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  Heterogeneous information network based adaptive social influence learning for recommendation and explanation

  Li, M., Tei, K. & Fukazawa, Y., 2020 12月, Proceedings - 2020 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology, WI-IAT 2020. He, J., Purohit, H., Huang, G., Gao, X. & Deng, K. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 137-144 8 p. 9457784. (Proceedings - 2020 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology, WI-IAT 2020).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  1 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Heterogeneous integration of III-V semiconductors on Si photonics platform

  Hiraki, T., Aihara, T., Hasebe, K., Fujii, T., Takeda, K., Nishi, H., Kakitsuka, T., Fukuda, H., Tsuchizawa, T. & Matsuo, S., 2018, ECS Transactions. Liu, Q., Hartmann, J-M., Thean, A., Miyazaki, S., Ogura, A., Gong, X., Caymax, M., Schulze, A., Mashi, G., Mai, A., Osting, M., Niu, G. & Harame, D. (eds.). 7 ed. Electrochemical Society Inc., p. 11-16 6 p. (ECS Transactions; vol. 86, no. 7).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  5 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Heterogeneous lasers with silicon photonic external cavity

  Kita, T., Takei, S., Matsumoto, A., Yamamoto, N. & Yamada, H., 2017, JSAP-OSA Joint Symposia, JSAP 2017. Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA), (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers; vol. Part F78-JSAP 2017).

  研究成果: Conference contribution

• Heterogeneously Integrated III-V/Si Mach-Zehnder Modulator

  Hiraki, T., Aihara, T., Hasebe, K., Fujii, T., Takeda, K., Tsuchizawa, T., Kakitsuka, T., Fukuda, H. & Matsuo, S., 2018 7月, 23rd Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, OECC 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 8730095. (23rd Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, OECC 2018).

  研究成果: Conference contribution

• Heterogeneously integrated InP/Si metal-oxidesemiconductor capacitor mach-zehnder modulator

  Hiraki, T., Aihara, T., Hasebe, K., Fujii, T., Takeda, K., Tsuchizawa, T., Kakitsuka, T., Fukuda, H. & Matsuo, S., 2017, Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2017. OSA - The Optical Society, (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers; vol. Part F40-OFC 2017).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  1 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Heterogeneously integrated InP/Si metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor Mach-Zehnder modulator

  Hiraki, T., Aihara, T., Hasebe, K., Fujii, T., Takeda, K., Tsuchizawa, T., Kakitsuka, T., Fukuda, H. & Matsuo, S., 2017 5月 31, 2017 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2017 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 7937420. (2017 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2017 - Proceedings).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  3 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Heterogeneously integrated lasers using epitaxially grown III-V active layer on directly bonded InP/SiO₂/Si substrate

  Fujii, T., Takeda, K., Kanno, E., Hasebe, K., Nishi, H., Yamamoto, T., Kakitsuka, T. & Matsuo, S., 2017 1月 23, 2016 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 540-541 2 p. 7831220. (2016 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2016).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  2 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Heterogeneously integrated low-power-consumption semiconductor optical amplifier on si platform

  Hiraki, T., Aihara, T., Takeda, K., Fujii, T., Tsuchizawa, T., Kakitsuka, T. & Matsuo, S., 2019 1月 1, CLEO: Science and Innovations, CLEO_SI 2019. OSA - The Optical Society, (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers; vol. Part F129-CLEO_SI 2019).

  研究成果: Conference contribution

• Heterogeneously Integrated Low-Power-Consumption Semiconductor Optical Amplifier on Si Platform

  Hiraki, T., Aihara, T., Takeda, K., Fujii, T., Tsuchizawa, T., Kakitsuka, T. & Matsuo, S., 2019 5月 1, 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2019 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 8750456. (2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2019 - Proceedings).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  3 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Heterogeneously Integrated Mach-Zehnder Modulator Using Membrane InGaAsP Phase Shifter and Hydrogen-Free SiN Waveguide on Si Platform

  Hiraki, T., Aihara, T., Fujii, T., Takeda, K., Tsuchizawa, T., Kakitsuka, T., Fukuda, H. & Matsuo, S., 2018 11月 14, 2018 European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 8535448. (European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC; vol. 2018-September).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  4 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Heterogeneously Integrated Membrane DFB Laser and Si Mach-Zehnder Modulator on Si Photonics Platform

