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As computers become more sophisticated, faster, and smaller, including personal computers, smart devices, and wearable devices, and as they are networked with each other, computers become ubiquitous not only in the devices we carry and use, but also in the "environment" such as rooms, traffic, and cities, as an intelligent information infrastructure. "Ubiquitous computing" has become a reality.
In ubiquitous computing, there are various aspects such as sensing of information about real space and humans as digital data, distribution of data through networks, understanding/recognition as "knowledge" through analysis and machine learning at the edge and in the cloud, feedback to humans based on the knowledge, and operation of machines (actuation). These functions constitute the "architecture of ubiquitous systems".
In this lecture, we will discuss mobile/distributed programming, location/context-aware programming, sensing, activity recognition, data communication, and other technologies, including actual examples and actual JavaScript programming.

Music is ubiquitous in our environment. A question in this course is how music is processed in our brain and how we can design the environment and change our brain functions with music. Recently, an emerging research field of Music and Neuroscience (“Neuromusic”) has been elucidating the neural correlates of music perception, cognition, and performance. In this course, I will overview what has been known so far in the Neuromusic research from the integrated point of view of Neuroscience, Evolutional Biology, Developmental Brain Science, Human Movement Science, and Cognitive Science.

Body theory can be discussed from various perspectives. In this lecture, I will discuss body theory from various perspectives such as general medicine, contemporary medicine, psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, and psychoanalysis. The psycho and the physical soma are inseparably related, and the psychodynamics surrounding the body can be widely observed from the healthy development of human beings to the pathological state. The purpose of this lecture is to expand the student's perspectives regarding the body.

It is common to all societies that the family is the basic unit of society, but its form and the role of each member vary greatly according to history and culture. In Japan, the situation surrounding the family is currently undergoing remarkable change and diversification. In this class, we will focus on the family in contemporary Japan to understand the dynamics of society from a variety of angles, including history, law, labour and welfare, and to consider the future of the family.

The class will be basically conducted in a lecture style, but students are also asked to join the group work to analyze the data relating the theme of this class. It is desirable to be active in the class.

This course aims to learn about the psychoanalysis discovered by Sigmund Freud. Essentially, psychoanalysis is a clinical practice, but it is also a modern thought and science. Psychoanalysis, which assumes an unconscious area in the human mind, is useful in understanding human beings. I would like to invite you to psychoanalysis through this lecture.

The purpose of this course is to learn about psychoanalysis discovered by Sigmund Freud. To this purpose, students are expected to actively research, present, and participate in group discussions on psychoanalytic literature and topics.

The area covered by this seminar is general administrative law. It covers not only the problems related to administrative case litigation and the theory of administrative law, but also the latest problems related to administrative systems and policy making.

The area covered by this seminar is general administrative law. It covers not only the problems related to administrative case litigation and the theory of administrative law, but also the latest problems related to administrative systems and policy making.

Mission: In Search of Future of Organizations

Organizations increasingly rely on technologies to operate, organize, and innovate in this AI/big data era. Also, radical changes in the society such as issues related to gender, LGBTQ, diversity, sustainability, environment, and governance have huge impacts on how we (should) manage organizations. We collectively explore the future of organizations, which is a frontier of management studies and practice. Topics include future of work, new organizational forms, diversity and inclusion, people analytics, collective intelligence and open innovation. We approach these themes from various perspectives and methods including (but not limited to) case studies, data science, computational social science approaches, and project works with business partners in the real world.

Since the end of the 20th century, the trend of mobile computing and ubiquitous computing has led to faster, larger, smaller, and more wireless computers, which have become widely used in our daily lives by optimizing them for each individual. However, the explosive amount of information produced by ICT/AI systems, for example, can lead to information overload in our daily lives, and the provision of individually optimized information (e.g., AI-based personal optimization of news articles provided on social networking sites) can distort the information we come into contact with and affect our thinking. It is also true that there are many problems created by the current architecture of typical information systems, such as the fragmentation of communities.
In this research, we will conduct research and development on a new information system architecture that is different from the typical individual-oriented architecture of "sensing personal big data, analyzing big data, and providing information optimized for the individual," always looking more than 10 years into the future.

