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Aoyama Lab
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The lab describes and analyzes the structure of complex systems and applies the results to design.
AboutAbout the lab
Design support as easy to use as pencil and paper.
Aoyama Lab studies how to describe and analyze the structure of complex systems (system architecture) and how to create new systems.
Products are made by combining many functions, but diverse and complex customer requirements can no longer be met by simple combinations alone.
The lab analyzes the structure of a system to find its problems, proposes design solutions that extend to the management of product design and development, and implements those systems.
The lab conducts joint research with companies such as Mitsui Fudosan and Toyota Motor, using urban development and manufacturing as its subjects.
Key terms
- System architecture
- The overall structure of a system: what elements it consists of and how they are connected and work together
- Collaborative research program (Shakai Renkei Koza)
- A research and education program jointly established by a university and companies or other organizations
- DX
- Short for digital transformation. Changing the way work itself is done by using digital technology and data
NewsLab news
A master's student received the Logistics Research Encouragement Award from the Japan Society of Logistics
A master's student gave a presentation at the international conference IEEE BigData 2024
ResearchResearch themes
To create products and services that meet diverse and complex requirements, the design of large-scale, complex systems (Systems of Systems) has become important. The lab takes on this challenge through the description, analysis, understanding, and creation of system architecture.
*Illustrative imageUrban Development Through Systems Engineering
In a collaborative research program with Mitsui Fudosan, the lab draws on the company's urban development projects and combines knowledge from systems engineering and urban planning to envision a new "form of the city."
*Illustrative imageStructure Maps for Production Systems
In a collaborative research program with Toyota Motor, the lab aims at human-centered, next-generation manufacturing. The lab is responsible for designing and developing the System Architecture Map (SAM), which describes and analyzes the structure of production systems.
*Illustrative imageProduct Design Robust to Uncertainty
In joint research with Mazda, the lab studies mechanisms for creating product proposals and development processes, starting from the early stages of product design, that can more easily handle uncertainty arising in later stages.
*Illustrative imageDigital Transformation in Shipyards
As part of joint research with i-shipping, the lab applies methods such as image recognition and text mining to study digital transformation (DX) in shipyards.
MembersFaculty
Aoyama Lab's members include faculty, administrative staff, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and research students.As of 2026
- ProfessorKazuhiro AoyamaPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “The production line” Jincong Peng / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Urban Development Through Systems Engineering: “Tokio skyline from Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building” Max221B / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Structure Maps for Production Systems: “Hyundai car assembly line” Anonyme / CC BY 2.5 (cropped)
- Product Design Robust to Uncertainty: “Moskvitch-408 engine cutaway Moscow museum of transport” DL24 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Digital Transformation in Shipyards: “Big Gantry crane in Odense harbour” Alf van Beem / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Miyamoto Lab): “Hayabusa2 near Ryugu ( )” DLR German Aerospace Center / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Yonekura Lab): “Jet engine blades simulation” Dale Van Zante and Jay Horowitz / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Takata Lab): “Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant cooling towers” Eric Evenson, USGS / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Intelligent Systems Design Lab): “Cargo ship passing at dusk on the Westerschelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands” Rémi Viau / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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