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Global smart society creation project research

Naoaki Yamanaka, Professor
Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University

July 17, 2018

Naoaki Yamanaka
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Naoaki Yamanaka, Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University.

Prof. Naoaki Yamanaka is a faculty member at the Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology and head of the Smart Society Creation Project. "Our project is on 5G network technology and goes by the mantra of a 'smart and connected community,'" says Yamanaka. "It means for example, motorcycles, bicycles, and humans being connected to the network and that all information is channeled to the network."

The project envisages that if the network always keeps data on motorbikes, cars, and bicycles, then drivers will have real-time information about congested roads, parked cars, and so on. Then, by automatically notifying autonomous cars, they will be able to avoid certain roads. It would also be possible to avoid going to parking areas that are already full, as well as choosing the most suitable route for journeys.

The aim of the project is to create a smart society that uses energy in a highly efficient way, with the key point being to push all information into the network, process the data, and make it useful for controlling robots, cars, and more.


Contact
Keio University Global Research Institute (KGRI)
2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345 Japan
E-mail : kgri@info.keio.ac.jp
http://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/en/index.html

Further information
Naoaki Yamanaka, Professor
Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Tokyo.
http://www.yamanaka.ics.keio.ac.jp/?lang=en


Recent research

As of July 17, 2018

Naoaki Yamanaka
Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology
Department of Information and Computer Science Keio University

Research topics covered by Naoaki Yamanaka and his group include is conducting next generation photonic networks and communication protocols as fundamental technologies for high performance backbone networks. Recent publications include:

  1. Takuya Kanai, et al., "Novel Automatic Service Restoration Technique by Using Self-Reconfiguration of Network Resources for a Disaster-struck Metro-Access Network", IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, 36, pp. 1516-1523, (2018).
    doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2017.2787999
  2. Tomohiro Matsuno et al., "Designing a Hadoop system based on computational resources and network delay for wide area networks", Springer Telecommunication Systems (TELS), 2018.
    doi.org/10.1007/s11235-018-0464-y
  3. Naoaki Yamanaka et al., "Application-Triggered Automatic Distributed Cloud/Network Resouce Coordination by Optically Networked Inter/Intra Data-center",' IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 10, (2018).
    doi.org/10.1364/JOCN.10.000B15
  4. Masaki Shiraiwa et al., "Experimental Demonstration of Disaggregated Emergency Optical System for Quick Disaster Recovery", IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, 10, pp. B15-B24, (2018).
    doi.org/10.1364/JOCN.10.000B15