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2026 12 updates

Kento Ichihara (M1) and Ryuto Tanigawa (M1) are scheduled to present their research at the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cyb…

Hikaru Fukusaka (D1), Dr. Qi LI, Jiasheng YANG (M1), Yexin ZHANG (D2), Yuhao YAN (D2), and Haruhiro Takahashi (M2) are scheduled to present their rese…

9月

Haruhiro Takahashi (M2) presented his research at the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2026), held in Tampere, Finland.

Haruhiro Takahashi (M2) presented his research at the international conference CPSI 2026, held in London, United Kingdom.

Kento Ichihara (M1), Imoto (M1), Fujita, Yamamoto (B4), Doyama (B4), and Ishino (M1) presented their research at the international conference ICAMechS…

Ryuto Tanigawa (M1), Hashizume (B4), Saito (B4), Ono (B4), Yuhao YAN (D2), and Yexin ZHANG (D2) presented their research at the 2026 3rd International…

2026年度秋学期博士学位授与式

2026年度秋学期には、2人の博士後期課程の学生（WANG Mengtao、SU Zhenlin）が、博士(工学)学位を取得しました。

8月

「The 8th International Conference on Industrial Artificial Intelligence（IAI 2026）」において、孟研究室の研究論文がBest Paper Awardの最終候補論文（Finalist）に選出されました。本論文では、ロボットマ…

7月

Research conducted by Yifan XU and colleagues from the Meng Laboratory received the Best Student Paper Award at the 2026 International Conference on A…

Xinzhe YUE (M1), Kento Ichihara (M1), Saito (B4), Chaojie HUANG (D1), and Muhammad Hamza Mehdi (M2) presented their research at the 7th International …

6月

AJ-CORE (Africa-Japan Collaborative Research) Meeting, June 2026

ZHANG Runqian (D1) and YUE Xinzhe (M1) from the Meng Laboratory participated in the AJ-CORE (Africa-Japan Collaborative Research) meeting held in Cape…

5月

IEEJ Control Technical Meeting 2026

Yuki Sasaki (M1) and Takuya Yokoyama (M1) presented their research at the IEEJ Control Technical Meeting, held in Toyama on May 17, 2026.Yuki Sasaki a…

2025 16 updates

22nd English Presentation Competition

Ishino (B4), Kento Ichihara (B4), and Ryuto Tanigawa (B4) participated in the 22nd English Presentation Competition organized by the IEEE Ritsumeikan …

10月

Meng Laboratory Exhibited at the 155th Anniversary of Ritsumeikan and the 125th Anniversary of the Ritsumeikan Academy Commemorative Ceremony and Event

The Meng Laboratory participated in the commemorative ceremony and event celebrating the 155th anniversary of Ritsumeikan and the 125th anniversary of…

Ryuto Ishibashi (D1) and GENG Yingrui (D2) gave on-site presentations at the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)…

Hayata Kaneko (D2) and WANG Xiangheng (D1) presented their research at the 23rd International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, held in Rom…

9月

Fall Semester 2025 Doctoral Degree Conferment Ceremony

In the Fall Semester of 2025, two doctoral students received Doctor of Engineering degrees.Doctoral DissertationsYifei GE: Deep Learning Optimization …

Professor Lin Meng Ranked Among the “World’s Top 2% Scientists”

Professor Lin Meng was included in the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” list compiled by Stanford University and Elsevier.In the subfield of Artificial Int…

Kento Ichihara (B4), Ryuto Tanigawa (B4), Haruhiro Takahashi (M1), WANG Zhongyu (M2), ZHANG Runqian (M2), GENG Yingrui (D2), and ZHANG Yexin (D2) pres…

Ritsumeikan University Haritake-Mukumoto Research Encouragement Award

Hikaru Fukusaka (M2) received the Ritsumeikan University Haritake-Mukumoto Research Encouragement Award.This marks the third consecutive year that a s…

Ishino (B4), Shuto Kusaki (M1), and YAN (M1) presented their research at the 7th International Symposium on Advanced Technologies and Applications in …

8月

Takashi Higashi (M2), Hikaru Fukusaka (M2), and YAN (D2) presented their research at the 7th International Conference on Industrial Artificial Intelli…

Meng Laboratory Exhibited at University Fair 2025 – Innovation Japan

Ritsumeikan University participated in “University Fair 2025 – Innovation Japan,” organized by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), at Tokyo…

7月

Student Loan Repayment Exemption Awarded

Ryuto Ishibashi (D1), Hattori (Alumnus), and Matsui (Alumnus) received student loan repayment exemptions. Congratulations!

