The 3rd Workshop of Probe Research Group
"Combining the Probe Person and Spatial Information Technologies"

Organizer: Probe Research Group, Japan Society of Traffic Engineers (leader: Eiji Hato)
Co-organizer: Center for Spatial Information Science (CSIS), The University of Tokyo

♦Objective

The objective of this workshop is to draw a clearer outlook of the future Probe Person Technology by presenting a panoramic view of the possibilities and remaining issues in the fields of travel surveys and provision of services through the combination of the Probe Person Technology that has been increasingly applied to practical surveys, with the enhanced Spatial Information Technologies.

Time & Date: 13:00 - 17:30, Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Venue: Room 141, 1st Fl., Bldg. #14, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Registration Fee: JPY 1,000 (for workshop handouts)
Registration Application: * Closed.

♦ Program

13:00 - 13:30 Part 1: Introduction
Opening Remarks Eiji Hato (Dept. of Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo)
13:30 - 14:50 Part 2: Theories and Applications of the Probe Person Technology
Ubiquitous Mapping and the Probe Person Masatoshi Arikawa (CSIS, The University of Tokyo)
Probe Person Technology and Spatial Statistics for Human Behaviors Hiroyuki Kawano (Dept. of Information and Telecommunication Engineering, Nanzan University)
"Eco-Point System" and the Probe Person Shinya Kurauchi (Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ehime University)
Hitomi Sato (Graduate School of Engineering,Nagoya University)
Utilizing Mobile Communication Services for Social Surveys Masao Totsuka (Marketing Division, INTAGE Inc.)
14:50 - 15:10 Part 3: Demonstrations
"Virtual Time Machine" and "PP Search Engine" Junichi Nakano (Dept. of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)
Person Trip Surveys and the Platform for Travel Route Analysis Yoshihide Sekimoto (CSIS, The University of Tokyo)
15:30 - 17:30 Part 4: Panel Discussion
Keynote Speech: Combining the Probe Person and Spatial Information Technologies Ryosuke Shibasaki (Director of CSIS, The University of Tokyo)
Moderator:

Panelists:
Eiji Hato (The University of Tokyo)

Yukihiro Tsukada (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)
Kazuhiko Makimura (The Institute of Behavioral Sciences)
Tetsuro Hyodo (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)

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