Report on APCOSE1

Group photo at the first Keio Innovative Design School “Open KiDS”June 2012

Many people probably feel that the landscape of the world looks completely different after the earthquake of March 11, 2011.

Although it appears that the context of the times in a larger sense remains consistent, the earthquake has indeed changed many people’s values, thereby bringing about a paradigm shift throughout society. Nevertheless, we cannot afford the luxury of wallowing in the chaos. The global economy, just as it was recovering from the aftermath of the Lehman Brothers’ debacle, is now under threat due to the financial crisis in Europe. It is not so difficult to imagine what kind of situation would arise if people throughout the world became too introspective, merely looking after themselves. The mission of the Graduate School of System Design and Management of Keio University (Keio SDM) is to educate people who can design the future with clear vision even under circumstances which are

full of uncertainty and instability. With the right abilities and foresight it is always possible to turn difficult situations into opportunities.Over years I have been evaluating climate and culture of different companies, both inside and outside Japan, with an aim to probe the safety-conscious mind-set of Japanese companies. Through this work I have observed that the strength of Japanese companies is found in cooperation and harmony. This is an important quality not only for companies but also for society at large. It is about acknowledging shared values, thereby gradually broadening the supporter base. Even while being passive, one can build a base of trust and agreement by widening the range of values that one is able to accept. At Keio SDM we are pursuing unique methodologies for consensus-building that can be used both within enterprises and in the greater society.

Kenichi Takano, ProfessorGraduate School of System Design and Management

Message from the Faculty

　Paradigm Shift and Role of Keio SDM

APCOSE stands for the Asia-Pacific Council on Systems Engineering. Its sixth meeting was organized by the Systems Engineering Society

of Australia (SESA) and International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Region VI. The Systems Engineering/Test & Evaluation (SETE) was held simultaneously by the Southern Cross Chapter of the International Test and Evaluation Association (ITEA).At the opening ceremony of APCOSE on May 1, Yoshiaki Ohkami, Executive Advisor of the SDM Research Institute, gave a welcoming speech representing the Japan Chapter. He then presented the Distinguished Pioneer Award to the honorable Dr. Seo, a former Minister of Science and Technology of Korea, who founded the Korean Council on Systems Engineering. Five papers were presented by Keio SDM on this occasion. As the next APCOSE meeting will be held in Japan, the

APCOSE flag was handed over to Japan dur ing the closing ceremony. Associate Professor Seiko Shirasaka gave a briefing about Yokohama and Keio University’s Hiyoshi campus before the close of the ceremony.The meeting reaffirmed the ability and commitment of the Asia-Pacific region, which is becoming increasingly important, to share, promote, and move forward the initiatives of systems engineering centered around system thinking dealing with large-scale systems.

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Group photo of the participants

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Report on “Open SDM”2

The First Keio Innovative Design School, “Open KiDS”3

Event Using Next-Generation Content at Aore Nagaoka4

Keio SDM Introduced as Exemplary Management Education at JICA’s CIO Training on May 75

SDM NEWS June 2012

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Open SDM, an event which introduces the activities of Keio SDM to the public,

particularly to those who wish to apply for enrollment at Keio SDM in the future, was held on Saturday, May 12. The event began with an explanation about Keio SDM by Dean and Professor Takashi Maeno. This was then followed by various sessions, including a poster session, a tour of the experimental laboratory, a demonstration of 4K3D images, and a mock class.With nearly fifty posters on display, the poster session introduced the areas of research of the faculty-specific research laboratories and the trans-domain research laboratories. A number of technologies were demonstrated during the experimental laboratory tour, including a VR/AR device from Professor Tetsuro

