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

11

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

12

Q & A