Visiting AIT on 2 April 2013 to deliver a special lecture at the School
of Engineering and Technology, SATREPS Program Officer and The
University of Tokyo Professor Emeritus Dr. Yoshifumi Yasuoka told AIT
Acting President Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai he would like to engage
AIT in the near future.
SATREPS is a Japanese government program that promotes international
joint research projects targeting global issues and involving
partnerships between researchers in Japan and developing countries,
Prof. Yasuoka explained. Its focus themes are Environment/Energy
(Climate change, Low carbon society, Global-scale-environmental
issues), Infectious Disease Control, Natural Disaster Prevention, and
Bioresources.
Acting President Worsak welcomed the prospect of direct cooperation
with SATREPS. Noting the storied history of partnership between AIT and
Japan, including many notable former faculty members, he called for
even stronger ties in the future. “We want to be closer to Japan,” he
informed.
Later, Prof. Yasuoka delivered his lecture titled: “How can remote
sensing contribute to combating global warming?” Welcomed by
Geoinformatics Center Director Dr. Masahiko Nagai, his presentation
surveyed the latest remote sensing technologies and their applications
with an emphasis on observation of global warming. He also explained
remote sensing positioning in three cycles, including the phenomenon
cycle, cause-effect cycle (DPSIR cycle) and the research activity cycle
(observation to countermeasure cycle).
More details about SATREPS are available at this link: http://www.jst.go.jp/global/english/
