Deprtment of Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics 1. Progrm Outline Deprtment of Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics offers brod rnge of dvnced courses s well s fundmentl subjects in the field of mechnicl informtics nd environmentl informtics. The courses re ctegorized into three groups: fundmentl courses, which cover bsic topics necessry for understnding physicl phenomenon nd informtion processing; dvnced courses, which provide the stte-of-the-rt results nd techniques in the field; nd prgmticl courses, in which students cquire prcticl skills of mechnicl nd environmentl informtics. long with mster s nd doctorl reserch ctivities, students re expected to enhnce the bilities of problem identifiction nd resolution. 2. Course Outlines nd Fculty In this progrm, students re expected to cquire the following bilities on the bsis of the outline described bove. 1) Bsic nd cutting-edge expertise on vrious trgeted res in the field of mechnicl nd environmentl informtics. 2) Technique to computerize nd nlyze environmentl systems. 3) Mneuvering bility to pply the knowledge of mechnicl nd environmentl informtics. 4) Problem setting nd solving bility in the field of mechnicl nd environmentl informtics. 5) Communiction nd presenttion skills on the bsis of logicl thinking. 6) dptivity to rpidly progressing informtion society. 3. Guide to tudy in the Deprtment of Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics In this progrm, you will study on the bsis of the following contents, in order to obtin knowledge mentioned bove. ) Bsic nd cutting-edge expertise tudy necessry bsics for understnding of phenomen nd processing of informtion, i.e., modeling, nlysis, sensing, monitoring, design, plnning, nd informtion bsic technology. lso study on cutting-edge knowledge on mechnicl nd environmentl informtics such s production system, biologicl systems, robotics, rchitecture, urbniztion, nd environment). B) Bsic lbortory course s bsic eduction for obtining hnds-on skills of mechnicl nd environmentl informtics, study on system design, computer progrmming skill, integrted technique nd philosophy to computerize nd nlyze environmentl systems. C) Problem Bsed Lerning (PBL) hnds-on subject Through PBL hnds-on eduction by the courses of group lbortory, individul prctice nd internship, pply bsics nd cutting-edge knowledge of mechnicl nd environmentl informtics to rel problems. In ddition, obtin communiction nd presenttion skills, which re necessry in the process of problem-finding/-setting/-solving. D) Mster s thesis reserch nd reserch bility Through the documenttion of reserch process nd the discussion with mny professionls including supervisor, obtin the bsic reserch bility. t the sme time, firmly obtin problem-setting nd -solving bility through mster s thesis reserch. E) Culture nd interntionl communiction trengthen humnity nd obtin dptivity to different fields, through culturl nd lnguge subjects in ddition to informtion ethics nd project mngement. 4. Grdution Requirements Deprtment of Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics Mster s degree 36 credits or more from the grdute school courses. Reserch Courses ( 研 究 科 目 群 ) (1) 4 credits from the eminr Courses. ( 講 究 科 目 ) (2) 8 credits from the Grdute Reserch Courses. ( 研 究 関 連 科 目 ) -1-
Courses by Deprtments ( 専 門 科 目 群 ) (1) 14 credits or more from the Deprtmentl Courses. ( 専 攻 専 門 科 目 )tudents who would like to tke either Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics Interntionl Off-Cmpus Project or B, he/she must consult his/her supervisor in dvnce. There might be some restrictions to tke these subjects, depending on his/her ntionlity nd/or residentil sttus. (2) 2 credits or more from the Courses in Other Deprtments. ( 他 専 門 科 目 ) 2 credits or more from the Liberl rts nd Generl Eduction(G). ( 大 学 院 教 養 共 通 科 目 群 ) Complete mster's thesis nd pss the finl exmintion. Doctorl degree For Doctorl degree doctorl