Director: Hiroshi Shigeno (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology)
Campus: Shin-Kawasaki
Center Overview
We have named the concept of mobility, which includes the technical and social infrastructure for movement—such as mobility for the elderly to participate in social activities, evacuation in response to disasters, autonomous driving, and energy conservation and CO2 emission reduction in road traffic—"Mobility Culture." We conduct research aimed at building safe, secure, convenient, and environmentally friendly mobility.
The center primarily addresses the following issues:
Information and communication systems for disasters utilizing automobiles
Fundamental research on the introduction of autonomous driving systems
Advancement of ITS and road traffic management
Interdisciplinary research on fields related to IoT
Keywords and Main Research Themes
Mobility, ITS, autonomous driving, HMI, road traffic management, disaster information systems, energy network systems, artificial intelligence, international standardization
2019 Business Plan
■ Activities Continuing from FY2018: Background, Rationale, and Goals
We will continue to work on the following issues, which were addressed in FY2018.
Information and communication systems for disasters utilizing automobiles
Fundamental research on the introduction of autonomous driving systems
Advancement of ITS and road traffic management
Interdisciplinary research on fields related to IoT
For (1), we will continue activities for the domestic deployment (led by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) of VHUB (Vehicle as a communication HUB in disaster), for which international standardization has been completed.
Regarding (2), based on the FY2018 results on design recommendations and international collaboration from the Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) Automated Driving for Universal Services / Large-Scale Field Operational Tests / HMI / Task C, we will advance research on communication technologies between autonomous vehicles and other road users.
For (3), we plan to continue joint research with the Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited (Analysis of mixed traffic of autonomous and regular vehicles). We also plan to continue research on ITS information and communication systems for the 5G era, commissioned by the ITS-TEA (ITS Service & Technology Advancement).
For (4), we plan to continue research on "Advanced Mobility and Smart Cities," commissioned by the Highway Industry Development Organization (HIDO). We will also continue fundamental research on the use of ontology technology for creating metadata for ITS Big Data for ISO/TC204, WG1.
■ New Activity Goals, Content, and Background for FY2019
Regarding (2), the Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) Automated Driving for Universal Services, in which we are currently participating, will conclude in FY2018. We anticipate the start of HMI-related businesses and projects in the "Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) Phase Two: Automated Driving (Expansion of Systems and Services)" and aim to participate in them.
2018 Business Report
■ Implementation, Research Results, and Achievements Relative to the Fiscal Year Business Plan
Regarding "(1) Information and communication systems for disasters utilizing automobiles," we contributed to the completion of the international standardization of VHUB (Vehicle as a communication HUB in disaster) in ASTAP at The Telecommunication Technology Committee.
Regarding "(2) Fundamental research on the introduction of autonomous driving systems," we undertook Task C (Issues related to the interface between automated driving systems and other road users) as a subcontracted project within the Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) Automated Driving for Universal Services / Large-Scale Field Operational Tests / HMI. We advanced the research and identified recommendations for external HMI and points to consider regarding the positive and negative effects of external HMI implementation.
Regarding "(3) Advancement of ITS and road traffic management," we conducted fundamental research on traffic flow in mixed traffic of autonomous and regular vehicles in collaboration with the Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited. We were also commissioned by the ITS-TEA (ITS Service & Technology Advancement) to conduct a "Survey and Study on Technologies Necessary for the Future Development of ETC, ITS, and Other Businesses."
Regarding "(4) Interdisciplinary research on fields related to IoT," we were commissioned by the Highway Industry Development Organization (HIDO) to conduct a "Survey and Research on ITS Communications in IoT and Its Challenges." We also continued to conduct fundamental research on the use of ontology technology for creating metadata for ITS Big Data for ISO/TC204, WG1.
Achievements in Social Contributions, including Publications, Conference Presentations, and Events
Published Papers: 6
Sota Sawaguchi, Hiroaki Nishi, "Slightly-slacked dropout for improving neural network learning on FPGA", Elsevier Open Access Journal of ICT Express, The Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, April 17, 2018.
Rajitha Tennekoon, Janaka Wijekoon, Hiroaki Nishi, "On the Effectiveness of IP-Routable Entire-Packet Encryption Service over Public Networks", IEEE Access, Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp.73170-73179, Nov. 20, 2018.
Hisashi Kokufu, Osamu Shishikura, Itsuki Daimon, "A Practical Heuristic Solution Using a One-Dimensional Data Model and Simulated Annealing for the Traveling Salesman Problem with Delivery Tasks on Nodes, Undirected Arcs, and Directed Arcs - Application to Newspaper Delivery Problem with Parameter Resetting," Transactions of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, Vol. 54, No. 11, pp. 410-415, November 2018.
Yuki Kobayashi, Jun Nishiyama, Ryotaro Tani, Hiroshi Shigeno, "A Mechanism for Collecting Information in Disaster-Stricken Areas Considering PoI Based on Bandwidth Conditions," Transactions of Information Processing Society of Japan, Vol. 60, No. 2, February 2019 (to be published).
Yuta Sakaguchi, Kazuya Sato, Toshiya Miyazaki, Hiroshi Shigeno, Tomoyuki Yashiro, "A Routing Protocol Using Virtual Nodes in an Information-Centric Vehicular Ad Hoc Network," Transactions of Information Processing Society of Japan, Vol. 60, No. 2, February 2019 (to be published).
Masahiro Yoshida, Hiroaki Nishi, "Feature Extraction and Resident Number Prediction Method using Power Consumption Data", IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems (C), Vol. 139, No. 3, March, 2019 (to be appeared).
Conference Presentations: 21 international, 5 domestic; Commentaries, Editorials, Articles: 1
Symposiums, Lectures, etc.: 13; Exhibitions, Events, etc.: 3
Research Reports: 3; Participation in International Standardization Activities: 5 times
Key Achievements through Center Activities
Within the Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) Automated Driving for Universal Services / Large-Scale Field Operational Tests / HMI, we undertook Task C (Issues related to the interface between automated driving systems and other road users) as a subcontracted project and identified recommendations for external HMI from an ergonomic perspective. We contributed the knowledge and results obtained to standardization activities such as ISO/TC22/SC39/WG8. As part of international collaboration on external HMI, we conducted joint research with the University of Leeds in the UK. We also conducted ergonomic experimental research on HMI technology related to automotive ITS and reported the results at relevant academic conferences.
We were commissioned by public ITS-related organizations to conduct "Research and Study on ITS and the Road Traffic Environment, Energy, etc." (commissioned research from the Highway Industry Development Organization), "Basic Survey on the Business Development of ETC 2.0 Services and New ITS Services" (commissioned research from the ITS Service & Technology Advancement), and "Joint Research on Responding to the Spread of Autonomous Driving on the Metropolitan Expressway" (joint research with the Metropolitan Expressway). We proceeded with research and investigation on specific items for each.
Project Members
Principal Investigator
Hiroshi Shigeno
ProfessorFaculty of Science and Technology, Department of Information and Computer ScienceTakahira Yamaguchi
ProfessorFaculty of Science and Technology, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering