Keio University

Group Including Yamaguchi Laboratory at the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies Establishes World's First "Training Guidelines for SNS Information Analysis in Disasters Using AI"

Publish: April 12, 2018
Faculty of Environment and Information Studies/Faculty of Policy Management/Graduate School of Media and Governance

2018.04.12

The Shingo Yamaguchi Laboratory at the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University, the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), and the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) are pleased to announce that they have jointly established and are now releasing the "Training Guidelines for SNS Information Analysis in Disasters Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) (Provisional Version)." This initiative aims to introduce and promote the use of AI in the field of disaster prevention and mitigation.

The establishment and publication of these guidelines for introducing AI (natural language processing) into disaster drills is a world-first initiative. It will contribute to future innovation and the social implementation of advanced technologies in the field of disaster prevention and mitigation.

For details, please see the press release (file: Establishment and Publication of the World's First "Training Guidelines for SNS Information Analysis in Disasters Using AI".pdf ). This press release has also been distributed to the city news desks of various newspapers.

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[Inquiries about this research and the Joint Research Conference on Disaster Prevention AI]

Shingo Yamaguchi Laboratory, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University

E-mail: shingo5 [ at ] sfc.keio.ac.jp

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[Inquiries about NICT]

○Regarding the technology in this matter

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

Kiyotaka Otake, Applied Area Research Laboratory, Resilient ICT Research Center

Tel: 0774-98-6329 E-mail: Please see the main text of the press release

○Public Relations

Press Office, Public Relations Department, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

Tel: 042-327-6923 Fax: 042-327-7587

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[Inquiries about NIED]

Disaster Information Research Division, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience

Tel: 029-863-7553 E-mail: risk_office [ at ] bosai.go.jp

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