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In this lecture, we will discuss computing systems that deal with Behavior and Affective (human internal states such as emotion and mood). We will discuss the background, concepts, technologies, construction methods, application examples, utilization, social implementation, and challenges of advanced research in this field. Students will learn practically through assignments to actually create such programs, and at the end of the semester, two or three students will work on a mini-project.

We discuss intelligence communities. They provide products for decision-makers in diplomacy and national security. So-called spy activities are just a part of them. United State intelligence community faced failures in 9/11 attacks in 2001 and Iraqi War in 2003. Their reforms have been discussed for a long time, but they saw another failure in U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Intelligence activities are becoming increasingly important in Japanese diplomacy and national security.

Basically this course is a continuation of Kanie-lab which was held during Spring 2021 semester.

In this lecture, we will learn about the nature of art and science, the relationship between the two, and the new realms created by the two. The lectures will consist of lectures, workshops, and guest lectures.

_How can we use computers and other artificial systems to break the limitation of our imagination and enhance human creativity? Computational Creativity is a multidisciplinary research field to tackle this very question._

In this course, students will learn the basics of AI techniques such as Deep Learning and explore the possibility of various applications of it in the field of art (media art, sound art, graphics, literature, fashion design etc.). Through both technical aspects of AI and aesthetics of the artistic expressions, we'll try to critically contemplate the impact of AI on human beings as we know now and the society of the future.

Our seminar consists of the following three activities:

[Goup Project]
We have four internal group projects (Music Generation, AI Visuals, AI Media Art, the future of DJ). You'll join one (or multiple if you wish) of them and work with your teammate. I hope you can deepen your understandings of the field by working actively on the project.

[Personal Proejct]
Besides the group projects, I expect you to work on a small personal project within the field of Computational Creativity. We are going to organize brainstorming sessions to help you to choose the topic.

[Book reading club]
To understand and discuss the impact of new technologies from broader perspectives, you have mandatory reading assignments. This semester, we will read the following two books: Richard Dawkins's "Selfish Genes" and Kevin Kelly's "Technium."

Unlike "building" as an existence and "construction" as an activity, "architecture" is an idea and a concept. If the consciousness of artificial work on the environment is the origin of architecture, it is rather natural that it is the most primitive intellectual creation act of mankind, and that it is a comprehensive and boundary existence that has corresponds with all areas. Currently, the research subjects and activity areas that architecture should deal with are dynamically expanding and merging due to various factors such as social changes, progress of computerization, and needs for coexistence with the natural environment. Today, the ability to cooperate with other fields in various aspects, from aspects such as urban development planning to devising construction technology, is necessary for a practical experience in the field of architecture, . In SFC, "architecture" is not fixed or dogmatic, but exists as a common item of creative and comprehensive intellectual activities across faculty members with various areas of interest. On top of that, in order to acquire the ability to carry out this on a realistic social system, the students will get review on their project of "architecture" that is being tackled from a different approach depending on each research theme. The purpose is to acquire the ability to expand the architectural domain and realize the fusion with new fields by exchanging it in and comprehensively verifying it from the viewpoint related to the practice of architecture.

RNA controls higher-order biological phenomena in a complex and precise manner. In this summer project, we will investigate how RNA and related biomolecules contribute to our respective research themes through experiments with both living organisms and computers, with the aim of deepening our understanding of life phenomena. Specifically, we will conduct research on the regulation of gene groups or gene expression in various environments in Halomonas sp., the mechanisms by which telomeric RNA and telomere-related proteins maintain telomere length, the development of techniques for detecting specific nucleic acid sequences, and the development of methods for in vitro synthesis of long RNAs with hyper-repetitive sequences.

The exponential growth of publicly available biological data enables researchers to perform data-driven (hypothesis-generating) analyses as well as hypothesis-driven analyses. Biostatistics and bioinformatics are essential for handling complex and large biological data. In this courses, students will study about practical data skills for turning large datasets into reproducible and robust findings. Students will tackle biostatistics/bioinformatics problems using freely available open source tools (i.e. Unix Shell and R/RStudio). Students from all disciplines will use the biostatistics/bioinformatics methods to tackle problems in their fields (biology, material, architecture, urban design, climate, social science, and so on). For examples, students will use microbiome data from soils and built environments (subway stations, bus terminals, schools, hospitals, International Space Station, and so on) to assess taxonomic and functional compositions of microbial communities, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and mobile genetic elements such as plasmids and viruses including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Furthermore, one may identify covariates which influence the microbial community structures of their samples: city, population density, building surface types and materials, climate, economic and social factors. For the molecular evolutionary analyses, students will compare publicly available sequences of antimicrobial resistance genes and genes encoding single-stranded DNA-binding proteins (SSBPs) for identifying conserved regions (motifs) and inferring the phylogenetic trees.

　Food System Summit is held to discuss global issue about sustainable food system. Food companies have to consider and act what kind of business they should develop to realize the ideal future. In this project, workshop will be conducted to discuss the business strategy that food companies should engage in to build sustainable food system.

Language and culture are not inseparable. Thus, language immersion week allows students to experience the Indonesian culture through language based activities through the program. Activities are designed thematically to ensure that students are capable to use Indonesian language. The activities are done to improve Indonesian language skills in a fun and supportive atmosphere. Students are encouraged to have culture encounter online or off line with Indonesian students or community.

The aim of this project is to deepen sensorimotor physiological studies. In the first half, we will review various types of articles and try to find core of these studies, interpret their methodologies, and sophisticate your own research ideas. In the second half, we will construct experimental programs using Matlab software. Note that the second half of this project will be promoted by both online and onsite ways.

This project is a great opportunity for students to apply time series models to actual economic data. Working on empirical projects, the students will be able to understand the models and methods, and then, they will be able to think about possible extensions of those models/methods. In addition to MATLAB, which we usually use, we will be using more user-friendly packages such as Eviews and Stata. As for the models, we will be mainly using VAR for forecasts or decomposition of time series data on financial markets and macro-economy.

This course is a domestic fieldwork course jointly organized by ASEAN partner universities and Keio University. Students who participate in the fieldwork in Japan and aim to obtain an "EBA Perspectives" certificate will take this course in the semester following their participation in the fieldwork. SFC offers four fieldwork courses, two in ASEAN and two in Japan, so that up to four fieldwork courses in total can be included as credit-bearing courses. (However, due to the impact of COVID-19, the ASEAN fieldwork course is currently cancelled.)

This course is a domestic fieldwork course jointly organized by ASEAN partner universities and Keio University. Students who participate in the fieldwork in Japan and aim to obtain an "EBA Perspectives" certificate will take this course in the semester following their participation in the fieldwork. SFC offers four fieldwork courses, two in ASEAN and two in Japan, so that up to four fieldwork courses in total can be included as credit-bearing courses. (However, due to the impact of COVID-19, the ASEAN fieldwork course is currently cancelled.)