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This course focuses on a study of legal issues toward robot symbiotic society. Students will be able to understand of the research regarding 'Communicative intelligent systems towards a human-machine symbiotic society'. Communicative intelligent systems will enable various home appliances and robots to operate autonomously and to establish a symbiotic relationship with humans by using conversation to confirm each other's intentions and desires. Through lectures and exercises, students will acquire the latest knowledge in this new academic field, and discuss and analyse new legal issues.
In August 2019, in conjunction with the establishment of the Laboratory for Learning and Education in the Age of Society 5.0 (President: Kan Hiroshi Suzuki) at the SFC Research Institute, we will be focusing on "co-education to nurture people who create a new world" in addition to the traditional theme of "fostering social producers who graduate from the modern age to create a new world. In August 2019, in conjunction with the establishment of the Social 5.0 Era Learning and Education Laboratory (President: Kan Hiroshi Suzuki) at the SFC Research Institute, we have added to the objectives of the research group the study of "co-education to nurture people who will create a new world" in addition to the conventional "nurturing of social producers who will graduate from modernity and create a new world," and the actual conception, planning, and realization of co-education projects.
Then, in the spring of 2020, as part of a project to make Hagi City in Yamaguchi Prefecture more attractive to the local community, we began to support high school students in their exploratory studies. Specifically, in collaboration with the city's Board of Education and school teachers, we are running inquiry courses for high school students in Hagi and Mitoyo. Through these activities, we are in the process of creating a model case of creating new learning together with the local community and schools in order to nurture the "creative power" of students, who are the leaders of the future. In addition, there are plans to collaborate with the Niseko City Board of Education in Hokkaido.
As we move forward in the midst of such a period of change, we are now conducting a special research project in Hokkaido, with the aim of pursuing, practicing, and collaborating on further possibilities for inquiry-based learning with the local community.
Our Project Case Study
In collaboration with the city of Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, we are making proposals for realizing inquiry-based learning in the local community and conducting actual courses. The goal is to build a model for creating new learning together with the community and schools. In addition to deepening and developing the program for high school students in Hagi City, we are planning to collaborate with the Niseko City Board of Education.
Support for the informatization of education: Elementary and junior high schools across Japan are working hard to realize the GIGA school concept promoted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and to overcome the effects of COVID 19. We are building a model to support such educational sites. We plan to collaborate with the Shibuya Ward Board of Education and others.
In addition to deepening our understanding of the latest trends in education and co-education, including the new Courses of Study and OECD Education 2030, we will discuss various issues related to education and co-education, and share our sense of real issues with players active in the field of education and co-education.
Marine resources -> Support a start-up business (Shichiken Suisan) launched by seminar students to support the sustainability of the fishing industry. Support a start-up business (Shichiken Suisan) started by a seminar student to support the sustainability of the fishery industry. There is a possibility of working with NGOs to protect endangered fish species.
Support for the Shibuya Startup Deck → Creating an art and creative start-up ecosystem in Shibuya, promoted by Shibuya Ward.
Participation in the Toyooka Theater Festival: In order to explore new possibilities for performing arts, we will present our new style of performing arts at the Toyooka Theater Festival to be held in September 2021. Collaboration with the University of Tokyo's Gakugei Feito Seminar.
In August 2019, in conjunction with the establishment of the Laboratory for Learning and Education in the Age of Society 5.0 (President: Hiroshi Suzuki) at the SFC Research Institute, we will be focusing on "co-education to nurture people who create a new world" in addition to the traditional theme of "fostering social producers who graduate from the modern age to create a new world. In August 2019, in conjunction with the establishment of the Social 5.0 Era Learning and Education Laboratory (President: Hiroshi Suzuki) at the SFC Research Institute, we have added to the objectives of the research group the study of "co-education to nurture people who will create a new world" in addition to the conventional "nurturing of social producers who will graduate from modernity and create a new world," and the actual conception, planning, and realization of co-education projects.
Then, in the spring of 2020, as part of a project to make Hagi City in Yamaguchi Prefecture more attractive to the local community, we began to support high school students in their exploratory studies. Specifically, in cooperation with the city's Board of Education and school teachers, we are running an inquiry course for high school students in Hagi City. Through these activities, we are in the process of creating a model case of creating new learning together with the local community and schools in order to nurture the "creative power" of students, who are the leaders of the future. The program has also been expanded to include Mitoyo City in Kagawa Prefecture. In addition, there are plans to collaborate with Niseko City, Hidaka Town, and Anpei Town in Hokkaido.
