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Technical Committee on ME and Bio Cybernetics (MBE)
Chair: Nobuki Murayama (Kumamoto Univ.) Vice Chair: Yutaka Tomita (Keio Univ.)
Secretary: Yuki Hayashida (Kumamoto Univ.), Takanori Uchiyama (Keio Univ.)
Assistant: Tomohiko Igasaki (Kumamoto Univ.), Jyunichi Ushiba (Keio Univ.)

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Technical Committee on Neurocomputing (NC)
Chair: Hiroaki Gomi (NTT) Vice Chair: Yutaka Sakaguchi (Univ. of Electro-Comm.)
Secretary: Kazushi Ikeda (Kyoto Univ.), Hiroshi Wakuya (Saga Univ.)
Assistant: Kazuyuki Samejima (Tamagawa Univ.), Hiroshi Kage (Mitsubishi Electric)

DATE:
Wed, Mar 12, 2008 10:00 - 17:50
Thu, Mar 13, 2008 09:20 - 19:30
Fri, Mar 14, 2008 09:00 - 16:30

PLACE:
College of Engineering, Tamagawa University(6-1-1, Tamagawa Gakuen, Machida-shi, Tokyo, Japan. 10 min. on foot from Tamagawa-Gakuen station, Odakyu-line. ttp://www.tamagawa.jp/en/access/index.html. Prof. Takeshi Aihara. 042-739-8432)

TOPICS:

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Thu, Mar 13 AM MBE (1) (09:20 - 11:10)
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(1)/MBE 09:20 - 09:40
Neurophysiological correlate to the importance of tones comprising the musical scale
-- an MEG study --
Katsuya Maeshima, Iku Nemoto (TDU)

(2)/MBE 09:40 - 10:00
Auditory Evoked magnetic field to two melodies presented simultaneously
Kazuhiro Hirai, Iku Nemoto (TDU)

(3)/MBE 10:00 - 10:20
Musical brain activities observed in hemodynamic pattern of musicians by multi-channel NIRS
Masakazu Iwasaka, Madoka Shimo, Takuro Ishii, Katsuo Sugita (Chiba Univ.), Masaki Hara, Yoh Nakayama (YMF RC)

(4)/MBE 10:20 - 10:40
Study on antimicrobe activity of Hinokitiol(β-Thujaplicin)
Xipeng Zhao, Toshitsugu Sugawara, Satoshi Kuroda, Junji Arisawa, Kazuyuki Kimura (HIT)

(5)/MBE 10:40 - 11:00
Basic study on frequency characteristics of oleic acid film electrodeposition of quartz resonator for basic taste solutions
Keiichi Mukai, Kenji Misawa, Masataka Kitama, Masaji Yamashita, Junji Arisawa (HIT)

----- Break ( 10 min. ) -----

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Thu, Mar 13 AM MBE (2) (11:10 - 13:30)
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(6)/MBE 11:10 - 11:30
Optical measurements of responses to light and electrical stimuli in the mouse visual cortex.
Hiroyuki Kaizo, Yuka Okazaki, Tamas Fehervari, Hajime Sawai, Tetsuya Yagi (Osaka Univ.)

(7)/MBE 11:30 - 11:50
Effects of lesions of the isthmo-optic nucleus on visual search
Takahiro Fukunaga, Ryuichi Yamaguchi, Ryota Tsugami, Hiroshi Ohno, Hiroyuki Uchiyama (Kagoshima Univ.)

(8)/MBE 11:50 - 12:10
Activity of the isthmo-optic neurons during visually guided behavior
Hiroshi Ohno, Takahiro Fukunaga, Hiroyuki Uchiyama (Kagoshima Univ.)

----- Lunch Break ( 80 min. ) -----

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Thu, Mar 13 PM MBE (3) (13:30 - 15:00)
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(9)/MBE 13:30 - 13:50
Optimal Basis Functions in Dual-Energy X-ray CT using Principal Component Analysis
Kentaro Yuasa, Yoichi Yamazaki, Naohiro Toda (Aichi Pref. Univ.)

