1. Speech and Language

• Hands-Free Far-Field Speech Recognition using Array Microphone System in a Limited Space
• Improvement of Speech Recognition Rate by Speaking Style Dependent Recognition
• Variability of Prosody and its Quantitative Expression
• Acoustic Features of Traditional Japanese Singing and "Bel Canto"
• Automatic Evaluation of Machine Translation Systems

2. Applications of Music Theory

• VISAGE:Validity Investigation System for Answers to Given Exercises in the theory of Harmony
• MAESTRO: Musical Aesthetics Evaluation System for Traditional, Regular and Orthodox music
• AMOR(Armonizando Melodias ORiginales ): Providing Harmony to Given Melodies and Melodies Associatively Generated According to E-Mail Contents

3. Musical Engineering

• Separation of Sounds Generated by Musical Instruments in Ensambles
• Features of Natural and Artistic Deviations from the Score
• Optimum Finger Positioning on a Guitar

4. Applied Acoustics

• High Speed Room Acoustics Simulation by Image Method Employing Ray-Tracing as Pre-Processing
• Conceptual Design of an Intelligent Design System for Room Acousics
• Development of Field Evaluation Indeces consistent with Auditory Perception

5. Hearing

• Basic Research in Sound-Image Localization, Spatial Feeling, Auditory Illusion, and Interference between Audio and Visual Perception
• Priority Determination between Directivity Perception and Pitch Perception
• 3-Dimensional Sound-Image Localization by Time-Difference and Level-Difference
• Spatial Acoustic Field Creation using 21ch. Loudspeakers Located on a Semi-sphere

6. Others

• Approximate Solution of High-Order Algebraic Equations using FFT
• Convolution of input signal of infinite length with long impulse response on small FFT HW

1. Significance of natural patterns and visual perception

1. Comparative Studies in the phychological effects of patterns
2. Evaluation of prominence and indistinguishability

2. Role of texture in visual perception

1. Human ability for texture discrimination
2. Effects of texture on attention
3. Effects of texture ON behavior

3. "Kansei(emotional)" information in vision

1. Extraction of pattern elements in creating atmosphere
2. Relations between texture expression and impression in paintings