Professor Osamu Uchida has contributed to the production of a TV Asahi program (Super J Channel).
How to call for help on social media, a hot topic in the wake of the Magnitude 6+ earthquake (Feb. 15, 2021)
https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_society/articles/000207188.html
Professor Osamu Uchida has given comments for a Mainichi Shimbun article.
Where are the lessons? / 5. Disaster relief: The pros and cons of social media
The research outcomes of Professor Osamu Uchida’s research group were published in Information Systems Frontiers (IF=3.63).
The article describes the development and implementation of a disaster prevention education program for young people using the DITS/DIMS disaster information sharing system.
Osamu Uchida, Sachi Tajima, Yoshitaka Kajita, Keisuke Utsu, Yuji Murakami, and Sanetoshi Yamada, “Development and Implementation of an ICT-based Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Education Program for the Young Generation”, Information Systems Frontiers, 2020.
A special exhibition called “Using Satellite and Social Media to Create a Safe and Secure Society – Glocal Monitoring Project -” was held from August 20 to September 23 at the entrance of the second floor of the new building of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Many people were able to enjoy the exhibition. We would like to thank everyone involved.
Professor Kohei Cho gave the keynote lecture at the SPAR 2020 J the 16th 3D Measurement Forum, which was held online on September 28, 2020, with the theme of “Efforts for Glocal Monitoring.” One participant said, “It made me very interested in the use of social media in normal times and in times of disaster.” Other comments included, “I thought it was very effective as a means to quickly and accurately identify the extent of damage,” and “It was interesting how combining different types of information—global and local—can be useful and improve accuracy.”
Forum program outline: http://www.sparj.com
Video of keynote lecture: “Efforts for Glocal Monitoring” by Kohei Cho
Professor Kohei Cho gave a lecture on glocal monitoring with remote sensing and SNS as a guest speaker at the webinar, “Addressing the Climate and Environmental Crisis,” which was held in commemoration of the 80th birthday of NASA’s Dr. Josefino Comiso.
Webinar URL: https://hilatitudecouplings.wixsite.com/jccomiso80
Lecture outline: https://hilatitudecouplings.wixsite.com/jccomiso80/speakers
A special exhibition will be held from August 20 to September 23 at the entrance on the second floor of the new MEXT building.
The theme of the exhibition is “Build a safe and secure society using satellites and social media – Glocal Monitoring Project.”
We hope you’ll drop by if you are in the area.
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Press release:
「グローカル・モニタリング・プロジェクト」大学発ニュースリリースMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology website: https://www.mext.go.jp/joho-hiroba/sp/index.htm#kikaku
A review article written by Professor Uchida and Associate Professor Utsu was released.
“Use of social media in times of disaster”
Fundamentals Review by the Engineering Sciences Society, the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
2020. Vol. 13. No. 4. pp. 301 -311
“Development of a Glocal Monitoring System for Decision-Making Support in the Event of a Large-Scale Disaster” (main researcher: Osamu Uchida, Professor, Department of Information Media Technology, School of Information and Telecommunication Engineering) was selected for a research grant from the Telecommunications Advancement Foundation (35th anniversary project: research on the themes of information security and the use of ICT in disaster prevention).
The third international workshop on glocal monitoring was held at Takanawa Campus on January 10, 2020.
https://www.u-tokai.ac.jp/research/news/detail/post_131.html
