5-University Seminar (2018.8.25-26)

On 2018.8.25, the 6th 5-Univerisity Seminar was held at Ritsumeikan University Biwako-Kusatsu Campus (BKC) in the city of Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture.
The 5-Univeristy seminar used to be a joint seminar (4-Univerisity seminar) that participated with Transport System Design Lab (Gifu Univ.), Transport Management Engineer Lab (Ritsumeikan Univ.), Shimamoto Lab(Miyazaki Univ.), and ITS Lab (Kyoto Univ.). This year, with the participation of the Future Transportation System Research Department and Prof. Nakamura who transferred to Nagoya Univ. from ITS Lab last year, it becomes the first year of the new 5-Univeristy semianr. All the professors of each lab above are gratedutes of ITS laboratory.

Participators: 18 from Ritsumeikan Univ., 12 from Gifu Univ., 7 from Miyazaki Univ., 1 from Nagoya Univ., 20 from Kyoto Univ. (16 from ITS Lab). 58 in total.
Presenters: 11 from Ritsumeikan Univ., 11 from Gifu Univ., 7 from Miyazaki Univ., 1 from Nagoya Univ., 12 from Kyoto Univ. (10 from ITS Lab). 42 in total.

Professors gave presentations on the morning of the first day, which was followed by the oral presentation from students in the afternoon.

Prof. Kurauchi	Prof. Yamada
M2 Nakagawa	M2 Yao
M2 Goto	M2 Matsumoto

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A poster presentation was held on the second day.


A BBQ party was held after the joint seminar.

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5-University Seminar Awards
Prof. Yamada Award: 柴田尚季 (Gifu Univ. M2)
Prof. Uno Award: 伊藤伸 (Gifu Univ. M2)
Prof. Schmoecker Award: Seham Mohamed Hassan Hemdan (Gifu Univ. D3)
Prof. Nakamura Award: 村井藤紀 (Ritsumeikan Univ. M1)
Prof. Shiomi Award: 東川晃久 (Kyoto Univ. M1)
Prof. Kurauchi Award: 平井一成 (Miyazaki Univ. M1)
Prof. Shimamoto Award: 福井智侑 (Ritsumeikan Univ. M2)
Prof. Kimura Award: 福井智侑 (Ritsumeikan Univ. M2)
Prof. Sugiura Award: 小野川立樹 (Nagoya Univ. B4)，中井万理子 (Ritsumeikan Univ. M1)
Students' Choice Award：伊藤伸 (Gifu Univ. M2)