Designing the Energy Society of the Future

Tokyo Tech Academy ofEnergy and Informatics

Message

Building a society that harnesses sustainable energy is an urgent global challenge.
The cost of renewable energy has dramatically been reduced in the past several
years, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing has alreadystarted to have a major impact on the industry. In addition, certain technologies,
such as leveraging hydrogen’s ability to store chemical energy, are now
recognized as essential for building a sustainable energy society. As we headtoward 2030 and 2050, we will experience a social transformation for which
research and development will be a key driver.
Furthermore, we are now able to process big data in bulk, and many methods ofdata science-based analysis have become relatively easy to use. As a result,information science is expected to help accelerate research and development in

Manabu Ihara
Director of Tokyo Tech Academy ofEnergy and Informatics
Head of the InfoSyEnergy Researchand Education Consortium
Professor at the School of Materials
and Chemical Technology

various fields.
The above circumstances have led to the establishment of the InfoSyEnergy
Research and Education Consortium (“InfoSyEnergy”) at Tokyo Tech in November
2019.
InfoSyEnergy’s missions are to take the lead in developing a low-carbon orcarbon-neutral sustainable society. While Tokyo Tech defines big data science as ac o m b i n a t i o n o f d a t a s c i e n c e a n d A I a n a l y s i s , I n f o S y E n e r g y d e fi n e s i t ssought-after “ambient energy society” as one in which the environment andeconomic advantage coexist without people having to worry about energy costs
and protecting the environment. We aim to achieve such a society by making themost of bi g da ta s ci e n ce a n d cre a ti n g n e w v a l u e s a n d s e rv i ce s th ro u gh
industry-academia collaboration.
In August 2020, Tokyo Tech’s proposed Multi-Scope･Energy WISE Professionals
doctoral degree program was selected as a WISE Program by the Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), and the Tokyo Tech
Academy of Energy and Informatics was established the following December as
the educational arm of InfoSyEnergy. The integrated graduate program frommaster’s to doctoral degree is designed to help students build a solid
understanding of multi-disciplinary energy science, pursue research anddevelopment by taking advantage of big data science, and eventually develop into
individuals capable of taking on leadership roles. The program provides sufficientfinancial support so that students are able to concentrate on their studies, and it
also offers a number of opportunities that will be valuable for future global talent
with doctorate degrees. Opportunities are available through international forums,
research workshops, internships at overseas locations, among others, thanks tocollaboration with InfoSyEnergy member companies and top-class universities
around the world. We expect many of our students will become Multi-Scope･Energy WISE Professionals.

Our Objectives
The goal of the Tokyo Tech Academy of Energy and Informatics is to develop Multi-Scope･Energy WISE Professionals who will help realize a sustainable, human-centric energy society free of usage constraints such as costs and CO2 emissions. This will involve using tools for the intelligent use ofenergy, such as AI-based big data analysis. After mastering multidisciplinary energy science, these individuals will transform and design this newenergy society using big data science and their social design skills. We will achieve this through the Tokyo Tech Academy of Energy and Informatics
program.
Developing Multi-Scope･Energy WISE Professionals will enhance the quality of Tokyo Tech’s research in the field of Integrated Energy Science, one of
our priority fields, as well as develop WISE Professionals capable of succeeding in the field. Achieving these two ends will also help us attain the goalof our Designated National University proposal, which is to drive Tokyo Tech’s research quality to world-leading levels. This is why Tokyo Tech isdevoting all its resources to cultivating and sending out Multi-Scope･Energy WISE Professionals into the world.

What are Multi-Scope･Energy WISE Professionals?
They are individuals who have mastered multi-disciplinary energy science and will transform and design a new energy society through big data
science and their social design skills. In other words, they are professionals who possess abilities in the following three scopes as well as the strong
force of personality needed to engage and drive others.

Multi-scope (3 scopes)
Multi-disciplinary Energy Science Scope〈 Break down and reconstruct the knowledges → Overview the energy science 〉
Break
downandreconstructusing analogy

Enableoverviewing andpromote deep
understanding ofeach discipline

The policy of current “Energy Course”
Fuel cells

Solar cells

Zoom in ! Zoom out !