As we move forward in the midst of such a period of change, we will use Hokkaido as the field for this special research project, with the aim of pursuing, practicing, and collaborating on further possibilities for inquiry-based learning with the local community.
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【Our Project Case Study】
In collaboration with the city of Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, we are making proposals for realizing inquiry-based learning in the local community and conducting actual courses. The goal is to build a model for creating new learning together with the community and schools. In addition to the deepening and development of the program for high school students in Hagi City, the program is currently being implemented in Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture, and plans call for collaboration with the Niseko City Board of Education.
Support for the informatization of education: Elementary and junior high schools across Japan are scrambling day and night to realize the GIGA school concept promoted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and to overcome the impact of COVID 19. We are building a model to support such educational sites. We plan to collaborate with the Shibuya Ward Board of Education and others.
In addition to deepening our understanding of the latest trends in education and co-education, including the new Courses of Study and OECD Education 2030, we will discuss various issues related to education and co-education, and share our sense of real issues with players active in the field of education and co-education.
Marine resources -> Support a start-up business launched by seminar students to support the sustainability of the fishing industry. Collaborate with NGOs to protect endangered fish species.
Support for the Shibuya Startup Deck → Creating an art and creative start-up ecosystem in Shibuya, promoted by Shibuya Ward
Participation in the Toyooka Theater Festival: In order to explore the new possibilities of performing arts, we will present our new style of performing arts at the Toyooka Theater Festival to be held in September 2021. Collaboration with the University of Tokyo's Gakugei Feito Seminar.
We will build a software system that acquires sensor data such as images, sounds, and acceleration from real space and people, and processes them intelligently. Students will build, evaluate, and write a paper on a software system that acquires and intelligently processes sensor data such as images, sounds, and acceleration from real space and people. Students will participate in research projects conducted by their supervisors. Students will participate in research projects conducted by their supervisors to promote practical research and development.
Making furniture designed in SBC Practice (Architecture A) in the fall of 2021.
Designing Ways of Learning to Enhance Your Creativity
In this special project, you will design your way of learning and actually practie it in order to enhance your creative ability to conduct great academic research.
Students would learn how to use Large-scale 3D Printers and 6 axis robot-arms. First, student would understand mechanical aspects and basic operations. Then students would try making special 3D digital model (through on-line remote collaboration). Finally all the students must create a video movie and submit a documentation summerizing all the activities in this class. Those are supposed to be published on the Web.
Practical research on social marketing: Product development of social innovation
This lecture will enhance the understanding of the essence of social marketing and its trends.
Finance and Open Innovation in DX era
In Japan, as various social issues in the region become apparent, investment in start-up companies, which are important elements for solving social issues and creating new industries, is becoming active. In order to further develop start-up companies, it is necessary not only to supply funds but also to form a new ecosystem in collaboration with entrepreneurs, universities, local governments, etc. This special research project aims to develop future entrepreneurial human resources. Specifically, we will share the pains and successful experiences of financing and networking at startups through the actual experience of entrepreneurs, and introduce examples of open innovation in industry-government-academia collaboration. In addition, group work and final presentations will be held to propose business development from the perspective of an entrepreneur to solve regional issues by sharing actual issues from local governments. This special research project will be funded by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank.
Malay-Indonesian Immersion Week: "Indonesia di SFC"
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.
Creative Workshop in Kamakura
In collaboration with local government Kamakura-City, we are going to implement new digital services to solve issues in Kamakura city. We would use digital local currency ("KURUPPO") and test our prototype services with people in Kamakura, and get real feedbacks from them. You can find the details on
https://kamakura.sfc.keio.ac.jp/ (Japanese only)
https://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/introducing_labs/015581.html (Japanese only)
Business Model Redesigan
Resesign of Social Business System and Business Model
The exponential growth of public biological databases has driven huge progress in modern biology. Biostatistics and Bioinformatics play an essential role in managing vast complex biological data. Throughout the project, students will learn about the practical data science skills to transform large datasets into reproducible and reliable findings.
In this course, students will learn how to describe their ongoing activities in a multilingual and multicultural society and Japanese language education using qualitative research methodology and to disseminate the results of their research. Students are expected to prepare for this class by doing the assignments based on the assigned books and giving presentations on their research topics. Discussions will be held in class based on each student's presentation.
