広く産学官にわたってグローバルに活躍するために必要な「俯瞰力」を養成することを目指す。物質科学の各分野について最先端の知識を修得し、自分の専門分野と周辺分野がどのように関連するか、あるいはし得るか、について深く考察するために、第一線で活躍する講師の方々にその分野の最前線を概観していただく。さらに、それらの講義を通して異分野間のコミュニケーションを円滑に進めるための具体的方法論を学ぶ。 This survey course is designed to enable students to develop the broad perspective that is required of global leaders working in and across industry, academia, and government. Students will gain knowledge and insight on advancements in each field of materials science research, given by leading researchers working on the frontline in those fields. This will allow students to consider how peripheral fields are related to their own area of expertise, and to consider the potential for forging bridges between related fields in the future. In addition, students will learn specific methodologies designed to facilitate smooth communication among different disciplines.

To acquire enough knowledge and the analytical skills to write the Master thesis.

本コースでは一般相対論の基礎事項を学び，その特筆すべき三つの帰結である「ブラックホール」，「重力波」，「相対論的宇宙論」を理解することを目的とする．

Does the written word have a future? Some contemporary trends seem to suggest otherwise: the replacement of the novel first by movies and then video games as leading cultural form; the shift from text to audio and video in messenger apps and on social media platforms; a (related?) loss of concentration and focus; and sinking rates of functional literacy in many developed countries. And just a year after large language models such as ChatGPT arrived on the scene, artificial intelligence is already doing a lot of writing and reading for us. In this seminar we will take these trends not necessarily at face value, but as a starting point to explore the relationship between reading/writing, media and society from interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives. I invited colleagues in literature and psychology, book history and the history of computing to co-teach this seminar together with me. Together we will look at long-term trends related to various textual media, the evolution of technologies from the printing press to social media platforms, and the social contexts of reading and literacy in order to think about past, present, and future trajectories of textuality. <<Learning Goals>> After successfully completing this seminar, participants will be able to - identify and compare different conceptions of text, reading, writing and literacy - understand textuality as a complex social and cultural practice - analyze how textual practices are influenced by social and technological contexts - consider a range of interdisciplinary perspectives from social media studies, anthropology, history and science and technology studies on textuality - apply critical approaches on the relationship between text, media, and society to their own research as well as to reflections on future scenarios

To acquire enough knowledge and the analytical skills to write the PhD thesis.

新型コロナウイルス、デング熱など、地球規模で深刻化する感染症を克服する方法を確立することは急務である。感染症対策は、医学・獣医学領域のみならず、デバイス開発（工学）や、灌漑・治水・水質浄化（農学）等の他分野の連携が必要である。一方で、光触媒は、酸化還元反応を促進することから、有機物や細菌を分解することが可能で、環境問題を中心とした身の回りの様々な局面で利用できる。本講義では、感染症について概説するとともに、幅広く共通に有効性を示す光触媒の効果を紹介し、その感染症への適用法について考察する。 The establishment of control measures for infectious diseases spreading worldwide such as the corona virus and the dengue virus, is an urgent task. To fight with infectious diseases, multi discipline collaboration in addition to medical and veterinary fields, with device development (technology), irrigation, water control (agriculture) and others. The titanium dioxide photo-catalysis generates hydroxy radicals and super oxide. Thus, photo-catalyst conduct degradation or sterilization of organic materials and germs. In this lecture, overview of infectious diseases and photo-catalysis will be explained. Furthermore, the application of photo-catalysis to infectious disease control will be discussed.

This lecture will focus on various materials, such as semiconductors, insulators, and metals, for high-performance nano-devices. The operation principles of semiconductor devices such as PN junction and MOS transistors, expected roles of novel device materials for ultra-large scale integrated circuits and power devices, and the fabrication process of such devices will be explained. The introductions of research activities related to nano-materials in Materials Engineering department will be also made. This is an intensive course and will be in English.

Statistics and biometrics have emerged as crucial disciplines not only in agricultural sciences but also in various other fields. This significance is primarily attributed to three factors: Firstly, advancements in data measurement techniques have facilitated the collection of extensive and diverse biological and agronomic data that were previously unattainable. Secondly, the evolution of data science methodologies has enabled the integration and modeling of such collected data. Thirdly, the enhancement of computational capabilities has empowered the utilization of these methodologies. These advancements have rendered statistical and biometric methods indispensable for extracting insights from the vast and varied biological and agronomic datasets. Throughout this lecture series, a diverse array of biological and agronomic datasets will serve as illustrative examples to demonstrate various analytical methods. Delivered in a hands-on format, utilizing R, Python, and Matlab, the aim is to equip students with practical analysis skills. The initial portion of the course, spanning the first one-third, will focus primarily on techniques for summarizing, visualizing, and modeling relationships within multivariate datasets. In the subsequent one-third, students will delve into linear models, linear mixed models, local regression, and nonlinear models. Finally, in the last segment, students will explore image analysis, machine learning, and deep learning methods. While the course will cover a broad spectrum of methods, ranging from introductory to advanced levels, the emphasis will be on developing the capability to independently conduct analyses rather than on elaborating on the theoretical underpinnings of the methods.

In production and consumption of materials, structural materials are dominant. Technological development in materials industry affects significant positive impacts in broad end uses. A newly developed high-performance materials fulfill higher design requirement, which makes more advanced product design possible. The first half of this class introduces production process of major materials and life cycle perspective on materials, especially structural materials. We discuss interactions amongst materials, finished products, economy, and environment in order to understand roles of materials in industrial metabolism. Global material flows and resource strategy are also introduced to give you a global vision on resources and materials. The latter half of this class introduces high-temperature materials for jet engine or gas turbine in the power plant. The processing and the necessary properties of high-temperature materials will be introduced to understand how they are designed.

新型コロナウイルス、デング熱など、地球規模で深刻化する感染症を克服する方法を確立することは急務である。感染症対策は、医学・獣医学領域のみならず、デバイス開発（工学）や、灌漑・治水・水質浄化（農学）等の他分野の連携が必要である。一方で、光触媒は、酸化還元反応を促進することから、有機物や細菌を分解することが可能で、環境問題を中心とした身の回りの様々な局面で利用できる。本講義では、感染症について概説するとともに、幅広く共通に有効性を示す光触媒の効果を紹介し、その感染症への適用法について考察する。 The establishment of control measures for infectious diseases spreading worldwide such as the corona virus and the dengue virus, is an urgent task. To fight with infectious diseases, multi discipline collaboration in addition to medical and veterinary fields, with device development (technology), irrigation, water control (agriculture) and others. The titanium dioxide photo-catalysis generates hydroxy radicals and super oxide. Thus, photo-catalyst conduct degradation or sterilization of organic materials and germs. In this lecture, overview of infectious diseases and photo-catalysis will be explained. Furthermore, the application of photo-catalysis to infectious disease control will be discussed.