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サレジオ高専情報工学科における教育と研究への国際的提携の提案
島川陽一，ルイス マルケス

International initiatives for education and research in department ofcomputer science and technology, Salesian Polytechnic
Yoichi Shimakawa, Luis Marques
In order to improve the quality of education, it would be necessary for faculty members to conduct research intheir own specialized fields and expand their perspectives. Faculty staff would acquire and deepen the latest
academic knowledge by attending international conferences in their field of specialization. This leads toattractive classes and an improved quality of the student`s graduation research. Visiting overseas universities
will expand the understanding of educational systems outside Japan. Furthermore, in the case of our college,faculty staff will have the possibility to know the Salesian Society operations around the world. This article
has the tenacity of introducing the international exchange program which the department of computer scienceand technology of Salesian Polytechnic has worked on over the last 10 years. In addition, the research subjectsof the faculty staff and the student`s graduation research are introduced. As well some basic information will
be provided for the realization of joint research with universities affiliated with IUS.
curriculum and the department`s academic
schedule which conciliate with the realization of ahalf-year study abroad program for students.
Chapter 4 presents the research fields andachievements of our faculty members in order torealize collaborative research with faculties of IUS
institutions.
We have expectation that many IUS-related
institutions and their researchers will work
together with our departments in research andeducation grounds. This article pretends to be thebasic material for that achievement.

1. Introduction
In the Department of Computer science andtechnology at Salesian polytechnic Japan, we
encourage exchange programs involving foreign
researchers and the participation in international
academic conferences. Those actions are in orderto improve the actual educational contents andpresentation skills of our faculty members and to
give them the opportunity to investigate andacquire the latest knowledge concerning theirresearch area and subject. In particular, theeducational-research exchange program between
faculty members in IUS-related institutions is
considered a good opportunity to obtainknowledge about the significance of the SalesianSociety and to have an understanding of Don
Bosco's educational philosophy.
In this paper, we make a statement on ourinternational cooperation framework andprospects of our department from the viewpoint ofeducation and research. Chapter 2 enlightens thehistory of international exchange up to date.
Chapter 3 introduces the outline of the

2. Summary of the history of exchange
In the following, we would like to introduce
examples of research and educational exchanges
conducted by the department in the past.
2.1 Don Bosco technical college in Philippines
The Don Bosco technical college, Mandaluyong,
Philippines (in the following, referred to as DBTC)
is one of the leading engineering colleges in
Manila. They have a relatively long history ofinteraction with our department. DBTC has two-11-

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departments analogous to the Department ofInformation Engineering. Every year in February,
the International Exchange Committee in ourcollage dispatches students and faculty members
from Japan to the Philippines for the purpose ofinternational goodwill. Our department has
dispatched nine faculty members to the previous
mentioned departments since 2007. From thenexchanges became active, and we have been
exploring the possibilities of exchanges in
education and research. Table 1 shows the time of
dispatch, names of faculty members, and numberof our students. Despite the fact that several of
our faculties have been transferred, almost all
faculty staff in our department have participatedin the project and made their presence at DBTC.
Moreover about 2 students from 3rd year in our
department are chosen and dispatched every year.
Every October, DBTC staff are sent to Japan.
Photo 1 shows a group photo of DBTC staff
dispatched to Japan in 2013 joint with our faculty
members. At that time, the head of DBTC came to
Japan at the request of our department.

each faculty in their field is necessary to improve
the quality of education. In order to achieve that
objective, faculty members of our department
would give presentations in English to DBTC staff
to improve a collaborative research matching.
Since 2017 we have stopped sending our faculty
members, for reason that the DBTC staff haschanged significantly. This drastic change, hasmade DBTC no longer actively engaged inresearch and the education exchanges with us
reached its impossibility.

Photo．1 Mutual exchange with the head of DBTC
In 2016, we succeeded in partnering with aJapanese company in Manila for international
internships. The photo.2 was taken in theoccasion of our visit to the company’s facilities ofToyota's local branch in Manila. Toyota accepted
the idea of this internship. However, the student
dispatch was not realized due to poor
arrangement of local staffs regarding thestudent’s accommodation.

