University of Electro-Communications Research and Innovation: Perceiving the world through tactile perception

Press Release

Source: The University of Electro-Communications

For immediate release: 15　November 2022

(Tokyo, 15　November 2022) The University of Electro-Communications publishes the inaugural issue of the UEC Research and Innovation newsletter.

http://www.ru.uec.ac.jp/randi/

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 research by Zhi Liu on wireless video streaming of the future.

0ctober 2022 issue of UEC Research and Innovation

http://www.ru.uec.ac.jp/randi/

Video Profiles (Research)

Perceiving the world through tactile perception

Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Professor, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering

http://www.ru.uec.ac.jp/randi/video/research/202210.html

Hiroyuki Kajimoto is conducting research on human tactile perception, that is, how people perceive tactile sensation, why the illusion phenomenon occurs, and how to use tactile sensation for virtual reality (VR) applications.

Unsupervised segmentation and its applications (innovation)

Tomoaki Nakamura, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering

http://www.ru.uec.ac.jp/randi/video/innovation/202210.html

Tomoaki Nakamura conducts research on unsupervised segmentation of time-series data based on hierarchical Bayesian models.

Research Highlights (Research)

Wireless video streaming of the future

http://www.ru.uec.ac.jp/randi/research-highlights/research/202210.html

Zhi Liu from the University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, and colleagues have now explored point cloud video streaming, a promising approach for representing and wirelessly transmitting 3D environments.

Zhi Liu, Qiyue Li, Xianfu Chen, Celimuge Wu, Susumu Ishihara, Jie Li and Yusheng Ji, Point Cloud Video Streaming:Challenges and Solutions, IEEE Network 35, 202-209 (2021).

 URL : https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9537928

 DOI : 10.1109/MNET.101.2000364

News and Events

Delegation of KMITL and CMKL visits UEC

http://www.ru.uec.ac.jp/randi/news/202210.html

On June 30, 2022, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anuwat Jangwanitlert, President of King Mongkut's Institute of Technology, Ladkrabang (KMITL), and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Supan Tungjitkusolmun, President of CMKL University (CMKL) visited the University of Electro-Communications (UEC).

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Further information

The University of Electro-Communications

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Website: http://www.uec.ac.jp/

About the University of Electro-Communications

http://www.uec.ac.jp/

The University of Electro-Communications (UEC) in Tokyo is a small, luminous university at the forefront of pure and applied sciences, engineering, and technology research. Its roots go back to the Technical Institute for Wireless Commutations, which was established in 1918 by the Wireless Association to train so-called wireless engineers in maritime communications in response to the Titanic disaster in 1912. In 1949, the UEC was established as a national university by the Japanese Ministry of Education and moved in 1957 from Meguro to its current Chofu campus Tokyo.

With approximately 4,000 students and 350 faculty members, UEC is regarded as a small university, but with expertise in wireless communications, laser science, robotics, informatics, and material science, to name just a few areas of research.

The UEC was selected for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Program for Promoting the Enhancement of Research Universities as a result of its strengths in three main areas: optics and photonics research, where we are number one for the number of joint publications with foreign researchers; wireless communications, which reflects our roots; and materials-based research, particularly on fuel cells.

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