Informations before FY2019

2020/01/20 -04/08	We accepted an internship Ph.D student, Mr. Alberto Patino Saucedo, from the University of Guanajauto (Mexico). He worked on a project on the following topic: "Spiking neural network-based image classification using image stream obtained by the neuro-inspired sensor system."
2020/01/14	A master course student, Mr. Misaka, gave an oral presentation at 2020 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII2020), held at Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.. The title is "FPGA implementation of an algorithm that enables color constancy."
2019/12/04	Dr. Okuno gave an invited talk at International technical exhibition on image technology and equipment 2019. The title is "Developing robotic vision systems inspired by the visual nervous systems." (in Japanese)
2019/08/16 -18	The robocup team "O.I.T. Trial", to which our laboratory provided an image sensor system that is insusceptible to the intensity and the color of illumination, won the second prize at the open platform league of Robocup at home, Robocup Japan Open 2019. In addition, the image sensor system won the prize of RSJ (The Robotics Society of Japan).
2019/07/30 -31	Master course students, Mr. Misaka and Mr. Kurose, gave a poster presentation at Meeting on Image Recognition and Understanding 2019. The titles are "Object identification using images acquired by a camera with color constancy", and "Efficient optical flow sensing algorithm using Gaussian fillers".
2019/06/07	A master course student, Mr. Misaka, gave a poster presentation at the Robotics and Mechatronics Conference 2019. The title is "FPGA implementation of an algorithm for coding illumination-independent color information".
2019/05/24	Dr. Okuno gave an invited talk at the International Symposium on Neuromorphic and Non-linear Engineering held at the University of Tokyo. The title is "FPGA-based robotic vision systems inspired by the retina and the visual cortex."
2019/01/15	Dr. Okuno gave a presentation at a project meeting "Neuromorphic computing utilizing novel solid-state devices and circuits" held at Tohoku University. The title was "Applications of neuro-inspired visual signal processing to robotic vision."
2018/08/30 -31	We gave a demostration of our neuromorphic technology at Innovation JAPAN 2018, that was held at TOKYO BIG SIGHT. The title is "A small intelligent vision system that is insusceptible to changes of illuminance".
2018/08/02 -09/07	A master course student, Mr. Kajihara, conducted a collaborative research on a spiking neural network at Neuro-Engineering Lab of National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.
2018/06/05	Two master course students, Mr. Kajihara and Mr. Misaka, gave poster presentations at the Robotics and Mechatronics Conference 2018. The titles were "Brain-inspired Binocular Disparity Detection System Using Multiple Spatial Band-passed Images", and "An Image Sensor System with Color Constancy Inspired by Biological Early Vision".
2018/05/17	Dr. Okuno gave an invited talk at the 62nd Annual Conrefence of Systems, Control and Information Engineers (SCI’18). The title was "Development of vision systems inspired by the retina and the visual cortex." (in Japanese)
2017/12/26	Dr. Okuno gave a presentation at a project meeting "Neuromorphic computing utilizing novel solid-state devices and circuits" held at Tohoku University. The title was "Circuit implementation of early vision and its application."
2017/03/30	Dr. Okuno gave an invite talk at Workshop on Brain-inspired Hardware. The title was "A hardware simulator of visual nervous systems utilizing a silicon retina and SpiNNaker chips."
2017/01	A paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems. The title is "Retinal circuit emulator with spatio-temporal spike outputs at milliseconds resolution in response to visual events."
2016/12/16	Dr. Okuno gave an invited talk at the 70th Technical Committee on Ultra Precision, The Japan Society for Precision Engineering. The title was "Visual signal processing systems inspired by neurons." (in Japanese)
2016/11/03	A paper was presented at The SICE Life Engineering Symposium 2016. The title is "Computing ego-motion of a small UAV with image processing inspired by the visual neuronal circuit of insects."(in Japanese)
2016/11/03	Students gave a demonstaration at the school festival of Osaka Institute of Technology. The title was "Bio-inspired robot vision." (in Japanese)
2016/10/18	A paper was presented at an international conference ICONIP. The title is "A retino-morphic hardware system simulating the graded and action potentials in retinal neuronal layers"
2016/09/12	Dr. Okuno gave an invited talk at Special research Committee on Embodiment Cognitive Science and Real world Application. The title was "Visual signal processing systems inspired by visual nervous systems: Neural activity simulator and vision-based control of a flying robot."(in Japanese)
2016/05	A paper was accepted by Neural Networks. The title is "Real-time Object Tracking Based on Scale-invariant Features Employing Bio-inspired Hardware."
2016/04/01	Neuromorphic Systems Laboratory was established at the Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Osaka Institute of Technology.