AY 2026 Graduate School Course Catalog AY 2026 Graduate School Course Catalog AY 2026 Graduate School Course Catalog
| 2026/02/19 |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 1学期 ／First Quarter |
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| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
NISHIDATE Yohei |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
NISHIDATE Yohei |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
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| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
List of courses that students are expected to have studied in advance (the course will be conducted assuming that part or all of the content in the courses listed below is already known): MA01 Linear Algebra I MA02 Linear Algebra II MA03 Calculus I MA04 Calculus II FU11 Numerical Analysis IT02 Computer Graphics |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/02/06 |
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| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
This course is a practical introduction to the finite element method. It focuses on algorithms of the finite element method for solid mechanics modeling. Mesh generation and visualization issues are considered. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
[Corresponding Learning Outcomes] (A) Graduates are aware of their professional and ethical responsibilities as an engineer, and are able to analyze societal requirements, and set, solve, and evaluate technical problems using information science technologies in society. (C) Graduates are able to apply their professional knowledge of mathematics, natural science, and information technology, as well as the scientific thinking skills such as logical thinking and objective judgment developed through the acquisition of said knowledge, towards problem solving. [Competency Codes] C-AL-002-1, C-AR-008, C-AL-005-1, C-AL-008 Students who successfully complete this course will be able to: 1. Explain the basic workflow of finite element analysis (problem setting, discretization, element formulation, assembly, boundary conditions, solution, and visualization) and choose appropriate procedures for a given problem. 2. Derive and verify 1D/2D/3D shape functions and use interpolation u=[N]{q}; compute derivatives via mapping and the Jacobian, and evaluate the accuracy of FEM derivatives against exact derivatives in simple cases. 3. Formulate the variational/energy-based finite element equations for solid mechanics and derive the element stiffness matrix [k] and element load vector {f}; identify the roles of [B], material matrices, and numerical integration. 4. Implement connectivity-based assembly to construct the global stiffness matrix [K] and global load vector {F}; apply displacement boundary conditions using standard approaches and verify the assembled system (symmetry, sparsity, and consistency). 5. Prepare FEM input data (nodes, elements, materials, boundary conditions, loads), perform consistency checks, and generate regular structured meshes with correct numbering and connectivity. 6. Solve FE equation systems using appropriate solvers (direct and/or iterative) depending on problem size and sparsity, and validate results through basic verification (toy problems, convergence checks, and sanity checks). 7. Implement basic visualization of FEM models and results by constructing a continuous field from nodal data, subdividing higher-order element surfaces into triangles, and producing contour/colormap renderings; explain how curvature and result gradients affect required subdivision. 8. Communicate numerical results and assumptions clearly in written form, including derivations, algorithm descriptions, and verification/validation evidence. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
1. Intro; FE Equation Formulation Lecture: scope; FEM flow (discretize→element→assemble→BCs→solve); shape functions u=[N]{q}; role of [k]{q}={f}, [K]{Q}={F} Preparation: (1.0h) Linear algebra (matrices/vectors, transpose, Ku=f). (1.0h) Calculus (derivatives/integrals; basic variational idea). Review: (1.0h) Summarize key terms (element, DOF, stiffness, connectivity). (1.0h) Restate u=[N]{q}, Ni(xj)=δij with meaning/dimensions. (0.5h) Make a “formula map” ([k],{f}→[K],{F}). 2. Exercise 1 Exercise: 1D linear shape functions; interpolation evaluation; selected higher-order 1D shape functions Preparation: (1.0h) Review Lecture 1 (u=[N]{q}, nodal property, partition of unity). (1.0h) Re-derive linear 1D shape functions in local coord. Review: (1.0h) Check nodal/unity/consistency quickly. (1.0h) Write final solutions; substitution tests at sample points. (0.5h) Note typical mistakes in higher-order derivations. 3. Solid Mechanics FEM 1 Lecture: variational formulation (Π); discretization {u}=[N]{q}, {ε}=[B]{q}; derive element [k] and {f} Preparation: (1.0h) Stationary condition; integration by parts. (1.0h) Quadratic forms; symmetry of [k]. Review: (1.0h) Re-derive {ε}=[B]{q}; interpret [B]. (1.0h) Identify [k],{f} from Π (body/surface terms). (0.5h) Write assembly-ready element equation. 4. Solid Mechanics FEM 2 Lecture: global system; local→global DOF mapping; direct (naive) assembly of [K],{F}; apply displacement BCs Preparation: (1.0h) Practice local→global index tables. (1.0h) Review accumulation of element blocks into [K]. Review: (1.0h) Manual assembly for a tiny mesh; verify insertion locations. (1.0h) Check symmetry/sparsity from connectivity. (0.5h) Summarize workflow (element→assembly→BCs→solve). 5. Exercise 2 Exercise: assembly practice for {F},[K] on a small 2D triangular mesh; discuss efficient implementation idea Preparation: (1.0h) Review [k]{q}={f}, DOF ordering. (1.0h) Review mapping/assembly rules; prepare index lists. Review: (1.0h) Write assembly pseudocode; discuss cost qualitatively. (1.0h) Validate connectivity and accumulation consistency. 6. 2D Isoparametric Elements Lecture: isoparametric idea; 4/8-node quads; mapping (ξ,η)→(x,y); Jacobian; chain rule for [B]; Gauss quadrature Preparation: (1.5h) 2D Jacobian (det/inverse) + chain rule. (0.5h) 1D Gauss rule and tensor product idea. Review: (1.0h) Compute [J],|J| for a simple 4-node element. (0.5h) Steps for ∂Ni/∂x,∂Ni/∂y. (1.0h) Evaluate |J| and [B] at 2×2 points (sanity checks). 7. 3D Isoparametric Elements Lecture: 8/20-node hex; mapping (ξ,η,ζ)→(x,y,z); 3×3 [J], 3D [B]; 3D Gauss; surface load basics Preparation: (1.5h) 3×3 Jacobian and coordinate transformation. (0.5h) 3D Gauss as tensor product. Review: (0.5h) Organize 8-node formulas (Ni, local derivatives). (1.0h) Workflow for [J],[J]^{-1} and spatial derivatives. (1.0h) Evaluate |J|,[B] at 2×2×2 points on simple geometry. 8. Exercise 3 Exercise: 1D quadratic—FEM vs exact du/dx (nodes, ξ=∓1/√3); 20-node hex—derive selected Ni (N5,N6,N11) Preparation: (1.0h) 1D quadratic mapping; du/dx via chain rule. (1.0h) 20-node node types and Ni structure. Review: (1.0h) Compare FEM vs exact at nodes; interpret differences. (1.0h) Compare at reduced points; what is being checked. (0.5h) Verify derived Ni by nodal property/consistency. 9. FE Input Data Format Lecture: nodes/elements/materials/BCs/loads; connectivity and DOF numbering; consistency checks Preparation: (1.0h) Indexing rules used in assembly. (1.0h) Data handling basics (arrays/lists; text I/O). Review: (1.0h) Create a small input set for a simple 2D model. (1.0h) Implement checks (range/duplicate/connectivity/orientation). (0.5h) List typical data errors and detection rules. 10. Regular Mesh Generation Lecture: structured mesh; numbering/connectivity; basic mesh-quality notes Preparation: (1.0h) Nested loops; (i,j,k)↔node ID mapping. (1.0h) Coordinates, spacing, boundary labeling. Review: (1.0h) Implement structured mesh generator (nodes+elements). (1.0h) Validate counts/connectivity/boundaries; test resolutions. (0.5h) Summarize refinement vs accuracy/cost. 11. Exercise 4 Exercise: sinusoidal traction→equivalent nodal forces; degenerate quad→det[J] & derivative feasibility; 1D quadratic→extrapolation matrix [L] Preparation: (1.0h) Jacobian role in derivatives/integration. (1.0h) Reduced integration in 1D; point evaluation. Review: (1.0h) Derive equivalent nodal forces; check symmetry/units. (1.0h) Evaluate det[J]; explain consequence for derivatives. (0.5h) Build/verify [L] (reproduce linear fields). 12. Assembly and Solution of FE Systems Lecture: assemble {F},[K]; displacement BCs (elimination/large-number); solve (direct LDU vs iterative PCG) Preparation: (1.0h) Sparsity and storage ideas for [K]. (1.0h) LU/LDU and iterative residual concept. Review: (1.0h) Connectivity-based assembly pseudocode (multi-DOF). (1.0h) Compare two BC methods on a toy system; verify equivalence. (0.5h) Solver choice vs size/sparsity. 13. Exercise 5 Exercise: mixed-element assembly (tri+quad; 2 DOF/node); convert symmetric [K] to profile and sparse-row formats Preparation: (1.0h) Multi-DOF assembly indexing and block placement. (1.0h) Profile vs sparse-row (CSR-like) formats. Review: (1.0h) Redo assembly on paper; confirm insertion locations. (1.0h) Convert and reconstruct; verify equality. (0.5h) Note DOF ordering effects on sparsity/storage. 14. Visualization of FE Models and Results Lecture: visualization pipeline (geometry+fields); surface subdivision for higher-order elements; contour/colormap on triangles Preparation: (1.0h) Field interpolation/evaluation on elements. (1.0h) Surface geometry (tangents, normals, cross product). Review: (1.0h) Summarize steps: evaluate→subdivide→color map. (1.0h) Implement minimal triangular subdivision (uniform ok). (0.5h) Map values to vertices and visualize by color interpolation. |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
Lecture handouts/materials. |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
Exercise (50%) - Assessment is based on submitted exercise solutions (Exercise 1–5). - The exercises evaluate practical skills required for FEM: derivation/verification of shape functions, element formulation, assembly procedures, numerical integration, and basic implementation/validation. - Each exercise is graded on correctness, clarity of derivation/explanation, and consistency checks (e.g., nodal property, symmetry, units, and reproducibility of results). Project (50%) - Assessment is based on an individual project that integrates the course topics into a small FEM workflow. - The project evaluates the ability to (i) prepare input data, (ii) generate a mesh, (iii) assemble and solve a FE equation system, and (iv) visualize models and results. - The project is graded on technical correctness, implementation quality (robustness and organization), verification/validation of results, and clear documentation of assumptions and limitations. |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
Gennadiy Nikishkov, Programming Finite Elements in Java. Springer, 2010, 402 pp. |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 3学期 ／Third Quarter |
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| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
YAGUCHI Yuichi |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
YAGUCHI Yuichi |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
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| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
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| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/02/05 |
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| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
This course provides a structured overview of computer vision and image processing for graduate students who plan to define and develop their research topics. Beyond basic undergraduate image processing, we cover the physical formation of images, feature representations, segmentation/clustering, and recognition/understanding models, including classical statistical methods and modern deep learning approaches. Through weekly hands-on exercises in Google Colab, students will implement representative algorithms, compare outputs, and report findings in a research-oriented style to build the foundation for reading and writing academic papers. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
By the end of the course, students will be able to: - Explain key concepts in image formation, representation, and optics, and relate them to algorithm design. - Implement and compare core feature extraction and segmentation techniques using Python-based tools. - Select appropriate learning/recognition approaches (classical ML and deep learning) for a given visual task and justify design choices. - Read, summarize, and critique academic papers in computer vision/image processing with correct technical terminology. - Produce concise technical reports that include experimental design, results, and discussion. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
