March 24th, 2008, (Mon.) 13:00-16:30

First half（13:00〜14:45）

13:00-13:15 A Study on Bathtub Stepping-over Pattern Using 3D Movement Analysis.
Sonomi Umezaki (Department of Human Living System Design, Graduate School of Design, Kyushu University)

13:15-13:30 Development and application of the measuring system for cross-sectional image using an ultrasound signal.
Kiyotaka Fukumoto (Department of Human Living System Design, Graduate School of Design, Kyushu University)

13:30-13:45 Temporal properties of the illusory motion in a stationary image.
Erika Tomimatsu (Department of Human Living System Design, Graduate School of Design, Kyushu University.)

13:45-14:00 Background music matching with restaurants - simulation-results -.
Yasuhuki Horinaka (Department of Human Living System Design, Graduate School of Design, Kyushu University)

14:00-14:15 Abnormality of pain processing pathway of the spinal cord in a murine model of bone cancer pain.
Yoshikazu Yanagisawa (Department of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University.)

14:15-14:30 Acoustic model of porous material for FDTD metho.
Hisaharu Suzuki (Faculty of Design, Kyushu University)

14:30-14:45 The Effects of Different Floor Coverings on Movements in the Elderly
　Seiji Saito（Faculty of Design, Kyushu University）

Break（14:45〜15：00）

Latter half（15：00〜16：30）

15:00-15:15 Effects of Indoor Climate Humidification and Dehumidification on Human Physiological and Psychological Responses.
Hikaru Koshimizu (Faculty of Design,　Kyushu University)

15:15-15:30 Effects of Different Vertical Air Temperatures on Thermal Comfort and Mental Performance in Both Sexes.
Nobuko Hashiguchi (Faculty of Design,　Kyushu University)

15:30-15:45 Product Design Development Based on Universal Design Concept.
Nermin Elokla (Faculty of Design, Kyushu University)

15:45-16:00 A Study on the Making of CG Animation for the Safety in Transfer Movements to Bathtub of Wheelchair-bound Persons.
Jiyoung Choi (Faculty of Design, Kyushu University

16:00-16:15 Perceptual completion between the misaligned line segments at the blind spot.
Yukyu Araragi (Faculty of Design, Kyushu University)

16:15-16:30 Psychophysiological study for auditory temporal assimilation.
Takako Saito (Faculty of Design, Kyushu University)

March 18th, 2008 (Tuesday) 14:00-18:30

14：00−15：00
　　　 Technical Tour of Experimental House for Living Space Design and Research Center for Human Environmental Adaptation

15：00　　Opening remarks

15：30−15：45 Nobuko Hashiguchi：Effects of humidity and air velocity in living rooms on physiological and subjective responses after bathing

15：45−16：00 Hikaru Koshimizu: Effects of room and water temperature on physiological and subjective responses while bathing

16：00−16：15 Sonomi Umezaki: A study on bathtub stepping-over pattern using 3D movement analysis

16：15−16：30 Jiyoung Choi: Digital content for safety in transfer to bathtub of wheelchair-bound persons

16：30−16：45 Seiji Saito：A study on bathing activities using Jack Human Figure Modeling Software

16：50−17：40 Technical Tour of Experimental House for Living Space Design and Research Center for Human Environmental Adaptation

17: 40−　Party (1,000 Yen on the door)

Participation Free: prior-registration required to s-ume[at]design.kyushu-u.ac.jp

December 17, 2007 (Monday) 16:40-18:10

Topic: Time perception

Guests: John Houde (Department of Otolaryngology, University of California, San Francisco), Sachiko Koyama (Hokkaido University), and Hiroshige Takeichi (Riken)

Contact information: Kazuo Ueda
Dept. Applied Information and Communication Sciences, Kyushu Univ.
4-9-1 Shiobaru, Minami-ku, Fukuoka 815-8540, Japan
Tel. & Fax: +81-92-553-9460
E-mail: ueda [at] design.kyushu-u.ac.jp (at sign is replaced with [at])

October 25-26, 2007

Program:
October 25, 2007

9:45 - 10:00 Opening remarks. Shuji Mori (Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University)