EngineElement(nm)

What are different? What are similar?”Reuse knowledge at different fields
and make “innovations”

System(km)

High specialty (discipline) ＝ origin

Big Data Analysis ScopeSocial Design Scope〈 AI analysis + Data science 〉〈 Current situation analysis + Future vision 〉

Principles extracted
from the trends by
big data analysis

Zoom in ! Zoom out !

Principle

Analyze “current”:
law / regulation, economy,social situation

Zoom in ! Zoom out !

Current

Big data

Construct “future”
Policy-making, business model,social design

Trends in the big
data understood byprinciples

The Three Expected Opportunities
Social innovation
through starting businessventuresTo plan, propose, andpromote new businesses
within companies

Leading creation of futuresociety at universities
and research institutes

FutureTokyo Tech Academy of Energy and Informatics program
C urri cul um

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InfoSyEnergy
Energy Science
CoursesThis group of courses provides students from diverse undergraduate educational backgrounds with a multidisciplinary educationon the subject of energy. In AY2016, Tokyo Tech established an energy-related interdisciplinary graduate major that spans
multiple schools or departments, the Graduate Major in Energy Science and Engineering, offering both master’s and doctoral
degree programs organized around the multidisciplinary energy science principle of reconstructing scholarly knowledge related toenergy devices and systems based on similarities and differences through InfoSyEnergy Energy Science courses.

InfoSyEnergy
Big Data Science
CoursesThis group of courses pairs lecture and practical exercise sessions that primarily focus on helping students acquire fundamental
knowledge and skills in the areas of data science (DS) and artificial intelligence (AI). In addition, students cultivate practical skills
that go beyond the use of DS and AI as tools through exercise courses focused on big data science as it pertains specifically to thefield of energy. By engaging in practical exercises using accumulated big data — acquired from sources such as the smart energy
system that controls the energy devices in and around Tokyo Tech’s Environmental Energy Innovation Building, and various
research on energy devices — students acquire the ability to adapt and apply DS and AI to the field of energy.

InfoSyEnergy
Social Design
CoursesIn this group of courses, students acquire and cultivate the fundamental knowledge of and grounding in the social sciences they
will need to design and drive the energy society of the future. In addition to lecture courses instructed by full-time Tokyo Techfaculty members, students can take New Business Creation, Energy Policy, and Energy Econometrics courses, which are establishedwith the full cooperation of Hitotsubashi University. Fully supported by the Institute for Liberal Arts, InfoSyEnergy Social Design
courses will help students develop their social skills, creativity, and humanity. For example, the courses will enrich their humanity
through looking into humanities-related subjects such as labor and the redistribution of wealth in the age of AI, and the state of
the law, the nation, and democracy in the information space.

In this course group, students develop their design thinking abilities by expanding on and synthesizing the scholarly knowledge
they gained in the above three course groups. Students acquire the ability through exploring (interdisciplinary), crossing(transdisciplinary), and adding to (multi-disciplinary) the border between energy and information. More specifically, students
choose courses suited to their own career paths from the following course subgroups:▪InfoSyEnergy Product-service Design
In this course subgroup, students learn about subjects such as functional design and product architecture.

▪InfoSyEnergy Policy-making Workshop
In this course subgroup, students learn about national policies — including energy policies and electric power policies — as well
as how national policy is decided.

▪Professionals and Value Creation

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InfoSyEnergy
Practice
CoursesIn this course subgroup, students develop multifaceted viewpoints by studying concrete examples of value creation and innovationfrom professionals with real-world experience as leaders of organizations such as foreign and domestic corporations, venturecompanies, NGOs, and NPOs.
In addition to having the above opportunities for practical learning, students can participate in research,development, commercialization, and social implementation on the frontlines.

▪InfoSyEnergy Joint Research Projects
Students participate as research assistants (RAs) in joint research driven by teams of consortium member companies and multiple faculty members.

▪InfoSyEnergy International ForumAs part of the curriculum, notable researchers from overseas partner institutions (primarily the world’s top 16 universities that areconsortium members) and business mentors from consortium member companies will be invited to an international forum
featuring reports on research outcomes, debates, and more. By engaging in exchanges and group work in the same room withstudents from overseas, students will cultivate a global perspective and international collaboration skills.

▪InfoSyEnergy International Fieldwork
Students engage in fieldwork at foreign and domestic companies, municipalities, and other universities to gain real-world
experience in settings where problems are occurring in real time. Through hands-on experiences in the field, students acquire
workplace skills as well as problem-recognition skills.

