Departments Info

*Research groups do not necessarily directly correlate to education programs

Computer Science and Communication Engineering

In order to realize a ubiquitous society, we need to introduce adaptability to both computer hardware and software, and we need to build a flexible and highly adaptable information processing system.
In this field, research activities are carried out organically in partnerships between experts on hardware technologies such as computer architecture and hardware design, experts on software technologies such as algorithms and operating systems, as well as experts on information communication and electromagnetic wave engineering, including microwave and millimeter wave engineering and diffraction optics.

• Our research includes:
  Fundamental Information/Software Engineering
• Data Engineering/Embedded Systems/Algorithms
• Computer Architecture
• System Software
• Integrated System Design
• Microwave and Millimeter Wave Engineering

Frontier Technology for Energy and Devices

Effective energy use, the development of alternative energies and the development of materials and devices with new functions all play important roles in stabilizing energy infrastructure and solving environmental issues. In this field, diverse research is conducted on themes such as electrical energy generation from large-scale power sources, including thermal power generation, nuclear power generation and dispersed power systems. We study their conversion for use with machines, heat, optical energy, electric transport and other technologies using electric power, as well as for electronic physicality and devices such as super-conductors, semiconductor integrated circuit technology and nano-structure devices and materials.

• Our research includes:
  Electric Power Systems
• Electric Energy Application
• Environmental Electronics
• Electronic Devices
• Compound Ultimate Function Science
• Nano-Structure Devices
• Electrical Materials

Human and Environmental Informatics

In a society facing declining birthrates, advanced aging and environmental issues, it is vital to develop technologies to enable a support system that allows people to live safely and comfortably.
To achieve this system, we need to implement research dealing with people and their immediate environments from diversified perspectives. In this field, a wide range of research activities are carried out with themes such as human interface technology, intelligent control, biological information measurement and natural environment assessment, which cover a variety of elemental technologies concerning human beings, the environment, information, and the organic integration of all of these.

• Our research includes:
  Sound Language Interface
• Biomedical Engineering
• Systems Control
• Information Measurement Processing
• Image Information Processing
• ICT Basics and Applications
• Electric Vehicles

Wearable sensors

Automated driving of electric vehicles