School of Information Science and Technology

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The School of Information Science and Technology (SIST) was reorganized and established in 2006 based on the accumulation of 16 years’of experience at the School of Computer and Cognitive Science. Enjoying the recognition that, “Chukyo University is well known in the field of Information Science”, we would like to inform candidates for science majors and the business community of the School’s potential and develop it further. The SIST offers a variety of basic courses for freshmen, and consists of four departments: the Department of Information System Technology, the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, and the Department of Information Media Technology and the Department of Mechanics and Information Technology. We aim to help our students to grow as IT engineers with basic knowledge and practical skills for their own fields of study.

Department of Information System Technology

Information Systems help to enrich our lives and society by providing assistance in a wide range of human activities. The Department of Information System Technology offers a variety of courses from basic to applied studies related to design, assembly and operation of information systems. We offer practical education with courses ranging from network configurations, development of software systems, image processing with applied technology, to robotics and intelligent systems. We develop human resources with knowledge of basic mathematical and linguistic theory, digital circuits and their design which comprise the basics of hardware, and with skills related to information system development such as software system design and programming.

Professors	Shinji Yamamoto	Image Processing I
	Koichiro Tamura	Web Engineering
	Saburou Iida	Digital Circuit I
	Yasuyo Hatano	Numerical Computation
	Akiumi Hasegawa	Programming IA
	Susumu Shimada	Software in Robots
	Hideaki Ito	Database Systems
	Lashkia.George	Java Programming IA
	Yoshito Mekada	Computer Systems

Associate Professors	Rei Hamakawa	Software Design
	Tsunehiko Suzuki	Computer Networkｓ
	Naoyuki Iso	Digital System Design

Lecturers	Takayuki Fujiwara	Programming IB

Department of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science

The information society that is expanding every day requires human resources who know how to use information wisely, and with a good understanding of the principles of information technology. The Department of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science offers practical courses of study that range from fundamental approaches to resolving human related issues to different information theories, in order to develop human-friendly information technology, to use information that elicits human wisdom, and to create information for intelligent society that connects people. The students will be able to change the information society of the future by designing user-friendly interfaces, using the networks with understanding of human behavior, and developing artificial intelligent systems that can expand organizations and create ideas.

Professors	Kazuhiko Kakehi	Kansei Processing
	Yoshio Miyake	Intelligent Agent Approach
	Yoshiro Miyata	Web Communication Systems
	Hidetoshi Shirai	Natural Language Understanding System

Associate Professors	Hidemi Ogasawara	Intelligent Reasoning System
	Takafumi Tsuchiya	Artificial Intelligence Programming I
	Hajime Shirouzu	Computer Support for Collaborative Learning

Department of Information Media Technology

Our business society demands a new form of media technology developed from the combination of engineering and science technology. In response to the demand, the Department of Information Media Technology offers courses to study various media processing technology, such as 3D models, pictures and sound with the use of fundamental technology including CG and VR, image processing, CAD and CAM. Our students also study knowledge and theories of information technology, and theories of expressions such as modeling technology and digital arts. There has been a growing demand for media technology among the “manufacturing industry” founded with digital technology such as CAD, CAM and CAE, and the “software industry” such as games, advertisements and animations. In response to these demands, we offer practical curriculum such as development and utilization of systems and a content design related to media technology.

Professors	Junichi Tanahashi	CAD Engineering I
	Masao Komura	Media Art
	Makoto Ito	Media System Design I
	Ikujiro Kouzen	CAD Modeling I
	Akira Nakayama	Computer Graphics II
	Hiroyasu Koshimizu	Computer Vision A
	Carl Stone	Sound Design
	Kazufumi Oizumi	Kinematics Design
	Shinya Miyazaki	Programming IIB

Associate Professors	Tomohiro Ueshiba	Information Design
	Masashi Yamada	Graph Theory
	Mamoru Endo	Multimedia and Society

Lecturers	Tetsuya Sogabe	Digital Image

Assistants	Takuma Hunahashi	Discrete Mathematics IA
Assistants	Takatoshi Naka	Geometry IA

Department of Mechanics and Information Technology

Today, when mechanical engineering and information technology advance simultaneously, manufacturing continues to evolve through the fusion of these two different realms. In product design and development, CAD-CAM and computer simulations technologies have become common tools in mechanical engineering, and computer data is sent to manufacturing equipment in order to realize speedy and high-precision manufacturing. Mechanical parts produced through such manufacturing process are transferred by transportation robots, and more and more areas of the assembly have become automated. The total production process, from manufacturing to shipping and delivery, is controlled by a huge computer program that improves productivity. The high quality manufacturing technology in Japan, which has become the target to be achieved throughout the world, is supported through the combination of mechanical engineering and information technology.

This new field of engineering, born from the fusion of the realms of mechanical engineering and information technology, is becoming a major part of our daily lives. Household appliances controlled by computers are connected to the networks, and the intellectual brain power is given to the robots with freely moving limbs to control themselves and to bring themselves closer and deeper to human society. In The Department of Mechanics and Information Technology, let us prospect the advancement of these technologies, let us study the basics of mechanical engineering and information technology to acquire the knowledge of hardware and software, and let us aim to foster engineers by myself who are able to create ideas from the fusion of these three different fields.

The Department of Mechanics and Information Technology ensures its students to acquire the basic programming skills necessary for information technology by the end of their second year. At the same time, the Department ensures students to learn the basics of mechanical engineering from their first year, moving on in the second year, to make practical exercises and training based on the organized curriculum model. Through the total experiences in actual manufacturing processes, for example, students acquire the theory and knowledge in the "dynamics" that form the basis of mechanical engineering. Furthermore, through the "project studies", in which students experience the developmental process of actual business entities, and "factory internships" at actual production sites, students foster their practical skills and prepare themselves to adapt to the most advanced manufacturing plants. We are no longer within an age when living together with robots is merely a dream. Students learn engineering skills that allow them to make full use of robots at today's advanced manufacturing facilities.

Professors	Junichi　Kasegawa	Mechanics and Information Technology I
	Hirokazu Iguchi	Geometry I
	Yukio Oida	Wellbeing Science and Assistive Technology
	Munetoshi Numada	Mechanics for Dynamics
	Toru Nonami	Mechanics and Information Technology II
	Manabu Hashimoto	Introduction to Manufacturing Systems Engineering

Visiting Professor	Koji Hukatsu	Fluid Mechanics

Associate Professors	Jianguo Wang	System Simulation
	Akio Morishima	Machine Design and FabricationⅠ
	Masaru Shimizu	Electrical Circuit
	Akito Ishihara	Numerical Simulation
	Tsuyoshi Taki	Computer Literacy I
	Kimiya Aoki	Thermodynamics

Lecturers	Kazuaki Hirana	Algebra I
Lecturers	Masayoshi Kano	Algorithms and Data Structures

Assistants	Hiroko Hase	Material Science I

Additional Post Professors	Junichiro Toriwaki	Probability Theory and Statistics
Additional Post Professors	Yasuyuki Hunahashi	Analysis

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