{"id":8,"date":"2014-04-27T03:19:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-26T18:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leading-sn.waseda.ac.jp\/en\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2021-06-04T14:06:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T05:06:43","slug":"greeting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.leading-sn.waseda.ac.jp\/en\/greeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"message_title\">Welcome to Embodiment Informatics<\/p>\n<div id=\"message_photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leading-sn.waseda.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ogata-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"ogata\" width=\"240\" height=\"280\" \/>Professor <strong>Tetsuya Ogata<\/strong>,<br \/>\nDepartment of Intermedia Art and Science, Graduate School of Fundamental Science and Engineering<br \/>\nCoordinator for the Graduate Program for Embodiment Informatics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Current artificial intelligence technology based on deep learning is having great impacts on society with its outstanding performance in a variety of fields such as image, video, and speech recognition and generation, language translation, games, and so on. However, most applications of deep learning and AI are still confined to computers. The key issue is how to apply and implement these technologies to the real world without any problems.<\/p>\n<p>In relation to this issue, the term CPS (Cyber Physical Systems) is often used. Most of the explanations are aimed at &#8220;transferring as much information as possible from the physical space to the cyber space&#8221; to realize an efficient society. In the future, this direction will certainly be important in the general framework, but at the same time, we should recognize that some things in the real world cannot and should not be transferred to the cyber space. Rather, we should be aware of the differences and boundaries between these two worlds and design them adaptively according to the dynamic context.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it is not easy to integrate cyber systems (information systems) and physical systems (mechanical systems). For example, when we look at the mathematics that forms the basis of both technologies, information systems such as AI use probability statistics to deal with discrete data, while mechanical systems such as robots use calculus to deal with continuous physical phenomena. Also, there are not many close interactions between the two academic fields.<\/p>\n<p>In the future, however, it is expected that the &#8220;co-evolution&#8221; will rapidly progress: the evolution of real-world systems based on AI, and the further evolution of AI driven by real-world systems. I believe that this co-evolution will lead to the next innovation of cyber (information) systems with physical (substance). In order to achieve this, it is essential to have human resources with the ability to connect different fields such as information, communication, and mechanical systems.<\/p>\n<p>Based on this concept, the Waseda University Graduate Program for Embodiment Informatics was started in 2013 where students with different specialties in science and engineering can gather in a single place called &#8220;Kobo&#8221;, get to know each other, study together, gain experience in international collaboration, and co-create a new future. To date, the program has delivered a lot of outstanding graduates who are active in diverse fields. The &#8220;ability to connect different fields&#8221; nurtured in this program is not just an aspect of technology integration, but will also be important for collaboration with various humanities and social fields, such as ethics, law, business, and policy design, which will be essential for future social implementation.<\/p>\n<p><!--Japan\u2019s monozukuri(manufacturing) technology is highly regarded around the world. It creates mono, all kinds of tangible products from cars and trains to production equipment. Nevertheless, many world-leading innovators, such as Google, Apple, and KUKA, were first established in Europe and the U.S. Some believe that in the monozukuri field Japan lacks human resources with three abilities: foresight, the ability to identify possible areas for innovation; imagination, the ability to integrate advanced technology in a broad range of fields; and leadership and executive ability, the ability to forge ahead. In particular, foresight and imagination are essential in the fields of information and communications technology and mechanical systems to develop new medical, welfare, manufacturing and social infrastructures. Development of human resources in these fields is a priority that researchers, educators, and entrepreneurs in the fields need to address.\n\nOf importance here is how information and communications technology should be connected with mechanical technology. Both are core technologies in monozukuri, so many universities and research institutions have been working to combine them. Merely combining them, however, does not achieve technological innovation or integration. Those who are familiar with programming and networks in the field of information and communications technology need to learn mechanical design, while those who are familiar with mechanical design need to learn methodology in the field of information and communications technology. In other words, there is a need for talented individuals who have completed a course of comprehensive study in a new academic and research field integrating these two technological fields.\n\nFor example, developing a surgery support system requires high-precision robotic and human interface technologies. If methodology in the information and communications field, such as networking and high-speed data processing, can be applied to such a system, this new surgery support system will be able to manage large amounts of medical data and instantly provide appropriate therapeutic procedures. This is embodiment informatics.\n\nIf a student learns about the core technologies in one of the fields of information, communication, or machinery, graduates from that department, and then goes on to graduate school to study that field, he or she will gain expertise in that field only. However, if a student goes on to graduate school to study embodiment informatics\u2014a program that combines these fields\u2014rather than going on to graduate school to study each field individually, he or she can successfully develop foresight, imagination, and the leadership and executive ability to achieve breakthroughs. Of course, the study environment is important. If students conduct their studies independently of each other, they cannot generate new ideas in embodiment informatics. For this reason, Waseda University has created an educational space called the \u201cWorkshop\u201d , where all students come together to study and motivate each other. Why not join the Waseda \u201cWorkshop\u201d and the Graduate Program for Embodiment Informatics in demonstrating how innovative and world-class Japan\u2019s monozukuri technology can be?\n\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Embodiment Informatics Professor Tetsuya Ogata, Department of Intermedia Art and Science, Graduate School of Fundamental Science and Engineering Coordinator for the Graduate Program for Embodiment Informatics Current artificial intelligence technology based on deep learning is having great impacts on society with its outstanding performance in a variety of fields such as image, video, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leading-sn.waseda.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leading-sn.waseda.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leading-sn.waseda.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leading-sn.waseda.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leading-sn.waseda.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.leading-sn.waseda.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287,"href":"https:\/\/www.leading-sn.waseda.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leading-sn.waseda.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}