In recent years, in order to improve the quality of human life, fields such as "biological engineering", which studies living organisms such as humans, and "medical engineering", which studies engineering applications in the medical field, have been attracting attention. ..
Our laboratory mainly conducts research and education in these fields related to "human beings as social animals" and "human beings as life". In addition, we have developed from these biomedical engineering and deal with science and technology related to human support and entertainment such as welfare engineering and game science. In addition, from a Practical learning point of view, we will work with students to develop and create hardware and software systems that can be used in the real world, whether it is "hardware," "software," or "embedded systems" that integrate them. I am. In this way, we will develop not only human resources who can use ready-made products but also human resources who can develop the system they use.

We have been nominated for the 2019 "Generation Awards" section of the "Inoubation" program, which is a special program for creative people conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. This project supports the challenge of imaginative and ambitious ICT technology development challenges with great potential to create disruptive global value creation in the ICT field. The technical issue of "Proposal of a method that can contribute to society without the need for" Silent Trade 2.0 "rear" proposed by Associate Professor Ogawa was selected as one of the nominations for this year. This year, 185 were nominated for a total of 13,187 applications.
This proposal is about a new social contribution method made possible by the support of ICT technology. In the future, we plan to proceed with research toward the social implementation of this proposal.

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications "Unusual vation" program

Non-invasive and non-destructive measurement of living organisms and substances derived from living organisms
We are conducting research to measure information on health and illness without damaging the human body. The ultimate goal is to obtain information on lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes and hypertension without collecting blood. We are also conducting research to non-destructively measure biological substances such as blood and urine using light without using reagents. Our goal is to develop a technology for measuring blood and urine components without using expensive consumable reagents, and to develop it into a clinical testing device that can be used even in economically developing countries (Japan). We are conducting joint research with Kanazawa University with the support of the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research of the Society for the Promotion of Science).

Research on biometrics during gameplay and how to interpret them
The goal is to know what the player's body and mind are doing during the game through biometrics and their interpretation during digital gameplay. We are also trying to scientifically clarify the "interestingness of the game" by analyzing the biometric information of "during gameplay that feels interesting". Through these studies, we are aiming to develop a system that helps game designers to create "interesting games" (we are conducting research with the support of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Scientific Research Fund).

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Introduction of Mitsuhiro Ogawa