The Structural Engineering Committee of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), aiming to contribute to the development of artificial intelligence and data science, solicits papers in areas related to artificial intelligence and data science, on topics including research and development, education, survey and testing, and practices. Submitted papers, if selected, are published in the journal Intelligence, Informatics and Infrastructure.

The JSCE presents Intelligence, Informatics and Infrastructure Awards for outstanding papers. One such award, the Outstanding Potential Paper Award, is presented to papers that excel in one of innovation; future potential; or social potential, and are expected to have significant impact in the future.

In 2025, “Advancing disaster prevention DX for the societal implementation of a real-time wind gust information system: needs analysis and experimental deployment,” co-authored by Dr. Kenichi Kusunoki of Japan Meteorological Agency’s Meteorological Research Institute, GRIPS Professor Hiroto Suzuki, and others, was selected for an Intelligence, Informatics and Infrastructure Award for Outstanding Potential Paper award. The paper presents findings from a project advancing disaster-prevention digital transformation (DX) by operationalizing a real-time wind gust information system across industries; it shows how needs analysis and field deployment can enable the adaptation of established detection technology for cross-sector use.

This marks the second time Prof. Suzuki has received a JSCE award: in 2024 he received the Intelligence, Informatics and Infrastructure Excellent Paper Award.

Intelligence, Informatics and Infrastructure Award for Outstanding Potential Paper Award
https://committees.jsce.or.jp/struct1002/node/54

The winning paper is available at
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsceiiai/6/3/6_15/_article/-char/en

Professor Suzuki received a Ph. D. in engineering from Kyoto University in 2016. He specializes in disaster prevention engineering, meteorological engineering, and traffic engineering. After graduating from the Geophysics Department of University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Science in 1990, he joined East Japan Railway Company, where he served as Deputy Manager of Disaster Prevention Group, Safety Research Institute; Director of Disaster Prevention Research Institute; and General Manager of Research and Development Center. Professor Suzuki joined GRIPS in 2022.