JAIST Flyer

2015-2016

National University Corporation

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyAddress : 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa, 923‐1292 JapanP h o n e : +81-(0)761-51-1111E -ma i l : [email protected]　http://www.jaist.ac.jp

ReserchJ A I S T

Aiming at Training Intellectually Tough Students with a World Top-level Education and Research

Graduate Schools as Foundations of Affluent SocietyCreation of a truly affluent society requires human resources with high level of education and knowledge in science and technology. In other words, facing an unprecedented scale of changes today, we need human resources capa-ble of solving new problems and creating new values for the development of the society. Graduate schools are expected to play a core role in developing such human resources. JAIST, since its establishment in 1990 as an institute specializing in advanced graduate education and research, has continuously dealt with newly emerging problems caused by rapid changes in society. What is needed to cope with unknown problems is an ability to formulate new knowledge based on a wide range of basic knowledge. At the graduate-level education, it becomes particularly important for students to be able to apply methodologies in one academic field to other fields. Reflecting such needs, JAIST has encouraged students to be specialized in more than one field of study. JAIST aims at becoming a world top-level center of excellence in edu-cation and research and contributing to the development of our nation and the world through production of excellent students capable of meeting the needs of the time with broader perspective and knowledge.

World-class Advanced Research ActivitiesJAIST has carried out world-class research activities, taking advantage of our top-class faculty members and research facilities and equipment such as cutting edge IT technologies. Those activities have concretely resulted in various positive outcomes including adoption and execution of advanced re-search projects with competitive funds and grants from the government and other organizations. JAIST has always been among top universities in Japan in terms of the number and amount of funds of cooperative and contracted research per faculty member.

Graduate Schools Opened to the WorldThe increase of global scale issues such as environmental issue and resource issue, necessitates human resources capable of solving them through collaboration among concerned people all over the world. Today graduate education in Japan, considering its globalization as an indispensable mission, focuses on positively accepting international faculty and students and developing world-class education and research. The idea of the graduate education opened to the world has always been a primary mission of JAIST since its establishment. Our rate of international students is the second highest among all the national universities in Japan and that of international faculty the highest. Most of our lectures are conducted in English and several Collaborative Edu-cation Programs are implemented. Behind these policies are our expectations of gathering from all over the world young people with strong desire and will to contribute to humanity with advanced science and technology. JAIST is determined to foster world leaders in science and technology and promote world-class research further.

What is Intellectual Toughness?Intellectual toughness, in short, is a power of challenge to seek for much broader experience and knowledge. It also requires an ability of coping with any unknown situation and that of communicating with others regardless of difference in cultural backgrounds. Intellectual toughness necessitates a strong will power not to give up in difficult situations too. Being a graduate institute, all the JAIST students are from other universities. Japanese students are from all over Japan and more than 30% of the students are from other countries. This diversity provides an ideal environment for our students to equip themselves with intellectual toughness.

Importance to Change SomethingTo become a matured scientist or engineer, it is important to change something intentionally, which is also related to intellectual toughness. JAIST consists of three schools, two of which focus on conventional fields of information science and materials sci-ence and the other on a new field of knowledge science. Whatever major students might have pursued, it is very important for them to expand their research interest beyond their specialized field. JAIST welcomes students who wish to challenge another field of study. We have rich selections of introductory courses for such students and our quarter system works in their favor en-abling them to obtain necessary foundations in the new field in a relatively short time. Being familiar with more than one research area provides a wider intellectual perspective and leads to truly innovative ideas. This is proved by the fact that many Nobel laureates have had more than one area of specialization. Real innovations occurs more often when accumulated methods in one research area are applied to a problem in another area than when researchers cling to one area only. JAIST hires many professors with industrial background because we believe in the importance of changing something.

Enhancement of Education for Working ProfessionalsOn our Tokyo satellite facilities, JAIST is engaged in education of working professionals who are working in the forefront of business and research. The satellite facilities moved in 2010 to a more convenient location, the vicinity of Shinagawa station. Many working professionals are taking courses in Innovation Management of Service and Technology (iMOST) course, which were established by merging the successful courses of Management of Technology (MOT) and Management of Service (MOS), Advanced Information Science course and Advanced Software Engineering course, with the further addition of Advanced Knowl-edge Science course to offer forefront education for working professionals in the advanced knowledge society.We will keep enhancing the education for working professionals to develop world leaders in the field of science and technology.

President’s Message

President Tetsuo Asano, Ph.D.

Academic Field :Algorithms, Especially Memory-constrained Algorithms

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The Mission of JAIST● JAIST endeavors to foster leaders capable of contributing to the making of a future world by creation of

science and technology, through its most advanced education and research in an ideal academic environ-ment.

The Goals of JAIST● JAIST develops leaders in society or industry who hold credible expertise in the frontier science and

technology, broad perspectives, high level of autonomy and communication ability, through its systematic advanced graduate education.

● JAIST, to contribute to societies with research outcomes, creates a center of excellence for advancement of researches for solving problems of our world and society and develops new fields through a variety of basic researches.

● JAIST fosters active global human resources by promoting faculty and student exchanges with leading institutes overseas and globalizing its education and research.

The Mission and Goals of JAIST

First Independent National Graduate University withoutUndergraduate DivisionJAIST was founded in October 1990 as the first independent national graduate school, to carry out graduate education based on research at the highest level in advanced science and technology. JAIST aims at establishing an ideal model of graduate education for Japan. JAIST was incorporated as a National University Corporation in April 2004.

Admission Criteria for People with Diverse BackgroundsIn our admission decisions we place the most significant weight on the motivation of the student as demonstrated in the personal interview. JAIST admits highly motivated students, including advanced undergraduate students (who have completed at least three years of undergraduate study), professionals, and international students, regardless of under-graduate specialization.

Systematic Graduate EducationJAIST educates students through a carefully and systematically designed coursework-oriented curriculum, which gives students a solid foundation for their advanced research. This is different from the traditional Japanese style of graduate education, where students are trained mainly in their narrow research domains.

Development of Human Resources for SocietyWe train our students in a specialized field combined with interdisciplinary knowledge of related disciplines. Through our educational program students gain thorough understanding of fundamentals, and develop problem-solving skills.

Outstanding FacultyOur faculty members are world-class researchers. We recruit professionals with outstanding achievements at the lead-ing edge of science and technology. They come from all over the world, from other universities, and from top industrial research and development institutions.

Collaboration with Society and IndustryJAIST works closely with the regional community, as well as industries worldwide, by promoting collaborative research and accepting commissioned research. We use various modes of cooperation including visiting faculty chairs, endowed chairs, and laboratories operated jointly with other institutions.

About JAIST

Introduction

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1990 October JAIST was founded. The School of Information Science was organized. The Institute Library was established. 1991 April The School of Materials Science was organized.

The Center for Information Science was estab-lished.

1992 April The fi rst group of students entered the master's program in the School of Information Science. The Center for New Materials was established.

1993 April The fi rst group of students entered the master's program in the School of Materials Science.

The Center for Investigation of Advanced Science and Technology was established.

1994 April The fi rst group of students entered the doctoral program in the School of Information Science.

June The Health Care Center was established. 1995 April The fi rst group of students entered the doctoral

program in the School of Materials Science. 1996 April The Institute Library opened. May The School of Knowledge Science was organized.1998 April The fi rst group of students entered the master's pro-

gram in the School of Knowledge Science. The Center for Knowledge Science was established.2000 April The fi rst group of students entered the doctoral pro-

gram in the School of Knowledge Science. 2001 November The Research Center for Distance Learning was es-

tablished. (2001-2012) The Internet Research Center was established.

History2002 April The Center for Nano Materials and Technology was

established, as the result of reorganization of the Center for New Materials.

September The Venture Business Laboratory was established. 2003 October The IP (Intellectual Property) Operation Center was

established. (2003-2009) The Center for Strategic Development of Science

and Technology was established. (2003-2008) The Tokyo Satellite was established.2004 April JAIST was incorporated as a national university

corporation. November The Research Center for Trustworthy e-Society

was established. 2007 April The Research Center for Integrated Science was

established. September The Center for Highly Dependable Embedded Sys-

tems Technology was established.2008 April The Center for Regional Studies and Innovation

was established.2009 April The Global Communication Center was estab-

lished. (2009-2012) The IP Operation Center was integrated into the

Center for Research and Investigation of Advanced Science and Technology.

The Education and Research Center for Trustwor-thy e-Society was established, as the result of reor-ganization of the Research Center for Trustworthy e-Society.

2010 April The Center for Advanced Education for Working Professionals was established.

The Center for Graduate Education Initiative was established.

The Career Service Center was established. The Research Center for Software Verifi cation was

established.2011 April The Institute of General Education was estab-

lished. The Research Center for Advanced Computing In-

frastructure (RCACI) was established, as the result of reorganization of the Center for Information Sci-ence.

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The Research Center for Innovative Lifestyle Design was established, as the result of reorganization of the Center for Knowledge Science.

The Dependable Network Innovation Center was established, as the result of reorganization of the Internet Research Center.

The Green Device Research Center was estab-lished.

The Center for Intelligent Robotics was estab-lished.

The Research Center for Bio-Architecture was es-tablished.

The Research Center for Highly Environmental and Recyclable Polymers was established.

July The JAIST Gallery was established.2012 March The Research Center for Distance Learning was

integrated into the Center for Graduate Education Initiative.

The Global Communication Center was integrated into the Institute of General Education.

April The Industrial Collaboration Promotion Center was established, as the result of reorganization of the Center for Investigation of Advanced Science and Technology.

The Research Center for Simulation Science was established.

The Center for Regional Innovation was estab-lished, as the result of reorganization of The Center for Regional Studies and Innovation.

The Research Center for Service Science was es-tablished.

2013 April The JAIST Innovation Plaza was established.2014 July Headquarters for Industrial Collaboration was es-

tablished.2015 March The Center for Graduate Education Initiative was

integrated into Research Center for Advanced Computing Infrastructure.

April Center for Global Educational Collaboration was established.

■ Introduction President's Message................................ 1 The Mission and Goals of JAIST .............. 2 History ..................................................... 3 Contents .................................................. 4 Organization ............................................ 5 Advanced Graduate Education and Research .......................................... 6 JAIST’s Global Reach............................... 7 Features of JAIST’s Education System ..... 9

■ School of Knowledge Science ..... 11■ School of Information Science ..... 13■ School of Materials Science........ 15

■ Institutes for Education and Research Institute of General Education ................ 17 Center for Advanced Education for Working Professionals -Tokyo Satellite- ... 18 Career Service Center ............................ 19 Center for Global Educational Collaboration .......................................... 20 Research Center for Advanced Computing Infrastructure (RCACI) .......... 21 Advanced Laboratory Facilities Information Systems .............................. 22 Center for Nano Materials and Technology ..................................... 23 Advanced Laboratory Facilities Material Analysis Systems ...................... 24 Center for Highly Dependable Embedded Systems Technology ............ 25 Research Centre for Innovative Lifestyle Design ..................... 26 Dependable Network Innovation Center .. 26 Green Device Research Center .............. 27 Research Center for Software Verifi cation (RCSV) .................. 27 Research Center for Simulation Science .. 28 Center for Regional Innovation ............... 28 Center for Intelligent Robotics ................ 29 Research Center for Bio-Architecture ..... 29 Research Center for Highly Environmental and Recyclable Polymers ... 30 Research Center for Service Science ..... 30 Industrial Collaboration Promotion Center .. 31 Kanazawa Ekimae Offi ce........................ 31 JAIST Innovation Plaza........................... 31 Library .................................................... 32 Health Care Center ................................ 33 JAIST Gallery ......................................... 33

■ Students Admissions ............................................ 34 Entrance Fee/Tuition Fee for 2015.......... 34 Scholarships for International Students .. 35 Student Housing .................................... 37 Guesthouse ........................................... 37 Facilities for Campus Life ....................... 37

■ Data: Outline of JAIST ................... 38■ Other Information ............................ 41

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Organization

【Education Division】

【Research and International Division】

【Administrative Division】

School of Knowledge Science

School of Information Science

School of Materials Science

Research Center for Integrated Science

Auditor

Audit Office

Board of Directors

Administrative Council

Education and Research Council

President Selection CommitteePresident Office

Planning and Administration CommitteeEducation and Research Strategy Council

Deputy TrusteeEducational Affairs Department

Student Affairs Department

Research Affairs Department

International Affairs Department

Research Fund Management Department

Human Resource Department

General Affairs Departmen

Facility Management Department

Graduate School Secretarial Service Department

Accounting Department

Centers for Education and

Research

Research Centers

Deputy Trustee

Deputy Trustee

Trustee for Special Missions

Vice President for Education for Working Professionals

Institute of General Education

Center for Advanced Education for Working Professionals

Center for Global Educational Collaboration

Career Service Center

Research Center for Innovative Lifestyle Design

Dependable Network Innovation Center

Green Device Research Center

Research Center for Software Verification

Research Center for Simulation Science

Education and Research Center for Trustworthy e-Society

Center for Regional Innovation

Center for Intelligent Robotics

Research Center for Bio-Architecture

Research Center for Service Science

Research Center for Highly Environmental and Recyclable Polymers

Library

Headquarters for Industrial Collaboration

Industrial Collaboration Promotion Center

Technical Services Department

Health Care Center

JAIST Gallery

JAIST Innovation Plaza

Research Center for Advanced Computing Infrastructure (RCACI)

Center for Highly DependableEmbedded SystemsTechnology

Center for Nano Materials and Technology

President

Trustee Vice President



Adviser to the President for Special Missions

Adviser to the President for International Collaboration and Exchange

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JAIST welcomes talented students and researchers, regardless of their previous academic majors, not only from recent university graduates but also from people with work experience.

● Active Faculty JAIST's faculty members are world-class researchers. They come from all over the world, from other academic institutions, and from leading industrial research and development institutions.JAIST holds a high rank among national universities in Japan, in terms of the number of grants and amount of funds for joint research projects and commissioned research undertaken and number of pub-lished papers per faculty member.

● Facilities at the Highest StandardThe laboratories with the world class, state-of-the-art equipment provides the most functional and com-fortable research environment.

● Internationalized Campus Environment33% of the students of JAIST are from abroad. Many international researchers visit JAIST for international conferences or stay at JAIST for joint research projects.

