Information and Communications Engineering
Curriculum
Students systematically learn the fundamental technologies of information and communication, both software and hardware, and develop the ability to apply their knowledge and skills to solve problems.
1st year: Master basic technologies in both hardware and software, with a focus on experimentation.
●Main Courses of Study
Software Exercise on Information and Communications Engineering A/B / Hardware Experiments on Information and Communications Engineering A/B / Introduction to Information Processing / Information Processing / Fundamentals of Electric Circuits / Logic Circuits Design
2nd year: Learn the principles of information and communication through experiments and acquire knowledge that will serve as the basis for creation.
●Main Courses of Study
Software Exercise on Information and Communications Engineering C/D /Hardware Experiments on Information and Communications Engineering C/D / Information Processing 1/ Information and Communication Networks/ Electronic Circuits / Design Exercise on Electronic Circuits / Communication Measurement / Network Theory
3rd year: Understand 欧洲杯足彩app下载_欧洲杯下注平台-【直播*网站】 advanced information and communication technologies in the laboratory.
●Main Courses of Study
Advanced Experiments in Information and Communications Engineering A/B / Media Informatics / Information Processing 2 / Pattern Recognition / Secure Networks / Principles of Communication Systems/ Mobile Telecommunications/ Microwave Engineering / Radio Wave Engineering 1/2 / Optical Transmission Systems / Acoustical Engineering/ Graduation Thesis 1/2
4th year: Develop graduation research and complete a thesis.
●Main Courses of Study
Graduation Thesis 3/4
Class Introduction
Software exercises and hardware experiments in information and communications engineering A-D
In the software exercises, students learn the basics of programming and algorithms through practical training in C programming language, and then design and produce communication programs. In the hardware experiments, students learn the basic usage of power supplies, signal generators, measuring instruments, etc., and then gain experience building simple sensor circuits. Students also design and build a simple optical communication circuit based on the skills they have acquired in these experiments. Through these experiments, students learn about modulation and demodulation techniques, the concept of packets, and packet retransmission techniques in the event of communication errors, which are important in communication technology.
Advanced experiments in information and communications engineering (Java API programming)
Students learn basic Java programming techniques and realize on a computer the functionality of a vending machine. They also learn how to control the source code version using GitLab and how to use remote repositories.
Advanced experiments in information and communications engineering (measurement and analysis of environmental sound)
Students learn acoustic measurement techniques by measuring sounds of interest to them. They learn how to evaluate noise levels and statistical analysis such as histograms of noise level sample values.
Biological and biomimetic information engineering
Students learn about information processing techniques that mimic living organisms, such as neural networks, reinforcement learning, and genetic algorithms, which are gaining attention as principles of artificial intelligence and deep learning, as well as their mathematical foundations and how to apply them to data, while also touching on their biological background.
Examples of Research Topics
Research on integrating brain-computer interface and IoT
Associate Professor Ryota Horie, Biomedical Communication Engineering Laboratory
This research combines simple electroencephalographs with smart devices and IoT technology, which connects objects through communication, and realizes inexpensive and a simple brain-computer interface(BCI) technology that allows objects to be operated by brain waves. The photograph above shows an experiment of an interface that allows users to operate home appliances without using their hands by concentrating on the home appliance (TV). The home appliance is recognized from the image on the camera of the smart glasses, and operation commands are extracted from brain waves measured by a simple electroencephalograph (EEG) to operate the home appliance via a wireless LAN.
Power wheelchairs, smart home appliances, virtual reality (VR) games, etc. are controlled by BCI via wireless and network.
As an entertainment application, we have developed a VR game manipulation method that combines BCI and myoelectric sensors.
Example of Activities with Overseas Partners
Global PBL, Department of Information and Communication Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Information and Communication Engineering and Computer Science + Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand
Local students, first to third-year students of our Information and Communication Engineering Department, and students from Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, China, and other countries participated in a global PBL at Thailand's Suranaree University of Technology. The students were divided into groups of about five, visited zoos, devised and implemented web systems to make local exhibits 欧洲杯足彩app下载_欧洲杯下注平台-【直播*网站】 attractive, and presented their ideas.
Examples of Graduation Research
Research on measurement technology using optical fibers
The benefits of optical fibers, which support the increasing capacity of communication networks, are not limited to communication applications. Optical fibers can also be used to measure various physical quantities such as elongation and temperature. Optical fiber sensors have many features not found in conventional electrical sensors, such as having a small diameter and being lightweight, easy to handle, resistant to electromagnetic noise, and requiring no electrical wiring. We are conducting research and development on a daily basis to improve the performance and realize new functions of various optical fiber sensors.
Age-related deterioration and earthquake damage to social infrastructure such as buildings, bridges, tunnels, dams, and pipelines have become major social problems. Optical fiber sensors are attracting attention as a technology for diagnosing the soundness of these structures. In particular, distributed optical fiber sensors, which can measure elongation and temperature distribution information along long optical fibers, are expected to play an active role.
Research on the integration of brain-computer interfaces and IoT
This research combines simple electroencephalographs, smart devices, and IoT technology that connects objects via communication to realize inexpensive and simple brain-computer interface (BCI) technology that operates objects via brain waves, and apply it to lifestyle support systems. The photograph shows an experiment of an interface that allows users to operate a home appliance without using their hands by focusing their attention on the appliance (TV or desk fan). The home appliance is recognized from the image reflected in the camera of the smart glasses, and operation commands are extracted from brain waves measured with a simple electroencephalograph (EEG) to operate the home appliance via wireless LAN.
For people who are unable to operate home appliances by remote control due to a hand disability, this system allows them to operate appliances hands-free by simply focusing their attention on the home appliance they wish to operate. Since BCI consists of a simple electroencephalograph and smart glasses, it has the advantage of being wearable and portable (wearable and mobile). It can also be used to operate various objects from a smart device via wireless or network, and can be used to control an electric wheelchair or a game controller. We are researching this technology as a seed technology for lifestyle support systems and interfaces in a future society with an IoT environment. It will be possible to manipulate the surrounding environment just by looking at it or being aware of it