March 17, 2017

University of California, Berkeley (UCB) is internationally recognized as one of the world’s leading research-based universities, having made major contributions to the global proliferation of information technology, which was born in Silicon Valley in 1980’s, and now forms the backbone for technological innovation across many areas of pure and applied research in both academic and industry. Notably, UCB is also actively engaged in developing Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) in social infrastructure and IoIT (Internet of Important Things), including basic research of fundamental technology and platform systems that revealed the importance of a smart and convenient infrastructure for society to function efficiently.

With this background, the University of Electro-Communications (UEC Tokyo) believes that UCB is an ideal model for UEC Tokyo, and our industrial partners to base our research activities on “Service Infrastructure Technology/Platform”.

Importantly, with the “5th Science and Technology Basic Plan (Society 5.0)” proposed by the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, in mind, UEC Tokyo, has been working actively on the development of fundamental and systems technology to lay the foundations for building innovative service platforms.

Based on the strengths and potential of the two universities on innovative research and development in the aforementioned research fields, UCB and UEC Tokyo, signed a general agreement to promote joint research and education on 25 September 2015.

Now, in order for UCB and UEC Tokyo, to devise effective strategies to realise the Intelligence Service Infrastructure Technology/Platform it is essential to promote close cooperation between the two institutes. Furthermore, to establish close collaborative links with industry, the two universities are planning to implement social innovation platform systems. For this reason, the “Industry-UCB-UEC Workshop 2017” (IUUWS 2017) will be held in March 2017 to discuss the details of “Collaborative Construction of Service Infrastructure Technology/Platform” to realize a super smart society with the cooperation of industry, UCB and UEC Tokyo.

Please send an e-mail to the below address if you can attend the Workshop
We look forward to meeting you on 27-28, March 2017.

Industry-UCB-UEC-Workshop 2017 (IUUWS 2017) International Collaboration on Establishing Innovative Service Infrastructure Technology/Platform to Realize an “Intelligence Society (Society 5.0)”

Dates	27-28, March 2017
Venue	Room 301, Building E-3, The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan Map（No,27）
Workshop Schedule	Workshop Day 1: March 27 (Monday)
	10:00 - 10:30	Registration
	10:30 - 10:35	Opening Address
	10:35 - 10:45	Welcome Speech by Dr. Takashi FUKUDA, UEC President
	10:45 - 11:25	Plenary Talk: Mr. Naoki SAITO (Deputy Director General, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT))(Speech: 30min. /Q and A: 10min.)
	11:25 - 12:05	Keynote Talk:Dr. Haruo TAKEDA (Corporate Officer, Corporate Chief Engineer, Research & Development Group, Hitachi, Ltd.) (Speech: 30min. / Q and A: 10min.)
	12:05 - 13:30	Lunch Break
	13:30 - 14:30	Session 1 (Robotics and Engineering for High-Quality Life Services) Professor Masayoshi TOMIZUKA (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley) Professor Takayuki NAGAI  (Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering)
	14:30 - 15:30	Session 2 (Bio-Engineering) Professor Gerard MARRIOTT (Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley)   Assistant Professor Shojiro MAKI (Department of Engineering Science)
	15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break (30min.)
	16:00 - 17:00	Session 3 (Semiconductor Materials and Systems) Professor Oscar DUBON (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley) Associate Professor Kazuo UCHIDA (Department of Computer and Network Engineering)
	17:00 - 18:00	Session 4 (Space Science / Earth Science) Dr. Oleksiy AGAPITOV ( Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley) Professor Yasuhide HOBARA (Department of Computer and Network Engineering)
	Workshop Day 2: March 28, (Tuesday)
	10:00 - 10:40	Registration
	10:40 - 13:20	Session 5 (Introduction of UEC Research Activities)
	10:40 - 11:10	Professor Seiichi SHIN (Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems)
	11:10 - 11:40	Professor Koichiro ISHIBASHI (Department of Computer and Network Engineering)
	11:40 - 12:50	Lunch Break
	12:50 - 13:20	Professor Yoichi MIYAWAKI (Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems)
	13:20 - 14:00	Session 6 (Energy Conservation / Renewable Energy) Video Massage from Professor Eicke WEBER (BEARS Director/CEO) Professor Shinji NOZAKI (Department of Computer and Network Engineering)
	14:00 - 14:25	Coffee Break (25min.)
	14:25 - 15:25	Panel Discussion (All the Presenters of the Workshop) Moderator: Professor Adarsh SANDHU (Department of Engineering Science) Theme: Approaches to continuous innovation for a sustainable society
	15:25 - 15:30	Closing Address by Dr. Kazushi NAKANO, Member of the Board of Directors/Vice President
Contact Information	International Planning Section, The University of Electro-Communications E-mail：kokusai-k@office.uec.ac.jp