10:00 - 11:00 Assessment of age-correlated occupational strain as a basis for an age-adequate work-sequence organization. Friedrich Muller (Institute for Experimental Industrial Psychology, Lueneburg University)

11:00-12:00 Development of "Evaluation Grid Method" and "Caption Evaluation Method" for the user oriented evaluation. Naoyuki Oi (Faculty of Engineering Design, Kyushu University)

12:00-13:00 lunch break

13:00-14:00 Acculturation effects on rhythm production. Makiko Sadakata (Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information, University of Nijmegen)

14:00-15:00 Perception of surface color and surface material in binocularly-viewed, three-dimensional virtual scenes. Laurence T. Maloney (Psychology & Neural Science, New York University)

15:00-15:10 coffee break

15:10-16:10 Perception-action dynamics of locomotion with extentions to the body. Takahiro Higuchi (Department of Health Promotion Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University)

16:10-17:10 The perceptual skills of expert athletes. Bruce Abernethy (Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong; School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland)


October 26, 2007
9:30-11:30 Open discussion. Shuji Mori & all speakers and audience

11:30 Closing remarks. Shuji Mori

Contact:
Shuji Mori Cognitive Science Division, Department of Intelligent Systems, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University. 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
Tel/Fax: +81-92-802-3592 Email: mori@brain.is.kyushu-u.ac.jp
URL: http://brain.is.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~fechnerday07/scientificprogram.asp

June 18, 2007 (Monday) 13:00-17:30

Program
flyer（PDF : 99kB)

■Session 1: Measuring Comfortableness　(Chairperson: TAKAGI)
13:00 - 13:35　Looking into Pleasantness and Unpleasantness of the Brain
　　　　　　　　　　TOBIMATSU Shozo　(Kyushu University, Faculty of Medicine)
13:35 - 14:10　The Comfortableness Shown in the Facial Expression
　　　　　　　　　　TANAKA Hidenori　(Muroran Institute of Technology, SVBL)
14:10 - 14:45　Estimation of Comfortableness using Ontology
　　　　　　　　　　GAO Yanyu　(Muroran Institute of Technology, SVBL)

■Session 2:　Creating Comfortable Environment　(Chairperson: UOZUMI)
14:55 - 15:30　Sound Design Appealing to Aesthetic Sensitivity
　　　　　　　　　　IWAMIYA Shin'ichiro　(Kyushu University, Faculty of Design)
15:30 - 16:05　Toward Controlling Emotion of Video Movie Viewers
　　　　　　　　　　TAKAGI Hideyuki　　(Kyushu University, Faculty of Design)
16:05 - 16:40　Aim to Make Comfortable Odor
　　　　　　　　　　DAIDO Yuki　(Muroran Institute of Technology, SVBL)

■Session 3: Laboratories for Research on Comfortableness (Chairperson: IWAMIYA)
16:50 - 17:05　Research on Comfortableness and Safety
　　　　　　　　　　at SVBL, Muroran Institute of Technology
　　　　　　　　　　UOZUMI Takashi　(Muroran Institute of Technology,
　　　　　　　　　　Information Engineering Department)
17:05 - 17:20　The 21st Century Center of Excellence (COE) Program
　　　　　　　　　　 "Design of Artificial Environments on the Basis of Human Sensitivity"
　　　　　　　　　　TOCHIHARA Hiroshi　(Kyushu University, Faculty of Design)

Cooperated by: Muroran Institute of Technology, Satellite Venture Business Laboratory

13:30- Opening remarks

13:35- Standardization research on visibility of tactile walking surface indicators for the vision impaired. Seiji Mitani (NITE)

13:55- Construction of human sensibility database at NITE. Kazuma Matsushita (NITE)

14:15-Hearing thresholds in different age and sex groups in Japan: Considering high frequencies Kimio Shiraishi (Kyushu University)

14:55- NITE's Measurement Activities on Human Physical Characteristics
- Introduction of NITE's First Database on Human Physical Characteristics and Development of
Measurement Method - Masatoshi Higuchi (NITE)

15:15- Age-related differences in muscle strength in Japan from human measurement data at NITE. Seiichi Hisamoto (NITE)

15:35- Muscle strength and ADL in the elderly -Introduction of new measurement for muscle cross-sectional area- Satoshi Muraki, Kiyotaka Fukumoto (Kyushu University)

