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Why does scientific advice on nutrition keep changing? Does hydroxychloroquine cure coronavirus? How can we tell the difference between a scientific breakthrough and fake news? And how can a budding scientist do exciting research that will save the world and land you a job without following in the footsteps of the fraudsters and spin artists who have been taken down by scientific scandals? This course will look closely at some of the worst examples of science gone wrong from across all disciplines, including RIKEN’s faked stem cell images, the over-hyped “Mozart effect”, scientific racism in IQ and skull measurements, and Excel errors in GDP:debt ratio calculations. Taught by someone with first-hand experience both with using open science and with receiving strong criticism for controversial research, we will have frank discussions about the perverse incentives that select for unethical science practices and how we might fix them.

・GLOBAL PARTNERS NETWORKING (required course for GR Certificate)
- fieldwork conducted with universities or research institutions which are affiliated with GR
・PRACTICAL RESEARCH WORK FOR GLOBAL ISSUES (required course for GR Certificate)
- research activity involving fieldwork on a global-political topic, based on a self-explanatory political implication or hypothesis

The purpose of this course is to provide opportunities with students to collect beneficial data or results through fieldwork, research activity, or internship within or outside of Japan that is related to students’ research theme. Students are required to submit a "Research/Internship Plan" before their internship begins. Students’ plans are reviewed and only students who received an approval on their plans will be allowed to register these courses in the following semester. Detail information about application procedure and duration of fieldwork will be announced on the Jukusei web site. Fieldwork should be conducted during spring or summer break. Students must select a faculty member as an advisor for their fieldwork-related courses. Students are expected to receive advice from their advisors for the duration of three hours or more in advance. For internship, students must work at least seventy hours. For the fieldwork, students should spend at least forty-five hours for their research activities. In principle, students’ advisors should be involved in a project/activity/events/work that students will participate in as their internship/fieldwork/research activity. Students cannot conduct any internship/fieldwork/research activity which is not related to their research themes. Detail information about assignment will be announced on the Keio Student Website. Please check the web site frequently.

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This class is designed for students to participate in actual planning and construction of the landscape of SBC (Student Build Campus) . Students will learn the basic and practical landscape design though the practice of field work, site analysis, design, construction and maintenance on the site.

This seminar aims to pursue the cutting edge of public administration research. Reading the English literature, students will first learn what cutting edge public administration research is. Given the literature review, students are asked to select a vital issue with public administration and then develop a research approach toward the issue under the supervision of the instructor.
Another activity of this seminar is Fujisawa City Promotion Project in which the instructor serves as a committee member. Without cooperation with Fujisawa City, SFC cannot be further developed. The instructor and students will seek effective collaboration between SFC and Fujisawa City and engage in the promotion activities.

This is an introduction to the mathematical theory of probability. We begin with basics of set theory, mathematical logic and combinatorics, based on which we develop probability theory. After introducing the concept of probability, we cover basic topics of probability theory: conditional probability, independency, Bayes' theorem, random variables, probability distributions, expectation, variation, central limit theorem, etc.

Building Construction Study is an integration of a design theory and a production theory of architecture. In this unit, students will be introduced to the techniques and principles of building construction, including the technology, modular coordination system, material selection, terminology, and detailed design of several example buildings.

The theme of this research seminar is "mathematics and computer" in a broad sense. In the fall semester, we focus on "visualization" and study visual expressions based on mathematical principles.

In the fall semester, we will first learn the basic concept of generative art by reading "Generative art created by mathematics" by T. Hayama (the book is only available in Japanese). We will run a reading seminar where every student reads, writes and contributes to the discussion. The topics include continued fraction, Fermat spiral, semi-regular tiling, Penrose tiling etc.

After basic learning has been completed, there are various options depending on students' interests and backgrounds. One can pursue visualization of mathematical phenomena or generative aspects of visual expression. Another interesting option is to study both the mathematical and practical aspects of GAN (Generative Adversarial Network).

The theme of this research seminar is "mathematics" in a broad sense, including mathematical physics, information theory and related topics. Mathematics has a long history of study and is essential in many fields, not only natural science but also engineering, medicine, finance, and the social sciences. Moreover, the importance of mathematics is increasing in the modern information society.

In this seminar, we will choose a few topics (depending on students' background and interests) and run a reading seminar where every student reads, writes and contributes to the discussion. The instructor's areas of expertise are geometry and algebra (and related mathematical physics), but we will appreciate diversity of the topics.

We also welcome those who want to learn basic mathematics for their own research in other fields. For example, those who work in machine learning may need basic knowledge of mathematical optimization, graph theory, and probability.

The theme of this research seminar is simulation of natural system by computer. We mainly use the programming language Processing to simulate natural system and study visual expressions based on mathematical and physical principles. In the spring term, we will focus on the basics of programming, mathematics and physics that are essential in this field. We will run a reading seminar where every student reads, writes and contributes to the discussion. The topics include geometry of vectors, Newtonian mechanics, fractal, autonomous agent, complex system, cellular automaton, genetic algorithms, quasi-periodic tiling (subject to change, depending on students' background and interests). We also consider potential application to generative arts. If time permits, we will invite a few guest speakers.

The theme of this research seminar is "mathematics" in a broad sense, including mathematical physics, information theory and related topics. Mathematics has a long history of study and is essential in many fields, not only natural science but also engineering, medicine, finance, and the social sciences. Moreover, the importance of mathematics is increasing in the modern information society (for example, it is crucial in AI and machine learning).

In this seminar, we will choose a few topics (depending on students' background and interests) and run a reading seminar where every student reads, writes and contributes to the discussion. The instructor's areas of expertise are geometry and algebra (and related mathematical physics), but we will appreciate diversity of the topics.

We also welcome those who want to learn basic mathematics for their own research in other fields.

In this seminar, we are going to tackle topics related to Islamic and Arabic studies.

While ICT's progress is remarkable, we need not only to develop technology, but also need to adopt and properly use it for society and economy.
This seminar discusses digital technology policies with focusing on human beings, aiming at realization of sustainable better life and better culture in the year of 2050, with viewpoints of better and more adoption of technology, and with long-term global vision.