Kyoto University School of Platforms (KUSP)The Kyoto University School of Platforms (KUSP) is a five-year doctoral program designed to cultivate students capable ofcreating a "platform that activates society." By making full use of interdisciplinary expertise that encompasses informationand telecommunications network technology, big data analysis/utilization technology, and the humanities, the programaims to reduce social risks involved in various fields such as agriculture, medical science, and disaster management. KUSP
was selected as a FY2020 WISE Program (Doctoral Program for World-leading Innovative & Smart Education) by the
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

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Participating Organizations<<Kyoto University>><<Graduate School of Informatics>> Department of Informatics<<Graduate School of Agriculture>> Agronomy and Horticultural Science, Forest
and Biomaterials Science, Applied Biosciences, Environmental Science andTechnology, Natural Resource Economics
Collaborating Organizations

Kyoto University: Graduate School of Informatics / Graduate School of Agriculture/ Graduate School of Medicine / School of Government / Disaster Prevention
Research InstituteDomestic partner institutions: National Institute of Information andCommunications Technology / RIKEN / Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science andTechnology / National Agriculture and Food Research Organization /The Institute of
Statistical Mathematics / Meteorological Engineering Center / Agriculture andRural Development Information Center / The Research Institute for Humanity and●Platform Studies for Activating Society

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Nature / Institute for Health Economics and Policy /Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International / KDDI
Research,Inc / NTT Communication Science Laboratories / Nippon Telegraph andTelephone West Corporation / Yahoo! JAPAN Research / Mitsubishi Electric
Corporation Information Technology R&D Center /Sony Group R&D Center / NEC System Platform Laboratories /Toyota Motor Corporation / Anritsu Corporation / Kadokawa ASCII ResearchLaboratories, Inc. /Ruby Association / Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting Co.,
Ltd. / National Fisheries University / Jichi Medical University
Overseas partner institutions: University of Chicago / University of Illinois /University of Florida / Vienna University of Technology / University of Potsdam /Technical University of Berlin / Technical University of Munich / Delft University ofTechnology / Sorbonne University / Aalborg University / Huazhong Agricultural
University / National Chung Hsing University / National Taiwan University / The
French National Center for Scientific Research / Institute for Infocomm Research,
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)

technologies. Meanwhile, deep learning and machine learning have

Currently, efforts are fast underway to develop and utilize "platforms"

become standard techniques and are often used in black boxes. Yet, it isthat use telecommunications technology to collect information that is

possible to improve the output while reducing costs by correctly

non-uniformly spread throughout our society. This information isunderstanding and interpreting the data's meaning in each specific field

digitally stored in the form of big data, which is then categorized,

and optimizing it. To achieve this, informatics must be combined withanalyzed, and shared so that any outcome of the process may be fed backknowledge of different disciplines such as agriculture, medical science,

to society. The present platforms need a considerable amount of electric

disaster management, and other scientific studies.

power and computational capability to collect and process big data.

The markets for cloud computing and communication networks are

However, we can reduce the power consumption and costs if we consider

swiftly forming, but the reality is that Japan is failing to make its

the processes involved in decentralization, safety, and speed in the data

presence felt sufficiently in the process. One of the reasons for this is

generation and collection process. This requires exceptional informatics

that only engineers are involved in platform development, which results

knowledge, which has as its focal point information and communication

in a lack of international perspectives in the standardization process andbusiness undertakings. For Japan to increase its presence in thislectures and seminars on such fields as informatics, agriculture,

all-important field, in addition to knowledge on informatics andmedical science, and disaster management, which are expected to help

non-informatics science studies, we need to amalgamate the knowledge

them deepen understanding of sub-fields while paying due regard to theof laws, ethics, public policies, data distribution, and other humanities

curriculum of individual students' majors. Also provided are lectures

studies that are required to implement new collective decision-making

and seminars on laws, ethics, data distribution, and other humanities

mechanisms, such as Japan's unique outlook on social ethics andstudies needed to build platforms, which are designed to cultivate thefairness. With this combination of studies thus achieved, it must beability to integrate humanities and sciences. Based on these inputs andapplied to platforms and deployed globally. In this doctoral program, we

research outcomes, students are expected to develop the skills to build

call this interdisciplinary academic field "platform studies," which isplatforms on their own initiatives, to promote/manage projects andessential in building platforms, and we propose to develop the required

implement and expand their results globally, and to standardize andskills for this new academic discipline.