Table 1. Faculty staffs dispatched from ourdepartment
Number of student
year
name
2007
Yamanobe Motowo
3
2008
Shimakawa Yoichi
4
2009
Uchida Takeshi
2
2010
Shimizu Testuya
4
2012
Ooshima Masaki
3
2013
Osumi Noriko
2
2014
Shimizu Testuya
2
2015
Toma Miyata
2
2016
Kawamura Harumi
2(In this paper, Japanese names are given in the order offamily name, first name.)

The purpose of dispatching students is toprovide them with the prospect to experience a
different culture. On the other hand, there are
two specific purposes for dispatching faculty
members. One of the reasons is to make a visit toa higher education related institution of theSalesian Association outside Japan. Anotherreason is the sighting and proposal of jointly
research themes among the institutions. We trustthat increasing the international performance of

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2.2 Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology in Thailand
Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology is a technicaluniversity in Bangkok, Thailand, aiming to be a
“Japanese-style manufacturing university”. It has
exchange programs in education and research not
only with the Salesian Polytechnic, but also withother national technical colleges in Japan.
In 2016, we proposed joint research on thetheme of environmental impact estimation in
Bangkok, Thailand, and applied for a publicresearch grant in cooperation with a faculty
member of the Department of Information
Science at the Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology.
Unfortunately, the application for the scientificresearch funding based on that research proposal
was not accepted. However, working together forthe proposal has provided us mutual and moreaccurate understanding with regards to theresearch on environment field of each department,
as well the specialization of its members.
Although, the collaborative research has not beenrealized, the student exchange project continues.
Photo 3 was taken when the author visited theInstitute of Technology to discuss researchcooperation in 2016. The person on the left in thephoto is the head of the Faculty of Informatics at
the Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology.

the undergraduate department related to
information technology. In 2018, Shimakawa
visited the university and presented a proposal foran educational research joint project, however, for
the insufficiency of common interest there is no
significant progress at present moment.
3. Our response to internationalization
3.1 Characteristics of curriculum currently used
At the time that our department introduced thecurrent curriculum in 2005, we introduced thesummer and winter semester system in all
subjects except regarding the graduation studies.
We designed this system on the assumption that
IUS institutions and our college would startexchange programs in the future. In the Japanese
academic calendar, the academic year begins in
April and ends in March of the following year. IUS
related organizations are from September toAugust. In the case of subjects that earn credits in
one year, students are unable to take classes forhalf a year after September, so credits cannot be
obtained and a one-year delay occurs whenreturning to Japan. If students earn credits in thespring semester, they will be able to earn credits
for all classes they attend in Japan. Although thiscurriculum has been used for 14 years, nointernational students have been accepted fromother IUS institutions, nevertheless the system
will be maintained and applied in the next
curriculum.
3.2 New curriculum features and academic
calendarIn 2020 we have the plan for introducing thesame credit system as universities. Up to now, wehave applied a credit system specific to colleges oftechnology. Stipulating that the technical college
credit system would be the same as that ofJapanese universities, it would be possible totransfer classes with other higher education
institutions as well as technical colleges, andstudents would be able to smoothly exchange andtransfer credits. The new credit system will beapplied to our fresh man students of next year.

