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This is an introductory course on evidence-based policy with a focus on health. The focus of this course will be on how to read or analyze evidence. Strengthened "evidence literacy" should enable you to contribute to (health and social) equity, through policies, program and project management and communication. The course is also recommended for those designing or working on their graduation projects.
This is an introductory course on evidence-based policy with a focus on health. The focus of this course will be on how to read or analyze evidence. Strengthened "evidence literacy" should enable you to contribute to (health and social) equity, through policies, program and project management and communication. The course is also recommended for those designing or working on their graduation projects.
In the "Impression Management" course, we will examine what impressions we make of ourselves and others, and what role impressions can play in facilitating the communication processes. Specifically, we will explore the exchange of impressions by paying attention to subtle behaviors, focusing on small gestures and occasions in our day-to-day activities.
In the "Impression Management" course, we will examine what impressions we make of ourselves and others, and what role impressions can play in facilitating the communication processes. Specifically, we will explore the exchange of impressions by paying attention to subtle behaviors, focusing on small gestures and occasions in our day-to-day activities.
During the first half (1-7th time), you will learn how to insert a recombinant gene into a plasmid vector and analyze its gene expression in the bacteria Escherichia coli. During the last half (8-14th time), you will learn how to culture human cells, transfect plasmids, and edit the human genome using the CRISPR/Cas9 system.
The main objective of the lecture is to achieve a comprehensive understanding of biochemistry that is closely liked to physiology and/or pathology.
The metabolic enzymes had widely been identified and investigated in the 20th century. The old academic theme, however, has greatly expanded mainly by the development of analytical technologies. The recent advances in molecular biology are built on the knowledge of basic biochemistry.
The main objective of the course is to achieve a comprehension of basic biochemistry that is closely liked to physiology and pathology.
The metabolic enzymes had widely been identified and investigated in the 20th century. The old academic theme, however, has greatly expanded mainly by the development of analytical technologies. The recent advances in molecular biology are built on the knowledge of basic biochemistry.
During the first half (1-7th time), you will learn how to edit the genomic structure of Bacillus subtilis. During the last half (8-14th time), you will learn how to insert a recombinant gene into a plasmid vector and analyze the effect of its gene expression in the bacteria Escherichia coli.
During the first half (1-7th time), you will learn how to edit the genomic structure of Bacillus subtilis. During the last half (8-14th time), you will learn how to insert a recombinant gene into a plasmid vector and analyze the effect of its gene expression in the bacteria Escherichia coli.
The main objective of the course is to achieve a comprehension of basic biochemistry that is closely liked to physiology and pathology.
The metabolic enzymes had widely been identified and investigated in the 20th century. The old academic theme, however, has greatly expanded mainly by the development of analytical technologies. The recent advances in molecular biology are built on the knowledge of basic biochemistry.
We humans are moving from our birth. By moving our body, we can see, touch, fell the world. Also, by moving our body, we can express ourselves and communicate with others. As such, our bodily movements are essentials for our life. In this course, by regarding our body and brain as a system, we are aiming to accumulate basis of humans, and reconsider our own health, by learning mechanisms behind our bodily movements.
We humans are moving from our birth. By moving our body, we can see, touch, fell the world. Also, by moving our body, we can express ourselves and communicate with others. As such, our bodily movements are essentials for our life. In this course, by regarding our body and brain as a system, we are aiming to accumulate basis of humans, and reconsider our own health, by learning mechanisms behind our bodily movements.
We humans are moving from our birth. By moving our body, we can see, touch, fell the world. Also, by moving our body, we can express ourselves and communicate with others. As such, our bodily movements are essentials for our life. In this course, by regarding our body and brain as a system, we are aiming to accumulate basis of humans, and reconsider our own health, by learning mechanisms behind our bodily movements.
Computers and artifacts around us are getting complicated, and human-computer interface technologies for those machines are becoming very important. When a user feels that a system is too complicated and difficult to use, it is usually not because the user is not trained enough, but the human interface of the system is not well-designed.
In this lecture, we learn various aspects of human-computer interaction and discover how we can design user-friendly systems. We first learn the basic concepts of human-computer interface, and view the usability issues from the viewpoint of cognitive science. We learn the difference between a good interface design and a bad one by investigating many existing systems. We learn various new technologies for improving user experiences, and finally we'll get the whole knowledge for designing better interactive systems.