Advanced Graduate Education and Research

● Major Research Project and Minor Research ProjectEach student takes both a major research project (topic of Master’s or Doctoral Thesis), and a minor research project. This dual structure provides a broader base of knowledge for profound understanding of the major research project field.

● Preparatory Courses for Students with Different Academic MajorsFor graduate students with different undergraduate majors from those offered at JAIST, JAIST provides preparatory courses by which they can obtain the common foundation necessary for more advanced levels of study and research in their major at JAIST. The “Preparatory” courses usually cover materials for the undergraduate level in a selected field, allowing each student to progress smoothly along the path toward professional expertise.

● Office Hours for Individual ConsultationMost courses at JAIST are scheduled in the mornings, allowing professors to hold "Office Hours" for advising individual students in the afternoon. This "Mentoring" approach is an ideal element in developing students' abilities. Afternoon hours are also used for individual study and research, and some language courses (in Japanese and English).

Education

Research

President Tetsuo Asano

Trustee ,Vice President Minoru Terano

Trustee ,Vice President Teruo Matsuzawa

Trustee ,Vice President Yasuhiro Komatsu

Trustee for Special Missions Toshiji Kuroda

Auditor Yujiro Hayashi

Auditor Kunihiro Kato

Vice President for Education for Working Professionals Yasuo Ikawa

Adviser to the President for International Collaboration and Exchange Shungo Kawanishi

Adviser to the President for Special Missons Masahiro Takagi

Adviser to the President for Special Missons Hiroshi Mizuta

■ Board of Directors ■ Vice-President, Advisers to the President

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Academic Collaborations

JAIST has concluded academic exchange agreements with 112 institutions in 30 foreign countries (as of April 1, 2015) aiming at actively promoting exchanges of researchers and research collaborations worldwide.

JAIST’s Global ReachHigher educational institutes today have to find a creative and practical way to con-tribute a globalized society. JAIST has been continuously promoting international exchanges and collaborations in the fields of advanced science and technology, and contributing to the society by educating students with the highest level of faculty and facilities to make them leading scientists or engineers indispensable for the future society.

Asia66

Oceania 2

Europe36

Middle East1

NorthAmerica

SouthAmerica

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JAIST has promoted education programs in collaboration with renowned foreign academic institutes. Taking advantage of educational opportunities both at JAIST and the partner institutes helps students to obtain an international perspective and develop skills and abilities necessary to take active roles in the global society.To seek for an ideal education system in the global era, JAIST has been operating several “Collaborative Education Program” with the leading institutes in Europe and Asia. One of the key achievements is the “Collaborative Education and Research Co-supervision Program” with the UCL (University College Lon-don) in UK.

Collaborative Education Program

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JAIST holds international symposiums to share our great achievements with the world. Through the sym-posiums, JAIST aims at promoting discussion on the research and encouraging students to learn more about global sense.

International Symposium

Bilingual Environment

JAIST offers a fundamentally bilingual environment. 33% of the students and 21% of the faculty members are from abroad. English is the instruction language of all the doctoral courses and most of the master’s courses so that students can obtain their degree without a command of Japanese language. All the important e-mail communication on campus is also available in English. The Language Education Depart-ment of the Institute of General Education at JAIST secures the bilingual environment with solid English and Japanese language education programs.

Period Symposium/Seminar /Workshop Venue

Mar. 23 - 28, 2015 JAIST-India QMC Tutorial Workshop 2015 Kolkata, India

Mar. 2 and 3,2015 JAIST Japan-India Symposium on Materials Science 2015 JAIST

Feb. 27, 2015 Workshop on "Global Research and Development for Innovation" Bengaluru, India

Jan. 28, 2015 Seminar "Innovation Design" JAIST

Mar. 10 - 12, 2014 JAIST International School on Japan-UKNanotechnology Frontier 2014 Tokyo

Jan. 28 and 29,2014 International School/Workshop 2014 on "New Trends in Service Science" and "Knowledge Co-Creation"

Chonburi, Thailand

Oct. 17 and 18,2013 International Symposium on Advanced Materials Science 2013 JAIST

Mar. 4 - 7, 2013 Cat-CVD (Hot Wire CVD) and Related Technologies- Fundamentals and Applications to Solar Cells and Others -

Kanazawa JAIST

Feb. 17 - 22, 2013 JAIST International Winter School 2013~ Quantum Monte Carlo Electronic Structure Calculation ~ JAIST

Nov. 16 - 20, 2012 International Advanced School on Knowledge and Systems Sci-ence JAIST

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Doctoral Education

Master’s Education

CommunicationCourses

Liberal ArtsCourses

Chareer-EnhancingCourses

Technical Courses

Introductory Courses

Basic Courses

Educating and TrainingEngineers with the Ability of

Practical Application

ProjectManagement

ScientificDiscussion

Advanced Courses

S Type E Type

Educating and TrainingCreative Scientists

Educating and TrainingHighly Professional Engineers

Off-campusResearch Training

●Off-campus Training S Type, E Type ●�Off-campus research in Japan or

abroad ●�Presentations at international

conference overseas ●�Internships at companies

JAIST is committed to educating and training world-class “intellectually tough” scientists and engineers by accepting a wide range of enthusiastic international and adult students regardless of their undergraduate major.

●5D Program The 5D (5-year Doctoral) Program is designed for those who have de-cided to continue their study to the doctoral level at the time of enroll-ment. It is an integrated education program of master’s and doctoral program. Completion of this program requires five years.

●3D ProgramThe 3D (3-year Doctoral) Program is a conventional doctoral level edu-cation program with a special emphasis on enhancing the ability of practical application. Completion of this program requires three years.

●M ProgramThe M (Master’s) Program is a conventional master’s level education program with a special emphasis on enhancing the ability of practical application. Completion of this program requires two years.

Education System for Career Path Development

Education Programs to Satisfy a Variety of Study PurposesIn order to help students achieve their career goals, JAIST provides various education programs to satisfy different purposes of study. JAIST also supports students entering from the workforce by offering them flexible study pro-grams such as Extended Study Period for Completion.

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Career type (5D and 3D Program)● S（Scientist）Type : Those who wish to be creative scientists● E（Engineer）Type : Those who wish to be highly professional

engineers

Practical Education for Career DevelopmentIn order to educate and train students who can satisfy important social needs, JAIST continuously seeks to provide practical courses based on students’ diverse career goals. JAIST encourages students to positively participate in off-campus training opportunities including research activities in and outside Japan so that they are ready to work immediately after graduation. JAIST’s career-enhancing advisors provide individual students with appropriate guid-ance and advice on their learning problems and career path.

Features of JAIST’s Education System

JAIST’s education system develops creative future leaders who can open new frontiers in science and technology

●Practical Courses ●Scientific Discussions 2 ●Advanced Project Management

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Taking Courses Offered in EnglishIt is possible to fulfill degree requirements for both the Master’s and doctoral program by taking courses in English. All of the Advanced courses offered at JAIST are conducted in English.

◦ The Study Plan/Record between students and the supervisors helps review student’s academic work.◦ Preparation of a detailed research plan leads to successful program completion.◦ Clarifying course goals, viewpoints of evaluation, evaluation methods and evaluation criteria for all courses is to

secure the objectivity and rigidity of the grade assessment.◦ GPA (Grade Point Average) system has been introduced to assess student’s academic performance.

Supervisory SystemThree advisors, consisting of a supervisor, a second supervisor, and an advi-sor for Minor Research Project or an advisor for Internship are assigned to each student and provide guidance and advice on academic activities.

Effective LearningSince 1990 JAIST has adopted a quarter system which enables students to complete courses effectively in a short period of time. JAIST offers courses for the three Schools in the morning and the IGE courses in the afternoon. Of-fice hours are set in the afternoon to provide students with opportunities for tutorials. JAIST sets the time of enrollment twice a year in April and October. The class curriculum is also adapted to the students enrolled in October.

Advanced Curriculum

Supervisory and Effective Learning System

Systems for the Quality Assurance in Education

Sequential CurriculumJAIST has a curriculum designed so students can learn through steps from the Introductory to the Advanced cours-es. This offers students whose academic backgrounds differ from the course of study they want to pursue at JAIST sufficient opportunity to acquire the basic knowledge to advance their academic research.

Multifaceted Research Activities through Minor and Major Research ProjectsIn addition to a major research project (for Master’s Thesis or Project Paper/Doctoral Dissertation), students must conduct a minor research project to acquire knowledge in relevant fields. These multifaceted research activities en-able students to conduct research with a broader viewpoint and develop adaptive and applied skills to prepare for various challenges.

Courses in the Institute of General EducationThe Institute of General Education at JAIST consists of three departments: Liberal Arts Education, Global Commu-nication Education, and Career Education. The IGE provides a broad range of subjects to cultivate sophistication and knowledge, greater ethical awareness, and excellent communication skills. It aims to equip students with the language competencies, and an understanding diverse cultures. It also provides career education to help students find a position in society which would enhance their individual specialties and strengths.

Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.

Term 1-1Introductory and Basic Courses are held from early April to early June.

Summer Intensive CoursesCourses in the IGE are offered in August and September.

Winter Intensive CoursesCourses in the IGE are offered in February and March.

Term 1-2Basic and Technical Courses are offered from early June to late July .

Term 2-1Basic, Technical, and Advanced Courses are held from early October to early December.

Term 2-2Introductory, Basic, and Technical Courses are offered from early December to early February.

Student

Supervisor SecondSupervisor

Advisor forMinor Research Project or

Advisor for Internship

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Cultivating Pioneers of the Knowledge Society

Knowledge leads the world toward

the future

Human society is becoming increasingly complex. If science re-mains fragmented into specialized disciplines, we cannot deal effectively with the multi-dimensional problems which we now face. Thus, we need a new integrative science and technology founded on a deep understanding of humanity and society.In view of this need, the School of Knowledge Science has taken a new initiative that aims to discover both theoretical and practical principles management of creating knowledge and in-tegrating it with existing knowledge, thereby developing new knowledge-based systems for complex and compound prob-lems.To that end, the School has enlisted not only natural scientists and engineers, but also social scientists and humanities schol-ars. These faculty members conduct research in:(a) innovative methods for solving complex problems; and(b) man-computer systems that support such problem-solving activities.The School also provides master's and doctoral programs to educate professionals (e.g., project leaders and knowledge en-gineers) and knowledge scientists in a variety of knowledge-creating methods such as fi eldwork, mining technology, mod-eling and simulation method, innovation design, knowledge engineering, etc. These professionals are expected to become pioneers of the knowledge society in the 21st century.

DeanYukari NagaiProfessorKnowledge Media Area■Academic Field

Design CreativityInnovation DesignDesign knowledge

■ Social KnowledgeThis area conducts research into the processes of creat-ing, sharing, and utilzing knowledge in group, organization, and society. Also, this area educates knowledge managers who have academic knowledge and practical skills about knowledge management and management of techonology (MOT) in business corporations, governments, NPOs, and regional communities, thereby producing technological, or-ganizational, and social innovations.

■ Knowledge MediaThis area conducts research into human capabilities for dis-covering and representing items of knowledge. Also, this area educates persons to systematically acquire knowledge and skills to develop knowledge-intensive systems with digi-tal media and knowledge-base. Students are expected to play leading roles in creating the knowledge society by ap-plying their knowledge and skills to advancing frontiers of information and communication technologies.

■ Systems KnowledgeThis area conducts research into the processes of creating, sharing, and utilizing knowledge in complex phenomena in natural and social systems based on systems science using systems methodologies, modeling and simulation. Through the research activities, this area educates knowledge work-ers who contribute to analyzing and solving problems and issues in those domains.

■ Service KnowledgeThis area conducts research into the processes of service value creation, sharing, and utilization of service knowledge in enterprise or organaization. Also, this area educates service knowledge managers who achieve technical, or-ganaizational and social innovation, by providing them practical know-how, skills and techniques for service man-agement in enterprise or organaization.

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Department of Knowledge Science　◆4Areas

■ Social Knowledge

■ Systems Knowledge

■ Knowledge Media

■ Service Knowledge

Project Researcher

HP “Faculty Profi les”

Katsuhiro UmemotoProfessor

Knowledge Management

■Academic Field

Naoshi UchihiraProfessor

R&D Management, Service Design Methodology, Software Engineering

■Academic Field

Vesa Matti PeltokorpiAssociate Professor

Knowledge Management, International Human Resource Management

■Academic Field

Saburo OgataResearch Associate Professor

Traditional Crafts, Regional Study

■Academic Field

Yasunobu ItoAssociate Professor

Cultural Anthropology (Anthropology of Knowledge), Sociology of Knowledge

■Academic Field

Masaharu MizumotoAssociate Professor

Analytic Philosophy, Wittgenstein

■Academic Field

Kunihiro YamashitaAssociate Professor

Software Engineering

■Academic Field

Tsutomu FujinamiProfessor

Skill Science, Skill Acquisition

■Academic Field

Yukari NagaiProfessor

Design CreativityInnovation DesignDesign Knowledge

■Academic Field

Takaya YuizonoAssociate Professor

Groupware, Creativity Support Tools, Cross-cultural Collaboration

■Academic Field

Tu Ngoc LeAssistant Professor

Data mining, Bioinformatics, Machine learning

■Academic Field

Shohei HidakaAssistant Professor

Cognitive Science, Machine Learning, Time Series Analysis

■Academic Field

Masahiro UraAssistant Professor

Art and Science■Academic Field

Jader Enrique Zelaya ZamoraAssistant Professor

Knowledge Management

■Academic Field

Ho Bao TuProfessor

Machine learning, Data Mining, Data Science

■Academic Field

Hieu Chi DamAssociate Professor

Datamining, Computational Materials Science

■Academic Field

Kazunori MiyataProfessor

Computer Graphics, Media Integration, Procedural Modeling, Material Representation