[Class Schedule] Meeting 1 Lecture: Image physical properties & representation (Image acquisition, optics, projection models, EM spectrum basics, color models) Exercise: Colab warm-up: image I/O, color space conversions, basic photometric transformations [Preparation & Review] See “Study time expectation” below. Meeting 2 Lecture: Image features and descriptors (Point/line/region; morphology; corners/blobs; histograms; SIFT/SURF/ORB and practical notes) Exercise: Implement and compare detectors/descriptors; matching and visualization Report 1 assigned (due in ~2 weeks): Feature extraction comparison Meeting 3 Lecture: Image segmentation (Gray-level/texture; region growing; watershed; graph cut/energy view; segmentation as classification) Exercise: Compare multiple segmentation pipelines and parameter sensitivity Report 2 assigned: Segmentation study Meeting 4 Lecture: Image clustering & representation learning (mid-level) (Model-based clustering; classifiers; dimensionality reduction; MDS; NN overview; BoW/BoVW) Exercise: Clustering vs classification baseline + feature spaces (hand-crafted vs embedded) Report 3 assigned: Clustering / representation analysis Meeting 5 Lecture: Perception/recognition models (Bayesian networks; belief update; CNN as recognition model; bridging probabilistic and deep models) Exercise: Simple Bayesian reasoning / inference + a small CNN experiment (conceptual) Report 4 assigned: Bayesian update / recognition model task Meeting 6 Lecture: Image–video–space (Optical flow; dynamic disparity; motion models; spatial models; stereo overview) Exercise: Optical flow experiments; motion feature visualization and discussion Report 5 assigned: Motion/flow analysis Meeting 7 Lecture: Vision and modern ML (YOLO; ViT; “Mamba”-style sequence models as an emerging direction) Exercise: Run/inspect a pre-trained detector (YOLO or equivalent) and analyze failure cases Wrap-up: how to connect course topics to thesis planning and paper reading [Study time expectation (2 credits/learning time consistency)] To satisfy the standard learning-time expectation for a 2-credit graduate course, students are expected to spend approximately 570 minutes per meeting on out-of-class study on average (in addition to the 200 minutes in class). A typical breakdown is: - Preparation (≈50 min): slide reading + code/notebook pre-reading - Weekly Colab exercise and review (≈180 min): complete and extend the in-class exercise, rerun experiments, adjust parameters, summarize results, organize notes, and prepare for reports - Note: Five report assignments require ≈480 minutes each and are assigned after Meetings 2–6. Therefore, the workload is intentionally “peaked” around report weeks, while the average remains the target. |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
- Main coursebook: Richard Szeliski, Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications (recommended; not required to purchase) - Course website: ELMS page - Prerequisites: undergraduate-level image processing and basic programming in Python |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
- Report assignments (5 reports): 80% > Each report evaluates: correctness of implementation, experimental design, comparison/analysis, clarity of writing. - Weekly exercises (7 mini tasks): 20% > Completion + correctness + short interpretation/comments. - No final exam is conducted. |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
- When faculty members are away on business trips for international conferences, etc., they will conduct remote classes via Zoom or similar platforms. Even in such cases, students must attend the designated classroom and have their attendance recorded by substitute instructors or teaching assistants. |
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| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 1学期 ／First Quarter |
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| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
SHIN Jungpil |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
SHIN Jungpil |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
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| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
None |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/01/08 |
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| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
This course deals with the design, analysis, and development of methods for the classification or description of patterns, objects, signals, and processes. The main goal of this area is to develop advanced technology and paradigms for human activity pattern processing, and our ability to create new ideas related to the topics covered. There are many pattern recognition applications that exists today, including online /offline pattern recognition, the use of pen-tablets, pattern processing, touch panels, RGB-D cameras, iOS / Android smart devices, and virtual reality. We focus on related issues in human activity pattern processing from 3 perspectives: Recognition, Authentication, and Synthesis. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
At the end of this course, students will be able to: - Perceive an overview of the field of pattern processing related to human activity and pattern processing. - Learn how various techniques of human activity pattern processing can be applied to the software. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
Introduction to human activity pattern processing Fundamentals of online/offline pattern recognition Pattern recognition involves human activity (HA) Current problems and solving methods associated with the following topics: - Non-touch Interface for Character Input - Pen-based interactive systems - Handwritten font generation - Signature verification and writer identification system - Brush painting systems - HCI using calligraphy systems - Gesture recognition using RGB-D, Leap motion, Myo controller, and web camera - Disease diagnosis using pen-tablet - Daily activity recognition using smartwatch and camera sensor - Multichannel EEG signal analysis for brain computer interface (BCI) - Design of experiments associated with human activity pattern processing - HCI for smart and mobile devices - Applications of image recognition and computer vision The presentation of some application programs Students' work: - Investigation, presentation, research report, and discussion of current techniques and producing new ideas. - Programming related to pattern processing. |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
There are a lot of textbooks available online. Instructors will provide selected topics from books and various journals and conference papers, moreover, our goal in this course is to give you a broad perspective on the field. |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
Investigation, presentation, and research report (40%) Positive class participation (20%) Programming project (40%) |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
Permission of the instructor. Interest in the area of pattern processing. |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
Useful Links: Course Web Site: http://web-int.u-aizu.ac.jp/~jpshin/GS/HAPP.html References: [1] Scott MacKenzie, Human-Computer Interaction: An Empirical Research Perspective (2013) ISBN-10: 0124058655 [2] Jonathan Lazar, Jinjuan Heidi Feng, Harry Hochheiser, Research Methods in Human-computer Interaction, Wiley; ISBN-10: 0470723378 (2010) [3] Alan Dix, Janet E. Finlay, Gregory D. Abowd, Russell Beale, Human-Computer Interaction (2003) ISBN-10: 0130461091 |
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| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 1学期 ／First Quarter |
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| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
VILLEGAS OROZCO Julian Alberto |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
VILLEGAS OROZCO Julian Alberto, HUANG Jie |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
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| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
IT09 Sound and Audio Processing ITA01 Digital Audio Effects |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/01/29 |
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| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
The purpose of this course is to study the fundamentals of spatial hearing and its application to virtual environments. By using two ears, human among other species, are able to determine the direction from where a sound is being emitted in a real environment. For virtual environments (e.g., movies, games, recorded or live concerts) is desirable to provide the spatial cues found in nature to increase the realism of a scene. Besides reviewing the underlying theories of spatial hearing, this course focuses in practical implementations of binaural hearing techniques, so the course is intense in hands-on exercises, assignments, and projects mainly based on Pure-data programming language. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
Be able to understand the basic mechanisms of spatial hearing, as well as the terminology on this topic. • Be able to decide which of the presented techniques is best for creating the 3D aural illusion. • Be able to implement virtual 3D sound environments based on headphones and multi-loudspeaker systems. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
1 Introductions 2 Spatial hearing and psychoacoustics 3 Lateralization 4 Lateralization II 5 Elevation cues 6 Distance cues 7 Room cues 8 Motion cues 9 Transfer functions 10 Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) 11 Loudspeaker techniques 12 Loudspeaker techniques II 13 Ambisonics 14 Recent developments |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
• Durand R. Begault, 3-D Sound for Virtual Reality and Multimedia, Academic Press, 2000. • Jens Blauert, The Technology of Binaural Listening (Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing) • Various materials prepared by the instructors |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
Quizzes 40% Assignments 60% |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
* This course uses Matlab and Pure-data for practical demonstrations. Some assignments must be completed in either of these languages as well. |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
Prof. Villegas has practical working experience. He worked as an Ikerbasque researcher for about three years at the laboratory of phonetics in the Basque Country University. • Bregman, Albert S., Auditory Scene Analysis: The Perceptual Organization of sound. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1990 (hardcover)/1994 (paperback). |
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| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 4学期 ／Fourth Quarter |
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| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
WILSON Ian |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
WILSON Ian |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
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| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
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| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/02/06 |
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| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
This course introduces the mechanisms of speech articulation and how to measure them. It also investigates the mapping between articulation and acoustics. Articulation is investigated using tools such as ultrasound and video. Speech acoustics is investigated using Praat – open-source acoustic analysis software. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
After completing this course, students will be able to: (1) describe how human speech is produced and how changes in articulation affect the acoustics of speech (2) use an ultrasound machine to collect speech data (3) analyze speech acoustics and write short scripts to automatically analyze acoustic data (4) understand acoustic concepts such as speech waveforms, formants, and sine wave speech synthesis |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
Each class meeting will consist of a lecture by the professor, as well as discussions about speech production, and some desk work by students using Praat software on computers. Class 1: How speech is produced Class 2: How articulation is measured Class 3: Acoustic properties of speech sound classes Class 4: Praat script writing Class 5: Using Praat to synthesize vowels Class 6: Using Praat to manipulate speech Class 7: Ultrasound speech data collection and analysis (part 1) Class 8: Ultrasound speech data collection and analysis (part 2) Class 9: Voice Onset Time (VOT) Class 10: Mapping of articulation to acoustics Class 11: Spectrogram reading Class 12: Visemes versus phonemes; face reading Class 13: Phonetic variability - within and across speakers/languages Class 14: Final Project No Final Exam will be held. The Final Project serves that purpose instead. [Preparation/Review] After each class, students are expected to spend 4-5 hours studying class material, doing readings, and using Praat to record, analyze their speech, and writing scripts to automate speech analysis. |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
