SSP/CSC-KUT Research Project List for Prospective Students

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Find a research project which you wish to join and confrim its availability. Then send a completed Online Pre-Application Request to the leader of your preferred project via the Online Pre-Application Form.

Please note that availability for the SSP program and availability for the CSC-KUT scholarship program are not the same.

Note: The CSC-KUT Scholarship Program is only for Chinese students who meet the entry criteria set by Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC)

Only applicants who obtain the permission of the project leader are eligible to submit application documents. Only one pre-application request should be sent during a given enrollment period.

You can submit KUT Online Pre-Application Request Form from the below:
KUT Online Pre-Application Request Form for SSP 

KUT Online Pre-Application Request Form for CSC-KUT Scholarship Program (Full-time PhD Student) CLOSED

*Be careful to choose the Online Pre-Application Request link that applies to you.

Note!!
(1) This research project list is only applicable to SSP and CSC-KUT Scholarship Program, not to other postgraduate programs.
(2) Information on the list is subject to change without notice.
(3) Please contact International Relations Section (international@ml.kochi-tech.ac.jp), if you are strongly interested in closed projects.



Last updated: February 2, 2024

Environmental Systems Engineering (Kami campus)

Research FieldProject LeaderPast Doctoral StudentsProject Description (PDF)Required Skills and KnowledgeSSP Project

CSC-KUT Project

Organic Synthetic Chemistry, Heterocyclic Chemistry, Nitro Chemistry Prof. Nagatoshi NISHIWAKI Past Doctoral Students Development of Novel Methods for Polyfunctionalized Compounds Using Nitro Systems - Fundamental Organic Chemistry
- Spectral Analyses (1H NMK, 13C NMR, IR, MS)
- Fundamental Experimental Manipulations
Available Available
Semiconductor Materials and Device Physics, Flexible Devices, Transparent Electronics, Flat Panel Displays Prof. Mamoru FURUTA Past Doctoral Students Transparent Oxide Semiconductors for Flexible Device Applications - Semiconductor materials and device physics, evaluation techniques of materials and devices
- Material processing techniques (PVDs, CVDs, and photolithography), vacuum system

Available

Not Available
Nanomaterial Chemistry,
Organic-inorganic Hybrid Chemistry,
Organic Chemistry
Prof. Kazuya KOBIRO Past Doctoral Students Synthesis and Application of a New Class of Nanomaterials

- Knowledge and skills of inorganic chemistry, coordination chemistry, and organic chemistry
- Basic knowledge and skills to operate XRD, SEM, and TEM
- Ability to characterize nanomaterials

Closed Closed
Nanostructure, Electron Microscopy Prof. Hideo KOHNO Fabrication and TEM Characterization of New Nanostructures - Materials science, crystallography, vacuum system, electron microscopy
-English speaking and writing
- Programming and data analysis on Linux, and glass work
Not Available Not Available
Molecular Developmental Biology Prof. Yusuke KAMACHI Past Doctoral Students Molecular Analysis of Gene Regulatory Networks during the Embryonic Development of Zebrafish - A solid understanding of molecular and cellular biology
- An understanding of developmental biology (preferred)
- General molecular biology skills
Available Available
Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics Prof. Seiji TANAKA Molecular Analysis of Genetic Pathways Coping with Genotoxic Stress Caused by DNA Over-Replication

- A solid understanding on molecular biology, cell biology, and molecular genetics
- Basic knowledge of the eukaryotic cell cycle (preferred)
- General molecular biology skills

Available Available
Chromosome Biology Prof. Kojiro ISHII Elucidation of the Molecular Mechanism of Chromosome Evolution - A solid understanding of molecular biology, cell biology and genetics
- An understanding of chromosome biology (preferred)
- General skills for molecular biology and cytogenetics
Available Available

Catalysis
Metallurgy
Electrochemistry
Electron microscopy

Prof. Takeshi FUJITA Development of New Metallurgy-Based Materials and Exploration of Their Functionality

- Strong English reading skill and writing skill sufficient for publication in well-recognized academic journals
- Basic knowledge of metallurgy, electrochemistry and microscopy
-High motivation tward reserach

