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Goals
Information is the core of
society and intelligence in the
21st century. As the consequence
of the ever-rising dependence on
information science and technology
in contemporary society, industry
and personal life, it is required
to provide and deepen their foundations
and to create new ideas. It will
be vital for the society to furnish
means of effectively configuring
the advanced and intelligent information
systems that function as the nerve
and brain systems of the society.
To address these needs, the Graduate
School of Information Science and
Technology was established in April
2001. The Graduate School consists
of five departments from 2001 and
a new one from 2005; Department
of Computer Science, Department
of Mathematical Informatics, Department
of Information Physics and Computing,
Department of Information and Communication
Engineering, Department of Mechano-Informatics,
and Department of Creative Informatics.
The departments of the School
have collaborated to establish
and deepen the core science and
technology in the field of informatics,
while forging a base for international
exchange in cutting-edge information
science and technology. The 21st
Century COE Program on Information
Science and Technology Strategic
Core is being promoted as one segment
of this vision since 2002. On the
education side, the learning of
the basics of information science
and technology through a systematic
curriculum, in combination with
on-site participation to create
progressive research results in
information science and technology,
cultivates graduate students willing
and able to manifest leadership
in the global world. One phase
of this undertaking is the "Professional
Program for Strategic Software" and
the "Undergraduate Program
for Bioinformatics and Systems
Biologyh since 2001 and a new educational
program gCreative Informatics Initiative
Programh follows these programs
in 2005.
An additional objective is
to make the graduate school open
to the society. Promoted as one
phase of this effort is establishment
of the Affiliated Visiting Professor
Chairs" ,as well as the "Advanced
Research Assistance (ARA) Program" as
a new framework for fruitful collaboration
with industrial sectors. Also promoted
are collaborations with universities
and research institutions around
the world for international research
and education.
In this way, the Graduate School
of Information Science and Technology
is structured to organically pool
the wisdom and intelligence of
information science and technology
at the University of Tokyo, and
thereby emerges as an innovative
base of graduate school level education
and research targeting advanced
information science and technology
that serves the needs of the 21st
century.
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