Degree Programs in Systems and Information Engineering
Graduate School of Science and Technology
Faculty member list （Master’s programs）
Master's Program in Risk and Resilience Engineering
Field of Research

Foundations ofRisk
Analysisand Resilience
Assessment

Faculty
ITOH Makoto

Detailed Description of Research Field

Systems safety: mutual trust and cooperation inhuman-machine systems, cognition, inference, and decision
making under uncertainty or gray zone, perception andacceptance of risk.

SATO-ILIC Mika

Multi-dimensional data analysis, statistics: latent structure
models, fuzzy clustering, and multi-way data theory.

ENDO Yasunori

Fundamentals and applications of soft computing techniques
underlying artificial intelligence: machine learning including
clustering and deep learning, and fuzzy inference and fuzzycontrol

FURUKAWA Hiroshi

Cognitive interface design: human interface to extend
cognitive capability, navigation support, learning support,
mental models.

【SAITO Yuichi】

Human-machine systems, cognitive systems science,systems safety and control, human-machine interface andinteraction, and risk prediction and avoidance based on data
analysis.

【TAKAYASU Akitoshi】

Verification methods for nonlinear mathematical modelsincluding mathematical models for environmental problems,Numerical analysis, Verified numerical computation.

【MISAKI Hiroumi】

Statistics, econometrics and quantitative finance:high-frequency data analysis, volatility and covolatility ofasset prices, financial risk management, state space models,and particle filters.

※UCHIDA Nobuyuki

Human error analysis and traffic accident prevention, Safety(Japan Automobile

evaluation for automated driving systems

Research Institute)※ABE Genya

Vehicle safety: interactions between human and advanced(Japan Automobile

driver assistance systems, trust in automated driving

Research Institute)systems, recognition, decision and implementation whiledriving
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FacultyFoundations ofRisk
Analysisand Resilience
Assessment※SATO Toshihisa

Science of driving pleasure, Cognitive and behavior(National Institute ofcharacteristics of elderly drivers, and Ergonomic experiments

Advanced Industrialof drivers with automated and advanced driver assistanceScience andsystems

Detailed Description of Research FieldTechnology)※OKABE Kohei

Risk Management: labor accident, safety design, collaborate(National Instituterobot, nursing care equipmentof Occupational Safetyand Health, Japan)※SANAMI Shou

Machine Learning: Understanding and dealing with risks in(Dai Nippon Printing Co.,

application to actual problems.

Ltd.)

Information
SystemsSecurity

OMOTE KazumasaandInformation

security:risk

assessment

for

cyber

attacks,security forblockchain and cryptocurrency, malware countermeasure,cloud security,
IoT security, privacy-preserving data analysis.
KATAGISHI Kazuki

Wisdom information communication systems:
Hyperfunctions-based “Fluency Information Theory”, New
Generation Network, Network security technologies.

NISHIDE Takashi

Information security: design of public key encryption,
cryptographic protocol, privacy-enhancing technology,
method for securing information systems.

※SHIMAOKA Masaki

Information Security and Trust: PKI application(e-signature,(SECOM)authentication), Trust model of PKI, Social Trust ofInformation Infrastructure, ethics for security research

Urban ResilienceandDisaster
ManagementSUZUKI Tsutomu

Urban Analysis, Facility Planning, Location Analysis,
Environmental

Modeling,

Geographical

Information

Science.
TANIGUCHI Ayako

Attitude and behavioral modification concerning
Urban transport planning, Risk communication, Mobilitymanagement, Social acceptance of Autonomous Vehicles.

UMEMOTO Michitaka

Countermeasures against infrequent risk in urban andregional area: Evacuation planning, Disaster information,
Regionals’ countermeasures against nuclear disaster,
Perception of disaster risk.

【KINOSHITA Yohei】

Meteorological application of space geodetic tools (e.g. SARand GNSS), Satellite remote sensing, MaaS application

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Field of Research

Urban ResilienceandDisaster
Management

Faculty

Detailed Description of Research Field※FUJIWARA Hiroyuki

Seismic hazard and risk assessment, Numerical simulation,(National Research

Strong motion prediction, Subsurface structure Modeling,

Institute for Earth

Real-time earthquake damage estimation system

Science and DisasterResilience)※SAKAI Naoki

Geotechnicalengineering,Landslides,Heavy(National Researchrainfall-induced disaster, Model tests, IoT/AI, Satellite andInstitute for Earthremote sensing data, Disaster risk, TDA(Trans-disciplinary

Science and Disasterapproach)

Resilience)※USUDA Yuichiro

Disaster Informatics, Disaster Dynamics, Cyber-Physical(National Research

System for Disaster Resilience, Risk Communication,

Institute for Earth

Decision Support

Science and Disaster
Resilience)

EnvironmentalandEnergy
Systems

OKAJIMA Keiichi

New energy systems: LCA evaluation and reliability analysisof energy systems with new energy devices such as
photovoltaic cell and fuel cell systems.

HATANO Yuko

Fate and transport of pollutants in the natural environment.
Remediation; adsorption; molecular dynamics simulations.

SHOJI Gaku

Structural safety and system reliability assessment forlifeline infrastructures such as transportation networks,utilities, and communication networks in view of seismic andtsunami hazards, and mathematical modeling of public
cognition for functional losses of critical infrastructuresduring an event.

【AKIMOTO Yutaro】

Non-invasive measurement and evaluation methods of fuelcell, Resilience power system, Energy analysis of newgeneration societies and vehicles【SUZUKI Kengo】

Multi-agent simulation, gaming, risk communication, andpoliticalscenario

analysis

relatedwithenergy

andenvironmental systems※YAMAMOTO Hiromi

Low carbon energy systems analysis, Evaluation of(Central Researchrenewables and hydrogen technologies in energy systems

Institute of ElectricPower Industry)3

Field of Research

Faculty

EnvironmentalandEnergySystems※KATO Kazuhiko

Safety Management Measures and Evaluation Methods for(National Institute of

Photovoltaic Power Plants

Detailed Description of Research Field

Advanced IndustrialScience andTechnology)※TAHARA Kiyotaka

Development of sustainability assessment based on life

(National Institute ofcycle thinking, inventory database, technology assessment

Advanced IndustrialScience andTechnology)※: Professor (Collaborative Graduate School Program)(Note)
Applicants cannot choose faculty members written in square brackets as a prospective supervisor directly, but, can choose them withthe cooperation of faculty members who are not written in square brackets.
Applicants have to contact a prospective supervisor (a faculty member from whom you wish to receive academic instruction) and obtain
his/her consent to your application in advance.

[Contact Information]e-mail：entexam@risk.tsukuba.ac.jp
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