria move”.

The research highlights are, 'Bacteria in the spotlight: Bacterial community exhibits only counterclockwise movement,' Daisuke Nakane; ‘Innovative building blocks for the quantum internet: All fiber platform for quantum photonic processing on tapered optical fibers,' Kali Nayak; and ‘Efficient & reliable data processing for scalable Internet of Things: Innovative amplify-and-forward-based AirComp’, Suhua Tang.

The Topics is an interview with Lu Jin, Associate Professor at the Department of Informatics, UEC Tokyo, that offers insights into mathematical modelling of reliability engineering.

The News and Events describes the launch of the ‘Joint demonstration experiment on visualizing carbon dioxide concentration inside Chofu City Hall with eight IoT sensors’ on 1 June 2021.

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The March 2021 issue of the UEC e-Bulletin includes an informative video of UEC Associate Professor Yuichi Sei, describing his Web Internet of Things for analyzing data while protecting privacy.

The research highlights are, 'A candidate excitonic insulator under pressure,' Kazuyuki Matsubayashi; and 'Improving the counting capability of Internet-of-Things systems,' Yuichi Sei.

The News and Events features the Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda to Japan, H.E. Mr. Rwamucyo visits UEC on 17 February 2021.

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The February 2021issue of the UEC e-Bulletin includes an informative video of a UEC researcher describing his activities on innovative control theory for control, reinforcement learning, and power systems.

Research highlights 'Innovative automated control systems: Control-theoretic approach for fast online reinforcement learning,' Tomonori Sadamoto; 'Computing in close proximity: Edge intelligence with deep reinforcement learning,' Celimuge Wu.

News and Events page is on the ‘7th UEC Seminar in ASEAN, 2020 and the 2nd ASEAN - UEC Workshop' held on 4 January 2021.

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The March 2020 issue of the UEC e-Bulletin includes short videos of UEC researchers describing their activities on MEMS technology for fabricating plasmonic devices and molecular mechanisms controlling muscle contraction in the body.

Research highlights 'In vivo bioimaging: technology to elucidate sex-dependent differences in skeletal muscle function,' Yutaka Kano; 'MEMS technology for fabricating plasmonic near-infrared spectrometers,' Tetsuo Kan.

The Topics section features research on 'Self-regulated learning: English tuition for students of science and engineering' by Suwako Uehara.

News and Events are 'Industry-UCB-UEC-Keio Workshop 2019'; UEC signs general agreement with UNS', and UEC signs general agreement with Hanoi Medical University'.

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The December 2019 issue of the UEC e-Bulletin includes short videos of UEC researchers describing their activities on 'plastic optical fibers' and 'algorithms for enhancing security of IoT industrial control systems'.

Research highlights from high impact publications are 'Stretchable electric pumps for next-generation soft robotics', Jun Shintake; 'Inspecting dust on surfaces in product manufacturing', Ryosuke Nakajima; and 'Polymer-based optical fiber for visualization of stress', Rei Furukawa.

The Topics section features research on 'Algorithms for enhancing security of IoT industrial control systems' by Kenji Sawada.

News and Events are updates on 'The Irago Conference 2019'; '3rd International Union of Radio Science, Japan Radio Science Meeting 2019 (URSI) held at UEC Tokyo';' UEC signs general agreement with National Taipei University'; 'UEC holds The 1st ECTI - UEC Workshop and The 6th UEC Seminar in ASEAN, 2019'; and 'Sakura Science Plan Visiting Students Pay a Courtesy Visit to Mr. Hagiuda Koichi, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) during Their UEC Visit';

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The September 2019 issue of the UEC e-Bulletin includes short videos of UEC researchers describing their activities on 'control and applications of 'snake-like' robots', Motoyasu Tanaka; and 'Nanotribology: Controlling friction on the nanometer scale', Naruo Sasaki.

Research highlights are 'Control of snake-like robots for high mobility and dexterity,' Motoyasu Tanaka; 'Time-saving simulation of peeling graphene sheets', Naruo Sasaki; and 'Convenient synthesis of biopharmaceutic-Fc conjugates', Masumi Taki.

The Topics section features research on 'Social informatics: Innovative information systems to connect humans and social infrastructure', by Kayoko Yamamoto'.

News and Events : UEC will host the Irago Conference 2019 on 29 October 2019; the visit by a delegation from Tamkang University (TKU) in Taipei and faculty members from Wuhan University of Science and Technology (WUST), China.

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The June 2019 issue of the UEC e-Bulletin includes short videos of UEC researchers describing their activities on technology for processing wood powder with natural additives; and non-contact biometric measurement and technology and their medical applications.

Research highlights 'Multiple sensor fusion technology for non-contact measurement of vital signs and its clinical applications,' Guanghao Sun; 'Technology for processing wood powder with natural additives', Shohei Kajikawa; and 'Frontiers of state of the art precision molecular spectroscopy', Kana Iwakuni.