socially implement the results so that they can develop the results in a

●The Six Competencies Required of Platform Builders
To successfully complete this doctoral program on platform studies,one must acquire the following six competencies: ① Outstanding coreexpertise (advanced expert knowledge in the area of the primary major);② Expertise to deepen understanding in core fields (expertise to

explore core fields and the ability to foster sub-fields that complementthem); ③ The ability to build platforms on one's own initiative (theability to design/build platforms that offer solutions to social issues); ④The ability to get things done (the ability to drive/manage large projects
and expand their results globally); ⑤ The ability to sustain momentum

sustainable manner. To assist them in doing so, the program offers
guidance from instructors in multiple fields, research grants, researchinternships, research outcome matching events, international symposia,
and other opportunities. Students will also be given access tostate-of-the-art communication environments and various types of big
data. These opportunities will be provided throughindustry-university-government cooperation among 39 institutions bothwithin and outside of Kyoto University, including the Graduate School ofInformatics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Graduate School of
Medicine, School of Governance, and Disaster Prevention ResearchInstitute.

(the ability to standardize results and develop social implementation in asustainable manner); and ⑥ The ability to integrate humanities and●Website :sciences (knowledge on humanities required to build platforms,

https://www.platforms.ceppings.kyoto-u.ac.jp/

entrepreneurship, and the ability to create communities).

●E-mail :To ensure that students acquire "outstanding core expertise" in theplatforms̲contact@mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

areas of their primary major, the program provides students with

Kyoto University Collaborative Graduate Program in Design
To respond to the complex needs of our modern society, Kyoto

Participant Organizations
Graduate School of Education (Division of Educational Studies), Graduate

program featuring an integrated, five-year curriculum for “Design”

School of Engineering (Department of Architecture and Architecturalwhich seeks solutions by calling on knowledge from a variety ofEngineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science,

academic disciplines. This program aims at cultivating students who

Department of Micro Engineering, and Department of Aeronautics anddeepen their expertise in their own disciplines while working together

Astronautics), Graduate School of Informatics (Intelligence Science andwith specialists in other disciplines as well as with stakeholders to deal

Technology Course, Social Informatics Course, Applied Mathematics andwith society’s variegated issues and create a new structure for the

Physics Course, Systems Science Course, and Communications andsociety of tomorrow.

Computer Engineering Course), and Graduate School of Management

Students enrolled in this program conduct their studies around thesix core disciplines of informatics,mechanical engineering, architecture,(Department of Business Administration, Department of Management
Science)

Related Educational Programs

University Collaborative Graduate Program in Design is Japan’s firstmanagement, and psychology, while also engaging in a variety of
training and field work aimed at acquiring the ability to design society. In

Partner Organizations

order to participate in the program, a student must first be admitted into

NEC Corporation, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT),

one of the five course in the Graduate School of Informatics: Intelligence

Nomura Research Institute, Panasonic Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric

Science and Technology Course, Social Informatics Course, Applied

Corporation, Mori Building, and about 70 members in Design Innovation

Mathematics and Physics Course, Systems Science Course, andConsortium (OMRON Corporation, Sony Corporation, Takenaka

Communications and Computer Engineering Course, and then can be

Corporation, DMG Mori Corporation, DENTSU Inc., Toray Industries Inc.,

considered for selection as a Preparatory Course student and Regular

Nikken Sekkei, The Japan Research Institute, Nippon Telegraph andstudent in this program. Upon completing the program, students of theTelephone West Corporation (NTT WEST), HAKUHODO Inc., Yamaha

Doctorate Program of Graduate School of Informatics will earn either aMotor, Yokogawa Electric Corporation, etc.)

Doctorate degree (Ph.D.) or a Doctoral Degree in informatics. As for thelatter degree,certificate of the completion of the Program for Leading●Website : https://www.design.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Graduate Schools’Collaborative Graduate Program in Design’ is●E-mail : contact@design.kyoto-u.ac.jp

specified in the diploma.

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International Program at Graduate School of Informatics
Three Courses of Graduate School of Informatics,

through friendly competition with international students.

namely, the Intelligence Science and Technology Course,

Participating universities were called upon to provide

Social Informatics Course, and Communications andquality education according to their respective functions

Computer Engineering Course, have an International

and to create an environment that makes it easier for

Program in their curriculum.

international students to study in Japan. To this end, theStudents of the International Program are taught in

G30 program assisted Japan’s leading universities

Eng lis h, rec eiv e g u id a nc e i n E ng li sh f r o m th e i r

generating a hub of internationalization, including

supervisors, and acquire Master’s and Doctoral degrees

development a system in which degree programs can be

exclusively in English.

offered entirely in English, improving the environment to

These programs are open both international anddomestic students.

accept international students, and promoting of strategicinternational cooperation.

