MEMBERS_TAGS: Urban transformation

Yoshimura Yuji

Yuji Yoshimura, architect and PhD in computer science (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), is a project associate professor at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo. From 2001 to 2017, he was mainly based in Barcelona, Spain, working at Barcelona Urban Ecology Agency, Center for Innovation in Transport (CENIT), and from 2017 to 2019, he did his postdoctoral research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Since 2019, he has been based in Tokyo, Japan. He is currently the scientific advisor for the Louvre Museum and Institut Municipal d’Informàtica (IMI). His research focuses on urban science, which represents the intersections of architecture, urban planning, and science. His projects include big data analyses in the Louvre via Bluetooth sensors and the classification of architectural design through the artificial intelligence.

Kazuma Hatano

After received Master of Informatics from Kyoto University, he joined the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) in 2006. At the Ministry, he was mainly engaged in overall information and communications technology policy, including radio policy and broadcasting technology policy.

He has been an Associate Professor in the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, the University of Tokyo from April 2024.

Takeo Hamada

He received a Ph.D. in Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2015. After working as a postdoctoral researcher at Toyohashi University of Technology, an assistant professor, and a project lecturer at The University of Tokyo, he has been in his current position since 2023. He was certified as INNO-β from the INNO-vation Program. He specializes in human-computer interaction, especially in research on behavioral change in exercise support and healthcare, based on cognitive science and social psychology findings.

Furui Yuji

Yuji Furui is a Project Professor at Institute for Future Initiatives(IFI), The University of Tokyo. He held a Ph.D. (Medicine) from Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo(2000). Specialized in preventive medicine and social security policy. After working as a Project Assistant Professor at The University of Tokyo Hospital, he became a Visiting Professor at Jichi Medical University(2017), and has also been a Project Assistant Professor at Institute for Future Initiatives(IFI), The University of Tokyo (2018).
He is also an expert member of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy in the Cabinet Office, involved in the process of formulating the basic policy for economic and fiscal management and reform.
He has recognized the importance of human capital investment through the management of his healthcare company,which he founded in his 30s.

Higuchi Atsuko

In 2011, completed her master course in the Department of Urban Design, Planning and Disaster Management of the Faculty of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University.
She engaged in urban development projects at Mori Building Co., Ltd. and Nikken Sekkei Ltd. At Urban Design Center, a public interest incorporated foundation, she planned and managed the Japan Landscape Awards, Urban design competitions and other events. In November 2023, appointed to her present position.

Hirotsugu Seike

He received a Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Information Studies) in 2023 from Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, the University of Tokyo. He had been working as a research associate at Hitotsubashi University from Apr. 2022 to Jul. 2023 to establish Graduate School of Social Data Science. He has been a project assistant professor at Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, the University of Tokyo since Oct. 2023. His research interests include performance analysis of blockchain-based distributed systems and its verifiable applications, such as issuing distributed identifiers and guaranteeing AI model legitimacy.

Ge Hangli

Ge Hangli received her Ph.D. degree from The University of Tokyo in 2019. After that, she was an assitant professor and is currently a project lecturer at The University of Tokyo.
Her research interests include ubiquitous computing, IoT, AI, especially in the fields of smart building,urban mobility, intelligent transportation systems, etc.

Yokokubo Anna

She received the D.S. degrees in computer science in 2020 from Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University. After working as a researcher at Canon Inc., a visiting researcher at Turku University of Applied Sciences in Finland, and later joined Aoyama Gakuin University’s College of Science and Engineering as a research assistant and assistant professor in the Department of Integrated Information Technology. She has been in her current position. Her areas of expertise include Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Entertainment Computing (EC), Information Design, and Skill Science.

Noboru Koshizuka

He received the D.S. degrees in computer science in 1994 from Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo.
After working as an assistant professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology, an associate professor at the University of Tokyo, he has been a professor since 2009.
He leads research in various fields, including Chairman of Data Society Alliance, Smart City Sociel Implementation Consortium, Green x Digital Consortium, Weather x Business Consortium, and so on.
With a focus on computer science, he has recently been involved in research on IoT, data infrastructure, and smart cities.

Kurita Takuya

In 1984, graduated from the faculty of law of The University of Kyoto. His career started as a government official of the Ministry of Construction, and he has had broad experiences in the policy field of national land and regional development, urban policy, city planning and infrastructure development. He also has many legislative achievements in such policy fields.
Between 2015 and 2018 he worked as director general of the City Bureau, and between 2018 and 2019 director general of the Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
In 2020, vice-minister of the ministry.
Holder of M.Phil of Land Economy and Ph.D of Science and Engineering.

Igeta Yuki

In 2024, she completed her doctoral course study at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Doctor of Environmental Studies. She joined DeNA Co., Ltd. and engaged in the development of autonomous driving services and field test operations. She was appointed to her present position in September 2021. Her specialty is Urban Design.