■Academic Field






Kazushi NishimotoProfessor

Media Informatics■Academic Field

Takashi HashimotoProfessor

Complex Systems, Evolutionary Linguistics, Evolutionary Economics

■Academic Field

Nam Van HuynhAssociate Professor

Decision Analysis, Computational Intelligence

■Academic Field

Shigeto KobayashiAssistant Professor

Social Simulation, Gaming, Evolutionary Economics

■Academic Field

Takeshi KonnoResearch Assistant Professor

Cognitive Science, Evolutionary Linguistics, Cognitive Developmental Robotics

■Academic Field

Taketoshi YoshidaProfessor

Systems Methodology, Knowledge-basedManagement Informatics

■Academic Field

Yukio HayashiAssociate Professor

Network Science, Adhoc Comminication System

■Academic Field

Mitsuru IkedaProfessor

Knowledge Engineering, Ontology Engneering

■Academic Field

Masami MaekawaResearch Associate Professor

Design, Human Centered Design, User Interface

■Academic Field

Youji KohdaProfessor

Internet Service, Service Science, Social Innovation

■Academic Field

Riichiro MizoguchiResearch Professor

Ontological Engineering,Service Science, Learning Support, Knowledge Processing, Artifi cial Intelligence

■Academic Field

Kunio ShirahadaAssociate Professor

Service Marketing, Organization Management, Technology Management

■Academic Field

Hisashi MasudaAssistant Professor

Service Engineering, Service Marketing, Applied Microeconomics, Knowledge Engineering

■Academic Field

Michitaka KosakaProfessor

R&D management, Service Innovation

■Academic Field

Hideaki KanaiAssociate Professor

Social Computing, Pervasive Healthcare, Semantic Web

■Academic Field



Chairs operated jointly with research institutes and/or companies■ Industrial Policy Systems (Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.)■ Corporate Strategy Systems (Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.)■ Knowledge Business Creation (Fujitsu, Ltd.)■ Intelligent Production Systems (Hitachi, Ltd.)■ Management of Industry-Academy Collaboration (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)■ Intelligent Media (Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International)■ Knowledge Science Chair Cooperated with Vietnam FIVE Institutes (Vietnam FIVE Institutes ※)■ Service Technology (Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)■ Medical Service Knowledge Science (Miyazaki University/Juntendo University)■ Technology Management (University of Cambridge)■ Thai Knowledge Science (Thammasart University, NECTEC)

※Vietnam FIVE Institutes:University of Natural Sciences (VNU-HCM)/University of Technology (VNU-HCM) /Hanoi University of Technology/College of Technology (VNU-HN)/Institute of Information Technology (VAST)

Koji TanakaAssistant Professor

Cognitive Psychology, Educational Technology

■Academic Field

Center for Advanced Education for Working ProfessionalsYasuo IkawaResearch Professor

Technology and Innovation Management, R&D Management

■Academic Field

Industrial Collaboration Promotion CenterTomoo YamamotoProfessor

Industry-University-Government Cooperation

■Academic Field

Yasuo SasakiAssistant Professor

Decision Systems Science

■Academic Field School of K

nowledge Science

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Discover Information Science at JAIST and Stimulate the quality of higher education

The area of information science is highly interdisciplinary, com-bining the fi elds of engineering, computer science, mathemat-ics and the sciences to address critical societal challenges in the distribution and processing of information. In our view, infor-mation science impacts our lives through information security, mobile communications, computers and networks, games, ro-botics, language processing, and many other signifi cant ways.

Research at the School of Information Science is both broad and deep, and aims to advance the state-of-the-art information technologies on which modern life and society have become dependent. Many of our faculty are internationally-recognized leaders in their area of research. Our school is multidisciplinary, and is divided into fi ve areas which refl ect both the diversity of our faculty and our approach to research.

There are many advantages to joining the School of Informa-tion Science as a Masters or PhD student. In addition to our distinguished faculty, ample resources including broad access to on-line journals, computing resources and laboratory facili-ties are available 24 hours. Uniquely, both the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees may be completed in English. Another of our great strengths is the diversity of our faculty and student body: one-third of the students and one-quarter of faculty members come from countries outside of JAPAN. This is a strong refl ection of our commitment to internationalization and the fostering of col-laborative research relationships worldwide.

DeanHiroyuki IidaProfessorArtifi cial Intelligence Area■Academic Field

Computers and Games

■ Theoretical Information ScienceEducation and research concerning Mathematical Logic, Al-gorithms, Systems Theory, Information Security, etc.

■ Human Information ProcessingEducation and research on clarifi cation of human percep-tion systems, including vision and auditory sense, of human motor control systems, especially speech production, and realization of computational and robotic models of these systems.

■ Artifi cial IntelligenceEducation and research on computational models of human intelligence, including logical reasoning, effi cient search, and natural language processing, and applications of these computational models.

■ Computer Systems and NetworksEducation and research concerning computer architecture, parallel processing, and information networks, which form the infrastructure of tomorrow’s ubiquitous computing so-ciety.

■ Software ScienceEducation and research concerning modeling, design, anal-ysis and verifi cation of software for realizing the trustworthy and secure infrastructure of society.

Internationalisation at JAIST:

Prepare to play key roles

in an increasingly information-centered world

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Department of Information Science　◆5Areas

■ Human Information Processing

■ Theoretical Information Science

■ Computer Systems and Networks ■ Software Science

■ Artificial Intelligence

HP “Faculty Profiles”

Ryuhei UeharaProfessor

Algorithm, Graph theory, Computational geometry

■Academic Field

Yuichi FutaResearch Associate Professor

Information Security, Cryptographic & Number-theoretic Algorithm

■Academic Field

Kunihiko HiraishiProfessor

Formal Modeling and Analysis of Concurrent Systems

■Academic Field

Atsuko MiyajiProfessor

Information Security, Cryptology, Algorithms, Standardization, Secure Application

■Academic Field

Kazumasa OmoteAssociate Professor

Network Security,Applied Cryptography

■Academic Field

Hajime IshiharaProfessor

Constructive Mathematics, Mathematical Logic

■Academic Field

Yoh SomemuraResearch Professor

Environmental Management, Environmental Accounting, LSI Lithography

■Academic Field

Jiageng ChenAssistant Professor

Information Security, esp. Cryptanalysis of Block cipher, Stream cipher and Hash function, fast implementation

■Academic Field

Yota OtachiAssistant Professor

Graph algorithm, Algorithmic graph theory

■Academic Field

Chunhua SuAssistant Professor

Cryptography, Information security

■Academic Field

Takako NemotoAssistant Professor

Mathematical logic■Academic Field

Satoru TanakaResearch Assistant Professor

Algebra, Algorithm for number theory

■Academic Field

Masato AkagiProfessor

Speech Signal Processing, Modeling of Speech Perception Mechanism of Humans

■Academic Field

Fumihiko AsanoAssociate Professor

Robotics, Control engineering

■Academic Field

Masashi UnokiAssociate Professor

Modeling of Auditory System, Computational Auditory Scene Analysis

■Academic Field

Nak-Young ChongProfessor

Human-Friendly Robots, Networked Robots, Cognititive Robots

■Academic Field

Kazunori KotaniAssociate Professor

Computer Vision, CG, Facial Image Analysis

■Academic Field

Atsuo YoshitakaAssociate Professor

Multimedia Retrieval, Human-centric Information Processing

■Academic Field

Fan ChenAssistant Professor

People tracking, Activity recognition, Personalized video broadcasting

■Academic Field

Kenta HongoAssistant Professor

Quantum Simulation, Quantum Chemistry, Statistical Analysis, Cheminfomatics, High Performance Computing

■Academic Field

Sungmoon JeongAssistant Professor

Computational Intelligence, Cognitive Vision

■Academic Field

Ryota MiyauchiAssistant Professor

Auditory psychology, Multimodal information processing

■Academic Field

Daisuke MorikawaAssistant Professor

Acoustic engineering■Academic Field

Hyejeong RyuResearch Assistant Professor

Multi-sensor fusion algorithm, Autonomous navigation for mobile robots

■Academic Field

Atsuo SuemitsuAssistant Professor

Biological Information Processing

■Academic Field

Jianwu DangProfessor

Speech Information Science, Modeling of Speech Production Mechanism of Humans Language

■Academic Field

Ryo MaezonoAssociate Professor

High Performance Computing, Materials Informatics,Quantum Simulation, Condensed Matter Theory

■Academic Field

Hirokazu TanakaAssociate Professor

Computational Neuroscience, Biomedical Signal Processing, Human Psychophysics

■Academic Field

Hiroyuki IidaProfessor

Computers and Games■Academic Field ■

Kokolo IkedaAssociate Professor

Evolutionary Algorithm, Machine Learning

Academic Field

Minh Le NguyenAssociate Professor

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Understanding, Legal Engineering, Logic representation

■Academic Field

Kiyoaki ShiraiAssociate Professor

Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning

■Academic Field

Katsuhiko SanoAssistant Professor

Non-classical Logic and its application to formal semantics

■Academic Field

Simon ViennotAssistant Professor

Computer Go, Game Tree Search, Combinatorial Game Theory, Machine Learning

■Academic Field

Satoshi TojoProfessor

Logic of knowledge and belief, Logic of multi-agent communication, Grammar in music

■Academic Field

Shinobu HasegawaAssociate Professor

Distance Learning System, Support for Web-based Learning

■Academic Field

Research Center For Advanced Computing Infrastructure

Takashi OkadaResearch Associate Professor

Smart House, Multi-Agent Simulation

■Academic Field

Khoirul AnwarAssistant Professor

Wireless Communications, Coding Theory, Network Information Theory

■Academic Field

Mineo KanekoProfessor

Circuit Theory and CAD for VLSIs, Fault Tolerant VLSI Computing

■Academic Field

Yasuo TanProfessor

Ubiquitous Computing, Computer Networks, Home Networks

■Academic Field

Yuto LimAssociate Professor

Autonomous Distributed Wireless Network, Ubiquitous Sensor Communication, Energy Distribution

■Academic Field

Tadashi MatsumotoProfessor

Wireless Communications, Information Theory

■Academic Field

Kiyofumi TanakaAssociate Professor

Computer Architecture, Real-time Embedded Systems

■Academic Field

Satoshi UdaAssistant Professor

Internet Architecture, Campus IT Infrastructure

■Academic Field

Renyuan ZhangAssistant Professor

Circuit system theory, Mixed Analog/Digital LSI Circuits design

■Academic Field

Brian M. KurkoskiAssociate Professor

Information Theory, Coding Theory, and its Applications

■Academic Field

Mikifumi ShikidaProfessor

Distributed systems, Groupware

■Academic Field


Yoichi ShinodaProfessor

Distributed and Parallel Computing, Networking Systems

■Academic Field


Yasushi InoguchiProfessor

Massively Parallel Computers, Interconnection of Multi-processor Systems

■Academic Field


Xavier DefagoAssociate Professor

Distributed Systems, Dependability, Cooperative robotics

■Academic Field

Mizuhito OgawaProfessor

Formal Method, Automated Reasoning, Computational Model

■Academic Field

Tachio TerauchiProfessor

Programming Languages, Program Analysis, Program Verification

■Academic Field

Nao HirokawaAssociate Professor

Term Rewriting■Academic Field

Takashi TomitaAssistant Professor

Formal Methods, Model Checking, Automated Synthesis

■Academic Field

Keita YokoyamaAssistant Professor

Mathematical logic, Proof theory/model theory of arithmetic, reverse mathematics

■Academic Field

Masato SuzukiAssociate Professor

Software Architechture/Components, Software Development Environment (Tools)

■Academic Field

Francois BonnetAssistant Professor

Distributed Algorithms, Distributed Computability, Robot Computing

■Academic Field

Yuki ChibaAssistant Professor

Term rewriting, Program transformation, Automated theorem proving

■Academic Field

Toshiaki AokiAssociate Professor

Software Engineering, Software Science, Formal Methods

■Academic Field ■

Norbert PreiningAssociate Professor

Intermediate and Many-valued logics, Gödel Logics, Algebraic Specification, Software Verification, Proof Theory, Logic

Academic Field


Daniel Mircea GainaAssistant Professor

Algebraic specification, formal methods for software engineering

■Academic Field


Kokichi FutatsugiResearch Professor

Formal Methods, Formal Specification Languages

■Academic Field




■

Yasuhiro Saito

ICT policyAcademic Field

Research Professor


14Chairs operated jointly with research institutes and/or companiesVisiting Chairs■ Information and Knowledge Integrated Processing(Fujitsu)■ Ultra-High Speed Communication Network Construction(National Institute of Information and Communications Technology)■ Distributed Information Processing(National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)■ Advanced Software Engineering(National Institute of Informatics)■ Information Science Chair Cooperated with Vietnam FIVE Institutes*( Vietnam FIVE Institutes)■ Green ICT(NTT Energy and Environment Systems Laboratories)■ Thai Information Science(Thammasart University, NECTEC)■ Tianjin Information Science(Tianjin University)

■ Computational Linguistics■ Cognitive Science■ Parallel and Distributed Systems

Kazuhiro OgataProfessor

Software Engineering, Formal Methods

■Academic Field

Razvan Florin BeuranResearch Associate Professor

Network Systems, Performance Evaluation, Information Processing

■Academic Field■

Ken-ichi Chinen

Wide-area Information Distribution

Academic FieldResearch Associate Professor

Endowed chairs■ Cyber Range Organization and Design

School of Inform

ation Science

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Aiming to Create Innovative Materials

Creating Innovative Materials Science for

Our Bright Future

As stated in the "Comprehensive Strategy on Science and Technology Innovation" which was approved in a Cabinet meeting last year, scientifi c and technical innovation is a driv-ing force of economic growth, a source of vitality, and has the power to change society drastically. In our School of Materi-als Science, making use of one of the world's best research and education environments—featuring class 10 super-clean rooms, 800 MHz high resolution superconducting NMR, ab-erration-corrected super high resolution analysis TEM, and micro-processing machines equipped with an electric fi eld ionization gas ion source—every day we strive to achieve our mission of creating new science and technology, and training superior scientists and engineers who can support the tech-nology-based development of our country. In an environment open to the world through connections in a group of universi-ties including the University College London, Delft University of Technology, University of Delhi, Chulalongkorn University, and Vietnam National University, we conduct global training and re-search activities for specialists in materials.

Today there are many problems in Japan; long-term recession, changes of industrial structure, energy problems, and medical problems refl ecting an aging society. In particular, an industrial structure that lags behind international globalization is caus-ing a feeling of despair in many Japanese people. Under these conditions, universities, especially graduate schools of science and technology, are being asked to solve these problems in society, to create new science and technology to encourage the public to move for world into the future, and to train supe-rior scientists and engineers who can support the technology-based development of our country. As mentioned above, in our School of Materials Science, a rich research environment with many advanced facilities and equipment is available to our fac-ulty members and students, so they can conduct developmen-tal research on innovative materials. Let's strive together for a new future through the creation of innovative materials!

