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EU-Japan-Project E‑VITA

1. Description

E‑VITA: EU-Japan Vir­tu­al Coach for Smart Aging is a EU-Japan joint pro­ject under Hori­zon 2020 and MIC fun­ding. Altog­e­ther 22 part­ners in Japan and the EU are rese­ar­ching about new tech­no­lo­gies and methods hel­ping aging peop­le. In Japan the pro­ject is hea­ded by Toho­ku Uni­ver­si­ty, Smart Aging Rese­arch Cent­re (SARC).

The com­bi­na­ti­on of the socio-tech­no­lo­gy excel­lence “Made in Euro­pe” with the excel­lence of tech­no­lo­gy “Made in JThe com­bi­na­ti­on of the socio-tech­no­lo­gy excel­lence “Made in Euro­pe” with the excel­lence of tech­no­lo­gy “Made in Japan” will pro­du­ce an inno­va­ti­ve coa­ching sys­tem based on the needs and wis­hes of older adults. The vir­tu­al coach will pro­vi­de per­so­na­li­zed recom­men­da­ti­ons and inter­ven­ti­ons to impro­ve the qua­li­ty of life of older adults in Euro­pe and Japan while offe­ring oppor­tu­nities to SME’s and NGO’s to explo­re the fea­si­bi­li­ty of a new eco­sys­tem. The impact should be Empowe­ring older adults to bet­ter mana­ge their own acti­vi­ties will have an impact on incre­a­sing the well­being of older adults and will impro­ve their qua­li­ty of life via socio-tech­no­lo­gi­cal sup­port of “Acti­ve and Healt­hy Age­ing” in Euro­pe and Japan.

2. Participant

3. Bio

Dr. Lorenz Gran­rath is Spe­cial­ly Appoin­ted Assi­stant Pro­fes­sor at Toho­ku Uni­ver­si­ty, Smart Aging Rese­arch Cen­ter (SARC) sin­ce May 2021. The com­pe­tence of SARC is figh­t­ing demen­tia by rese­ar­ching the cor­re­la­ti­ons with health and life­style. Dr. Gran­rath is sup­por­ting SARC in orga­ni­zing the Japa­ne­se side of the pro­ject e‑VITA, espe­cial­ly loo­king at the dis­se­mi­na­ti­on and he is initia­ting new inter­na­tio­nal col­la­bo­ra­ti­ons with insti­tu­tes and indus­try for SARC. Bes­i­des that, he also acts as Non-Key Expert for the EU in Human Centric AI, he is Seni­or Advi­sor for some com­pa­nies and Visi­t­ing Lec­tu­rer for the Ph.D. cour­se Ener­gy­Next at Wase­da Uni­ver­si­ty. He worked the past seven years as Seni­or Inno­va­ti­on Coor­di­na­tor at the AI Rese­arch Cen­ter of AIST, initia­ting inter­na­tio­nal AI rese­arch pro­jects. Befo­re that he set up the Fraun­ho­fer Repre­sen­ta­ti­ve Office Japan sin­ce 2001 buil­ding up a big net­work in indus­try and science.

Ryan Brow­ne is rese­arch assi­stant at the Smart Aging Rese­arch Cent­re. He com­ple­ted an MSc in Basic Medi­cal Sci­ence at the Gra­dua­te School of Medi­ci­ne, Toho­ku Uni­ver­si­ty, inves­ting the rela­ti­ons­hip bet­ween the neu­ro-immu­ne sys­tem and Alzheimer’s dise­a­se pro­gres­si­on using mou­se models; as well as inves­ti­ga­ting the rela­ti­ons­hip bet­ween the APOE e4 alle­le and brain struc­tu­re in young adults from SARC’s human-MRI data­ba­se; and joi­ned an inter­na­tio­nal col­la­bo­ra­ti­ve rese­arch pro­ject that loo­ked at cel­lu­lar stress defen­se mecha­nisms in the con­text of space flight. Befo­re that, he com­ple­ted an MSci at Impe­ri­al Col­le­ge Lon­don in Che­mi­stry with Mole­cu­lar Phy­sics, rese­ar­ching nanos­ca­le devices in the field of non-equi­li­bri­um thermodynamics.

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