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[Dept. of Information Processing]

 

The Department of Information Processing is targeting to explore advanced information systems based on the concept in which all the real-world "objects" are considered as "information".    Various disciplinary and technological fields, such as the computer science, electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, applied physics, applied chemistry, psychology, and biophysics are integrated under the aspect of "information processing". The department offers education and research programs in both hardware and software engineering for information interchange, processing, communication, analysis, recognition, recording, and display.

All students are required to take courses which are selected for systematic study in the specified area. All students must get guidance by both their supervisor and the professors giving the courses.

 

The following lectures are held in Japanese. However, English materials can be served by request.

 

Lecture	Credit	Lecturers	Semester
Analysis of Discrete Systems	(2-0-0)	Itoh	Spring
Fundamental of Digital Signal Processing	(2-0-0)	T. Kobayashi, Yamaguchi, Sugino	Spring
Visual Perception	(2-0-0)	Uchikawa, Kaneko	Spring
Creative Healthcare Informatics	(2-0-0)	Yachida, Obi, Ohyama	Spring
Spoken Language Processing	(2-0-0)	T. Kobayashi, Sumita	Autumn
Optical Imaging and Image Processing	(2-0-0)	Yamaguchi, Ohyama	Autumn
Sensory Information Systems	(2-0-0)	Kaneko, Ando, Kuriki, Hirahara, Uchikawa	Autumn
Statistical Physics of Neural Information Processing	(2-0-0)	Kumazawa	Autumn
Imaging Materials I	(2-0-0)	Hanna, Hara	Spring
Imaging Materials II	(2-0-0)	Hara, Kajikawa	Autumn
Optical Properties of Advanced Electronics Materials	(2-0-0)	Aoyagi, Munekata, Kajikawa	Spring
Optical Communication Systems	(2-0-0)	Uenohara, Koyama	Spring
Optoelectronics	(2-0-0)	Miyamoto	Spring
Functional Electron Devices I	(2-0-0)	Masu, Ishihara, Sakai, Iwai, Tokumitsu, Tsutsui, Ohmi	Spring
Functional Electron Devices II	(2-0-0)	Asada, Aoyagi, Watanabe	Autumn
Advanced Information Processing	(2-0-0)	to be announced	Spring
Advanced Functionality Photosensors	(2-0-0)	Hanna, Tani, Kyuma	Autumn
Special Experiments of Information Processing I	(0-0-2)	(Master’s Courses)	Spring
Special Experiments of Information Processing II	(0-0-2)	(Master’s Courses)	Autumn
Special Experiments of Information Processing III	(0-0-2)	(Master’s Courses)	Spring
Special Experiments of Information Processing IV	(0-0-2)	(Master’s Courses)	Autumn
Seminar in Information Processing I, III	2	(Master’s Courses)	Spring
Seminar in Information Processing II, IV	2	(Master’s Courses)	Autumn
Seminar in Information Processing V, VII, IX	2	(Doctoral Courses)	Spring
Seminar in Information Processing VI, VIII, X	2	(Doctoral Courses)	Autumn

Analysis of Discrete Systems

2005 Spring Semester (2-0-0) Odd Years only

Lecturers: Toshiya ITOH

Probabilistic method is one of the most powerful tools to analyze discrete combinatorial optimization problems.  This lecture first overviews basic probability theory and introduces how to optimize combinatorial problems, e.g., counting sieve, method of conditional probabilities, deletion method, etc.

 

Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing

2005 Spring Semester (2-0-0)

Lecturers: Takao KOBAYASHI, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Nobuhiko SUGINO

Fundamentals of discrete-time signal processing and digital signal processing are discussed.  This lecture focuses on discrete-time signals and systems, sampling theorem, discrete-time Fourier transform, fast Fourier transform algorithms, digital filters, two-dimensional Fourier transform, and multi-dimensional processing.

 

Visual Perception

2005 Spring Semester (2-0-0)

Lecturers: Keiji UCHIKAWA, Hirohiko KANEKO

It is described how human visual system obtains, transfers, analyzes and integrates visual information from the outside world so that a final visual image can be created in human brain.  Human eye structure, adaptation, color vision and appearance, pattern, depth and motion perception are explained showing many psychophysical and physiological data.

 

Creative Healthcare Informatics

2005 Spring Semester (2-0-0)

Lecturers: Masuyoshi YACHIDA, Takashi OBI, Nagaaki OHYAMA

 

Spoken Language Processing

2004 Autumn Semester (2-0-0)

Lecturers: Takao KOBAYASHI, Kazuo SUMITA

Fundamental theory and applications of spoken language processing are described.  This lecture focuses on the speech analysis and synthesis, speech recognition, natural language processing, information retrieval, media conversion between auditory and visual information, and bimodal interface for computer interaction.