cndidte must stisfy the following requirements: (1) eminr Course in ech term nd Reserch Process must be tken. (2) ctivities outside school such s presenttion t interntionl conferences nd journl publiction. (3) Complete thesis for the degree nd pss the finl exmintion. The cndidte who stisfies the bove requirements nd psses the finl exmintion is wrded the doctorl degree. The minimum period of study is three yers in totl, which include both the mster s nd doctorl progrm for the both degrees. Note tht the bove requirements re miniml nd some dditionl requirements my be conditioned depending on the specil course. ll students re strongly dvised to consult with their own supervisors bout the study pln. -2-
4. Tbles of Courses ome of courses cn be delivered in English by requests from the students. These courses re counted s the credits of the bove degree requirements for mster s nd doctorl degrees. Likewise, lectures given in Jpnese re counted s the credits of the requirements, too. If there re ny questions or nything tht is not cler bout the curriculum, plese consult cdemic dvisor(s) nd lecturer(s) for detils in dvnce since more detiled informtion my be described in the Jpnese version of the course guide. Reserch Courses ( 研 究 科 目 群 ) Opening Course Number Remrks* (ee footnotes ) Course Deprtment Offering Course** Credit Chir emester : pring :utumn Yer : nnully e: Even 77701 R, MP 77702 R, MP 77703 R, MP 77704 R, MP 77801 R, DP 77802 R, DP 77803 R, DP 77804 R, DP 77805 R, DP 77806 R, DP 77713 R, MP 77714 R, MP 77715 R, MP 77716 R, MP 77717 R, DP 77718 R, DP 77719 R, DP 77720 R, DP 77721 R, DP 77722 R, DP eminr in Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics I eminr in Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics II eminr in Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics III eminr in Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics IV eminr in Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics V eminr in Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics VI eminr in Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics VII eminr in Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics VIII eminr in Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics IX eminr in Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics X Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics Reserch Process I Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics Reserch Process II Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics Reserch Process III Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics Reserch Process IV Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics Reserch Process V Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics Reserch Process VI Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics Reserch Process VII Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics Reserch Process VIII Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics Reserch Process IX Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics Reserch Process X MEI 0-1-0 MEI 0-1-0 MEI 0-1-0 MEI 0-1-0 cdemic cdemic cdemic cdemic cdemic cdemic cdemic cdemic cdemic cdemic cdemic cdemic cdemic cdemic cdemic cdemic cdemic cdemic cdemic cdemic o: Odd *R: Required, MP: Mster s Progrm, DP: Doctorl Progrm **MEI: Dept. Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics -3-