This Special Project Course will attempt to link with the local Nikkei society and collaborate in the heritage language teaching initiatives. We will also try to connect the Spanish learners at various levels in SFC, and organise a joint group project to design a short course on a chosen topic of Spanish education.
Human Movement Neuroscience
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 analyzing programs using Matlab software. Note that the project is basically performed online, but some students will come to K2 campus and do recordings together with the faculty.
We will examine and practice what measures should be taken to mitigate damage in response to disasters such as the coming earthquake directly under the Tokyo metropolitan area, the Nankai Trough, and the Kuril Islands Trench. We will consider scientific, educational, social, and informational approaches, without ending with theory or practical drinking, and summarize them as materials that can be used by the people who are expected to be involved.
Interdisciplinary RNA research
RNA controls higher-order biological phenomena in a complex and precise manner. In this spring 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 species, the development of artificial cells as biosensors, and the in vitro synthesis of long RNAs with hyper-repetitive sequences.
Human Performance
Mainly from the fields of sports psychology and ergonomics, we will examine basic human behavioral characteristics through eye movement measurements, behavioral analysis, and subjective evaluation methods in various environments. In the class, we will analyze the current situation, construct the experimental environment, plan the research conditions, conduct and analyze the experiment, and present and critique the research.
We read one of the following books.
Probabilistic Machine Learning: An Introduction by Kevin Patrick Murphy. MIT Press, February 2022.
Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, 3/E (CS:APP3e) by Randal E. Bryant and David R. O'Hallaron.
Modeling and simulation of biological systems
One of the most important characteristics of life is that it is active and continues to be active. By acting, living systems interact with the environment and maintain their own existence in the environment. In this project, we will use computer simulations to explore the dynamic behavior of living systems and to understand their operating principles.
Multi-omics analysis of microorganisms on the human body.
It is known that there are about 40 trillion microorganisms of about 1,000 species living symbiotically in the human body. These flora vary greatly depending on the individual and the environment, and are known to have various effects on the human body through crosstalk with the host. In this project, we focus on intestinal bacteria and skin indigenous bacteria among the indigenous bacteria in the human body, and analyze the bacterial flora by meta-16S rRNA gene sequencing and metabolome analysis using CE-TOFMS to clarify the interrelationship among bacterial flora, metabolites, and host. In this spring project, we will conduct bacterial flora analysis and metabolome analysis, and discuss among the members to develop our individual research.
Function and structural analysis of polyketide synthases
Modular polyketide synthase (PKSs) synthesize the core structures of diverse natural products, including antibiotics and immunosuppressants. However, since modular PKSs are huge enzyme, their entire protein structures have not yet determined. Here, by first predicting the structure of the protein using AlphaFold2, we will confirm how the structural difference occurs in all PKSs whose three-dimensional structure has been determined. In addition, we will analyze the expression and function of proteins that visualize the structure.
Genetic engineering in cancer research
Learn about the analysis methods used in cancer research and build a foundation for advanced experiments, including the latest genetic manipulation using CRISPR Cas9.
Learn about basic techniques such as cell culture, PCR and western blotting, and advanced experimental techniques such as flow cytometry and manipulation of viruses in the CRISPR Cas9 system.
Development of computational methods for metabolomics
We will develop a computational method to analyze metabolites qualitatively and quantitatively from metabolic data obtained mainly from CE-MS analysis, as well as to perform statistical processing and its biological interpretation in an efficient manner.
In the development of the system, we will be particularly active in machine learning and will utilize metabolome data from the IAB.
We will first learn some basics of metabolomics and existing metabolomic information processing technologies. Then we will implement methods that can reduce various problems of current metabolomic data (e.g., noise in the data, accuracy of peak extraction, accuracy of matching the same peaks among multiple samples, batch effects, reproducibility, integration methods with other omics data, biological interpretation, appropriate computational infrastructure database, etc.) as software.
Participants should have programming experience, but no prior experience in metabolomics is required.
With the advent of high-throughput sequencing technologies, comprehensive molecular studies of non-classical model organisms are becoming increasingly feasible. To this end, in this research project, we study non-classical model organisms such as spiders, tardigrades, ants, and etc. using comprehensive omics approaches, and by analyzing the resulting big data with bioinformatics, to elucidate their unique biology.
This project employs either or both of wet and dry approaches. Experimental biology part includes RNA extraction from the non-classical model organisms and sequencing with high-throughput sequencers. Bioinformatic part includes software development and analysis for the omics data.