Full-time Researchers
Sideney Schreiner, Dr. Eng.
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Tel. +81-75-383-3231
FAX +81-75-950-3800
E-mail schreiner@hse.gcoe.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Dr.Eng.
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Tel. +65-6516-5356
FAX +65-6775-6762
E-mail cmszfr@nus.edu.sg

AccessFrom MRT Clementi (EW23), transfer to BUS line 96 until
NUS, then transfer to internal NUS BUS A1 until CMS Stop.

GCOE Kyoto University
CMS National University of Singapore
Transport Logistics Joint Research Centre(GCOE Overseas Base Singapore)

GCOE - CMS Transport Logistics
Joint Research CentreNational University of Singapore - Center for Maritime Studies - Kent Ridge
CampusPrince George’s Park, 12 - 115411 Singapore
Tel +65-6516-8669 FAX +65-6775-6762
http://www.maritimestudies.nus.edu.sg

Collaborative Research and Exchange of Knowledge

Overseas Base Directors

EiichiTaniguchi

Fwa Tien Fang

Human security issues have become more important in transport and logistics
areas, since there are increasing concerns about risks caused by natural andman-made hazards as well as traffic safety and health problems. To tackle thesecomplicated problems in mega-cities, we started the international collaborative
research in the Transport Logistics Joint Research Centre between The Centre for
Maritime Studies at National University of Singapore and GCOE program at Kyoto
University. It provides a framework for higher education for graduate students andadvanced research opportunities on transport and logistics related to humansecurity engineering. Promoting new dimension of planning, management andgovernance of transport and logistics in urban areas is expected along with theresearch activities in Joint Research Centre.
Collaboration between the Kyoto University city-logistics research group led byProfessor Eiichi Taniguchi and our transport-logistics research group at the Centre
for Maritime Studies of the National University of Singapore has been going on
since the early 2000s. It is a natural development for the two groups to formalize
the research collaboration through the establishment of an overseas researchbase in Singapore under the Human Security Engineering GCOE program.
Besides strengthening the link between the two active research groups to achievea higher level of interaction, the arrangement offers an effective vehicle for thecollaborative research effort to benefit a much larger group of young researchersand graduate students in the two universities. We have accomplished much after
the first year of operation through three research workshops and a short course.
We look forward to an even more fruitful research collaboration program in theyears to come.

GCOE HSE Overseas Base Singapore
The GCOE-CMS Joint Research Center (JRC) is a collaboration between the GCOE program of theKyoto University and the Center for Maritime Studies of the National University of Singapore. Thiscollaboration establishes the overseas base of the Human Security Engineering GCOE program inSingapore. The JRC aims mainly at the development of research and exchange of knowledge. The
necessary infrastructure is provided in both institutions ensuring space, software, equipments, andsupport staff.
At Kyoto University, the GCOE Center, located at the Katsura Campus, offers space and support for theJRC activities, while the Center for Maritime Studies, located at the Kent Ridge Campus of NUS offers thecounterpart space in Singapore. Professors, post-doctoral research fellows and doctoral students fromboth institutions are involved in the activities organized by JRC.

The JRC develops research focusing on transportation and logistics themes, such as logistics systems torecover from natural disasters, routing and scheduling of hazardous material transportation, security
issues in transportation, traffic safety in transportation logistics, location of logistics facilities considering
their risk to the population, defensive maritime covering in South Asia, and other typical logistics issues
like vehicle routing and scheduling problems, always from the perspective of human security.
The exchange of experience, ideas, and research progress is ensured by regular workshops held
alternately in Kyoto and Singapore. These workshops are a valuable opportunity for discussions ontechnical issues as well as best practices, bringing together the knowledge of the participants in different
areas of urban transports and logistics.

Textbook “Urban Transport and Logistics for Human Security”
The JRC is responsible for the preparation of a text-book entitled Urban Transport and Logistics for
Human Security, a reference in the formation of human resources with a strong technical background on
the relation between transportation logistics and human security.
The textbook presents comprehensive knowledge on urban transport and logistics systems with a special
focus on Human Security in Asia. The book covers the design of freight networks and its reliability, thelogistical distribution planning (facility location, vehicle routing and scheduling), logistical issues directly
related to Human Security (transport of hazardous materials and logistics in case of natural disasters).
Also covered by this book are urban transport issues such as the mixed traffic in Asian cities, traffic safety,
and the application of ICT and ITS.

Short-Course in Urban Transport and Logistics for Human Security
The objective of the GCOE-CMS Short-Course in Urban Transport and Logistics is to transfer
comprehensive knowledge on the planning, designing, operating, and maintaining urban logistics systems
and other urban transport systems, from the point of view of Human Security. The program of the shortcourse is based on the planned content of the textbook, which is used as didactic material, ensuring theimprovement of the textbook..
On the personal side, the students have a truly international experience during the short-course, attendingclasses given by instructor from different countries.