Courses by Deprtments ( 専 門 科 目 群 ) Opening Course Number Remrks 1) (ee footnotes) Course Deprtment Offering Credit Chir Course 2) emester : pring :utumn Yer : nnully e: Even o: Odd 77010 Metrology nd Informtion Processing MEI(MG) 2-0-0 K. sjim e 40046 Optiml Control OD (3mech) 1-0-0 M. Fujit 40080 Computer Vision OD (3mech) 2-0-0 M. Okutomi 77031 dvnced Course of Regionl Plnning MEI(EG) 2-0-0. oshirod 77065 GPU Computing MEI(EG) 1-1-0 T. oki 77019 o: English nlysis of Vibrtion nd Elstic Wve MEI(EG) 2-0-0. Hirose e: Jpnese 77057 Econometric nlysis MEI(EG) 2-0-0 Y.Mtsushit 75102 dvnced Course on Internet Infrstructure IE 2-0-0 M. Ot 76027 peech Informtion Processing OD (C) 2-0-0 Undecided o 77037 e: English Mthemticl Processing of Mesurement Informtion MEI(MG) 2-0-0. Hr o: Jpnese 77004 dvnced Course of Dynmicl ystems MEI(MG) 2-0-0 K. Kimur o 77006 dvnced Course of Inverse Problems MEI(MG) 1-0-0 K. my 77054 Liner ystems nd Control MEI(MG) 1-0-0 T. Hykw 77055 Nonliner nd dptive Control MEI(MG) 1-0-0 T. Hykw 40067 H.Tkhr dvnced Course of Mechnicl Vibrtion OD (3mech) 2-0-0 et l. 77066 e dvnced course in nonliner dynmics MEI(MG) 2-0-0 H. Nko (from 2014) 68003 dvnced Theories nd Prctice of Urbn Lnd Use N. Nki OD (E) 2-0-0 Plnning et l. 77016 o: English Theory & pplictions of Urbn ptil Dt MEI(EG) 2-0-0 T. Osrgi e: Jpnese 75015 Computtionl Complexity Theory OD (MC) 2-0-0 O. Wtnbe 75001 K. sjim Mthemticl Models nd Computer cience OD (MC) 2-0-0 K. my 75003 Grid Computing OD (MC) 2-0-0. Mtsuok 75103 dvnced Course on Internet ppliction IE 2-0-0 M. Ot 77056 Robot udition nd ound Processing MEI(MG) 2-0-0 K. Nkdi 77060 Introduction to Neurl Engineering MEI(MG) 2-0-0 T. Ygi e 77053 Introduction to Biomedicl Instrumenttion MEI(MG) 2-0-0 T. Ygi o (Offered in summer 2013) 77059 Control Theory for Robot Intelligence MEI(MG) 2-0-0 J. Imur 40035 Y. ito Intelligent nd Integrted Mnufcturing OD (3mech) 2-0-0 T. Tnk 40112 Kinemtic ynthesis of Mechnisms OD (3mech) 2-0-0 Y. Tked 77026 ir Qulity Engineering MEI(EG) 2-0-0. Fujii N. Kgi e: English (from2014) o: Jpnese o: English e: Jpnese 77020 Intellectul Infrstructure ystems MEI(EG) 2-0-0 T. Mikmi 77047 Region1 Informtion nlysis MEI(EG) 2-0-0 Y. Higuchi 77013 Conservtion nd Restortion of Ecologicl Environmentl ystems MEI(EG) 2-0-0 K. Ndok o 61014 dvnced Mthemticl Methodologies for Infrstructure nd Trnsporttion Plnning OD (CE) 2-0-0 D. Fukud 77501 pecil Lecture on Mechno-Informtics MEI 1-0-0 Undecided 77502 pecil Lecture on Mechno-Informtics B MEI 1-0-0 Undecided 77043 Reltionship nd Mngement of CD/CM Dt K. sjim MEI(MG) 2-0-0 ystem Y. Ngsk 40118 Biomechnicl systems OD (3mech) 1-0-0 N. Ino e 70009 Regionl tmospheric Environment OD (IDE) 2-0-0 M. Knd 77048 dvnced Course on Costl Environments MEI(EG) 2-0-0 K. Ndok e 77503 pecil Lecture on Mechno-Informtics C MEI 1-0-0 Undecided o: English e: Jpnese 77040 K. my Object-Oriented Design MEI(MG) 1-1-0 M. eki. Hr T. Ygi 77058 E. Onoder Jv Progrmming MEI(MG) 0-1-0 et l. 77051. Hirose Environmentl Monitoring nd Dt Processing 1 MEI 2-0-0 et l. 77045 Numericl imultion of Environments 1 MEI(EG) 2-0-0 Undecided 77663 Fculty, Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics Project II Members 77664 Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics Interntionl Off-Cmpus Project MEI 0-1-2 Chir 76039 Internship on Informtion cience & Engineering 1 IE 0-0-1 Chir -4-
76040 Internship on Informtion cience & Engineering 2 IE 0-0-2 Chir 77052 Environmentl Monitoring nd Dt Processing 2 MEI 2-0-0. Fujii T. Mikmi et l. 77046. Kne Numericl imultion of Environments 2 MEI(EG) 2-0-0 et l. 77602 Fculty, Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics Project I MEI 0-1-2 Members 77665 Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics Interntionl Off-Cmpus Project B MEI 0-1-2 Chir 76041 Internship on Informtion cience & Engineering 1B IE 0-0-1 Chir 76042 Internship on Informtion cience & Engineering 2B IE 0-0-2 Chir 77067 e: English dvnced Course of Digitl Humn Modeling MEI(MG) 2-0-0 Y. Miyzki (from2014) o: Jpnese 77068 Networking for Informtion ociety MEI(MG) 2-0-0 T. Murse 1) : Interntionl Grdute Progrm, : t lest five credits re required in totl 2) IE: Grdute chool of Informtion cience nd Engineering MEI: Dept. Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics MG: Mechno-Informtics Group, EG: Environmentl Informtics Group OD: Other Deprtments 3mech: Three Deprtments of Mechnicl Engineering MC: Dept. Mthemticl nd Computing cience, C: Dept. Computer cience, CE: Dept. Civil Engineering, E: Dept. ocil Engineering, IDE: Dept. Interntionl Development Engineering Liberl rts nd Generl Eduction(G) ( 大 学 院 教 養 共 通 科 目 群 ) Remrks Interntionl Communiction (G)( 大 学 院 国 際 コミュニケーション 科 目 ) Refer to VI. Liberl rts nd Generl Eduction Interdisciplinry Courses (G)( 大 学 院 総 合 科 目 ) Interdeprtmentl Courses (G)( 大 学 院 広 域 科 目 ) rts nd Humnities (G)( 大 学 院 文 明 科 目 ) Creer Development Courses (G)( 大 学 院 キャリア 科 目 ) Courses for Developing Cretivity (G)( 大 学 院 創 造 性 育 成 科 目 ) Courses for Interntionl tudents (G)( 大 学 院 留 学 生 科 目 ) -5-
