2008 JAPAN-AMERICAN FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM
November 17-19, 2008, Kobe, Japan


Co-Chairs:
Arup Chakraborty, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kohei Itoh, Keio University

Advances in Automation and Instrumentation for Biotechnology and Healthcare
Co-chairs: Jingyue Ju, Columbia University, and Takeaki Ozawa, University of Tokyo

Rational Development of Various Small Molecule-based Flourescence Probes and Their Application to Optical Tumor Imaging
Yasuteru Urano, The University of Tokyo

Engineering Flourescent Proteins to Visualize Biological Functions
Takeharu Nagai, Hokkaido University

DNA Sequencing and Genotyping in Microfluidic Devices: The Matrix Reloaded, or a Revolution?
Annelise Barron, Stanford University

Feedback Control at Small Scales for Biology and Medical Applications
Benjamin Shapiro, University of Maryland



The Future of Sequence Modeling: A Peek into Modern Speech/Language Technology
Organizers: Jeff Bilmes, University of Washington, and Hitoshi Isahara, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

Acoustic Modeling for Multi-Language, Multi-Style, Multi-Channel Speech Recognition
Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Modeling Pronunciation Variation in Automatic Speech Recognition
Karen Livescu, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Modeling the Differences between Spoken Language and Written Language for Automatic Speech Transcription
Tatsuya Kawahara, Professor, Kyoto University

How do We Incorporate a Recommendation Framwork into the Web Search Engine?
Tatsumi Kobayashi, Yahoo Japan Corporation



Alternative Energy
Organizers: Anne Dillon, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Haruo Kawamoto, Kyoto University

Overview on Photovoltaics
Roger Clark, BP Solar

Technical Challenges of Lightning Protection for Wind Power Generation
Takayuki Nakamoto, Kinden

Electrical Energy Storage and its Importance to Sustainable Renewable Energy
Se-Hee Lee, University of Colorado

Important Aspects for Biomass Utilization inf Japan
Yukihiko Matsumura, Hiroshima University



Advanced Sensor Technology
Organizers: Albin Gasiewski, University of Colorado at Boulder, and Shintaro Goto, Rissho University

Climate Observation from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program
Christine Chiu, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Next-Generation Global Environmental Sensors
David Kunkee, The Aerospace Corporation

GPS on Every Roof
Kenji Oguni, University of Tokyo

A Sensing Mechanism for Brain-Machine Interface
Junizhi Ushiba, Keio University