  Aihara, T., Hiraki, T., Fujii, T., Takeda, K., Tsuchizawa, T., Kakitsuka, T., Fukuda, H. & Matsuo, S., 2020 12月, 2020 European Conference on Optical Communications, ECOC 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 9333389. (2020 European Conference on Optical Communications, ECOC 2020).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  1 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Heterogeneous multi-domain network virtualization with end-to-end differentiated service provisioning and virtual network organization

  Cao, X., Yoshikane, N., Tsuritani, T. & Morita, I., 2015 6月 10, 2015 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 7121771. (Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series; vol. 2015-June).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  3 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Heterogeneous Multi-domain Network Virtualization with End-to-end Differentiated Service Provisioning and Virtual Network Organization

  Cao, X., Yoshikane, N., Tsuritani, T. & Morita, I., 2015 3月 13, Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2015. The Optical Society, (Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2015).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  2 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Heterogeneous multiprocessor on a chip which enables 54x AAC-LC stereo encoding

  Ito, M., Todaka, T., Tsunoda, T., Tanaka, H., Kodama, T., Shikano, H., Onouchi, M., Uchiyama, K., Odaka, T., Kamei, T., Nagahama, E., Kusaoke, M., Nitta, Y., Wada, Y., Kimura, K. & Kasahara, H., 2007 12月 1, 2007 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, VLSIC - Digest of Technical Papers. p. 18-19 2 p. 4342719. (IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Digest of Technical Papers).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  7 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Heterogeneous wireless signal transmission using seamless fiber and millimeter-wave convergence

  Pham, T. D., Kanno, A. & Kawanishi, T., 2015 2月 17, 2014 International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications, ATC 2014. IEEE Computer Society, p. 776-779 4 p. 7043492. (International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications; vol. 2015-February).

  研究成果: Conference contribution

• HEVC video coding with deep learning based frame interpolation

  Shimizu, J., Cheng, Z., Sun, H., Takeuchi, M. & Katto, J., 2020 10月 13, 2020 IEEE 9th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 433-434 2 p. 9291852. (2020 IEEE 9th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2020).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  1 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Hexa Cam: An FPGA-Based Multi-view Camera System

  Monrroy, A., Hirabayashi, M., Kato, S., Edahiro, M., Miyoshi, T. & Funada, S., 2015 9月 18, Proceedings - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, Networks, and Applications, CPSNA 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 48-53 6 p. 7272684. (Proceedings - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, Networks, and Applications, CPSNA 2015).

  研究成果: Conference contribution

• HICHART - A HIERARCHICAL FLOWCHART DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE.

  Yaku, T., Adachi, A., Futatsugi, K. & Moriya, E., 1987, Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society's International Computer Software & Applications Conference. New York, NY, USA: IEEE, p. 157-163 7 p.

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  2 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Hidden Markov model estimation based on alpha-EM algorithm: Discrete and continuous alpha-HMMs

  Matsuyama, Y., 2011, Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. p. 808-816 9 p. 6033304

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  13 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Hidden markov model for analyzing time-series health checkup data

  Kawamoto, R., Nazir, A., Kameyama, A., Ichinomiya, T., Yamamoto, K., Tamura, S., Yamamoto, M., Hayamizu, S. & Kinosada, Y., 2013, MEDINFO 2013 - Proceedings of the 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics. 1-2 ed. IOS Press, p. 491-495 5 p. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; vol. 192, no. 1-2).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  7 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Hidden vertical comb-drive actuator on PDMS fabricated by parts-transfer

  Iwase, E., Onoe, H., Matsumoto, K. & Shimoyama, I., 2008 9月 1, MEMS 2008 Tucson - 21st IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems. p. 116-119 4 p. 4443606. (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  12 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Hierarchical association rule mining in large and dense databases using genetic network programming

  Gonzales, E., Shimada, K., Mabu, S., Hirasawa, K. & Hu, J., 2007 12月 1, SICE Annual Conference, SICE 2007. p. 2686-2693 8 p. 4421446. (Proceedings of the SICE Annual Conference).

  研究成果: Conference contribution

• Hierarchical Attention Network for Interpretable and Fine-Grained Vulnerability Detection

  Gu, M., Feng, H., Sun, H., Liu, P., Yue, Q., Hu, J., Cao, C. & Zhang, Y., 2022, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2022 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., (INFOCOM WKSHPS 2022 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops).

  研究成果: Conference contribution

• Hierarchical BESS management for electric power self-supply ratio improvement and power flow reduction in residential town

  Tani, T., Yoshizawa, S., Miyazaki, T., Hirohashi, W., Hayashi, Y., Shio, M. & Umeoka, T., 2018 7月 3, 2018 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 1-5 5 p.

