The 1st Workshop of Probe Research Group
"Future Direction of Probe Technology"

Date & Venue: June 8, 2005, Tsukuba International Congress Center EPOCHAL, Tsukuba
Organizer: Probe Research Group, Japan Society of Traffic Engineers (JSTE)

Despite of the increased expectations for the probe technology in a variety of markets, technical issues such as development of data processing and analyzing methods, and visualization of survey results still remain unsolved. In this workshop, the methodology of specific solutions for such technical issues are introduced based on actual case examples, then in-depth discussions are held regarding how the future probe surveys should be.

♦ Program

13:00 - 13:05 Introduction
Efforts by Probe Research Group - Current State of Probe Technology -Eiji Hato (Ehime University)
13:05 - 13:45 Keynote Speech
History and Future Outlook of Transport Surveys and Transport Behavior AnalysisRyuichi Kitamura (Kyoto University)
13:45-14:45 Session 1 : Current State and Development of Probe Survey
Current State of Probe Survey in Abroad and its Outlook in JapanKazuhiko Makimura
(The Institute of Behavioral Sciences)
Current State and Potentials of Probe TechnologyJun Tanabe
(Institute of Urban Transport Planning Co., Ltd.)
Effectiveness of Probe SurveysShinji Itsubo (NILIM)
15:05 - 16:00 Session 2 : Probe Survey Case Examples
Evaluation of Effectiveness of Social ExperimentsMasahiro Tange
(Institute of System Science Research)
A Survey on Behavioral Change Associated with the Introduction of Eco-point SystemTakuma Mitani
(Graduate School of Ehime University)
Road Monitoring in WinterNaohiko Ishitobi (Fukken Co., Ltd.)
16:10 - 17:00 Panel Discussion : "Dynamism of Transport Surveys: Future Direction of Probe Technology"
Panelists : Eiji Hato (Ehime University) * Moderator
Ryuichi Kitamura (Kyoto University)
Nobuaki Ohmori (The University of Tokyo)
Yukihiro Tsukada (NILIM)
Setsuo Hirai (NILIM)
Kazuhiko Makimura
(Institute of System Science Research)
Kiyohisa Takano
(Survey Research Center Co., Ltd.)
Jun Tanabe
(Institute of Urban Transport Planning Co., Ltd.)

The workshop successfully completed attracting nearly 100 participants from MLIT, universities, consultants, corporations and more.



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