On September 5, 2024, the Symposium “Cutting Edge Research For Smart Societies”, jointly organized by University of Tsukuba and Ruhr University Bochum, will take place. The language of the event will be English.
This event will be held at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum to commemorate the opening of the University of Tsukuba Bochum Office. It can be viewed from Japan ,Germany and other places via live streaming (Zoom meeting style.)
Streaming URL:
https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/61841309304?pwd=ouZnb0BlRaTeIbBthSKltUad6xgB5O.1
Through keynote speeches and presentations by eleven researchers, we will consider how the cutting-edge research at both universities can be utilized to realize the “Smart Societies,” which are, among others, promoted by the twinned cities of Tsukuba and Bochum.
In the last part of the event, there will also be an explanation of the research grant systems that can be used by researchers from both universities to collaborate.
The symposium will be completed by face-to-face meetings of researchers from the two universities at different locations of Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Time Schedule
| German Time | Japan Time | Program | Presenter |
| 9:00 | 16:00 | Opening Remarks | Prof. Martin Paul Rector, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| 9:03 |
16:03 |
Greeting (Video Message) |
Prof. Kyosuke Nagata President, University of Tsukuba |
| Mr. Thomas Eiskirch Mayor, City of Bochum |
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| 9:10 | 16:10 | Event Summary Description | Prof. Günther Meschke Vice Rector for Research and Transfer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum Prof. Yasuteru Shigeta |
| 9:20 | 16:20 | Keynote Speech 1 | Smart Cities? Co-Designing Just, Sustainable and Resilient Cities by using the Potentials of Digitisation
Prof. Uta Hohn |
| 9:40 | 16:40 | Keynote Speech 2 | Tsukuba Super Science City Challenges through University-Local Government Collaboration
Prof. Kenji Suzuki |
| 10:00 |
17:00 |
Presentations
Cutting Edge Research at UT and RUB―Applicability to Smart Societies |
Sustainability behavior and digitalisation in Smart Societies
Prof. Andreas Löschel |
| Creating Livable Places with Communities in the Smart Sustainable Cities
Prof. Sayaka Fujii |
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| Harnessing Cloud, Network and AI to support 6G Services
Prof. Tarik Taleb |
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| Human-centred AI and the Research Centre Trustworthy Data Science
Prof. Martina Angela Sasse |
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| Trustworthy data platform for smart cities
Prof. Toshiyuki Amagasa |
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| Digital Sovereignty for End-Users: The ongoing fight between the needs of individuals and the design of services
Prof. Karola Marky |
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| Seeking Ultimate Randomness in the Nature
Prof. Yutaka Shikano |
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| Quantum Computing: Entangling Future Societies
Prof. Michael Walter |
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| Tensor networks connecting quantum and classical computations
Prof. Shinichiro Akiyama |
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| 11:30 | 18:30 | Short Break | |
| 11:45 | 18:45 | Inter-University Exchange Project | Brief introduction of our proposal for “Inter-University Exchange Project” by MEXT
Prof. Shinji Kuroda |
| 12:05 | 19:05 | Funding Information Session | Dr. Stefan Riedel Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| Dr. Kazuaki Ota Dr. Chen Chen University of Tsukuba |
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| Prof. Günther Meschke Vice Rector for Research and Transfer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum Academic Advisory Group Member, Worldwide Universities Network |
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| JSPS and its International Programs
Mr. Jun Yano |