Handouts and other materials will be made available on the course website in Moodle. Praat software will be used and is available on classroom computers. It can also be downloaded for free on your own computer. For class recordings, please use the classroom computer or make sure you have a good microphone for your own laptop computer. |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
Grades will be awarded based on the following: • Active participation in class: 40% • Assignments (Praat script writing, etc.): 20% • Final Project: 40% |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
Praat official website: Praat CLR Phonetics Lab website: CLR Phonetics Lab Office Hours: By appointment; please email the professor to set up an appointment. |
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| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 3学期 ／Third Quarter |
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| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
PAIK Incheon |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
PAIK Incheon, YAGUCHI Yuichi |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
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| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
1. NLP-IR 2. Linear Algebra |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/02/06 |
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| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a rapidly developing field with broad applicability in computer science and other various applications. From linguistic and textual data, we can get very useful information, and the data can be used for creating artificial intelligence (AI) applications such as language translator, several kinds of text generation, chatting, etc. In this course, you will study some basic of theoretical and methodological introduction to NLP, and its application to information retrieval, text mining, several language processors using AI. Also, we will focus on strategies and toolkits for NLP and Deep Learning (DL), principle of LLM and its application. Throughout this course, the sources, architectures and tools we will focus on will be introduced for student's own term project. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
Students will obtain knowledge about foundational understanding in NLP methods and strategies. They will also learn principle of neural language processing and its architecture for several AI application together with LLM and its application. And they can know how to evaluate the characteristics of NLP technologies and frameworks as they carry out practical exercise and term project using NLP and DL toolkits available. [Corresponding Learning Outcomes] • Foundational NLP and Lexical Analysis: Students will be able to perform essential text preprocessing and lexical analysis by mastering core NLP techniques, including NLTK-based tokenization, tagging, and statistical language models like TF-IDF and N-Gram. • Advanced Deep Learning Architectures: Students will demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of Transformer-based architectures, including BERT and GPT, and be able to implement model alignment using SFT and RLHF for specialized language tasks. • LLM Optimization and Agentic Application: Students will be able to develop efficient and scalable AI systems by applying advanced optimization techniques—such as RAG, Quantization, and Distillation—and designing agentic applications through prompt engineering. [Preparation/Review] • Before each class session, read and understand the lecture materials (slides) and the corresponding sections in the exercise notebook. After class, review the lecture content, run the provided code, and think of ways to apply it. • The standard out-of-class learning time for this course is 240 minutes per session, broken down as follows: 120 minutes for preparation (reading slides + running example code), and 120 minutes for review and practice (reviewing slides, applying example code, completing exercises and examples, and organizing notes). • Report assignments will be given as needed and should be completed during the review and practice time. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
Session 1. • Lecture: Introduction to NLP and DL - Python, Google Colaboratory, NLTK Library, Word Tokenizing Session 2. • Exercise: NLTK Pipeline Exercise - Text manipulation, Sentense segmentation, Tokenize, POS Tagging, Entity analisys, IR Application construction Session 3. • Lecture: Statistical Modeling for Language - Parsing (PSG, CFG, Dependency), Language Model (N-Gram, HMM), Document Model (BoW, TF-IDF, Word2Vec) Session 4. • Lecture: Reccurrent Neural Networks and LSTM - NN, RNN, LSTM Session 5. • Lecture: Deep Models and Classical NLP - Bidirectional RNN, Sec2Sec, Attention, PyTorch Implementation, BiLSTM Session 6. • Exercise: RNN/LSTN for QnA system, BiLSTM implementation, IR Application implementation Session 7. • Lecture: Deep Learning Architectures for Language Model(I) - Language Preprocessing for LLM, Attention and Transformer Session 8. • Lecture: Deep Learning Architectures for Language Model(II) - BERT, GPT, and LLM Session 9. • Lecture: Deep Learning Application for Neural Language - Translation, Code Generation, Sentence Generation Session 10. • Lecture: Alignment of Large Language Model with SFT & RLHF Session 11. • Lecture: Application of Aligned Large Language Model and Prompt Engineering Session 12. • Lecture: Principle of LLM and Its Agentic Application Session 13. • Lecture: Efficient Algorithms for LLM - Distillation, Quantization, RAG, Mixture of Expertise, Reinforcement Learning Session 14. • Lecture: Term Project Presentation |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
- A lecturer will provide necessary materials. |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
- Term Project: 100% |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
- There can be homework such as pre-reading or material preparation during lectures. |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
- It will be introduced on the Moodle lecture Web page. |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 3学期 ／Third Quarter |
|---|---|
| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
DEMURA Hirohide |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
OGAWA Yoshiko, HONDA Chikatoshi, YAMADA Ryuhei, DEMURA Hirohide, YAMAMOTO Keiko, Invited Lecturer(OKAYAMA Univ.) |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
－ |
| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
－ |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/02/17 |
|---|---|
| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
This course focuses on developments of hardware instruments including rover and control system for lunar and planetary explorations. Envisioned main target is the moon. This course follows an omnibus form and the course consists of a classroom lecture and practices. Practices consist of maneuvering a rover and obtaining/processing instrument data onboard the rover. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
To learn developments of hardware instruments and control system for landing missions. To learn basic knowledge in space developments as topics of computer science and engineering. To practices maneuvering a rover and obtaining/processing instrument data. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
This is a lecture-based course with group exercise, providing 30 hours of class time (2 credits) per quarter, along with approximately 60 hours of pre- and post-study sessions, which may vary depending on individual progress and achievement. Q3: Wed 1-2 & 7-8 periods (partly cancelled for RTF experiments, etc.) + one day experiment in RTF, Minami-Soma on Nov. 26 (Extra Day) Tentative schedule in AY2025. <Time Table> Lecture/Exercise@UoA #1-4 Prof. Ohtake "Introduction of General Space Probe” #5-6 Prof. Ogawa "Data in Exploration Programs” #7-10 Prof. Yamada “Preparations for RTF Practice” #11-14 Prof. Honda "Path-finding” Practice@Fukushima Robot Test Field #15-24 TBD (one day) Final Presentation and Wrap-up #25-28 |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
N/A |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
Presentation and report on the practice. |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
prerequisite：N/A related course： ITC09 Fundamental Data Analysis with Lunar and Planetary Database ITC10 Practical Data Analysis with Lunar and Planetary Databases SEA11 Software Engineering for Space Programs |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
This course is supported by "FY2022-24 Coordination Funds for Promoting AeroSpace Utilizaiton MEXT, Japan". |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 3学期 ／Third Quarter |
|---|---|
| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
CHEN Wenxi |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
CHEN Wenxi |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
－ |
| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
Some basic knowledge of biosignals, probability and statistics, discrete mathematics and linear algebra, and digital signal processing are required. |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/01/21 |
|---|---|
| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
Biosignal enhancement, feature extraction and physiological interpretation are important aspects in biomedical engineering field. Various biosignals can be manipulated through proper decomposition, transformation, representation, classification, optimization and visualization. This course will introduce fundamental concepts and approaches, such as filtering, detection, estimation, and data mining for various biosignals in temporal domain, frequency domain and nonlinear domain. It will provide students a brief picture of biosignal from detection to analysis, from physiological significance to clinical application following the course “Introduction to Biosignal Detection”. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
1. To understand how to apply statistical mathematics and digital signal processing methods to deal with various biosignals. 2. To understand how to utilize fundamental approaches of signal processing and data mining in biomedical information engineering field. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
1. Introduction 2. Decomposition and Reconstruction of Biosignals 3. Detection of Biosignatures 4. Processing of Biosignals and Biosignatures 5. Analysis of HRV in Time Domain 6. Analysis of HRV in Frequency Domain 7. Analysis of HRV in Nonlinear Domain |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
Biomedical Signal Processing and Signal Modeling, Eugene N. Bruce, ISBN: 978-0-471-34540-4, December 2000, Wiley https://www.wiley.com/en-jp/Biomedical+Signal+Processing+and+Signal+Modeling-p-9780471345404 Practical Biomedical Signal Analysis Using MATLAB (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering), Katarzyn J. Blinowska and Jaroslaw Zygierewicz, CRC Press; 1 edition (September 12, 2011), ISBN-10: 1439812020, ISBN-13: 978-1439812020 https://www.crcpress.com/Practical-Biomedical-Signal-Analysis-Using-MATLAB/Blinowska-Zygierewicz/p/book/9781439812020 Seamless Healthcare Monitoring - Advancements in Wearable, Attachable, and Invisible Devices, Editors: Tamura, Toshiyo, Chen, Wenxi, Springer International Publishing, 2018, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-69362-0, eBook ISBN 978-3-319-69362-0, Hardcover ISBN 978-3-319-69361-3 https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319693613 |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
A summary report by compiling a series of assignments, 100% |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
The course instructor has practical working experience and has worked for 5 years at Nihon Kohden Industrial Corp., a professional manufacturer of world famous medical equipment, and has been engaged in R & D for bioinstrumentation, signal processing and data analysis. Based on this experience, he will teach the fundamental knowledge and latest advancements in “Biosignal Processing and Data Mining”. Moodle for course handouts and other related information https://elms.u-aizu.ac.jp/login/index.php |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 4学期 ／Fourth Quarter |
|---|---|
| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
PAIK Incheon |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
PAIK Incheon |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
－ |
| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
－ |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/02/06 |
|---|---|
| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
