2009.10.26

Engineering Bldg. 2, 9F Presentation Room

Prof. Junichi Kobayashi

Akita Prefectural University

Topic: “Why a super collaborative graduate school is necessary”

Overview：
Those who earn a PhD may well be suited for a career as a researcher in academia, however we are facing a serious problem in this country regarding the development of the next generation of leaders in industry. To resolve this problem, The University of Electro-Communications was the first of 14 public universities, corporations, and municipalities to come together on equal footing to consider a new PhD training and development initiative that truly addresses the needs of society.
At this workshop, we have invited Professor Jun’ichi Kobayashi (Akita Prefectural University) to give a brief synopsis of this initiative and his participation. Additionally, human resources development activities of the GMSI program will be introduced, followed by a panel discussion including attending faculty members. This workshop is not exclusive to GMSI members, and people from other GCOE programs, other departments, as well as industry are all welcome to attend.

Program：
16:00 - 16:05　Introduction
(Professor Chisachi Kato, The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science)
16:05 - 16:45　Overview of the super collaborative graduate school
(Prof. Jun’ichi Kobayashi, Akita Prefectural University)
16:45 - 17:05　PhD student training and development program
(Prof. Mamoru Mitsuishi, GCOE Mechanical Systems Innovation project leader)
17:05 - 17:15　Break
17:15 - 18:00　Panel discussion on PhD human resources development (with industry-oriented focus)

Synopsis of Prof. Kobayashi’s talk：
The Super Collaborative Graduate School is a MEXT Support Project for Strategic University Collaboration, “Super Collaborative Graduate School: Developing innovative PhD human resources through wide-ranging collaboration between industry, academia, and government” (FY 2008-2010). Since its establishment, the project has been progressing with preparations for commencement planned for 2011. In addition to describing the background, objective, and traits of the idea, current preparatory work and problems facing the program commencement will be discussed.

Time: Monday, October 26, 2009, 16:00-18:00
Place: The University of Tokyo Engineering Bldg. 2, 9F presentation room
Attachment: Super Collaborative Graduate School information pamphlet (pdf)