Photo. 3 Visit to the Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology

2.3 Escola Universitaria Salesiana de Sarria inBarcelona, Spain
Escola Universitaria Salesiana de Sarria inBarcelona, Spain, is a small university that plays
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Through the introduction of this system, a new
curriculum will be taking place in our department.
Within this new curriculum, we have the objectiveof revising the current curriculum and decades
ahead give the proper training to engineers who
would be capable to deal with IT technology in thenear future. Currently, the Japanese governmentis developing a training program for engineers
specializing in artificial intelligence and data
science. This new curriculum is consistent with
the Japanese government program.
Conversely, there are still some future problems
in conducting student exchange programs.
Accreditation of a subject would be difficult if thesubject that earned the credit abroad would notconsistent with the educational policy of theinstitution in the home country. Presently, we are
examining the cases of other institutions in order
to see if this certification system would be possible
to apply. Currently, only a week-long student
exchange project such as the one with thePhilippines is being conducted. We would like tocontinue exploring the possibility of conducting
credit exchange programs in the future.
Student exchange program is considered to be
extremely beneficial for Asian IUS institutions.
Job hunting and graduation studies are thebiggest events for students in the final year. In
Japan, the unemployment rate for young people is
not very large, but in countries where IUS
educational institutions are located, employmentof students is a severe problem. Our college has
an employment rate of almost 100%, and ourdepartment has more than 500 jobs for about 50
fifth graders. We believe that the companies
that recruit our students also provide
opportunities for international students.
Japanese companies are becoming global
companies and want to hire excellent foreigners.
We can give IUS students the opportunity tofind a job at a Japanese company. This is a big
benefit of studying abroad at our college.
There is also possibility of transferring to anational university in Japan after graduatingfrom our collage.

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Undauntedly, if IUS institution’s student study
at our collage, it will be possible to return to workin the local subsidiary of the company in the
future. Even if they wouldn’t have the possibility
to come to Japan, the fact of doing the jointly
graduation with us give them opportunities to geta job at a Japanese company. Our department ishighly trusted by Japanese industry. Furthermore,
we are able to affirm that the employment rate ofour department is almost 100%. For exchange
programs, all international students can use theCareer Center to provide a career path where
they can find employment at a Japanesecompany.
Table 2 shows the general academic schedule of
the Salesian Polytechnic in 2019. Each semester
is composed of 15 times class with a time of 90
minutes per class. In addition, midterms and final
exams are held in each semester. The grade will
be determined by these two tests and additional
reports. Classes will not be held in February,
instead graduation-related proceedings such as
evaluation of graduation studies and grade
determination for each grade will be held in that
period.
Table 2

General academic schedule in 2019

Event

Schedule

Summer semester start date

April 8

Summer semester midterm exam

June 3-7

Summer semester final exam

July 22-26

Summer vacation starts

August 3

Winter semester start date

September 9

Winter semester midterm exam

November 4-8

Year-end vacation period

December24

toJanuary 5
Winter semester final exam

January 15-21

Winter Semester end date

January 29

In many cases, September is the beginning of
the academic year for IUS institutions. There is a
gap of about half a year in the academic schedulecomparing with our collage’s schedule. Related tothis gap, institutions could offer for example

