As for achievement in AY2011, 3 new agreements. 3 renewal agreement, and 1 research collaboration agreement were concluded, which include general academic and research exchange between universities and research institutions. Major activities in AY2011 were as follows:

1. Conclusion of New General Agreements in AY2011

   • INSA-Rennes (Institut National des Sciences Appliquees), France

   • University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Finland

   • Central South University, China

2. Conclusion of Renewal General Agreements in AY2011

   • Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

   • Kongju National University, South Korea

   • St. Petersburg State University, Russia

3. Conclusion of General Agreements on Research Collaboration in AY2011

   • Institute of Automation Shandong Academy of Sciences, China

4. Student Exchange with Partnership University in AY2011

   Outbound

   • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, United States

   • Mercer University, United States

   Inbound

   • Kongju National University, South Korea

   • Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan

   • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, United States

5. International Conferences and Workshops held at the University of Aizu in AY2011

   • Third Annual Conference on E-learning and Technical Communication

   • Seventh International Workshop on Databases in Networked Information Systems (DNIS 2011)

   • Japan-Russia-USA Workshop (Modeling of Graphene Terahertz, Nano-Mechanical and Acousto-Optical Devices)

   • Workshop on "Recent topics on nuclear physics and radioactivity"

   • The 14th International Conference on Humans and Computers

   • ISSM'11-'12: Twelfth International Symposium on Spatial Media