A Japan-US joint project to study various social issues highlighted by the pandemic of the new coronavirus using digital technology has begun, and at the symposium held on the 28th, researchers will announce the themes they are working on. bottom.
This project, which is being promoted by Japan's JST = Japan Science and Technology Agency and the National Science Foundation in the United States, is to study solutions that utilize digital technology to solve social issues caused by the new corona. Will participate.
A symposium was held online on the 28th, and the themes to be tackled were introduced.
Of these, Professor Hiroshi Nishiura of Kyoto University wants to utilize new data and simulations to establish an internationally common analysis technology for infection risk in individual situations such as movie theaters and restaurants, and use it for countermeasures. I told you.
In addition, Professor Ryosuke Shibasaki of the University of Tokyo is aiming to develop a system that predicts the spread of infection by grasping the movement situation of people from data such as SNS in collaboration with American researchers who study hurricane damage. He explained that he would like to be able to evacuate without increasing the risk of infection even in the event of a disaster.
Kazuo Iwano, the chief researcher who organizes the research project, said, "Based on the experience of the new coronavirus, I would like to discuss with the citizens what kind of society we will create using digital technology."