Assistant Professor Qi LI, REN (D1), WANG (M2), Hikaru Fukusaka (M2), and Fujita (M1) presented their research at the 2025 International Conference on…

5月

Visit to the University of South Africa and the University of Johannesburg

From March 15 to March 19, 2025, we visited our research partners at the University of South Africa and the University of Johannesburg.Visit to the Un…

3月

Graduation and Degree Completion for Academic Year 2024

In Academic Year 2024, two doctoral students received their degrees, eight master’s students completed their programs, and eight undergraduate student…

1月

2025 New Year Party & Welcome Party for New Laboratory Members

On January 6, members of our laboratory held a 2025 New Year party and a welcome party for new laboratory members.

2024 10 updates

Yuga Ono (M2), Shunsuke Hayashi (M2), and Yuya Yoshizu (M1) presented their research at the 2024 International Conference on Cyber-Physical Social Int…

9月

Ritsumeikan University Haritake-Mukumoto Research Encouragement Award

Ryuto Ishibashi (M2) received the Ritsumeikan University Haritake-Mukumoto Research Encouragement Award.This marked the second consecutive year that a…

8月

Ryuto Ishibashi (M2), Atsuki Matsui (M2), Hayata Kaneko (D1), and Yifei Ge (D2) presented their research at the 6th International Conference on Indust…

Masayuki Ishikawa (B4), Haruhiro Takahashi (B4), WANG (M1), ZHANG (M1), and XU (M2) presented their research at the 6th International Symposium on Adv…

4月

Yuga Ono, who was an M1 student at the time, gave an on-site presentation at the international conference SASIMI 2024, held in Taiwan in March 2024.Yu…

Professor Meng Featured in Forbes JAPAN

In April 2024, Professor Meng’s research achievements were featured in Forbes JAPAN, April 2024 issue, No. 116.

Professor Meng Elevated to IEEE Senior Member

In February 2023, Professor Meng, who was an Associate Professor at the time, was elevated to IEEE Senior Member.In March 2024, he was also presented …

3月

Graduation and Degree Completion for Academic Year 2023

In Academic Year 2023, four master’s students completed their programs and seven undergraduate students graduated. Congratulations!Five undergraduate …

Academic Year 2023 Graduation and Degree Conferment Ceremony

Hayata Kaneko (M2) delivered the address on behalf of graduating students as the representative of the Graduate School of Science and Engineering at R…

2月

Associate Professor Lin Meng Ranked Among the “World’s Top 2% Scientists”

Associate Professor Lin Meng was included in the “Database of Standardized Citation Indicators,” a comprehensive list identifying the “World’s Top 2% …

2023 11 updates

Ryuto Ishibashi (M1) gave an on-site presentation at IEEE SMC, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. The acceptance rate was 57%.Ryuto Ishibashi, Hayata Kane…

9月

Selected as a JSPS Research Fellow

Hayata Kaneko (M2) was selected as a Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Congratulations!The JSPS Research Fello…

Ritsumeikan University Haritake-Mukumoto Research Encouragement Award

Hayata Kaneko (M2) received the Ritsumeikan University Haritake-Mukumoto Research Encouragement Award. Congratulations!University News Article

Seven students presented their research at the international conference ICAMechS 2023, held in Melbourne, Australia.Among them, Hayata Kaneko received…

8月

Student Loan Repayment Exemption Awarded

Morioka (Alumnus) received a student loan repayment exemption. Congratulations!

Departure for Study Abroad in the United States

Yuga Ono (M1) departed for his study-abroad program in the United States. We wish him all the best!