(10)/MBE 13:50 - 14:10
Real-time Depth Visualization on X-Ray Fluoroscopic Imags
Bingxin Niu, Sei Ikeda, Masataka Imura (NAIST), Yoshihiro Yasumuro (Kansai Univ.), Yoshitsugu Manabe, Kunihiro Chihara (NAIST)

(11)/MBE 14:10 - 14:30
Ultrasonic Image Synthesis Based on View-dependent Model for Diagnostic Training System
Takeshi Minooka, Sei Ikeda, Masataka Imura (NAIST), Yoshihiro Yasumuro (Kansai Univ.), Yoshitsugu Manabe, Kunihiro Chihara (NAIST)

(12)/MBE 14:30 - 14:50
Estimation error of MRI tracer concentration relating to blood vessel diameter
Hidetaka Iida (Akita Pref. Univ.), Kazuhiro Nakamura, Yasushi Kondoh, Masanobu Ibaraki, Toshibumi Kinoshita (Akita Res. Inst. Brain and Blood Vessels), Guoyue Chen (Akita Pref. Univ.)

----- Break ( 10 min. ) -----

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Thu, Mar 13 PM MBE (4) (15:00 - 16:30)
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(13)/MBE 15:00 - 15:20
Depth-selective imaging of scattering medium using multiple circular light sources.
Yasuo Goto, Yuji Kato, Koichi Shimizu (Hokkaido Univ.)

(14)/MBE 15:20 - 15:40
Time-resolved analysis of backscattering enhancement of light
Yoshihiro Kubo, Takeshi Namita, Yuji Kato, Koichi Shimizu (Hokkaido Univ.)

(15)/MBE 15:40 - 16:00
Feasibility of transcutaneous data transmission using scattered light
Toshihide Saito, Shun Kakita, Yuji Kato, Koichi Shimizu (Hokkaido Univ.)

----- Break ( 30 min. ) -----

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Thu, Mar 13 PM Special Lecture / Banquet (16:30 - 19:30)
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(16) 16:30 - 17:30

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Fri, Mar 14 AM MBE (1) (09:00 - 10:30)
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(17)/MBE 09:00 - 09:20
High precision measurement of rotational eye movements implementing the compensation for iris pattern stretches
Tsutomu Hashimoto (Chubu Univ.), Yuusuke Sakashita (NIDEK), Junpei Nishiyama, Hironobu Fujiyoshi, Yutaka Hirata (Chubu Univ.)

(18)/MBE 09:20 - 09:40
Usability evaluation for input operation using frequency analysis of oculo-motors
Minoru Nakayama, Makoto Katsukura (Tokyo Tech)

(19)/MBE 09:40 - 10:00
Development of PC Input Interface using Eye-Gaze Information
Yukihiro Yanomoto, Shinichi Hikita, Yasuhide Kobayashi, Takahiko Ono, Mitsuyuki Saito (Hiroshima City Univ.)

(20)/MBE 10:00 - 10:20
Operationality evaluation of a versatile single switch using a photo-reflective sensor array
Dongli Wu, Toyohiko Hayashi, Yasuo Nakamura (Niigata Univ.), Yuko Wakabayashi (Niigata Intractable Diseases Consulting and Assisting Center), Satoshi Watanabe (Ftech)

----- Break ( 10 min. ) -----

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Fri, Mar 14 AM MBE (2) (10:30 - 13:00)
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(21)/MBE 10:30 - 10:50
Development of displacement-MMG sensor using a photo-reflector
Hisao Oka, Yuki Kuriyama, Shogo Watanabe, Tomoki Kitawaki, Motoi Okamoto (Okayama Univ.)

(22)/MBE 10:50 - 11:10
Influence of pelvic movement on rowing performance
Toshinari Terui, Koji Miwa, Kiyonori Kawahatsu, Koichi Shimizu (Hokkaido Univ.)

(23)/MBE 11:10 - 11:30
Frequency analysis of EMG for ski jump take-off motion
Tadaoki Nakamura, Koji Miwa (Hokkaido Univ.), Keizo Yamamoto (Hokusho Univ.), Takahiro Uesugi (Tokai Univ.), Kiyonori Kawahatsu, Koichi Shimizu (Hokkaido Univ.)

(24)/MBE 11:30 - 11:50
Computational fluid analysis for dynamic model of ski jumping takeoff
Naoto Masumitsu (Hokkaido Univ.), Keizo Yamamoto (Hokusyo Univ.), Kiyonori Kawahatsu, Koichi Shimizu (Hokkaido Univ.)

----- Lunch Break ( 70 min. ) -----

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Fri, Mar 14 PM MBE (3) (13:00 - 14:30)
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(25)/MBE 13:00 - 13:20
Development of a motion capture system for hands by using 8 receivers and a calculation method for finger model
Tsutomu Nikaido, Kazutaka Mitobe, Jun Sato, Noboru Yoshimura (Akita Univ.)