The semantic Web is the second wave of Web technology, and its environment evolves from human-readable to machine-readable. The key technology of the semantic Web is knowledge representation technique–ontology, and its management. Main issue of this course is to learn the semantic Web service technology: ontology,its learning and engineering, and its application to Web service. Background of web evolution, ontology for knowledge representation, Web service, and application to service composition will be covered. If you have interests on the areas in the semantic Web service (SWS) technology, please e-mail to me (paikic@u-aizu.ac.jp) or visit my office (307-C). |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
[Corresponding Learning Outcomes] • Knowledge Representation and Modeling: Students will be able to design and implement structured knowledge bases by mastering RDF and OWL, utilizing professional tools like Protégé to model complex domains. • Reasoning and Rule-based Intelligence: Students will demonstrate the ability to enhance web intelligence by applying Semantic Web Rule Language (SWRL) and exploring ontology learning and matching techniques for data integration. • Semantic Service Frameworks: Students will be able to architect advanced web services by understanding semantic service frameworks (OWL-S, WSMO) and applying ontology engineering principles to real-world projects. [Preparation/Review] • Before each class session, read and understand the lecture materials (slides) and the corresponding sections in the exercise notebook. After class, review the lecture content, run the provided code, and think of ways to apply it. • The standard out-of-class learning time for this course is 240 minutes per session, broken down as follows: 120 minutes for preparation (reading slides + running example code), and 120 minutes for review and practice (reviewing slides, applying example code, completing exercises and examples, and organizing notes). • Report assignments will be given as needed and should be completed during the review and practice time. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
Session 1. • Lecture: Introduction to Web Technologies and Semantic Web Session 2. • Lecture: Resource Description Framework (RDF) and DAML-OIL Session 3. • Lecture: Ontology Language - OWL (I. Basic Concept) Session 4. • Lecture: Ontology Language (OWL) (II. Details of OWL) Session 5. • Lecture: Semantic Web Rule Language Session 6. • Exercise: Ontology Design Exercise in OWL (Using Protege) Session 7. • Lecture: Rule Design in SWRL Session 8. • Exercise: Rule Design Exercise in SWRL (Using Protege) Session 9. • Lecture: Ontology Learning by Text Mining Session 10. • Lecture: Ontology Matching and Merging Session 11. • Lecture: Ontology Engineering Session 12. • Lecture: Semantic Web Service Frameworks (OWL-S and BPEL) Session 13. • Lecture: Semantic Web Service Frameworks (WSMO) Session 14. • Lecture: Paper and Term Project Presentation |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
Lecture Slides will be provided on lecture Web site. |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
1. Examination --- 50% 2. Paper Presentation & Term Project --- 50% |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
* Prerequisites: - JAVA Programming I & II - Web Programming - Artificial Intelligence |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
* Reference 1) J. Davies, R. Studer, P. Warren, Semantic Web Technologies, Wiley, 2007. 2) A. Gomez-Perez, M. Fernandex-Lopez, O. Corcho, Ontological Engineering, Springer, 2004. 3) J. Davies, D. Fensel, F.V. Harmelen, Towards The Semantic Web, Ontology-Driven Knowledge Management, Wiely, 2003. 4) M.C. Daconta, L.J. Obrst, K.T. Smith, The Semantic Web, Wiley, 2003. |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 2学期 ／Second Quarter |
|---|---|
| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
MARKOV Konstantin |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
MARKOV Konstantin |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
－ |
| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
This course is given in English. |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/02/06 |
|---|---|
| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
Machine learning is one of the fastest-growing and most exciting fields of AI, and deep learning represents its true bleeding edge. Deep Learning is one of the most highly sought after skills in IT industry. In this course, students will learn the foundations of Deep Learning, understand how to build neural networks, and learn how to complete successful machine learning projects. It will teach students how to train and optimize basic neural networks (NN), Convolutional neural networks (CNN), Recurrent neural networks (RNN, LSTM), autoencoders (AE), etc. Complete learning systems will be introduced via projects and assignments. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
Students will learn to solve new classes of problems that were once thought prohibitively challenging, and come to better appreciate the complex nature of human intelligence as they solve these same problems effortlessly using deep learning methods. Students will master not only the theory, but also see how it is applied in practical case studies from various fields such as image recognition, music generation, natural language processing, etc. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
Session 1 Lecture: Introduction and Background. - Course introduction. - Basic probability theory and statistics. Exercise: Python programming basics Preparation/Review: Study lecture material, preparation (2h), review (1h), exercise assignment (1h) Session 2 Lecture: Machine Learning and Neural Networks - Machine Learning fundamentals. - Neural Networks fundamentals. Exercise: Vanilla Neural Network programming Preparation/Review: Study lecture material, preparation (2h), review (1h), exercise assignment (1h) Session 3 Lecture: Deep Neural Networks basics I. - Training – Back Propagation. - Regularization and Normalization. Exercise: Feed Forward NN training programming Preparation/Review: Study lecture material, preparation (2h), review (1h), exercise assignment (1h) Session 4 Lecture: Deep Neural Networks basics II. - Loss functions, Optimizations. Exercise: Feed Forward NN training programming Preparation/Review: Study lecture material, preparation (2h), review (1h), exercise assignment (1h) Session 5 Lecture: Feed-Forward DNN Applications. - DNN classification and regression. Exercise: Feed Forward NN classification system programming Preparation/Review: Study lecture material, preparation (2h), review (1h), exercise assignment (1h) Session 6 Lecture: Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN). - Translation invariance. - Templates and filters. Exercise: Convolutional layer programming Preparation/Review: Study lecture material, preparation (2h), review (1h), exercise assignment (1h) Session 7 Lecture: CNN Applications. - CNN for vision – VGG, Inception. - CNN for signal and text processing. Exercise: CNN system programming Preparation/Review: Study lecture material, preparation (2h), review (1h), exercise assignment (1h) Session 8 Lecture: Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN). - LSTM, GRU variants. - Sequence and time series data modeling with RNN. Exercise: RNN layer programming Preparation/Review: Study lecture material, preparation (2h), review (1h), exercise assignment (1h) Session 9 Lecture: RNN Applications. - RNN in Natural Language Processing. - RNN for sequence generation. Exercise: RNN application programming Preparation/Review: Study lecture material, preparation (2h), review (1h), exercise assignment (1h) Session 10 Lecture: Sequence-to-Sequence models (Seq2Seq) - Attention mechanism. - Word embeddings. - Seq2Seq for Language Translation. Exercise: Text translation system programming Preparation/Review: Study lecture material, preparation (2h), review (1h), exercise assignment (1h) Session 11 Lecture: Autoencoders (AE) - Denoising AE. - Variational AE. - AE for Dimensionality Reduction. Exercise: Autoencoder system programming Preparation/Review: Study lecture material, preparation (2h), review (1h), exercise assignment (1h) Session 12 Lecture: Advanced DNN models. - Transformer, BERT, GPT-2, LLMs Exercise: Transformer programming Preparation/Review: Study lecture material, preparation (2h), review (1h), exercise assignment (1h) Session 13 Lecture: Prompt Engineering. - RAG, AI Agents. Exercise: Course project presentations Preparation/Review: Study lecture material, preparation (2h), review (1h), exercise assignment (1h) Session 14 Lecture: DNN training strategies. - Tips and tricks. Exercise: Course project presentations Preparation/Review: Study lecture material, preparation (2h), review (1h), exercise assignment (1h) |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
I. Goodfellow,Y. Bengio and A. Courville, Deep Learning, MIT Press. Online version: http://www.deeplearningbook.org T. Hope, Y. Resheff and I. Lieder, Learning Tensorflow: A Guide to Building Deep Learning Systems, Oreilly. F. Chollet, Deep Learning With Python, Manning Pubs. |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
Laboratory exercises: 60 points Project: 40 points |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
As this is an intermediate to advanced level course, the following experience and skills are disirable: - Programming experience (preferably in Python) - Basic machine learning knowledge (especially supervised learning) - Basic statistics knowledge (mean, variance, etc.) - Linear algebra (vectors, matrices, etc.) - Calculus (differentiation, integration, partial derivatives, etc.) Prior to enrolling to this course, it is recommended (but not required) to take the following related courses: - ITC12F Machine Learning - CSA01 Neural Networks I: Fundamental Theory and Applications |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
https://elms.u-aizu.ac.jp/ |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 1学期 ／First Quarter |
|---|---|
| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
ILIC Peter |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
ILIC Peter |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
－ |
| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
－ |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/02/05 |
|---|---|
| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
Today a comprehensive understanding of the intersection between learning theory and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is both critical and timely. This course focuses on the convergence of learning theory and ICT in education, particularly examining their interplay. It will delve into the challenges researchers and educators face as emerging technologies reshape the educational landscape. Emphasizing a blend of theoretical insights and practical applications, the course provides invaluable knowledge for navigating education in a technologically advanced era. Throughout the course, students will engage in rigorous readings and dynamic discussions, reflecting on learning theories, teaching practices, and pedagogical approaches in the context of ICT’s opportunities. The curriculum is particularly relevant for students aspiring to contribute to educational software development or to integrate technology into teaching. This emphasis on readings and discussions will deepen students' understanding of the complex relationship between educational theories and technological advancements. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
1. Develop knowledge of Online Educational Technologies. 2. Develop understanding of key Learning Theories influencing educational technology. 3. Develop a critical understanding of the limits of online technologies in education. 4. English discussion and argumentative skills will be further developed. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
Section One: 1. Introduction to Learning Theory and ICT (Lecture, Seminar) i. Homework: Reading/Quiz 1 2. History of Learning Theory and ICT i. Homework: Reading/Quiz 2 Section Two: 1. Behaviorist Learning Theory I (Lecture, Seminar) i. Homework: Reading/Quiz 3 2. Behaviorist Learning Theory II i. Homework: Reading/Quiz 4 Section Three: 1. Cognitivist Learning Theory I (Lecture, Seminar) i. Homework: Reading/Quiz 5 2. Cognitivist Learning Theory II i. Homework: Reading/Quiz 6 Section Four: 1. Constructivist Learning Theory I (Lecture, Seminar) i. Homework: Reading/Quiz 7 2. Constructivist Learning Theory II i. Homework: Reading/Quiz 8 Section Five: 1. Connectivism/Others (Lecture, Seminar) i. Homework: Reading/Quiz 9 2. Connectivism II/Collaborativist II i. Homework: Reading/Quiz 10 |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
No textbook will be used. Course material will be made available on Moodle. |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
20% Active Participation 20% Online Quizzes: 20% 1st Response Paper: 20% 2nd Response Paper: 20% 3rd Response Paper: Late assignments will lose 10% per day. After 5 days, a late assignment will receive a mark of 0%. |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
In-class discussion participation is included in grading. English language proficiency is required (TOEIC 600+, or with permission from instructor). Attendance will be recorded. |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 4学期 ／Fourth Quarter |
