JAIST NEWSLETTER
No.1 2020

Summer Edition

Welcome to the first edition of JAIST Newsletter. We arepleased to give you a glance, as well as the latest news fromJAIST. This newsletter is set to be published 4 times in a year,
which means we get to see you in Spring, Summer, Autumn andWinter.
Working on the newsletter has been an interesting experience
for us, as it compels us to delve deeper into JAIST rich history
and advanced academic atmosphere. We also get to share ourexperience of pursuing knowledge using online means during
the current unfortunate circumstance. In the end, we hope everyone can enjoy the first edition as much as we do, and see youin the next edition!
Cheers!
JAIST Newsletter Editorial teamJAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OFSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYJAIST is a research university for advanced sciences, and currently has four schools: School of Knowledge Science,
School of Information Science, School of Materials Science and Division of Transdisciplinary Sciences respectively. The
four schools consist of nine research areas: Human Life Design, Knowledge Management, Security and Networks. Intelligent Robotics, Entertainment Technology, Materials Chemistry, Applied Physics, and Bioscience and Biotechnology.
FIRST INDEPENDENT NATIONAL SYSTEMATIC GRADUATE EDUCA- OUTSTANDING FACULTYGRADUATE UNIVERSITY WITH- TION
Our faculty members are
OUT UNDERGRADUATE DIVISION. JAIST educates students world-class researchers. We

JAIST was founded in October 1990 as the first independent national graduateschool, to carry out graduate education based on research at the highest levelin advanced science andtechnology. JAIST aims atestablishing an ideal modelof graduate education forJapan.

ADMISSION
CRITERIAFORPEOPLE WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDSJAIST Ishikawa Campus

ADMISSION
DIVISON OF ADVANCED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYJAIST looks for students who
possess a strong will and aclear sense of purpose inpursuing study and researchin the fields of advanced science and technology-basedon Knowledge Science,
Information Science andMaterials Science, who arecapable of expressing theirown ideas logically, and who
have an attitude to makeefforts to produce mutual
understanding through discussions. Applicants are expected to have a solid understanding of what they havestudied in their undergraduate major field and to be prepared for study and research
at JAIST.JAIST screens applicants by evaluating their basic knowledge, ability, andaspiration necessary for carrying out study and research
at JAIST based on a short essay on their research topic
after admission, an interview (including an oral presentation and an oral examination questioning aboutbasic knowledge and theirundergraduate major field),
and a transcript of their undergraduate level school.

In the evaluation, JAIST emphasizes the result of the interview and uses submitted
documents as reference. As
for the Admission on Recommendation, applicants
are exempted from the interview and screened basedon submitted documents
including the short essay
and the recommendations.
DIVISION OF TRANSDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
The doctoral program accepts applicants who have astrong desire to actively create new and advanced values
for the development of society. In addition to utilizing
the specialized knowledge“ JAIST fosters leading human resources
who can pioneer a new world with theirscientific and technological innovation
through its world-class education andresearch in a rich academic environment.”

acquired in the master’s
program, they are expected
to draw on their multifaceted reasoning skills to engage in concerted activities
with others to play an active role in a global society.
They will be called upon toidentify and solve various
complex problems throughtransdisciplinary sciences.
For more details: http s : / / w w w. j a i s t . a c . j p /www.jaist.ac.jp

JAIST admits highly motivated students, including
advanced
undergraduate
students (who have completed at least three yearsof undergraduate study),
professionals, and international students, regardlessof undergraduate specialization.

through a carefully and systematically designed coursework-oriented curriculum,
which gives students a solid
foundation for their advanced research. This is different from the traditional
Japanese style of graduate
education, where students
are trained mainly in theirnarrow research domains.

recruit professionals withoutstanding achievements
at the leading edge of science and technology. They
come from all over theworld, from other universities, and from top industrial
research and development
institutions.

DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR SOCIETY

JAIST works closely withthe regional community,
as well as industries worldwide, by promoting collaborative research andaccepting
commissionedresearch. We use various
modes of cooperation including visiting faculty
chairs, endowed chairs, andlaboratories operated jointly with other institutions.

We train our students ina specialized field combined with interdisciplinary
knowledge of related disciplines. Through JAIST educational program, students
gain thorough understanding of fundamentals and develop problem-solving skills.

COLLABORATION WITH SOCIETY
AND INDUSTRY

Ishikawa Campus

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTAND SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION BASED ON WORLD TOP-LEVEL RESEARCH.
JAIST fosters leading human resources who can pioneer a new world with their scientific and technological innovation through its world-class education and research in a rich academic environment.
Japan Advanced Instituteof Science and Technology(JAIST) will celebrate its
30th anniversary in October
2020. Since its foundation,
JAIST has produced world
top-level research achievements in a wide range of thefields of advanced scienceand technology and has developed excellent humanresources.
“The Outline of Concept ofJapan Advanced Institute ofScience and Technology” issued in September 1990 andcalled “The Yellow Book”
was considered as a bible forthe founding of JAIST. It set
the purposes of the founding to “fostering university
researchers and developing
and reeducating researchers and engineers for industry” as well as “promoting
advanced basic research in
the fields of advanced science and technology.” This
spirit has been inheritedin the current principle of
JAIST established on March
22, 2012: “JAIST fosters leading human resources who
can pioneer a new world
with their scientific andtechnologicalinnovation

through its world-class education and research in a richacademic environment.”
Based on the purposes ofthe establishment and thecurrent principle, JAIST, thefirst national graduate institute with its own campus inJapan, considers promotionof world top-level research,development of human resources through it, and contribution to society througheducation and research as
the most important missions.
(President TERANO Minoru)

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DEPARTMENTS OF JAISTJAIST is a research university for advanced sciences, and currently has four schools:
School of Knowledge Science, School of Information Science, School of Materials Science and Division ofTransdisciplinary Sciences.