Computers and artifacts around us are getting complicated, and human-computer interface technologies for those machines are becoming very important. When a user feels that a system is too complicated and difficult to use, it is usually not because the user is not trained enough, but the human interface of the system is not well-designed.
In this lecture, we learn various aspects of human-computer interaction and discover how we can design user-friendly systems. We first learn the basic concepts of human-computer interface, and view the usability issues from the viewpoint of cognitive science. We learn the difference between a good interface design and a bad one by investigating many existing systems. We learn various new technologies for improving user experiences, and finally we'll get the whole knowledge for designing better interactive systems.
Computers and artifacts around us are getting complicated, and human-computer interface technologies for those machines are becoming very important. When a user feels that a system is too complicated and difficult to use, it is usually not because the user is not trained enough, but the human interface of the system is not well-designed.
In this lecture, we learn various aspects of human-computer interaction and discover how we can design user-friendly systems. We first learn the basic concepts of human-computer interface, and view the usability issues from the viewpoint of cognitive science. We learn the difference between a good interface design and a bad one by investigating many existing systems. We learn various new technologies for improving user experiences, and finally we'll get the whole knowledge for designing better interactive systems.
Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) make it possible for us to live more meaningful and creative lives? Have personal computers and the internet really contributed to our happiness? As our daily lives are getting more and more dependent on various computer systems, the internet, and AI technologies, we are facing these questions.
At the same time, the rapid progress of AI technologies has made it possible for machines to do tasks we had deemed only humans can do (playing the game of Go / making music/writing haikus). It poses serious and essential questions: What is the difference between humans and machines. Which attributes make human so special (or not so special). Can computers be creative?
In this lecture, we will examine the impact of the interaction with AI technologies in our everyday life and try to envision the preferable design of "Machine-Human Interaction" and "AI-Human Interaction".
We'll use an easy-to-use AI platform to try out and examine the effectiveness/limitation of various methods of Deep Learning and Machine Learning.
The students are expected to make an interactive website using AI and write an article - for instance, an essay on the positive/negative impact of AI, a fictional story of an AI artist in 2045 - and present it at the end of the semester.
We'll publish an online gallery of the articles.
“Cities have always been places where production and commerce, working and living are physically and functionally integrated. Only with the rise of modern industry have zoning regulations been introduced to separate these functions in space. However, what is the role of such regulations when industry is digitized increasingly emission-free, and based on innovation more than mass production? How should working and living be combined to make mobility and energy consumption become more sustainable? And what are the opportunities in creating urban areas based on social equity and resilience, in a volatile world characterized by digital disruption, migration and demographic shifts?” (The Industrious City, Edited by Hiromi Hosoya and Markus Schaefer, 2021, Lars Müller Publisher).
This course will question how to balance the ecological and social imperatives of our time with the economic and aesthetic functions of cities, especially in the unpredictable future. There are no easy answers to this question, but in pursuit of this topic, we will investigate a wide range of urban and architectural theories, technologies, and practices. We will reflect upon histories in the development of architecture, infrastructure, and urban planning to provide a context for analyzing the contemporary city as a complex system.
Throughout the course, practitioners and theorists from various design disciplines will be invited to examine case studies from Japan and around the world. The topics will be wide in range, from aesthetics, demographic change, and design, to energy use, economics, and social patterns as they affect the processes and outcomes of urbanization. Students are encouraged to debate and exchange ideas of the concepts presented and to form and express their own opinions. These workshops will aim to develop the students’ practical skills as well as challenge their critical thinking.
“Cities have always been places where production and commerce, working and living are physically and functionally integrated. Only with the rise of modern industry have zoning regulations been introduced to separate these functions in space. However, what is the role of such regulations when industry is digitized increasingly emission-free, and based on innovation more than mass production? How should working and living be combined to make mobility and energy consumption become more sustainable? And what are the opportunities in creating urban areas based on social equity and resilience, in a volatile world characterized by digital disruption, migration and demographic shifts?” (The Industrious City, 2021, Lars Müller Publisher).
This course will question how to balance the ecological and social imperatives of our time with the economic and aesthetic functions of cities, especially in the unpredictable future. There are no easy answers to this question, but in pursuit of this topic, we will investigate a wide range of urban and architectural theories, technologies, and practices. We will reflect upon histories in the development of architecture, infrastructure, and urban planning to provide a context for analyzing the contemporary city as a complex system.