|---|---|
| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
NASSANI Alaeddin |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
NASSANI Alaeddin, VILLEGAS OROZCO Julian Alberto |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
－ |
| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
－ |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/02/04 |
|---|---|
| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
The purpose of this course is to equip graduate students with advanced knowledge and practical skills in Extended Reality (XR), encompassing augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR). Through a comprehensive curriculum that includes advanced 3D modeling, sophisticated VR and AR development, and cutting-edge topics like machine learning integration and brain-computer interfaces, students will gain hands-on experience in developing and optimizing XR applications. The course also emphasizes research proficiency, involving literature reviews, user study evaluations, and understanding human-computer interaction (HCI) and UX design in XR. By the end of the course, students will be prepared to innovate and contribute to the evolving field of XR, both academically and professionally. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
[Corresponding Learning Outcomes] (A) Graduates are aware of their professional and ethical responsibilities as an engineer, and are able to analyze societal requirements and set, solve, and evaluate technical problems using information science technologies in society. (C) Graduates are able to apply their professional knowledge of mathematics, natural science, and information technology, as well as the scientific thinking skills such as logical thinking and objective judgment developed through the acquisition of said knowledge, towards problem solving. [Competency Codes] [C-HI-001,C-HI-002,C-HI-004, C-GV-004, C-GV-005, C-GV-007] By the end of the course, students should be able to: - Apply advanced techniques in 3D modeling and procedural generation for XR applications. - Develop and optimize complex VR and AR experiences. - Design user-centered XR interfaces considering HCI and UX principles. - Conduct scientific literature reviews and user studies to evaluate XR technologies. - Integrate haptics, multisensory feedback, networking, and cloud computing into XR projects. - Explore biosensing and understand its potential and ethical implications. - Critically evaluate research in XR and identify opportunities for innovation. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
[Course Content and Methods] Lectures & Seminars: Sessions involve advanced theoretical discussions, critical analysis of research papers ("Paper Reading"), and technical workshops on XR development. Project Work: Students will develop XR prototypes, conduct user studies. 1 Welcome and Introduction to XR 2 Paper Reading and Literature Review for XR 3 Advanced VR Development 4 Advanced AR Development 5 Project 1 Deadline: Literature Review 6 Human-Computer Interaction and UX Design in XR 7 Research Methods and User Study Evaluation 8 Project 2 Deadline: Prototype Development 9 Presence, Haptics, and Multisensory Feedback 10 Telepresence, Live Streaming, 360 Video, and 3D Point Clouds 11 Co-presence, Networking, and Cloud Computing in XR 12 Project 3 Deadline: User Study 13 Empathy and Biosensing in XR 14 Machine Learning and AI Integration in XR 15 Final Examination – Project 4 Presentation [Pre-class and Post-class Learning] Preparation: Read assigned academic papers and research technical documentation for upcoming development topics. Review/Assignments: Work on the four major projects (Literature Review, Prototype, User Study, Final Report). This involves significant independent development and data analysis time. Out-of-class study time: Approximately 5-6 hours per session. (Calculated based on 2 credits = 90 hours Total Learning Time). |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
Lecture notes prepared by instructors, TAs, & SAs. The Vr Book: Human-centered Design for Virtual Reality Jason Jerald 978-1970001129 Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction Jonathan Lazar 978-0470723371 |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
20% Project 1 (Meeting 5): Literature review on a chosen XR topic 20% Project 2 (Meeting 8): Develop advanced AR/VR techniques prototype 20% Project 3 (Meeting 12): User study, data analysis and discussion 40% Project 4 - Final Exam (Meeting 15): Implement learnings from user study, Final report, Final presentation |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
This course is building on knowledge gained in the undergraduate course IT06: Human Interface & Virtual Reality. However, it is not a mandatory prerequisite. |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
VR Development Pathway - Unity Learn https://learn.unity.com/pathway/vr-development Mobile AR Development Pathway - Unity Learn https://learn.unity.com/pathway/mobile-ar-development Unity Development for Magic Leap 2 https://learn.unity.com/course/magic-leap-2-development ML-Agents: Hummingbirds - Unity Learn https://learn.unity.com/course/ml-agents-hummingbirds Artificial Intelligence for Beginners - Unity Learn https://learn.unity.com/course/artificial-intelligence-for-beginners Buried Memories: High Fidelity Game Visuals - Unity Learn https://learn.unity.com/course/buried-memories-high-fidelity-game-visuals The course instructor has experience in VR and AR including development, research and teaching. |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 4学期 ／Fourth Quarter |
|---|---|
| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
FAYOLLE Pierre-Alain |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
FAYOLLE Pierre-Alain, NISHIDATE Yohei |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
－ |
| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
－ |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/01/09 |
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| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
This course provides an introduction to numerical geometry processing using Java as a programming language. We give a presentation of the Java 2D API (which is part of any Java SDK) for 2D processing and rendering, then give a presentation of the OpenGL API via its Java bindings for 2D and 3D rendering. Armed with this knowledge, we look at curve and surface modeling, first from a continuous point of view, then from a discrete point of view, with computer implementations in mind. Finally, we provide an overview of the 3D modeling pipeline (acquisition, alignment, reconstruction) and look at several methods for processing digital shapes. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
The main objectives of the course are: • The study of common techniques in graphics programming and their connections with the Java 2D API and the OpenGL API (via its Java bindings) • The study of common techniques in numerical geometry processing (curves and surfaces modeling, the 3D modeling pipeline, digital shape processing techniques) • The development of graphics and geometry processing programs in Java (using the Java 2D and OpenGL API) |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
1. Course introduction; Smooth curves 2. Discrete curves 3. Java 2D introduction and geometry 4. Java 2D (rendering) 5. OpenGL bindings (core mode; shaders) 6. OpenGL bindings continued 7. Project 1 presentations; 3D pipeline 8. 3D pipeline, alignment 9. Surface reconstruction 10. Triangle mesh representations, simplification 11. Simplification, subdivision 12. Shape parameterization 13. Spectral methods 14. Project 2 presentations; Spectral methods (continued) [Preparation/Review] Before each class, students should prepare by studying the lecture materials and corresponding readings for the content indicated in the course plan. The course projects need to be completed outside of the classes. The typical preparation/review time per session is around 4 hours. |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
Slides, reading materials and code will be provided by the instructors. |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
Two projects: each of them has a weight of 50%. |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
Knowledge of Java programming, as well as some basic knowledge of graphics programming are expected. |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
Course website (internal) https://web-int.u-aizu.ac.jp/~fayolle/teaching/java_2d_3d/index.html |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 1学期 ／First Quarter |
|---|---|
| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
VILLEGAS OROZCO Julian Alberto |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
VILLEGAS OROZCO Julian Alberto, NASSANI Alaeddin |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
－ |
| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
ITA07 Advanced Signal Processing ITA10 Spatial Hearing and Virtual 3D Sound ITA36 Advanced XR and HCI |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/01/29 |
|---|---|
| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to sound, audio, and digital signal processing. It is focused on equipping grad students with the necessary skills for processing digital audio either as input for other computations such as machine learning, data mining, etc., or for the analysis or synthesis of sonic phenomena such as music, speech, etc. We will review basic concepts of sound and audio, time-domain, frequency-domain, and time-frequency representations of audio. These representations are used for feature extraction, signal filtering, and signal enhancement. The course also covers basic audio effects useful such as dynamic range compression (DRC), noise reduction, time-scale modification, and pitch-shifting. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
Students who complete this course will be empowered with basic knowledge of sound and audio and the confidence to apply those principals to generally encountered situations in software development of audio applications. Concrete Objectives: • Students will be able to understand the basic techniques employed in digital audio processing, as well as the literature and terminology on this topic. • Students will be able to apply digital audio processing techniques to extract features from music and speech. • Students will design and implement Python-based algorithms for real-world audio applications. • By the end of the course, students will be able to implement audio effects, music classification, and speech enhancement applications in Python. • Students will evaluate and compare different feature extraction techniques for specific tasks like speech recognition or musical instrument identification. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
Lecture 1 Basic Concepts of Sound and Audio Lecture 2 Time-Domain Analysis Lecture 3 Audio Transformations Lecture 4 Frequency-Domain Analysis Lecture 5 Short-Time Fourier Transform (STFT) and Spectrograms Lecture 6 Psychoacoustics Lecture 7 Pitch-related methods Lecture 8 Hilbert Transform Lecture 9 Digital Filtering Basics Lecture 10 Linear effects Lecture 11 Non-linear effects Lecture 12 Time-scale modifications Lecture 13 Linear filtering Lecture 14 Sonification |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
• Various materials prepared by the instructors • W. M. Hartmann, Signals, Sound, and Sensation. Modern acoustics and signal processing, Woodbury, NY; USA: American Institute of Physics, 1997. • U. Zölzer, ed., DAFX – Digital Audio Effects. New York, NY, USA: John Wiley & Sons, 2nd ed., 2011. • M. Puckette, “Theory and techniques of electronic music,” Online] http://msp.ucsd.edu/techniques.htm, 2006. • Python Libraries: Librosa, SciPy, NumPy, Matplotlib |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
• Quizzes 40% • Exercises 30% • Final Exam 30% |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
This course is exclusively taught in English. Although no particular experience with sound and audio is required, it is expected that grad students have taken elementary physics courses (concretely, on mechanics, wave propagation, etc.) in their undergraduate studies such as the course [IT09] (Sound and Audio Processing) offered at the University of Aizu. |
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| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 1学期 ／First Quarter |
|---|---|
| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
NARUSE Keitaro |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
NARUSE Keitaro, WATANOBE Yutaka |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
－ |
| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
－ |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/02/06 |
|---|---|
| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
