Tokyo Tech hosts 17th Student Support Forum

At this forum, we received varied opinions and questions about peer support activities through the oral presentations and the poster presentations that followed. I feel that we were given an opportunity to think carefully about the nature of our activities. I also believe that this forum has strengthened ties among the various groups engaged in voluntary activities. Each group can work hard on their own, but we can also cooperate and develop our activities together.

At Tokyo Tech, I am currently involved in research on numerical solution methods for generalized Nash equilibria in non-cooperative game theory.

The Student Survey group surveys all Tokyo Tech students to ensure that their opinions are heard across the Institute. This forum offered a great opportunity for us to learn from other student groups and universities, to publicize our activities, and to collect ideas for new activities from other groups.

I will join a lab in April and begin research on computer vision and image processing. As I move into that stage of my student life, I would like to continue to examine Tokyo Tech from various perspectives, and to flexible carry out Student Survey activities in the future.

FLAP is engaged in activities to support study abroad, and aims to make it more accessible for Tokyo Tech students. I believe this forum was a good opportunity to reevaluate our activities, and to let people know about FLAP's philosophy and efforts.

I currently conduct research on the challenges posed by the electric vehicle routing problem. I have presented FLAP's activities and interacted with faculty members and students at this forum, and I hope to apply this experience during my future research presentations and my planned study abroad.

This forum was an extremely useful experience as it allowed me to interact with aspiring students who are engaged in a broad range of activities. We introduced our group's activities, but we also shared the challenges we face, such as attracting students to our groups, and we were able to consider solutions to these challenges together.

I am engaged in research on water-related disasters in which I envision an ideal situation and perform trial and error in search of a solution. This approach has much in common with these student support activities, and I feel I have achieved significant personal growth. In the future, as Tokyo Tech undergoes changes such as the integration with TMDU, I would like to continue to challenge myself without being bound by existing frameworks.

I was a bundle of nerves before taking on the role of moderator, but with the help of the core members working on the forum from the planning stage, I was able to accomplish the task. I gained important experience by interacting with other organizations through the process and the forum itself.

I am currently a member of a lab specializing in evolutionary game theory, and I am formulating my own research topic. My research will begin in earnest in April, and I will be commuting to Tamachi Campus. It will be a big change from my classroom-centered life on Ookayama Campus, but I will continue to work hard both on my research and my peer supporter activities.

With the primary goal of student interaction, this forum was planned and executed by students. During the oral and poster presentations, as well as the Q&A sessions, many students not only communicated their own activities but also actively sought to learn about the efforts of others. I was truly impressed by this engaged attitude.

I am currently studying programming and machine learning. I have not yet had much experience in public speaking, so I was very nervous about moderating such a large gathering. That said, it was an invaluable experience to moderate this event and to interact with the audience using Slido, an interactive information sharing tool.