Speakers

Prof. Yasushi Kiyoki

Musashino University, Japan

“From Local Insights towards Global Impact”: Global Environmental AI & Human-Action Integration Projects with Collaborative Experimental Activities for Environment Restoration

Abstract:
We continue to lead the forefront of industry-academia collaboration and international partnerships in pursuit of our ambitious vision: to contribute to the advancement of global AI research and the progress of humanity through collaboration with universities and research institutions across Japan, Asia, and Europe. Through partnerships with leading companies, we provide a dynamic environment where young people can tackle real-world challenges while still in school and develop into capable professionals.
This workshop will showcase our collaborative research ecosystem, as well as the educational programs of the faculty of International Data Science in Musashino University (MIDS) and our Environment-AI initiatives integrated with human activities. These projects encompass marine, mangrove, and forest conservation, biodiversity protection, and other sustainability efforts. The workshop will demonstrate how local insights can generate global impact.
Keywords: Local Insights, Global Impacts, Environmental AI, Human Action, International Collaboration

Biography:
Yasushi Kiyoki received his B.E., M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Keio University in 1978, 1980 and 1983, respectively. In 1983 and 1984, he worked at Electrical and Communication Laboratory of NTT. From 1984 to 1996, he was with Institute of Information Sciences and Electronics, University of Tsukuba, as an assistant professor and then an associate professor. Since 1996, he has been with Department of Environmental Information at Keio University, where he is currently a professor. His research addresses multi database systems, knowledge base systems, semantic associative processing, and multimedia database systems. He serves as the chair on Special Interest Group of Database Systems and as the editor-in-chief on Transactions on Databases in Information Processing Society of Japan. He also serves as the program chair for the 7th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shiori Sasaki

Musashino University, Japan

Biography:
Shiori Sasaki is an associate professor of the Faculty of Data Science, Musashino University, Japan.

She received her M.A. degree in Law & Politics in 1998 and Ph. D. degree in Media and Governance in 2010 from Keio University. She had been a lecturer (2004-2007), a project assistant professor (2007-2014) and a project associate professor (2014-2022) of Global Environmental System Leaders program (GESL) adopted by Ministry of Education (MEXT) in Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University.

She is currently involved in several international research projects in the Faculty of Data Science, Musashino University. Her research interests include Knowledge base Creation, Multimedia Databases, Geographical Information Visualization, Cross-Cultural Communication and their application to the field of global environment analysis.

Further information: https://researchmap.jp/sashiori