Ogi’s laboratory, a driving simulator from Professor Hidekazu Nishimura’s laboratory, and a sense-presenting device from Dean and Professor Takashi Maeno’s laboratory. The session on 4K3D images was held by Associate Professor Tetsuya Toma, who explained about the functions of the Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) and demonstrated the high-definition stereovision image.For the mock class, Associate Professor Seiko Shirasaka taught about basic architecture design in workshop style to a class of approximately thirty individuals. As most of the participants were not acquainted with one another, the class began with an ice-breaker exercise on multiple perspectives of systems using creative items that are commercially available. The participants broke up

into groups and worked on a simple architecture design assignment using white boards. Following the group work, more technical content was introduced in order to give attendees a better sense of what and how they would be learning if they joined Keio SDM. The participants expressed that the mock class was very useful for visualizing what a class would be like at Keio SDM.Open SDM had a good turnout, attracting as many as sixty individuals. The mock class and the poster session were held simultaneously this time, leading some participants to comment that it would have been even better if they had been given the opportunity to participate in both sessions. Based on this feedback, Keio SDM intends to improve the organization of similar future events.

The Innovative Design Center of the SDM

Research Institute has been organizing classes on design thinking, training for private companies, and workshops on local

revitalization for some time now. Design thinking is a framework which requires a team of diverse individuals to focus on fieldwork, brainstorming, and prototyping. It covers everything from the generation of innovative ideas to design and evaluation methods.Educational activities of the Center such as these

have been well received thus far, motivating Keio SDM to hold a series of workshops for the public and for Keio students with the objective of publicizing the fusion of system thinking and design thinking at Keio SDM. A three-hour workshop was held from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Sundays for four weeks starting on May 20.The number of applicants exceeded two hundred, out of which just over one hundred individuals were selected and given the opportunity to attend the workshop and experience design thinking. The first workshop was on brainstorming, the second on system thinking and affinity diagram, and the third on

Scenario Graph and Wants Chain Analysis (WCA). The fourth workshop was particularly energizing. After going over Pugh Concept Selection, V&V, and Prototyping in an interactive manner, each group came up with a design idea and made a presentation using skits and prototyping. The level of satisfaction was high among the participants, and the workshops reaffirmed the increasing interest in design thinking.There will be similar workshops in October, December, and March. More details can be found on our website (http://lab.sdm.keio.ac.jp/idc/) or on our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/groups/keiokids/).

The Next Generation Contents Laboratory,

represented by Professor Tetsuro Ogi, aims to revitalize local communities through a fusion of sports and video content. It does

so by forming an industry-academia consortium of partners, such as the Japan Basketball League (JBL), and

Sony Business Solutions Corporation.On April 21 an event was organized featuring next-generation content to coincide with a game of the local basketball team, Niigata Albirex BB. The event took place at Aore Nagaoka, a modern complex that opened this spring. The complex has multiple functions, including being used as Nagaoka City Hall, as well as having an arena and multi-purpose halls for community members. This event was held in Nakadoma, Aore

Nagaoka’s open space. The visitors experienced virtual reality while watching a video of the basketball game in GOTO INC’s temporary air dome. They felt as if they were actually at the game. The participants also had the opportunity to experience TANITA’s health counseling system. This event successfully laid out one of the directions of the consortium: to assist local revitalization by bridging education and health of the citizens, young and old, with the aid of sports and video content.

Associate Professor Te t suya Toma

o f K e i o S D M , a n educational director of the Japan Chapter of PMI, introduced Keio SDM as an example of

project management education in Japan to a group

participating in JICA’s IT training when they visited the Japan Chapter of PMI in Tokyo on May 7.This IT training organized by JICA aims to cultivate chief information officers (CIOs) as a means to enhance organizational capacity of developing countries to strategically pursue computerization of central and local governments. JICA commissioned a consortium organized by Fujitsu and others to

train participants from Asia and Africa, including participants from Bangladesh and Rwanda.The group visited the Japan Chapter of PMI as part of their field trip. The participants asked many questions about project management education, indicating the high level of interest in education that exists in developing countries.

