AI Engineer
Virtual Study
Abroad Program

AI エンジニア育成
バーチャル留学 プログラム

AIエンジニア育成 バーチャル海外留学は…
「セントラルワシントン大学」
Central Washington University

共同で開発した国際社会で貢献できるAI技術者育成のためのオリジナル語学研修プログラム

Zoomを利用：バーチャル留学

セッション1：
8月2日から13日

オーラルコミュニケーション１（午前9時から10:50）

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WednesdayThursdayFriday(8/02) Oral Comm 1
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コースオリエンテーション
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Day 10
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Job Interviews

英語による発表に必要なプレゼンテーション技術を身につけます。

Self-introduction

What do you do in your free time?

What do you want to be in 10 years?

What’s your major?

What’s your dream?

What did you put a lot of effort into when you were a student?

10:00から10:50分
Job Interviews

セッション２：
8月16日から27日

オーラルコミュニケーション 2（午前11時から12:50）

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Kurume Kasuri(8/19) Oral Comm 2
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Agriculture in Japan and U.S.

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Special Needs Education

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Day 10Presentation Day
1) Kurume Kasuri2) Cucumber Plant
3) Special Needs Education
Joined by Ediz (Dean ofExtended and Global Learning)and other staff.

専門分野について英語で話すためのトレーニング
最終日プレゼン課題：AI活用演習（選抜クラス）で研究したプ課題解決PBLについて英語で紹介、成果発表

プレゼンテーションテーマ①

Problem solving in special needs education
As face-to-face educational activities are limited by Coronavirus (COVID-19) , e-learning,which uses information and communication technology (ICT), is becoming increasingly
wide-spread. In the case of e-learning for children with intellectual disabilities, it is very
difficult for them to learn independently because they need not only support forlearning contents and how to use ICT but also need emotional support with continuousand interactive communication. Therefore, we, the group of problem-solving in special
needs education, will analyze the learner's emotional state, the level of understanding
and concentration using facial expression recognition, voice recognition, and skeletaldetection (hand, body, and head movements, and posture changes) by AI (ArtificialIntelligence) technologies. We will then develop an e-learning system with a functionthat allows AI mentors to provide real-time mentoring (advice and support) attuned toindividual learner’s emotion.
In recent years, the application of AI to estimate human emotions from the changes of
facial expression has been paid much attention, and it is increasingly used in a variety ofsituations, for example, observing patients in the medical fields or analyzing customers'
reactions to products in stores. However, there are still few applications which utilize
facial expression recognition in the field of education.

プレゼンテーションテーマ②

Problem Solving in Kurume Kasuri, a Traditional Craft
Kurume Kasuri is a traditional cotton fabric from the Chikugo region. By dyeing thecotton yarns first and then weaving them, slight shifts in the pattern occur. Such pattern
shifts create a unique "texture" of the fabric, which is one of the main characteristics ofKurume Kasuri. It is also the appealing point of Kurume Kasuri.
There is a problem about the degree in the pattern shift. A moderate amount of pattern
shifting brings out a good texture, but if the shifting is too large, the product will not sell,
and the fabric has to be sold at a lower price. The problem is that the judgements of thedegree of shifting by weavers and dealers are not always the same. Therefore, a system
which can show the acceptable degree of shifting of patterns will help both weavers anddealers for their judgements. The Kurume Kasuri Study Group team will use image
recognition technology to evaluate the texture (quality) of Kurume Kasuri and build asystem to classify whether or not the texture is acceptable as a high-quality (whether or
not the pattern shift (or misalignment) is within an acceptable range). By using AI
technology, the team will challenge to make the advanced skills (tacit knowledge) ofKurume Kasuri craftsmen explicit on a computer screen.

プレゼンテーションテーマ③Problem Solving of Cucumber Farmers
The agriculture industry, which grows foods such as grains and vegetables thatare essential for our survival, has long been an industry that requires longexperiences of farmers to nurture the blessings of nature. With advanced
technology, they can obtain variety of information such as upcoming weather,temperature, and extreme climate in the local area in advance so that they can
prepare to minimize the damage by heavy rain or draught, heat or cold waves, orstrong winds or typhoons. In the field of "smart agriculture," agriculture of thenext-generation, utilizes ICT, AI, robots, etc., is paid much attention today.
The problem solving of cucumber farmers group aims to develop a system todiagnose symptoms of cucumber diseases and pests for new cucumber farmers
and other people who grow the crops (cucumbers) as a hobby. The system uses AI
image recognition technology to categorizes cucumber leaves into diseased or
non-diseased types, and diagnoses the diseased leaves and detects their diseases.
By analyzing the big data on the cucumber growth conditions, cucumber diseases
and past weather data, we hope to support new farmers and help them harvest
large amount of good cucumbers.