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ICCE 2025 Award

Preface 

      ​ICCE2025 concluded with great success. This year, we introduced the Best Session Presentation Awards for the second time to promote presentation participation. We genuinely hope this initiative proved effective.

ICCE2025 Award Chair 
Yoshio Iwai 
Aoki Kota 
Htoo Htoo Sandi Kyaw

Best Paper Award

Tian Gao, Nattaon Techasarntikul, Yuichi Ohsita and Hideyuki Shimonishi (Osaka University, Japan)
Robot Path Planning for Monitoring Dynamic Environment by Predictive Uncertainty Minimization Using Gaussian Process Regression

Best Regional Paper Award

  1. Keehyuk Lee and Mincheol Cha (Seoul National University, Korea (South)); Soosung Kim (Chung-Ang University, Korea (South)); Xuan Truong Nguyen and Hyuk-Jae Lee (Seoul National University, Korea (South))
    A Winograd-Convolution-Based Accelerator on FPGA for Real-Time Object Detection with Effective On-Chip Buffer Access Patterns
  2. Ming-Shun Wang and Ming-Che Chen (Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)
    A Multimedia Interactive Presentation System Based on AIoT and RAG-Enabled Large Language Models.
  3. Ryota Sugimoto (Waseda University, Japan); Kenji Kanai (The University of Tokyo & Waseda University, Japan); Jiro Katto and Shiori Maki (Waseda University, Japan)
    A Point Cloud Downsampling Method Balancing Global and Local Shapes for 3D Object Classification
  4. Jaeseok Ryu, Heunseung Lim and Hyeongseok Oh (Chung-Ang University, Korea (South)); Jeonghak Oh (Yura, Korea (South)); Joonki Paik (Chung-Ang University, Korea (South))
    Low-Light Image Enhancement and Color Correction Using a Contrast-Driven Neural Network
  5. Mizuki Asano, Taku Yamazaki and Takumi Miyoshi (Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan)
    Real-Time IoT Device Identification Using Traffic Pattern Mapping Model
  6. Shuto Hayashi (Ritsumeikan University, Japan); Shima Okada (Ritsumeikan University & Science & Engineering, Japan); Yusuke Sakaue and Naruhiro Shiozawa (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
    Non-Contact Sleep Stage Estimation in Adult and Infant Sleep Using Millimeter Wave Sensor
  7. David Li, Hang Yu and Ruiming Tian (Yeshiva University, USA)
    A Dual-Path Deep Learning Framework for Video Quality Assessment: Integrating Multi-Speed Processing and Correlation-Based Loss Functions

Best Student Paper Award

Wei-Cheng Kao, Xiu-Zhi Chen and Yen-Lin Chen (National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan); Po-Wen Lu (Shuang Ho Hospital, Taiwan)  
Artificial Intelligence-Based Polyp Detection and Measurement Add-On System for Endoscopy 

Best Poster Award

Steve Mann (MannLab Canada, Canada & MannLab, USA); Nishant Kumar, Joao Pedro Bicalho Andrade and Malek Sibai (University of Toronto, Canada); Calum Leaver-Preyra (MannLab, Canada)  
Adaptive Chirplet Transform-Based Sleep State Detection 

Best Student Poster Award

  1. Junya Sato, Yuki Umemoto, Takumi Miyoshi, Taku Yamazaki and Ryoichi Shinkuma (Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan)
    Preliminary Evaluation of Spatial Features for Real-Time Importance Estimation in Point Cloud
  2. Jungyu Choi, JoonHwi Kim and Sungbin Im (Soongsil University, Korea (South))
    Robust TDOA Estimation Using Kernel Density Estimation for Noisy Environments

Best Design Competition Award

Ryuki Tsuruda (University of Nagasaki, Japan); Kengo Yanagihara, Yuta Hashiguchi, Syuto Abe, Kenyu Okino, Takumi Obayashi, Tatsunosuke Shiota, Yukito Taguchi, Kim Chaeseung, Sakuya Yamaguchi, Shota Koga, Ryosuke Oshima, Ren Nakao, Masahiro Nishimura, Taito Manabe and Yuichiro Shibata (Nagasaki University, Japan) 
FPGA Implementation of a JPEG Encoder for Efficient Web Debugging of an Unmanned Mobile Vehicle