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InfoSyEnergy
Outreach6

Business and Overseas
Mentorship System“How will my dissertation research ultimately serve society?” To answer that question, students will strive for holistic andmultifaceted insights into the social significance, value, and other aspects of their own research approximately a year before
completing their doctoral dissertations. They will then prepare reports on their findings as the final assignment of their educational
programs. These reports will be used to evaluate their level of humanities and social science abilities, and serve as a “stage gate.”※InfoSyEnergy Outreach is a course of InfoSyEnergy Practice Courses.

The business and overseas mentorship system will help students develop multifaceted viewpoints. Every institutional member of
the InfoSyEnergy Research and Education Consortium — which includes 25 member companies, 6 public institutions, and theworld’s top 15 universities — have selected program staff members who will serve as business or overseas mentors.

D eg ree Po l i cy
Those who are fully prepared to harness big data science to promote research and development in promising new energy devices andsystems, design a groundbreaking energy society, and drive the forces of innovation.
Multi-disciplinary Energy Science Scope

Big Data Science ScopeSocial Design Scope

Those who have scholarly knowledge related tomulti-disciplinary energy science classified andreconstructed through analysis of knowledge
and parallels pertaining to energy devices andsystems (profound expertise).

Those who possess the aptitude toconcretely synthesize AI analysis
and data science as they apply totheir own energy-related areas of
specialization (expertise and skills).

Those who have knowledge and skills in social science disciplines covering business
innovation, finance, marketing, policy theory, econometrics, etc. In addition, they are
equipped with the ability to persuasively motivate and engage others by sharing the socialand economic value of their own R&D and business designs, and leadership competencies
needed for success at a global level (expertise and quality as members of society).

P r o g r a m C o mp l eti o n Pro ces sCompletion Requirements❶ Attain four credits or more from the InfoSyEnergy Energy Science courses❷ Attain four credits or more from the InfoSyEnergy Big Data Science courses❸ Attain four credits or more from the InfoSyEnergy Social Design courses including one or more from restricted electives❹ Attain four credits or more from the InfoSyEnergy Practice courses including one from a required course and one or more from restricted electives❺ Pass the final examination

Those who have fulfilled all ISE completion requirements, in addition to having successfully completed a doctoral degree program in
their Graduate Major, will receive a certification of completion of ISE added to one of thefollowing degree designated by their Graduate Major: Doctor of Science, Doctor of Engineering, or Doctor of Philosophy.

Multi-Scope･Energy WISE Professional
Portraits

Social innovation throughstarting business ventures＊1

To plan, propose, and promote new
businesses within companies＊2

Dissertation

Leading creation of future society atuniversities and research institutes＊3

Achievement Evaluation (Completion)

Professional

InfoSyEnergy
practice courses

InfoSyEnergy OutreachAchievement Evaluation

SG2

Awareness of significance of research work in social aspects

Dissertation
research

4 credits

Practicum

Final exam.

Multi-dimensional evaluation in three scopes

InfoSyEnergy Product-service design＊1

InfoSyEnergy Joint Research Projects

Professionals and value creation

InfoSyEnergy International Forum＊2

InfoSyEnergy Policy-making workshop＊3

InfoSyEnergy International Fieldwork

Promoting team-based
collaborative research＊Restricted electives (Students choose course(s) relevant to their individual career path)

Master’s thesis

Participation by
all collaborating organizations(business mentors, overseas mentors)

Achievement Evaluation

SG1

Build up of fundamental knowledge in three scopes

Fundamental

InfoSyEnergy
Energy Science courses

InfoSyEnergy
Big Data Science courses

InfoSyEnergy
Social Design courses

4 credits

4 credits

4 credits

Energy innovation
co-creative project

Fundamentals of data science
Fundamentals ofartificial intelligence▪Marketing for value creation▪ Finance and data analysis inInterdisciplinary scientificprinciple of energy 1,2
Energy materials 1,2
Energy devices 1,2 Etc.

Big data in energy:
a practical introduction Etc.

Master’s thesis
research
Promoting team-based
collaborative researchenergy markets▪ Economic development andenergy policies Economy ofenergy system Etc.