DeanToshifumi TsukaharaProfessorBiofunction and Organization Area■Academic Field

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology

■ Materials Characterization and DevicesEducation and research concerning the theoretical and practical aspects of the structure and behavior of materials.Characterization of crystallinity and ultrafi ne structure of materials, and systematic understanding of nanostructural dynamics of molecules and their surfaces for design and fabrication of nanodevices.

■ New Materials Design and SynthesisEducation and research concerning the synthesis of new functional materials based on the design at atomic and mo-lecular levels.Systematic characterization and understanding of basic structures and functionality of the materials for rational de-sign of new functions.

■ Biofunction and OrganizationEducation and research concerning the assembly and orga-nization of novel functional biomaterials for innovative tech-nological applications through modulation of their functions.Characterization of the dynamic structure of biomolecules and systematic understanding of the principles of biological functionality.

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Department of Materials Science　◆3Areas

Chairs Operated Jointly with Research Institutes and / or Companies■ Thermo-electric Conversion (International Christian University) ■ Stress Signal Research (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)■ Computing in Materials Science (Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University)■ Nanotechnology Chair Cooperated with Vietnam (Vietnam National University, Hanoi)■ Nanoimaging Physics (Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University)■ Materials and Devices for Renewable Energy (Research Center for Photovoltaics, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)■ Nano Devices (University of Southampton)■ Aroma Science (Takasago International Corporation)■ Nano-analysis research by synchrotron (Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute)■ A course for solution-based Si nano-device study (Delft University of Technology)■ Ultra-fine patterning by a focused ion beam (Hitachi High-Tech Science Corporation)■ Applied Process Chemical Science for Green Synthesis (Department of Chemistry, the University of Delhi)

■ Materials Characterization and Device

■ New Materials Design and Synthesis ■ Biofunction and Organization

Hideo Iwasaki Professor

Low Temperature Physics, Solid State Physics

■Academic Field

Hiroshi MizutaProfessor

Nano-Electro-Mechanical-System (NEMS), Monolayer materials, Quantum and nanodevices

■Academic Field

Antoine FleurenceAssistant Professor

Surface science, thin films and low-dimension inorganic materials

■Academic Field

Hien Thi Thu Khuat Assistant Professor

Surface Science,Optical properties of Solids

■Academic Field

Takashi Masuda Assistant Professor

Solution processes, Interface Science

■Academic Field

Manoharan MuruganathanAssistant Professor

Nanoelectronics, Atomic-scale Device Simulation, RF & Cryogenic measurements

■Academic Field

Heisuke SakaiAssistant Professor

Organic memory devices,Organic sensors

■Academic Field

Akira SasaharaAssistant Professor

Surface science■Academic Field

Goro MizutaniProfessor

Nonlinear optical spectroscopy and microscopy

■Academic Field

Hideyuki MurataProfessor

Organic Optoelectronic Devices, Molecular Devices

■Academic Field

Tatsuya ShimodaProfessor

Magnetic Material, Electronics Devices, Liquid Process, Oxide Materials,Liquid silicon, Intermolecular force

■Academic Field

Toshi-kazu SuzukiProfessor

Compound Semiconductor Electronics: Compound Semiconductor Crystal Growth and High-speed Devices

■Academic Field

Eisuke Tokumitsu Professor

Solid State Electronics, Semiconductor Devices

■Academic Field

Masahiko TomitoriProfessor

Surface Science, Nano Science, Nanoprobe Technology

■Academic Field

Satoshi InoueResearch Professor

Device Physics, Electronic Devices

■Academic Field

Masashi AkaboriAssociate Professor

Semiconductor epitaxial growth, Semiconductor nanostructures

■Academic Field

Hideki MatsumuraResearch Professor

Electronic Materials and Devices Thin Film Technology

■Academic Field

Susumu HoritaAssociate Professor

Thin Film Crystal Growth, Electron Devices

■Academic Field

Toshu AnAssociate Professor

Magnetic resonance imaging, Spintronics

■Academic Field

Mikio KoyanoAssociate Professor

Solid State Physics, Thermoelectric Properties

■Academic Field

Keisuke Ohdaira Associate Professor

Solar Cell, Semiconductor

■Academic Field

Yoshifumi OshimaAssociate Professor

Surace/Interface Physics, Electron Microscopy

■Academic Field

Yukiko Yamada-TakamuraAssociate Professor

Thin Film Growth, Surface and Interface Engineering

■Academic Field

Kohki EbitaniProfessor

Design of Catalyst Surface, Development of Nano-Structured Catalyst Materials

■Academic Field

Masayuki YamaguchiProfessor

Polymer Physics, Rheology

■Academic Field

Noriyoshi MatsumiProfessor

Polymer Synthesis, Functional Polymers

■Academic Field

Tatsuo KanekoAssociate Professor

Polymer Chemistry, Bioplastics, Soft matters

■Academic Field

Minoru TeranoProfessor

Polymers (Organic Materials), Surface Science

■Academic Field

Shinya MaenosonoProfessor

Nanomaterials Chemistry, Colloid Chemistry

■Academic Field

Kazuaki MatsumuraAssociate Professor

Biomaterials, Polymer Science

■Academic Field

Yuki Nagao Associate Professor

Nanoprotonics■Academic Field

Derrick Michael MottAssistant Professor

Novel nanomaterial synthesis and characterization/Study of new materials for sensing, energy and the environment

■Academic Field

Raman VedarajanAssistant Professor

Electrochemistry, Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, Lithium Ion batteries and Fluoride Ion Sensors

■Academic Field

Shun NishimuraAssistant Professor

Catalyst chemistry, Synthesis of Nano-structured catalyst

■Academic Field

Shogo NobukawaAssistant Professor

Polymer rheology, Dielectric property, Optical material

■Academic Field

Kosuke Okeyoshi Assistant Professor

Polymer Chemistry, Photochemistry, Soft Matter

■Academic Field

Ken-ichi ShinoharaAssociate Professor

Functional Polymer Synthesis, Single-Molecules Imaging

■Academic Field

Kenichi HagaAssistant Professor

Electronic devices, Oxide materials

■Academic Field

Toshiaki TaniikeAssociate Professor

Synergetic experimentation and computation, Catalysis, Polymer science, High-throughput experimentation

■Academic Field

Seiji TateyamaResearch Lecturer

Organosilicon Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, NMR structural analysis

■Academic Field

Patchanee ChammingkwanAssistant Professor

Catalytic Chemistry, Polyolefin

■Academic Field

Kenzo FujimotoProfessor

Bioorganic Chemistry, Nucleic Acids Chemistry, Chemical Biology

■Academic Field

Tsutomu HamadaAssociate Professor

Biological Soft Matter Physics, Membrane Biophysics

■Academic Field

Yuichi HiratsukaAssociate Professor

Development of Micromachines Driven by Biological Motors

■Academic Field

Takahiro HohsakaProfessor

Extended Genetic Engineering, Biomolecular Engineering

■Academic Field

Masahiro TakagiProfessor

Signal Transduction, Environmental Stress

■Academic Field

Yuzuru TakamuraProfessor

Microfluidics, Microfabrication process,Biosensing, plasma science

■Academic Field

Hidekazu TsutsuiAssociate Professor

Electrophysiology, Biophysics, Molecular Biology

■Academic Field

Ken NagaiAssistant Professor

Soft matter physics, Nonequilibrium physics

■Academic Field

Naofumi ShimokawaAssistant Professor

Soft Matter Physics, Biophysics, Physical Chemistry

■Academic Field

Hitoshi SuzukiResearch Assistant Professor

Molecular Biology, RNA Biology

■Academic Field

Tue Trong PhanAssistant Professor

Electronic materials and devices, Printed electronics

■Academic Field

Yoshitaka UmetsuAssistant Professor

Structure biology, NMR, ioactive peptides

■Academic Field

Takayoshi WatanabeAssistant Professor

Chemical Biology■Academic Field

Kazushi OdaAssistant Professor

Biomaterials■Academic Field

Takashi SakamotoAssistant Professor

Bioorganic Chemistry, Nucleic Acids Chemistry

■Academic Field

Taku MizukamiAssistant Professor

Biophysics, Spectroscopy, Simulation, Data-mining

■Academic Field

Toshifumi TsukaharaProfessor

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology

■Academic Field

Manish BiyaniResearch Associate Professor

Evolutionary Molecular Engineering, Biomaterials design, Hybrid Bio-Nanodevices

■Academic Field

Issey OsakaLecturer

Mass Spectrometry, Biochemistry, Chromatography

■Academic Field

Shinya OhkiProfessor

Protein NMR, Structural Biology

■Academic Field












Hideto ShimaharaAssistant Professor

Biocatalytic Science (NMR Structural Biology, Biomolecular Quantum Chemsitry, Molecular Biology)

■Academic Field



HP “Faculty Profiles”

School of M

aterials Science

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IGE offers an education program designed to develop leaders who can accurately understand large-scale and diverse changes taking place in the world globalizing at an accelerated pace, effectively apply their specialty to the global stage through worldwide collaborations, and contribute to solutions of important problems.


Global Education in Advanced Liberal Arts, Global Communication, and Career DevelopmentThe conventional graduate education tended to stress enhancement of graduate student’s specialization and showed a limited interest in its application to the real society. Such an education was capable of coping with problems that can be solved by scientific and technological methods only. The situation today in which problems affect entire humanity with various elements intricately mingling in a global scale, however, requires scientists and engi-neers to recognize it in a broader perspective, possess excellent communication ability, cope with problem solving effectively through formation of collaborations with their counterparts in other countries or other academic fields, and select a career filled with such opportunities.JAIST is the first graduate institute in Japan that offers sophisticated advanced liberal arts courses, global communication education courses, career education courses started in April 2012, for the purpose of creating a solid foundation for our graduate students with superb knowledge and skills in their special field to take an active role at the global stage in the future. Most of the courses offered by IGE can be used to fulfill graduation requirements and designed for all the students to take them based on their interest and necessity. We strongly hope that our graduates will be able to contribute to the development of humanity with concrete activities based on clear understanding of the meaning of their specialization through acquisition of a broader domain of knowledge.

Department of Advanced Liberal Arts Head : Shungo Kawanishi (Professor)

Advanced liberal arts courses aim at creating a broad knowledge foundation for globally active leaders through understanding of mathematical thinking, innovation design methodologies, philosophy of science and global economy.

Department of Global Communication Education Head : Shungo Kawanishi (Professor)

In order to take an active role at the global stage, it is indispensable to acquire reliable language ability as a tool to communicate a broad education and specialization. Our English program focuses on technical elements and is deigned to serve any level of students with appropriate learning opportunities. In addition, we offer courses for cultural understanding and Japanese language program for international students.

Department of Career Development Head : Youji Kohda (Professor)

The department of career development offers a variety of courses and seminars designed to educate students with methods of career formation aiming at utilizing their specialization for society in the most effective manner. Our courses also provide improvement of writing and presentation skills and know-how of management and entrepreneurship for career leaders.

Masaharu MizumotoAssociate Professor

Liberal Arts Education Department (LAED)

Shungo Kawanishi Professor■Academic Field

International Relations, Global Studies, Japan Studies

William Riley Holden ⅢProfessor■Academic Field

Applied Linguistics, English for Specific Purposes

Hiroyuki HondaProfessor■Academic Field

Japanese Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics

Jean-Christophe TerrillonAssociate Professor■Academic Field

Physics, Technical Communication, Philosophy of Science

Nathaniel Ochieng AmbassahResearch Lecturer■Academic Field

Technical Communication

John BlakeResearch Lecturer■Academic Field

Academic writing, Educational Technology

Dubhgan Kyle-Arleas HincheyResearch Lecturer■Academic Field

E-learning, MOODLE

Global Communication Education Department (GCED)

Shungo KawanishiProfessor

Director

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Institutes for Education and Research

Center for Advanced Education for Working Professionals -Tokyo Satellite-

JAIST has a satellite facility in metropolitan Tokyo. It is located in the Shinagawa Intercity Build-ing-A, which is a 3-minute walk from the JR Shinagawa Station’s Konan Exit, and is on the 19th floor of the characteristic oval-shaped building.

The start of the JAIST Tokyo Satellite was in October 2003, when its Management of Technol-ogy (MOT) Course for master’s degree within the School of Knowledge Science was inaugurat-ed at its first location in Yaesu Campus just next to JR Tokyo Station. Afterwards the School of Information Science started Embedded Systems Course, Advanced Information Technologies Course for master’s and doctor’s degrees and, in collaboration with the National Institute of In-formatics, Advanced Software Engineering Course for doctor’s degree, in October 2005, April 2007 and April 2009 respectively in the Tamachi Campus. During this period, MOT Course was moved to Tamachi in October 2006, taking the opportunity of redevelopment project of Tokyo station Yaesu area. In October 2009, Management of Service (MOS) Course was launched by collaborative efforts of School of Knowledge Science and School of Information Science based on the successful experiences of MOT Course operation. In April 2010, Advanced Knowledge Science Course for doctor’s degree was added, and it was decided to move the facility to Shinagawa to establish the firm base for the courses, all of which are dedicated to working professionals. At that time, the satellite facility had grown so that the Center for Advanced Education for Working Professionals was founded to coordinate such course activities. The relocation to Shinagawa was completed in October 2010. Then in October 2011, MOT and MOS courses were merged to be called iMOST (Innovation Manage-ment of Service and Technology) course, showing the important future direction of the innova-tion for industries to be competitive. As on April 2015, total of 4 courses are offered to working professionals and the actual number of students is around 200.

The Tokyo Satellite offers advanced technological and managerial education to students of working professionals who are unable to attend classes at the JAIST campus in Hokuriku. It also allows workshops and seminars to be held in Tokyo, enabling JAIST to maintain close contact and increase collaboration with industry, government and academic institutions throughout Japan. The Center is planning to offer opportunities for its students to broaden their views about management associated with technologies, services and global business skills. Among such efforts, included are the new initiatives to create educational programs to strengthen negotiation skills based on right decision with right strategy for action, having sound vision about the future, ie foresight abilities, in their global business. The satellite facility is located in Shinagawa, the nearest business center to the Haneda International Airport, which is now directly connected to major international airports in Europe, the USA and Asia. Taking this advantage together with JAIST’s globalized educational system, Tokyo satellite facility will allow JAIST to fulfill its role as a leader in Japan’s technological development in industry to be globalized.

