Advanced Integrated Sensing Technologies

Outline

This research area concerns the fast and accurate detection of dangers and threats which can jeopardize safety and peace in society, such as natural disasters and human-induced effects, as well as the creation of integrated sensing technology which can promptly communicate such information. Specifically, emphasis is placed on sensing dangerous objects and harmful substances, deterioration and abnormalities in buildings, bridges and other artificial structures, the vital signs of humans, and so on. In addition, this research also targets novel highly sensitive, wireless and small-scale sensor technologies for examining artificial and natural environments, network technologies which can ensure the transmission of data even when there are abnormalities or damages in the network, and information processing technologies which can sense, locate and respond to abnormalities by interpreting various types of data provided by sensors. Finally, this field also includes technologies which can dramatically improve the sensitivity, resolution and selectivity of sensing by combining individual elemental technologies, sensing network systems which can yield breakthroughs in information processing and network technologies, and technologies related to the realization of integrated systems.

Strategic Sector

Creation of Advanced Integrated Sensing Technologies for Realizing Safe and Secure Societies

Research Projects

Year Started : 2007
Research Director	Affiliation	Research Project
Teruo Higashino	Professor, Osaka University	Advanced Wireless Communication Technology for Efficient Rescue Operations
Manabu Honda	Research Director, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry	Wearable Integrated Sensing System of Fundamental Brain Function to Create Information Environment Safe for the Brain
Taro Maeda	Professor, Osaka University	Multi-sensory Communication, Sensing the Environment, and Behavioral Navigation with Networking of Parasitic Humanoids
Ichiro Yamada	Professor, The University of Tokyo	Development of a Physiological and Environmental Information Processing Platform and its Application to the Metabolic Syndrome Measures

Year Started : 2006
Research Director	Affiliation	Research Project
Toshihiro Itoh	Deputy Director, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	Development of Animal Watch Sensor System for Human Health and Food Safety
Chao-Nan XU	Team Leader, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	The Creation of Safety Monitoring Network Systems by Mechanoluminescence Sensors
Yoshito Tobe	Professor, Tokyo Denki University	OSOITE: Software Infrastructure of Network Sensing for Real-World Search
Yozo Fujino	Professor, The University of Tokyo	Development of a Practical Monitoring System of Urban Infrastructure for Disasters and Accidents
Kazushi Yamanaka	Professor, Tohoku University	Portable High Performance Gas Sensor System for Hazardous Gasses

Year Started : 2005
Research Director	Affiliation	Research Project
Makoto Ishida	Professor, Toyohashi University of Technology	Development of Integrated Ubiquitous Microsensor Devices for Peace and Security of Human Life
Koichi Kurumatani	Group Leader National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	Space Gazer System for Safety and Convenience in Living Environment
Tomomasa Sato	Professor, The University of Tokyo	Moving Object Sensing Technology for Security and Safety
Kiyoshi Toko	Professor, Kyushu University	Development of Odor Sensor System for Security
Yoshifumi Nishida	Team Leader, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	Basic Technology Research on Sensing and Computational Theory of Everyday Life Behavior for Injury Prevention
Jiro Yasuda	Chief, National Research Institute of Police Science	Mobile-type Full-automatic Multi-BWA (Biological Warfare Agents) Detection System

Research Area Website: http://www.sen.jst.go.jp/