If we define a robot as a computer interacting with the real world physically, we use so many robots everyday such as elevators, cleaning robots, and so on. For designing, synthesizing, and analyzing robots, knowledge on how to represent robot structure and motion in computers are required, as well as one on sensors, actuators, modeling methods, and planning algorithms. This course offers the introduction to robotics for graduate students in computer science and engineering major. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
The students will be able to (A) make a path plan of a mobile robot and robot arm with kinematics (B) make simulation of them with dynamics (C) make recognition system of them |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
Each class will be conducted in lecture format. #1 Introduction and overview #2 Mobile robot: frame transformation, homogeneous transformation, kinematics #3 Exercise #4 Robot arms: forward kinematics such as robot representation, frames and coordinate systems, homogeneous transformation, Denavit-Hartenberg method #5 Exercise #6 Robot arms: inverse kinematics numerical solution, Jacobian #7 Exercise #8 Mobile robots: dynamics, simulation #9 Excercise #10 Robot arm: Dynamics, simulation #11 Excersice #12 Recognition #13 Exercise #14 Exercise/Summary [Preparation/Review] Preparation: Before each class, prepare by studying the lecture materials as well as implementing sample codes for the content indicated in the course plan. Review: Complete any unfinished exercises until the next class, as well as extra probelms and analysis shown in classes. The typical preparation/review time per session is 4–5 hours. |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
None. Related documents will be distributed in a class |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
Reports(100%) on numerical experiments on forward and inverse kinematics, forward dynamics, learning, and so on. We will use Matlab or other mathematical software for them. |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
Introduction to robotics in the undergraduate course |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
LMS |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 4学期 ／Fourth Quarter |
|---|---|
| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
NARUSE Keitaro |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
NARUSE Keitaro, YAGUCHI Yuichi |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
－ |
| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
－ |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/02/06 |
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| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
This course is intended to introduce you to the mathematical foundations of the modern control theory. The aim of the course is to allow you to develop new skills and analytic tools required to analyze and design methods for the control of both linear and nonlinear dynamical systems. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
The students will be able to (A) make a state space model of a given system (B) determine stability, controllability, and observability (C) design a regulator (controller) (D) design an observer, including Kalman filter and particle filter (E) design an optimal controller by linear quadratic regulator (F) make simulation with matlab |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
Each class will be conducted in lecture format. #1 Introduction and overview #2 Differential equation and state space model #3 Excercise #4 Stability, controllability, and regulator, Lyapnov method #5 Excercise #6 Observanility and observer #7 Excercise #8 Observer-regualator system, optimal control #9 Excercise #10 Discrete time Kalman filter #11 Excercise #12 Discrete time Monte Carlo filter #13 Excercise #14 Excercise/Summary [Preparation/Review] Preparation: Before each class, prepare by studying the lecture materials as well as implementing sample codes for the content indicated in the course plan. Review: Complete any unfinished exercises until the next class, as well as extra probelms and analysis shown in classes. The typical preparation/review time per session is 4–5 hours. |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
None. Related documets will be distributed in a class |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
Reports(100%) on numerical experiments on control theory, which includes analyzing stability of a dynamical system, designing regulators, and so on. |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
Related courses: Undergraduate: "Introduction to robotics" Graduate: "Advanced robotics" |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
LMS |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 2学期 ／Second Quarter |
|---|---|
| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
LIU Yong |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
LIU Yong, YAGUCHI Yuichi, TBD-1 |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
－ |
| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
- Probability and statistics (undergraduate course) - Algorithms and data structures (undergraduate course) - Artificial intelligence (undergraduate course) |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/02/05 |
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| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
Learning ability is one of the most fundamental abilities for realizing “intelligence”. A system with the learning ability can become more and more efficient and/or effective for solving given problems. Briefly speaking, machine learning is a research field for studying theories, methodologies, and algorithms that enable computing machines to learn and to become intelligent. So far, many approaches have been proposed in the literature for machine learning; and multilayer perceptron, convolutional neural network, Bayesian network, and decision tree are just a few examples. In this course, we categorize many existing approaches into a few groups, namely, learning based on distance, learning based on probability, learning based on layered structures, and learning based on tree structures. We do not intend to cover all aspects of machine learning in this single course. Instead, we will focus on several most well-known and well-applied approaches. We suppose that, before taking this course, the students have already studied some fundamental courses related to machine learning, say, “Artificial intelligence” for undergraduate school, “Introduction to neural networks” for graduate school, and so on. To know more about machine learning or AI in general, we recommend the students to take other related courses. For example, in the graduate school, the students may also take courses related to big-data analysis; ontology and semantic web; information retrieval; meta-heuristics; and so on. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
The main goal of this course is to study and understand the basic concepts and mechanisms of several well-known and well-applied machine learning approaches, including for example, k-means, self-organization; Naïve Bayes classification; convolutional neural network; deep auto-encoder; deep Boltzmann machine; Bayesian network; decision tree, decision ensembles, etc. To reinforce the learned knowledge, students will do some projects. Through these projects, students will solve some real-life or synthesized problems using some of the learned methods. Students are encouraged to work in a team, to solve the problems together, and to learn how to communicate and collaborate with others. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
Some contents given below might be changed/improved year by year based on the newest trends in this field. 1. History of machine learning and artificial intelligence - Case studies - Learn how to classify patterns - Learn how to make a decision - Learn how to estimate/predict the future - Learn how to solve a problem efficiently/effectively [Preparation/Review] Study lecture notes and reference papers: preparation (2 hours), review (2 hours). 2. Pattern recognition: a brief review - Feature space representation of patterns - Feature extraction and feature selection - Distance-based classification - NNC and k-NNC; Voronoi diagram - Various distance measures - Cluster analysis - k-means, self-organization, and vector quantization [Preparation/Review] Study lecture notes and reference papers: preparation (2 hours), review (2 hours). 3. Fundamentals of machine learning - Formulation of machine learning - Ill-posed problem and regularization - Classification and regression - Taxonomy of learning algorithms - Supervised, semi-supervised, and unsupervised learning - Parametric and non-parametric learning - Deterministic and statistical learning - Online and off line learning - Evolutionary learning - Reinforcement learning [Preparation/Review] Study lecture notes and reference papers: preparation (2 hours), review (2 hours). 4. Statistical learning methods-1 - Naïve Bayes classification - Parzen widow [Preparation/Review] Study lecture notes and reference papers: preparation (2 hours), review (2 hours). 5. Statistical learning methods-2 - Bayesian network [Preparation/Review] Study lecture notes and reference papers: preparation (2 hours), review (2 hours). 6. Learning based on tree structures - Decision trees - Multi-variate decision trees - Decision tree ensembles (forests) [Preparation/Review] Study lecture notes and reference papers: preparation (2 hours), review (2 hours). 7. Presentation and report for projects of the 1st half [Preparation/Review] Write presentation slides: preparation (2 hours), review (4 hours). 8. Learning based on layered structures-1 - Multilayer neural networks - Deep auto-encoder [Preparation/Review] Study lecture notes and reference papers: preparation (2 hours), review (2 hours). 9. Learning based on layered structures-2 - Convolutional neural network - Transfer learning [Preparation/Review] Study lecture notes and reference papers: preparation (2 hours), review (2 hours). 10. Learning based on layered structures-3 - Methods for improving the performance of deep neural networks [Preparation/Review] Study lecture notes and reference papers: preparation (2 hours), review (2 hours). 11. Generative Neural Network - 1 - Restricted Boltzmann machine [Preparation/Review] Study lecture notes and reference papers: preparation (2 hours), review (2 hours). 12. Generative Neural Network -2 - Generative Adversarial Networks - Applications of GAN [Preparation/Review] Study lecture notes and reference papers: preparation (2 hours), review (2 hours). 13. Attentional machine learning models - Transformer - BERT - Vision Transformer [Preparation/Review] Study lecture notes and reference papers: preparation (2 hours), review (2 hours). 14. Presentation and report for projects of the 2nd half [Preparation/Review] Write presentation slides: preparation (2 hours), review (4 hours). |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
There is no textbook. We will distribute reading materials in the classes. |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
- Quiz/Short Test*: 20 points - Project reports: 80 points * Simple quiz or short tests (no so often) may be conducted in some classes to confirm some fundamental knowledge that we have learned. |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
This is a fundamental course related to machine learning. In this course, we focus on basic theories and methodologies so that students can, after taking this course, understand better about the basic ideas behind existing learning models and algorithms, and have better chance to propose their own models or algorithms. Students who are more interested in programming, or who want to learn how to use some open source programs, may take course like "ITA34 Practical Deep Learning". |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
1. Machine learning, Tom M. Mitchell, McGraw-Hill, 1997. 2. Machine learning: a probabilistic perspective, Kevin P. Murphy, The MIT Press, 2012. 3. Machine learning and deep learning, Tomohiro Odaka, Ohmsha, 2016. (in Japanese) 4. Introduction to Bayesian network, Kazuo Shigemasu, Maomi Ueno, and Yoichi Motomura, Baifukan, 2007. |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 1学期 ／First Quarter |
|---|---|
| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
CHEN Wenxi |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
CHEN Wenxi, HISADA Yasuhiro |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
－ |
| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
Some basic knowledge of Physics and Chemistry, Electricity and Electronics is necessary. |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/01/21 |
|---|---|
| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
