Research Director

Shunichi Koshimura

International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University
Professor
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Outline

Bringing together state-of-the-art disaster science, high-performance computing, information and mathematical sciences, our team will tackle the significant research challenges in disaster response and management issues which remain, particularly in the areas of “Integration of many data sources”, “Interpretation/Veracity of data content”, “Real-time big data assimilation and Mapping”. This research project aims to establish the world’s most advanced fusion of high-performance real-time disaster simulation and big data driven disaster management system to enhance ability of societies and social systems to respond promptly, sensibly and effectively to natural disasters, withstanding adversities and exploiting lessons in the future catastrophic disaster and crisis management.