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Wasa Lab
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The lab uses mathematics to study control systems for a society where people and sensors are connected.
AboutAbout the lab
Building control systems that connect with people.
The Wasa Lab uses mathematics to study control systems in which people and machines connect well with each other.
While sharing the various kinds of information obtained from people and sensors, the lab explores how to build systems that are useful to society.
It takes on a wide range of themes, such as energy management in smart cities and control of robots that cooperate with people.
Key terms
- Systems and control
- A field of engineering concerned with guiding a changing or moving target to a desired state
- Smart city
- A city that uses information and communication technology to run energy, transportation, and other services efficiently
- Mathematical model
- A representation of the properties and workings of a target using mathematical equations
NewsLab news
Associate Professor Wasa receives the Young Contribution Award from the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE)
Paper published in IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS)
Paper accepted at IEEE CDC 2026
Paper accepted for publication in Transactions of the SICE
Associate Professor Wasa receives the Waseda University Teaching Award for fiscal year 2024
ResearchResearch themes
From the standpoint of systems and control, the Wasa Lab conducts research on building systems that are useful to society while sharing information obtained from people and sensors. It takes on a wide range of themes, from energy management in smart cities to control of robots that cooperate with people.
*Illustrative imageDecision-making in smart cities
The lab studies mechanisms for exchanging energy such as electricity within a region as a matter of market design. Its analysis takes into account not only money but also the sharing of information and risk.
*Illustrative imageConsensus building toward decarbonization
The lab analyzes, both theoretically and through simulation, the process by which regions and countries reach agreement on decarbonization, from the perspectives of control engineering and environmental economics.
*Illustrative imageControl that makes use of data and physics
By combining observational data with the strengths of mathematical models that describe physical phenomena, the lab develops real-time prediction and control methods using optimal control theory and machine learning.
*Illustrative imageApplying control theory to medicine
Based on information obtained from the body, such as vital signs, the lab builds mathematical models of the body and of diseases in order to optimize treatment plans for conditions such as diabetes.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Wasa Lab consist of faculty and students in the doctoral, master's, and undergraduate programs.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorYasuaki Wasa
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Report an errorAbout the images
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: “Kilobot robot swarm” asuscreative / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Decision-making in smart cities: “Akasofu Tameike cylindrical water divider” 紫
煙 / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped) - Consensus building toward decarbonization: “Schachfiguren” Dietmar Rabich / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Control that makes use of data and physics: “Windsock at Gjoa Haven Airport (YHK)” Gordon Leggett / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Applying control theory to medicine: “Sugar macro camera” Zoran Ugrenovic / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Takamatsu Lab): “Dictyostelium Late Aggregation 1” Bruno in Columbus / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Murata Lab): “BalticServers data center” BalticServers.com / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Amasawa Lab): “Traditional Japanese wrapping cloth,huroshiki,katori-city,japan” katorisi / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Kondo Lab): “StrassenbahnPantograph” ProhibitOnions / Public domain (cropped)
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