US-Japan Workshop on Needs, Priorities and Partnerships to Advance Human-Centered Data for Resilience

尽管在建模和模拟自然灾害对社会的影响方面取得了重大技术进步，但灾害复原力的核心是人类的复原力。因此，虽然工程师和社会科学家在各自的领域都取得了重要的进步，但减少灾害对社区的影响最终将要求研究人员开始跨学科的工作，不仅是在国家内部，而且是在国家之间。特别注意到美国和日本为研究并最终减轻各自国家的灾害影响而进行的大量投资，通过将日本科学技术振兴机构（JST）和美国国家科学基金会（NSF）培养的研究界联合起来，可以在促进灾害研究领域的跨学科和跨国合作方面迈出重要的第一步。作为回应，美日“需求、优先事项和伙伴关系促进以人为本的抗灾数据”研讨会将在数天内召集这些社区，主要目标是确定美日合作的机会，以独特的方式推进以人为本的抗灾研究方法。将根据研讨会的学习成果编写一系列一页的简报（以英文和日文出版），为JST和NSF未来可能的联合研究机会提供一个简明的路线图。最终，这一路线图和参与者之间的互动将推动新的研究和合作，旨在降低美国和日本未来发生灾害的风险。这个跨学科研讨会旨在通过探索以下重要问题来孕育未来的美日合作：(1)如何在灾害的分析、建模和模拟中更准确地捕捉和表示灾害影响的人类层面？(2)什么类型的数据和支持研究基础设施将是必要的，使新的，跨学科的方法来回答这些和其他以人为中心的灾难问题？(3)美日合作可以在哪些方面以新的和重要的方式推进这些问题？在线活动战略性地融合了异步和同步召集机制，以克服时区差异，通过提供多种机制参与实时讨论，适应不同的沟通/解决问题的风格和语言熟练程度。混合模式进一步使用预先提交的立场文件，预先进行研讨会讨论，并通过全体会议式的闪电会谈和快速小组讨论，为提出大胆想法的人提供更大的平台，分享他们的想法。研讨会的现场会议将在分组讨论中使用交互式Miro板，系统地建立引人注目的研究问题/机会与潜在的研究基础设施/数据需求之间的重要联系，随后绘制出针对这些需求的新型美日伙伴关系的优势、资产和机会。筹备性非同步活动和结构良好的同步活动的混合方法增加了为两国今后的合作努力提出具体建议的可能性。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Despite significant technological advances in modeling and simulating natural hazard impacts on society, disaster resilience is, at its heart, a matter of human resilience. Thus, while engineers and social scientists have each made important strides in their respective fields, reducing the impacts of disasters on communities will ultimately require that researchers begin working across disciplines, not only within nations but across nations. Noting in particular the considerable investments made by the US and Japan to study and ultimately mitigate the impact of disasters in their respective countries, an important first step in fostering such cross-disciplinary and cross-national collaborations in disaster research can be achieved by bringing together the research communities cultivated by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and US National Science Foundation (NSF). In response, the US-Japan Workshop on Needs, Priorities and Partnerships to Advance Human-Centered Data for Resilience will virtually convene these communities over multiple days with the primary goal of identifying opportunities where US-Japan collaborations can uniquely advance a more human-centered approach to research on disaster resilience. A series of one-page briefings will be developed based on workshop learnings (published in English and Japanese) to offer a concise roadmap for possible future joint JST and NSF research opportunities. Ultimately, this roadmap and the interactions between participants will drive new lines of research and collaboration intended to reduce the risk of future disasters in both the US and Japan.This interdisciplinary workshop is intentionally designed to incubate future US-Japanese collaborations by exploring important questions such as: (1) How can the human dimensions of disaster impacts be more accurately captured and represented in the analysis, modeling and simulation of disasters?, (2) What type of data and supporting research infrastructure would be necessary to enable novel, transdisciplinary approaches to answering these and other human-centered disaster questions?, and (3) In what ways can US-Japan collaborations advance these questions in new and important ways? The online activities strategically blend asynchronous and synchronous convening mechanisms to navigate time zone differences, accommodating different communication/problem solving styles and levels of language proficiency by providing multiple mechanisms to engage during real-time discussions. The hybrid model further uses Position Papers, submitted in advance, to pre-populate workshop discussions and offer those who come forward with bold ideas a larger platform for sharing their ideas through plenary-style Lightning Talks and Rapid Panels. The workshop’s live sessions will use interactive Miro boards in breakout room discussions to systematically establish the important link between compelling research questions/opportunities and underlying research infrastructure/data needs, subsequently mapping strengths, assets and opportunities for novel US-Japanese partnerships in response to these needs. The hybrid approach of preparatory asynchronous activities and well-structured synchronous activities increases the likelihood of discovering concrete recommendations for future collaborative efforts between the two countries.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.