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Shida Lab
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The lab explores universal laws from big data on society, such as human movement.
AboutAbout the lab
Finding the laws of society in big data.
The Shida Lab studies the laws of social phenomena from the viewpoint of mathematics and physics, using big data such as movement histories, purchase records, and discourse on social media.
The lab's head, Assistant Professor Shida, has focused on GPS-derived human mobility data and has analyzed and modeled time-varying patterns of people's movement in metropolitan areas.
Recently, the lab has broadened its interest to data of a different nature, such as pedestrian flow obtained from camera footage and purchase histories.
Students in the College of Policy and Planning Sciences can consult the lab if they are interested, even before the lab assignment interviews in their third year.
Key terms
- human mobility data
- Records of people's movements obtained from sources such as smartphone GPS. They are used as material for studying how people move in cities.
- digital signage
- Electronic signboards that display information with video or text in public spaces and similar places
ResearchResearch themes
Big data such as movement histories and purchase records can serve as an observational foundation for re-examining the structure of cities and society both empirically and theoretically. The lab clarifies the universal laws and interactions hidden in such data from the viewpoint of mathematics and physics, aiming at a theoretical framework that explains and predicts social phenomena.
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MembersFaculty
The Shida Lab's members consist of faculty members, visiting researchers, administrative assistants, and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)Yohei Shida
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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: “Crowds On Wynyard Crossing Bridge” Ingolfson / CC0 (cropped)
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