Speech title
Environmental Vulnerability Assessment Integrating Remote Sensing and GIS
Speaker
Kayoko Yamamoto Ph.D.
Present positions

• ​Professor, The Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research
• Professor, Cluster I (Informatics and Computer Engineering)
• Professor, Office for Diversity and Inclusion
• Professor, Department of Informatics
• Professor, Research Center for Realizing Sustainable Societies

Education

• Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, 1999, Ph.D. in Department of Social Engineering
• Ochanomizu University, Japan, 1994, M.S. degree in Department of Geography
• Ochanomizu University, Japan, 1992, B.S. degree in Department of Geography

​Career

1. May 2024 - May 2026一般社団法人日本地図センター, 評議員, Japan
2. Jun. 2024一般社団法人日本建設情報総合センター, 理事, Japan
3. Jun. 2021公益財団法人クリタ水・環境科学振興財団, 理事
4. Apr. 2020中部大学中部学術高等研究所国際GISセンター 共同利用委員会, 委員
5. Oct. 2019東京農工大学, 客員教授
6. 2015 - 2017内閣府 総合科学技術・イノベーション会議事務局, 政策統括官（科学技術・イノベーション担当）付 上席科学技術政策フェロー
7. 2015東京大学空間情報科学センター, 客員研究員
8. Nov. 2014 - Dec. 2014Middle East Technical University, Guest Professor
9. 2014日本学術会議, 連携会員
10. Apr. 2004 - Sep. 2006名古屋産業大学環境情報ビジネス学部, 助教授
11. Apr. 1998 - Mar. 2004滋賀県琵琶湖研究所, 研究員

​Experience

• Director of Kurita Water and Environment Foundation, June, 2021
• Visiting Professor Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, October, 2019

Specialty
Social Systems Engineering, Spatial Information Science, Urban and Regional Planning, Environmental Science, Natural Disaster

Honors

• Japan Association of Planning and Public management  Editorial Award, September, 2022
• 9th International Conference on Asian Studies 2021 Best Presentation Award, October, 2021
• 2020 annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Science, Japan  Best Presentation Award, September, 2020
• Marquis Who's Who in the World 2019-2020, July, 2019
• Society of Environmental Science, Japan  Academic Award, September, 2018
• 2018 International Conference on Engineering, Technology, and Applied Science (ICETA 2018)  Distinguished Paper Award, June, 2018