International Transport Laboratory
KOBE UNIVERSITY
Our lab addresses corporate and societal issues in the international transport sector, integrating management and economic theories with data science methods. Recent major research topics include the analysis of SNS and AIS data, digitalization in supply chains including the application of blockchain and physical internet(PI), and carbon neutrality in the maritime sector.
LAB News
[2024]
Apr 22 Guest speaker in Japan Innovation Review Forums powered by JBpress.
Mar 26 Moderator in Container Shipping Summit.
[2023]
Nov 26 Our research papers "Identifying the best location of logistics hubs and optimization of distribution routes in the context of physical internet" & "Optimization of picking in distribution warehouses" were presented at the 68th JSCE Annual Meeting.
Oct 2 Assistant Professor Dr. Nailah Firdausiyah (Universitas Brawijaya) joins our lab as visiting researcher.
Aug 31 Our article "Uncovering the impact of COVID-19 on shipping and logistics" has won an award for Outstanding Paper in the 2023 Emerald Literati Awards.
Mar 3 Guest Speaker in Logistics DX SUMMIT 2023.
Feb 3 Guest Speaker in Emerging Topics in Transportation Studies.
[2022]
Jul 22 Our article "Blockchain technology in supply chain management: insights from machine learning algorithms" has won an award for Outstanding Paper in the 2022 Emerald Literati Awards.
Jul 15 Guest speaker in Japan Maritime Center Seminar.
RECENT RESEARCH TOPICS
Natural Language Processing & Machine Learning
Digitalization in Shipping and Logistics
RESEARCH GranT
2023 - 2025 JSPS Kiban (C) 23K04076 The design of logistics hubs in the context of the physical Internet (PI)
2021 - 2025 JSPS Kiban (B) 21H01564 Research on operational efficiency and environmental load reduction of ships and land transportation in smart ports (Co-PI)
2017 - 2020 JSPS Kiban (C) 17K03686 Measuring Market Power in Container Liner Shipping Industry (PI)