Biosignals refer to various physical, chemical, mechanical, thermal, electrical and magnetic quantities that contain information of health condition in physiology and psychophysiology. They are presented as different forms in physical quantity, chemical reaction, and electrical activity, and cover a wide spectrum of physiological information in temporal and frequency domains. Biosignal detection is a procedure by which we can determine or measure the quantity that characterizes the property or state of human biological condition. Various modalities using diversified engineering principles on the basis of physics and chemistry, electricity and electronics are applied in biosignal detection. This course will provide introductory knowledge on the methodologies for detecting various biosignals, mention some aspects in biomedical instrumentation that differ from industrial measurement, and introduce application of IoT, AI, big data analytics and the latest advancements in seamless healthcare monitoring briefly. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
The objectives of this course are to introduce briefly some fundamental concepts and approaches for detecting biosignals, and to provide introductory knowledge for the students to pursue their further study of other advanced courses in biomedical engineering field. The goals to be achieved are: 1. To understand fundamental features and behaviors of various biosignals. 2. To understand application of fundamental physical and chemical principles in detecting various biosignals. 3. To understand the requirements in biosignal detection that differ from industrial measurements in some aspects. 4. To understand application of IoT, AI, big data analytics and the latest advancements in seamless healthcare monitoring. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
1. Introduction 2. Motion & Force 3. Direct Pressure 4. Indirect Pressure 5. Direct Flow 6. Indirect Flow 7. Respiration 8. Body Temperature 9. Bioelectricity 10. Biomagnetism 11. Biochemistry-1 12. Biochemistry-2 13. Biochemistry-3 14. Seamless Monitoring |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
Biomedical Sensors and Instruments, 2nd edition, Tatsuo Togawa et al., CRC Press, ISBN: 9781420090789, Publication Date: March 22, 2011 https://www.crcpress.com/Biomedical-Sensors-and-Instruments/Tagawa-Tamura-Oberg/p/book/9781420090789 Seamless Healthcare Monitoring - Advancements in Wearable, Attachable, and Invisible Devices, Editors: Tamura, Toshiyo, Chen, Wenxi, Springer International Publishing, 2018, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-69362-0, eBook ISBN 978-3-319-69362-0, Hardcover ISBN 978-3-319-69361-3 https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319693613 |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
Paper survey and study report, 100％ |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
The course instructor has practical working experience and has worked for 5 years at Nihon Kohden Industrial Corp., a professional manufacturer of world famous medical equipment, and has been engaged in R&D for bioinstrumentation, signal processing and data analysis. Based on this experience, he will teach the basic knowledge and latest technology in “Introduction to Biosignal Detection”. Moodle for course handouts and other related information https://elms.u-aizu.ac.jp/login/index.php |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 1学期 ／First Quarter |
|---|---|
| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
HIRATA Naru |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
HIRATA Naru, DEMURA Hirohide |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
－ |
| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
N/A |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/02/06 |
|---|---|
| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
Generally, remote sensing refers to the activities of measurement the state of an object at far away. In many cases, electromagnetic waves including light are used as a means of sensing. In the narrower sense, remote sensing is observation of the Earth and other bodies with sensors on various platforms includes artificial satellites and airplanes. This course outlines the wide aspects of remote sensing technology at first. Then, we will focus on remote sensing by spacecraft. Detailed processes of data acquisition, reduction, analysis and interpretation of remote sensing data will be described. Physical and mathematical knowledge is another topic of this course, because it is a important background to achieve scientifically practical measurement. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
[Corresponding Learning Outcomes] (A) Graduates are aware of their professional and ethical responsibilities as engineers. They are capable of analyzing societal requirements and setting, solving, and evaluating technical problems by applying information science technologies in society. (C) Graduates can apply their professional knowledge in mathematics, natural sciences, and information technology. They also utilize scientific thinking skills, such as logical reasoning and objective judgment, acquired through this knowledge, to address and solve problems. By the end of the course, Student will - Understand the concepts, features and usefulness of remote sensing - Acquire knowledge and skills of computer science and engineering related to acquisition, analysis and interpretation of remote sensing data - Obtain relevant mathematics / physics knowledge. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
Each class will primarily be conducted as a lecture using course materials. Assignments will test fundamental knowledge of remote sensing and related fields of physics and information science. For some topics, practical sessions will be held in the exercise room computer environment or using personal computers. 1 Course guidance 2 Introduction to Remote Sensing 3-4 Physical backgroud on Remote Sensing 5-6 Platform and Sensor for Remote Sensing 7-8 Characteristics of Remote Sensing Data 9 Radiometric Calibration of Remote Sensing Data 10 Geometric Correction of Remote Sensing Data 11 Multiband image data analysis 12 Practice of remote sensing data analysis 13 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) 14 Global Positioning System (GPS) Note: Order of topics may change. [Preparation/Review] Before each class class, prepare in advance using the course materials. After class, review by collecting and consulting additional reference materials on your own. Complete and submit assignments by the specified deadlines. The estimated time required for preparation, review, and assignments for each class is 4-5 hours. |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
N/A |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
Grades will be based on assignments given in class. |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
Physics, Calculus, Linear Algebra, Image Processing, and Computer Graphics are recommended as prerequisites. |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
Image Processing and GIS for Remote Sensing: Techniques and Applications, Liu and Mason, 2016 https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/1118724208/ The instructor(s) have practical experience working in remote sensing, especially targeting solar system bodies, for many years. Based on their experiences, they will teach this course. |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 2学期 ／Second Quarter |
|---|---|
| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
HIRATA Naru |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
HIRATA Naru, DEMURA Hirohide |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
－ |
| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
N/A |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/02/06 |
|---|---|
| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
This course introduces fundamental knowledge on data analysis in lunar and planetary explorations. Ancillary information including spacecraft location and attitude is essential to handle data obtained by science instruments on board a spacecraft. We will study and exercise on handling and utilization of spacecraft ancillary data. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
By the end of the course, students will have learned basic technologies to analyze lunar and planetary exploration data and be able to develop tools or software for exploration data analysis. Student will also gain knowledge of handling of ancillary information with SPICE toolkit developed by NASA. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
- Week 1 - Introduction - Week 2 - Ancillary data and SPICE toolkit - Epoch information - Week 3 - Reference frame - Trajectory and Position of spacecraft - Week 4 - Conversion of refernce frame - Week 5 - Attitude of spacecraft - Week 6 - Shape model - Week 7 - SPICE toolkit in web and python |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
N/A |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
Grades will be based on assignments given in class. |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
ITC08A Remote Sensing are recommended as prerequisites. ITC10A Practical Data Analysis with Lunar and Planetary Database is closely connected with this course. ITC10A will introduce more practical topics on planetary data analyses. Students are recommended to finish ITC09 before taking ITC10A. |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
SPICE toolkit: http://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/ Planetary Data System: http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/ Hayabusa project science data archive: http://darts.isas.jaxa.jp/planet/project/hayabusa/ |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 3学期 ／Third Quarter |
|---|---|
| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
DEMURA Hirohide |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
DEMURA Hirohide, HIRATA Naru, OGAWA Yoshiko, HONDA Chikatoshi, KITAZATO Kohei, RAGE Uday Kiran, JAXA/NAOJ Lecturers, YAMAMOTO Keiko |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
－ |
| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
－ |
| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/02/17 |
|---|---|
| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
This course is a combination of advanced lectures and exercises according to practical data analysis and tool-development in lunar and planetary explorations based on the antecedent course "Fundamental Data Analysis in Lunar and Planetary Explorations". This course follows an omnibus form given by ARC-Space professors and invited lecturers (teleclasses) from JAXA, NAOJ, etc. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
To learn data analysis and making tools for the analysis from a viewpoint of remote sensing in lunar and planetary explorations To learn basic knowledge in space developments as topics of computer science and engineering. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
This is a lecture-based course with exercises, providing 60 hours of class time (2 credits) per quarter, along with approximately 30 hours of pre- and post-study sessions, which may vary depending on individual progress and achievement. Guidance by DEMURA (UoA) and following Omnibus Lectures RAGE (UoA) RasterMiner as a GIS HONDA (UoA) Performance test of imaging sensors OGAWA (UoA) Spectroscopic Analysis for lunar and planets MATSUMOTO (NAOJ) Gravity field of the Moon MOROTA (Tokyo Univ.) Crater Chronology YAMAMOTO (UoA) Gravity field determination for celestial bodies using orbital data |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
N/A |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
Comprehensive evaluation based on class activities (presentations, Q&A) and reports for each professor |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
Related courses: ITC08A "Remote Sensing" ITC09A "Fundamental Data Analysis in Lunar and Planetary Explorations" ITA19 "Reliable System for Lunar and Planetary Explorations" SEA11 "Software Engineering for Space Programs" |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
The course instructors has working experiences: Instructors are familiar with JAXA Space Development Projects. |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 2学期 ／Second Quarter |
|---|---|
| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
NISHIMURA Satoshi |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
NISHIMURA Satoshi, TAKAHASHI Shigeo |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
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| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
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| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/02/05 |
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| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
This course provides fundamentals of 3D Computer Graphics (CG) and its hardware implementation, which is followed by the recent advancement of CG rendering techniques with GPUs. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
Through this course, students are expected to acquire fundamental knowledge about rendering algorithms and their parallelization techniques. Students will also be able to obtain basic skills of GPU programming with the OpenGL Shading Language. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