(26)/MBE 13:20 - 13:40
A study of signal pick up area in differential amplification of the myoelectric signal
Masafumi Saihara, Syouta Harada, Masaki Yoshida (OECU)

(27)/MBE 13:40 - 14:00
Real-time Sharing of the Haptic Sensation Sensed in the Real-world
Ryuhei Kitamura, Megumi Nakao, Tetsuo Sato, Kotaro Minato (NAIST)

(28)/MBE 14:00 - 14:20
Design of the Transcutaneous Energy Transmission System for a Capsule Endoscope
Harutoyo Hirano, Akira Morimasa, Kenji Shiba, Toshio Tsuji (Hiroshima Univ.)

----- Break ( 10 min. ) -----

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Fri, Mar 14 PM MBE (4) (14:30 - 16:30)
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(29)/MBE 14:30 - 14:50
Purification characteristic and bioelectric potential response of a foliage plant to an air pollution substance
Hiroki Nakayama, Daikan Hara, Kenichi Ito (NIIT)

(30)/MBE 14:50 - 15:10
A Basic Study of Tracking Honeybees in Hive using Vector Quantization
Toshifumi Kimura, Hidetoshi Ikeno, Mizue Ohashi (Univ. of Hyogo), Ryuichi Okada, Etsuro Ito (Tokushima Bunri Univ.)

(31)/MBE 15:10 - 15:30
Improvement to Reference Signal used in Adaptive Filters for Periodic Noise Reduction
Tomoyuki Kamitani, Naohiro Toda (Aichi Pref. Univ.)

(32)/MBE 15:30 - 15:50
A Problem of Estimated Bicoherence and A Solution using Pre-Whitening
Mitsuaki Kanehiro, Naohiro Toda (Aichi Pref. Univ.)

(33)/MBE 15:50 - 16:10
Encoding algorithms of MPEG-4 ALS lossless coding and archive format applied for biomedical signals
Yutaka Kamamoto, Noboru Harada, Takehiro Moriya (NTT)

(34)/MBE 16:10 - 16:30
Biological informations obtained by using active thermography inspection technique
Minako Obara, Kazutaka Mitobe, Shizuka Takahashi, Yoshihisa Katayose, Junichi Ogawa, Noboru Yoshimura (Akita Univ.)

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Wed, Mar 12 AM NC RoomA (1) (10:00 - 11:10)
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(1)/NC 10:00 - 10:20
Gaussian Graphical Model on Scale-Free Network
Takafumi Usui, Muneki Yasuda, Kazuyuki Tanaka (Tohoku Univ.)

(2)/NC 10:20 - 10:40
Generation of long-term memory based on multilayer chaotic neural network capable of sequential learning
Shingo Emoto, Hajime Asama, Mihoko Otake (Univ. of Tokyo)

(3)/NC 10:40 - 11:00
A neural circuit model of short-term memory for changing in total number of items recalled depending on their relationships
Tora Sawaguchi, Kazushi Murakoshi (Toyohashi Univ. Tec.)

----- Break ( 10 min. ) -----

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Wed, Mar 12 AM NC RoomA (2) (11:10 - 13:30)
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(4)/NC 11:10 - 11:30
Single trial on saccade-related EEG signal by independent component analysis
Arao Funase, Motoaki Mouri (NIT/RIKEN), Allan K. Barros (FUMA), Tohru Yagi (TIT/RIKEN), Andrzej Cichocki (RIKEN), Ichi Takumi (NIT)

(5)/NC 11:30 - 11:50
A Point-source Fidelity Solution of Bioelectromagnetic Inverse Problem
Yasushi Terazono (NICT), Ayumu Matani (Tokyo Univ.), Norio Fujimaki (NICT)

(6)/NC 11:50 - 12:10
Concierge: Personal Database Software for Digital Research Resources
Takayuki Kannon, Koji Makimura (RIKEN), Hiroyuki Sakai (Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.), Shiro Usui (RIKEN)

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Wed, Mar 12 PM NC RoomA (3) (13:30 - 15:00)
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(7)/NC 13:30 - 13:50
Image Processing by using the EM algorithm and the belief propagation
Kei Inoue, Muneki Yasuda, Kazuyuki Tanaka (Tohoku Univ.)

(8)/NC 13:50 - 14:10
Image correction method for effect of color contrast
Mai Miura, Kazushi Murakoshi (Toyohashi Univ. Tech.)

