Speech title Modeling of Human Behavior in the Aftermath of a Large Earthquake based on Detailed Spatiotemporal Information Speaker Dr. Toshihiro Osaragi Present positions Professor, Department of Architecture and Building Engineering, School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Education Dr. Eng., Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1993 Experience Visiting Research Fellow at University College London (Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) 2001 - 2002 Specialty Spatiotemporal Human Behavior, GeoInformatics, Urban Modeling, Disaster Mitigation Planning Honors and awards Award of GIS Association of Japan, 2017 The Prize of Architectural Institute of Japan, 2010
Huge amount of building collapse, street blockage, and fire outbreaks are presumed in a large-scale earthquake. All transportation services will paralyze, and it results in the substantial confusion. In order to discuss the various aspects of disasters, we have developed some agent-based simulation systems, which describe people’s returning home behavior, evacuation behavior, and firefighter activities. Also, we have developed Web application systems to quickly collect and utilize disaster information to mitigate disasters. Some new findings and the usefulness and effectiveness of the systems are demonstrated by numerical examples and experiments.