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11/22/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/22/2024 02:09
Projects Supported by the 2025 Tohoku University-University College London Matching Fund
In 2025, Tohoku University and University College London (UCL) will support eight collaborative research projects through their matching fund.
The matching fund was established by UCL and Tohoku University following the conclusion of an agreement between the two universities to promote and encourage joint research. The first call for projects to be supported by the fund was made in June 2019. There were 13 applications for funding in the seventh round.
Following a joint review carried out by the two universities, the following eight interdisciplinary joint research projects have been approved. The fund will provide financial support to the eight projects for up to one academic year beginning in April 2025.
| Research Areas | UCL Lead |
Tohoku University Lead |
Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space/Architecture, HCI (Human-computer Interaction), AI |
Professor Ava Fatah (Bartlett) |
Dr. Kazuyuki Fujita (Research Institute of Electrical Communication) |
The intelligent workplace: human and cyber workplace interaction in hybrid and liquid environments. A cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural examination |
| AI, Neuromorphic Computing, Spintronics, Material Science |
Professor Hidekazu Kurebayashi (Maths & Physical Sciences) |
Dr. Aakanksha Sud (Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences) |
Exploring innovative spintronic systems for enhanced reservoir computing in artificial intelligence applications |
| Social Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Cross-cultural Psychology, Science of the Performing Arts |
Associate Professor. Guido Orgs (Brain Sciences) |
Associate Professor Chia-huei Tseng (Research Institute of Electrical Communication) |
Reading from body motion: the role of culture and expertise in the performing arts for emotion recognition and expression |
| Education, Disaster Science, Neuroscience |
Dr. Ana Pellicer-Sanchez (Institute of Education) |
Dr. Takumi Uchihara (Graduate School of International Cultural Studies) |
Examining the neuro-cognitive representations of disaster-related vocabulary in a foreign language |
| Disaster Science, Community Resilience, Social Innovation |
Professor Davide Ravasi (Engineering Sciences) |
Specially Appointed Associate Professor Mika Sakai (Head Office of Enterprise Partnerships, Startup Incubation Center) |
Integrating tradition and innovation: enhancing disaster recovery and community resilience through cultural heritage and social Innovation in Japan |
| AI, Disaster Science |
Professor Mohammad Shamsudduha (Maths & Physical Sciences) |
Professor Daisuke Sano (Graduate School of Engineering) |
Application of AI technology for mapping of high-resolution surface water storage using earth observation satellite data via Google Earth Engine (AI-WATER) |
| Geotechnical Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Disaster Engineering, Machine Learning (AI) |
Dr. Susana Lopez-Querol (Engineering Sciences) |
Dr. Anawat Suppasri (International Research Institute of Disaster Science) |
Assessment of liquefaction and its effects in infrastructures at the Noto Peninsula in Japan, through machine learning techniques |
| Ophthalmology, AI |
Professor Pearse Keane (Brain Sciences) |
Professor Toru Nakazawa (Graduate School of Medicine) |
Validation and enhancement of AI-based systemic disease detection with retinal imaging from Asian cohorts at Tohoku University |
| Research Areas | Space/Architecture, HCI (Human-computer Interaction), AI |
|---|---|
| UCL Lead |
Professor Ava Fatah (Bartlett) |
| Tohoku University Lead |
Dr. Kazuyuki Fujita (Research Institute of Electrical Communication) |
| Project | The intelligent workplace: human and cyber workplace interaction in hybrid and liquid environments. A cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural examination |
| Research Areas | AI, Neuromorphic Computing, Spintronics, Material Science |
| UCL Lead |
Professor Hidekazu Kurebayashi (Maths & Physical Sciences) |
| Tohoku University Lead |
Dr. Aakanksha Sud (Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences) |
| Project | Exploring innovative spintronic systems for enhanced reservoir computing in artificial intelligence applications |
| Research Areas | Social neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Cross-cultural Psychology, Science of the Performing Arts |
| UCL Lead |
Associate Professor. Guido Orgs (Brain Sciences) |
| Tohoku University Lead |
Associate Professor Chia-huei Tseng (Research Institute of Electrical Communication) |
| Project | Reading from body motion: the role of culture and expertise in the performing arts for emotion recognition and expression |
| Research Areas | Education, Disaster Science, Neuroscience |
| UCL Lead |
Dr. Ana Pellicer-Sanchez (Institute of Education) |
| Tohoku University Lead |
Dr. Takumi Uchihara (Graduate School of International Cultural Studies) |
| Project | Examining the neuro-cognitive representations of disaster-related vocabulary in a foreign language |
| Research Areas | Disaster Science, Community Resilience, Social Innovation |
| UCL Lead |
Professor Davide Ravasi (Engineering Sciences) |
| Tohoku University Lead |
Specially Appointed Associate Professor Mika Sakai (Head Office of Enterprise Partnerships, Startup Incubation Center) |
| Project | Integrating tradition and innovation: enhancing disaster recovery and community resilience through cultural heritage and social Innovation in Japan |
| Research Areas | AI, Disaster Science |
| UCL Lead |
Professor Mohammad Shamsudduha (Maths & Physical Sciences) |
| Tohoku University Lead |
Professor Daisuke Sano (Graduate School of Engineering) |
| Project | Application of AI technology for mapping of high-resolution surface water storage using earth observation satellite data via Google Earth Engine (AI-WATER) |
| Research Areas | Geotechnical Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Disaster Engineering, Machine Learning (AI) |
| UCL Lead |
Dr. Susana Lopez-Querol (Engineering Sciences) |
| Tohoku University Lead |
Dr. Anawat Suppasri (International Research Institute of Disaster Science) |
| Project | Assessment of liquefaction and its effects in infrastructures at the Noto Peninsula in Japan, through machine learning techniques |
| Research Areas | Ophthalmology, AI |
| UCL Lead |
Professor Pearse Keane (Brain Sciences) |
| Tohoku University Lead |
Professor Toru Nakazawa (Graduate School of Medicine) |
| Project | Validation and enhancement of AI-based systemic disease detection with retinal imaging from Asian cohorts at Tohoku University |
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