The Topics section features research on 'Weather monitoring in three dimensions: Rain rate estimates using X-band phased array weather radar network' by Hiroshi Kikuchi.

News and Events are 'The kickoff meeting and the 5th UEC Seminar in ASEAN, 2019 with partner universities in Hanoi'; Announcement of The Irago Conference 2019 to be held at UEC, Tokyo on October 29, 2019.

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The March 2019 issue of the UEC e-Bulletin includes short videos of UEC researchers describing their activities on optical technology; numerical simulation of turbulent flow; and adaptive learning and big data-based machine learning for educating the educators.

Research highlights from high impact publications are 'JST-ERATO Intelligent Optical Synthesizer Project', Kaoru Minoshima; 'Drag reduction and relaminarization of wall-turbulence by traveling wave control', Hiroya Mamori; and 'Adaptive learning system using big data based machine learning', Maomi Ueno.

The Topics section features research on 'Improved catalytic processes for the synthesis of phenol' by Yasuhiro Iwasawa.

News and Events are 'Director of National Hospital of Tropical Diseases, Vietnam, visits UEC' and 'University of Electro-Communications (UEC) signed an Agreement of Double Degree Program with the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Mexico'.

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The December 2018 issue of the UEC e-Bulletin includes short videos of UEC researchers describing their activities on digital expression technology for public spaces; developing actuators, sensors, and robots that are made of soft materials; and molecules for the development of materials that show new types of luminescence and absorption.

Research highlights from high impact publications are 'soft robotic gripper based on dielectric elastomer actuators', Jun Shintake; 'Digital Public Media: Mid-air Display Technology', Naoya Koizumi; and 'Molecular materials with ultralong-lived room-temperature triplet excitons: Persistent room-temperature phosphorescence and nonlinear optical characteristics under continuous irradiance', Shuzo Hirata.

The Topics section features research updates on 'Advanced group IV materials and their applications for ICT devices' by Takahiro Tsukamoto.

News and Events are 'UEC participated in WUST'S 120th Anniversary Celebration' and 'The Irago Conference 2018'.

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The September 2018 issue of the UEC e-Bulletin includes short video profiles of UEC researchers describing their activities in areas routers and internet traffic, neuroscience, and remote sensing.

Research highlights from high impact publications are 'Isotropization of quaternion-neural-network-based PolSAR adaptive land classification in poincare-sphere parameter space', Fang Shang; 'Elucidating mechanisms of voluntary control of human multi-muscle', Shunta Togo; and 'Next generation router architecture: packet processing prediction', Hayato Yamaki.

The Topics section features research updates on 'Data science research on improving service design' by Kazushi Okamoto.

News and Events are 'The 50th Anniversary International Symposium for Space Science and Radio Engineering (SSRE)' and 'Researchers from Sebelas Maret University give lectures on thermo-fluid engineering'.

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The June 2018 issue of the UEC e-Bulletin includes short videos of UEC researchers describing their activities in areas including photonics, solar cells, cerebral microcirculation in the brain, and distributing digital information to mobile vehicles.
Research highlights from high impact publications are 'controlling photons with a photon', Haruka Tanji-Suzuki; 'innovative CsSnPbI nanocrystals for photovoltaics', Qing Shen; 'technology for visualizing flow of blood to aid neurosurgery in the human brain', Kazuto Masamoto; and 'multi-access vehicular networks'; Celimuge Wu.
The Topics section features research updates on 'Theoretical aspects of cryptography: How do we know if the system is secure' by Mitsugu Iwamoto and 'Insights into quantum limits of materials: First observation of 100% valley-polarization in solids', by Yuki Fuseya.
News and Events are 'Coherent Optical Science Seminar on Information Optics'; 'UEC-ERATO Symposium on optical frequency combs and ultrashort pulse lasers; and 'The 33rd AWCC Seminar / IEEE Distinguished Microwave Lecture'.
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The March 2018 issue of the UEC e-Bulletin includes short videos of UEC, Tokyo tenure track researchers describing their latest findings in areas that include robotics and artificial intelligence, geophysics, and biotechnology.
Research highlights from high impact publications are 'electron transfer and oxidative damage in DNA under biomimetic crowding environment', Makiko Tanaka; 'aurora-induced atmospheric composition change: Global sodium variation revealed by optical spectroscopic observations from the space', Takuo Tsuda; and 'developing robots that can learn like humans', Tomoaki Nakamura.
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The December 2017 issue of the UEC e-Bulletin includes short videos of young UEC tenure track researchers describing their latest findings in areas that include information science and laser optics.
Research highlights from high impact publications are 'Information science offers insights into the performance of pianist', Eriko Aiba; 'Hierarchical Opportunistic Routing with Moderate Clustering for Ad Hoc Networks', Ryo Yamamoto; 'Kerr-lens mode-locked Tm doped sesquioxides laser in-band pumped by an Er:Yb fiber MOPA 1.6 μm', Masaki Tokurakawa; 'Geospatial information extraction from SNS: Who said what from where!', Hideyuki Fujita.