Best Session Presentation Award

Day 1 (Jan. 11)
14:00-15:30 
CT10-1 (Florentine C): Kai-Li Wang (University of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung, Taiwan),
An Improved 3D Systolic Architecture Design Using A Combination of Sub-Array Partitioning and Hierarchical Stacking Methods
Panagiotis Karydopoulos (Computer Systems, Greece), 
Impact of Prolonged Thermal Stress on Intel i7-6600U Graphics Performance
SS07-1 (Florentine B):  Chun-Fu Chen (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan), 
Low Parameters UNet for Energy-Efficient Cloud Detection
CT01 (Florentine G): Heena Rathore (Texas State University, USA), 
Integrating Justice Theory into Moral Decision-Making for Autonomous Vehicles
CT13 (Siena): Joseph Arrigo, Jr (Rutgers University, USA), 
AgriSense NPK: Autonomous Mapping of Water and Fertilizer Content in Soil
CT03-1 (Tuscany): Marcelo Knörich Zuffo (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil), 
Collaborative Mobile Surveillance System for Smart Cities: Prototype Evaluation in Sao Paulo, Brazil

15:45-17:15 
CT10-2 (Florentine C):  Jeongsang Yu (Tech University of Korea, Korea (South)), 
ObjectBlend Data Augmentation Technique for Resolving Dataset Imbalance in Vision Inspection Systems
Apirak Sang-ngenchai (Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan), 
Smart Warehouse Safety: Computer Vision for Forklift Driver Monitoring in Warehouse Setting
CT08, CT10, SS07 (Florentine B): Steve Mann (MannLab Canada, Canada & MannLab, USA), 
Smart Rollator Walker for Enhanced Mobility
CT01, CT03, CT07, CT22 (Florentine G): Sharon Isabelle Timotius (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), 
An SRAM-Based PUF with High Native-Stability Using Alternative Configuration Technique
CT14 (Siena): Kaito Watanabe (Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan), 
Preliminary Experiment on Point Cloud Collection Through 3D Mobile Crowdsensing
CT03-2 (Tuscany): Bhagawat Baanav Yedla Ravi (University of Florida, USA),  
Hands-On Exploration and Learning Platform for Automotive Wheel Speed Sensor Attacks

17:30-19:00  
SS02 (Florentine B): Jicheon Kim (Samsung Electronics, Korea (South)), 
A Multi-Chip-Module-Based Architecture Simulator for Scaling Vision Transformer Inference
CT21 (Florentine G): Eddie B de Lima Filho (TPV & Universidade Federal do Amazonas - UFAM, Brazil), Rômulo Fabrício, Jr. (TPV Technology, Brazil), 
Low Memory Consumption Architecture for TV Platform Software Modules
CT09-2 (Siena):  Luca Lazzaroni (University of Genoa, Italy), 
Binary Neural Networks for Real-Time Structural Health Monitoring on Edge Devices
SS06 (Tuscany): Hidenori Nakazato (Waseda University, Japan), 
Network Support for Distribution Transparency

Day 2 (Jan. 12)
14:00-15:30
CT06-1 (Florentine B): Swarnamouli Majumdar (Concordia University, Quebec, Canada), Intelligent Drones for Transforming Emergency Medical Response and Hospital Operations 
CT08-1 (Florentine G): Eita Kobayashi (Osaka University, Japan), Enhancing IoT System Maintenance and Log Recording with Augmented Reality: A Comparative Analysis of HMD and HHD
CT09-1 (Siena): Takuto Shudo (Ritsumeikan University, Japan), Safety Support Network System Based on Overhead Sensing of UAV Equipped with 3D LiDAR
CT02-1 (Florentine E): Robin Kremer (Saarland University & Saarland Informatics Campus, Germany), FLASH: Froxel Based Light-Field Acceleration System for High-Efficiency GPU Rendering
CT04-1 (Florentine F): Satoshi Makido (Toyota Central R&D Labs. Inc., Japan), Tutomu Murase (Nagoya University, Japan), Numerical Formulation of Throughput Maximization for Wireless Multi-Hop Networks Using Spring Model Approximation

15:45-17:15 
CT10-4 (Florentine C): Shota Ono (The University of Tokyo, Japan), Adaptive Timing Control of Parameter Aggregation in Vehicular Federated Learning
CT06-2 (Florentine B): Sucharita Khuntia (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan), Deep Learning-Based Emotion Recognition Using Fusion of Multimodal Affective Data from Consumer-Grade Wearable ECG and Speech Sensors CT08-2 (Florentine G): Jheng-Kai Chen (Yuan Ze University, Taiwan),  Human Pose-Guided Joint Optimization for Camera Auto-Calibration System with Unknown Intrinsics
CT09-1 (2) (Siena): Yugo Nakamura (Kyushu University, Japan), SenStick-Eye: A Sensing Platform to Observe Behavioral Insights from Small Everyday Objects
Best paper candidates session-1 (Tuscany): Tian Gao (Osaka University, Japan), Robot Path Planning for Monitoring Dynamic Environment by Predictive Uncertainty Minimization Using Gaussian Process Regression   
Keehyuk Lee (Seoul National University, Korea (South)), A Winograd-Convolution-Based Accelerator on FPGA for Real-Time Object Detection with Effective On-Chip Buffer Access Patterns
CT02-2 (Florentine E): Md Eimran Hossain Eimon (Florida Atlantic University, USA), Enabling Next-Generation Consumer Experience with Feature Coding for Machines
CT04-2 (Florentine F): Shota Minegishi (Sophia University, Japan), 
Content Prefetching Method for Scalable Video Streaming in IPFS