Shunsuke Hayashi (M1), Wang (M1), and Li (M1) presented their research at the international conference ATAIT 2023, held at Ritsumeikan University.Amon…

Scholarship Achievements

Qi LI (D1) received the Amano Institute of Technology Research Scholarship.Qi LI (D1) was also awarded a Kioxia Encouragement Research Grant. Congratu…

7月

IEEJ Control Technical Meeting

Atsuki Matsui (M1) presented his research at the IEEJ Control Technical Meeting held at Osaka Institute of Technology.Atsuki Matsui and Lin Meng, “Imp…

3月

Graduation and Degree Completion for Academic Year 2022

In Academic Year 2022, nine master’s students completed their programs and eight undergraduate students graduated. Congratulations!Among the undergrad…

Academic Year 2022 Doctoral Degree Conferment Ceremony

In Academic Year 2022, two doctoral students received Doctor of Engineering degrees.They subsequently began working as senior researchers at research …

2022 5 updates

Associate Professor Lin Meng Selected as a RARA Associate Fellow

Associate Professor Lin Meng was selected as a RARA Associate Fellow.The Ritsumeikan Advanced Research Academy (RARA) is an academy of core researcher…

10月

SIP Phase 2 Research Results Presentation

Research results were presented for the project “Development and Practical Application of a Sensor-Rich Flexible End-Effector System for CPS Construct…

Measurement and Control Show 2022

Our laboratory exhibited its research achievements at Measurement and Control Show 2022, an exhibition held under the theme “A Comprehensive Exhibitio…

6月

Paper Accepted by Artificial Intelligence Review

A paper by doctoral student LI and colleagues was accepted by Artificial Intelligence Review.Artificial Intelligence Review is a leading journal in ar…

4月

Paper Accepted by ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH)

A paper by doctoral students Yue and Li, together with Fujikawa, was accepted by the ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH).JOCCH is a…

2021 12 updates

International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO 2021)

Doctoral students Yue and Li gave online paper presentations at the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO 2021).Hengyi Li, Xuebin Yue, Zhiche…

20th Forum on Information Technology (FIT 2021)

Gao (M2) gave an online paper presentation at FIT 2021, the 20th Forum on Information Technology.Han Gao, Bing Lyu, Zhichen Wang, and Lin Meng, “Kuzus…

M1 students Morioka, Wang, Wen, and Gong gave online paper presentations at the international conference ATAIT 2021.Tomoki Morioka, Aravinda C V and L…

On August 1, 2021, the Meng Laboratory participated in introducing its research as part of the OPEN CAMPUS event of the College of Science and Enginee…

7月

On July 31, 2021, Meng gave a research presentation at ARC Days 2021.Organizers:Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan UniversityInternational Joint Digital…

6月

Hengyi Li, a first-year doctoral student, gave an online research presentation at GLSVLSI 2021, held in the United States.This research was conducted …

Roles at International Conferences

Associate Professor Meng served as Program Chair of the ICAMechS 2021 Program Committee.2021 International Conference on Advanced Mechatronic SystemsA…

Control Technical Meeting, June 2021

Qi LI, a first-year master’s student, gave a research presentation at the IEEJ Control Technical Meeting.Qi Li, Hengyi Li, Wenwen Wang, Lin Meng, “Dee…

Selected as Ritsumeikan University NEXT Fellowship Students

Two doctoral students were selected as Ritsumeikan University NEXT Fellowship students. Congratulations!

3月

Graduation and Degree Completion for Academic Year 2020

In Academic Year 2020, five master’s students completed their programs and six undergraduate students graduated. Congratulations!All master’s students…

2月

Academic Year 2020 Research Results Presentation Meeting

On February 19–20, 2021, Associate Professor Meng gave two presentations at the Academic Year 2020 Research Results Presentation Meeting of the Minist…

1月

2020 English Presentation Competition

Atsumi (B4) received the Excellent Presentation Award at the 2020 IEEE Ritsumeikan Student Branch English Presentation Competition held on January 9, …

2020 6 updates

Atsumi (B4) and Yokoo (B4) presented their research at the 2020 International Conference on Advanced Mechatronic Systems (ICAMechS 2020), held from De…