Throughout the course, practitioners and theorists from various design disciplines will be invited to examine case studies from Japan and around the world. The topics will be wide in range, from aesthetics, demographic change, and design, to energy use, economics, and social patterns as they affect the processes and outcomes of urbanization. Students are encouraged to debate and exchange ideas of the concepts presented and to form and express their own opinions. These workshops will aim to develop the students’ practical skills as well as challenge their critical thinking.
In 2007, the United Nations estimated that, for the first time, more than half of the world’s population lived in cities. The ongoing urbanization of the human population represents an enormous change for our environmental, economic, social, and cultural practices. The creation and operation of cities is a leading contributor to climate change, and the way we manage architecture, infrastructure, and landscape must change if we are to avoid its worst effects. Designing sustainable cities has become an imperative. At the same time, the city is a cultural landscape. From its origins in antiquity, the city has been a place for the exchange of goods and ideas and place for us to congregate and share in the riches of a public realm. Cities are, perhaps, our greatest artistic achievement as a species.
The central question asked by this course is: how do we balance the ecological and social imperatives of our time with the economic and aesthetic functions of the city especially for the unpredictable future?
There is no easy answer to this question, but in our pursuit of one we will investigate theories, technologies, and practices of city making in broad terms. Historical episodes in the development of architecture, infrastructure, and urban planning will be examined to provide context for our analysis of the contemporary city as a complex system. Throughout the course, both Japanese and global examples will be considered by inviting practitioners and theorists from different design fields. Key topics covered include aesthetics, demographic change, design, energy use, economics, and social patterns insofar as these influence the processes and outcomes of urbanization. Students are encouraged to be critical of the concepts presented and to form and express their own opinions.
“Cities have always been places where production and commerce, working and living are physically and functionally integrated. Only with the rise of modern industry have zoning regulations been introduced to separate these functions in space. However, what is the role of such regulations when industry is digitized increasingly emission-free, and based on innovation more than mass production? How should working and living be combined to make mobility and energy consumption become more sustainable? And what are the opportunities in creating urban areas based on social equity and resilience, in a volatile world characterized by digital disruption, migration and demographic shifts?” (The Industrious City, 2021, Lars Müller Publisher).
This course will question how to balance the ecological and social imperatives of our time with the economic and aesthetic functions of cities, especially in the unpredictable future. There are no easy answers to this question, but in pursuit of this topic, we will investigate a wide range of urban and architectural theories, technologies, and practices. We will reflect upon histories in the development of architecture, infrastructure, and urban planning to provide a context for analyzing the contemporary city as a complex system.
Throughout the course, practitioners and theorists from various design disciplines will be invited to examine case studies from Japan and around the world. The topics will be wide in range, from aesthetics, demographic change, and design, to energy use, economics, and social patterns as they affect the processes and outcomes of urbanization. Students are encouraged to debate and exchange ideas of the concepts presented and to form and express their own opinions.
The internal world of the mind is manifested through diverse forms of expression. Of these, I will explore, in particular, the experiential world surrounding “images” from a psychoanalytic perspective. How a person can understand “images” richly and deeply depends on the spread and depth of the area of experiences possessed by the reader of such images. Therefore, to understand the entity that reads the images itself, I will place emphasis on the process of discussing a wide range of image experiences.
The internal world of the mind is manifested through diverse forms of expression. Of these, I will explore, in particular, the experiential world surrounding “images” from a psychoanalytic perspective. How a person can understand “images” richly and deeply depends on the spread and depth of the area of experiences possessed by the reader of such images. Therefore, to understand the entity that reads the images itself, I will place emphasis on the process of discussing a wide range of image experiences.
Farming Beyond Horizon
The mission of this class will examine the improvement of human survivability in extreme environments through research and design practice. Humans have constantly been challenged to expand the habitable territory in even harsh environments and open up new frontiers. This challenge against extreme environments can be seen in many forms, such as exploration, environmental research, resource development, evacuation from disaster, space exploration, etc.
We, "mission crew members," will prove that "design" can contribute to our pioneering journey in future human history.
This year, we will tackle a new agricultural challenge for saving an overpopulated society with a minimum environmental impact.
The mission of this class will examine the improvement of human survivability in extreme environments through research and design practice. Human being has always confronted difficult environments and opened up new frontiers. This challenge against extreme environments can be seen in many forms such as exploration, environmental research, resource development, evacuation from disaster, space exploration etc.
We, "mission crew members" will prove that "design" can contribute for our pioneering journey in future human history.
This year, we are going to challenge on design for protein production in space!