Collaborative Multimedia Analysis for Detecting Semantical Events from Broadcasted Sports Video. - Shingo Miyauchi; Akira Hirano; Noboru Babaguchi; Tadahiro Kitahashi (ICPR (2), 2002)

An electrophysiological model of chemotactic response in Paramecium. - Akira Hirano; Toshio Tsuji; Noboru Takiguchi; Hisao Ohtake (SMC, 2006)

The first functional demonstration of optical virtual concatenation as a technique for achieving Terabit networking. - Akira Hirano; Luc Renambot; Byungil Jeong; Jason Leigh; Alan Verlo; Venkatram Vishwanath; Rajvikram Singh; Julieta Aguilera; Andrew E. Johnson 001; Thomas A. DeFanti; Lance Long; Nicholas Schwarz; et al. (Future Gener. Comput. Syst., 2006)

Network as a resource: G-lambda project and its architecture. - Tomohiro Kudoh; Shuichi Okamoto; Yukio Tsukishima; Hideaki Tanaka; Masahiko Jinno; Michiaki Hayashi; Atsuko Takefusa; Tomohiro Otani; Atsushi Taniguchi; Akira Hirano; Takahiro Miyamoto; Hidemoto Nakada; et al. (GridNets, 2007)

G-lambda and EnLIGHTened: wrapped in middleware co-allocating compute and network resources across Japan and the US. - Steven R. Thorpe; Lina Battestilli; Gigi Karmous-Edwards; Andrei Hutanu; Jon MacLaren; Joe Mambretti; John H. Moore; Kamaraju Syam Sundar; Yufeng Xin; Atsuko Takefusa; Michiaki Hayashi; Akira Hirano; et al. (GridNets, 2007)

Unconstrained and noninvasive measurement of bioelectric signals from small fish. - Mitsuru Terawaki; Akira Hirano; Zu Soh; Toshio Tsuji (Artif. Life Robotics, 2009)

Introducing elasticity and adaptation into the optical domain toward more efficient and scalable optical transport networks. - Masahiko Jinno; Takuya Ohara; Yoshiaki Sone; Akira Hirano; Osamu Ishida; Masahito Tomizawa (Kaleidoscope, 2010)

Distance-adaptive spectrum resource allocation in spectrum-sliced elastic optical path network [Topics in Optical Communications]. - Masahiko Jinno; Bartlomiej Kozicki; Hidehiko Takara; Atsushi Watanabe; Yoshiaki Sone; Takafumi Tanaka; Akira Hirano (IEEE Commun. Mag., 2010)

Grid Network Service-Web Services Interface Version 2 Achieving Scalable Reservation of Network Resources Across Multiple Network Domains via Management Plane. - Yukio Tsukishima; Michiaki Hayashi; Tomohiro Kudoh; Akira Hirano; Takahiro Miyamoto; Atsuko Takefusa; Atsushi Taniguchi; Shuichi Okamoto; Hidemoto Nakada; Yasunori Sameshima; Hideaki Tanaka; Fumihiro Okazaki; et al. (IEICE Trans. Commun., 2010)

Elastic and adaptive optical networks: possible adoption scenarios and future standardization aspects. - Masahiko Jinno; Takuya Ohara; Yoshiaki Sone; Akira Hirano; Osamu Ishida; Masahito Tomizawa (IEEE Commun. Mag., 2011)

Distance-Adaptive Path Allocation in Elastic Optical Path Networks. - Bartlomiej Kozicki; Hidehiko Takara; Takafumi Tanaka; Yoshiaki Sone; Akira Hirano; Kazushige Yonenaga; Masahiko Jinno (IEICE Trans. Commun., 2011)

Detecting System-directed Utterances using Dialogue-level Features. - Kazunori Komatani; Akira Hirano; Mikio Nakano (INTERSPEECH, 2012)

Multiflow optical transponder for efficient multilayer optical networking. - Masahiko Jinno; Hidehiko Takara; Yoshiaki Sone; Kazushige Yonenaga; Akira Hirano (IEEE Commun. Mag., 2012)

Multi-Layer Greenfield Re-Grooming with Wavelength Defragmentation. - Akihiro Kadohata; Akira Hirano; Mitsunori Fukutoku; Takuya Ohara; Yoshiaki Sone; Osamu Ishida (IEEE Commun. Lett., 2012)

Elastic Optical Path Network Architecture: Framework for Spectrally-Efficient and Scalable Future Optical Networks. - Masahiko Jinno; Hidehiko Takara; Yoshiaki Sone; Kazushige Yonenaga; Akira Hirano (IEICE Trans. Commun., 2012)

Impact of Elastic Optical Paths That Adopt Distance Adaptive Modulation to Create Efficient Networks. - Tatsumi Takagi; Hiroshi Hasegawa; Ken-ichi Sato; Yoshiaki Sone; Akira Hirano; Masahiko Jinno (IEICE Trans. Commun., 2012)

Toward deeply virtualized elastic optical networks. - Masahiko Jinno; Akira Hirano (OFC/NFOEC, 2013)

