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E-Cell Project (Advanced Biosciences)

E-Cell Project tries to unravel complex and ingenious biological systems using mathematical models and computersimulation technologies.

In light of the advent of DNA sequencing technologies, genomic analysis of microbes is “democratized” to the level where “anyone” can sequence “anywhere”. Portable nanopore sequencing device that enables extreme long reads without the need for large initial investment especially contributed to this accessibility. Therefore, it is now economically feasible to sequence the entire genome instead of a single amplified gene to answer certain questions. In this workshop, we train students to go through the entire process of 1. Long DNA extraction and purification, 2. Nanopore sequencing, 3. Bioinformatics of genome assembly and annotation, and 4. Writing Genome Report paper for submission to international archives.

For more than half a century now, a genome has been a blueprint for the mystery of life. The genome has been treated as one of the primary information in molecular biology. Several technological innovations have drastically reduced the amount of effort spent on determining the genome sequences. Then, "how to use it" has become more important than observing a string of letters. At the same time, however, people have been faced with the difficulty of truly understanding the information written in the genome sequence. The genome is a blueprint, describing all the information that governs the phenomena of life. However, a great deal of further experimentation and verification is required to understand the life systems generated by the interaction of genomic elements. A separate understanding of genome information cannot help us to know the interlocking biological phenomena. This course is designed to provide a systematic introduction to the origins of genomics, the principles of genome designing biology, designable parameters, and usage of the genome. Furthermore, we will discuss and consider the issues that need to addressed to realize the genome designing biology.

Recent drastic technological innovation in measurement and analysis of biological system is leading life science to big data science at molecular level. While a lot of questions have been solved and abundance of practical applications have been developed, some classic and fundamental questions are left behind, for example why ATP, what is the initial energy source of biological system, how mitochondria has evolved,etc. We will focus on some biological singularities and seek to understand the path to them.

The rapid economic development of postwar Korea, called “compressed modernity,” was realized in the state-led development economic system from the 1960s. South Korea, a typical developing country, has undergone a dynamic transformation after the development era of the 1960s and 1970s, the June 1987 Declaration of Democracy, the 1997 IMF Economic Crisis, and the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. However, the government-led economic system, which was effective during that period, has lost its expiration date. The opening of the domestic market and the transition to a high-wage nation have fundamentally changed the basic framework of the Korean economy, and the impact of globalization is accelerating such movements.
Global companies from South Korea, such as Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, and POSCO, are active on the world stage, while they are fiercely competing with companies in developed and developing countries.
Then, what kind of transformation has Korean society undergone during that time? It is a historical fact that South Korea has become a very prosperous country, driven by the rapid growth of the chaebol, and the economic level has risen significantly overall. It can also be considered that it has achieved the rank of developed countries. However, domestic economic disparities are widening, and there is considerable friction and conflict between groups that can feel affluence and those who do not, forming a background for political conflict.
In this lecture, we will examine how Korean society, led by chaebols, is changing amid historical environmental changes.

Childhood, especially the first three years are critical for the psychological development of children.　Young children form their attachment with their caregiver during that time, which is the basis of personality development.
Caregiver-child communication and development of sense of self is closely related to this process.
The developmental theories are derived both from adult psychoanalysis and direct observation of caregiver-infant.

E-Cell Project (Advanced Biosciences)

E-Cell Project tries to unravel complex and ingenious biological systems using mathematical models and computersimulation technologies.

Advanced Biosciences: Evolutionary Singularities

This project tries to explain how the singular designs of existing biological systems have been led to using logical reasoning and computational models.

Advanced Biosciences: Evolutionary Singularities

This project tries to explain how the singular designs of existing biological systems have been led to using logical reasoning and computational models.

　We look at specific measures related to how effective platforms are designed in the context of community innovation. The platform is defined as, “tool and mechanism that serve as the basis for communication, which promotes cooperation when various constituents are cooperating.” If the design is carried out effectively, the platform has potential power to form connections between diverse constituents such as people and groups and bring about emergence based on interaction.
　Action Research and Project Based Learning are partially incorporated in order to create practical wisdom.

　We look at specific measures related to how effective platforms are designed in the context of community innovation. The platform is defined as, “tool and mechanism that serve as the basis for communication, which promotes cooperation when various constituents are cooperating.” If the design is carried out effectively, the platform has potential power to form connections between diverse constituents such as people and groups and bring about emergence based on interaction.
　Action Research and Project Based Learning are partially incorporated in order to create practical wisdom.

We are always in communication. Understanding the notion of communication is to think about when, where, and with whom we get together, and what and how we talk to each other. In other words, an interest in communication inevitably leads to an interest in "place" and "place-making. In this Kenkyukai, we are conducting practical research on the "movement (mobility)" of people, the nature of "places" where people gather, and "place-making" from the perspective of communication and media studies.

We are always in communication. Understanding the notion of communication is to think about when, where, and with whom we get together, and what and how we talk to each other. In other words, an interest in communication inevitably leads to an interest in "place" and "place-making. In this Kenkyukai, we are conducting practical research on the "movement (mobility)" of people, the nature of "places" where people gather, and "place-making" from the perspective of communication and media studies.