 

Optical Imaging and Image Processing

2004 Autumn Semester (2-0-0)

Lecturers: Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Nagaaki OHYAMA

The fundamentals of digital image processing techniques are described based on the theory of interference and diffraction of light wave, two-dimensional Fourier transform, and image formation.  The applications of optical imaging and digital image analysis techniques in image capture and display, optical measurement, medical imaging are also introduced.

 

Sensory Information Systems

2004 Autumn Semester (2-0-0)

Lecturers: Hirohiko KANEKO, Hiroshi ANDO, Ichiro KURIKI, Tatsuya HIRAHARA, Keiji UCHIKAWA

The properties and organizations of human sensory systems, the multi-modal sensory processes, the mechanisms for the learning and development and the methods to analyze the model sensory systems are described showing the latest topics.  The applications of the basic properties in human sensory systems are also described.

 

Statistical Physics of Neural Information Processing

2004 Autumn Semester (2-0-0)

Lecturers: Itsuo KUMAZAWA

This lecture introduces statistical methods to analyze highly parallel computation systems such as neural networks by using ideas developed in statistical physics.  1. Theoretical backgrounds of statistical physics and particle systems are described.  2. The human brain system and neural networks are overviewed.  3. The analogy between the system of particles and the system of computation units is shown.  4. The statistical methods to analyze parallel computation systems are derived.  5. Programming is practiced and the analytical results are compared with the experimental results. 

 

Imaging Materials I

2005 Spring Semester (2-0-0)

Lecturers: Jun-ichi HANNA, Kazuhiko HARA

The material exhibits various properties, some of which are utilized in information processes such as recording, storage, display, hardcopying, and so on. This lecture is focused on how the photo-electronic properties are utilized in practical applications of copiers, laser printers, and displays.

 

Imaging Materials II

2004 Autumn Semester (2-0-0)

Lecturers: Kazuhiko HARA, Kotaro KAJIKAWA

Among materials used in image processing systems, this course treats those for optical devices such as displays, optical modulators and waveguide optics. The first half is focused on inorganic light-emitting materials for display devices. The topics include fundamentals of radiative and nonradiative processes in solids, luminescent centers and their excitation, and design of materials for devices. In the second half, the lecture treats organic and polymeric materials with optical functionality, such as liquid crystals, organic emitting diodes and nonlinear optical materials.

 

Optical Properties of Advanced Electronics Materials

2005 Spring Semester (2-0-0)          Even Years: Japanese / Odd Years: English

Lecturers: Yoshinobu AOYAGI, Hiroo MUNEKATA, Kotaro KAJIKAWA

The course offers knowledge on fundamental optical properties and effects in semiconductors, magnetic materials, and nonlinear optical materials, on the basis of condensed matter physics. Working principles of optoelectronic devices are also given. H.M. and Y.A. are in charge of optical properties of semiconductors and magnetic properties, whereas K.K. takes charge of linear and nonlinear optical effects.

 

Optical Communication System

2005 Spring Semester (2-0-0)

Lecturers: Hiroyuki UENOHARA, Fumio KOYAMA

This lecture includes the theoretical basis and operations of important components of optical communication systems, such as optical fiber, transmitters, receivers, and optical amplifiers. The design of high speed optical networks will be studied. Also, essential technologies for backbone networks, access networks and optical LAN are described.  In addition, the future prospect of advanced optical communication systems with the use of optical routing and signal processing techniques will be described.

 

Optoelectronics

2005 Spring Semester (2-0-0)

Lecturers: Tomoyuki MIYAMOTO

This lecture describes fundamental principle and operation of optoelectronic devices used in optical communication and optical memory systems.  Focused devices are passive devices such as light waveguides and active devices such as laser diodes, LEDs, detectors, modulators.

 

Functional Electron Devices I

2005 Spring Semester (2-0-0)

Lecturers: Kazuya MASU, Hiroshi ISHIHARA, Tetsushi SAKAI, Hiroshi IWAI, Eisuke TOKUMITSU, Kazuo TSUTSUI, Shun-ichiro OHMI

Ultra-small electron devices with functional operations are described. This lecture is composed of Part I and Part II. Solid-state physics of nanostructures as a foundation and the characteristics and subjects of these devices are discussed in Part I.

 

Functional Electron Devices II

2004 Autumn Semester (2-0-0)

Lecturers: Masahiro ASADA, Yoshinobu AOYAGI, Masahiro WATANABE

Heterostructure compound semiconductor devices and their applications are discussed. The lecture is then extended to solid state physics of ultra-small structures, as a base of functional devices, and functional devices utilized new phenomena, such as quantum effects and single electron transport in ultra-small structures and materials.

 

Advanced Information Processing

2005 Spring Semester (2-0-0)

Lecturers: to be announced.

This course offers the comprehensive knowledge on the latest information technology.  The topics include various core technologies, such as information processing, high speed networks and human interfaces, and the relevant science and technology on software and hardware are surveyed.

 

Advanced Functionality Photosensors

2004 Autumn Semester (2-0-0)

Lecturers: Jun-ichi HANNA, Tadaaki TANI, Kazuo KYUMA