17:30-19:00  
CT10-5 (Florentine C): Yong Wang (DSU, USA), Assessing Evasion Attacks on Tree-Based Machine Learning Models: Supervised vs. Unsupervised Approaches  
CT06-3 (Florentine B): Avirup Roy (Michigan State University, USA), Semi-Supervised Learning with Sparsely Labelled Multi-Sensor Activity Data for Wellness Monitoring of Infants
CT09-1 (3) (Siena): Shieru Otsuka (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan),  Design of Remote Smart Agriculture System Using LEO Satellite Communications and Solar Power Generation  
Best paper candidates session-2 (Tuscany): Ryota Sugimoto (Waseda University, Japan),  A Point Cloud Downsampling Method Balancing Global and Local Shapes for 3D Object Classification
CT02-3 (Florentine E): Rikita Uchiyama (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan), A Fast Block Partitioning Decision Method Using Luminance Textures for VVC Encoders
CT04, CT05 (Florentine F): Riku Araki (Sophia University, Japan), 
Point Cloud Live Streaming System Using Scalable Point Cloud Partitioning  

Day 3 (Jan. 13)
14:00-15:30 
CT06-4 (Florentine B): Tomochika Harada (Yamagata University, Japan), Evaluation of Long-Term Diurnal Variability in RMSSD Using a Smartwatch and Pulse Sensor  
Sunish Gupta (MIT, USA),Aishwarya Pai (Santa Clara University, USA), 
Born-Accessible Part I: A New Era in Design Engineering to Make Home Appliances and Consumer Technologies Accessible to People with Disabilities
CT17-1 (Florentine G): Atsuo Miki (Tokyo University of Science, Japan),  Performance Evaluation of Next Generation DTTB Using AsynchronousTime-Domain LDM  
Babak Yahyapour (Polytechnique Montreal, Canada), 
3D Printed THz Demultiplexer Circuits Using Suspended-in-Air Grating Couplers  
CT19-1 (Siena): Gifar Arif Haryadi (Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Korea (South)),  PureNFT: A Blockchain-Based Ticketing System with Lightweight AI for Scalping Prevention
SS03-1 (Tuscany): Tuy Nguyen (Northern Arizona University, USA),
Secure and Reliable 6G Communications with BCH-Based GLDPC and Kyber  
CT12-1 (Florentine E): Maksym Melnyk (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA),  Hardware Anomaly Detection in Microcontrollers Through Watchdog-Assisted Property Enforcement
CT11 (Florentine F): Takeru Ota (Waseda University, Japan), 
Personalized Course Selection Optimization Using QAOA

15:45-17:15 
CT10-6 (Florentine C):  Jaehong Yoon (Chung-Ang University, Korea (South)), Enhancing Thermal Infrared Object Detection Using SimAM-Integrated YOLOX for Improved Feature Representation  
CT06, CT02 (Florentine B): Aparajith Srinivasan (Samsung Research America, USA), Perceptual Picture Quality Improvement and Power Saving Using the Helmholtz-Kohlrausch Effect
CT17-2 (Florentine G): Yuki Norimatsu (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan),  A Particle Swarm Optimization Approach for Maximizing Bottleneck Link Capacity in Network Routing  
CT19-2 (Siena): Taishi Nakai (Kyoto University, Japan), 
The More Halving Advances, the More Rational Double Spending Attack is  
SS03-2 (Tuscany): Samsul Huda (Okayama University, Japan), 
Performance Evaluation of Zeek-Based Intrusion Detection in Agricultural IoT Security  
CT12-2 (Florentine E): Seongmo An (Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea (South)), Flexible NTT/iNTT Accelerator Based on Montgomery Reduction  
CT11, CT15 (Florentine F): Koki Mita (Waseda University, Japan), 
Solving Task-Select Problems Using a Quantum Annealer  
Chinami Fukui (Hokkaido University, Japan), 
A Verification System of AR Information Provision for Drivers Using Virtual Reality Driving Simulator  

