Information for newcomers, FY2026

日本語はこちら Orientation for ubi-lab candidate We are holding an orientation and a freshman welcome event for new students who have been accepted to the Ubiquitous Computing Systems Laboratory on the following schedule. April 3, 4:00 pm @A407(Information Science Building 4F)Mandatory for everyoneApril 4, 11:00 am @In front of the convenience store(BBQ)Optional participation ..... Rental of Personal Workstation (MacBookAir) NAIST provides a personal workstation (MacBookAir) to all students.Please let us know if you wish to join. TBA If other lab's candidates...

A Presentation at the 9th IIEEJ International Conference on Image Electronics and Visual Computing (IEVC 2026)

We presented the following paper at The 9th IIEEJ International Conference on Image Electronics and Visual Computing (IEVC 2026), held in Hiroshima, Japan, from March 16 to March 19, 2026. Oral Presentation Yona Zakaria, Chouman Hussein, Rui Ishiyama, Eiki Ishidera, Tomokazu Matsui, Hirohiko Suwa, Keiichi Yasumoto: “Web Image Collection and LLM-Based Labeling to Provide Dynamic References for Visual Inspection of Drug Packaging,” The 9th IIEEJ International Conference on Image Electronics and Visual Computing (IEVC 2026), Hiroshima, Japan, 2026.

Six presentations at PERSUASIVE 2026

We presented the following six papers at the 21st International Conference on Persuasive Technology 2026(PERSUASIVE 2026), held in Hakodate, Japan, from Tuesday, March 10 to Friday, January 13, 2026. Oral Presentation Kota Kotegawa, Kentaro Ueda, Ren Hosokawa, Yuki Ogawa, Eichi Umehara, Kota Tsubouchi, Keiichi Yasumoto, Hirohiko Suwa:“Faithful and Plausible Explanations for Market Prediction from Noisy Forum Posts via XAI–LLM Hybrid Rationale Selection,”The 21st International Conference on Persuasive Technology 2026 (Persuasive 2026 Late Breaking Result), Hokkaido, Japan, 2026.  Sachiko Enomoto, Hirohiko Suwa,...

📣【Feb 28】Open Campus for Prospective Students

Ubiquitous Computing Laboratory – Individual Lab Information Session The Open Campus for prospective students at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2026. 🔗 For general information about the Open Campus, please visit:https://www.naist.jp/admission/opencampus_ps/202602/#event In conjunction with this event, the Ubiquitous Computing Laboratory will host individual lab information sessions. In addition to an introduction to our research activities, this will be a valuable opportunity to speak directly with faculty members. You are welcome...

Two Research Contributions Accepted to PerCom’26

Two of our research works have been accepted to Work-in-Progress in the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2026). Work-in-Progress Shuhei Kosaka, Keiichi Yasumoto, Tomokazu Matsui, Hirohiko Suwa, Wataru Sasaki, Daisuke Wakao, Sumio Morioka, Takahiro Inagawa: “Anchor-Led Swarm Formation and Pose Estimation for 10,000 Pico-Satellites,” The 24th International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2026, Work-in-Progress), Pisa, Italy, 2026. Keita Takeda, Wataru Sasaki, Shuhei Kosaka, Tomokazu Matsui, Hirohiko Suwa, Keiichi Yasumoto, Sumio Morioka, Takahiro Inagawa: “Hierarchical...

Seven presentations at ICDCN 2026

We presented the following four papers at the International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN), held in Nara, Japan, from Tuesday, January 6 to Friday, January 9, 2026. Oral Presentation Keita Takeda, Shuhei Kosaka, Wataru Sasaki, Keiichi Yasumoto, Tomokazu Matsui, Hirohiko Suwa, Sumio Morioka, Takahiro Inagawa:“Hierarchical Subgroup Routing for High-Speed Data Sharing in Large-Scale Satellite Formation Flying,”27th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN 2026 Workshops, MUSICAL2026), Nara, Japan, 2026. Nanami Inoue, Koki Shibata, Tamasa Kikuchi, Makoto Yoshida,...

Four presentations at IEEE AIoT 2025

We presented the following four papers at the IEEE Annual Congress on Artificial Intelligence of Things (IEEE AIoT), held in Osaka, Japan, from Wednesday, December 3 to Friday, December 5, 2025. Oral Presentation Brynx Junil Alegarbes, Victor Romero II, Tomokazu Matsui, Yuki Matsuda, Hirohiko Suwa, Keiichi Yasumoto:“Opportunistic Model Ensembling for Decentralized Learning over Intermittent Edge Networks,”IEEE Annual Congress on Artificial Intelligence of Things (IEEE AIoT 2025), Osaka, Japan, 2025. Koki Shibata, Tianheng Ling, Chao Qian, Tomokazu Matsui, Hirohiko Suwa, Keiichi...

A presentation at PKAW 2025 (PRICAI Workshop)

We gave the following presentation at the 2025 Principle and Practice of Data and Knowledge Acquisition Workshop (PKAW), co-located with the Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI) held in Wellington, New Zealand. Oral Presentation Issei Matsumoto, Tomokazu Matsui, Yukihisa Fujita, Hirohiko Suwa, Keiichi Yasumoto: “Data Profile Generation Framework for Data Utilization,” The Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI 2025 Workshops, PKAW), Wellington, New Zealand, 2025.

Seven Research Contributions Accepted to ICDCN 2026

Seven research contributions from our lab have been accepted to the 27th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN 2026), including four workshop papers, one poster, and one doctoral symposium paper. Workshops Keita Takeda, Shuhei Kosaka, Wataru Sasaki, Keiichi Yasumoto, Tomokazu Matsui, Hirohiko Suwa, Sumio Morioka, Takahiro Inagawa:“Hierarchical Subgroup Routing for High-Speed Data Sharing in Large-Scale Satellite Formation Flying,”27th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN 2026, MUSICAL2026), Nara, Japan, 2026. (to appear) Nanami Inoue, Koki Shibata, Tamasa...