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February 2026 Issue
Vol.07, 2026
The February 2026 issue of UEC Research and Innovation highlights globally impactful research from the University of Electro-Communications. Featured innovations include Naoya Koizumi’s new display plate for sharper augmented-reality images and Jun Shintake’s use of plant growth as a power source for soft robotics. In neuroscience and cognition, Shinji Matsuda reveals how brain cells weaken connections to shape memory, while Yutaka Sakaguchi uncovers hidden rhythmic rules in ballet and music. Feature articles showcase Shion Yamashika’s quantum thermal research and Kun Li’s work on body-centric wireless networks. The issue also introduces major international projects with Poznań University of Technology and a JICA-supported agriculture initiative in Uzbekistan.
Vol.06, 2025
The University of Electro-Communications publishes the January 2025 issue of the UEC Research and Innovation newsletter.
The January 2025 issue of UEC Research and Innovation includes a video profile of UEC faculty Satoshi Takahashi on applied mathematics for optimization of society (Innovation), and the Research Highlights section features research by Yuichi Sei (Innovation) on “face recognition”, and Keisuke Hosokawa (Research) on “gigantic auroras”.
The news covers the signing of a memorandum of understanding for student exchange with Roskilde University (Denmark) and the visit of the New Zealand Chair of the Japan-New Zealand business committee and Aurecon representatives to UEC.
Vol.05, 2024
The University of Electro-Communications publishes the October 2024 issue of the UEC Research and Innovation newsletter.
The October 2024 issue of UEC Research and Innovation includes video profiles of UEC faculty Kohei Kimura (Innovation) and Yuri Shinohara (Research) the Research Highlights section covers research by Yoshihiro Nakata (Innovation) on robots and “Food psychology”, and Hideo Isshiki (Research) on “Layer-by-layer copper aluminum oxide films for advanced p-type thin film transistors”.
The news covers the 6th ASEAN-UEC Workshop on Informatics and Engineering 2024 and President Tano Visits VGISC (Vietnam).
Vol.04, 2024
The University of Electro-Communications publishes the January 2024 issue of the UEC Research and Innovation newsletter.
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.
Vol.03, 2023
The University of Electro-Communications publishes the October
2023 issue of the UEC Research and Innovation newsletter.
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.
Vol.02, 2023
The University of Electro-Communications publishes the January 2023 issue of the UEC Research and Innovation newsletter.
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”.
Vol.01, 2022
The University of Electro-Communications publishes the inaugural issue of the UEC Research and Innovation newsletter.
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 Zhi Liu (Video technology, Wireless video streaming of the future).


