Department of Informatics, Graduate University of Advanced Studies (Sokendai)
Atsuhiro Takasu Chair, Dep. Informatics / Professor, National Institute of Informatics
What is Sokendai (1/2)
Inter-university research institutes offer
Examples of institutes (not exhaustive)
large scale and cutting edge facilities, Large volume of scientific and academic data, Valuable materials
National Museum of Japanese History National Astronomical Observatory Institute of Space and Astronautical Science High Energy Accelerator Research Organization National Institute of Informatics (NII) National Institute of Genetics Cyber Science Infrastructure Academic Information Infrastructure Many research projects
NII
What is Sokendai (2/2)
Organized over the interuniversity research institutes Provide education utilizing
facilities, data, materials researchers network Each department is in an institute Compose 6 schools
School of Cultural and Social Studies School of Physical Sciences School of High Energy Accelerator Science School of Multidisciplinary Sciences
Organization
Department of Statistical Science Department of Polar Science Department of Informatics
School of Life Science School of Advanced Sciences
Requirement
for
Ph.
D.
Required
credits:
Publica<on
5
year
course:
more
than
40
(24
credits
as
research
ac<vi<es,
16>
by
course
work)
3
year
course:
more
than
10
(6
credits
as
research
ac<vi<es,
4>
by
course
work)
At
least
one
journal
paper
as
the
rst
author
Presenta<on
at
interna<onal
conferences
Model
Schedule
Intermediate Evaluation Admission Dissertation Progress Report 11 17mo Feb 5mo Jul Doctor2 Oct Doctor3 6 20mo May Doctor4 3YR Ph.D. Course Interim Presentation 1 Interim Pre-defense Presentation 2 defense Graduation 1 3 7mo Dec 5mo 2mo May Doctor5 2mo Jul Sep
October
Oct
Doctor1
Fields
of
Study
in
Dept.
Informa<cs(NII)
Fields
Founda<on
of
Informa<cs
Informa<on
Infrastructure
Science
SoSware
Science
Mul<media
Informa<on
Science
Intelligent
Systems
Science
Informa<on
Environment
Science
For
Example
Numerical
analysis,
Algorithms
Distributed/parallel
computer
systems,
Informa<on
communica<on
networks
SoSware
engineering,
Data
Engineering
PaUern
recogni<on,
Signal
processing
Ar<cial
intelligence
Digital
documents,
Academic
informa<on
Benet
to
study
at
NII
Credits,
Ph.D.
Defense
and
theses
are
in
English
Study
in
poly
cultural
environment
About
80
%
of
courses
are
available
in
English,
so
credits
needed
for
Ph.D.
degree
can
be
obtained
only
in
English
Join
interna<onal
research
projects
More
than
half
of
the
students
are
interna<onal,
not
only
from
Asia
but
from
Europe,
Australia,
Canada,
etc.
Possibility
to
spend
2
6
months
in
one
of
79
partner
ins<tu<ons
in
Europe,
North
America,
South
America,
Asia
Work
on
real
world
problems
Sta<s<cs
of
Department
of
Informa<cs
Faculty
members:
65
faculty
members
3
advisors
supervise
each
student
Among
three,
one
can
be
from
outside
NII
Number
of
students:
Total
of
73
students
41
interna<onal
students
6
students
from
Vietnam
NII
Scholarship
A
student
will
be
granted
as
following:
Waive
Registra<on
fee:
282,000
Japanese
yen
Waive
Tui<on
fee:
535,800
Japanese
yen
(per
year)
Monthly
pay:
up
to
148,000
Japanese
yen
for
3
year
course
tax)
scholarship:
52,000
Japanese
yen
(tax
free)
Research
Assistant:
96,000
Japanese
yen
(before
0.5%
Monthly
pay:
up
to
88,000
Japanese
yen
for
5
year
Compe<<ve
and
the
screening
will
be
done
every
course
year
Possibility
of
Financial
Support
for
any
Students
RA
employment
as
a
Research
Assistant
to
support
ones
supervisor
research
5
year
course
:1,100
Japanese
yen
per
hour
3
year
course:
1,200
Japanese
yen
per
hour
Up
to
20
hours
per
week
more
high
skilled
and
dicult
research
than
RA
Payment:
2,400,
3,600
or
4,800
Japanese
yen
per
hour
Term:
from
1
to
3
months
PA
10
NII
Interna<onal
Internship
NII
oers
NII
Interna<onal
Internship
program
to
the
students
of
universi<es
which
signed
on
Memorandum
of
Understanding(MOU).
The
successful
students
come
to
NII
and
research
up
to
6
months
under
NII
Professors
supervision.
The
students
will
be
granted
about
171,000
yen
per
month
Number
of
students
About
150
students
per
year
16
students
from
Vietnam
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Application
Due Date: May 14 Procedure:
Admission
Contact an advisor Discuss the research theme and research plan Prepare application form application document screening and interview Achievement in undergraduate / master course (e.g., GPA) Publications Research topic and plan Eager to study at NII English and communication ability (Interview in English / TOEFL / TOEIC)
Evaluation points (my opinion)
inquiry : daigakuin@nii.ac.jp More info.:
http://www.nii.ac.jp/graduate/index_e.html
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Q & A