Dean and Professor Maeno briefing on SDM The VR/AR device invented by the laboratory represented by Professor Tetsuro Ogi

The mock class

The event at Aore Nagaoka

Group photo with the overseas participants

The participants of Open KiDS

Ogi and Toma Laboratories Capture Annular Solar Eclipse on May 217

Associate Professor Naohiko Kohtake and Mr. Madoka Nakajima Present at Nikkei Electronics Seminar8

Research Project on System Design and Management for Next-Generation Smart City9

Keio SDM Contributes Article to Book, “Creative Community Design”10

Toma Laboratory Visits Fujitsu Laboratories on May 146

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Associate Professor Tetsuya Toma and his students visited the Fujitsu Laboratories located

in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki City on May 14 to see the state-of-the-art technologies being researched and developed by Fujitsu and Fujitsu Laboratories. The tour began with a briefing on activities concerning the entire Fujitsu group. The tour then traced the history of Fujitsu’s technologies from the telephone switchboard

to undersea cables in the field of communication equipment, and from the relay-type automatic calculator to the most advanced super computer called “Kei.” Finally, the tour ended with an introduction to state-of-the-art technologies that are currently being researched and developed. This visit provided the students with a great learning experience through exposure to a wide range of Fujitsu’s technologies.

On May 21 an annular solar eclipse was widely observed from Kyushu to Kanto.

The laboratories represented by Professor Tetsuro Ogi and Associate Professor Tetsuya Toma made a

joint attempt to capture the phenomenon. Although an annular eclipse is observed every twenty years or so, it is extremely rare to be observed from the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. The previous one was observed from Okinawa in 1987, and the next one will be visible from Hokkaido in 2030. The eclipse began around 6:30 a.m. and peaked at 7:34 a.m. on May 21. The annular eclipse was observed for duration of five minutes before and after this peak time.The team took photos and video using a single-lens reflex camera, a 3D high-resolution camera, and a high resolution 4K camera. The students, who had been

preparing for the event since early morning, screamed with delight and were able to carry out the shooting as the sun occasionally peeked through the clouds. The participants all enjoyed the event of the millennium.

On May 25, Associate Professor Naohiko Kohtake and Mr. Madoka Nakajima (3rd

year doctoral course) lectured at the NE Academy. The title of the event was “Learning Techniques to Utilize Locational Information.” The seminar was organized by Nikkei Electronics at the Chemistry Hall of the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) in Ochanomizu, Tokyo. Attracting more than fifty participants from leading electronics manufacturers, the communication industry, think tanks, and governmental research institutions, Associate Professor Kohtake presented on the current situation surrounding locational

information, issues related to entering into the industry, and opportunities. Mr. Nakajima spoke about the mechanism and development methods of locational information services. During the lecture the participants were given an opportunity to try the locational information service currently utilized inside and outside of Japan. In addition, four Keio SDM students (Daisuke Iwazumi, Seiki Hidaka, Kimihiko Ikeda, and Nariaki Konita) who have been conducting research in this area presented their findings. The seminar participants asked many questions, particularly about mobility, management, and the

analysis of humans and objects in indoor space. The seminar was followed by live discussions which led to concrete solutions and joint research coordination.

Project Associate Professor Toshiki Nishiyama together with others launched a three-year

research project in April 2012, which aims to explore a social strategy for the next-generation Smart City. The Project is co-chaired by Keio SDM,

SK Tech K.K. which specializes in development and dissemination of highly energy-efficient power generators, and Mato K.K., affiliated with Yazaki Corporation and which specializes in the development of information communication systems. The members of the Project, including some guest companies, hold meetings multiple times each month.The participating institutions are working hard to share technologies, cultivate cutting-edge areas of Smart City, and discuss the creation of new social values related to Smart City. The conventional

approach to the research on Smart City has been somewhat limiting in the past, focusing on only one of the three key elements of society: technology, values, or institution. Realizing this shortcoming, Keio SDM is pursuing a needs-based Smart City that is interdisciplinary and practical, by carefully balancing the three key elements. By its third year the Project aims to test new technology in local government for which Project Associate Professor Nishiyama serves as a director of policy in this field.The journey has just begun, and we look forward to your kind support and guidance.