1. Lecture: Introduction, Shape Modeling 2. Lecture: Geometry Calculation, Rasterization 3. Lecture: Lighting and Shading 4. Lecture: Texture Mapping and Shadowing 5. Lecture: Advanced Rendering Techniques 6. Lecture: Volume Rendering 7. Exercise: Fundamentals of Shader Programming 8. Exercise: Transformations and Colors in OpenGL Shading Language 9. Exercise: GPU-based Texture Mapping 10. Exercise: GPU-based Lighting and Shading 11. Exercise: GPU-based Normal Mapping 12. Exercise: GPU-based Shadowing 13. Assignment Presentation I 14. Assignment Presentation II [Preparation/Review] Lectures: Before each class, prepare by reviewing the content of the lecture slides on the course Web page (1 hour). After each class, read the relevant textbook pages to gain a deeper understanding of the lecture content (2-3 hours). Exercises: Before each class, review the program code and explanations provided in advance on the course Web page to understand what functionality you will be implementing (1 hour). After each class, review and understand the program code implemented during class, and re-implement the quiz problems you worked on, along with their extensions, by yourself (2-3 hours). Assignment Presentations: Before your presentation, read the paper you selected and create presentation slides introducing its content (8 hours). Additionally, before each class, prepare by reviewing papers selected by other students (2 hours). After each class, review those papers again and try to understand its contents (2-3 hours). |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
* J. Hughes, et al., Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, 3rd edition, 2012. * T. Sagishima, T. Nishizawa, and S. Asahara, Parallel Processing for Computer Graphics (in Japanese), Corona Publishing, 1991. * OpenGL Tutorial (http://www.opengl-tutorial.org/) * Handouts * Selected journal/conference papers |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
Presentation (75%), Reports (25%) |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
Prerequisites in the case when undergraduate students take this course: IT02: Computer Graphics |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
http://web-int.u-aizu.ac.jp/~nisim/cg_gpu/ |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 1学期 ／First Quarter |
|---|---|
| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
PAIK Incheon |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
PAIK Incheon, OFUJI Kenta, RAGE Uday Kiran |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
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| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
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| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/02/06 |
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| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
Recently, there have been very large and complex data sets from nature, sensors, social networks, enterprises increasingly based on high speed computers and networks together. Big data is the term for a collection of the data sets that it becomes difficult to process using on-hand database management tools or traditional data processing applications. Data science is a novel term that is often used interchangeably with competitive intelligence or business analytics, and it seeks to use all available and relevant data to effectively tell a story that can be easily understood by non-practitioners. Data science based on the big data is expected to provide very potent prediction and analysis for information and knowledge of various fields of researches and businesses from the new data set. Main objective of this course is to build up business viewpoints and target to use the big data, to learn technologies and skills to accomplish the business target. Business targeting and modeling, decision making, data science process, database for big data, issues related to deep learning, statistical analysis, data mining, and how to use the technologies to achieve the business goal will be studied in detail. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
In this course, introductory knowledge and skill for big data analysis process and technology will be covered. In detail, CRISP-DM for data analysis process, Hadoop and Spark platform for big data infrastructure, statistical analysis and several machine learning techniques for data analysis, and deep learning for data analysis will be studied by lecture and exercise. Students can have broad and necessary knowledge and technique for data analysis on big data infrastructure. [Corresponding Learning Outcomes] • Data Lifecycle and Infrastructure Management: Students will be able to manage the entire data science process by understanding big data infrastructures like Hadoop and Apache Spark to handle large-scale datasets efficiently. • Statistical and Analytical Proficiency: Students will demonstrate the ability to apply advanced statistical methods, including multivariate analysis (PCA, FA) and hypothesis testing, to derive meaningful business insights from complex data. • Algorithmic Data Mining and AI Integration: Students will be able to implement various data mining techniques (Classification, Clustering, Association) and integrate modern Deep Learning and LLM approaches to solve real-world analytical problems. [Preparation/Review] • Before each class session, read and understand the lecture materials (slides) and the corresponding sections in the exercise notebook. After class, review the lecture content, run the provided code, and think of ways to apply it. • The standard out-of-class learning time for this course is 240 minutes per session, broken down as follows: 120 minutes for preparation (reading slides + running example code), and 120 minutes for review and practice (reviewing slides, applying example code, completing exercises and examples, and organizing notes). • Report assignments will be given as needed and should be completed during the review and practice time. |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
Session 1. • Lecture: Data (Analysis/Science/Engineering) Process Session 2. • Lecture: A Scenario of Business Analysis with Data Science Process Session 3. • Lecture: Big Data Infrastructure (Hadoop & Apache Spark) Session 4. • Lecture: Big Data Analysis with Deep Learning and LLM Session 5. • Lecture: Statistical Analysis 1 (Linear Regression) • Exercise: Hands-on with Google Colab (Regression) Session 6. • Lecture: Statistical Analysis 2 (Multivariate Analysis - PCA, FA) • Exercise: Hands-on with Tensorflow Playground Session 7. • Lecture: Statistical Analysis 3 (Statistical Tests) • Exercise: Hands-on with Google Colab (Pipeline and model structure) Session 8. • Lecture: Statistical Analysis 4 (Wrap up) • Exercise: Hands-on with Google Colab (Parameter tuning) Session 9. • Lecture: Data Mining 1 - Classification Session 10. • Lecture: Data Mining 2 - Clustering Session 11. • Lecture: Data Mining 3 - Association Rule Mining Session 12. • Lecture: Data Mining 4 - Pattern Mining in Big Data Session 13. • Exercise: Exercise(Spark & Data Mining) #1 Session 14. • Exercise: Exercise(Spark & Data Mining) #2 |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
Lecture Slide: Will be provided on the lecture Web site |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
Examination ----- 60 % Exercise LAB (Including Term Project) ----------------- 40 % |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
* Prerequisites: For exercise, students should have skill and basic knowledge for the below: - JAVA & Python Programming - Machine Learning and Data Mining Basics |
| 参考(授業ホームページ、図書など) ／Reference (course website, literature, etc.) |
Reference: 1. Tom White, Hadoop, OREILLLY, 2011 2. Srinath Perera, Thilina Gunarathne, Hadoop Map-Reduce Programming, Packt Publishing, 2013 3. J.H Jeong, Biginning Hadoop Programming: Development and Operations, Wiki Books, 2012 4. Tan, Steinbach & Kumar,Introduction to data mining", Pearson Intrnational Edition, 2006 5. Tensorflow, https://www.tensorflow.org/ |
| Open Competency Codes Table Back |
| 開講学期 ／Semester |
2026年度／Academic Year 2学期 ／Second Quarter |
|---|---|
| 対象学年 ／Course for; |
1st year , 2nd year |
| 単位数 ／Credits |
2.0 |
| 責任者 ／Coordinator |
RAGE Uday Kiran |
| 担当教員名 ／Instructor |
RAGE Uday Kiran, SAXENA Deepika |
| 推奨トラック ／Recommended track |
－ |
| 先修科目 ／Essential courses |
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| 更新日／Last updated on | 2026/02/10 |
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| 授業の概要 ／Course outline |
This course provides an advanced and integrated study of Data Science and Cloud Computing, focusing on scalable data analytics, distributed processing, and cloud-based data management. As data volumes continue to grow rapidly, modern data science solutions increasingly rely on cloud infrastructures to store, process, and analyze large-scale datasets efficiently. The course is organized into two tightly connected parts: advanced data science techniques and cloud computing technologies. In the first part, students study essential and advanced data science concepts, including data preprocessing, data warehousing, extract–transform–load (ETL) pipelines, knowledge discovery in data, dimensionality reduction, and supervised and unsupervised learning techniques. Emphasis is placed on understanding the strengths, limitations, and appropriate application of different analytical methods. The second part focuses on cloud computing foundations and architectures, including cluster, grid, and utility computing, cloud service and deployment models, cloud data management, MapReduce-based analytics, resource management, security mechanisms, and data lake architectures. Students learn how large-scale analytics systems are designed and optimized in cloud environments. Through lectures, hands-on exercises, and project-based learning, students gain practical experience in designing and evaluating end-to-end data science pipelines on cloud platforms. The course emphasizes both conceptual understanding and practical skills required for research and real-world applications. |
| 授業の目的と到達目標 ／Objectives and attainment goals |
Objectives The objective of this course is to equip students with advanced knowledge and practical skills required to analyze large-scale data using modern data science techniques and cloud computing technologies. The course aims to enhance students’ ability to design scalable, efficient, and secure analytics solutions. Attainment Goals By completing this course, students will be able to: Understand and apply advanced data science techniques for large-scale data analysis Design ETL pipelines and data warehousing solutions Select appropriate machine learning techniques based on data characteristics and problem requirements Explain and differentiate cluster, grid, utility, and cloud computing paradigms Apply cloud-based data management and analytics frameworks such as MapReduce Design scalable, secure, and cost-effective data analytics solutions in cloud environments Integrate data science workflows with cloud infrastructure and data lakes |
| 授業スケジュール ／Class schedule |
Course Content and Methods Each class consists of lectures introducing core concepts and exercise sessions involving hands-on practice, case studies, or discussions. Exercises include SQL practice, data preprocessing tasks, distributed analytics experiments, and cloud-based system design. Schedule (14 Sessions) Introduction to Data Science and Cloud Computing Database Fundamentals and Data Modeling Structured Query Language (SQL) for Analytics Data Warehousing and ETL Pipelines Data Preprocessing and Data Quality Management Knowledge Discovery in Data Dimensionality Reduction and Feature Engineering Supervised and Unsupervised Learning Techniques Cluster, Grid, and Utility Computing Cloud Computing Fundamentals and Architectures Cloud Data Management and MapReduce Cloud Resource Management and Optimization Cloud Security, Privacy, and Data Governance Data Lakes and Integrated Cloud Data Science Systems Pre-class and Post-class Learning Students are expected to review assigned materials before each class and complete exercises, experiments, or reports after class. Estimated out-of-class study time per session: 5–7 hours. |
| 教科書 ／Textbook(s) |
Han, J., Kamber, M., & Pei, J., Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques, Springer Kleppmann, M., Designing Data-Intensive Applications, O’Reilly Erl, T., Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology & Architecture, Pearson |
| 成績評価の方法・基準 ／Grading method/criteria |
Student performance is evaluated using the following criteria: Course Project: 50% Classroom Exercises and Participation: 10% Assignments / Practical Exercises: 25% Final Examination: 15% Attendance is not included in the grading criteria. |
| 履修上の留意点 ／Note for course registration |
Attendance is mandatory. Students must maintain at least 75% attendance to pass the course. Failure to meet the attendance requirement will result in course failure, regardless of academic performance. Prior knowledge of databases, data mining, and basic cloud concepts is strongly recommended. |