Available Available

Nanomaterial
Chemistry,
Physical Chemistry,
Polymer Chemistry

Prof.
Masataka
OHTANI

Design and Development of Functional Nanomaterials -Knowledge and skills for synthetic chemistry based on organic, inorganic, and polymer chemistry
-Basic knowloedge of,and skills for, operating TEM, SEM, and XRD to analyze the structure of nanomaterials
-Fundamental knowledge of electrochemistry and photochemistry
Available Available
Nano-meter Scale Fabrication,
Ion Beam Technology,
Material Science
Assoc. Prof. Sadao MOMOTA Past Doctoral Students Micro-Nano Manufacturing and Modification of Materials by Use of Highly-Charged Ion Beams - Dynamics
- Electromagnetics
- Material Science
Available Available
Statistical physics, hydrodynamics, nonlinear dynamics

Assoc. Prof. Michikazu KOBAYASHI

Search of novel equilibrium and non-equilibrium phenomena caused by topological defects

- Elementary knowledge for programming (at least one of Fortran, C, C++, Python, Mathematica).

- Basic knowledge of statistical physics, thermodynamics, and hydrodynamics
Available Available
Materials Engineering Assoc. Prof. Noriko NITTA Fabrication of Nanostructures by Ion Beam on Semiconductor Materials and Data Analysis using Deep Learning

- Materials science
- Solid state physics
- Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
- Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
- Focused ion beam (FIB)
- Python coding & programming

Not Available

Not Available
Photochemistry,
Coordination Chemistry,
Analytical Chemistry
Assoc. Prof. Akitaka ITO Development of Novel Light-Absorbing and Emitting Materials Based on Molecular/ Supramolecular Systems - Photochemistry and coordination chemistry
- Fundamental experimental manipulations
- Operating absorption/emission spectrometers and pulsed laser
Available Available

Functional Polymer Chemistry, Crystal Engineering,

Optoelectronics in Polymer and Crystal Materials
Assoc. Prof. Shotaro HAYASHI Development of new materials by supramolecular polymer synthesis and crystal engineering

- Organic Synthesis for organic molecular design
- Polymerization to study polymer chemistry
- Crystal analysis for crystal engineering
- Basic Photochemistry for analyses of materials

Available Available

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Intelligent Mechanical Systems Engineering (Kami campus)

Research FieldProject LeaderPast Doctoral StudentsProject Description (PDF)Required Skills and KnowledgeSSP ProjectCSC-KUT Project
Dynamics of Liquid Crystal Prof. Shigeomi CHONO Past Doctoral Students Development of Liquid Crystalline Microactuators - Fluid Dynamics
- Applied Physics
Available Available
Prof. Tomohiro TSUJI Past Doctoral Students
Control Theory, Intelligent Robotics Prof. Shuoyu WANG Past Doctoral Students Development of a Novel Walking Training Machine - Control Theory (Robust,Adaptive)
- Robotics (Dynamics,Intelligence)
- Programming Skill(VC++,Java)
Not Available Not Available
Mechanical Control System Engineering, Robotics Prof. Koichi OKA Past Doctoral Students Advanced Mechatronics (Magnetic Suspension System, Mechanical Control System, Robotics) - Control Theory
- Dynamical Analysis
- Electromagnetics
Available Available
Thin Film Fabrication, Semiconductor Device Fabrication, Reaction Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physical Chemistry, Fluid Dynamics, Quantum Mechanics Prof. Toshiyuki KAWAHARAMURA Past Doctoral Students Development of Functional Thin Film Fabrication Techniques Using Mist Droplets for Fabricating High Quality Thin Film under Open-air Atmospheric Press - Physical Chemistry
- Chemical (Reaction) Engineering
- Quantum Physics
- Fluid (Thermo)dynamics
- X-ray
Available Available
Composite Materials Smart Materials Prof. Tatsuro KOSAKA Past Doctoral Students Multi-scale Simulation of Process-induced Stress of FRP and Optimization of Molding Process - Fundamental knowledge of FEM (finite element method)
- Fundamental knowledge of composites
- Fundamental knowledge of optimization
Available

Available

Nano Composite Materials Study on Improvement of Strength of ERP Reinforced by Grafting CNF (Cellulose Nano Fibers) onto the Reinforcements

- Fundamental knowledge of composites
- Fundamental knowledge of mechanical simulation such as FEM (finite element method)
- Fundamental knowledge of observation techniques of materials