The curriculum was established at Graduate School ofInformatics after Kyoto University was designated as one●International Programs website :of the hub universities for the Project for Establishinghttps://www.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/introduction/g30.html

Core Universities for Internationalization (Global 30/G30),●Contact : jyoho-kyomu@mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

launched in 2009 by MEXT.
The purpose of the G30 Program was to cultivate
top-notch individuals who would play an active role in the
global arena by providing development opportunities

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Curriculum Policy

The Guidebook and the electronic syllabuses for all
students contain information about most subjects, together
with grading criteria.

The master’s program offers the curricula shown below
so that academic advising is provided based on thesecurricula.
General Subjects Provided by the School (Compulsory Elective)
The subjects “Perspectives in Informatics” are offered tohelp students acquire insights about the extent of
informatics. Students are required to take at least one ofthese classes according to the requirements specified bytheir course.
Seminars and Exercises for Master's Thesis (Mandatory)
Academic advisers conduct the subjects to provide
research guidance that students need to write their
Master’s thesis. Some of the courses offer opportunities forstudents to receive guidance and advice from faculty
members outside their labs.
Basic Subjects and Subjects Provided by the Course (Optional)
Each of the courses offers the graduate subjects taught in
lectures, workshops, practical training, seminars, and invarious other forms. The objective of the basic subjects is tohave students acquire basic skills and knowledge essential
for learning in the courses where graduate students withdiverse backgrounds enroll. The objective of the specialized
subjects is to impart advanced specialist skills andknowledge in the relevant fields. Some of the courses may
recommend that students take graduate subjects offered byother graduate schools at Kyoto University as electives.
When students choose which of the subjects to take, theiracademic advisers consider their undergraduate majors aswell as their graduate research projects when giving
counsel and advice to ensure that the students take classes
suited to their aptitudes.
Auditing Subjects offered for undergraduate courses
Since informatics spans a range of academic disciplines,
some students, depending on their undergraduate majors,
may need to acquire more basic knowledge and academic
skills essential for the research they plan to conduct. If thisis the case, students are encouraged to take basic
undergraduate subjects the university offers in order toacquire the knowledge and skills they need. The credits
earned from these subjects are processed as additional
credits that do not count toward completing the degrees.
Requirements for Completion of the Master's Program
Students must earn at least 30 credits from the subjects
listed below, according to their course’s requirements. They
are also required to receive the research guidance theyneed, and their Master’s thesis must pass the evaluationand examination.
Seminars and exercises for Master's thesis (Mandatory)
and Master’s thesis (Mandatory)
General subjects provided by the School (Compulsory
elective)
Basic Subjects and Subjects provided by the Course(Including Subjects Provided by Other Courses, Optional)

Academic Programs

Paying due respect to Kyoto University’s principles, Kyoto
University Graduate School of Informatics provides
education that aims to develop students’ leadership skills
that are needed to solve the problems facing aknowledge-based society. As stated in the diploma policy,
we train students as researchers to evolve “the study of
information in a broad sense of the term,” as defined by thegraduate school, and to work as true professionals byacquiring high specialist knowledge in their academic
disciplines and developing considerable expertise. To thisend, our education consists of systematic and tiered
academic programs designed to provide not only advanced
knowledge and insight in each research field but also acomprehensive academic overview of informatics. These
programs also help students acquire the qualities essential
for a successful career in a global society, including highethical standards and a keen sense of responsibility, alongwith communication skills.
To be more specific, this graduate school provides
education designed not only to allow students to study the
specialist field of their choice but also to equip them with abroad range of knowledge that transcends the boundaries
of disciplines. If the systematic, tiered and high professional
education that revolves around each course, coupled withresearch guidance given by academic advisers, is likened to
the warp, the subjects taught across the courses and theresearch guidance that transcends the laboratory are theweft. The warp and weft here are aptly combined into an
intricate educational system. Academic advisers also
provide research guidance that helps students develop
ethical standards, including research integrity, as well as asense of responsibility. Furthermore, the graduate school
offers some classes conducted in English, along with anacademic program in which subjects are available only inEnglish, in order to develop communication skills thatstudents need to be successful in the international
community. Each grade is determined by tallying exam
scores and marks given for class participation, considering
the objectives and characteristics of the subject. Grading isdone strictly, according to the grading policy and the policy
on examining theses. We also work with the university’s
other academic programs to provide educational support
for students with a broad range of interests.
The master’s program, which has a large number oflecture classes, is systematically structured to teach course
subjects that are tiered in a way that enhances learning. In
addition, it has the inter-departmental subjects“Perspectives in Informatics” as required electives, andsome of which are offered in English. The program also
provides guidance to help students with diverse
backgrounds to improve their basic academic skills in
informatics. Except for the required research guidance
subjects, most of the program’s subjects are electives. To
help students choose which subjects to take, academic
advisers provide them with a “course tree for learning”
during discussion-based academic advising, and give advice
based on each student’s academic background and otherlearning-related factors, as well as what the students plan
to do after completing the program. The doctoral program
offers seminar subjects specific to each course, other thanresearch guidance provided by academic advisers to each
student. By receiving advice on research from advisers in
different research fields, students acquire a broad
academic overview.