5. yllbus of elected Courses offered in English 77602 Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics Project I ll fculty members of the deprtment utumn emester Credits: 0-1-2 In this clss, ll students re expected to do the followings; 1) through the investigtion, nlysis nd proposl bout vrious projects existing in the rel world, 2) development of the bility to integrte nd utilize the informtion nd technologies tht strggle in vrious fields, 3) building of the bility to mke n ccurte decision bsed on environmentl informtics, 4) nlysis, design nd implementtion of softwre system using Jv lnguge pplying object oriented progrmming through the problem-bsed-lerning style group work to develop cretive power. 77663 Mechnicl nd Environmentl Informtics Project II ll fculty members of the deprtment pring emester Credits: 0-1-1 lthough this clss consists of two courses, IPG students must select softwre development course. Ech student is expected to do nlysis, design nd implementtion of softwre system for ny topic relted to his/her mster thesis individully, using object-oriented lnguge. 77054 Liner ystems nd Control ssoc. Prof. Tomohis Hykw utumn emester Credits: 1-0-0 Introduction to liner systems theory nd feedbck control. This course provides foundtion of modern control theory nd lso covers severl dvnced topics in liner dynmicl systems. 77006 dvnced Course of Inverse Problems Prof. Kenji my utumn emester Credits: 1-0-0 This course will provide full detils on vriety of inverse problem-solving techniques, including exmples nd lgorithms. 77037 Mthemticl Processing of Mesurement Informtion ssoc. Prof. eiichiro Hr utumn emester, Even yer Recently, becuse of the improvements of mesuring instruments nd computers, enormous mesurement dt cn be cquired very esily. However it is not esy to interpret the informtion contined in such dt correctly. In this -6-
course, mthemticl processing method of extrcting nd recognizing the informtion contined in 1D nd 2D mesured dt re explined comprehensively nd prcticlly. 77059 Control Theory for Robot Intelligence Prof. Jun-ichi Imur pring emester Modeling nd control methods of hybrid systems, which re dynmicl systems composed of continuous vribles nd discrete (logicl) vribles, re discussed s one of the mthemticl pproches to control for relizing robot intelligence. 77055 Nonliner nd dptive Control ssoc. Prof. Tomohis Hykw utumn emester Credits: 1-0-0 Theory nd ppliction of dptive control systems. Discussed re methods of on-line prmeter identifiction nd dptive control for nonliner systems with uncertin prmeters. To this end, Lypunov stbility theory nd Lypunov functions for generl nonliner systems is exmined in the first hlf of the course. 77060 Introduction to Neurl Engineering ssoc. Prof. Tohru Ygi utumn emester, Even yer Introduction to neurl interfce, technology to link the nervous system nd mchine. This course provides foundtion of neuroscience nd lso covers severl updte topics in neurl engineering. 77053 Introduction to Biomedicl Instrumenttion ssoc. Prof. Tohru Ygi pring emester, Odd yer Introduction to biomedicl instrumenttion, technology for medicine nd helth cre. This course provides bsics of physiology nd covers severl updte topics in biomedicl instrumenttion. 77066 dvnced Course in Nonliner Dynmics ssoc. Prof. Hiroy Nko pring emester, Even yer (from 2014) Nonliner dynmicl systems re used to model vrious rel-world phenomen. In this lecture, strting with bsic fcts on dynmicl systems theory, dynmicl processes tht led to self-sustined rhythms, chotic behvior, nd sptiotemporl pttern formtion will be explined, with pplictions in physics, chemistry, nd engineering. -7-