(9)/NC 14:10 - 14:30
Coarse image region segmentation using a region-based coupled MRF model and its CMOS circuit implementation
Yusuke Kawashima, Daisuke Atuti, Kazuki Nakada (Kyutech), Masato Okada (Univ. of Tokyo), Takashi Morie (Kyutech)

(10)/NC 14:30 - 14:50
Image reconstruction from the primary visual cortex activity
Tomomi Hashiguchi, Masato Inoue (Waseda Univ), Masato Okada (Tokyo Univ)

----- Break ( 10 min. ) -----

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Wed, Mar 12 PM NC RoomA (4) (15:00 - 16:30)
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(11)/NC 15:00 - 15:20
A silicon retina system for color constancy
Kazuhiro Shimonomura, Yutaka Tanoue, Tetsuya Yagi (Osaka Univ.)

(12)/NC 15:20 - 15:40
Effect of spatial frequency variation on contour integration
Masayuki Kikuchi, Hirotaka Tajima (Tokyo Univ. of Tech.)

(13)/NC 15:40 - 16:00
Neuronal responses to filtered face images in monkey temporal cortex
Mikio Inagaki, Ichiro Fujita (Osaka Univ.)

(14)/NC 16:00 - 16:20
Interactions between binocular disparity and size tuning in the macaque area V4
Shingo Tanaka, Ichiro Fujita (Osaka Univ.)

----- Break ( 10 min. ) -----

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Wed, Mar 12 PM NC RoomA (5) (16:30 - 17:50)
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(15)/NC 16:30 - 16:50
An Extension of CCCP Algorithm for Bethe Free Energy
Yu Nishiyama, Sumio Watanabe (Tokyo Inst. of Tech.)

(16)/NC 16:50 - 17:10
Conversion of inner parameters to outer parameters
Yoshifusa Ito, Hiroyuki Izumi (Aichi-Gakuin Univ.)

(17)/NC 17:10 - 17:30
The Dependence of EM Algorithm on Initial Conditions
Xin Lu, Kiyoshi Nishiyama (Iwate Univ.)

(18)/NC 17:30 - 17:50
Experimental Analysis for Equations of States in Singular Statistical Estimation
Sumio Watanabe, Kenji Nagata (Tokyo Inst. of Tech.)

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Wed, Mar 12 AM NC RoomB (1) (10:00 - 11:00)
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(19)/NC 10:00 - 10:20
The effect of gaze recognition on horizontal distribution of attentional field
Shuhei Nakamoto (Tokyo Univ.), Motoichiro Kato (Keio Univ.), Hajime Asama, Mihoko Otake (Tokyo Univ.)

(20)/NC 10:20 - 10:40
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Mikihiro Nishijima, Takayuki Yamaguchi, Terunori Mori (Tamagawa Univ.)

(21)/NC 10:40 - 11:00
Perceptual property of stereo transparency in locally-paired-dot stimuli
Osamu Watanabe (Muroran Inst. of Tech.)

----- Break ( 10 min. ) -----

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Wed, Mar 12 AM NC RoomB (2) (11:10 - 12:10)
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(22)/NC 11:10 - 11:30
Adaptive Motor Control Inspired by Cerebellar VOR Motor Learning
Hiroaki Yagi, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Yutaka Hirata (Chubu Univ.)

(23)/NC 11:30 - 11:50
Difference between motor-learning-strategies for gradual and sudden visuomotor rotations
Naoki Saijo (NTT), Hiroaki Gomi (NTT/JST)

(24)/NC 11:50 - 12:10
A via-points extraction method for teaching of human arm movements.
Masashi Ikegami, Naohiro Fukumura (Toyohashi Univ. of Tech.), Yoji Uno (Nagoya Univ.)

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Wed, Mar 12 PM NC RoomB (3) (13:30 - 15:00)
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(25)/NC 13:30 - 13:50
A prediction of synaptic polarities of neural network regulating thermotaxis and chemotaxis in C.elegans
Naoyuki Iwaita, Ryuzo Shingai (Iwate Univ.)