Selection of students (Example of master’s students)

ExpertiseCollaboration with the InfoSyEnergy Research and Education Consortium
The InfoSyEnergy Research and Education Consortium is comprised of Tokyo Tech faculty members as well as members of corporations, public institutions, and top foreign universities that support education and research activities aimed at developing Multi-Scope･Energy WISE Professionals. Enhancing the research and educational systems by strengthening collaboration with consortium members makes two things possible. The first is conducting
graduate education in a setting close to the real world through, among other things, business mentors and overseas mentors. The second is providing
points of contact between consortium members and students through international forums and similar opportunities. Achieving these two things helps
students visualize and secure their own career paths.

W h a t k i nd o f co ns o rti um?
Over 70 Professors / Assoc.
Professors participating fromacross all of Tokyo Tech’s schools

Organized into nine areas,
teams design and conductcollaborative research“Multi-scope” energy
education throughacademia-industry cooperation

Strategic student-industry
matching, and a long-establishededucation system

We will create an academia-industry
collaboration platform for developing a
new energy society and training thenext generation of scientists.

Incorporating big data science into
fields sharing our vision of an energy
society, we engage in collaborations topursue solutions that cannot be realized
alone.

Going forward, we will create acooperative system for education in“scopes”: Specialized Discipline,
Multi-Energy Science, Big Data Science,
Space (from nano to society), and Time.

Our workshops, symposiums, and otherevents will provide points of contact for
students and industry members, while
our scopes will provide education linked
directly with career goals.

Holdingworkshops andsymposiums

Establishment ofstudy groups andreview committees
and disseminationof information

Large-scaleindustry-academia
projects throughcompetitive
fundingTeam-basedindustry-academia
joint research on
specific themes

Promotion ofresearch /education bycollaborative
research programs

An energy society combining low-carbon large-scale power sources and distributed systems
AMBIENT ENERGY SOCIETY
8

Focused research themes

Ambient
Energy Society

6
Globalhydrogen energy

9(Hydrogen turbines, etc.)

71Grid cooperative,
distributed real-time energy system

2

Technologies fora renewable baseload energy society

Energy value
diversification

3

Light energy conversion device/system

Electricity
free market

4 Fuel cells, electrolysis, hydrogen, storage

5

1 Ene-Swallow
Coordination
Stabilization

Energy Resource
Aggregation

Precise energy prediction

Fluctuating / large-volume
energy supply

2 Power companies
Co-generation
Wind Power

Human Activity
Big Data

Distributed
Network 1

4

Road Activity
Big Data

Local Hydrogen
Power to Gas
to Power

3
Distributed
Network 2

Generation & Demand
Big Data

Solar
Power

EV batteries
Generation & Demand Fuel cells
Big Data
Storage

Big DataMi

cr o-g ri d ( 1 t o 1 04 k

W)

Electricity free market,

5 on-campus conceptual trading

EnergyBig Data
Analysisthrough AI

6Energy carriers, carbon-reducing catalysts

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Hydrogen / biogas combustion,
heat utilization

8 Future technologies
9Technology trends, future scenarios,social systems, services

Collaboration
Company： 26

Local government, Public institution ： 8
University： 16

Financial Aid System for Program Students
The following three support options create an environment in which doctoral students can be financiallyindependent and free to concentrate on their studies:
In principle, all Tokyo Tech doctoral students receive theTokyo Tech Tsubame Scholarship for Doctoral Students.
Students have opportunities to participate in and receive
financial support (RA) through the joint research withcompanies promoted by the Tokyo Tech InfoSyEnergy
Research and Education Consortium.

Doctoral students recognized as having stellar research abilities and potential
can receive up to 2.53 million yen (including Tsubame Scholarship and RA
salary from academic supervisor) in support annually during their enrollment.
●The amount of support each student receives is determined by factors that include whether they are receiving
scholarships such as the MEXT scholarship (international students) or the Tsubame Scholarship; whether they
have been accepted as recipients of the JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists; and whether they arereceiving RA remuneration from joint research projects with consortium member companies or other projects.
●The amount of support is also determined based on research achievement and other factors (dissertation
presentation, conference presentations, internship participation, etc.).

Our Objectives
The Academy is managed by a university-wide system with the cooperation of the governing board including the president, of InfoSyEnergy Researchand Education Consortium, more than 70 professors and associate professors, and many other member institutions.