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language training. Supposing that students use
this half year effectively without thinking, it
would be time wasted. However, if used well thislapsed time, studying abroad could be effective.
The expectation would be that each IUS
institution would give proposes on how to use
effectively this period of time.
4. Research cooperation
4.1 Research field and achievements of our faculty
memberThere are currently 8 full-time faculty members
who belong to our department, of which 5 aredoctoral degree holders. Table 3 shows the
specialization fields of our faculty members. With
the exception of new faculty members, all faculty
members mentor about 7 graduation research
students and around 2 advanced course students.
Table 4 shows the different international
conferences in which our faculty members
participated in the past few years. This as wellshows what kind of field is being studied by eachfaculty member. In the table, 2, 9, and 12 areimage processing, and 6 is an international
conference focusing on signal processing. 7 is on
algorithms. In number 4 of the table, displays
advanced course students who have graduatedfrom our department who have won awards inposter sessions.
Table. 3 Our faculty information and specialties (2018)
Name
Position/Degree, Specialties
Shimakawa Yoichi
Professor/Doctor
Mathematical Engineering,Operations Research
Yamanobe Motowo
Professor/Doctor
Theoretical physics
Utsugi Shuichi
Lecturer/Master
Image measurement, image
processing
Sushida Takamichi
Lecturer/Doctor
Numerical analysis, appliedmathematics
Uchida Takeshi
Professor/Master
Computer architecture
Ooshima Masaki
Associate Professor/Master
Control engineering
Miyata Toma
Associate Professor/Doctor
Signal processing
Kawamura Harumi
Associate Professor/Doctor
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4.2 Proposal of mutual exchange by graduation
research
Some of our faculty members also haveextended experience of collaboration withindustries, government and academia, also are
currently in a collaborative progression withcompanies and universities. Grounded on thispractice, we believe that joint research with IUS
researchers would be possible. Table 5 shows thethemes of graduation research in 2018.
Graduation research in our department has
numerous fields and different directions
depending on the specialization field of eachsupervisor. There are also ambitious research
themes which challenge new fields of research. A
particular feature of our graduation research
program is the fact that there are many studies
which apply IT technology to engineering issues
in various fields and as well as basic IT technology.
This topic is considered to be a prodigious
possibility of joint graduation research with IUS
institutions.
There is another point that would be positive toemphasize. IUS faculty members who would
collaborate with our faculty members need notnecessarily be specialized in informationengineering or computer engineering. Rather, it isdesirable to have a field that is different frominformation engineering. We hope the fieldprovides applications. If we set up a study thatapplies artificial intelligence to the theme of a
student in the partner engineering department,
there is a possibility that it can be presented
internationally as a cross-sectoral study.
Meanwhile research facilities and funds are notsufficient, we should aim for researches that arecharacterized by its fusion with these different
fields. This is the strength of IUS-related
institutions with a global network of professionals.
We would like to invite joint research that
proposes the application of IT technology to suchspecific applications. In addition, it would be of
our interest to obtain proposals for joint research
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education.
Alternatively, the Japanese government has
begun to execute a policy that emphasizes
artificial intelligence and data science-based
education. Correspondingly, the research subjects
related to artificial intelligence, machine learning,and data science are increasing in our
department.
The department of Computer Science andTechnology department, Salesian Polytechnic has
specialists in areas where AI is currently applied,such as signal processing, image processing, andimage measurement. Some researches lead toelemental technology of automatic driving
technology. Various applications are possible.
At the outset, graduation researches will be
conducted with IUS affiliated institutions. Basedon this, cross-sectoral researches would be
developed and published, and gradually the
number of submissions to journals could be
increased. We strongly recommend this strategy
to IUS institutions in Asia.

to the field of information engineering.
Alternatively, the quality of researches andeducation itself would be improved by theinternationalization of researches on theJapanese prospect. In order to develop aninternationalization of researches and educational
system would be necessary to increase thenumber of international applicants to Salesian
Polytechnic. This is also the branding strategy of
the Salesian name.
According to Don Bosco's philosophy, regarding
many aspects one of the greatest assets would bethat faculty members of IUS institutions growthroughout their researches in their own
specialized fields. Salesian institution’s teacher
network could for sure cultivates the growth oftheir students. We believe that the development of
the Salesians is to develop their educational skills
and expertise. We also propose joint projects toassist the personal development of students. We
sincerely hope for your visit to our collage inTokyo.
Acknowledgement

5. Conclusions
In this article, the international collaboration of
the Salesian Polytechnic Department ofComputer Science and Technology since 2005 was
elucidated focusing on the international
relationship with IUS related institutions. We
systematized the possibilities and issues of credit
exchange for students, and proposed international
joint researches based on graduation research.
We impertinently insist that we would like tobuild a cooperative relationship with researchers
and research themes other than informationengineering. If we could collaborate ininterdisciplinary fields through graduation
researches, our research achievements would
increase and teachers at IUS institutions would
be able to earn degrees. We want to assist young
faculty members from Asian IUS institutions to
obtain additional degrees. In some cases we could
possibly assist them in applying for a doctoral
degree in Japan. It would be possible also to
consider accepting sabbatical staffs from exterior-16-