Yasuo IkawaResearch Professor

Director

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The Career Service Center supports the career development of individual students who are going to work in a variety of areas based on advanced science and technology, including academia and industries, and promotes their vocational indepence by providing guidance and training programs.

Career Service Center

Support Activities of the Career Service CenterFor the purpose of supporting the students’ career development, the Career Service Center provides the following services by collaborating with the Career Support Section:・��holds career support events such as career guidance, corporate seminars, job fairs,

etc. ・��holds interview training given by career development specialists who used to work in

the HR department, and conducts SPI mock examinations.・��offers career counseling by professors in charge of career assessment, a qualified

career counselor, and a counselor who used to be involved with human resources. ・arranges interviews with HR representatives. ・��provides information related to job searching such as job postings and corporate

seminar information. ・��subsidizes financial aid for students to participate in internships at companies inside

and outside Japan. ・��develops and operates the online Career Support System which enables students to

search companies, to report post-graduation plans, and to read the reports on the job-hunting process posted by other students.

The Career Service Center is dedicated to fostering engineers who can respond to/solve prob-lems, and researchers who can think from various perspectives in the rapidly-evolving field of science and technology.

The Career Service Center helps individual students formulate their career plans and achieve their career goals. As a part of JAIST’s education system, which aims to educate and train researchers and engineers who are capable of satisfying various social needs, the Center enhances the students’ spontaneous career development by promoting their career formation and vocational independence. We also gather feedback from industries for cultivation of human resources and reflect it in JAIST’s education system.


Director

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Center for Global Educational Collaboration was established in April, 2015 to support academic exchanges with overseas institutions and promote international interactions strategically.

Center for Global Educational Collaboration

It is important to develop human resources who possess academic expertise and broad knowledge to find worldwide issues and resolve them in the global society. By promoting academic exchanges and supporting career development comprehensively, we aim at devel-oping “intellectually though students” who will play active parts in the world with international communication skills, self-assertion, and understandings of different cultures.

The Center provides the following services in cooperation with related departments of aca-demic exchange programs.・�Comprehensive support to study abroad for research purposes in both short-term and long-

term as follows: Orientation and guidance before/after studying abroad; Risk management; etc.

・�Support for accepting students from overseas institutions・�Support for career development of the students in the exchange programs in cooperation

with industry・�Follow-up of alumni・�Holding international seminars/workshops and promoting exchanges of both faculties and

students

Services

Kohki EbitaniProfessor

Director

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The RCACI supports our world-class education and research environment by providing advanced informa-tion environment. Based on the FRONTIER Project, a high-speed, and high-availability network provides the foundation for the high performance file servers, massively parallel computers, and various servers that have enabled JAIST since its foundation to continuously provide users a convenient information environ-ment in the form of FRONTNET.

Research Center for Advanced Computing Infrastructure (RCACI)

Computing Infrastructure Service DivisionProviding the advanced information environments and their continuous improvement as a

base of education and research at schools of knowledge science, information science and materials science, and computerization at library and administrative division.

Construction and management of the information environment to serve as a model for in-formation centers in Japan.

Remarkable contribution to construction of worldwide scale network.

Information Environment Research and Development DivisionResearch on construction and management method for next generation large scale com-

plex information system.Research and development of next generation network technology to realize significant in-

novation of the Internet.Development of massively parallel system to support education and research of advanced

science and technology, and advancement of efficiency of use.Research and development of security technology to realize safe and dependable informa-

tion society.

RCACI develops innovative information technologies to support information soci-ety and provides a large-scale experimental field to prove the new technologies.

Research Center for Advanced Computing Infrastructure SINET

TokyoSatellite

IndustrialCollaborationPromotionCenter

・10 Gigabit Route

・High Speed Network Systems

・Large Paper-Size Printer・Color Multifunction

Printer with Book Binding

■ FRONTNET

DirectorMineo KanekoProfessor

Yasushi InoguchiProfessor

Mikifumi ShikidaProfessor


Shinobu HasegawaAssociate Professor

Satoshi UdaAssistant Professor

Takashi TomitaAssistant Professor

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Mechdyne, USA: CAVE Immersive 3D Display SystemPhilips, Netherland: 3D Intelligent Display SystemVirtual Research, USA: EYEGEN3Immersion, USA: Cyber-Glove, Cyber-GraspSensAble, USA: PHANTOM

Super-Reality Experiment System

Massively Parallel Processing SystemMassively parallel processing (MPP) is a term used in computer architecture to refer to a computer system with many independent arithmetic units (or entire micro-processors) that run in parallel. MPP systems are designed for large scale scientific computing. The picture at left shows the Cray XC30 system at JAIST, built with 360 computing-node, total 8,640 cpu-core, in-terconnected with Dragonfly technology and 46.0TB total memory.

Campus NetworkThe campus network at JAIST is built with high-speed, layer-3 core switch-es located at the Research Center for Advanced Computing Infrastructure. In addition to the backbone switches, the floor switches also run at 10Gbps, which enables very comfortable network access to any servers, anywhere in JAIST. The same information environment is also provided on JAIST To-kyo Satellite. Outside of JAIST, through SINET4 and WIDE Project Research networks, high-speed access to Tokyo and Osaka over 10Gbps network bandwidth is available.

Immersive 3-dimensional Virtual Reality SystemImmersive and seamless visualization is done by using 3.8m x 2.4m screens on the front and bottom sides, and 2.4m x 2.4m screens on the right and left sides, respectively. In addition to this, many devices such as 3D Intelligent Display System, CyberGlove, CyberGrasp and PHANToM are used in research on the virtual reality.

High-Speed, Large-Volume Storage SystemsTo provide a reliable file storage environment, we are running high-speed, large-capacity file server systems in parallel. Through the high-speed cam-pus network, researchers and students can utilize the information system from any computer at JAIST without changing their individual computer environment. Data backup is provided automatically by the systems, so each user can maintain their focus on research or study. Depending on the needs of users, they can select among a variety of file servers.

Cray XC30 Atltix UV1000

3D Intelligent Display SystemImmersive 3-dimensional Virtual Reality System

Network Operation Center

Fujitsu ETERNUS NR1000 Cluster

Dell Compellent Storage System

Brocade Comunications Systems, USA: MLXe4, Cisco Systems, USA: Catalyst 6880-XCisco Systems, USA: Nexus 7710Fortinet, USA: FortiGate 3700D, Arista Networks, USA: Model 7710

Campus Network

Name of Equipment Manufacturers and Types

Fujitsu, Japan: ETERNUS NR1000 F3270 Cluster x2 (Capacity 530TB)Dell, USA: Compellent Storage System (Capacity 3PB)EMC, USA: VNX5400/5200 (Capacity 251.2TB)

High-Speed, Large-Volume Storage Systems

Cray, USA: XC30 (8,640 cpu-core)SGI, USA: Altix UV1000 (1,526-core)Fujitsu, Japan: PC Cluster (High-speed Calculation Node CX250 (2,160 cpu-core) / GPU Node HX2560 (80 cpu-core))

Massively Parallel Processing Systems

SGI, Japan: Asterism ID412(NVIDIA Quadro Plex 7000×2)Scalable Visual SystemRISO, Japan: ORPHIS EX9050 (High Speed Printer with Book Binding) Canon, Japan: imagePROGRAF IPF6400SE, Mimaki Engineering, JAPAN: CJV30-160 (Large Format Printer)Fujitsu, Japan: Scan Snap FI-SV600 (Color Image Scanner)GBC, USA: SureBind2000 (Portable Book Binding)

Printing Support System

JAIST Infrastructure and Equipment

Advanced Laboratory FacilitiesInformation Systems

*These are just some of the main pieces of equipment -there are many more.

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The Center for Nano Materials and Technology (CNMT) started in 2002 as a renewal of the former Center for New Materials, and is devoted to advanced research and education on nanotechnology. The Center pro-motes the Nanotechnology Education Program. It also supports joint projects in basic research and develop-ment of nanotechnology. Those projects are driven by domestic as well as foreign research groups at the highest level, for which the Center provides its state-of-the-art facilities.


Research Facilities and InstrumentsThe Center has special facilities and a variety of state-of-the-art instruments dedicated to basic research and development of nanomaterials. The special facilities include clean rooms and a helium gas liquefaction system. Research instruments include an 800 MHz NMR, mass spec-trometers, SQUIDs, STMs, TEMs, SEMs, an RBS system and MBE systems.

Nano Material Technology ProgramSince 2002, the Center has been promoting a systematic education program, the Nano Ma-terial Technology Program, to provide students and company engineers with a wide variety of knowledge and techniques regarding current advanced nanoscience and nanotechnology. This program includes lectures and training programs on nano-device fabrication, nano-bio-technology and nano-molecular analysis.

Clean room

Outside view

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer (NMR 800MHz)

Studies on solid-state physics as well as novel ultra-high speed and spintronics devices, micro-nano machines based on compound semiconductors. Studies on thermoelectric materials and devices.Quantum Device Materials Division

Studies on biodevices and nano technologies for analyzing bio molecules and science-related prob-lems. Studies on mass analysis.Nano Bio Device Materials Division

Research and Education

Goro MizutaniProfessor

Director

Hideo IwasakiProfessor

Shin-ya OhkiProfessor

Toshi-kazu SuzukiProfessor

Hideki MatsumuraResearch Professor

Masashi AkaboriAssociate Professor

Issey OsakaLecturer

Hideto ShimaharaAssistant Professor

Yoshitaka UmetsuAssistant Professor

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Advanced Laboratory Facilities

Molecular mass spectrometer (FT-ICR-MS)This device is a mass spectrometer that uses ion cyclotron resonance (ICR). In measurement, ionized samples are subjected to cyclotron motion in a high magnetic field, and confined within an ICR cell. Then, the resonance signal obtained by exposing them to a radio-wave pulse is Fourier trans-formed. This device produces a resolution from one to several hundred thousands, and its high sensitivity gives it the capacity to measure even pmol-fmol order samples.

Electron probe micro-analyzer (EPMA)The EPMA is a scanning electron microscope with the added function of spec-troscopic analysis of characteristic X-rays. Since the characteristic X-rays emit-ted from samples are specific to elements, qualitative/quantitative analysis of the elements in the sample is possible. It is also possible to measure the ele-ment distribution on the sample surface.

Transmission electron microscope (TEM)The TEM is an apparatus used to observe and analyze microstructures of materials. This apparatus, Hitachi HF-2000, also can be used for Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDXS) and Electron Energy Loss Spectros-copy (EELS) of materials in the nanometer scale.

Focused ion beam system (FIB)Less than a few micron 3D micro-fabrications (thinning, etching, milling etc.) were done by focusing ion-beam on the surfaces of metal, insulator, semi-conductor etc. As an ion source, Ga ion-beam is used under a few tens keV acceleration.

Bruker, Germany: SolariX

VG Analytical, Fisons Instruments, UK

NHV Corporation: NT-1700H

Rigaku Corporation: RASA-7A

Applied Biosystems, USA: 373A DNA Sequencer (complete set)

Hitachi: S-4100, S-5200

Hitachi: H-7650 JEOL: JEM-ARM200F

Bruker, Germany: AVANCE Ⅲ 800

Bruker, Germany: AVANCE Ⅲ 500

Varian, USA: UNITYINOVA400WB

JEOL: JES-RE3X

Fisons Instruments, USA: S-ProbeTM2803

SII: SMI3050

JEOL: JXA-8900

Sumitomo Heavy Industries: SCI-400, SCR-500 JEOL: JSTM-4500VT

*These are just some of the main pieces of equipment -there are many more.

Name of Equipment・Molecular mass spectrometer (FT-ICR-MS)・Magnetic sector-type / time-of-flight mass spectrometer・Rutherford backscattering analysis, high-energy ion implantation system・Four-circle x-ray crystal analyzer・Gene/protein structure analysis system・Scanning electron microscope (SEM)・Transmission electron microscope (TEM)・Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer (NMR800MHz)・Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer for solutions (NMR500MHz)・Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer (NMR400MHz)・Paramagnetic resonance spectrometer (ESR)・X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy system (ESCA)・Focused ion beam system (FIB)・Electron probe micro-analyzer (EPMA)・Cluster formation reaction analysis system

Manufacturers and types

Material Analysis Systems

JAIST Infrastructure and Equipment

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The Center was founded in September 2007 to promote Education and Research for Highly Dependable Embedded Systems Technology. The coming e-Society will rely on embedded computers connected to networks. Therefore, highly dependable embedded systems technology is absolutely necessary. This center leads education programs and research activities for dependable embedded systems.

Center for Highly Dependable Embedded Systems Technology

Education ActivitiesThe center promotes the cultivation of experts and researchers in the embedded systems technology fi eld, and develops educational programs for future specialists for the coming e-Society.

Research Activities1. Software Development MethodologiesThe computers embedded anywhere in our living environment should be highly dependable, because we rely on them in all areas of our lives. Reliable hardware and dependable software are essential. This center uses formal methods and software engineering to design new Soft-ware Development Methodologies, to ensure optimal system security.

2. Ubiquitous Network Technology In the coming e-Society, the computers embedded and distributed throughout our living envi-ronment will be connected by various kinds of data link technologies. Communication among these various devices and platforms must be seamless and totally reliable, in spite of occa-sional local failures. Therefore, our center performs research to advance the fi eld of Ubiquitous Network Technology.

