Transdisciplinary Federation of Science and Technology

The Transdisciplinary Federationof Science and Technology NPO
Organization

Forty academic societies that encompass a wide range of humanities
and sciences formed a coalition to develop and promote“transdisciplinary science,” which constitutes the basics of technology,
such as statistics, simulation, optimization, informatics, and design
science, to promote integration of natural sciences, humanities, socialsciences, and engineering. The federation pursues various activities
aimed at stressing the importance of a horizontal axis andstrengthening it in the face of the actual situation, in which scienceand technology continue to be vertically subdivided.

Organization directors are elected on the recommendation of the member academic
societies of the Transdisciplinary Federation. The organization is set up to work with theTransdisciplinary Science and Technology Initiative whose members are corporations.

President:
Hidenori Kimura from Riken Research
Vice Presidents:
Koichiro Deguchi from the University of Tohoku
Yoshifumi Yasuoka from the National Institute forEnvironmental Studies、NIES
Membership:
57,000 in 40 academic societies
Oﬃces:
Located in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, and Suita City, Osaka

A summary of activities and achievements
Publication of an academic journal“Transdisciplinary:”：
Following the ﬁrst publication in April 2007,
the journal has been issued twice a year.
Symposiums:
Held on such themes as “The role oftransdisciplinary science and technology inJapanʼs academic ﬁelds in the 21st century,”“Aiming at advanced manufacturing thatwill lead the world,” “Searching atechnological strategy suited to an age ofco-existence that connects human hearts,”and “Transdisciplinary science andtechnology as well as mathematics −Working toward the creation of a newacademic sphere.”
Forums:Jointly hosted by SICE and Transdisciplinary
Science and Technology Initiative (about sixtimes a year).
Investigation and research society:
Focused on product development, design
process engineering, and transdisciplinary
human resource development.

Project activities:
Multiple specialists in transdisciplinary ﬁelds who belong to diﬀerent
organizations jointly organize projects and pursue solutions to real
problems facing companies.
Multiple member academic societies promote and support
transdisciplinary research projects through these alliances.
Making a road map to transdisciplinary science and technology:
This is designed to help with resource management (RM) in a combinedﬁeld of control, simulation technology, human interface, andmanufacturing.
Policy proposals and commissioned research projects:
These include a proposal program for policies on science and technology
entitled “The role and promotion of transdisciplinary science andtechnology (2003),” a research project, “A platform for transdisciplinaryscience and technology designed to construct next-generation systemengineering,” funded by subsidies from the Ministry of Education, Culture,Sports, Science and Technology, a research program, “The fusion ofknowledge involving an innovation strategy” commissioned by the Cabinet
Oﬃce as part of its comprehensive science and technology research
project, (2007), the Nagano Declaration (2005) and a ﬁnal report by thecommittee on intellectual property (2005).
Investigation and research society:
The society has been working to minimize and visualize risks, support
communication for co-existence, and carry out research into medicalinterfaces.

Social contribution

Spread ofthrough transdisciplinarytransdisciplinaryscience and technology

science and technology

External activities

Publication of theacademic journal “Transdisciplinary”

Planning and co-sponsorship forums
Planning and hosting symposiums
Investigation and research

Academic learning

Project activitiesPolicy proposals,commissioned investigations, etc.
Investigation and researchSocial and cultural systems

Hosting Transdisciplinaryfederation conferences

Hosting Transdisciplinary
comprehensive symposiums
Investigation and research

An alliance was formed withthe Transdisciplinary Scienceand Technology Initiative(with industry)

Activities aimed at strengthening infrastructure
Transdisciplinary science and technology

Deepening academic learning

Transdisciplinary science and technology

Strengthening infrastructure

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for promotion

Manufacturing and Creation

Integration of Wisdom / Innovation

Foundation and aims

Transdisciplinary Federation of Science and Technology

Japanese Society for the Science of Design

Japanese Society of Biofeedback Research

The Japan Society for Precision Engineering

DesignThe Remote Sensing Society of JapanThe Society of Instrument and Control Engineers

Mechatoronics

Control

The Visualization Society of JapanKansei

Society for Science on Form, Japan

Member Societies

Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics

Information

Life

HumanJapan Ergonomics Society

Japan Society for Information and Management

The Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Mathematical principle

Japan Society of Kansei Engineering

Human Interface Society

The Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers

International Society for Mathematical Sciences

The Society for Biotechnology, JapanJapanese Society of Biomechanics

The Virtual Reality Society of JapanMeasurement

creature

The Robotics Society of JapanThe Behaviormetric Society of JapanThe Japan Society for Production Management

The Japan Association of Real Option and Strategy

The Japanese Society for Quality Control

Japanese Society of Applied Statistics
Japan Statistical Society

Simulation

Management

Reliability Engineering Association of JapanThe Japan Society for Management Information
Quality Engineering Society

The Japan Association for Social Informatics

Association of Behavioral Economics and Finance

The Japan Society for Science Policy and Research Management
The Japan Society for Computational Engineering and ScienceStatistics

Japan Society of Security Management

Plan

The Operations Research Society of Japan

Scheduling Society of Japan
Japan Society of Simulation Technology

Transdisciplinary federation
conferences:
First: 2005 in Nagano
Second: 2007 in Kyoto
Third: 2009 in Sendai
Fourth: 2011 in Kanazawa
Transdisciplinary Federation
comprehensive symposiums:
First: 2006 in Tokyo
Second: 2008 in Tokyo
Third: 2010 in Tokyo
Investigation and researchsociety:Worked on the simulationand SQC, the construction of
next-generation systems
engineering, and the fusionof systems engineering withknowledge management

The Society of Project Management

SocialJapan Association of Simulation and Gaming

Management

Japan Industrial Management Association

Japan Association for Management Systems

An alliance was formed with the Transdisciplinary Science and Technology Initiative(consisting of corporate members)
Transdisciplinary
Federation ofScience and Technology
Transdisciplinarl
Knowledge

Communication
Cooperative Events
Transdisciplinary Technology Forum
Technology Symposium

Database ofSpecialists

Solution
Projects

Transdisciplinary
Science and Technology
Initiative
Real Problems
in Industry,
EconomyandSociety

Access:1-35-28-303, Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
TEL, FAX:+81-3-3814-4130
E-mail: oﬃce@trafst.jp
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