Wavelength defragmentation algorithm for transparent multi-ring networks with multiple fibers per link. - Akihiro Kadohata; Takafumi Tanaka; Fumikazu Inuzuka; Atsushi Watanabe; Akira Hirano (OFC/NFOEC, 2013)

Impact of Transponder Architecture on the Scalability of Optical Nodes in Elastic Optical Networks. - Takafumi Tanaka; Akira Hirano; Masahiko Jinno (IEEE Commun. Lett., 2013)

Development of Shock-Wave-Powered Actuators for High Speed Positioning (Second Report: Characteristics of Diaphragmless Shock Tube and Responsiveness of Actuator). - Akira Kotani; Toshiharu Tanaka; Akira Hirano (Int. J. Autom. Technol., 2013)

Virtualization in Optical Networks from Network Level to Hardware Level [Invited]. - Masahiko Jinno; Hidehiko Takara; Kazushige Yonenaga; Akira Hirano (JOCN, 2013)

Wavelength Path Reconfiguration Design in Transparent Optical WDM Networks. - Akihiro Kadohata; Akira Hirano; Fumikazu Inuzuka; Atsushi Watanabe; Osamu Ishida (JOCN, 2013)

Bioassay System Based on Behavioral Analysis and Bioelectric Ventilatory Signals of a Small Fish. - Zu Soh; Shigehisa Kitayama; Akira Hirano; Toshio Tsuji (IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas., 2013)

Optical network optimization considering maintenance-related operational expenditure. - Takuya Oda; Akihiro Kadohata; Atsushi Watanabe; Akira Hirano (ECOC, 2014)

An in-operation IP-over-optical network planning method that supports unpredictable IP traffic transitions. - Takafumi Tanaka; Akira Hirano (ECOC, 2014)

High-availability optical multi-carrier interface for operational expenditure reduction. - Kengo Shintaku; Yoshiaki Yamada; Shoukei Kobayashi; Akira Hirano; Yusuke Koizumi (APCC, 2015)

Subcarrier restoration for survivable multi-flow transponders in elastic optical networks. - Takafumi Tanaka; Tetsuro Inui; Wataru Imajuku; Akira Hirano (APCC, 2015)

Differential Reliability Path Accommodation Design and Reconfiguration in Virtualized Multi-Layer Transport Network. - Akihiro Kadohata; Takafumi Tanaka; Atsushi Watanabe; Akira Hirano; Hiroshi Hasegawa; Ken-ichi Sato (IEICE Trans. Commun., 2015)

Pre-Adjustment Rerouting for Wavelength Defragmentation in Optical Transparent WDM Networks. - Akihiro Kadohata; Atsushi Watanabe; Akira Hirano; Hiroshi Hasegawa; Ken-ichi Sato (IEICE Trans. Commun., 2015)

Sub-lambda and Wavelength Path Reconfiguration in Multi-layer Transport Networks [Invited]. - Akihiro Kadohata; Atsushi Watanabe; Akira Hirano (JOCN, 2015)

Mode and polarization division multiplexed signal detection with single coherent receiver using mode-selective coherent detection technique. - Fukutaro Hamaoka; Seiji Okamoto; Kengo Horikoshi; Kazushige Yonenaga; Akira Hirano; Yutaka Miyamoto (OFC, 2016)

Multiperiod IP-Over-Elastic Network Reconfiguration With Adaptive Bandwidth Resizing and Modulation. - Takafumi Tanaka; Tetsuro Inui; Akihiro Kadohata; Wataru Imajuku; Akira Hirano (JOCN, 2016)

Experimental Demonstration of Simplified Adaptive Equalizer for Fractionally Sampled 120-GBaud Signal. - Fukutaro Hamaoka; Seiji Okamoto; Masanori Nakamura; Asuka Matsushita; Takayuki Kobayashi; Hiroshi Yamazaki; Munehiko Nagatani; Yoshiaki Kisaka; Akira Hirano; Yutaka Miyamoto (ECOC, 2017)

10-WDM 64-GBaud PDM-64QAM Transmission over all-Raman amplified 840 km SSMF using Digital Back Propagation. - Asuka Matsushita; Masanori Nakamura; Hideki Nishizawa; Yoshiaki Kisaka; Akira Hirano (ECOC, 2017)

High Baud Rate Signal Transmission with Coded Multi-dimensional Modulation. - Masanori Nakamura; Fukutaro Hamaoka; Asuka Matsushita; Hiroshi Yamazaki; Munehiko Nagatani; Akira Hirano; Yutaka Miyamoto (ECOC, 2017)

120-GBaud coded 8 dimensional 16QAM WDM transmission using low-complexity iterative decoding based on bit-wise log likelihood ratio. - Masanori Nakamura; Fukutaro Hamaoka; Asuka Matsushita; Hiroshi Yamazaki; Munehiko Nagatani; Akihide Sano; Akira Hirano; Yutaka Miyamoto (OFC, 2017)

