Ryosuke Shibasaki, Apichon Witayangkurn, and Ayumi Arai gave talks on how we can facilitate more optimal access to mobile data and technologies for solving development problems. Ryosuke discussed how spatial data, such as mobile data and satellite images, can improve the existing approach for understanding human activity, events, and the environment. He also introduced several […]

In his keynote address at TICAD VII, Prime Minister Abe mentioned our activities, which are ongoing under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Cooperation in Space Science, Earth Science, Satellite Development, and Geospatial Data Processing in Rwanda. “Let us raise our eyes now to a place beyond the earth. Soon, up there, a small-sized satellite […]

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Arab Republic of Egypt and Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo, signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for a partnership on higher education and research technology. The partnership includes research in the field of security, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), mapping, and agriculture.

Ryosuke Shibasaki and Ayumi Arai gave presentations at the Ideas Lab – Big data visualization: A New Era in Mapping – at the Summer Davos, Annual Meeting of New Champions (ANMC) 2019, held by the World Economic Forum. Ryosuke introduced a data platform in Japan that allows individuals to control the use and access of […]

The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA), the Space Edge Lab, and the Intelligent Space System Laboratory and Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the fields of information and communication technology to promote the Space Inclusion initiative in line with the Smart Africa Alliance […]