77067 dvnced Course of Digitl Humn Modeling ssoc. Prof. Yusuke Miyzki utumn emester, Even yer This lecture provides updted topics regrding biomechnicl models of humn body. The topics include method to mesure nd model biomechnicl chrcteristics of humn body such s the ntomicl structure, motion, mteril properties, tolernce level. Besides, the lecture lso covers pplictions of the digitl humn models to estimte sfety or menity of products or living environment. 77016 Theory nd pplictions of Urbn ptil Dt Prof. Toshihiro Osrgi utumn emester, Odd yer This course will focus on the theory nd pplictions of sptiotemporl informtion for sttisticl-/ mthemticl modeling of the sort typiclly used in urbn nd metropolitn policy, plnning, nd environmentl nlysis. Prticipnts will lern exmple pplictions from their re of interest nd then develop simple ppliction in the form of model tht incorportes sptiotemporl dt. 77019 nlysis of Vibrtion nd Elstic Wve Prof. ohichi Hirose pring emester, Odd yer Fundmentl theories nd nlyticl methods for vibrtions nd wves in solids re explined, nd vrious engineering pplictions in seismic engineering, ultrsonic nondestructive testing nd so forth will be presented. 77020 Intellectul Infrstructure ystems ssoc. Prof. Tkms Mikmi pring emester, Odd yer ocil infrstructure is becoming smrt with the progress of informtion science nd technology. This lecture gives n overview of the stte of the rt in intellectul infrstructure systems. This course lso provides n opportunity to study dvnced technologies on lifeline networks nd relted nti-disster fcilities. Your presenttions nd discussions will form n importnt prt of this clss. 77026 ir Qulity Engineering Prof. huji Fujii & ssoc. Prof. Noki Kgi pring emester, Even yer (English from 2014) The objective in this course is to understnd bsics nd clening techniques for ir qulity in indoor environment nd tmospheric environment nd etc. Through reviewing nd discussing the previous reserch ppers for ir qulity, the technologies for mesuring, nlyzing nd clening of ir were investigted. -8-
77047 Regionl Informtion nlysis Prof. Yoichiro Higuchi pring emester The grvity model hs long been utilized s n efficient tool for identifying vrious determinnts of interregionl migrtion, industril input-output tble, inter-regionl communiction vi telephone nd internet, interntionl trde, nd so clled sptil interctions. In this lecture, we study firstly liner lgebr nd mtrix differentition for econometric nlyses, nd secondly, the development process to overcome vrious technicl problems in estimtion of the grvity model. tudents re requested to hve lredy tken n introductory course of econometrics. 77048 dvnced Course on Costl Environments Prof. Kzuo Ndok utumn emester, Even yer Costl zone is chrcterized with high primry production nd rich biodiversity in its ecosystem, but it is highly vulnerble to vrious nturl dissters nd environmentl impcts. This course introduces theories on physicl nd environmentl processes in costl zone with dvnced modeling nd monitoring technologies. Emphsis is put on significnce of integrted wtershed nd costl zone system ssessment nd mngement. 77057 Econometric nlysis ssoc. Prof. Yukitoshi Mtsushit pring emester Econometric nlysis introduces the first-yer mster students to multiple regression methods for nlyzing cross-section nd pnel dt (microeconometrics). The objective of the course is for the students to lern how to conduct nd how to critique empiricl studies in economics nd relted fields. ccordingly, the emphsis of the course is on empiricl pplictions. In order to lern how to nlyze dt, the students will be ssigned homework every week in which they re required to nlyze dt from the rel world using econometrics softwre (tt). -9-