HOME SITEMAP CONTACT US Activities IRG ICRA Awarding Sponsorship EASTS IRG (International Research Group) What is EASTS IRG? The EASTS Board in its meeting during Bangkok Conference, launched the international research group (IRG) scheme. Several international cooperative research projects are being conducted as an IRG approved by EASTS due to the increasing importance of international viewpoints in the transportation field. The Society welcomes your submission to the IRG. -------------------------------- 1. Background 1) The importance of international viewpoints in the transportation field has been increasing. 2) Actual international cooperative research activities are significantly increasing. 2. Scheme of the IRG 1) The IRG is a research group approved by EASTS to conduct cooperative researches. 2) The IRG is expected to hold seminars and symposia as part of EASTS activities. 3) The IRG is encouraged to apply to other funding sources and to coordinate with other organizations. 4) It is expected that the IRG will activate and invite young researchers of EASTS. 3. Advantages of the IRG 1) The IRG has a high possibility to hold special session at EASTS conferences. 2) The IRG are welcome to advertise your activities through web site and mailing list of EASTS. 3) Only the IRG is eligible for the existing ICRA Grant. 4. Requirements for Application of the IRG to EASTS 1) The IRG is required to submit an application form to the Office of EASTS Secretary-General. 2) The IRG is required to be approved by the EASTS Board. 3) The IRG is organized by regular members coming from at least two EASTS country/area. 4) The IRG is required to submit its report of activities to the Society every year. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Application for a new IRG As of this moment, three IRGs have been completed, and currently eight IRGs are authorized and proceeding their cooperative researches. Now, we are accepting application for a new IRG. If you or your colleagues are interested in starting the new IRG, please complete the application form and send it to the secretariat of EASTS addressing takada[at]g.dendai.ac.jp (please change [at] to @ when you send e-mail). -> Application form is HERE. The deadline of application submission is August 5, 2008. The application will be discussed at the coming Board Meeting which will be held on August 11, 2008. Notice of the relationship between IRG and ICRA: EASTS has been offering research grants to a group of researchers through the International Cooperative Research Activity (ICRA) project. Now only IRG is eligible for ICRA Grant, so research group, which intends to apply for next ICRA grant, should be qualified as an IRG before applying for ICRA. (see http://www.easts.info/activities/icra/icra.html) * EASTS-ISC provides us the statistics of paper submission to the Dalian Conference by topic/field. We appreciate that those who would like to apply to IRG refer it. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ EASTS IRG Click the title to see the detailed information of each IRG (PDF file) IRG-01 -2005 Title Sustainable Transport for East Asian Megacities (STREAM) Representative Member / Contact Address* Dr. Shigeru MORICHI, Institute for Transport Policy Studies (ITPS) / surya[at]jterc.or.jp Information from IRG - STREAM WEBSITE IRG-02 -2005 Title International, Inter-regional, and City Logistics Research Group in Wide Variety of Asian Region Representative Member / Contact Address* Dr. T. F. FWA, National University of Singapore / cvefwatf[at]nus.edu.sg Information from IRG - The 2nd International Conference on Transportation Logistics (4-6 July 2007, Shenzhen, P. R. China) - The EASTS IRG “Logistics Seminar” and The Preparatory Meeting for 2nd T-LOG Conference IRG-03 -2005 Title Dynamics of Poly-centric Employment Formation in East and Southeast Asian Cities Representative Member / Contact Address* Dr. Hayashi Yoshitsugu, Nagoya University / pelin[at]urban.env.nagoya-u.ac.jp Information from IRG - IRG Activity Report, IRG-03-2005, Dynamics of Polycentric Employment Formation in East and Southeast Asian Cities IRG-04 -2005 Title Scale Free Characteristics of the Traffic Network (SCAFT) Representative Member / Contact Address* Dr. Bijan Mojarrabi, Complex adaptive Traffic and Transport Systems (CATT SYSTEMS) / staff[at]cattsystems.com.au Information from IRG IRG-05 -2005 Title Culturally Sensitive Pedestrian-centric Philosophy to Advancement of Urban Form in East Asia Representative Member / Contact Address* Dr. Upali Vandebona, The University of New South Wales / u.vandebona[at]unsw.edu.au Information from IRG IRG-06 -2005 Title Building ITS Development Scheme in Asian Context Representative Member / Contact Address* Dr. Hisao UCHIYAMA, Tokyo University of Science / sim[at]civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp Information from IRG - This IRG was completed in 2007 IRG-07 -2005 Title Risk Management of Transport and Logistics for Natural Disasters and Mega Events Representative Member / Contact Address* Dr. Cheng-Min Feng, National Chiao Tung University / cmfeng[at]mail.nctu.edu.tw Information from IRG - This IRG was completed in 2007 IRG-08 -2005 Title Research on the Control Mechanism and Simulation of Safety Conditions of Perishable Foods Transportation and Logistics Representative Member / Contact Address* Dr. XIE Ruhe, Guangzhou University / (IRG-Special-Session is not organized in Dalian Conference) Information from IRG - http://www.gd56.org/gd56/index.asp IRG-09 -2006 Title Economic Instruments in Sustainable Transport of Asia Cities (EISTAC) Representative Member / Contact Address* Dr. Nguyen Xuan DAO, Vietnam Bridge and Road Scientific and Technological Association  / Information from IRG IRG-10 -2006 Title Sustainable Neighborhood Transportation to Improve the Quality of Life in Developing Cities Representative Member / Contact Address* Dr. Hisashi Kubota, Saitama University / Information from IRG  - Website of EASTS IRG-10 IRG-11 -2006 Title Research on the Flow of International Air Cargo in East Asian Region Representative Member / Contact Address* Dr. Shigeru MORICHI, Institute for Transport Policy Studies (ITPS) / Information from IRG *Please change [at] to @ when sending e-mail. 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