(26)/NC 13:50 - 14:10
Learning and recognition of hierarchical temporal series based on BESOM model
Haruo Hosoya (U-Tokyo)

(27)/NC 14:10 - 14:30
Mathematical analysis on dynamical behavior of a cylindrical cable induced by extracellular electrical field.
Hiromu Monai (TUPLS), Toru Aonishi (Tokyo Tech.), Masashi Inoue, Hiroyoshi Miyakawa (TUPLS)

(28)/NC 14:30 - 14:50
Construction of Real-Time measurement control system for Dynamic Clamp
Takamasa Tsunoda, Keisuke Ota (Tokyo Tech), Shigeo Watanabe, Hiroyoshi Miyakawa (TUPLS), Toru Aonishi (Tokyo Tech/RIKEN)

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Wed, Mar 12 PM NC RoomB (4) (15:00 - 16:30)
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(29)/NC 15:00 - 15:20
Estimation of Spatiotemporal Distribution of Dendritic Membrane Potential Using Distributed Constant Type Kalman Filter
Toshiaki Omori (JSPS Research Fellow (PD)/RIKEN), Toru Aonishi (Tokyo Inst. of Tech./RIKEN), Masato Okada (Univ. of Tokyo/RIKEN)

(30)/NC 15:20 - 15:40
The effects of Watts-Strogatz's rewiring to the sychronous firings in a pulse neural network with gap junctions
Takashi Kanamaru (Kogakuin Univ.), Kazuyuki Aihara (Univ. of Tokyo)

(31)/NC 15:40 - 16:00
Bayesian Restoration of Phase Response Curves and Prediction of Stochastic Behavior of Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons
Keisuke Ota (Tokyo Tech), Toru Aonishi (Tokyo Tech/RIKEN), Shigeo Watanabe, Hiroyoshi Miyakawa (TUPLS), Toshiaki Omori (JSPS PD/RIKEN), Masato Okada (Univ of Tokyo/RIKEN)

(32)/NC 16:00 - 16:20
Simulation of changes in intracellular Calcium ion concentration in an olfactory neuron of C.elegans
Mamoru Usuyama, Tokumitsu Wakabayashi, Ryuzo Shingai (Iwate Univ.)

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Wed, Mar 12 PM NC RoomB (5) (16:30 - 17:50)
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(33)/NC 16:30 - 16:50
Discrimination of a moving limb by near-infrared spectroscopy
Wataru Niide, Tadashi Tsubone, Yasuhiro Wada (Nagaoka Univ. of Tech.)

(34)/NC 16:50 - 17:10
An Arm Posture Estimation Method for Markerless Gesture Recognition without Depending on Background and Clothes
Masaki Shimizu, Takeharu Yoshizuka, Hiroyuki Miyamoto (Kyushu Inst. of Tech.)

(35)/NC 17:10 - 17:30
Information analysis of neuronal activities related to hand manipulation in the monkey parietal area AIP
Takashi Shimizu, Fumihiko Ishida (UEC), Akira Murata (Kinki Univ.), Yutaka Sakaguchi (UEC)

(36)/NC 17:30 - 17:50
Initiation of smooth pursuit: Effect of visual properties of the target and contextual modulation
Kenichiro Miura, Hiromitsu Tabata, Kenji Kawano (Kyoto Univ)

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Thu, Mar 13 AM NC RoomA (1) (10:00 - 11:10)
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(37)/NC 10:00 - 10:20
Influence of interocular inhibition in LGN on the formation of cortical receptive fields
Erina Kikuchi, Masanobu Miyashita (Numazu Nat. Col. of Tech.), Shigeru Tanaka (RIKEN BSI)

(38)/NC 10:20 - 10:40
Investigation of binocular orientation disparity with uncorrelated noise stimuli
Megumi Aoyama, Yuka Tabuchi, Izumi Ohzawa (Osaka Univ.)

(39)/NC 10:40 - 11:00
Receptive fields of transcallosally connected neurons in the early visual cortex.
Yusuke Asada (Osaka Univ), Takahisa M. Sanada (Univ Rochester), Izumi Ohzawa (Osaka Univ)

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Thu, Mar 13 AM NC RoomA (2) (11:10 - 13:30)
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(40)/NC 11:10 - 11:30
Handwritten Character Distinction Method Inspired by Human Vision Mechanism
Junpei Koyama (The Univ. of Tokyo), Masahiro Kato (Fuji Xerox), Akira Hirose (The Univ. of Tokyo)

(41)/NC 11:30 - 11:50
Bayesian image superresolution under moving occlusion
Wataru Fukuda (Kyoto Univ), Shin-ichi Maeda (NAIST), Atsunori Kanemura, Shin Ishii (Kyoto Univ)

(42)/NC 11:50 - 12:10
Image Recognition System with Parallel-Hierarchical Neural Network Based on Visual Information Processing
Teruo Terajima, Masafumi Hagiwara (Keio Univ.)

