Program
The 2015 Young Researchers Retreat (YRR) is a chance to share your knowledge and discuss the possibility of novel interdisciplinary research with other graduate students and young researchers. We will hold a poster session, focused group discussions, special lectures, and an excursion. We plan to provide the opportunity to not only improve your knowledge of other researchers’ studies but also improve your ability to express ideas and communicate with people from different fields. Finally, there will be the opportunity to enjoy traditional events, and places in Japan.
In this retreat, we invite more than 10 graduate student from foreign country’s universities, so we use English all 3 days, therefore FBS students from foreign county don’t need to be afraid about language and it’s very good opportunity for you to make friend of Japanese and foreign university graduate student.
Poster Discussion
We ask each participant to prepare a poster (details below) outlining their own research or a topic that interests them. The purpose of this session is to share and discuss your research with people from different fields (e.g., biological science, informatics, and engineering).
The presenter should make their talk easy to understand for scientists in different fields, and focus on the fundamental significance of their work (or area of interest). See also Applicant’s preparation.
Discussion about Interdisciplinary Research
In the group discussion session, we will divide participants into several groups with members from diverse backgrounds to discuss ideas for interdisciplinary research. These ideas will be presented on the final day of the retreat. It is hoped that the discussion will lead to new experiences, new ways of thinking, and innovative ideas.
Special Lecture
We have organized special lectures by experts from interdisciplinary studies and will speak about their research and the essence of interdisciplinary study. We hope this lecture will be the catalyst that leads you to try interdisciplinary study and contribute to society by your research.
Dr. Tadashi KOBAYASHI
Dr. Kobayashi is the professor of the Osaka University, the Center for the Study of Communication Design. He studies the relationship between science / technologies and society and between specialists and citizens.
In this lecture, he is going to talk how science and technologies relate with society, and we are going to consider how do we, researchers, should contribute to society through a workshop.
Tadashi KOBAYASHI｜Osaka University, the Center for the Study of Communication Design (CSCD) (Japanese only)
http://www.cscd.osaka-u.ac.jp/staff/kobayashitadashi.php
Dr. Kazuhumi HOSODA
Dr. Hosoda is the Research Associate Professor of the Osaka University, Institute of Academic Initiatives. He studies interdisciplinary studies among life, Information and engneering science. He also contributes education at the Humanware Innovation Program.
In this lecture, he is going to talk about driving interdisciplinary studies with his practical experiences.
Osaka University Researchers Database - Kazuhumi HOSODA
http://www.dma.jim.osaka-u.ac.jp/view?l=en&u=2939
Excursion
You will explore the sights of Nara. While exploring Japanese culture in a relaxed atmosphere participants can discuss research, culture or any topic freely.
We hope to increase our understanding between scientific fields but also across cultural borders.
Schedule
Applicant’s preparation
- Please prepare two posters (A0 and A4 size). It is OK to use same poster.
- A0 is for poster tour, A4 is for group discussion.
- A0 size: Horizontal 841mm × Vertical 1189mm. Print out of slides (i.e., multiple A4) is also OK. As a general rule please prepare the poster in English.
- Please prepare a poster that can be easily understood by researchers outside your own field.
- If possible, it would be advantageous to bring your own computer.