Requirements for Completion of the Doctoral Program
Students must earn at least six credits from the subjects
offered by Graduate School of Informatics. They are also
required to receive the research guidance they need, andtheir doctoral thesis must pass the evaluation andexamination.
Doctoral Thesis (Mandatory)
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Academic Programs
Graduate School of Informatics believes that its
students should have an understanding of its philosophy
and be committed to acquiring the academic knowledge
and skills needed for “the study of information in the
broad sense of the term” that the school presents. We
seek to have a wide range of talented students who areeager to explore new realms of informatics for the future.
Hence, we accept applicants from Japan or overseas withd iver se b a c k gr o u n ds c o nn e cte d to “th e s tudy o f
information in the broad sense of the term.” Whether theapplicants are in sciences or humanities does not matteras long as they have basic academic skills at a certain
level in the academic fields in which they seek to pursue
their studies and research. We also keep the door wide
open to applicants who already have a career but seek toenthusiastically learn informatics.
To elaborate further, our process of selecting from thetalented and qualified applicants who are eager to learn
basically consists of written and oral examinations. We
accept a wide range of applicants, regardless of theirbackgrounds, who have a keen interest in any academic
fields related to “the study of information in the broad
sense of the term” that Graduate School of Informatics
aims to pursue and who have basic academic skills in
those fields, along with excellent communication skills.
To select applicants for the doctoral program, we review
submitted documents to identify applicants’determination and ability to commit to acquiring the mostadvanced knowledge about “the study of information in
the broad sense of the term,” which will then be built on
their basic academic skills for their specialist fields. Then
we accept those who are committed to the creation ofacademic studies and the research of technologicaldevelopments in order to contribute to the future growthof informatics.
The table in the right column shows the number ofstudents to be admitted.

Each course holds their graduate school entrance
examinations sometime between mid-July and mid-Augusteach year. Some of them do it in mid-December and accept
applications again in mid-February. The courses also admit
students who enroll in October.
Three of the courses, namely Intelligence Science andTechnology, Social Informatics, and Communications andComputer Engineering Courses, accept applications totheir international programs, which allow students totake all courses in English to complete the degree
requirements.
Please see the application guideline for details.
■ Admission Quota

Department of Informatics

Masterʼs Program

Doctoral Program

240

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■ The Number of Students to be Admitted by Course
Masterʼs Program

Doctoral ProgramIntelligence Science andTechnology Course

42

13Social Informatics Course

50

14

20

6

28

6

Systems Science Course

31

6Communications and Computer
Engineering Course

51

11

Data Science Course

18

4

Advanced Mathematical
Sciences Course
Applied Mathematics andPhysics Course

University Fellowship in Informatics
If you wish to be a proficient researcher who leads
research and development in informatics, you should enroll
in a doctoral program. To lower the financial obstacles in
obtaining a doctoral degree, the Kyoto University Scienceand Technology Innovation Fellowship has been establishedwith support from the Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) under its
University Fellowship Program for the Creation of Innovation●Number of fellowship recipients: 25/grade●Stipends: JPY1.8 million per year (in monthly installments of
JPY150,000)●Research fund: JPY300,000 per year (under management bysupervisors)●Selection: Applicants submit a statement of past researchand research plan, as well as a letter of recommendation by
their supervisors, based on which their past academic andresearch achievements and research perspectives after
enrollment will be screened.