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Thu, Mar 13 PM NC RoomA (3) (13:30 - 15:00)
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(43)/NC 13:30 - 13:50
k shortest path analysis of hippocampal signal transduction change by Alzheimer's gene regulations.
Ryoji Yanashima, Yoshiya Matsubara, Noriyuki Kitagawa, Shinichi Kikuchi, Koutaro Oka, Masaru Tomita (Keio Univ)

(44)/NC 13:50 - 14:10
On classification of cell types in rat substantia nigra pars compacta on the basis of electrophysiological properties of neural membranes
Ryohei Iwahashi, Takashi Tateno (Osaka Univ.)

(45)/NC 14:10 - 14:30
Prediction of PRCs in Hippocampal CA3 Neurons by Top-down Approach
Toru Aonishi (Tokyo Tech.)

(46)/NC 14:30 - 14:50
Phase Response Curve of Spike Response Model
Munenori Iida (Univ. of Tokyo), Toshiaki Omori (JSPS Research Fellow(PD)/RIKEN), Toru Aonishi (Titech/RIKEN), Masato Okada (Univ. of Tokyo/RIKEN)

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Thu, Mar 13 PM NC RoomA (4) (15:00 - 16:30)
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(47)/NC 15:00 - 15:20
Modeling and Verifying a Hypothesis on Human Detection of Concept Drift
Shohei Shimada, Kyosuke Nishida (Hokkaido Univ.), Satoru Ishikawa (Hokusei Gakuen Univ.), Koichiro Yamauchi (Hokkaido Univ.)

(48)/NC 15:20 - 15:40
Learning and Inference of Probabilistic Causal Structure Model for Indoor Behavior Prediction of Infants
Satoshi Kawata (Tohoku Univ.), Yoichi Motomura, Yoshifumi Nishida (AIST), Shouzou Ishikawa (Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology), Kazuyuki Tanaka (Tohoku Univ.)

(49)/NC 15:40 - 16:00
Study of Individual Preference Identification to Face Image with Subjective Meta Information
Shinpei Masuda, Hideyuki Takahashi, Masahito Kurihara, Koichiro Yamauchi (Hokkaido Univ)

(50)/NC 16:00 - 16:20
Mental Error and Noise for reation during motor execution
Manabu Sasaki (YPUHS)

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Thu, Mar 13 AM NC RoomB (1) (10:00 - 11:00)
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(51)/NC 10:00 - 10:20
Computational Modeling of Human Adaptive Planning In Dynamic Environments
Atsushi Sato (Hokkaido Univ.), Satoru Ishikawa (Hokusei Gakuen Univ.), Takashi Omori (Tamagawa Univ.), Koichiro Yamauchi (Hokkaido Univ.)

(52)/NC 10:20 - 10:40
Action planning of a mobile robot based on intrinsic motivation
Naoyuki Yamamoto, Masumi Ishikawa (KIT)

(53)/NC 10:40 - 11:00
Graph-based Maps Formation for Mobile Robots by Hidden Markov Models
Muhammad Aziz Muslim, Masumi Ishikawa (Kyushu Inst. of Tech.)

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Thu, Mar 13 AM NC RoomB (2) (11:10 - 12:10)
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(54)/NC 11:10 - 11:30
Change of body image induced by multi-modal stimulation
-- Quantitative study of Ramachandran's rubber hand experiment --
Haruki Matsushita, Ryota Sugama, Hiroyuki Ito (Kyoto Sangyo Univ.)

(55)/NC 11:30 - 11:50
Learning of inverse model in a novel environment by different presentation methods of instruction.
Kouichi Saitoh, Naohiro Fukumura (Toyohasi Univ of Techno)

(56)/NC 11:50 - 12:10
Somatosensory reflex is anticipatorily modulated according to dynamical environments during movements
Toshitaka Kimura, Hiroaki Gomi (NTT CS Labs)

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Thu, Mar 13 PM NC RoomB (3) (13:30 - 15:20)
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(57)/NC 13:30 - 13:50
A Statistical Analysis of Support Vector Machines of Forgetting Factor
Yoshihiko Nomura, Hiroyuki Funaya, Kazushi Ikeda (Kyoto Univ.)

(58)/NC 13:50 - 14:10
A hierarchical multi-class classification method based on error-correcting output coding
Yoshimi Oyama (Kyoto Univ.), Takashi Takenouchi (NAIST), Shin Ishii (Kyoto Univ.)

(59)/NC 14:10 - 14:30
Policy gradient method for a policy function with probabilistic parameters
Yutaka Nakamura (Osaka Univ.)