Achievements1. 2008-2012Advanced Education Program for Career Development of Foreign Students from Asia Strategic Human Resource Development Program for Highly Dependable Embedded System Technology

2. 2009-2012Consortium on Highly Dependable Systems in Hokuriku area

3. 2012-2016Joint Education Program with KIT on Smart Embedded System

SecurityAlgorithm

Discrete Signal Processing

AINLP

Parallel Processing

Formal Method

Course Subjects of �Highly Dependable Embedded Systems Course

Basic Course Subjects

Categories of Basic Subjects

Technical Course Subjects

Quality Assurance

PBLEmbedded Software Engineering

Hardware/Software CodesignAdvanced Computer Networks

Foundation of Software Verification, Computer Systems Performance Analysis, Project Management

Software Development TechnologiesSoftware Design Methodologies, Formal Methods, Foundation of Software Environment

IT Systems TechnologiesOperating Systems, Computer Architecture, Computer Networks

Laboratory of Highly Dependable SoftwareSoftware Process Design for Highly Dependable Software

Yasuo TanProfessor

Director

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The centre focuses on well-being of people. We scientificals investigate what makes people feel good and explore ways to achieve it with an emphasis in technology. A recent survey proved that people feel good when they are connected to others, physically active, are aware of what is taking place, learning something new, and helping others. We systematically approach to these activities to invent technological ways to sup-port people towards their well-being.

Conducting research and development of highly dependable and highly functional telecommunication net-works, and contributing to society through the fostering of human resources in this area.



The demographic change we are going through is a result of the industrial revolution which started in the middle of eighteen century. We no longer need so many hands to maintain our society, released of slave jobs thanks to the revolution. We are more concerned with quality rather than quantity, to describe our situation in abstract term. What technology can enhance our quality of life is the question and leads us to devising a new science, i.e., Knowledge Sci-ence, enabling us to study the quality.

Our research activities are organized to explore ways towards well-being. We develop assistive technologies for people to communicate with each other, to be fit physically, to be able to take notice of their surround-ings, to acquire new skills, and to take care for the elderly. We are keen to collaborating with people actually engaged in these activities and often get out of laboratory for direct expe-rience with them.

Toward an Advanced IT SocietyToday we live in an information technology society with highly advanced telecommunication network systems as seen in the rise of the Internet as a solid social infrastructure. Equally crucial as the technological development required for the construction of secure, safe, and highly functional telecommunication networks is to develop individuals who can adapt well to an advanced IT society.Taking over and building on the research achievements of the six key areas (“Theory,” “Ar-chitecture,” “Operation and Measurement,” “Contents,” “Application,” and “Social Systems”) produced by the predecessor of the current center, the Internet Research Center, and those from national and prefectural network-related projects, including the “StarBED Project,” we will further develop technologies and human resources excepted by the advanced IT society.

Conducting Researches into the Four Areas Related to an Advanced IT SocietyThe center engages in researches into four areas: “Cyber Physical Systems,” “New Generation Network Systems,” “Cyber Security,” and “Human Resources and Societal Strategies,” con-ducted mainly by faculty members of School of Information Science in collaboration with the Research Center for Advanced Computing Infrastructure and the Center for Graduate Edu-cation Initiative. We will also conduct intensive researches into new generation networks through a collaboration project with the National Institute of Information and Communica-tions Technology.


Director

Yasuhiro SaitouResearch Professor

Tomoya InoueResearch Assistant Professor■Academic Field

Computer Network

StarBED system

Tsutomu FujinamiProfessor

Director

Kazushi NishimotoProfessor

Hideaki KanaiAssociate Professor

Kunihiro YamashitaAssociate Professor

Optical topography scan of brain

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Collaborating with world best research groups.Conducting comprehensive studies on software verifi cation from foundation to application.

The objective of the center is creation of innovative technologies for the realization of a sustainable society. The newly-developed nano-size printing using unique solution materials makes that possible.

Research Center for Software Verifi cation (RCSV)


Aiming at Formation of a World-class Research Group

Software systems have been pervading human life and society, will surely infl uence it more and more, and may decide even its quality in future. For example, automobiles will be entirely ma-neuvered by software and so will nursing robots. Therefore, human beings should not be ruled by software systems, but should reasonably tame such systems. To this end, such systems should be developed, used and maintained in the right way. Software verifi cation is the key to do so and is an inevitable technology to create our sound software society in future.

RCSV is aiming at further expanding the high potential of the current software verifi cation study at JAIST and forming a world-class research group by conducting the following studies.

Logics for Verifi cation: New logics that can discuss necessity, verifi ability, etc. and constitute the foundations of next generation verifi cation technology.

Mechanisms for Verifi cation: Model checking, theorem proving, and term rewriting and its ap-plications to program code verifi cations.

Formal Modeling/Specifi cation Languages: Formal lan-guages for modeling and specifying real world problems and verifi cation of problems, requirements, specifi cations, and designs.

Distributed, Real-time and/or Hybrid Systems: Verifi cation technologies for distributed, real-time, and/or hybrid sys-tems.

Outline and ObjectiveGreen Device Research Center (GDRC) was established to create new technologies which em-body FACTOR 10 by state-of-the-art technologies and science assets possessed by School of Material Science in JAIST. FACTOR 10 is the challenging target to provide a sustainable society where effi ciencies and properties should be enhanced more than 10 times compared to the conventional ones.

Research and Development ActivitiesTo meet the purpose above, printable electronics technology is very attractive. Therefore, cre-ating a new printing technology and researching novel solution materials are the essential to our activities. We have succeeded to create a new method named “nano-Rheology Printing" (n-RP) which uses precursor gels for metal-oxide materials. With this method, we can print tiny devices as small as tens of nano meter. We are developing transistor arrays for an active matrix back-plane for a display too. We are also researching MEMS devices, optical parts and stacked capacitors.Such materials being used are, liquid silicon, liquid aluminum, thermo-electric ink and novel metal-oxide precursors. By using liquid silicon, a thin fi lm solar cell has been developed. Our thermo-electric ink can be converted into thermo-electric devices by a printing technology. Us-ing metal-oxide materials from solution precursor, we have developed new materials such as amorphous p-type semiconductors, low resistivity, high mobility and high dielectric materials. The devices formed by n-RP using those materials would be essential for FACTOR 10.Researches creating a new science tide have been actively performed in GDRC. Those include estab-lishing the science of hydrated silane materials, re-search related to van der Waals energy, rheology of thin fi lm, revealing mystical properties of metal-oxide from solution precursors, etc. We are very enthusiastic about using fi rst principle calculation for knowing the atomic and electric structure of materials, reaction manner and formation mecha-nism from solution to solid and recreating the data from analytical instruments.


President

MaterialMaterial DeviceDevice

ProcessProcessProcessProcess

◆Creation of New 　Industries◆Creation of New 　Science◆Cultivation of 　Human Resources

Research of Minimum-energy Theorem

Fusion of D

esign and Function




Factor10

Productive EnergyUtilization Efficiency of MaterialMaterialManufacturing TimeManufacturing TimeManufacturing TimeManufacturing TimeManufacturing TimeManufacturing TimeManufacturing TimeEnergy Efficiency of Energy Efficiency of Energy Efficiency of Energy Efficiency of Energy Efficiency of Energy Efficiency of DeviceDeviceDeviceDevice SizeDevice SizeDevice SizeEquipment Efficiency / Equipment Efficiency / Size

Tatsuya ShimodaProfessor

Director

Eisuke TokumitsuProfessor

Satoshi InoueResearch Professor

Keisuke OhdairaAssociate Professor

Manish BiyaniResearch Associate Professor

Kenichi HagaAssistant Professor

Kazuhiro OgataProfessor

Director

Kokichi FutatsugiResearch Professor

Norbert PreiningAssociate Professor

Daniel Mircea GainaAssistant Professor

The Website of CafeOBJ (http://cafeobj.org/)

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The Center for Regional Innovation has been established for the purpose of promoting human resource development programs, local revitalization, and cooperation projects. It is also involved in planning, man-aging, and implementing the project "Innovator Training Unit for Ishikawa Traditional Crafts", and in other projects of local revitalization.


The Center for Regional Innovation was established to promote close cooperation between JAIST and local towns in Ishikawa prefecture. JAIST faculty and students will work with local citizens to solve various problems in local communities. We are currently dealing with the issues of promoting traditional craft industries, town planning, library policy, and mobile literacy for the local community. We hold the Science Cafe a few times a year at JAIST, as special opportuni-ties to discuss and explain our work to the local community. JAIST has also developed course work in Systems Theory for Regional Activation, for the fi rst time in Japan. Every year, starting in au-tumn, local residents join this course to work on solving community prob-lems.Our mission is to strength-en and expand the mutual learning interactions be-tween JAIST and the local community.

Development of Simulation Science and Construction of New PerspectivesThe research center aims to develop simulation science and high-level human resources in the fi eld, and con-struct new perspectives by tightly integrating information science, computational science, and data science.

Research Center for Simulation Science

One of important roles of the center is to provide an opportunity for researchers related to simulation science in JAIST to cooperate together. The frontier of simulation science, such as elucidation of complicated phenomena and computer-aided material design, will be es-tablished by a close collaboration between computer science such architecture, high per-formance computing, database, formal theory, and data mining, and computational science focusing on materials and life sciences. The construction of a new paradigm is also pursued by bridging between fundamental theories, such as the data mining, data assimilation, and formal theory, and more practical physical and chemical problems. The center consisting of the following three groups performs the missions by active collaborations among the groups, promotes collaborative interaction with universities and research institutes through the organi-zation of international workshops, and advances the cultivation of human resources.

A) High performance computing: from architecture to parallelization

B) Materials and life sciences: modeling, algorithm, and simula-tion

C) Data science: data mining and formal theory

Information Science

Knowlege Science

Information Knowlege

Comutational Science

Advancement of the simulation technology

Systematization of data and knowledge

Analysis, Prediction and Design

Experimental Validation

■Material Science(Surface and interfacial reaction, Catalyst, Thermoelectric material)

■Life Science(Protein engineering, Genetic Engineering)

Data Peocessing Modelling and logical resoning

Ryo MaezonoAssociate Professor

Assistant Director

Yukari NagaiProfessor

Director

Saburo OgataResearch Associate Professor

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Robotics is the intelligent connection of perception to action. Along the line, research at the Center ranges from fundamental studies of information science underlying biological intelligence to applied research including real-world applications of onboard intelligence. Major efforts will be devoted to gaining a better understanding of engineering informatics for robotics, and bringing more intelligence in creating the next generation of robots.

Center for Intelligent Robotics

Japanese robotics benefi ts from the nation’s best-of-the-breed monozukuri (manufacturing things) technologies to lead the world, but no one can say that it builds on strong theoretical foundations. The Center brings together leading experts in robotics from around the world to increase scientifi c knowledge and understanding of intelligent robots, and to apply this knowl-edge to the development of domestic and professional service robots to support humans in everyday life. The objectives of the Center are to perform cutting edge, innovative interdisciplin-ary research, to recruit highly qualifi ed international students and postdocs, and to increase external funding. The Center will draw international attention to the JAIST’s leadership role in robotics research, and foster collaborative partnerships with prestigious institutions around the world. The Center will dis-seminate research fi ndings to both domestic and internation-al audiences in academia and industry through seminars and symposiums.

Director Nak Young Chong (JAIST)

System integration

Nak Young Chong (JAIST), Kevin Lynch (Northwestern U), Dennis Hong (UCLA)

Dynamics and control

Fumihiko Asano (JAIST)Ambarish Goswami (Honda USA)Sunil Agrawal (Columbia U)

Decision making Vision and Sensors

Information theory

Tadashi Matsumoto (JAIST), Hirokazu Tanaka (JAIST)

Kazunori Kotani (JAIST)Henrik Christensen (Georgia Tech)Il Hong Suh (Hanyang U)

Xavier Defago (JAIST)Sebastien Tixeuil (Paris VI)Maria Gradinariu Potop-Butucaru (Paris VI)

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RA5

RA2 RA3 RA4

Univ. of Nevada, Osaka Univ., Northwestern Univ., Univ. of California LA, Honda Research Institute USA,Columbia Univ., Univ. of Paris VI, Georgia Tech., Hanyang Univ., Vanderbilt Univ., Univ. of Genova

The Center was founded in April 2011, aiming at synthesis and organization of innovative artifi cial biomol-ecules and at development of artifi cial biosystems.

Research Center for Bio-Architecture

Synthesis of Artifi cial Biomolecules and their OrganizationRecent progresses in life science have revealed detail mechanisms of biosystems at a molecu-lar level. These progresses allow us to investigate “Bio-architecture research” which aims to develop biosystems using biomolecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, and biomembranes. In the School of Materials Science at JAIST, we have achieved to create artifi cially modifi ed nucleic acids, proteins, and membranes showing desired functions. Based on these achieve-ments, Research Center for Bio-Architecture was founded aiming at synthesis and organiza-tion of innovative artifi cial biomolecules and at development of artifi cial biosystems. The center also aims at application of achievements of the scientifi c research to actual medical develop-ments such as novel thera-peutic and diagnostic drugs.

Micro Biodevices

Artificial Biomembranes

Artificial Proteins

Artificially Designed BiomaterialsDeveloped in JAIST

Artificial DNA

Nak-Young ChongProfessor

Director

Takahiro HohsakaProfessor

Director

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Under global warming and environmental pollutions, polymer technologies have great roles in developing a sustainable society. The center aims to develop technologies for new generation of highly environmental and recyclable polymers, and also to facilitate their industrialization under active collaboration with domes-tic and foreign industrial and research groups.

Research Center for Highly Environmentaland Recyclable Polymers

Research Projects UnderwayThis center is mainly composed of six research groups that are actively conducting research and education in their respective fi elds. The research activities of this centercover four essential fi elds; 1) catalytic monomer synthesis, 2) polymer synthesis, 3) polymer physics, and 4) functionalization of polymers.

The following research is being carried out at the center.・��Material design of novel eco-friendly polymers based on applied rheology・��Design of nano-structured catalysts for utilization of biomass-derived materials・��Development of high-performance carbon-minus materials using renewable giant macro-

molecules・��Development of bio-based functional polymers for energy devices ・�Development of functional polymer

biomaterials・�Development of novel polymer nano-

composites ・�Design of a synthetic molecular machine

based on single-molecule imaging In addition, the center is planning to host seminars and international con-ferences related to polymer science and technologies to arrange research projects with industries and overseas research groups.

Design of surface functions for developing novel nano-structured heterogeneous catalyst

Yamaguchi Lab.

Ebitani Lab.

Kaneko Lab.

Matsumura Lab.

Matsumi Lab.

Taniike Lab.

Nagao Lab.

Shinohara Lab.