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in Science and Technology starting in 2021. Responsible forthe fields of information science and AI, Graduate School ofInformatics facilitates financial support for students in
doctoral programs, who would lead research in theirrespective areas of specialty.
Recipients of the fellowship are requested to participate inprograms, etc., organized by Kyoto University and Graduate
School of Informatics, so that they can enhance theirresearch prowess and build a career path in diverse
academic and industrial fields after completing the program.
Some of the programs include presentation of research at
the Kyoto University ICT Innovation, participation in a
research internship, or being a teaching assistant in data
science.
●https://www.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/fellowship/Career path after graduation【Master's students】
Ministry of the Environment
Government of Japan
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism

SoftBank Corp.

TOYOTA SYSTEMS CORPORATIONBeNEXT Technologies

Sapporo Fire Bureau.

DAIHATSU MOTOR CO., LTD.
Panasonic Corporation Living
Appliances and Solutions Company

Kyoto University Hospital

Future Corporation

MUFG Bank, Ltd.

unerry, Inc.

FreeBit Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.

atama plus Inc.

MCKINSEY & COMPANY, INC., JAPANKomatsu Ltd.

GMO GlobalSign K.K.

Miraxia Edge Technology Corporation

Kobe Steel, Ltd.

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

morikatron Inc.

Hitachi, Ltd.

Indeed Japan co., Ltd.

Yahoo Japan Corporation.

Hitachi, Ltd. Central ResearchLaboratory

KDDI CORPORATION

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda R&D Co., Ltd.

LINE Corporation

CINC corp.
JR East Information Systems
Company

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.

Mc Digital. Inc

Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.

PwC Group

KADOKAWA CORPORATIONTSMC Design Technology Japan, Inc.

MonotaRO Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi UFJ Information
Technology, Ltd.
Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley
Securities Co., Ltd.

Accenture Japan Ltd

NTT DOCOMO, INC.

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

Amazon Japan G.K.

Infcurion, Inc.

IDEA Consultants, Inc.

Elysium Co. Ltd.

Excite Japan Co., Ltd.

CAPCOM CO., LTD.

MORI BUILDING CO., LTD.
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND
TELEPHONE CORPORATIONTOKIO MARINE & NICHIDO RISKCONSULTING CO., LTD.

Angel Group Co., Ltd.

Keyence Corporation

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Kiuchi Instruments MaintenanceCorporation

KOEI TECMO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

NS Solutions Corporation

CyberAgent, Inc.

IBM Japan, Ltd.

Google LLC

SEGA CORPORATIONNEC Corporation

GREE, Inc.

SenseTime Japan Ltd.

NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND
TELEPHONE CORPORATION

Cybozu, Inc.

Sofix CO., LTD.

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Sharp Corporation

DeNA Co., Ltd.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Sony Group Corporation
Sony Semiconductor Solutions
Corporation

DISCO Corporation

Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.

DataGrid Inc.

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

Sony Corporation

TechnoPro, Inc. TechnoPro
Engineering Company

Seikei University

Nagoya University

OMRON Corporation

RIKEN
National University Corporation,
Kyoto University.

Yamato University
National Institute of Technology(KOSEN), Sasebo College

ROHM Co., Ltd.

University of Osaka

GMO Pepabo, Inc.

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

Academic Programs【Doctoral students】

MonotaRO Co., Ltd.

Graduate School of Informatics

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List of Departments, Divisions and Groups
Group

Division
Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Neuroinformatics

Psychoinformatics

Cognitive Informatics

Cognitive System

Computational
Intelligence

Collective Intelligence

Conversational
Informatics

Intelligence Media

Language Media
Processing

Speech and Audio
Processing

Computer Vision

Human Sensing

Text Media

Application of Multimedia(collaborative division)
Bio-system Informatics(collaborative division)

Biological Information
Networks

Social Information Model

Distributed Information
Human-Robot Interaction
Systems

Social Information Network

Consensus Informatics

Biosphere Informatics

Bioresource Informatics Environmental Informatics

Regional and DisasterIntegrated Disaster
Management Information Systems
Management Systems(collaborative division)
Medical Informatics(collaborative division)

