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[Doctoral
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School of Interdisciplinary Research of Scientific Phenomena
and Information
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This School undertakes education and research with an integrated
approach based on mathematical and physics perspectives
combined with an information science perspective that incorporates
elements that have long been considered "integrated,"
in order to understand and develop upon various complex
phenomena from a fundamental science approach. To accomplish
this, the School of Interdisciplinary Research of Scientific
Phenomena and Information is comprised of three Departments
that enable collaborations in the fields of mathematics,
physics, and information sciences: the Department of Mathematics
and Physics of Fundamental Structures, the Department of
Integrated Sciences of Physics and Mathematics, and the
Department of Advanced Information and Computer Sciences.
Based on foundations in the natural sciences, this school
undertakes research and education from an integrated perspective,
using information-related and mathematical methods to examine
natural phenomena and a wide range of phenomena related
to humans, nature, and the environment. Specifically, the
goal of this Department is to undertake fundamental and
developmental research and education that will bring forth
the seeds of new technological innovations. Examples of
these themes are the discovery of laws and principles, the
construction of creative theories, and the measurement of
unknown phenomena, particularly regarding new types of phenomena
that are deeply related to fundamental and applied scientific
perspectives, as represented by phenomena in the context
of "mesoscopic systems," which have joined the
ranks of complex, micro, and macro systems. Through this
research and education, we hope to foster individuals who
can contribute to breakthroughs in fundamental sciences.
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| Department of Mathematics
and Physics of Fundamental Structures |
| This department is at the vanguard of education and research in the study and clarification of universal laws and the theoretical structure hidden in various natural phenomena. Because many phenomena in the microscopic world are governed by strict mathematical structures, we link the physics of the microscopic world and mathematics together to achieve the aims of this course. This Department, with the mutual support of the Department of Integrated Sciences of Physics and Mathematics, offers the foundations of education and research in order to create basic scientific breakthroughs with an emphasis on providing the "seeds" of innovation in technology based on approaches that deepen awareness from a more universal point of view. |
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| Department of Integrated Sciences
of Physics and Mathematics |
| This Department conducts education and research based
on a composite approach regarding the clarification
of the structures of materials that demonstrate new
types of phenomena closely related to fundamental science
and applied science perspectives, or the theoretical
mechanisms underlying these constructions. For example,
based on connections mainly between the fields of mathematics
and physics, the Department undertakes research and
education related to new types of quantum conduction
phenomena on a nano-scale (mesoscopic systems); characteristics
of carbon nanotubes and other materials on a nano-scale;
and special phase transitions and phenomena related
to complex systems, including chaos and pattern formation.
In complementary relationship to the research and education
offered by the Department of Mathematics and Physics
of Fundamental Structures, the Department of Mathematics
and Physics of Fundamental Structures provides a foundation
for education and research related to the creation of
fundamental scientific breakthroughs related to the
"seeds" of new technological innovations. |
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| Department of Advanced Information
and Computer Sciences |
| On the basis of the concept of "information," which is essentially interdisciplinary, the Department undertakes diverse and interdisciplinary research from computer sciences to fluctuations in the natural environment, and it undertakes education and research, including vanguard research on applying science on the basis of mathematical science. Education and research on information science, which involves IT and information processing, and those on boundary areas, such as fluctuations of the global natural environment and ecosystems, are undertaken with the complex views of information, mathematics, and physics. Also, we provide a foundation for research and education as an expanded receptacle for the "seeds," of new technological innovations brought in by the above two Departments. |
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[Educational Philosophy]
Based on foundations in the natural sciences, the School
of Interdisciplinary Research of Scientific Phenomena and Information
conducts research and education from an integrated perspective,
using information and scientific methods to examine a wide
range of phenomena related to nature, humans, and society.
The School conducts complex and development education and
research aimed at creating the "seeds" of new technological
innovations targeting new types of phenomena deeply related
to the perspectives of fundamental science and applied science;
particularly those phenomena that occur in complex systems,
and in mesoscopic systems, which exist between the micro
and the macro world. These technological innovations might
include, for example, those involved in the discovery of
laws and principles, the construction of original theories,
and the measurement of unknown phenomena.
In order for science and technology to develop so as to
support the increasingly advanced information society of
the 21st century, fundamental scientific breakthroughs will
be essential. To promote these types of activities, education
and research using a comprehensive approach and targeting
the understanding and application of various phenomena is
required, in addition to an information science approach
that combines the perspectives of mathematics and physics
with other composite elements.
This School offers three main courses as part of a system
to enable collaboration among the three fields of mathematics,
physics, and information sciences: Mathematics and Physics
of Fundamental Structures, Integrated Sciences of Physics
and Mathematics, and Advanced Information and Computer Sciences.
Through these courses, instructors offer guidance based
on cooperation that transcends conventional academic frameworks,
thus enabling personalized one-to-one instruction that takes
advantages of the small-classroom education characteristics
of Nara Women's University's smaller scale.
[Expectations of Students]
The goal of the School of Interdisciplinary Research of Scientific Phenomena
and Information is to foster individuals with a high level
of knowledge regarding fundamental sciences, and the ability
to conduct complex developmental research and education
based on that knowledge. As such, the School welcomes the
following types of students:
○ Students who want to seek out new problems on their
own, and solve these problems from a fundamental scientific
perspective
○ Students who want to conduct comprehensive, developmental
examinations of new discoveries in the context of critical
investigations
○ Students aiming to become educations who can foster
an ability to think creatively and developmentally based
on a knowledge of basic sciences such as mathematics, physics,
and information sciences
○ Students aiming to become educational instructors
in advanced complex sciences or core personnel with an ability
to conduct educational research or R&D in the following
research fields at universities, independent research institutes,
and corporate laboratories:
Research related to IT and nanotechnology; high-tech fundamental
technologies such as quantum effect devices and high-density
storage technologies; information system technologies (encryption,
security, etc.); and multimedia technologies (image processing,
transmission technologies, etc.). Also, strategic planning
for corporate planning and marketing divisions, and design
of new commercial models at banks, insurance companies,
and other financial institutions.
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