Material-design guided by natural

molecules

Use of polymeric biomaterials for

controlling function in living systems

Advanced material design based on

synergetic exploration, learning and

prediction

Design of energy materials using hetero

atom chemistry

Material design of functional polymers

based on applied rheology

Design of a synthetic molecular machine

based on single-molecule imaging

Material design based on hierarchical structureEnvironmental and

recyclable polymers

Multi-disciplinary research approach to study, design and implementation knowledge co-creation process in complex service systems.


This center was founded in April, 2012, aiming at leading the worldwide research on the knowl-edge and value co-creation process in the complex service systems and creating innovative/sustainable solutions that make human life healthier, more pleasant, more productive, safer and sustainable. The School of Knowledge Science, JAIST, have conducted the knowledge science research approach and accumulated the innovative research results of both theory and practice for analyzing/designing/managing the knowledge co-creation process in a variety of tasks/domains. Based on the achievement, this center conducts the knowledge science re-searches to create the meta-knowledge about services, and to make innovation in the service sector practice, which is the largest sector of the economy in most industrialized nations and plays a crucial role to bring the happiness to our society.

Mitsuru IkedaProfessor

Director

Riichiro MizoguchiResearch Professor

Practice/TheoryCycle of Knowledge Co-creation/Value Co-creation

Cycle of Fusing Social Science/Knowledge Media/System Knowledge

Problem Solving Based On Knowledge Science Local Community

Knowledge Co-Creation

Value Co-Creation

Scholarly Knowledge

Market

MOT Service

ApplicationPractical strategies/actions to attain goals

Goal/Value Design

What is the most valuable?

Social KnowledgeKnowledge MediaSystem Knowledge

Pursue the hidden mechanism

Practice(Citizen Participation)

HealthcareThe Duet of Two Cycles:


By Investigating why the Japanese style of services have so unique and strong fea-tures and conducting practical studies on building the innovative social service sys-tems, we aim at creating the new service society forWmation theories to make more broad-minded, efficient and happy society.

Management

Analysis

DesignSocial System Design


Director

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Industrial Collaboration Promotion Center contributes to activate JAIST’s research activities, promoting col-laboration with domestic and foreign organizations in the fields of advanced science and technology. It also manages intellectual properties of JAIST and helps to utilize them for the purpose of obtaining external re-search funds or returning the research achievements to the society, and thus assists smooth collaboration with industries comprehensively.

For the enhancement of the Industrial Collaboration, JAIST has es-tablished an office in front of Kanazawa Station (Porte Kanazawa 12th floor) in April 2015. From now, JAIST will actively utilize the office as an operating base for industrial collaboration and regional cooperation by holding meetings for collaborative research, events and seminar for companies, and also for project on seeking new students.

Industrial Collaboration Promotion Center

Kanazawa Ekimae Office

Industrial CollaborationThe Center systematically strives to enhance industrial collaboration with assistance given by JAIST’s graduate schools and other centers. In cooperation with JAIST Foundation, the Center also provides up-to-date information about advanced science and technology to engineers in the business community.

Management of Intellectual PropertiesIn an effort to return JAIST’s research achievements to the society, the Center provides a vari-ety of services in relation to the management of intellectual properties.

Investigation and Acquisition Support for Research FundsThe Center investigates and analyzes domestic and foreign research funds, and provides such information to JAIST’s researchers.

― An Innovative Hub for Industry-academic-government Collaboration and Social Contribution ―

JAIST Innovation Plaza

With the aim of giving the fruits of the institute's various research efforts back to the society of the Hokuriku region, JAIST has assumed the activities of the JST (Japan Science and Technol-ogy Agency) Innovation Plaza, Ishika-wa.JAIST Innovation Plaza will work, in cooperation with public research institutes in Hokuriku, to provide a liaison for industry-academic-govern-ment cooperation, and will contribute to innovation in regional society and enterprises.

Career Support through Industrial CollaborationThrough global industrial collaboration, the Center supports practical career building for doc-toral course students who wish to work for industrial fields.

Assistance for Highly-specialized Human Resources DevelopmentThe Center promotes innovative research and development which may lead to business ven-tures, and assists the development of human resources having highly-specialized capabilities and creativity.

Yasushi InamotoProfessor■Academic Field

Image Processing, Image Data Compression

Tomoo YamamotoProfessor■Academic Field

Industry-University-Government Cooperation

Minoru TeranoTrustee, Vice President

Director

Minoru Terano Trustee, Vice President

Director

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The library at JAIST is administered based on the three principles of “Electronic library”, “Open 24 hours a day” and “Research library”. We are confident that the quality of our library is appropriate for a graduate school in terms of accessibility and the contents of its collection.

Library

The Main Features of the JAIST Library■Electronic library We are promoting a digital system of academic materials. Users can use the online public access catalog, electronic journals and various databases of academic information through JAIST’s well-developed information network.

■Open 24 hours a daySince research is being carried out throughout the day, the library is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and books and other materials can be viewed freely whenever it is neces-sary. Books can be checked out anytime by using an automatic lending machine.

■Research libraryThe library’s collection is focused on academic materials that are highly professional and ad-vanced in order to support research in state-of-the-art science and technology.

Teruo MatsuzawaTrustee, Vice President

Director

Building/Premises Three stories; reinforced concrete; 3,076㎡

Seats 156 (including 36 carrels)

FacilitiesLibrary information systemEntry / exit management systemAutomatic checkout system

Number of Books 148,120 (Japanese: 77,057 / Foreign: 71,063)

Electronic Journals 6,586 titles / 273,006 page views

JAIST RepositoryJAIST Repository is a digital collection for providing access to JAIST's research materials through the Internet.

J-BeansThe Learning Commons called “J-BEANS (Space for Brainstorming, crEAtion, and iNnovation)” is a place where students, faculty and staff can study together and exchange academic ideas. The room could be used for a group learning or for a presentation, etc.

Rare Books CollectionThe Rare Books Room houses an exhibit of some of the classics in the fields of natural science and philosophy. “Kaitai Shinsho” is on permanent exhibit in this room.

Kaitai Shinsho, Sugita Genpaku (1774)

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JAIST Gallery opened on September 29, 2012 to exhibit our research outcomes, and to show the world-class puzzle collection, the “NOB Collection”.

JAIST Gallery

Health Care Center

The exhibitions of the gallery includes our faculty’s research results, and also the world-class puzzle collection called the “NOB Collection”. The “NOB Collection” was collected by the late Mr. Nobuyuki Yoshigahara, who is known around the world as a puzzle designer and collector. The collection was donated to our university by his family. An exhibit room of the gallery itself is designed featuring a cubic puzzle, and there are rare and valuable puzzles in each cube. We also have a room where kids can play with puzzles. These puzzles bring you new idea to solve your problem.

The Health Care Center located on campus provides general health care services, including health examinations, first aid, health consultations and counseling, so that students and staff members can stay healthy in mind and body. Regular check ups are provided for all students in April every year. Also people who work with X-ray can be specially examined, if necessary.The Health Care Center is furnished with beds, massage chair, sphygmomanometer, scales etc. for use. It also provides the theater room equipped with high quality sound and visual system. Students can use the room for self enjoyment. All these services are free!

Takio HayashiProfessor

■Academic FieldCardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology

Director

Megumi SasakiAssociate Professor■Academic Field

Clinical Psychology, Behavioral Medicine

Ryuhei UeharaProfessor

Director

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Admissions

Entrance Fee ReductionThose who find it difficult to pay the entrance fee because of their financial situation, and are approved as high-achieving students, may be granted a reduction in entrance fees. There is also an entrance fee deferment system.

Tuition Fee ReductionThose who find it difficult to pay the tuition fee because of their financial situation, and are approved as high-achiev-ing students, may be granted a reduction in tuition fees.

Entrance Fee/Tuition Fee for 2015

(semester)(year)

Exemption or Reduction System in Case of DisastersStudents who find it difficult to pay fees due to emergencies or disasters which occur after their application and/or entrance to JAIST, especially emergencies involving their parents, may also be granted an exemption or reduction in entrance fees or tuition fees.Please refer to the following website. http://www.jaist.ac.jp/english/i_students/fee.html

Students

Type of Examination

Master's ProgramRegular Examination

Examination for Admission on Recommendation for Overseas Residents (*)

Doctoral ProgramRegular Examination

Examination for Admission on Recommendation for Overseas Residents (*)

(*) This examination is conducted by either personal interview or through web communication tools, and screening of the application documents. Applicants do not need to travel to Japan to take the oral examination.

For more details on admissions, please visit the following website.

http://www.jaist.ac.jp/english/admission/index.html

Type of Examinations

StudentsInstitutes for Education and

Research

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Scholarships for International Students

In order to support international students, JAIST has prepared a variety of financial support systems, consisting of scholar-ships and on-campus employment. Shown below is a list of JAIST’s financial support systems. For details and scholarship application procedures, contact the Student Affairs Department.

1. Scholarships students can apply for BEFORE arriving in Japan

(1) Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) ScholarshipStudents are accepted as research students, and allowed a scholarship in the amount of 143,000 yen per month for Research students, 144,000 yen per month for Master’s stu-dents, and 145,000 yen per month for Doctoral students (as of 2015).

There are two types of selection processes for this scholarship.

1) By Embassy RecommendationJapanese embassies select and recommend students for the scholarship. For further information, contact the relevant Japanese government office in your country.

2) By University RecommendationGenerally, students eligible for this type of scholarship should be currently enrolled in a partner institution of JAIST under an academic exchange agreement, or in an institu-tion with research collaborations or faculty exchanges with JAIST. JAIST recommends a student to Monbukagakusho for the scholarship, on condition that JAIST agrees with the recommendation made by the student’s home institution.

(2) Government Scholarship of Student's Own CountryMany countries send students to study abroad on government scholarships.Contact the relevant authorities of your own country for information.

(3) Scholarships from Local Governments or Private FoundationsStudents can apply for some of these scholarships before arriving in Japan. For more infor-mation, visit the website of the Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) at http://www.jasso.go.jp/index_e.html

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(4) JAIST Original Support SystemIn order to provide financially secure graduate school life, JAIST prepares a variety of origi-nal support systems including a benefit type scholarship.From October 2014 enrollment, we will implement systemic reform to provide thorough support by separating the types of support into benefits for entrance fee and tuition fee, and benefits for living expenses.

2. Scholarships students can apply for AFTER entering JAIST

While most scholarships from local governments or private foundations require students to obtain recommendation from JAIST and submit an application via JAIST, students can apply directly to foundations for some scholarships. For more detailed information, visit the JAIST web page.

1. JAIST Scholarships (Benefit type ; no repayment required)Type of

Scholarship Intended Recipients Benefit

Master’s Program

Scholarship

Top 3% of all successful applicants for the en-trance examination

-Entrance fee-Tuition for the first year

A few high-achieving applicants in the entrance examination

-Half of entrance fee-Half of tuition for the first year

Students whose grades for their first year are in top 10%

-Tuition for the second year

Students whose grades for their first year are in top 25%

-Half of tuition for the second year

2. Doctoral Research Fellow (DRF) ; For Doctoral program Students(Combined aid of employment and benefit, no repayment required)

Name Intended RecipientsBenefit*(upper)Salary**(lower)

Doctoral Research

Fellow(DRF)

Special Type

15% of all successful applicants for the entrance examination

-Tuition-Approx.70,000yen/month for three years

Normal Type

20% of all successful applicants for the entrance examination

-Tuition-Approx.30,000yen/month for three years

* In addition to the above, an equivalent amount of entrance fee is paid to newly-enrolled student.** Salary will be paid based on actual working hours for two and a half years. Stipend will be given in lieu of salary for the last 6 months of the doctoral program.

Students

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237 （44）［71］

339 （50）［63］

576 （94）［134］

84 （19）［49］

86 （22）［50］

157 （33）［69］

327 （74）［168］

■ Number of Board Members

■ Number of Faculty and Office Staff

■ Number of Students

※（　）Number of female students within the total. ［　］Number of students from abroad within the total.※The numbers in each year include those enrolled in October. The numbers in first-year Master’s Programs and the Doctoral Programs 　include those enrolled in July and January.

（As of May 1, 2015）

（As of May 1, 2015）

（As of May 1, 2015）

School ofKnowledge Science

Master’s Program1st year 2nd year Total

86 80 （22）［24］

89 （8）［33］

68 （14）［14］

104 （23）［25］

134 （11）［23］

101 （16）［15］

184 （45）［49］

223 （19）［56］

169 （30）［29］

19 （6）［10］

36 （3）［22］

29 （10）［17］

34 （10）［16］

23 （1）［15］

29 （11）［19］

55 （16）［21］

66 （8）［29］

36 （9）［19］

108 （32）［47］

125 （12）［66］

94 （30）［55］

292 （77）［96］

348 （31）［122］

263 （60）［84］

903 （168）［302］

126

120

332

28

37

35

100

Doctoral ProgramCapacity ofAdmission 1st year 2nd year 3rd year TotalCapacity of

Admission

School ofInformation Science School ofMaterials Science

Total

Total

President Trustees Auditors

1

41

144547

467

505

4 2

ResearchProfessors

Research AssociateProfessors

ResearchLecturers

Research AssistantProfessors

AssociateProfessors

AssistantProfessorsProfessors Lecturer

Office Staff

174

Subtotal

318

Total

Facilities for Campus Life

Student HousingEight five-story Student Housing are located on campus.International students receive priority to live in Student Housing.

Student Housing Single RoomAn E-mail address is provided for each student, and PC can be connected to the campus LAN.

Number of Units

Floor Space

Housing Rent

Shared Facilities

Facilities

Single room unit Single room unit（JAIST HOUSE）Double room unit Family room unit

533 33 33 30

12.5m2 (One room) 17.6m2 (One room)

¥12,540 (per month) ¥14,920 (per month) ¥17,220 (per month) ¥16,350 (per month)

Desk, chair, shoe rack,loft bed, bookshelf,

closet, air-conditioner, Kitchenette, lavatory,

refrigerator

Bathroom, Laundry space

Desk, chair, shoe rack,table, chairs for dining room,

closet, gas range,washing and drying machine,

air-conditioner, Kitchen, lavatory,

Bathroom, refrigerator

Desk, chair, shoe rack,table, chairs for dining room,

closet, gas range,washing and drying machine,

air-conditioner, Kitchen, lavatory,

Bathroom, refrigerator

Desk, chair, shoe rack,bed, bookshelf,

closet, refrigerator, gas range, microwave,

washing machine, air-conditioner, curtain,

Kitchenette, Bathroom,etc.

