We are researching AI technology that can be applied to the real world. The objective is not just AI programming, but to analyze the intellectual elements that will be required in the future society and to derive the best solution. What you can learn here will be very useful for your future growth as a researcher and engineer. The research themes are divided into three groups as applications and three categories as elemental technologies. All the themes are placed on the following matrix
You may look at these themes, literaly, it may seem very difficult to understand. However, the scope is extremely practical, covering a wide range of topics from basic to applied. You can easy to imagine if it is only applied study with toy AI, but in our laboratory it is not limited to that. In addition to implementing application programs, we will set up themes based on new basic technologies, novel designs, and ripple effects on other fields. By embarking on such a bird's-eye view theme, you can acquire skills as an AI integrator and consultant, not just an AI system engineer.
Although we do not have a core time, we encourage students to study in the laboratory from 10:30 to 17:00 as much as possible. When You can't come to the office due to some reasons, I ask people to contact me in advance through the designated SNS channel. The purpose of this is to keep a regular pace of school life to the extent that it doesn't make you feel unwell, as you tend to slacken your lifestyle of this field. Some people may question the necessity of gathering in a common place, a laboratory, because information-related research is often the work of one's own. On the other hand, sharing the thoughts and opinions of different people and having the opportunity to explain your own ideas is the most effective way to broaden your horizons and gain new knowledge. There is a value in the activities of the laboratory that cannot be obtained by the knowledge of the Internet alone.
Our regular activities are weekly seminars and group meetings. The seminar is an opportunity for students to present their research progress about once a month. In each seminar, all members of the laboratory participate and discuss their research. We usually prepare presentations and resumes in conference format. I will also introduce the paper. It's a good pacemaker to have a research schedule that works with this seminar. Group meetings are held in groups of 5 or 6 people to explain the progress of the research on a weekly basis, using the research notes on the web. Through the preparation of these research records and presentation materials, students will acquire skills in research presentation and resume preparation.
However, for graduate students, these regular activities do not start until the summer. Until then, the focus is on the basic knowledge required for research activities and exercises to understand the coding environment. The exercises will take about three turns, they are very enriching. Whether you have computer skills or not, you'll be able to start your research with the knowledge you need to prepare for it.
For those who will be assigned to graduation study