Regional and Disaster
Management Information

Medical Informatics

Dep
artment of In

Social Informatics Analytics
Infrastructure

Learning and
Educational Technologies

Data Engineering and
Platform Research

Applied Analysis

Analysis of Inverse
Problems

Analysis of Nonlinear
Problems

Nonlinear Physics

Nonlinear Dynamics
and Computational
Statistical Physics

Non-equilibrium Physics andTheoretical Neuroscience

Computational Mechanics Industrial Mathematics

Applied Mathematics

Applied Mathematical
AnalysisDiscrete Mathematics

Applied Mathematical Systems

System Optimization

Control Systems Theory

Mathematical Physics

Physical Statistics

Dynamical Systems

Human Machine Symbiosis

Mechanical Systems
Control

Human Systems

ics

formatApplied Mathematical Sciences

Integrated Dynamical
Systems

Systems Synthesis

Mathematical
Information Systems

Statistical Intelligence

Systems Informatics

Learning Machines

Integrated Systems
Biology

Biomedical Engineering

Computer Engineering

Computer Algorithms

Computer Architecture

Computer Software

Communications Systems
Engineering

Digital Communications

Integrated-Media
Communications

Intelligent Communication
Networks

Integrated Systems Engineering Processor Architecture andSystems Synthesis

Integrated Circuits
Design Engineering

Radio Atmospheric Sciences(Affiliated)

Remote Sensing
Engineering

Information andCommunication Infrastructure Multimedia and Secure
Networking(collaborative division)
Innovative Research and
Education in Data Science71

Disaster Reduction
Information Systems

Social Media Unit

Statistical Inference

Advanced Signal
Processing

Atmospheric Observations
Supercomputing
Signal and Information Medical and Healthcare
Processing
Data Science

Mobility Research

Advanced Information-Education & Digital Education Infrastructure Unit(Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research(C-PiER))

The Advanced Information-Related Education & Digital
Education Infrastructure Unit was established in Kyoto
University C-PiER to implement the budget request project:
Fostering Global Human Resources by Innovating
Undergraduate/Graduate-level Information-related Education& Digitized Education of Graduate school of informatics, Kyoto

University. It is our hope that students who will shape thefuture of our society will acquire essential skills to utilize
information regardless of their areas of expertise so that theycan enhance their information and communication skills aswell as their global mindset.

■ Innovative Educational Programs
The Program

Conventional Programs

Computer Literacy

Information Literacy / Data Literacy

Computer EngineeringSocial Information Management
Our information-related
educational program

Our information-related
educational program
Conventional
information-related
educational programs

Educating IT
for research

Computer literacy(Educating
how-to-use IT)

Information literacy(acquisition, generation,collecting, analysis,
and presenting of
information)

Conventional
information-related
educational programs
Computer science &engineering (computers, OS,programming Languages,
networking etc.)
programming Languages,
networking etc.)

Social information
management,
IT impacts on society

Education programs
focusing on information
literacy, data literacy,
and social information
management

Innovation by
IT (technology
management,
business model)■ Digitized Education Environment■ BYOD Classroom Learning● Usage of tablets & note PCs in usual classrooms● Active learning classrooms■ Online Lectures● Online Lectures■ Faculties
Akihiro Yamamoto

Professor
Graduate School ofInformatics

Keishi Tajima

Yoshikazu Maegawa

Professor
Institute for Liberal Arts
and Sciences

Professor
Graduate School ofManagement

Hiroyuki Sato

Satoshi Shimada

Huang, Yinjou

Kanae kotigami

Associate Professor
Graduate School ofInformatics

Senior Lecturer
Graduate School ofManagement

Program-Specific
Assistant Professor
Graduate School ofInformatcis

Program-Specific
Assistant Professor
Graduate School ofInformatcis■ Courses[Liberal Arts Courses][Graduate Courses]
Interdisciplinary
Graduate Courses

・Basic Informatics (General)

・Introduction to Information & Intellectual Property

・Informatics Fundamentals & Practice・Innovation and Information

・Information and Enterprise・Information and Society

List of Departments, Divisions and Groups

Unit Leader /Professor
Graduate School ofInformatcis

Nobuo Yamashita

・Information Analysis and Management
・Information Analysis and Management, Exercise
・Computational Science, Introductione
・Exercise on Computational Science A
・Exercise on Computational Science B
・Information and Intellectual Property
・Service Modeling & Applying Strategy
・Computation Science for Big Data・Innovation and Information
・Information Security
・Artificial Intelligence, Advanced■ Contact Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501 Research Building #12, Rooms 110, 112

E-mail : iedu@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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The Kyoto University ICT Collaboration Promotion Network

The Kyoto University ICT Collaboration Promotion Network was jointly established by Graduate School ofInformatics and the Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies at Kyoto University in February 2008.
This network serves as a foundation for industry-government-academia, academia-academia, andcommunity-academia collaborations between faculty, researchers, and (graduate) students of Graduate School ofInformatics and Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies and companies, NPOs, local governments, andother entities outside the university.