The four schools consist ofnine research areas: Human
Life Design, Knowledge
Management, Security andNetworks, Intelligent Robotics, Entertainment Technology, Materials Chemistry,
Applied Physics, and Bioscience and Biotechnology.

ers.

The goal is to foster active
global human resources bypromoting faculty and student exchanges with leading institutes overseas andglobalizing its educationand research.
School of Knowledge Science
focuses learning fields at thecutting edge of “knowledgecreation” in the humanities,

social sciences, and naturalsciences with the aim of discovering mechanisms thatcreate, accumulate, and utilize knowledge and generating ideas on the design ofour future society.
School of Information Scienceis a faculty unit that including engineering, computer science, mathematics
as well as general science tofind the solution of important social problems using
informationprocessing.
Aimed at cultivating talent who are accomplishedexperts of information science and future social lead-

School of Materials Scienceis based on natural science,
aiming at solving problemsof human beings and society by studying and researching materials. It is expected
for the students to become
scientists or engineers whowill show society the great
possibilities of materials
science, and return the results of our work to society.
The Division of Transdisciplinary Sciences
is established in 2018 with
Kanazawa University consists of collaborative educational courses. The goal isto establish a new scientificparadigm by integrating
multiple disciplines whileproviding students withthe opportunity to acquirescientific insights and thestate-of-the-art technology.
In addition, JAIST has also
set up advanced and userfriendly Centers for Education and Research, such
as Research Center for Advanced Computing Infrastructure, Center for Nano
Materials and Technology,
24-hour libraries, etc., tocreate a high-quality research environment for researchers.
JAIST Library

HOT PAPER:SOAP BUBBLE POLLINATION
Developing soap bubbles that exhibit various biologicaland physicochemical properties

Online research facility introduction(School of Knowledge Science)

ONLINE ACTIVITIESAs we all know, due to the sudden impact of the novel coronavirus, various countries havetaken corresponding measures
to prevent the spread of COVID-19, for example, strict social
distances, wear masks in public places.In JAIST, lots of initiatives were taken as a measure against the spread of theepidemic, such as online opencampus,lecture and seminar .
JAIST held the second “OpenCampus 2020” online this year.
This event is held at the university as a venue for the purposeof “experience the appeal ofJAIST”. It is recorded that there
were 110 applications from allover the country.
During the event, participants
can freely view the university
outline and introduced to online research facilities using
the Web conference system,
guide the university library.
etc.
Also, current students throughonline discussions. It is heldto deepen their understandingof research content and canknow the atmosphere of thelaboratory better.
The next online open campus

is slated to be held Friday, August 28th, and Saturday, August 29th.
We also conducted lectures
online in the Term 1-1 (Ishikawa Campus) and Term I (Tokyo Satellite).
Online lectures are divided
into: (1) delivery of recorded
lectures and (2) simultaneous
distribution using Webex.
The recorded lectures are accumulated in the lecture archiving system (JAIST-LMS),
and students watch them attheir convenience. As a general rule, each lecture will bedelivered after the afternoon
or the next morning of the lecture day.

Ishikawa Campus

Image of Soap Bubble Pollination.

Introduction：

Main points：

Recently, the research resultof “Blowing Bubbles to Pollinate Flowers” by Associate
Professor Eijiro Miyako in
the field of material chemistry was published in iScience (Cell Press). In addition, this research result waspress-released as an originaltechnology from Cell Press
and was featured in many
information media such as
Science, CNN, BBC, and the
New York Times. The resultsof this research were supported by the Grant-in-Aidfor Scientific Research fromJapan Society for the Promotion of Science [Basic Research A, Basic Research B,International Joint ResearchAcceleration Fund (Strengthening International JointResearch)] and to gain an
opportunity to know the atmosphere of the laboratory.

Developed soap bubbles exhibit various biological andphysicochemical properties
The soap bubbles allow effective flower pollination
A flying robot equipped witha bubble maker can be used
for autonomous pollination.
More details:
Natural and artificial flower
pollination are critical processes in the life cycle offlowering plants. Declines
in the number of global pollinator insects, the heavylabor of conducting artificial pollination manually,
and the rising cost of pollen
grains are considered to besignificant worldwide problems. Here we show thatchemically functionalizedsoap bubbles exhibit effec-tive and convenient deliveryof pollen grains to the targeted flowers thanks to theirstickiness, softness, highflexibility, and enhancement of pollen activity. By
exploring the physicochemical properties of functionalsoap bubbles, we could prepare mechanically stabilized soap bubbles capableof withstanding the windmills produced by robotic
pollination. An unmanned
aerial vehicle equipped witha soap bubble maker wasautonomously
controlled
to pollinate flowers. Suchtechnology of automatic intelligent robotic pollinationwith functional soft materials would lead to innovative
agricultural systems that cantackle the global issues ofpollination.

JAIST Newsletter
Editorial teamContent Editor
Anggina Primanita
Liu Chang
Naying Gao
Art Editor
Yuexian Gao
Lead Editor
Kang XiaohanSupervisor
Hiroyuki Iida