Project Professor Mikako Hayashi contributed an article to a book entitled, “Creative Community Design” published by Film Art, Inc. The book is about community design from multiple angles,

and the contributed article introduces the activities of AGRI Laboratory concerning the theme of “rural and urban symbiosis” and provides the latest information on local revitalization.

More information on the book can be found online: http://www.filmart.co.jp/ (in Japanese)

Visiting Fujitsu Laboratories

Students observing the annular solar eclipse

The annular solar eclipse captured by Professor Ogi

The Nikkei NE Seminar

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A Project meeting

SDM NEWS June 2012

The Systems Engineering Center published a translated version of a book entitled, “A Practical Guide to SysML (The MK/OMG PRESS, ELSEVIER),” with support from the

members of the Model-Driven System Development Laboratory.

W ith Mr. Sanford Friedenthal as guest speaker, we held a symposium about model-based systems engineering and a lecture on SysML from June 12 to 14. The report on

these events will be available in the next issue of SDM NEWS.

Title: “Systems Modeling Language, SysML”Translation Supervisor: Hidekazu NishimuraJoint Translators: Seiko Shirasaka, Terumasa Narukawa, Akihiro Hasegawa, Yusei Nakajima, and Chih-Chiang WengAuthors: Sanford Friedenthal, Alan Moore, and Rick SteinerPublisher: Tokyo Denki University PressRelease Date: May 10, 2012

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Laboratory / Center profile

Systems Engineering CenterProfessor Hidekazu NishimuraRepresentative:

Members: Seiko Shirasaka, Naohiko Kohtake, Takashi Maeno, Shoichi Sasaki,Tetsuro Ogi, Shinichiro Haruyama, Masaru Nakano, Yoshiaki Ohkami,Toshiyuki Yasui, Keiko Shimazu, Yasutoshi Makino

Systems Engineering Center is a new center which was founded this past April. It aims to identify issues concerning the lifecycle of various systems

including System of Systems, to seek how these issues can be addressed, and to implement solutions.The Center conducts research into the latest systems engineering, including System of Systems and Enterprise Systems Engineering based on the approach of systems engineering. It also carries out activities with a view to penetrating systems engineering in society.The Center supports international activities, such as functioning as the Japan Chapter (JCOSE) of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) and translating the SE handbook and related textbooks into Japanese. It also organizes symposiums and meetings, including the Asia Pacific Council on System Engineering (APCOSE) and the Council of Engineering Systems Universities (CESUN) in cooperation with the University Society. For private companies, the Center provides training on topics, such as system architecture, and integration/system evaluation and verification/project management. It supports certifications for systems engineering such as Associate Systems Engineering Professionals (ASEP) and Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM). The Center is active in organizing training for private companies and for the public concerning systems engineering and project management.

MBSE Development for Next-Generation Mobility Design

We conduct research on design of chassis and drive-control system of four-wheel-drive compact electric vehicles. We carry out a wide range

of system development by creating models following the flow of requirements, functions, logics, and physics, and by relating a functional model to an executable dynamic model.

Demand-Driven Software Development

Sixty-nine percent of the domestic software development programs fail. With a view to addressing this problem, we are seeking a method to

introduce the V-model as advocated by INCOSE while pursuing a design method which focuses on “requirements” (ISO/IEC 29148, IEEE Std 830-1998).Research on Hodoyoshi Reliability Engineering—Its Application to Development of Ultra-Small Satellites

By focusing on the complexity of systems instead of accidental failure rates of parts/components, we study Hodoyoshi Reliability Engineering

based on systemic failure. Applying the Hodoyoshi Reliability Engineering, we are conducting joint research with the University of Tokyo in order to realize reasonable reliability at a moderate cost.

SE/PM Education for CanSat Development

We organize workshops about systems engineering and project management for students covering the development of a mock

satellite, CanSat. More than ten universities have participated so far, such as Keio University, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tohoku University, and Osaka Prefecture University.

Figure 1: Development of MBSE for Next-Generation Mobility Design (Benchmark Problem Provided by the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan)

Figure 2: Requirement-Centered Software Development

Figure 3: SE/PM Education Covering CanSat Development

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