Graduate School of Information Science - Basic Philosophy, Education, Research, History


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	Basic Philosophy, Education, Research, History Basic Philosophy Education Research History Basic Philosophy The Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University was founded in April 2003 by bringing together studies and research in the area of information science taking place at the Graduate School of Engineering, Graduate School of Human Informatics, School of Informatics and Sciences, Graduate School of Mathematics and so forth. “Information” has grown into a very important element of life, along with the commodities and materialistic things, and energy that are vital items of daily living. The Graduate School of Information Science will study “information” from diverse perspectives of engineering, natural science, computer science, human science, social science, cognitive science and life science. “Information” will be academically and systematically approached to create a new area that brings together and integrates existing studies. The Graduate School will also attempt to seek for new principles in information science and develop well-rounded and knowledgeable personnel to lead and develop our information needs. New attempts have been made to incorporate diverse educational and research activities to obtain the objectives of the school. The Graduate School of Information Science is a place that comprehensively approaches “information” through education and research. It is also a course that is independent from undergraduate schools. The mission of the course is to contribute to the further development of informatization in Japan and the world. TOP Education It is expected that “information” studies will continue to develop in parallel with various other academic fields it concerns. For this reason, we accept students from many majors and backgrounds. This is because the goal is to include a wide range of students in the work team from basic to applied information sciences. Our educational program takes place according to the following policy. Systematic education to broadly learn about information. Education to acquire skills to identify and clarify the effects of information in various sciences. Education on technological, engineering and information ethics, with consideration to how it applies within the scope of social life. Education to acquire skills to understand and analyze social demands. Education to develop human resources with the potential of good communication and expression skills. Education to acquire practical knowledge on how to actually operate an information system. As it is apparent, this program not only focuses on advanced studies and research on information science. Instead, it also incorporates social and cultural aspects of life, to develop personnel capable of understanding sociocultural needs with insight on social ethics. The curriculum is original and reflects these policies. An example would be the multi-supervisory system for each student, so students can acquire a wide perspective of their needs. It is also mandatory for students to take courses from other departments to earn credits for this course. Students also have access to special lectures on the most advanced, recent topics by part-time lecturers. There are also research internship programs with enterprises for students to experience the entire flow of research and development. The Graduate School of Information Science is also promoting new educational styles such as "OJL Centered Education for Advanced Engineer" that our Graduate School proposed as "Leading Information Technology Professionals Fostering Program". 　　　OJL: On the Job Learning TOP Research This course extends across different disciplines from 5 departments. The goal is to discover and develop new academic fields. The research area also spreads across a wide range of disciplines, as indicated below. Mathematical systematization and computer model. Practical system that meets globalization needs. Co-existence of people and machines by information expressions and understanding of information. Interaction between individuals through natural and artificial phenomenon. Intellectual activities that merges real and virtual societies. Research results have been greatly appraised, and have been published in highly respected journals of the scientific society concerned in Japan and abroad. This is backed by the many awards won and the abundance of many lecturers invited to speak. We are also active in raising funds from external sources to continue to promote research studies. These funds are available in form of a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, as well as "The 21st Century COE Program", commissioned research, and others. We pride in having extensive results and in acquiring funds from external sources. It is also our policy to spread the realm of research studies. This is actively promoted through the cooperation of other departments of the graduate school, as well as organization of a collaborative group by inviting corporate researchers and researchers from outside the department, joint research with private enterprises, and other collaborative efforts with outside organizations. The "Center for Embedded Computing Systems" is a good example of the result of this policy. TOP History 2003 April: Founded Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University 2006 April: Founded Center for Embedded Computing Systems 2006 June: Evaluated by outside sources. 2007 April: Started the NEW Information Technology Specialist Course TOP