11月

2020 Kansai-Section Joint Convention of Institutes of Electrical Engineering

Yokoo (B4) and Morioka (B4) presented their research at the 2020 Kansai-Section Joint Convention of Institutes of Electrical Engineering, held on Nove…

9月

Building Research PCs

To further advance our deep learning research, students worked together to assemble high-performance GPU-equipped PCs from individual components.The l…

2月

Academic Year 2019 Research Results Presentation Meeting

The Academic Year 2019 Research Results Presentation Meeting for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s International Jo…

1月

インドから教授と学生を招へい

本研究室のResearch Fellowである Aravinda C V 教授と学生であるAmar Prabhu G （NMAM Institute of Technology NITTE, INDIA）を招へいし、本研究室での短期共同研究を行います。画像は2/4 歓迎会の様子です。

Oracle Bone Inscription Recognition API Released

An Oracle Bone Inscription Recognition API has been released. The API provides both detection and recognition functions.As the number of Oracle Bone c…

2019 11 updates

人文とコンピュータシンポジウム2019

2019.12.14(金)、立命館大学大阪いばらきキャンパスで、人文とコンピュータシンポジウム2019を開催しました。参加者は174人に達成し、文理融合の盛会となりました。研究室から2件の論文を採録され、みんな素晴らしかったです。大学院の中間発表会とかされ、30分間のOral Presentati…

安陽師範学院・甲骨文信息処理(教育部重点)実験室の先生方による訪問

2019.12.10(火)安陽師範学院・甲骨文信息処理(教育部重点)研究室の劉学部長をはじめ、6名の先生が研究室に訪問しました。それぞれの研究発表を行い、有意義な研究交流を行いました。また、甲骨文信息処理(教育部重点)研究室から、出版された3冊の本を寄贈して頂きました。

11月

北京師範大学のYunChuan Sun教授研究室を訪問

Prof. YunChuan Sunが研究室で講演を行いました！ (2019.11.29) 2019.11.29(金)、北京師範大学のYunChuan Sun教授が研究室を訪問し、講演を行いました。講演：“Event-object Linked network and its applicatio…

卒業生が戻ってきた！

2019.11.23(土)卒業生三人（藤川さん＠16年院卒、岩見さん＠16年院卒、古川さん＠17年院卒）が戻ってきました。ちょっと次の日は、●●さんの誕生日なので、ミニ誕生日パーティーも行いました。みんな元気で、よかったです。また、戻ることを楽しみにしています。

中原工学院での招待講演

2019.11.9(土) Zhongyuan University of Technology （中原工学院・鄭州）の電子情報学部で招待講演を行いました. 会場の報道（中国語） .

10月

CCF全国文字与計算機研討論会での招待講演

2019.10.26(土) 中国華中師範大学・国家数字化学習工程技術研究中心(National Engineering Research Center for E-Learning)で開催されたCCF全国文字与計算機研討論会での招待講演を行いました。会場の報道（中国語） .

2019年度英語プレゼン大会

IEEE Kansai Section Student Branch English Presentation Competitionにて、2名の学生が受賞しました。おめでとうございます!! Zhiyu Zhang,“Deep Learning and Lexical Analysis Combin…

9月

Int. Workshop on Pattern Recognition for Cultural Heritage (PatReCH 2019)

Int. Workshop on Pattern Recognition for Cultural Heritage (PatReCH 2019), in conjunction with ICIAP 2019 @ torento University, Italy (2019.8) L. Meng…

5月

the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering (AIDE-2019)

the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering (AIDE-2019), May 2019. (In Nitte, Karnataka, India) X. Kong, L. Meng and …

4月

本研究室発足

2019.4.1 本研究室発足 (2019.4.17) We are organizing a Special Issue “Computing and Networking in Internet-of-Things and Cyber-Physical Systems” Sensors Jour…

2月

IEE Workshop (2019.2.27) IEE workshop will be held in BKC, Ritsumeikan University in 2nd, March, 2019. Four research papers are presented by our group…