NUSIP 2026 Special Lecture

Title: Mobility Innovation- Social Implementation of Autonomous Driving and Advanced Technologies
Date and Time: 16:00-17:30 June 30 (Tue.)
Venue: ES Hall in E&S Building
Lecturer: Dr. Yoshihiro SUDA (Professor, Director of Katayanagi Advanced Research Institute, and Center for Future Mobility Research, Tokyo University of Technology. Professor Emeritus of The University of Tokyo)

Outline:
Technological innovations in sensors and AI are enabling the implementation of advanced technologies such as autonomous driving in automobiles. For achieving social implementation, not only technological advancements of performance but also cost reduction and improved reliability are required. Furthermore, the establishment of rules, including regulatory design, and fostering social acceptance among users and traffic participants are also necessary. Autonomous driving itself is a means, not an end. In a mobility society, there is a need to build an ecosystem with the aim of further improving safety, solving driver shortages problem in public transportation systems such as buses, and ensuring mobility in rural areas. This lecture provides an overview of the efforts of academia, the automotive industry, transportation operators, and the government in Japan over the past decade and introduces future trends in autonomous driving mobility services.

Lecturer Profile:
Yoshihiro SUDA is Professor of Katayanagi Advanced Research Institute, Tokyo University of Technology. He graduated from The University of Tokyo, Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1982 and got Doctoral Degree in 1987. After working as Associate professor of Hosei University and Guest Associate Professor of Queen’s University at Kingson, Canada, he is Professor of Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo from 2000 and Director of Mobility Innovation Collaborative Research Organization (UTmobI) from 2018. He worked as Guest Professor of Tongji University, China from 2010 to 2016. After retirement of The University of Tokyo, he is Professor of Katayanagi Advanced Research Institute, Director of Center for Future Mobility Research, Tokyo University of Technology from 2025, he was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus of The University of Tokyo. Director of Katayanagi Advanced Research Institute, Tokyo University of Technology from 2026.

His research area is dynamics and control engineering, human-machine interface, and their applications to automobile and railway vehicles, and new generation mobility. He has conducted many industry-academia collaborative projects with automobile and railway industries. He developed many practical outputs such as automated platoon truck system. He is a board member and former executive vice president of JSAE, ITS Japan and charged committee member of Japanese Governments. He hosted many international conferences.

Application:
Open to everyone but registration is required.
Max 100 tickets will be issued on the first-come-first-served basis.

Registration:
https://forms.gle/rDZGJWvAs4vbKKw98

Inquiries:
NU Global Multi-Campus Institute, Prof. Sakai, Email: ysakai(at)nagoya-u.jp