The authors are very grateful to the staff ofDept. Computer science and technology, Salesian
Polytechnic, who checked the contents of thispaper.
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Table４ International conference where our faculty
members published their papers
City, Host country
Conference name
1. Lisbon,
IEEE 45th Annual Conference of thePortugalIndustrial Electronics Society (IECON
2019)
2. San Francisco, Electronic Imaging 2019
USA
3. Valencia,
The 9th International Congress on
Spain
Industrial and Applied Mathematics(ICIAM2019)
4. Bangkok ,The 9th International Conference on
ThailandIndustrial Engineering and Operations
Management(IEOM2019)
5. Ireland,
30thEuropeanConferenceon
DublinOperational Research(EURO2019)
6. Shanghai,
The 23rd International Conference on
China
Digital Signal Processing (DSP 2018)
7. Tokyo, Japan
13th SIAM East Asian Section
Conference 2018 (EASIAM2018)
8. Valencia ,29thEuropeanConferenceon
Spain
Operational Research(EURO2018)
9. San Francisco, Electronic Imaging 2018
USA
10. Singapore
International Conference on Industrial
EngineeringandEngineering
Management (IEEM2017)
11. Québec ,21st Conference of the International
CanadaFederation of Operational ResearchSocieties (IFORS 2017)12. Santiago,
AIC(International Colour Association)
Chile
2016

A Study on Investment Strategy for Cryptocurrency with
Statistical Methods
Development of a program to expand expressions related to big
numbers
Recognition of drawing lines on three dimensional space
A study on finding the optimal route for a theme park using a
genetic algorithm
Detection of Reverse Running
A performance evaluation method of football players based on
Markov Model
A study on congestion forecast for exhibition booths using an ant
colony optimization method
Verification the number of war death of Mimase-Battle
Relationship between reverse perspective illusion and stereoscopic
perception
AI of Incomplete information game for Game Algorithms
A teaching material of SAGAMIHARA for local patriotism using
3D Models
Simulations of a gravitational lensing
A Study on Handwriting Classification based on Black-White
Density Pattern
A mathematical model of average travel distance for a shared-taxi
Simulation of pop out of books by earthquake
Some Considerations on a flight trajectory of a spear
A Study on the Detection Method of Burrs in Drilling of CFRP
Develop the system that prevents heavy use of conjunction in
novelsA Studies of Assisting Smile Detection with Conversation Content
A Study on the Feature Extraction from Strike Sound in Kendo
Using Wavelet Transform
A forecasting System for Traffic Congestion on QGIS
A time of being tired of automatic composition music using
Cadence
Estimate of required time to calculate using parallel computationon 6 x 5 reversi board
A Study on Golf's Prize Ranking Prediction Using Regression
Analysis
Simulation of a mtion of a particle around a black hole
Applying a genetic algorithm to a signboard layout problem basedon a flow captured location-allocation problem
A study on finding top k shortest paths using a slime moldalgorithm
Investigation of the Implementation of Variable Digital Filters on
Raspberry Pi
Real-Time Detection of Indoor Person Position
Teaching materials using Matumoto-castle 3D model
Simulation of a motion of a particle around a black hole

Table 5 List of graduation research themes (2018)
Restoration of image based on the stochastic model
A comment on a motion of dropping object using parachute"Discussion of the Black-Scholes formula for call/put option value
based on an approximate expression"
Automatic evaluation of Japanese brush character in calligraphy
Effect of Pre-processing Filters in Detection of Burrs on Wood
Using SVM
A Study on overexposure and blackout correction
A Study on Automatic Removal of Target Objects in an Image
Auto classification of character images with Keras
A Congestion Prediction Method using Microblogging Data
A study on accuracy improvement for burr detection using machinelearning with Population Based Training
Orbital calculation of planetary probe
A study on automatic generation of audible alarms using aninteractive genetic algorithm
A study on a system for suggesting feasible layered clothing using
thermal resistance values
A Study on Stock Market Indexes Prediction with Time Series
Analysis
A Study on the Influence of Noise in OFDM
Heuristic approaches to Rectangle Packing Problem"The Dirac brackets of canonical variables of a particle constrainedon a spherical surface－A difference according to initial constraint conditions－"
Removing Shadow from Taken Document Picture Covered with
Shadow
Accuracy of Leap Motion in 3D space-17-