Biological systems are inherently scalable, adaptive, and robust. Once we can derive and adopt fundamental principles behind those characteristics, highly sustainable information and communication systems come into reality and keep playing a role as a social infrastructure. In our Bio-system Analysis Laboratory, we conduct such bio-inspired research to analyze and apply biological algorithms and mechanisms to establishment of novel information and communication systems and technology.
Brainmorphic information network
The human brain achieves high performance on information processing, consisting of simple non-linear elements. By researching the structures, we aim to establish a robust and energy-efficient ICT.
For the massiveness and the complexity of the information networks, it is almost impossible to control overall the network. In self-organized system, the indivisual nodes autonomously control the network, resulting in the desired functionality.
Understanding and controlling of the swarms
Properly guiding the behavior of swarming organisms has the potential to dramatically increase the productivity of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, as well as the efficiency of environmental measures. Based on the mathematical understanding of biological behavior and control engineering, the Wakamiya Laboratory aims to establish next-generation information and communication technology for controlling swarming behavior.
The Wakamiya Lab is exploring technical issues where the mechanism of life may work effectively from the information and communication technology side as well. For example, in 5G and beyond, we are anticipating issues that will arise in new use cases such as "mMTC: supporting communication between many IoT devices" and "high-speed mobile communication between cars and drones".