Human Dynamics, Self Health Engineering, Ergonomics, Deep Learning

Prof. Kyoko SHIBATA Cyber-physical system for gait posture and motion analysis -Excellent programming skill in C, C++, Python, MATLAB
-A deep understanding of fuman dynamics and deep learning
-Deep knowledge of musculoskeletal model simulation, signal processing, image processing, databases, web application, and security
Availalbe Not Available

Surface Science,
Scanning Probe Microscopy,
Single Atom/Molecule Manipulation,

Nano-functional-materials/devices
Assoc. Prof. Eiichi INAMI Controlling chemical reactions at the single-molecule level using scanning probe microscopy - Basic knowledge of surface science and organic chemistry
- Knowledge and skills for operating ultra-high vacuum (UHV) system, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), and ultra-short laser pulses
- Knowledge of LabVIEW and programming skills (C++, python etc.)
Available Available

Control Theory

Assoc. Prof. Shinsaku IZUMI

Multi-Agent Control based on Signal Processing over Networks

- Basic knowledge of control theory (in particular, of multi-agent systems) and signal processing
-MATLAB programming skills

Available Not Available

Human Dynamics, Kinematics and Kinetics Analysis, Instrument Technology, Control Engineering

Assoc. Prof. Motomichi SONOBE

Development of balance assessment system via estimation method of center of gravity based on a human mechanical model

-Fundamental knowledge of dynamics based on the equations of motion
- Basic programing skills to perform numerical analysis (MATLAB or C++)
- Resilient character and abundant intellectual curiosity

Available Available

Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) Technologies

Assoc. Prof. Akinori HARADA Exploring Novel ATM & CNS Technologies for Future Air Traffic System - Fundamental knowledge of Flight Dynamics, Guidance and Control, and Nonlinear Optimization
- Practical knowledge of aircraft flight operation and ATC (Air Traffic Control)
- General knowledge of FMS and AP (Auto Pilot)
Available Available
Hypersonic Flow Computation, Nonequilibrium Plasma, Radiative Heat Transfer, Collisional-Radiative Model Assist. Prof. Yousuke OGINO Computational Code Development of a Collisional-Radiative Model for Nonequilibrium Flows - Fundamental knowledge of compressible CFD (computational fluid dynamics)
- Fundamental knowledge of plasma physics, thermodynamics, statistical physics, chemical reactions, and molecular quantum mechanics
- Resilient character and abundant intellectual curiosity
Available Not Available

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Electronic and Photonic Systems Engineering (Kami campus)

Research FieldProject LeaderPast Doctoral StudentsProject Description (PDF)Required Skills and KnowledgeSSP ProjectCSC-KUT Project
Plasma Electronics, Plasma Science and Engineering, Gas Discharges, Plasma Processing, Nanotechnology, and Nano-material

Prof. Akimitsu HATTA

Past Doctoral Students Production and Control of Reactive Plasmas for Processing of Advanced Materials - Physics, chemistry, electromagnetics, electronics and electrical engineering
- Basic knowledge of principles of gas discharge and plasma science, vacuum system and engineering
- Some experience in plasma production and diagnosis
- Basic knowledge of material science and the skills to operate material analyzers such as SEM, TEM, EDS, XRD, Raman, FT-IR, XPS, etc
Available

Available

Production, control and application of discharge plasma using a gas jet in the atmosphere or in a vacuum

-Basic understanding of physics, chemistry, electromagnetics, electronics and electrical engineering
-Principles of gas discharge and plasma science, vacuum systems and engineering
-Handling of high-voltage and high-frequency power supplies, electronic measurement instruments

-Operation of material analysis equipment such as SEM, EDS, XRD, Raman, FT-IR, XPS, and so on.
Application of micro-arc plasma in highly pressurized sea water

-Basic understanding of physics, chemistry, electromagnetics, electronics and electrical engineering
-rinciples of gas discharge and plasma science, vacuum systems and engineering
-Handling of high-voltage and high-frequency power supplies, electronic measurement instruments

-Operation of material analysis equipment such as SEM, EDS, XRD, Raman, FT-IR, XPS, and so on
Analog Mixed-Signal Circuit Design Prof. Masayoshi TACHIBANA Past Doctoral Students Built-In-Self-Test Systems for Analog Mixed-Signal System LSI - Analog circuit design (Deep Sub-micron MOS)
- Logic circuit design (Verilog, VHDL)