■ Kyoto University ICT Innovation
At this annual event, faculty, researchers, andresearch focus on concrete results, particularly software

graduate of Graduate School of Informatics andand products. The event will also be organically linked to

Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies offer

guidance for job seekers. This event will be organized inoutlines of their research and development work

collaboration with Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, andrelating to information and communication technologies

other local organizations, with the aim of making it more

(ICT), in the form of posters, demonstrations, and oral

accessible to the general public.

presentations. In addition to presentations on the latest

ICT Innovation is open to everyone, but exhibitors fromtechnologies and products, the event includes theoutside the university can participate only if they are

introduction of collaborative initiatives with industry,members of the ICT Collaboration Promotion Network.

government, and academia.
The main purpose of the annual event is to promoteindustry-academia matching. The presentations of■ Coordination of Industry-Academia Collaboration

1. Industry → Academia
We collect technology development themes from companies participating in the Collaboration Promotion
Network, taking a view directed five to 10 years into the future. Typically, we suggest that applicant companies
describe two or three themes on a few PowerPoint slides. The secretariat then attempts to match our labs withcompanies that have expressed interest, thereby opening the way for joint research or contract research.

2. Academia → Industry
The university collects research findings that show promise for practical implementation and discloses them tocompanies participating in the “Collaboration Promotion Network.”
The secretariat then conducts small seminars for matching with companies that have expressed interest, paving
the way to a joint or contract research project.
A unique feature of this coordination is that the Collaboration Promotion Network Steering Committee
systematically match all the labs of Graduate School of Informatics and the Academic Center for Computing andMedia Studies with the relevant departments of the approximately 50 member companies of the network. This has
already led to the launch of a completely new type of collaborative research project.

For more information, contact us at the email address on the right.
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mail : ictrenkei@kyodai-original.co.jp

Request for Donations to the Fund
■ Graduate School of Informatics Fund
Graduate School of Informatics was established on
three key pillars: interfacing with humans and society,mathematical modeling, and information systems.
The educational goal of the graduate school is to train
researchers to develop the field of informatics andhigh-quality, skilled professionals, by fosteringhigh-level research skills and rich academic learning,to help cultivate outstanding individuals with a broad
vision and the potential to become leaders in solving awide range of real-world problems.
Generating new ideas and innovations that will
support our future society requires the ability to thinktheoretically and abstractly, the ability to clearly
distinguish the essential from the inessential, and theability to build and organize ideas. In all its educationand training activities, the Kyoto University Graduate
School of Informatics has always put a strongemphasis on the cultivation of these fundamental
skills, on top of the acquisition of expert knowledge in
specific fields. The purpose of Graduate School ofInformatics Fund is to help us to enhance our efforts
at cultivating human resources, both in terms of
quality and quantity, and to support original researchwith the potential to create future innovations.

■ Use of the Fund・Supporting the study and research of graduate students
Providing scholarships, mainly for doctoral students
Providing opportunities to send students to study at other universities, research institutes, etc. overseas or in Japan・Supporting young researchers
Providing opportunities to send young researchers to overseas universities or research institutions for medium to long periods
・Supporting research
Supporting the work of researchers affiliated with Graduate School of Informatics※Donations can also be made to a specific research project, or specific faculty member or researcher at the graduate school, or for a specific use. If you would
like to offer a donation, please contact us at the email address below.

■ Benefits for donors
・Receiving PR information about Graduate School of Informatics
・Receiving information on academic events organized by Graduate School of Informatics
・Names of donors are included in PR materials of Graduate School of Informatics
・Priority when registering for lectures or other events organized by Graduate School of Informatics (when places are limited)
・Opportunity to join social gatherings with faculty members of Graduate School of Informatics (about once a year)
If you would prefer not to receive any of the above benefits, please let us know.
For inquiries about Graduate School of Informatics Fund:075-753-5945 infofund@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp■ Donation can be made here.

Kyoto University Fund WEB page

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