From the psychological perspective, this course will explore how to establish better relationships among athletes for the sake of performance-enhancing and seeking the victories. Sports enable people not only to motivate gaining the victories, but also to bring up their own humanities.

In this seminar, students will read classics of Western philosophy and discuss on them according to the guidance of teacher.

In this seminar, we will read contemporary sociological works and discuss the topics of them.

This class is designed for graduate students who have taken basic lectures and exercises in environmental design to learn more about landscape design in a more specialized way. We will observe some landscape design projects in cities and suburbs, then analyze, discuss their social and spatial meanings, design concepts, plantings, pavements, structures, and facilities.
In the second and fourth weeks, we will actually visit parks and green spaces in Tokyo (on-site gathering and dismissal), and the following week, students will give presentations and discussions on their analyses and considerations.

This course covers building materials as the basis for architecture.

In this class, we will focus on structural design (structural planning) rather than structural calculation.
First of all, the relationship between structural design and architectural design will be outlined.
And then the characteristics and methodologies of various categorized structural systems will be studied.
At the same time, students will model various structures using structural analysis software running on Rhinoceros/Grasshopper, and acquire a sense for deciphering the flow of forces by visualizing structural behavior using digital technology.

This online lecture course is concerned with the design of urban life-world. It is concerned with the history and theory of urban design, with how it is currently being practiced, and with how it could and should be critiqued in the context of contemporary politics, economy and culture. The course recognizes the hybridized nature of urban design, sees it as a complex field whose opportunities and constraints, as well as influences and bounding forces vary, and attempts to map these variables.

The course is divided into three units: ‘Foundations’, ‘Dimensions’, and ‘Outlooks’. The ‘Foundations’ unit reviews a history of urban form, and the ideational infrastructure and professional practices that come to us today as precedents. It progresses chronologically along key chapters in the annals of city making, from Classical politics through Renaissance idealism towards Modern utopias and dystopias. It then addresses the influence of the field’s founders, of Jane Jacobs, Kevin Lynch, Christopher Alexander, Colin Rowe, Allan Jacobs and William Whyte, among others, and sees how their somehow disparate works have coalesced urban design as a distinct field. For the second unit ‘Dimensions’ the course adopts the analytical structure of Carmona’s and Tiesdell’s ‘Urban Design Reader’ [2007]. Our study progresses along six influencing dimensions of urban design: morphological—configuration of urban form, perceptual—perceived and experienced spaces, social—link between social variation and formal organization, visual—aesthetic measurements of urban development, functional—use of spaces, and temporal—evolvement of spaces through and over time. The third unit ‘Outlooks’ is designated to students’ presentations and class discussion. Each participating student is requested to present a series of observations of urban design projects located in Tokyo and vicinity that correspond with the class’s themes and evoke further discussion in them. The unit and course then conclude by trying to determine the challenges of future urban design.

As a whole, the course follows the theoretical principals of urban design, see how they evolve in particular cultural, social and political contexts, and how they contribute to a physical form of place at specific urban conditions.

In today's world, energy resources are considered to be essential for developing and sustaining economic activities. Also, the importance of energy is judged from a security point of view. Ever since curtailing global warming and preserving an inhabitable environment for our future generations has become an inalienable portion of economic development in recent decades, there has been a rising international debate on how mankind should utilize various sources of energy. Based on broader knowledge of features, advantages or disadvantages, and commercial values of various types of energy and resources, this course will aim to analyze the usage of such resources, and to evaluate the validity of regional and major economies' energy policies, with a perspective of forecasting the future of respective energy portfolios.

In order to create safe and comfortable environments, it is necessary to understand a broad range of engineering technology. Structural design and materials are especially important for architects. In this course students will examine the relationships between structural engineering and material science.

この授業では、英語のみのかたと日本語のみのかたも大丈夫です。
Students who speak only English or only Japanese are welcome in this class.

The many tasks that computers perform for us can roughly be broken
down into five categories:
* process data
* name data
* move data
* store data
* manage data

The operating system regulates access to both data and resources, and
provides abstractions that make the above tasks straightforward.

The most critical fact of modern systems is that data and computing and storage resources may be spread across the planet. Computing on such distributed data requires moving data, often replicating it in the process. Decisions about computations, as well as the computations themselves, must be made with an eye to achieving this efficiently and robustly.

This class addresses the design and creation of multimedia knowledge bases (image, video, music and text knowledge-bases), data mining and semantic associative processing. The most important objective of this lecture is to develop knowledge and skills for designing and creating multimedia knowledge-bases and multimedia systems with experimental practice. It is essential to study how to analyze, store, retrieve and integrate media data (image, video, music and text) in a knowledge-base system environment. An actual knowledge-base system is used to create experimental multimedia knowledge-bases and applied it to WWW system environments. We also design a meta-level multimedia system with data mining processes for new-multimedia creation.

Purpose of Course:

A major focus of the class is on learning to parse and discuss molecular biology papers such as Nature, Science and Cell.

Topics covered are:
(1) Gene identification (basics of molecular biology)
(2) Gene expression
(3) Preparation of recombinant proteins
(4) Genes and their regulatory proteins
(5) Non-coding RNAs
(6) Applications of Biotechnology

The course will also involve seminars to be supervised by guest professors.