Closed

Closed

Upper Atmospheric Science and Space Engineering Prof. Masa-yuki YAMAMOTO Past Doctoral Students Development of a New Thermospheric Neutral Atmosphere Sounding Technique and Study on Upper Atmospheric Science - Dynamics
- Electromagnetics
- Geophysics
- Electronics
- Software technique
Available Not Available
Nanotechnology for Semiconductor Prof. LI Chaoyang Past Doctoral Students Metal-oxide Thin Films and Nanostructures Applying for Optoelectronic Devices - Study or research background in material science (particularly oxide-metal semiconductor material), optoelectronics, physics, and chemical physics
-Experience in the fabrication and evaluation of nano-scale materials
- Good English conversation and academic writing skills
- Good IT skills to manage the data and simulation
Available Available
Physics of Optoelectronic Materials Prof. Hisao MAKINO Past Doctoral Students Control and Characterization of Surface and Interface in Functional Oxide Thin Films - Characterization of inorganic materials
- Thin film growth
- Solid state physics
Available Available
Material Science, Thin Film Engineering Prof. Hiroshi FURUTA Past Doctoral Students Growth Control of Carbon Nanotube Forest for Electronic and Photonic Devices - Thin Film Engineering
- Material Science
- Electromagnetics
Available Available
Computer Architecture and VLSI design, Reconfigurable Architecture and its CAD Prof. Yukio MITSUYAMA Highly Flexible Integrated System and its Development Platform -Computer architecture and FPGA architecture
-HDL design and FPGA implementation
-C and/or C++ language for computer programming
Available

Available

Computer Science and Engineering Assoc. Prof. Yukinobu HOSHINO Past Doctoral Students  Development the Pattern Classification Hardware System based on Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing Technique - Deep knowledge in image processing, image feature descriptors
-Deep understanding in machine learning
- Boosting, decision tree algorithms, etc
- C++, OpenCV, FPGA programming languages
- Understanding in human emotion and sense
- Computer vision, image processing
- Modeling data by machine learning and reasoning
Available

Available

Optical Wavefront Control,
Optical Measurement,
Quantum Measurement,
Quantum Optics
Assoc. Prof. Hirokazu KOBAYASHI   Experimental Study of Quantum Measurement Utilizing Optical Vortex - Undergraduate level mathematics (calculus and linear algebra)
- Quantum physics
- Geometric optics, wave optics, polarization optics
Available Available
Circuits and Systems Engineering, Body Sensor Networks Assoc. Prof.
Akihito NODA
Wearable multi-sensor systems using textile-based 2-D communication

-fundamentals of electronic circuits, skill in soldering/handcrafting circuits under test
-fundamentals of signal processing
-skill in programming with C-family languages and microcontrollers (e.g., Arduino)

Available Available
Circuits and Systems Engineering, Haptics, Virtual Reality Wearable tactile display applying textile-based 2-D communication

-fundamentals of electronic circuits, skill in soldering/handcrafting th ecircuits under testing
-fundamentals of wireless communications
-skill in programming with microcontrollers (e.g.,Arduino) and 3-D game engine (e.g.Unity)

Available Available
Microwave Engineering, non-Hermitian physics Wireless power transfer via PT-symmetric resonant system including 2-D waveguide

-fandamentals of electromagnetics
-fundamentals of electronic circuits and skill in soldering/handcrafting circuits under testing

Available Available

Very large scale circuits (VSLIs),
Quantum error correction (QEC)

Assist. Prof. LIAO Wang High-reliability Design and Estimation of Reliability of Advanced Integrated Circuits.pdf

- Self-motivation and strong interest in circuits
-Fluent English (necessary) and Japanese (preferred related to collaboration in experiments)
- Functional level of skill in use of software (C/C++, python etc.) and hardware (e.g.,Verilog, VHDL) programming
- Functional knowledge of VLSI

Available Available

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Information Systems Engineering (Kami campus)

Research FieldProject LeaderPast Doctoral StudentsProject Description (PDF)Required Skills and KnowledgeSSP ProjectCSC-SSP Project
Computer Architecture and LSI Design Prof. Makoto IWATA Past Doctoral Students Multicore System-on-Chip Based on Low-Power Self-Timed Pipeline

- Computer science and engineering
- LSI design skills
-Embedded software programming skill

Available Available
Frontier of User Interface Research Prof. Xiangshi REN Past Doctoral Students Development and Generation of Next Generation User Interfaces

The applicant must have an outstanding track record in Computer Science, information Technology and/or HCI.
The applicant should demonstrate outstanding academic performance (e.g. good programming skills, strong knowledge of math and statistics, interaction technologies e.g. Microsoft Kinect, eye tracking system, smartphones, etc.), research ability, communication and interpersonal skills, and demonstrated ability to work as part of a team as well as independently in the Ren Lab.
The applicant must have strong ability in the English language (Japanese is a plus, but not essential).