President

Planing andmanagement Office

Overall Supervisor : Kazuya Masu

(Office of Education andInternational Cooperation,
Office of Research andInnovation, etc.)

InfoSyEnergy Research and Education
Consortium Governing Board
Presidenti Masu, Exective Vice Presidents, Deans,
Director-General

Administrative
Department(Student Services
Department, Research
Promotion Department, etc.)

Tokyo Tech Academy of Energy and Informatics(Established 2020.12.1)

Graduate Major in
Energy Science andEngineering

Steering Committee

Hitotsubashi
University

Director : Manabu Ihara
Associate Director : Tetsuya Suekane
Associate Director : Mika Goto

Director : Hajime Arai

Multi-Disciplinary Energy
Science Scope
Development Committee

Big Data Science Scope
Development Committee

Institute for
Liberal Arts,
Tokyo Tech
Director :Noriyuki Ueda

Social Design Scope
Development Committee

Chair : Yoshisato Kimura

Chair : Isao Ono

Chair : Kazuyoshi Hidaka

Tokyo Tech/Company Program Staff (Consortium Member
Companies/Collaborating Organizations)Tokyo Tech/Company Program Staff (Consortium Member
Companies/Collaborating Organizations)Tokyo Tech/Company Program Staff (Consortium Member
Companies/Collaborating Organizations)Global Leadership
Development Committee
Chair : Teruoki Tago
Tokyo Tech/Company Program Staff (Consortium Member
Companies/Collaborating Organizations)Tokyo Tech Academy for LeadershipManagement Operations OfficeDirector : Jun-ichi Imura

Head
Manabu Ihara

Managers

Vice Heads

Tetsuya Suekane

Mika Goto / Kazuyoshi Hidaka / Teruoki Tago / Yusuke Shimoyama
Yoshisato Kimura / Junichiro Otomo / Koichi Shinoda▪Prof. / Assoc. Prof (more than seventy) ▪Collaboration Members (Companies, Public Institutions, Local government, Universities)

Student Recruitment
At Tokyo Tech Academy of Energy and Informatics, we implement two types of selection.
One is to pursue to be a “Registered Student” (2 stage selection).
And the other is to be a “Associate member student” which target for working and work experienced students.
Information may subject to change depends on year so please check the website for details and schedule.

Admission for Registered Students
Selection process to become Academy of Energy and Informatics registered students is by 2 stage selection.

【 Target 】
TITECH’s Master’s degree program students and Professional master’s degree program students who are eligible to take main exam withthe course “Energy Innovation Co-creative Project” in the 3rd-4th quarter offered in the Energy Course during their master’s program1

Selection of ISE Candidate students

2 Times/ Year（Spring Semester, Fall Semester）

Selection Method：Screening of Application Documents

2

Selection from ISE-Candidate student to a registered student（Main Exam）

1 Time/Year (Fall Semester)

Selection Method：Screening of Application Documents and Research Presentation in the “Energy Innovation Co-Creative Project”,
and an Interview if necessary.

3

Registration

Admission for Associate-member students（Adult students）【 Target 】
Adult students who belong to the TITECH’s graduate programs of all graduate schools(Master’s degree program, Professional master’s degree program and Doctoral degree program)

Selection of Associate-member Students

1 Time/Year (Spring Semester)

Selection Method：Screening of Application Documents
Please select and apply for either of the following programs.

InfoSyEnergy Special Certificate Program for adult students
Participate in events and activities designated by Tokyo Tech Academy of Energy and Informatics and pursue obtaining the program certificate
with the required grades.
Required to attend at least five events and submit report(s).

※ To pursue to get Certificate

InfoSyEnergy Free Participation Program for adult students
Select and participate in events and other activities of your choice to improve your skills. ※ No Certificate

Tokyo Tech Academy of Energy and Informatics (ISE)Management Operations Office
NE-24 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550
Environmental Energy Innovation Building (Ookayama North Bldg. 3) Room 613
management_office@infosyenergy.titech.ac.jp▪Tokyo Tech Academy of Energy and Informatics (ISE)
https://www.infosyenergy.titech.ac.jp/Academy/en/index.html▪Tokyo Institute of Technology

InfoSyEnergy Research and Education Consortium

https://www.infosyenergy.titech.ac.jp/en/index.html
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