41.4m2 & 46.9m2

1 bedroom, living/diningroom and kitchen )(

59.8m2

2 bedrooms, living/diningroom and kitchen )(

■Common Facilities Common room, meeting room, Japanese-style room, and student housing parking.

Cafeteria Convenience Store Training Room Tennis Courts

GuesthouseAs JAIST expands its international exchanges, and education and research collabo-rations, the Guesthouse serves as accommodations for visitors, and as a facility for international exchange events.

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237 （44）［71］

339 （50）［63］

576 （94）［134］

84 （19）［49］

86 （22）［50］

157 （33）［69］

327 （74）［168］

■ Number of Board Members

■ Number of Faculty and Office Staff

■ Number of Students

※（　）Number of female students within the total. ［　］Number of students from abroad within the total.※The numbers in each year include those enrolled in October. The numbers in first-year Master’s Programs and the Doctoral Programs 　include those enrolled in July and January.

（As of May 1, 2015）

（As of May 1, 2015）

（As of May 1, 2015）

School ofKnowledge Science

Master’s Program1st year 2nd year Total

86 80 （22）［24］

89 （8）［33］

68 （14）［14］

104 （23）［25］

134 （11）［23］

101 （16）［15］

184 （45）［49］

223 （19）［56］

169 （30）［29］

19 （6）［10］

36 （3）［22］

29 （10）［17］

34 （10）［16］

23 （1）［15］

29 （11）［19］

55 （16）［21］

66 （8）［29］

36 （9）［19］

108 （32）［47］

125 （12）［66］

94 （30）［55］

292 （77）［96］

348 （31）［122］

263 （60）［84］

903 （168）［302］

126

120

332

28

37

35

100

Doctoral ProgramCapacity ofAdmission 1st year 2nd year 3rd year TotalCapacity of

Admission

School ofInformation Science School ofMaterials Science

Total

Total

President Trustees Auditors

1

41

144547

467

505

4 2

ResearchProfessors

Research AssociateProfessors

ResearchLecturers

Research AssistantProfessors

AssociateProfessors

AssistantProfessorsProfessors Lecturer

Office Staff

174

Subtotal

318

Total

Data : Outline of JAIST

■ Number of International Faculty by Country of Origin (As of May 1, 2015)

Country Region Professors,Research Professors

Associate Professors,Research Associate

Professors"Lecturers,

Research Lecturers"Assistant Professors,Research Assistant

ProfessorsTotal

Vietnam 1 3 3 7USA 1 1 1 1 4Korea 1 1 2 4China 4 4India 1 2 3France 3 3Romania 1 1 2Indnesia 1 1UK 1 1Austria 1 1Canada 1 1Kenya 1 1Switzerland/France 1 1Thailand 1 1Nicaragua 1 1Finland 1 1

Total 3 11 3 19 36

StudentsD

ata:Outline of JAIST

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■ Change in International Students by schools, 2011-2015 （Including research students）

■ Percentage of International 　Students （excluding research student）

■ Number of International Students by Country and Region（Including research students）（As of May 1, 2015）


■ Degrees Awarded

（As of May 1, 2015）（As of May 1, 2015）

（As of Mar 31, 2015）

School of Information Science School of Materials Science

School ofKnowledge Science Country Region

Master’sProgram

DoctoralProgram

ResearchStudents

Master’sProgram

DoctoralProgram

ResearchStudents

Master’sProgram

DoctoralProgram

ResearchStudents

Master’sProgram

DoctoralProgram

ResearchStudents Total

School ofInformation Science

School ofMaterials Science

School ofKnowledge Science School ofInformation Science School ofMaterials Science

Master’s Program Doctoral Program2014 Cumulative Total 2014 Cumulative Total

54

88

87

229

1218

2099

2106

5423

24

19

29

72

175

320

375

870Total

Total

Subtotal

China 34 13 2 19 16 7 6 5 1 59 34 10 103 31.2Vietnam 5 6 23 12 1 3 9 31 27 1 59 17.9Thailand 16 4 13 11 4 40 44 13.3India 1 1 17 19 17 21 38 11.5Bangladesh 2 6 1 1 3 2 8 5 17 1 23 7Malaysia 1 3 2 1 1 4 3 1 8 2.4Mongolia 3 4 1 3 5 8 2.4Pakistan 4 2 1 1 4 3 1 8 2.4Indnesia 1 5 1 1 5 1 7 2.1Korea 2 2 2 2 4 6 1.8Mexico 1 1 2 2 2 4 1.2Egypt 1 1 1 2 1 3 1France 1 1 1 1 2 3 1Brazil 1 1 1 1 2 0.6Myanmar 1 1 2 2 0.6UK 2 2 2 0.6Cambodia 1 1 1 0.3Fiji 1 1 1 0.3Germany 1 1 1 0.3Greece 1 1 1 0.3Kenya 　 1 1 1 0.3Nepal 1 1 1 0.3Taiwan 1 1 1 0.3Tanzania 1 1 1 0.3Tunisia 1 1 1 0.3USA 1 1 1 0.3Total 49 47 9 56 66 14 29 55 5 134 168 28 330 100

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

TotalStudents

903

20152014201320122011

256

82（32％）

93（36％）

81（32％）

268

82（30％）

101（38％）

85（32％）

297

95（32％）

109（37％）

93（31％）

33％33％

International Students302

310

103（33％）

105（34％）

102（33％）

330

105（32％）

136（41％）

89（27％）

■ Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

■ External Funds (number)

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

Grants-in-aid for scientific researchJoint research projectsCommissioned research undertaken

Contributions received（from industries, etc.）Grants-in-aid （from MEXT）

Others ※

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

110

120



Others ※

Amount4.04.55.0

0

40

50

30

20

10

0

3.53.02.52.01.51.00.5

0

（100 million yen）

Number of endowmentsAcceptance rate

（The number of acceptances divided by the number of applications for new projects）

※ Others : Competitive funds obtained from the government and incorporated administrative agencies.

26.6％

42.8％

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

20142013201220112010 20142013201220112010

20142013201220112010

■ External Funds (amount)

2.44

1.83

5.87

4.43

0.78

3.87

3.50

1.19

3.46

1.73

1.10

1.86

3.46

1.17

9.66

1.42

0.80

3.28

4.58

0.93

1.44

0.600.97

1.45

3.83

0.92

3.33

1.30

1.93

0.90

102

95

11

18

33

61

100

113

8

22

30

81

92

126

6

16

26

66

87

125

4

20

32

86

99

121

10

24

31

66

2.443.50 3.46

4.87

95 113

121

41.0％

126

35.7％

3.83

125

35.1％

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■ Change in International Students by schools, 2011-2015 （Including research students）

■ Percentage of International 　Students （excluding research student）

■ Number of International Students by Country and Region（Including research students）（As of May 1, 2015）


■ Degrees Awarded

（As of May 1, 2015）（As of May 1, 2015）

（As of Mar 31, 2015）

School of Information Science School of Materials Science

School ofKnowledge Science Country Region

Master’sProgram

DoctoralProgram

ResearchStudents

Master’sProgram

DoctoralProgram

ResearchStudents

Master’sProgram

DoctoralProgram

ResearchStudents

Master’sProgram

DoctoralProgram

ResearchStudents Total

School ofInformation Science

School ofMaterials Science

School ofKnowledge Science School ofInformation Science School ofMaterials Science

Master’s Program Doctoral Program2014 Cumulative Total 2014 Cumulative Total

54

88

87

229

1218

2099

2106

5423

24

19

29

72

175

320

375

870Total

Total

Subtotal

China 34 13 2 19 16 7 6 5 1 59 34 10 103 31.2Vietnam 5 6 23 12 1 3 9 31 27 1 59 17.9Thailand 16 4 13 11 4 40 44 13.3India 1 1 17 19 17 21 38 11.5Bangladesh 2 6 1 1 3 2 8 5 17 1 23 7Malaysia 1 3 2 1 1 4 3 1 8 2.4Mongolia 3 4 1 3 5 8 2.4Pakistan 4 2 1 1 4 3 1 8 2.4Indnesia 1 5 1 1 5 1 7 2.1Korea 2 2 2 2 4 6 1.8Mexico 1 1 2 2 2 4 1.2Egypt 1 1 1 2 1 3 1France 1 1 1 1 2 3 1Brazil 1 1 1 1 2 0.6Myanmar 1 1 2 2 0.6UK 2 2 2 0.6Cambodia 1 1 1 0.3Fiji 1 1 1 0.3Germany 1 1 1 0.3Greece 1 1 1 0.3Kenya 　 1 1 1 0.3Nepal 1 1 1 0.3Taiwan 1 1 1 0.3Tanzania 1 1 1 0.3Tunisia 1 1 1 0.3USA 1 1 1 0.3Total 49 47 9 56 66 14 29 55 5 134 168 28 330 100

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

TotalStudents

903

20152014201320122011

256

82（32％）

93（36％）

81（32％）

268

82（30％）

101（38％）

85（32％）

297

95（32％）

109（37％）

93（31％）

33％33％

International Students302

310

103（33％）

105（34％）

102（33％）

330

105（32％）

136（41％）

89（27％）

■ Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

■ External Funds (number)

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20



Others ※

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

110

120



Others ※

Amount4.04.55.0

0

40

50

30

20

10

0

3.53.02.52.01.51.00.5

0

（100 million yen）

Number of endowmentsAcceptance rate

（The number of acceptances divided by the number of applications for new projects）

※ Others : Competitive funds obtained from the government and incorporated administrative agencies.

26.6％

42.8％

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

20142013201220112010 20142013201220112010

20142013201220112010

■ External Funds (amount)

2.44

1.83

5.87

4.43

0.78

3.87

3.50

1.19

3.46

1.73

1.10

1.86

3.46

1.17

9.66

1.42

0.80

3.28

4.58

0.93

1.44

0.600.97

1.45

3.83

0.92

3.33

1.30

1.93

0.90

102

95

11

18

33

61

100

113

8

22

30

81

92

126

6

16

26

66

87

125

4

20

32

86

99

121

10

24

31

66

2.443.50 3.46

4.87

95 113

121

41.0％

126

35.7％

3.83

125

35.1％

Data:O

utline of JAIST

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The JAIST FoundationThe JAIST Foundation was established in August, 1990 (has been a public interest incorporated foundation since April, 2011) mainly by the business communities of Ishikawa Prefecture and Hokuriku area, with purposes of making grants to JAIST for education and research as well as of promoting industry-academic-government interactions. The foundation ex-pands its activities by its endowment’s investment income. Its amount has reached about 3.3 billion yen (as of March, 2015), and has become one of the largest foundations of its kind in Japan.

Ishikawa Science Park

The Foundation arranges and sponsors the fol-lowing activities:

1. Education and Research2. Collaborative Research3. Technical Guidance and Consultation4. Scholarship Programs5. Industry-Academic-Government Interactions

Ishikawa Science Park (ISP) was built in 1990 in the hilly area of Tatsunokuchi (Asahidai, Nomi City), the town filled with lush greenery, with the aims of facilitating industry-academic-government interactions in the field of advanced science and technology, and creating the base of global research development. Setting JAIST as the core institution, which was founded as Japan's first national graduate school with an independent campus, ISP promotes agglomerations of research and development institutions and industry support institutions. ISP exists today that requires responses to rapidly changing environment, such as globalization of society, complication of industrial structures, and rapidly progressing technological innovation, and plays a role in research devel-opment relating to sophisticated science and technology.

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Business Communities, etc

the JAIST Foundation

Research Achievement

Provision of Research Information

Various forms of support

Collaborative Research /

Sponsored Research /Establishment of Endowed Chairs

Funds (Donations) Lectures and

Seminars /Symposia/Social gatherings

The flow of industry-academic-

government interactions

Technology Information & Opportunities for

Interpersonal ExchangesTechnology

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LocationJAIST is in the center of the Ishikawa Science Park located on a hill in the city of Nomi in Ishikawa Prefecture. The campus site enjoys scenic beauty, overlooking nearby counties and the city of Kanazawa to the north, the Sea of Japan to the west, forests and pastures to the south, and the spectacular Mt. Hakusan to the east.The area povides us with a variety of recreational facilities for every season, including several nearby ski resorts, beaches and seaside parks, golf courses, hot springs and athletic and recreational parks. With a population density far below that of the Pacific side of the island of Honshu, the area affords easy access to wilderness and outdoor recreation.Within 20km of JAIST is the historic city of Kanazawa, often referred to as the hidden gem of Japan, which hosts numer-ous cultural events all year round.

Yamagawa Loop Rd

Umig

awa L

oop R

d

NomineagariStation

TrainJAIST

JAIST

JRKomatsuStation

JRKanazawa

Station

JR Nishi-Kanazawa

Station

JAIST Shuttle (Komatsu Airport Line, Komatsu Station Line)

JAIST Shuttle(Tsurugi Line)

Komatsu Airportー JAIST 40 minutesKomatsu Stationー JAIST 35 minutes

Local Train Walk TrainTrain

Komatsu AirportAir

※If visitors will use the Shuttle (Komatsu Airport Line, JR Komatsu Station Line), reservations should be arranged for them by the JAIST faculty or the departments with whom they are visiting.

5 minutes (190 yen)

5 minute 13 minutes(Free)

25 minutes(450 yen)

HokurikuRailroad

Ishikawa LineShin Nishi-Kanazawa

Station

HokurikuRailroad

Ishikawa LineTsurugiStation

TOKYO

SENDAI

CHITOSE(SAPPORO)

Air : 1 hour

Air : 1 hourBullet Train : 2 hours 30 minutes

Train : 2 hours 20 minutes

Air : 1 hour 20 minutes

Train : 2 hours 20 minutesFUKUOKA

Air : 1 hour 30 minutes

NAGOYA

OSAKA

KANAZAWA・KOMATSU

Komatsu Airport offers regular international flights to and from Shanghai (China), Seoul (Korea) and Taipei (Taiwan).

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art. Kanazawa Kenrokuen GardenKanazawa Castle ParkHakusan Mountains

HP “Location”

Other

Information

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2015-2016

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