Available from April 2024 enrollment

Available

Human Computer Interaction User Interface Design for the Ageing Population

Outstanding track record in Computer Science, information technology and/or HCI.
Outstanding academic performance (e.g., good programming skills, strong knowledge of mathematics and statistics, experience with interaction technologies e.g. eye tracking systems, smartphones and motion tracking systems), research ability, good communication and interpersonal skills

Human-Computer Interaction

Designing Motion Video Games for Cognitive Enhancement of the Elderly

- Strong background in HCI, Computer Science, Design, Psychology or Cognitive Science
-Strong software development skills
- Strong communication ability and interpersonal skills
-Strong verbal and written English skills
- Ability to meet tight work deadlines
- Ability to work independently as well as in an international team

Human-Engaged Computing Human-Engaged Computing

- Strong background in HCI, Computer Science, Design, Psychology or Neuroscience
- Strong software development skills
- Strong communication ability and interpersonal skills
- Strong verbal and written English skills
- Ability to meet tight work deadlines
- Ability to work independently as well as in an international team

Vision Psychophysics, Vision Science and Color Vision Prof. Keizo SHINOMORI Past Doctoral Students Human Color and Visual Information Processing Investigated by Psychophysical Approaches and Development of Applications with Computational Model Simulation

- Some background in vision, brain and /or psychological research is strongly preferred
- Ability to adapt quickly to new research areas
- High motivation to conduct foundation research on human factors
- Ability to communicate effectively in English, including writing research papers in English
- Ability to collect, analyze and report to English research publications
- Programming skill (MATLAB), and strong ability in mathematics are preferred

Available Available
Non-invasive Brain Research, Vision Science, Color Vision Brain Information Processing for Affective (kansei) Response Investigated by Simultaneous Non-Invasive Brain Measurement and Psychophysical Approaches, and Development of Brain Function Models

- Experience of measurement by EEG and fMRI is preferred.
- Some background in vision, brain and/or psychological research is strongly preferred.
- Ability to adapt quickly to new research areas
- High motivation to conduct basic research on human factors
- Ability to communicate effectively in English, including writing research papers in English
- Ability to collect and analyze data and report to English research publications
- Programming skill (MATLAB), and strong ability in mathematics are preferred.

Affective (kansei) response measurement Elucidation of affective (kansei) response determination mechanism through development of precise and stable methods for affective response measurement

-Some background in vision, brain and/or psychological research is strongly preferred.
- Ability to communicate effectively in English, including writing research papers in English.
- Ability to adapt quickly to new research areas.
- Ability to collect, analyze and report to English research publications.
- High motivation to conduct foundation research on human factors.
- Programming skill (MATLAB), and strong ability in mathematics are preferred

Cognitive Neuroscience, Functional Brain Imaging Prof. Kiyoshi NAKAHARA Past Doctoral Students Functional Imaging of the Brain Network Activity Supporting Visual Recognition and Memory

- Good communication and writing skills in English
- Strong research background in neuroscience, or related areas
- Familiarity with Matlab, statistical methods and programming skills is a plus.

Not Available

Not
Available

Signal Processing, Information Distribution, New Generation Network (Future Internet) Prof. Masahiro FUKUMOTO Past Doctoral Students Signal Processing for Virtualization Technology Environments

- Algebra, Linear algebra
- Information theory
- Programming (C language, etc.)
- IP network

Available Available
Wireless communications and networking Prof. Masanori HAMAMURA Past Doctoral Students Signal Design and Network Architecture for Wireless Communications

-Communication systems, information theory, signal processing, statistics, etc.
- Programming skill (MATLAB, C)
- Experience of writing at least one technical paper in English as primary author

Available

Available

Wireless communications Next-Generation Nonorthogonal Communications

- Knowledge of and skills in communication systems, information theory, signal processing, statistics, and the like
- Programming skills (MATLAB, Python, C)
- Publication of least one technical paper in English as primary author
- Experience in the building of experimental systems for wireless links and the measurement of their performance (preferred)

Available

Available

Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Network Service, and Cloud Computing Prof. Mikifumi SHIKIDA Evolving New Collaboration Services for Future Network

- Ability to communicate and discuss in English
- Knowledge of TCP/IP networks and network applications
- Programming skill (C, Java, etc.)

