Introduction of the Fellows

Dr. Eng.Specialty; Control engineeringKazuya ASANOControl engineering

Analyzing data to reveal its underlying mechanism

For 35 years, I have been involved in research and development of control technologies for various processes in the steel industry. Creating models based on data analysis is a major element among this work. What I have learned through this work is that it is important not to treat data as a "black box" as a lump of simple numerical values, but to carefully examine the analysis results, taking advantage of the knowledge of experts in processes and materials, and analyze the mechanism by which the data were formed.

Control technology, beginning with data analysis, is a versatile technology that can be applied to any field. With progress in sensors, IoT and other technologies, there are now areas where big data has become accessible, but this does not mean that data collection is simple in every field. Our aim is to be a partner that can provide real solutions to clients by treating each piece of data as important and elucidating the underlying mechanism behind data in collaboration with this company's specialists in various fields.

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Kazuya ASANO
Dr. Eng.
Specialty; Control engineering

Major work experience

2018 - present Fellow of JFE-TEC
2014 - 2018 Principal Researcher, JFE Steel Corporation
2009 - 2014 Worked in Instrument and Control Research Department, JFE Steel Corporation
2003 - 2009 Worked in Instrument and Control Engineering Department, JFE R&D Corporation
1994 - 1995 Visiting Researcher at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
1993 - 1994 Visiting Researcher at California Institute of Technology (United States)

Other professional activities

  • Chiba University, Faculty of Engineering, Part-time Lecturer (2015 - present)
  • IFAC Industry Committee (2014- Executive member)
  • International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), Technical Committee on Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing (2002 - Member, 2008 - 2011 TC Chair, 2011 - TC Vice-chair)
  • The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, Director, Control Division (2011)

Academic degrees

  • 2001 Received a Dr. Eng. from the University of Tokyo
  • 1983 Completed studies at the graduate school of the University of Tokyo

Awards

  • The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), Outstanding Technology Award, Tomoda Award, Outstanding Paper Award
  • The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan (ISIJ), Noro Prize, Technology Award of Technical Division of Instrumentation, Control and System Engineering, Joint Research Award and others

Representative paper

  • Kazuya Asano, Manfred Morari: Interaction measure of tension-thickness control in tandem cold rolling, Volume 6, Issue 8, 1998, p.1021-1027
  • Kazuya Asano, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Takashi Kawase, Nobuaki Nomura: Hot strip mill tension-looper control based on decentralization and coordination, Control Engineering Practice, Volume 8, Issue 3, p.337-344 and others

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