16:15- Discussion (Exchange of ideas between NITE and Kyushu University)

First half（13:00〜14:30）

Time　 Presentation Title

13:00-13:10 Opening remarks　 Project Leader, Yutaka Tochihara

13:10-13:25 Effects of Nature-Videos on EEG responses in Type A Behavior Pattern Individuals.
LEE Jeong-Mi (Department of Human Living System Design, Graduate School of Design, Kyushu University)

13:25-13:40 Development of the portable measurement system to assess the neural responses to audiovisual stimuli.
TASHIRO Kenshi (Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University)

13:25-13:40 On the sound environment on the walking for the visually impaired persons.
UEDA Mari (Graduate School of Design Kyushu University.)

13:55-14:10 Influence of environmental condition on signal transduction of itch -- Behavioral and electrophysiological analysis.
HACHISUKA Junichi (Department of Integrated Physiology, Kyushu University)

14:10-14:25 Electrophysiological and morphological analysis of age-related changes of the spinal motoneurons.
HISAMITSU Ryoko (Department of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University.)

14:25-14:40 A Study on Safe and Comfortable Bathtub Environment Using 3D Movement Analysis.
UMEZAKI Sonomi (Department of Ergonomics Graduate School of Design)

Break（14:40〜15：00）

Latter half（15：00〜16：30）

Time　 Presentation Title

15:00-15:15 Effects of Humidity and Air Velocity in Living Room on Physiological and Subjective Responses after Bathing.
HASHIGUCHI Nobuko (Faculty of Design,　Kyushu University)

15:15-15:30 An experimental study of the thermal environment for comfort and safety in bathing.
KOSHIMIZU Hikaru (Department of Human Living System Design, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University)

15:30-15:45 What Is the Concept of Universal Design?
NERMIN Elokla (Department of Human Living System Design, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University)

15:45-16:00 Spatial distortion at the blind spot.
ARARAGI Yukyu (Faculty of Design, Kyushu University, Japan)

16:00-16:15 A psychophysiological approach of human auditory temporal processing using Time-Shrinking phenomenon.
SAITO Takako (Department of Acoustic design, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University)

16:15-16:30 A Study on the CG Animation for the Improvement of Safety and Comfort of Motion of Wheelchair-bound persons.
CHOI Jiyoung (Department of Human Living System Design, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University)

1. COE Graduate School
2. Second International Symposium on the Design of Artificial Environment
3. Global COE
4. Handbook on the Design of Artificial Environment
4. Other topics

Pamphlet (PDF: 580kB)

Program:

13:30-13:40 Opening remarks, Yutaka Tochihara

13:40-14:40 Emiel A Den Hartog, Security and Safety, TNO Defense, The Netherlands
Balancing protection and performance for fire fighters - How to reduce thermal stress

14:40-15:00 Eiji Yanai, National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster, Japan
Flame and thermal resistance performance of trial protective clothing for firefighters

15:00-15:20 Takumi Yamada and Teruko Tamura, Bunka Women's University, Japan
Three-dimensional motion analysis of newly developed protective clothing for firefighters

15:50-16:10 Shin-ichi Sawada, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan
Current situation and future issues regarding hot work in Japan　

16:10-16:30 Yutaka Tochihara, Kyushu University, Japan
A questionnaire study on evaluation of heat stress during firefighting work in protective clothing

16:30-16:50 Chinmei Chou and Yutaka Tochihara, Kyushu University, Japan
Laboratory evaluation of experimental firefighter protective clothing

16:50-17:10 Teruko Tamura and Takumi Yamada, Bunka Women's University, Japan
Thermal and evaporative heat resistance of protective clothing for firefighters
and its adaptive climatic range ―By using a sweating thermal manikin―　

17:10-17:30 Satoru Ueno and Shin-ichi Sawada, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan 　　
Effects of walking on dry heat exchange of fire-fighter's clothing with thermal manikin

18:00-19:30 Party（Fee payable）


Co-Hosted by: The Research Project on the Development of Next Generation Firefighters' Protective Clothing, The Clothing Physiology and Hygiene Department of the Japan Society of Home Economics, Japan Fire Retardant Association

Supported by: The Japan Protective Clothing Research Association