United States of America
Contact: 
1. Funding Agency of U.S. Side
2. Field of cooperation
Human-Centered Data for Resilience Research
Smart and Connected Communities, NSF 19-564. Eligible award category: Planning Grants.
3. Related Workshops
| Month/Year | Place | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2023 | World BOSAI Forum 2023 Sendai International Center |
Disaster Resilience Research - Unlocking New Potential through International Collaboration Research Lightning Talks and Panel Discussion |
| Mar 2023 | Tohoku University International Research Institute of Disaster Science | Human-Centered Data for Disaster Resilience Research Researchers Meeting |
| Apr 2022 | Virtual | Human-Centered Data for Resilience Research Japan-side Kick-off Meeting |
| Feb 2022 | Virtual | Smart and Connected Communities Joint Project Review |
| Apr 2021 | Virtual | Smart and Connected Communities Symposium |
| Feb 2021 | Virtual | Smart and Connected Communities NSF-JST Joint Kick-off Meeting |
4. Calls for Proposals
| Month/Year | Research Areas | Announcement |
|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Japan(JST)-US(NSF) Joint Research 2021
Human-Centered Data for Resilience Research |
Detail |
| Jun 2019 | Japan (JST) - US (NSF) Joint Research 2019
Smart and Connected Communities, NSF 19-564 |
Detail |
5. Currently in Cooperation
Human-Centered Data for Resilience Research
Period：FY2021～FY2022
Program Officer (PO) Prof. ONO Yuichi, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University
| Title | Research Leader in Japan Research Leader in the U.S. |
|---|---|
| A follow-up test of the resilience measurement scale and knowledge creation through assessment tasks | ARIMOTO Masahiro, Professor, Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University Kenneth Lachlan, Professor, Department of Communication, University of Connecticut |
| Land use strategy and redefinition of the landscape for urban hole emerged after coastal disasters | KONDO Tamiyo, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University Michelle Meyer, Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University |
| Resilience-based governance framework and practical models to build back better even before: through systems approach with the focus on cascading disasters | TAKARA Kaoru, Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability, Kyoto University Keri Stephens, Professor, Department of Communication, University of Texas at Austin |
| Development of a resilience evaluation method of localities through operational continuity of hospitals as indicators | NISHIKAWA Satoru, Professor, Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Nagoya University Maria Watson, Assistant Professor, M.E. Rinker, Sr., School of Construction Management and Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, University of Florida |
| Sequential decision analytics and its application to flood risk reduction and evacuation advisory optimization | Erick Mas, Associate Professor, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University Zhijie Dong, Assistant Professor, Ingram School of Engineering, Texas State University |
6. Finished Projects
Smart and Connected Communities
Period：FY2020～FY2021 ※Support period has extended from (FY2020) to incorporate COVID-19 response
Program Officer (PO) Dr. IWANO Kazuo, Fellow, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation
| Title | Research Leader in Japan Research Leader in the U.S. |
|---|---|
| Bridging the Digital Gap and Identifying Cross Cultural Pathways for Adoption of IoT Technologies to Support Super Aging Societies in the U.S. and Japan | OKAMURA Koji, Professor, Kyushu University Cybersecurity Center Anupam Joshi, Oros Family Professor, University of Maryland・Baltimore County |
| Multimodal Data Analytics and Integration for Emergency Response and Disaster Management | SHIBASAKI Ryosuke, Professor, The University of Tokyo Center for Spatial Information Science Shu-Ching Chen, Professor, Florida International University School of Computing and Information Science |
| Understanding Heat Resiliency via Physiological, Mental, and Behavioral Health Factors for Indoor and Outdoor Urban Environments | MUKAIGAWA Yasuhiro, Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology Suren Jayasuriya, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University School of Arts, Media and Engineering the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering |
| Green Low-Speed Mobility in an Aging Society | MORIKAWA Takayuki, Professor, Nagoya University, Institutes of Innovation for Future Society, Global Research Institute for Mobility in Society Perez Miguel, Associate Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Transportation Institute |
| Socially-integrated Technological Solutions for Real-time Response and Neighborhood Survival After Extreme Events | YAMAMOTO Toshiyuki, Professor, Nagoya University Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability Cynthia Chen, Professor, University of Washington Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Privacy-Enhanced Data-Driven Health Monitoring for Smart and Connected Senior Communities | YOSHIKAWA Masatoshi, Professor, Kyoto University Graduate School of Informatics Xiong Li, Professor, Emory University Department of Computer Science |