On August 8-10 2022, CISMID received the visit of the Japanese counterpart of the SATREPS 2021-2026 project “Development of Integrated Expert System for Estimation and Observation of Damage Level of Infrastructure in Lima City”. Led by Dr. Koichi Kusunoki, the delegation of 11 researchers arrived in Lima to visit the study area and carry out the JCC (Joint Coordination Committee) event.
On the first day, the group of researchers toured the district of Chorrillos and visited CISMID, SEDAPAL and COEN INDECI-Chorrillos, where they had a meeting in working groups.
On the second day of activities, the Japanese mission visited the southern zone of the study area and held coordination meetings with CENEPRED and the Housing Ministry. These visits to the participating institutions of the project allow to strengthen ties of friendship and reaffirm common objectives.
On the third day, in the morning, the second Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) was held. Leaders of each working group presented the progress of their research lines, at CISMID Convention Center “Ichiro Tanahashi”. These presentations were also presented in the afternoon with the presence of participating institutions in the project, in the workshop titled: “Advances in the development of an Integrated Expert System for the Estimation and Observation of the Damage Level of Infrastructure in the Metropolitan Lima Area” held in the Lima Convention Center.
Representatives of the institutions involved in the project attended the event, such as the Japanese Embassy in Peru, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Peruvian International Cooperation Agency (APCI), the Housing Ministry, the National Center of Estimation, Prevention and Reduction of Disaster Risk (CENEPRED), the National Institute of Civil Defense (INDECI),the Potable Water and Sewage Service of Lima (Sedapal), the Hydrography and Navigation Directorate (DHN), the National University of Engineering (UNI) and the Civil Engineering Faculty FIC-UNI.
Dr. Zavala, principal researcher for the Peruvian counterpart explained:
“The project started in October, we are in the first year since the beginning of the project and we still have 4 years lef; of course, we hope to have the system already tested after three and a half years. However, as we have been working virtually, we have made a good progress in algorithms and in many other things”.
That concluded the activities of the Japanese delegation of the SATREPS 2021-2026 project in Peru. Dr. Koichi Kusunoki, principal researcher for the Japanese counterpart, commented about the experience of working with CISMID researchers:
“We have a long history of collaboration, more than satisfied years. The first generation was Professor Kuroiwa and Professor Ishiyama from Japan, who develop the cismid itself; the second generation continued the friendship. Now, we are in the third generation, we still walking together, quite friendly. The location between Perú and Japan are just opposite sides of the earth, but we are walking together, that’s quite important. Then, in the future we need to continue this kind of good collaboration, so to achieve that we need to bring young people for the fourth generation; this time they met together, and that’s very nice”.