News
Mr. Yutaka Watanobe, a second-year student of the Doctoral Program of the Graduate School of Computer Science and Engineering, has been selected as a special research fellow for AY 2006 by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). He is the second student from the University selected for the program after Mr. Akira Sato, a first-year student of the Graduate School of Computer Science and Engineering. Mr. Watanobe is working on the "research and development of next-generation multimedia programming environment" under Professor Nikolay N. Mirenkov's instruction.
Grants for encouragement of research will be distributed to him for two years starting from April of 2006 for further pursuit of his research. Mr. Watanobe was quoted as saying, "I would like to become a teacher like Professor Mirenkov, and contribute to the University of Aizu."
(Professor Nikolay N. Mirenkov on the left and Mr. Yutaka Watanobe)
This news will be published in Fukushima Minpo's "Campus Communication" as well. (Refer to "Campus Tsushin No. 188") (sorry,only in Japanese)
The program for "JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists" has been carried out since 1985 for the purpose of fostering young researchers.
It is extremely important to provide young excellent scientists with opportunities to concentrate on their research early in their careers, selecting research themes on their own based on liberal and creative ideas, in order to foster researchers with creativity who will play an indispensable role in the future in scientific research fields in Japan.
For this purpose, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), an independent administrative institution, offers a special program under which fellowships are granted to individuals having aspirations for concentrating on research with excellent research abilities chosen from graduate students who are enrolled in university doctoral programs and postdoctoral researchers who conduct research activities at universities or research institutions on a non-employment basis.
In view of the need to foster and recruit young researchers with research abilities at the world's highest standards, a research grant is also provided for outstanding postdoctoral researchers (as special postdoctoral fellows) following due selection.
(This is the section quoted from the application guide for JSPS Fellowship Program for AY 2006)