Advanced Collaborative Research Organization for Smart Society (ACROSS)Waseda University

The application of continuously developing and rapidly spreading ICT has progressed in the fields of energy, housing, mobility/transportation, health, and food that continue to shape our lives. Correspondingly, smart technologies have been incorporated into this development. Each field should be able to support a vibrant society based on people-centered collaborations, but research to date has often been conducted within individual fields.

At the Advanced Collaborative Research Organization for Smart Society (ACROSS), we have built a platform of 12 research institutes that has accumulated and integrated the research and knowledge of Waseda University Professors in these four fields and mutually collaborated across fields.
We have also established the Promotion Association for Smart Society Technology (PASS-T) and the Study Group for Smart Society Technology (SGSS-T) as organizations for industry–academia collaborations. Through the activities based on these research platforms, we promote the implementation of developed technologies in society and continue leading innovation efforts.

ACROSS aims to realize excellent achievements demanded by society through the formation of a “forum” wherein “people” can interact and “technology” can bloom. Therefore, we are promoting the following activities with members of the Promotion Association for Smart Society Technology and the Study Group for Smart Society Technology (FY 2023).

1. ACROSS Innovation Forum
   Held to allow the directors of the 12 ACROSS research institutes to meet, present their research, and discuss their findings.
2. Study Group on Carbon-Neutral Society
3. Study Group on Future Energy Systems
4. Study Group on Ultra-Distributed Five Grids Digital Society
5. High-level seminars
   Planned by directors of each research institute to cover a diverse range of themes and disseminate University knowledge

We are also involved in a wide range of activities, including establishing and hosting the Energy Resource Aggregation Business (ERAB) Forum in collaboration with the ERAB Study Group of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), promoting national projects and joint research with individual companies.
Furthermore, we are making efforts to strengthen the collaboration between research institutes and create an environment where collaboration between corporate members and research institutes can become more active.