Novel ODU4 Path Protection Without Bit Disruption for Low Latency and Resilient Core/Metro Network. - Kei Kitamura; Fumikazu Inuzuka; Takafumi Tanaka; Akira Hirano (ECOC, 2018)

A New Framework for Nation-Wide Networking in Future Datacenter-Traffic Centric Era. - Keisuke Kayano; Yojiro Mori; Hiroshi Hasegawa; Ken-ichi Sato; Fumikazu Inuzuka; Akira Hirano (PSC, 2018)

Autonomous Network Diagnosis with AI. - Akira Hirano (OFC, 2019)

Field Demonstration of Real-Time Optical Network Diagnosis using Deep Neural Network and Telemetry. - Takafumi Tanaka; Seiki Kuwabara; Hideki Nishizawa; Tetsuro Inui; Shoukei Kobayashi; Akira Hirano (OFC, 2019)

CAT platform: Challenges Toward Autonomous Network Diagnosis. - Akira Hirano; Shoukei Kobayashi; Takuya Oda; Takafumi Tanaka; Seiki Kuwabara; Hideki Nishizawa (OECC/PSC, 2019)

Intelligent Monitoring of Optical Fiber Bend Using Artificial Neural Networks Trained With Constellation Data. - Takafumi Tanaka; Wataru Kawakami; Seiki Kuwabara; Shoukei Kobayashi; Akira Hirano (IEEE Netw. Lett., 2019)

Assessment of Node- and Link- Level Blocking and Creating Cost-Effective Networks in the Era of Large Bandwidth Services. - Shuhei Yamakami; Masaki Niwa; Yojiro Mori; Hiroshi Hasegawa; Ken-ichi Sato; Fumikazu Inuzuka; Akira Hirano (IEICE Trans. Commun., 2019)

Up-to 292-Mbps Deep-UV Communication over a Diffuse-Line-of-Sight Link Based on Silicon Photo Multiplier Array. - Yuki Yoshida; Kazunobu Kojima; Masaki Shiraiwa; Atsushi Kanno; Akira Hirano; Yosuke Nagasawa; Masamichi Ippommatsu; Naokatsu Yamamoto; Shigefusa Chichibu; Yoshinari Awaji (ECOC, 2020)

Assessment of Optical Node Architectures for Building Next Generation Large Bandwidth Networks. - Mungun-Erdene Ganbold; Takuma Yasuda; Yojiro Mori; Hiroshi Hasegawa; Fumikazu Inuzuka; Akira Hirano; Ken-ichi Sato (IEICE Trans. Commun., 2020)

Autonomous network diagnosis from the carrier perspective [Invited]. - Takafumi Tanaka; Akira Hirano; Shoukei Kobayashi; Takuya Oda; Seiki Kuwabara; Andrew Lord; Paul Gunning; Óscar González de Dios; Víctor López 001; Arturo Mayoral Lopez-de-Lerma; Antonio Manzalini (JOCN, 2020)

Autonomous network diagnosis from the carrier perspective [Invited]: publisher's note. - Takafumi Tanaka; Akira Hirano; Shoukei Kobayashi; Takuya Oda; Seiki Kuwabara; Andrew Lord; Paul Gunning; Óscar González de Dios; Víctor López 001; Arturo Mayoral Lopez-de-Lerma; Antonio Manzalini (JOCN, 2020)

Real-time Optical Filter Shift Detection without Demodulation Processes with Machine Learning. - Shota Nishijima; Akira Hirano (OECC/PSC, 2022)

Enhanced Accuracy in Optical Fiber Bending Detection with Machine Learning against Accumulated ASE Noise. - Yuichiro Nishikawa; Akira Hirano (OECC/PSC, 2022)

Gbps-Class Solar-Blind WDM Optical Wireless Communication By (264, 274, 282)-nm Deep-UV LEDs and CsTe Photomultiplier Tube. - Yuki Yoshida; Kazunobu Kojima; Masaki Shiraiwa; Atsushi Kanno; Akira Hirano; Yosuke Nagasawa; Masamichi Ippommatsu; Naokatsu Yamamoto; Shigefusa Chichibu; Yoshinari Awaji (OFC, 2023)

Programmable Availability in Photonic Network by Adaptive Selection of Forward Error Correction and Parallel Mapping into Flexible Ethernet Calendars. - Taiga Suzuki; Akira Hirano (ONDM, 2023)

Demonstration of Autonomous Fault Diagnosis by Real-time Monitoring of Digital Coherent Optical Signals. - Tetsuro Yoshioka; Shota Nishijima; Yuichiro Nishikawa; Akira Hirano (ONDM, 2023)

Real-Time Detection of Fiber Bending and/or Optical Filter Shift by Machine-Learning of Tapped Raw Digital Coherent Optical Signals. - Yuichiro Nishikawa; Shota Nishijima; Akira Hirano (IEICE Trans. Commun., 2023)

Real-Time Detection of Optical Cross-Talk for Autonomous Network Diagnosis. - Mirei Onodera; Akira Hirano (ICNC, 2024)