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Prof. Hidehiko Tanaka
Dean, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology |
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| We establish three amalgamating projects (the real-world
information system project, the global dependable information infrastructure project,
and super robust computation project) led by the program head quarter that strategically
manages the research and education towards information science and technology
in the 21st century. |
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| The information science and technology has made a
drastic departure from 20th century's convention with PC and the Internet towards
the 21st century's symbiotic paradigm by humans and information systems. It is
necessary to establish a new information science and technology in the 21st century
by amalgamating researches in a broad area covering from information science to
mechanical engineering. In this COE program, we will set up three amalgamating
projects strategically led by the strategic core head quarter, and develop a prototype
of the real world information system that allows humanoids, agents, ubiquitous
devices to persistently cohabit with people, help people, and communicate with
people as a partner. The real world information system involves as integral component
both the real world information infrastructure that comprises a globally distributed,
dependable information infrastructure, network agents and ubiquitous information
processing environment, and the real world computation that encompasses computation
for enabling robust systems to be built from intrinsically unstable computing
element in the real world and precise simulation of the real world. |
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| In this COE program, we will launch the following
three amalgamating projects: (a) the real world information system project for
establishing the real world informatics by developing human-centered information
systems; (b) the global dependable information infrastructure project for developing
ubiquitous devices and reflective software, and global intelligence based on the
architecture, software, communication, and human interface for massively distributed
systems; and (c) the super robust computation project for establishing amorphous,
hybrid, and large-scale complex computation that can serve as a basis of real
world information systems. In order to strategically manage the three amalgamating
projects, we establish the program head quarter for leading three amalgamating
projects, planning the long-term strategic research program, returning the research
results to the society, systematization of the knowledge and human resource development,
and information science and technology strategy proposal. |
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| In this COE program, we establish the human resource
development (HRD) service that can train professional leaders for tomorrow in
real-world information science and technology by systematizing the results obtained
from each amalgamating project. We extend the current two HRD programs (the professional
program for strategic software and the undergraduate program for bioinformatics
and systems biology) to the following three special courses: (a) the real world
information system course that teaches and exercises system design and organization
methods for amalgamating information systems and the real world; (b) the global
dependable information infrastructure course that develops through lecture and
exercises the students' ability for creating strategic information infrastructure;
and (c) the super robust computation course that trains specialists capable of
applying super robust computation to natural, life, or social phenomena. In order
to realize the above mentioned HRD program, we employ post-doc or PhD students
as turbo charging researchers whose mission is to transfer the result of amalgamating
projects to the education at the graduate school. |
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