CURRICULUM
Curriculum
Students for Academic Year 2024
First-Stage Training Program-Basic Course
[approximately 40 students]
April to September 2024
Introduction to research in state-of-the-art information science and narrowing down of interest areas
In the First-Stage Training Program-Basic Course (April-September), young researchers (mentors) selected from researchers in ACT-I and ACT-X(*), which are strategic research programs of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), and from experienced outstanding participants of informatics Olympiads and other contests will form groups with each of the students and provide dialog, advice, and guidance on their future research plan.
* : ACT-I & ACT-X: The ACT-I program was a JST Strategic Basic Research Program spanning fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2021, and was targeted at identifying and nurturing young researchers in the ICT field with the desire to solve humanity's current and future challenges using original ideas and establishing them as researchers. The ACT-X program (launched in fiscal 2019) is another such JST program, this one targeted at discovering and nurturing outstanding young researchers to address critical challenges facing Japan.
Matching
Formation of mentor-student groups
Online training
Learn about cutting-edge informatics research
Research
Begin research while receiving advice from mentors
Visit to university research labs
Visit university research labs and come into contact with the cutting-edge informatics research
Presentation
Report on progress of research
at workshops
List of mentors
The following is a list of the young researchers (mentors) for the research lab visits and providing dialog, advice, and guidance on students' future research plans. (In alphabetical order)
Download PDFOnline training
The online training allows students to learn about the forefront of informatics, and comprises lectures in which top researchers who have led research in informatics over the last ten years explain the history, background, and latest research topics of their respective research areas.
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First-Stage Training Program-Collaborative Research Course
[approximately 30 students]
October 2024 to March 2025
Conduct further individual research based on mentors' guidance
Following from the First-Stage Training Program-Basic Course, students will continue with collaborative research based on guidance provided by mentors.
Interim selection
Determining which students will continue on to the First-Stage Training Program-Collaborative Research Course
Collaborative research
Proceed with collaborative research after adjusting mentor-student groups
Presentation at the National Convention of the IPSJ
Poster presentation at the National Convention of the IPSJ
Graduation presentation
Report on research outcomes of
one year of research at workshops
Second Stage Training Program-Developmental Research Course
[approximately 10 students]
April 2025 to March 2026
Conduct developmental research aiming for the future
Secondary selection
Determining which students will continue on to the Second Stage Training Program-Developmental Research Course
Developmental research
Proceed with developmental research after adjusting mentor-student groups