This course explores both academic and practical aspects of leadership. Leadership is one of the most studies themes in management studies. At the same time, leadership is one of the most important capabilities in practice in this complex, uncertain society. We aim to understand various topics in leadership such as what leadership really means, how we can develop and practice leadership, and what leadership we need in the future.

Design has changed and expanded its role over time. The role of esthetics, giving form and colour. The role of process improvement, such as research, prototyping and communication. The role of strategy, business model building and vision definition. ......

These changes and expansions of roles have generally been developed as techniques by design professionals. On the other hand, as some people say "design is too important to be kept only for designers", nowadays design has also started to be used as a tool open to the general public and applied to creating and improving government services, social movements and the construction of autonomous ecosystems.

Until now, design has mainly played a problem-solving role in order to create what society needs. But can't design be used to create small things that have meaning for an individual, even if they are not necessarily needed by society at the moment?

We are all born with much creativity. However, as we grow up, many of us put invisible shackles on it, thinking that it is a talent of a few. What can design do to help us break these shackles and reclaim our inherit ability?

Context design is an approach to design that focuses on "narratives" or "weak contexts" of individuals and their interpretations. It allows each individual who comes into contact with the design to create his or her own "story". In other words, it is a creative activity and a method of "weaving together" in which the writer intends for the reader's independent involvement and multiple interpretations to emerge. The result is a creative activity in which the writer intends for the reader to become a writer and the consumer to become an expressionist.

本講座は、建築文化の理解を通じ、物事を多面的かつ柔軟にとらえる視点・視座・視野を身に着け、社会で活躍する人材を育成することを目指している。

担当教員の、雑誌編集や地域振興に実業で取り組んだ実体験を織り交ぜながら行う講義、またファッション・建築といった分野の第一線で活躍するゲスト講師を招いての講義に特徴がある。このことにより単なる知識・教養を身に着けるにとどまらない、より実践的な考え方・方法論を学ぶことができる。履修者には、各事象を自分のこととしてとらえ積極的に授業に参加する姿勢が求められる。

本講座は、次の考えの元構成されている。

・「建築」（Architecture）とは、単なる建物（Building）を超えた次元で成立している。

・その「建築」は、芸術性はもちろんのこと、経済・政治・法律など様々な制約のうえに成り立っており、重要な文化の構成要素であると同時に、社会的な存在である。

・ゆえに「建築」は時代的・社会的な背景や先人の思想等を読み取ることができるメディア（媒体）である。各建築の存在意義を検証し、そこから未来の社会の姿・あり方を構想する。

以上の視点から、毎回テーマに添った講義を行い、建築を通じて社会・文化を学び、問題意識を養い、既存の価値基準に囚われない自由な感覚・発想力を養う。

The class aims to provide the basic understanding of the Earth’s atmosphere and ocean. By omitting equations as much as possible, the history of the atmosphere and ocean, mechanism on wind and rain, will be introduced. Using the basic understanding, environmental issues such as global warming, air pollution, and heat island will be discussed in the class.

Imagine you have an ant in your hand. The ant does not know you are moving forward, nor you can crush it anytime. The ant is us human beings living on the Earth's surface. This course provides an introduction to learning how the Earth's dynamics works from the point of view of solid earth science. You will briefly learn the history of the Earth and its creations, and the consequent change in the environment. You will also learn the mechanism of an earthquake, a tsunami, and a volcanic eruption. You will feel the difference between time and space scales from your everyday life. (You can learn about fluid earth science in the class "Earth System B" held by Dr. Y. Miyamoto.)

This subject is a descriptive one. Explains in photos, animation and drawings the basics of both mechanical and materials engineering. No mathematical complications will be included. This subject is beneficial to all students especially those who are studying issues not related to engineering but will work in future in an Engineering Firm be it a maker or sellers of machinery or materials. Even those who may not work in such an environment, this subject will be helpful for them in their daily life when dealing with machines and materials.