2020 Summer Camp
August 17-20, 2020
The University of TokyoONLINE

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2020 Summer Camp

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 UTokyo and world-leading universities Ph.D
students discuss and exchange ideas to propose
an international research project with your teammembers to develop an innovative device related
to COVID-19
 25 Participants from 10 universities of 9
countries & one company
100%
80%

▲ Participants▲ Satisfaction0%▲ Which areas beneficial

Widening the scope of myresearch

Verymuch48%

Developing an international
network offriends/colleagues

UT (nonJapanese)
24%

Yes
44%

20%
Expanding my knowledgeof other engineering fields

Europe andAfrica
14%
Asia
10%

UT(Japanese)
28%

40%

Not much
8%

Obtaining valuable
teamwork/leadershipexperience

Americancontinent
11%

60%

Improving brainstorming/discussion skills

Industry6%

Details of Participants
UniversityMajor

3
NumberMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Mechanical Engineering

1

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Mechanical Engineering

1

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Mechanical Engineering

1

University of São Paulo

Mechatronics Engineering1Rice University

Applied Physics

2Bionics Enginering

1

Engineering (AI and Robotics)

1

Technical University of Munich

Mechanical Engineering

1

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Biomedical Engineering

1

National Tsing Hua University

Mechanical Engineering

1

Architecture

1

Astronautics

1

Bioengineering

1

Civil Engineering

1Electrical Engineering and Information Systems

2

Mechanical Engineering

4

Nuclear Engineering and Management

1

Precision Enginerring

1

Urban Engineering

1Electrochemistry1

University of Cambridge

The University of Tokyo

Toshiba Corporation

Slack # cultural exchange

4Opening
Welcome messages :Prof. Maruyama Prof. Mitsuishi

Self Introduction

Introduction ofprogram :Prof. Yokono

5Guidance:
Prof. Harada

Team Meeting –taskYour task is to propose an international research project with your teammembers to develop an innovative device related to COVID-19.

Presentation template Problem identification
 Idea of New Device
 International research project Organization of international
research team
 Potential impact
 Roadmap & Budget• 5 teams (5 participants/team) were organized in advance.

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Final Presentations

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Evaluation & Awards

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Comments given to each teamBest Innovation
Team 2 (Smart mask)

Best Proposal
Team 4 (THz camera)

Questionnaire Summary (1)Did you enjoy theSelf introduction
Summer Camp ?

9Virtual lab tour

Researchpresentation

Culturalexchange

Team meeting

Finalpresentations

Organization

All (2020)

4.3

4.6

4.2

4.4

4.4

4.6

4.7

4.6

Invited from universities

4.2

4.6

4.4

4.4

4.7

4.6

4.6

4.7

UT (non-Japanese)

4.5

4.7

4.2

4.5

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.5

UT (Japanese)

4.3

4.4

4.0

4.1

3.6

4.4

4.7

4.4

Invited from companies

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

 Basically, most of the participants enjoyed the camp very much.
 Scores vary depending on the affiliation.
 Japanese participants tend to be more critical.

Questionnaire Summary (2)10In which areas did you find the camp beneficial?
Developing an
Obtaining
Expanding myImproving
international
valuableknowledge of
network ofbrainstorming/dis
teamwork/leaders other engineeringfriends/colleague
cussion skills
hip experiencefieldssN.
(N=25)

Widening thescope of myresearch

17

17

18

19

9

2020

68%

68%

72%

76%

36%

2019

77%

66%

58%

75%

31%

Ratio

 The camp surely enhanced the “competency” of the participants.

Comments from Participants

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Invited Student
 I would have liked to have lectures given by professors to improve my knowledge infields other than my own and not just see research presentations.
 It's very good!
 Honestly, it was a blast! I have really enjoyed this summer camp while working withprofessionals from all over the place. I learned new stuff about my research (that I may
use in the future), and developed a wonderful connections with my team mates. Thankyou for granting me the opportunity to participate.
 In general I think the camp was excellent. I only think that sometimes the researchpresentation channel in slack was a little messy, due to many questions of theparticipants, but I don't know if there is some way of improving it. Also, I think that theresearch presentations and lab tour were pretty good, it would be better only if we
could actually be there in person, but that is not possible, given the current situation.
 Thank you very much for this high quality camp I hope I will be able to keep in touchwith the colleagues I was working with to be able to work with them in the future. The
team was really motivated and changed my mind about team working especially as it
was online and therefore even more challenging. Thank you the university of Tokyo andthe professors for the great organization. I hope to see you in real if I have the chance tocome to Tokyo.

Comments from Participants On the research presentations, maybe it would be useful to have time slots next year
(if it still needs to be done online depending on covid) for the research presentations
where each participant presents and the schedule is made available so people candrop in if they want.
 My person disapproval of listing Taiwan as an individual country in thebrochure/abstract (especially this is documented), and most Chinese students wouldfind it offensive. The United Nations does not acknowledge Taiwan as a country, or atleast it's controversial worldwide. Maybe better use "area" or "island" instead of"country" in the future.
 This was the first time I attend a camp online, although it's pity that cannot visit
UTokyo this year, I still learned a lot from these top students over the world, thank you
for well organizing this event, leave me a good memory in the summer of 2020.
UT (non-Japanese) Maybe try making the questionaire anonymous.
 I enjoyed the summer camp. I think, if we can do it in real physical world, it would be avery precious experience. However, the number of persons who are active in SLACK
and responding to threads are low. And further, I cannot interact with other people
outside of my team. This online summer camp, in a sense, is the same with any online
class that I took this semester in UTokyo, but with international students. This lack offreedom in interaction, is somehow the limitation of digital/online summer camp.

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Comments from Participants

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The whole summer camp is excellent, except the meeting time is a little bit late for people
living in Japan or Korea especially on weekdays. I know it's difficult to adjust the time forthe online meetings.
UT (Japanese) Sometimes difficult to understand the research just by reading the slides.
 It's tough to come up new idea in such a short period. I wish I knew the topic previously.
 The communications via Slack was excellent. I've had really informative time in thediscussion as well as watching others' presentations. I wish we could talk with members
in other teams, but it seems impossible online now. Instead I've enjoyed wonderful timewith the members of team 3. Also, I have to thank Senseis to set members within one
hemisphere so as to make discussions easy and fair!
 オンラインで開催するのであればキャンプの様に詰めたスケジュールでなくてもよいのではないかと感じた。来年も開催するのであればオンラインではない方式で開催してほしい。オンラインではチームワークが深まった感じもなければ、実際にあった時に比べて深い議論ができたとは思えない(自分が積極的に絡もうとしなかったこともあると思うがオンラインだとやはり難しい)。

 Although this is the first attempt to hold an online camp, I'm impressed by thateverything was going smoothly and well organized. It would be nice if we had much
more chance to talk with participants in other groups. Anyway, thanks a lot for giving me
this great opportunity!

Comments from Participants

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Researcher in company (Japanese) This camp is so tough and enjoyable for me. I'm honored to work with promising Ph.D.
candidate from over the world. Thank you.