Shiroyama Hideaki

Hideaki SHIROYAMA is a professor of public administration at the Graduate School of Public Policy and the Graduate School for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo. He studies about global governance/ international administration, science/ technology and public policy and policy process. He was the Dean of the Graduate School of Public Policy from 2014 to 2016 and the Director of Policy Alternatives Research Institute from 2010 to 2014. He is the Director of Science, Technology, Innovation and Governance Program and the Coordinator of Graduate Program for Social Design and Management. He serves as a member of various government advisory councils on higher education, nuclear safety, consumer safety, space policy and AI/ IT. His major publications include “Technology Governance” in Sustainability Science: A Multidisciplinary Approach, United Nations University Press, 2011, “Governance for sustainability: knowledge integration and multi-actor dimensions in risk management”, Sustainability Science, vol.7 (2012), International Administration (Yuhikaku 2013) and Science, Technology and Politics (Minerva Publisher 2018).

Furuya Soichi, Dr.

He has been working with Hitachi since April 1997. He has been engaged in research and development in the areas such as critical infrastructure protection, service design for infrastructures and utilities including transportations, energy, and financial sectors, and smart cities. Doctor of Engineering in 2003 (Cryptography).

Sasao Tomoyo

In 2016, she completed her doctor course study at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Doctor of Environmental Studies. After a Research Fellowship for Young Scientists of JSPS, she was an Assistant Professor at Tokushima University (2017-20). She was appointed to her present position in April 2020. Her specialities are participatory design and participatory sensing.

Matsuoka Hideyuki, Dr.Sci.

In 1987, after completing his Master’s degree in physics in the Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo, he joined Hitachi. He worked on research and development in the field of semiconductor devices at the Central Research Laboratory. In 2004, he was appointed to the position of Department Manager of the ULSI Research Department. In 2005, he became Laboratory Manager of the Nano-System Laboratory in the Advanced Research Laboratory, and in 2011, he became General Manager of the Magnetic Materials Research Laboratory at Hitachi Metals, Ltd. Since 2013, he has been Senior Chief Researcher of the Research and Development Group and was appointed to his present position in 2016.

Deguchi Atsushi, Dr.Eng.

Dr. Atsushi DEGUCHI specializes in the academic field of urban design and planning. He received a Doctor of Engineering Degree from UTokyo in 1990. He was awarded as Grand Prix in the IFHP International Student Competition in 1987. He has promoted lots of frontier research and education projects on urban design and planning issues such as the building control of high-density urban environment and sustainable urban design at Kyushu University (1993-2011) and UTokyo (2011-present). He is a director of Hitachi and UTokyo Joint Research for realization of “Society 5.0”.
He is an active practitioner as well, and has lots of pragmatic experiences as an urban designer and a master planner, and is well-known as a master planner in the new campus plan of Kyushu University and Island City Project in Fukuoka City. He has been awarded as Ishikawa Prize by City Planning Institute of Japan in 2015 and 2016. Since 2011, he has had initiative to conduct the Kashiwanoha Campus Town and Smart City Project as President of Urban Design Center, Kashiwanoha (UDCK), which achievements has been highly evaluated and awarded as Good Design Award 2013 and Green City Award in 2015.

Karasawa Kaori

Ph.D (Social Psychology), University of California, Los Angeles, 1992. After working as an associate Professor at Nagoya university, she became an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo in 2006. She was appointed to her present position in 2010.

She specializes in social psychology, in particular, social cognition, moral judgment and mind perception. She is also promoting a project related to experimental philosophy in collaboration with science philosophers

Watanabe Toshiya

Toshiya Watanabe completed his doctoral program in inorganic material at the engineering college of Tokyo Institute of Technology. He joined TOTO LTD in 1984. After working as assistant director at TOTO’s Photo Frontier Business Promotion Center, he received an appointment as teaching fellow at University of Tokyo’s Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology in 1998. Later, he received an appointment as professor in 2001. Currently, he is a Professor of the　Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI) and Technology Management for Innovation (TMI). He is also general manager of the Division of University Corporate Relations, head of the Office of Export Control, teaching fellow at MIP of Professional Graduate School of Tokyo University of Science and a chairman of the Intellectual Property Association of Japan. He held the position as member of the Industrial Structure Council of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. He is chairman of planning committee of Cabinet Council Intellectual Property Headquarter. He received the Nikkei Biz Tech Award in 2002 and was awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize in 2004 for his contribution in forming the alliance of industry-government-academia. He has published many books including “TLO and License Associates” (KPC) and “Introduction to Patent and Technical Transfer for People with Science and Technology Background” (Iwanami Shoten), “Intellectual Asset-Based Management General Overview Series” (Hakuto Shobo)”, IP management by Innovator” (Hakuto Shobo) and has authored more than 100 academic papers.