The Japan Science and Technology Agency has adopted four projects, including Kyoto University and Arizona State University, in a joint research between Japan and the United States on "digital science that contributes to the new lifestyle required by the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19)."In collaboration with the National Science Foundation, the research will proceed from October 4 for three and a half years.
According to the Japan Science and Technology Agency, it was adopted by Professor Hiroshi Nishiura of the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University and Professor Kasim Sel Cook Kandan of the Graduate School of Arizona State University. Data science and model research that shape the community response of the university.
Development of quantitative decision-making methods at the regional, federal and international levels, development of frameworks for monitoring and analyzing communication on social data while considering privacy, creation of isolated elderly detection technology, mobility and social media Advance the four challenges of predicting pandemic propagation based on data.
In addition to Professor Hiroshi Nishiura, Professor Ryosuke Shibasaki of the Center for Spatial Information Science, the University of Tokyo, Professor Teruo Higashino (Dean of the Faculty of Engineering), Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto Tachibana University, and Professor Masatoshi Yoshikawa, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University serve.
When the Japan Science and Technology Agency and the National Science Foundation of the United States solicited joint research between Japan and the United States for researchers working at universities, research institutes, and companies in both countries, 25 applications were received.As a result of examining the contents of the application by experts from both countries, four applications were selected. Research funds of up to 4 million yen will be subsidized for the four projects.
