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Imura Lab
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A lab that develops control theory for large, complex systems, from genes to power grids and transportation.
AboutAbout the lab
From controlling machines to controlling new domains.
The Imura Lab conducts research to build control theory that can be used in new domains.
The systems it controls extend beyond machines to gene networks and to power and road traffic systems.
The lab aims to build new control theory that can handle larger and more complex systems than before.
Its research style is to work with experts in each field and support analysis and design from the theoretical side.
Key terms
- Systems and control theory
- A theory for designing mechanisms that make objects that change over time behave as desired.
- Systems biology
- A field of biology that seeks to understand how living systems work using the concepts and methods of mathematical engineering.
- Robustness
- The property of maintaining characteristics and function even when there are external disturbances or discrepancies between the model and reality.
ResearchResearch themes
The Imura Lab aims to build control theory for new domains. It carries out fundamental research in systems and control theory, such as large-scale network systems and hybrid systems, and applied research in systems biology, road traffic, and power systems.
*Illustrative imageControl of Large-Scale Network Systems
The lab deals with large-scale systems in which many parts are connected, such as networks of genes, traffic flow, and electric power. It develops methods to approximate them with smaller models while preserving their properties, as well as methods for analysis and control.
*Illustrative imageAnalysis and Control of Hybrid Systems
The lab deals with systems that mix continuously changing dynamics with switching governed by logic such as if-then rules. It also studies how to simultaneously optimize the order in which steel materials are charged into a steel reheating furnace and the adjustment of the furnace temperature.
*Illustrative imageSystems Biology from a Control Engineering Perspective
The lab models complex phenomena arising from cell proliferation and gene function as network systems with mathematical models, and analyzes their stability, robustness, and controllability.
*Illustrative imageDesign of Next-Generation Road Traffic Systems
The lab aims to build "glocal traffic flow control theory," which systematically designs three types of control (vehicle speed, traffic signals, and route choice) from both system-wide and individual perspectives.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Imura Lab consist of faculty, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and secretaries.As of 2026
- ProfessorJun-Ichi ImuraPublications ↗
- Program-Specific LecturerHohei Sasahara
- Project Assistant ProfessorASM Bakibillah
- Project Assistant ProfessorZhenhui Xu
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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: “Berlin Air Route Traffic Control Center, 1987” Thomas Farr / Public domain (cropped)
- Control of Large-Scale Network Systems: “Social Network Visualization” Martin Grandjean / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Analysis and Control of Hybrid Systems: “Hutosor09” Szalax
（ハンガリー語版ウィキペディア） / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped) - Systems Biology from a Control Engineering Perspective: “HeLa-Kyoto cells from a 72h cell growth assay using ZEISS Celldiscoverer 7 with Autoimmersion ( )” ZEISS Microscopy / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Design of Next-Generation Road Traffic Systems: “Suwacho intersection shinjuku” Kentin / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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