Fellowship program to foster
architects who lead super-smart
society with co-creating
innovative solutions to “X-Care”
social issues①②③

Program objectives
Prospective Profile of the Program
Graduates
Curriculum policy

Prof. Hideki Tode(from 2022FY)
Department of Core Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics(until 2021FY)
Electrical Engineering and Information Science, Graduate School of Engineering

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“X-Care” social issues to achieve a super-smart society“Smart City Strategy”
promoted by Osaka【Hito】 Human Health Care•••Countermeasures for Japan’s ageing
society with a low birthrate
Improving health standards and decrease
the burden of medical expenses
Supporting the elderly and sociallyvulnerable people

X-Care SocialIssues【Mono】 Product Care

• Promoting/supporting manufacturing• Promoting/supporting industry• Promoting/supporting agriculture

A general term for each issue torealize a Super Smart Society【Syakai】 Social System Care

• Political and social reforms• Education reform and support• Infrastructure/disaster prevention
plans for the future• Environmental countermeasures【Bunka】 Culture Care
It is a social demand to prevent “unhealthiness” and make a swift recoveryWe aim to foster talented personnel who can solve X-Care issues

Personnel in demand:
People who can solve the problems concerning Hito, Mono, Syakai, andBunka, which exist in both cyber/real space by 1) collecting andanalyzing various data and 2) provide the most suitable solutions.
2【Project objectives】
This program aims to foster architects who can provide
solutions to “X-care” social issues through co-creation processwith various stakeholders. “X-care” is a coined word to put
together the following social issues: Human Health Care,
Product Care, Social System Care, and Culture Care. It is
important to watch for the conditions (healthiness/soundness)of those X-cares and prevent unhealthy situations, as well asto provide a suitable solution for making a swift recovery
when finding a malfunction.
 Given the backgrounds, it is our objective to foster
researchers who possess the ability to solve social issues
mainly with Informatics and interdisciplinary approaches
through collaboration with Natural Sciences and Humanities &Social Sciences.
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Architects who can provide solutions to “X-care”
social issues through co-creation processIn-demand skills①②③④

Ability to judge which information tocollect to evaluate the healthconditions of the X-Care social
issues.
Expertise to study the soundness of
X-Care social issues essentiallybased on the collected data.
Data analytics skills to be able toprocess and analyze the collected
data concerning the X-Care social
issues promptly by utilizing
appropriate algorithm.
skills to design a sustainableecosystem and to work incollaboration with others to solve
the X-Care social issues.

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Find a better solution through A -Cycle
Spotting potential unhealthy conditions.
Decide what kind of data to collect, as
well as when, where, and how to obtainit.

Approach tomaximize theeffects of solution

Active A -Cycle
ActuatingSensing
3”Ability to judge”Creativity”

Process (accelerate)
Inheritance, collaboration,
increase of wisdom/knowledge

Analyzing
Transition of data

Selectingsocial issuesof the hour

Discovering asolution withmaking full use ofAI, machinelearning and data

Designs and demonstration experimentsof the Smart City/University Solutions“Co-creation field”
Field for social implementation ofsmart city ecosystem

4【Duties of the Fellow Students】 (Part 1)
1. Improve data collection skills, analytic skills, and problem-solving skills

Take lectures which contribute solving X-Care social issues.
i.e., Basic lectures provided in Graduate School of Informatics,
lectures to give better understanding of the social issues and so on
Receive ethics education such as “Scientific Literacy”

2. Acquire skills to design solutions through co-creations
Participate in the problem solving competition for development ofsmart society (tentative name) etc.

3. Develop the ability to solve social issues withinterdisciplinary approachTake part in a co-creative research collaboration opportunity(Apply for co-creative joint research projects and simulatedindustry-academia-government collaboration project)
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【Duties of the Fellow Students】 (Part 2)（４）Develop fundamental research skills①②

Create research proposals (3-year proposal and annual proposal)
Research Performance Progress Report (achievement evaluation):
Twice a year/Supervisor, etc.

（５）Acquire transferrable skills
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Foster originality, creativity, ability to think outside the box,
challenge mindset, ability to be aware of people’s needs, research
management skills, communication skills, leadership skills, etc.
⇒ Enroll in Technology-based Entrepreneurship Courses （TEC Ⅰ~Ⅳ）
“Special communication seminar based on multidisciplinary sciences”（６）Design your own career
Long-term internship (TEC-Ⅲ or C-ENGINE)
 “Interactive matching” (Meet & Greet with companied for internshipopportunities) and mentor program

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Thank you.
This fellowship is for highly motivatedstudents just like yourself -- We are looking
forward to receiving your application.

Good luck!

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