2017/03/02
Keio University
Imperial College London
Keio University and Imperial College London (*) have signed an academic exchange agreement prior to conducting "international joint research" to contribute to the realization of safety technology in the field of cybersecurity. In the future, Keio University and Imperial College London will conduct joint research in cybersecurity and engage in student and faculty exchanges.
As a comprehensive university with 10 undergraduate faculties and 14 graduate schools, Keio University has been engaged in education and research in a wide range of fields, including humanities, social sciences, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and science and technology. Amidst this, to address the societal issues in cybersecurity—a critical challenge not only for Japan but for the global information society—across academic disciplines, the university established the Cybersecurity Research Center in August 2015. Then, in November 2016, as an initiative for the borderless environment characteristic of cyberspace, leading universities in the cybersecurity field from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan established the world's first international collaborative organization, the "InterNational Cyber Security Center of Excellence (INCS-CoE)," at the call of Keio University. This academic exchange agreement has been realized as part of these activities.
Keio University has made significant contributions to the advancement of information technologies such as the Internet and IoT for over 25 years. In a global information society based on technologies like cybersecurity, IoT, big data, and AI, innovations that involve all fields will emerge. Toward the realization of such a society, Keio will deploy cutting-edge security technologies through advanced analysis and evaluation.
Meanwhile, Imperial College London is a public research university in the UK, founded in 1907 with a focus on science and technology. It is a university in the fields of science and technology with a top international reputation for education and research, and is actively engaged in multidisciplinary research for the next generation of research and science and technology. In the UK's cybersecurity sector, 13 universities are recognized as Centers of Excellence, and Imperial College London is one of them, known for its particular strengths in the field of control systems technology.
In the field of cybersecurity, Imperial College London conducts research on control systems technology, particularly targeting critical infrastructure. Its features include research in areas such as highly reliable and resilient engineering and design, which considers the analysis, adaptation, and maintenance for safety and durability not only during system operation but also at the design stage.
In the field of cybersecurity, it is difficult for a single country or organization alone to counter cyber threats amidst rapidly increasing borderless issues. To address this, Keio University and Imperial College London, as members of the INCS-CoE, will aim to make an international contribution to the coming global information society by merging their respective strengths in information systems and control systems technologies through the currently planned "international joint research." In the future, by leveraging their respective track records and strengths, they will aim to achieve the world-class technologies required in the field of security—an essential element for supporting the international community in this modern era where cyberattacks have become a threat with a significant impact on the international community.
*The signatories of the agreement are the Graduate School of Media and Governance, the Faculty of Policy Management, and the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies at Keio University, and the Institute for Security Science and Technology at Imperial College London.
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Keio University Office of Communications and Public Relations [Attn: Namiki, Yamazaki]
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Imperial College London
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