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  2 被引用数 (Scopus)

• HIERARCHICAL CONDITIONAL END-TO-END ASR WITH CTC AND MULTI-GRANULAR SUBWORD UNITS

  Higuchi, Y., Karube, K., Ogawa, T. & Kobayashi, T., 2022, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2022 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 7797-7801 5 p. (ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings; vol. 2022-May).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  3 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Hierarchical graph rewriting as a unifying tool for analyzing and understanding nondeterministic systems

  Ueda, K., Ayano, T., Hori, T., Iwasawa, H. & Ogawa, S., 2009 9月 28, Theoretical Aspects of Computing - ICTAC 2009 - 6th International Colloquium, Proceedings. p. 349-355 7 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 5684 LNCS).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  7 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Hierarchical heterogeneous particle swarm optimization

  Ma, X. & Sayama, H., 2014, Artificial Life 14 - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, ALIFE 2014. Sayama, H., Rieffel, J., Risi, S., Doursat, R. & Lipson, H. (eds.). MIT Press Journals, p. 629-630 2 p. (Artificial Life 14 - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, ALIFE 2014).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  1 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Hierarchically structured switching software

  Koyanagi, K., Shimizu, T. & Tomita, S., 1993 12月 1, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference. Publ by IEEE, p. 1918-1922 5 p. (IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference; vol. 3).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  7 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Hierarchical membrane modular structures for future large space systems

  Natori, M. C., Yamakawa, H., Katsumata, N. & Fujii, R., 2009, 60th International Astronautical Congress 2009, IAC 2009. Vol. 7. p. 5423-5431 9 p.

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  4 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Hierarchical modeling and analysis of social roles for collective decision-making support

  Wu, B., Zhou, X., Jin, Q., Lin, F. & Leung, H., 2014 12月 12, Proceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 490-495 6 p. 6984701. (Proceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2014).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  1 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Hierarchical MPC supervisory control with sensitivity and controllability monitoring

  Iino, Y., 2008 12月 1, Proceedings of SICE Annual Conference 2008 - International Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Information Technology. p. 2104-2107 4 p. 4655009. (Proceedings of the SICE Annual Conference).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  1 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Hierarchical multi-label classification incorporating prior information for gene function prediction

  Chen, B. & Hu, J., 2010 12月 1, Proceedings of the 2010 10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, ISDA'10. p. 231-236 6 p. 5687261. (Proceedings of the 2010 10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, ISDA'10).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  3 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Hierarchical operation and control for microgrids

  Nakazawa, C., Murakami, K., Shimasaki, Y., Hayashi, N. & Nakanishi, Y., 2013 12月 1, 22nd International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution, CIRED 2013. 615 CP ed. 0681. (IET Conference Publications; vol. 2013, no. 615 CP).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  2 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Hierarchical parallelism control for multigrain parallel processing

  Obata, M., Shirako, J., Kaminaga, H., Ishizaka, K. & Kasahara, H., 2005 12月 1, Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing - 15th Workshop, LCPC 2002, Revised Papers. p. 31-44 14 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 2481 LNCS).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  15 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Hierarchical predicate encryption for inner-products

  Okamoto, T. & Takashima, K., 2009, Advances in Cryptology - ASIACRYPT 2009 - 15th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security, Proceedings. p. 214-231 18 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 5912 LNCS).

  研究成果: Conference contribution

  Open Access
  214 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Hierarchical pre-fetching mechanism for mobile video streaming based on video scene structure

  Uchihara, N., Kasai, H., Yano, Y. & Suzuki, Y., 2010, ICCE 2010 - 2010 Digest of Technical Papers International Conference on Consumer Electronics. p. 443-444 2 p. 5418996. (ICCE 2010 - 2010 Digest of Technical Papers International Conference on Consumer Electronics).

  研究成果: Conference contribution

• Hierarchical Residential Aggregation Method Incorporating Energy Demand Forecast

  Yoshida, A., Saito, T., Kashikawa, T., Kimura, K. & Amano, Y., 2021, ECOS 2021 - 34th International Conference on Efficency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems. ECOS 2021 Program Organizer, p. 1511-1521 11 p. (ECOS 2021 - 34th International Conference on Efficency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  1 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Hierarchical specification of reactive system using state diagram matrix

  Murata, T., Kurihara, K. & Ashida, A., 1993 12月 1, Plenary Session, Emerging Technologies, and Factory Automation. Anon (ed.). Publ by IEEE, p. 138-143 6 p. (IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference); vol. 1).

  研究成果: Conference contribution

• Hierarchical Structuring of the Impressions of 3D Shapes Targeting for Art and Non-art University Students

  Miyai, S., Katahira, K., Sugimoto, M., Nagata, N., Nikata, K. & Kawasaki, K., 2019, HCI International 2019 - Posters - 21st International Conference, HCII 2019, Proceedings. Stephanidis, C. (ed.). Springer Verlag, p. 385-393 9 p. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; vol. 1032).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  2 被引用数 (Scopus)

• Hierarchical TIO₂ brush type nanostructures for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting

  Pihosh, Y., Mawatari, K., Turkevych, I., Le, T. H. H., Kajita, Y., Chinen, H., Tosa, M. & Kitamori, T., 2012, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2012. Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society, p. 148-150 3 p. (Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2012).

  研究成果: Conference contribution

• Hierarchical Topic Model for Tensor Data and Extraction of Weekly and Daily Patterns from Activity Monitor Records

  Nomura, S., Watanabe, M. & Oguma, Y., 2021, Trends and Applications in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining - PAKDD 2021 Workshops, WSPA, MLMEIN, SDPRA, DARAI, and AI4EPT, 2021 Proceedings. Gupta, M. & Ramakrishnan, G. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 17-30 14 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 12705 LNAI).

  研究成果: Conference contribution

• Hierarchical Unified Spectral-Spatial Aggregated Transformer for Hyperspectral Image Classification

  Zhou, W., Kamata, S. I., Luo, Z. & Chen, X., 2022, 2022 26th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, ICPR 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 3041-3047 7 p. (Proceedings - International Conference on Pattern Recognition; vol. 2022-August).

  研究成果: Conference contribution

• High-accuracy GPS and GLONASS positioning by multipath mitigation using omnidirectional infrared camera

  Suzuki, T., Kitamura, M., Amano, Y. & Hashizume, T., 2011 12月 1, 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2011. p. 311-316 6 p. 5980424. (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  36 被引用数 (Scopus)

• High-accuracy IMES localization using a movable receiver antenna and a three-axis attitude sensor

  Sakamoto, Y., Arie, H., Ebinuma, T., Fujii, K. & Sugano, S., 2011 12月 12, 2011 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation, IPIN 2011. 6071915. (2011 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation, IPIN 2011).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  10 被引用数 (Scopus)

• High-accuracy user identification using EEG biometrics

  Koike-Akino, T., Mahajan, R., Marks, T. K., Wang, Y., Watanabe, S., Tuzel, O. & Orlik, P., 2016 10月 13, 2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., Vol. 2016-October. p. 854-858 5 p. 7590835

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  42 被引用数 (Scopus)

• High accurate and broadband optical comb generation using MZM-based flat comb generator and soliton compression

  Morohashi, I., Sakamoto, T., Sotobayashi, H., Kawanishi, T. & Hosako, I., 2009 12月 31, 34th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2009. 5325731. (34th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2009).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  2 被引用数 (Scopus)

• High accurate model-integration-based voice conversion using dynamic features and model structure optimization

  Saito, D., Watanabe, S., Nakamura, A. & Minematsu, N., 2011, 2011 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2011 - Proceedings. p. 4576-4579 4 p. 5947373. (ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  2 被引用数 (Scopus)

• High aspect ratio beam generation with the phase-space rotation technique for linear colliders

  Kuriki, M., Power, J., Hayano, H., Jin, X., Konomi, T., Seimiya, Y., Yamamoto, N., Piot, P., Kashiwagi, S., Sakaue, K. & Washio, M., 2020, Proceedings of the 29th Linear Accelerator Conference, LINAC 2018. JACoW Publishing, p. 685-687 3 p. (Proceedings of the 29th Linear Accelerator Conference, LINAC 2018).

  研究成果: Conference contribution
  2 被引用数 (Scopus)

• High-aspect-ratio micromachining of fluoropolymers using focused ion beam

  Matsui, Y., Miyoshi, N., Oshima, A., Seki, S., Washio, M. & Tagawa, S., 2007 12月 1, Ion-Beam-Based Nanofabrication. p. 61-66 6 p. (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings; vol. 1020).

  研究成果: Conference contribution

• High aspect ratio nano-scale CFX structures fabricated by deep-RIE

  Arakawa, T., Kusakawa, H. & Shoji, S., 2007 12月 1, Proceedings - CIS Workshops 2007, 2007 International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Security Workshops, CISW 2007. p. 287-290 4 p. 4432970. (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)).

  研究成果: Conference contribution