Available from April 2025 Enrollment Available
Structured Parallel Programming Prof. Kiminori MATSUZAKI Past Doctoral Student Theory, Implementation, and Applications for Structured Parallel Programming

- Superior skills in programming (C, C++, Java, etc.) and problem solving with algorithms
- Mathematics, especially algebra and statistics
- Experience in functional programming (Haskell, ML, Scheme, etc.) and parallel programming (OpenMP, MPI, CUDA, MapReduce, TBB, Cilk) are desirable.

Available

Available

Game Informatics and Artificial Intelligence Game Informatics with Advanced Computer Players and Machine Learning Methods

- Excellent programming skill in C++, Java, Python, and similar programming languages
- Experience of applying machine-learning techniques to solve real problems
- Mathematical capability to build a theory from new findings

Human 3D Visual Perception Prof. Hiroaki SHIGEMASU Past Doctoral Students Human 3D Visual Perception

- Programming (Matlab, C/C++, R)
- Statistical data analysis
- Excellent writing skills

Available Available
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning for Brain Decoding and Neuroscience Prof. Shinichi YOSHIDA Past Doctoral Students Fundamental Theory of Brain Decoding and its Applications to Non-verbal Information Retrieval

- Mathematical theories related to machine learning and computational intelligence, e.g., kernel trick for support vector machine (SVM), regression (SVR), and clustering (SVC)
- Linear algebra for singular value decomposition (SVD) and probability,  statistics for Bayesian inference and particle filter (sequential Monte Carlo filter or extended Karman filter) are also required.
- Programming skill to implement above algorithm using C/C++/Matlab
- Programming skills using MPI (Message Passing Interface) on Linux clusters may highly improve result of research
- Ability to communicate and discuss in English

Available from October 2024 Enrollment Available
Image Processing and Understanding Prof. Toru KURIHARA Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Using Complex Valued Images -Mathematics, especially algebra and statistics
-Image Processing, Machine Vision, Signal Processing
-Programming skill
(C/C++/Cuda)
-Ability to communicate and discuss in English
Availalbe Availalbe

Formal Specification and Verification of Software

Prof. Yoshiaki TAKATA oct_Construction of a Formal Software Verification System Practically Usable in Software Development

-Fundamental knowledge on the automata theory and the theory of computation
-Mathematical capability to develop a new formal method
-Excellent programming skill in C, C++, Java, Python, and similar programming languages

Availalbe Available

Neuroscience
Functional imaging
Brain stimulation

Prof. Masaki TAKEDA Functional Role of Sleep and Its Causal Effect on Memory Consolication in Humans

-Good English communication and writing skills
- Strong research background in neuroscience or related areas
- Familiarity with Matlab and/or Python, and statistical methods, programming skills would be a plus

Available Available
Systems Neuroscience, Brain Imaging, Motor Control Assoc. Prof. Hiroshi KADOTA Neural Mechanisms of Human Motor Control

- Background in neuroscience and/or motor control research
- Skills in Matlab/Python programming and statistical methodology
- Ability to communicate and write in English

Available Available
e-Learning Systems and Its Support System, Learning Analytics Assoc. Prof. Takahiko MENDORI Past Doctoral Students Development of a Learning Support System

- Willingness to conduct basic qualitative user data collection

- Ability to communicate effectively English
- Capable of collecting, analyzing and reporting for English research publication
- Programming experience in PHP, Java, JavaScript, HTML5, XML and SQL
- Strong knowledge of statistics
- Fundamental knowledge of technologies on e-Learning (ex. LMS, LRS, SCORM, xAPI, ePub, etc.)

