Keynote Speaker
Toshiaki Miyazaki, Ph.D.
- Professor and Dean of the Undergraduate School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Aizu, Japan
- Presentation title: Handling Big Data and Information in Disaster Scene
- Abstract: In September 11, 2011, we had a big earthquake in Tohoku area in Japan. Tsunami caused by the earthquake attacked huge area, and the nuclear power plant accident had robbed many people of their calm lives. The cruel experience provoked us into developing data and information sharing systems that must be used in disaster scenes. In my keynote speech, I will introduce two systems that we are developing. The first one is the demand-addressable sensor network system (DASN), which is dedicated to nation-wide environmental sensing. To handle huge amount of sensed data, e.g., more than one million sensed data per second, a unique distributed database technique and an active sensing concept were introduced to DASN. The second system is the resilient information management system or RIM. By providing a standalone server with WiFi environment, RIM supports rescue actions and information sharing among the people in a disaster-hit region using their smartphones/tablets, even if the Internet and commercial phone/ network infrastructure are not avairable.