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Commemorating 20 years of the JR East Professorship

Professor Joseph Sussman discusses collaboration between MIT and JR East at the 20th anniversary celebration of the JR East Professorship.
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Professor Joseph Sussman discusses collaboration between MIT and JR East at the 20th anniversary celebration of the JR East Professorship.
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Photo: Jameson Toole
JR East Vice Chairman Masaki Ogata concludes his presentation with a look to the future of the MIT and JR East partnership.
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JR East Vice Chairman Masaki Ogata concludes his presentation with a look to the future of the MIT and JR East partnership.
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Photo: Jameson Toole
Ogata presents to Claude Canizares, MIT's vice president for research and associate provost, a model of JR East’s newest Shinkansen bullet train, the Falcon.
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Ogata presents to Claude Canizares, MIT's vice president for research and associate provost, a model of JR East’s newest Shinkansen bullet train, the Falcon.
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Photo: Jameson Toole

A special event on Oct. 13 celebrated the 20th anniversary of the East Japan Railway Company Professorship at MIT — which is currently held by Engineering Systems Division Interim Director Joseph Sussman. The event included remarks from Sussman, JR East Vice Chairman Masaki Ogata, and Claude Canizares, MIT's vice president for research and associate provost.

Sussman provided some historical context for the professorship, thanking JR East for the long-standing and productive collaboration.

Ogata also expressed gratitude for the partnership, acknowledging that JR East has changed dramatically in the last 20 years. He thanked MIT for its support in response to the devastating earthquake in Japan earlier this year, and illustrated how JR East kept passengers safe with substantial safety counter-measures put into place before the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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