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Thu, Mar 13 PM NC RoomB (4) (15:00 - 16:30)
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(60)/NC 15:00 - 15:20
Appling dynamic representation to solving QAP in ID model
Takahiro Sota, Yoshihiro Hayakawa, Koji Nakajima (Tohoku Univ.)

(61)/NC 15:20 - 15:40
Efficiency improvement of reinforce learning using a selective desensitization neural network
Masahiko Morita, Tomoyuki Shimbo, Takashi Hasuo, Ken Yamane (Univ. of Tsukuba)

(62)/NC 15:40 - 16:00
Selecting independent feature sets for the branch networks of the large scale classifier CombNET-III
Toshiyuki Miyatani, Mauricio Kugler, Susumu Kuroyanagi, Akira Iwata (NIT)

(63)/NC 16:00 - 16:20
A better estimation of ODP statistic in multiple simultaneous hypotheses testing
Hiroto Nomura, Shigeyuki Oba (NAIST), Shin Ishii (Kyoto Univ.)

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Thu, Mar 13 PM Special Lecture / Banquet (16:30 - 19:30)
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(64) 16:30 - 17:30

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Fri, Mar 14 AM NC RoomA (1) (10:30 - 13:00)
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(65)/NC 10:30 - 10:50
A study on a speech stream learning with statistical information
Miki Hayasaka, Osamu Watanabe (Muroran Inst. of Tech.)

(66)/NC 10:50 - 11:10
A Model of Word Sequence Prediction by Improved Simple Recurrent Networks
Yoshihisa Shinozawa (Keio Univ.)

(67)/NC 11:10 - 11:30
Hierarchical Cluster Analysis of Phoneme Data Using the RDSP Method
Yuta Onoshiro, Kazunori Iwata, Nobuo Suematsu, Akira Hayashi (Hiroshima City Univ.)

(68)/NC 11:30 - 11:50
A Vector Conversion of Word and Language Processing Neural Netowork with Additional Learning
Masanobu Kittaka, Masafumi Hagiwara (Keio Univ.)

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Fri, Mar 14 PM NC RoomA (2) (13:00 - 14:30)
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(69)/NC 13:00 - 13:20
Simple A/D Converters and Spiking Neurons
Shimon Teshima, Toshimichi Saito, Yusuke Matsuoka (Hosei Univ.)

(70)/NC 13:20 - 13:40
Evaluation of Cerebellar Flocculus Purkinje Cell Complex Spikes as an Error Signal used for Vestibuloocular Reflex Motor Learning in Squirrel Monkeys
Kohei Furuta (Chubu Univ.), Keiichiro Inagaki (Washington Univ.), Yutaka Hirata (Chubu Univ.)

(71)/NC 13:40 - 14:00
Study on efficient information transmission in inferior olive
Chihiro Takazawa, Isao Tokuda (JAIST), Kazuyuki Aihara (Univ. Tokyo), Nicolas Schweighofer (USC)

(72)/NC 14:00 - 14:20
Chaotic Resonance in a FitzHugh-Nagumo Type Model of the Inferior Olieve Neuron
Sou Nobukawa, Haruhiko Nishimura, Naofumi Katada (Univ. of Hyogo)

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Fri, Mar 14 PM NC RoomA (3) (14:30 - 16:10)
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(73)/NC 14:30 - 14:50
Construction of Hybrid Authentication System for Voiceprint and Fingerprint
Hikari Kobayashi, Akihiro Tanaka, Satoru Kishida (Tottori Univ.), Toru Watanabe (Matsue National College of Technology), Hiromu Hasegawa (Tottori Univ.)

(74)/NC 14:50 - 15:10
Construction of Voiceprint Personal Authentication System with Hierarchical Neural Network
Akihiro Tanaka, Hikari Kobayashi, Satoru Kishida, Hiromu Hasegawa (Tottori Univ.), Toru Watanabe (Matsue National College of Technology)

(75)/NC 15:10 - 15:30
Influence of Iris Pattern Rotation to Personal Authentication
Takeshi Kawasaki, Hironobu Takano, Kiyomi Nakamura (Toyama Prefectural Univ.)

(76)/NC 15:30 - 15:50
Detection Of Approaching Vehicles By Sound Information Using Pulsed Neural Networks
Takeshi Fujisumi, Kaname Iwasa, Mauricio Kugler, Susumu Kuroyanagi, Akira Iwata (NIT), Tomoyuki Nakamura, Tokihiko Akita (AISIN), Fumihiro Watanabe, Tetsunori Haraguchi (TOYOTA)

(77)/NC 15:50 - 16:10
An Auditory BCI system using auditory stream segregation
Shin'ichiro Kanoh, Tomohisa Yamagishi, Ko-ichiro Miyamoto, Tatsuo Yoshinobu (Tohoku Univ.)

