Aiming to contribute to the development of artificial intelligence and data science, the Structural Engineering Committee of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) solicits papers in areas related to artificial intelligence and data science, 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 its Intelligence, Informatics and Infrastructure Awards to outstanding papers. One such award, the Excellent Paper Award, is given to papers with outstanding innovation, future potential, and social potential.

In 2024, “Deep learning-based tornado vortex detection through the BRIDGE program: advancing technology and multidisciplinary applications,” co-authored by Dr. Kenichi Kusunoki of Japan Meteorological Agency’s Meteorological Research Institute, and GRIPS Professor Hiroto Suzuki, and others, was selected for an Intelligence, Informatics and Infrastructure Award for Excellent Paper. The paper describes technological progress and multi-field development of tornado vortex detection using Doppler radar and AI through the BRIDGE program.

2024 Intelligence, Informatics and Infrastructure Award
https://committees.jsce.or.jp/struct1002/node/55

The winning paper is available at
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsceiiai/5/2/5_22/_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.