Closed

Closed

Creative Technologies, Cultural Computing, Ditital Art,
AI Airt, Computer Music, Interaction Design, Human Computer Interaction

Assoc. Prof. Hiroki NISHINO Pheno-Prototyping Human Augmentation for Artistic Expression

-back ground in engineering (robotics, mechanical engineering.etc.)
-interaction design and media-art

Available Not Available

Game Informatics, Artificial Intelligence

Assist. Prof. Shogo TAKEUCHI

Game Informatics with Diverse Computer Players.pdf

- Background in computer science
- Strong interest in game informatics
- Programming skill in C++, Java, Python, and similar programming languages
- Ability to communicate and discuss in English

Available Available

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Infrastructure Systems Engineering (Kami campus)

Research FieldProject LeaderPast Doctoral StudentsProject Description (PDF)Required Skills and Knowledge

SSP Project

CSC-KUT Project
Concrete Engineering Prof. Masahiro OUCHI Past Doctoral Students Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) as Standard Concrete - A fundamental knowledge of concrete engineering
- The knowledge and skills required for basic concrete testing
Available Available
Remote Sensing Prof. Masataka TAKAGI Past Doctoral Students Slope Failure Monitoring by using Remote Sensing - Digital Photogrammetry
- Geo Science
- Geographic Information Science
- Computer Science
Not available Not Available
Traffic Engineering and Infrastructure Planning

Prof. Hiroaki NISHIUCHI

Mixed Traffic Flow Management Condensing the Impact of the Air Pollution

- Knowledge on Traffic engineering, infrastructure planning and statistics
- Programming skills and knowledge of relevant computer technologies, including Python, R, and SPSS

Available Available

Transportation Planning and Management,
Infrastructure Planning and Management

Development of a travel behavior model to evaluate end-user oriented public transport service.pdf

-Knowledge of transport and infrastructure planning, and public transport management including the use of MaaS and statistics
-Skill in programming in languages including Python, R, and SPSS

Available

Available

Seismic design, Reinforced Concrete, Composite structure

Assist.Prof. Suguru SUZUKI

Developing a Method for Evaluating the Seismic Performance of CES Structural Buildings

- Basic knowledge of structural mechanics, reinforced concrete structures and vibrations

Available Available

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Economics and Management(Eikokuji campus)

Research FieldProject LeaderPast Doctoral StudentsProject Description (PDF)Required Skills and KnowledgeSSP ProjectCSC-KUT Project
Environmental & Infrastructure Management Prof. Tsunemi WATANABE Past Doctoral Students Multi-party Risk and Uncertainty Management Process (MRUMP) for Local Environmental Management - Strong motivation to do research on human being and society
- High communication skill
- Basic Knowledge on Environmental Systems Engineering
- Basic Knowledge on Project Management

Closed

Not Available

Construction Management Enhancement of Work Motivation of Construction Practitioners - Strong motivation to do research on human being and society
- High communication skill
- Basic knowledge on construction management
- Having practical work experiences is desirable
- Basic knowledge on project management
Agriculture, Natural Resource Management and Environmental Economics Prof. Koji KOTANI Past Doctoral Students Public Perception, Adaptation and Pro-Social Behavior toward Climatic Change and Related Natural Disasters under Deep Uncertainty - Some training in calculus, probability and statistics
- Intermediate microeconomics
- Strong intellectual interest in one of the following fields: agriculture, natural
resource management and environmental economics
Available Not Available
Experimental economics
Environmental economics
Future design
Future Design and Experimental Economics for Intergenerational Sustainablity -Some training in calculus, probability and statistics
- Intermediate microeconomics
- Strong intellectual interest in the following fields:
Experimental economics
Development economics
Natural resource economics
Environmental economics
- Eagerness and potential abilities to learn Linux and multiple programming languages including those for data processing such as R/Python

Mathematical Biology

Prof. Yutaka KOBAYASHI

Theoretical Research on Cultural Evolution by Means of Computer Simulations and Statistical Modeling

- Understanding of the modern theory of biological evolution
- Understanding of the basics of applied mathematics related to dynamical systems and stochastic processes
- Understanding of the basics of statistical methods related to Bayesian inference
- More than two years of experience in computer programming
- Experience in Linux/Unix and multiple programming languages including those for fast-speed computation such as C/Julia and those for data processing such as R/Python

Available

Not Available

Social Cognitive Neuroscience

Prof. Keise IZUMA

Neural mechanism of human social cognition

- Strong intellectual curiosity about psychology and neuroscience concerning human social cognition
-Proficiency in programming languages (e.g.Matlab, Python)
-Demonstrable good written and oral communication skills
-Relevant experience in conducting psychological research (behavioral experiments)
-Evidence of an advanced understanding of statistical analysis and its interpretation

Available

Not Available

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