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Fri, Mar 14 AM NC RoomB (1) (10:30 - 13:00)
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(78)/NC 10:30 - 10:50
Face Recognition Characteristics of AEH Model in Lighting Variations
Yuuki Yamazaki, Hironobu Takano, Kiyomi Nakamura (Toyama Prefectural Univ.)

(79)/NC 10:50 - 11:10
Neural Network Capable of Amodal Completion
Kunihiko Fukushima (Kansai Univ.)

(80)/NC 11:10 - 11:30
A brain-inspired binocular robotic vision with hierarchically arranged visual modules
Masayuki Nakatsuka, Kazuhiro Shimonomura, Tetsuya Yagi (Osaka Univ.)

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Fri, Mar 14 PM NC RoomB (2) (13:00 - 14:30)
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(81)/NC 13:00 - 13:20
CompleX vision : Methodology of Quasi-MD on the Neurocomputing
Tomohiko Oishi, Tomoyuki Kage, Motonari Chihara, Hisanori Takamaru, Daiki Miyazaki, Momotoki Tomita (Chubu Univ.), Keiichiro Inagaki (UW), Yutaka Hirata (Chubu Univ.)

(82)/NC 13:20 - 13:40
Active sampling based on Gaussian Process for reinforcement learning
Kazuhiro Takeda, Takeshi Mori (ＮＡＩＳＴ), Shin Ishii (Kyoto Univ.)

(83)/NC 13:40 - 14:00
Temporal and Operant Learning Models by Neural System
Yukifumi Shigematsu (Ehime Univ.)

(84)/NC 14:00 - 14:20
An Approach to Optimization by Paralleled ACOs
Hiroshi Koshimizu, Toshimichi Saito (Hosei Univ)

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Fri, Mar 14 PM NC RoomB (3) (14:30 - 16:10)
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(85)/NC 14:30 - 14:50
Learning algorithm of boosted cascade for recognizing different kind objects having similar features
Kota Kaya, Hiroshi Ando, Atsushi Iwata (Hiroshima Univ.)

(86)/NC 14:50 - 15:10
Model Selection of Canonical Particle Swarm Optimizer by EPSO: Meta-Optimization
Hong Zhang, Masumi Ishikawa (Kyushu Inst. of Tech.)

(87)/NC 15:10 - 15:30
Concept Generation Based on Self-Organizing Maps Modulated by Mutual Information
Kunio Kitahara, Akira Hirose (Tokyo Univ.)

(88)/NC 15:30 - 15:50
Growing self-organizing map using input history
Yuichi Sato, Kazushi Murakoshi (Toyohashi Univ. Tech.)

(89)/NC 15:50 - 16:10
A Supervised Learning Method Based on Adaptive Resonance Theory Considering Task Complexity
Yusuke Takenaka, Takeshi Kamio, Hisato Fujisaka, Kazuhisa Haeiwa (Hiroshima City Univ.)

# Information for speakers
General Talk will have 15 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion.

# CONFERENCE SPONSORS:
- This conference is co-sponsored by Japanese Neural Network Society and IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Japan Chapter for NC, ME and Bio-cybernetics Committee of JSMBE and IEEE Japan Chapter of EMBS for MBE.

=== Technical Committee on ME and Bio Cybernetics (MBE) ===
# FUTURE SCHEDULE:

Fri, May 23, 2008: Faculty of Engineering, Toyama University [Thu, Mar 20], Topics: Medical Engineering
Fri, Jun 20, 2008: Graduate School of Information Sci. and Tech., Hokkaido University [Sat, Apr 5], Topics: ME in general

# SECRETARY:
Tomohiko Igasaki (Kumamoto Univ.)
2-39-1 Kurokami Kumamoto 860-8555 Japan
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=== Technical Committee on Neurocomputing (NC) ===
# FUTURE SCHEDULE:

Fri, May 23, 2008: Kanazawa Univ [Sat, Mar 15]
Thu, Jun 26, 2008 - Fri, Jun 27, 2008: University of the Ryukyus [Fri, Apr 11], Topics: Machine Learning Approach to Biodata Mining and Nonlinearity in Biological Phenomena, and General

# SECRETARY:
Hiroaki Gomi
NTT Communication Science Labs.