17:30-19:00  
CT10-7 (Florentine C): Yoshiki Yamaguchi (Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan),  Real-Time Recursive Point Cloud Prediction for Interpolating Anomalous Frames    
SS10 (Florentine B): Keishi Nishio (Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan), Timer-Based Transmission Control Providing Burstiness Mitigation and Enhanced Throughput for Transport Layer Protocols in Optical Packet Switching Networks SS12 (Florentine G): Han Chang Hee (Gyeongsang National University, Korea (South)), Coordinated Stochastic Operation of BESS and Medium-Voltage DC System in Distribution Networks  
Bumshik Lee (Chosun University, Korea (South)), Advanced Teeth Instance Segmentation Using Contextual Spatial Attention and Deeper Mask Head  
SS09 (Siena): Miyu Fukuoka (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan), 
Dynamic Lighting for Enhanced Sense of Depth in 2D Mid-Air Image  
Best paper candidates session-3 (Tuscany): Ming-Shun Wang (Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan),   A Multimedia Interactive Presentation System Based on AIoT and RAG-Enabled Large Language Models  
Wei-Cheng Kao (National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan), Artificial Intelligence-Based Polyp Detection and Measurement Add-On System for Endoscopy  
CT12-3 (Florentine E): Janislley De Sousa (SIDIA, Brazil), Key-Encapsulation Mechanisms Embedded in Trusted Execution Environment: an Evaluation  

Day 4 (Jan. 14)
09:00-10:30 
CT10-3 (Florentine C):  Jules M Rostand (National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan), 
Adaptive Locality Guidance: Enhancing Vision Transformers on Tiny Datasets
SungHyun Cha (Sejong University, Korea (South)), 
A Fully Digital Neuromorphic AI Processor for Industrial and Consumer Applications
SS05, SS07 (Florentine E):  Atsushi Takata (Okayama University, Japan),  
Evaluation of a Wafer-Scale VLSI Using Programmable Architecture  
SS12 (Florentine F): Gabriela Sanchez San Miguel (UTSA, USA), 
Evaluating the Explainability of Large Language Models for Ethical Decision Making  
DongKi Noh (LG Electronics Inc., Korea (South)), 
Artificial Marker-Aided Localization for Service Robots in Visually Repetitive Environments

14:00-15:30 
SS11-1 (Florentine C):  Jen-Chueh Hsu (National Central University, Taiwan),   DA-SAM: A Defect-Aware Segmentation Model for Industrial Product Inspection  
Chih-Yang Lin (National Central University, Taiwan) Real-Time Identification of Badminton Hitting Actions Using Video and Human Key Point Heat Maps  
SS08-1 (Florentine G):  Mahesh Khadatare (NVIDIA, USA & Tech Lead, USA),   Exploration of New Models to Enhance Treadmill Usage and Analyze Optimal Use Cases for All Age Groups  
Wei-Che Chien (National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan), 
Developing an AR Tool for Furniture Integration Using Single-Image Modeling and 3D Visualization
SS07-2 (Florentine E): Aditya Kumar (Research, USA),   Enhancing Human-Computer Interaction: An Accurate Video-Based American Sign Language Translation Model Using Machine Learning Techniques SS04-1 (Florentine F): Kengo Yanagihara (Nagasaki University, Japan),   Empirical Evaluation of an FPGA-Based Vibration Extraction System for Stabilization of Surgical Instruments Under a Microscope   
Kenshu Seto(Kumamoto University, Japan), 
eFPGA Design Using the New Programmable Logic Element PAE  
SS01-1 (Florentine A): Jamilya Nurgazina  (St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria),   Decentralized Knowledge Sharing Framework for Aquaponics-Based Food Production: Insights on Data Sharing and User Interfaces
Tatsuya Abe(Meijo University, Japan),  
Implementation of Smart Garbage Detection System Using Camera-Based Low-Power Edge AI Device

15:45-17:15 
SS11-2 (Florentine C): Yi-Cheng Chen (National Central University, Taiwan),   Robotic System Integrated with Object Classification and Gripping Pose Estimation  
SS01-2, SS08-2 (Florentine G): Jiazheng Li (University of Tsukuba, Japan),   A Method of Detecting Port Bay Numbers and Optimizing Effects Under Various Weather Scenarios  
Pranav Gupta (Monta Vista High School & ASDRP, USA); Helen G Lee (ASDRP, USA & Saint Francis High School, USA); Aranyak Laxmanan (Cupertino High School & ASDRP, USA),  
Automated Recognition of Autism Spectrum Disorder from EEG Signals Using a CNN-LSTM Hybrid Model   
SS04-2, SS07-3 (Florentine E): Ayumu Ogura  (Okayama University, Japan),   Demonstration of a Clock Distribution Method Using Switching Matrices and a Two-Phase Clock Signal on an FPGA    

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