Graduate School of Informatics

Master's Degree Program in the 2022 academic year

Social Informatics Major　Intelligent Informatics Major
Note1. Courses and teaching staff are subject to change.
Note2. Supervising faculty are marked with ●.

Social Informatics Major

Research Area		Faculty
Information and Communication Media in Education
	ICT (Information & Communication Technology) and Educational Innovation	● KUROKAMI Haruo ● KUBOTA Mayumi ● OYANAGI Wakio
Information Society and Communications Media
	Media and Communication Studies	● OKADA Tomoyuki ● TANIMOTO Naho
	Psychological Models of Information and Human Behavior	● KUWABARA Takashi ● MORIO Hiroaki NISHIDA Koichi
Industrial Information Systems
	Value Creation and Collaborative Networks	● SHYI Shae-Chang
	Strategic Management in Information and Knowledge-Based Society	● ISADA Fumihiko ● KOGA Hiroshi ● SAITO Masako ● TOKUYAMA Mitsue ● MATSUMOTO Wataru
Information in the Public Domain
	Theory and Practice of Datebases in the Public Domain	● ITO Toshihide ● KITANI Shinichi ● NATORI Ryota ● OHORI Shuichi ● MATSUMOTO Wataru ● IZUMI Katsuyuki ● JINUSHI Toshiki ● NAKAMOTO Yasuhiro FUKUSHIMA Rikihiro ● SONG Jaehyun

■ ICT (Information & Communication Technology) and Educational Innovation
KUROKAMI, Haruo(kurokamikansai-u.ac.jp)　KUBOTA, Mayumi(mkubotakansai-u.ac.jp)　OYANAGI, Wakio( kansai-u.ac.jp)

Modes of communication have drastically changed as a result of rapid development in information and communication technologies. This project aims to investigate the current educational system and design new learning environments.
1. Research on developing and assessing curriculum on learning with ICT.
2. Research on communication strategies and education in a global society.
3. Research on informal learning and education while studying abroad using ICT.

■ Media and Communication Studies
TANIMOTO, Naho(tanimotokansai-u.ac.jp)　OKADA, Tomoyuki(okadakansai-u.ac.jp)

The advancement of information and communication technologies not only accomplished globalization of communications but also are accelerating radical changes of industries, economy, lifestyles and other social realms. Regarding the signs of formations of new media cultures, this project aims to pursue the following themes:
1. Developments of media and ICT industries.
2. Transformations of culture, communication, or styles of social activities.
3. Researches of media innovations in social history.

■ Psychological Models of Information and Human Behavior
KUWABARA, Takashi(kuwabarakansai-u.ac.jp)　MORIO, Hiroaki(hmoriokansai-u.ac.jp)　NISHIDA, Koichi(knishidakansai-u.ac.jp)

We live a daily life surrounding with a variety of information. This project aims to consider relationship of information and human mental process and to clarify psychologically what information people want to acquire, how they interpret it, how they are influenced with it, and how they exchange it with other people
1. Psychological research for social cognition of information
2. Psychological research for social influence of information
3. Psychological research for self-cognition of information
4. Psychological research for interpersonal communication

■ Value Creation and Collaborative Networks
SHYI, Shae-Chang(shires.kutc.kansai-u.ac.jp)

Due to globalization each national economy is increasingly interconnected and interdependent. And due to innovation of ICT business activities are fundamentally changed. This project aims to study formation of ‘Collaborative Networks' of information, knowledge and technologies and their mechanism by overcoming zero-sum competition and borders of nations and companies in order to create new value and business and to sophisticate industries based on the theories of Management Information Systems and Networking Management.

■ Strategic Management in Information and Knowledge-Based Society
KOGA, Hiroshi(hiroshikansai-u.ac.jp)　KITAJIMA, Osamu(ok-ktjmkansai-u.ac.jp)　SAITO, Masako( kansai-u.ac.jp)　TOKUYAMA, Mitsue(toku_sankansai-u.ac.jp)

Information is one of the keywords to understand the modern world. From the study of business administration, the most noteworthy matters are prevalence of digital information networks, growth of information commodity market as well as products and services, increase of strategic importance of intangible assets such as knowledge and brand, social capitals like relationships of trust, and globalization of business. These trends will be both chances and threats to the managements and require them to cope strategically. This project aims to consider the strategic and systematic problems of information society for company management from the theories of management strategy, management accounting, information system and marketing.

■ Theory and Practice of Databases in the Public Domain
ITO, Toshihide(toshikansai-u.ac.jp)　KITANI, Shinichi(kitanikansai-u.ac.jp)　NATORI, Ryota(t000033kansai-u.ac.jp)　OHORI, Shuichi(ohorikansai-u.ac.jp)　MATSUMOTO, Wataru(matsumokansai-u.ac.jp)　IZUMI, Katsuyuki(izumikansai-u.ac.jp)　JINUSHI, Toshiki(jinushikansai-u.ac.jp)　NAKAMOTO, Yasuhiro(nakamotokansai-u.ac.jp)　FUKUSHIMA, Rikihiro(fukusimakansai-u.ac.jp)

When citizens act something to the government and appreciate actions of the government, or the government plan the policies according to the request of the citizens, information about government actions and citizen consciousness will be required, which can be acquired through white paper and public relations, legislation and budget, business and investigation statistics, and election and citizen consciousness investigation. This project aims to understand mechanism handling comprehensively such information as a system and to consider the way to reconstruct it as citizen databases.

Intelligent Informatics Major

Research Area		Faculty
Human Computing
	Human-Computer Interaction : Cognition, Media, and Culture	● TOGIYA Norio ● YONEZAWA Tomoko ● UEHARA Ryo SEJIMA Yoshihiro SASAKI Kyoshiro
	Theory and Practice of Interaction Design	● HORI Masahiro ● TSUJI Mitsuhiro ● MATSUSHITA Mitsunori ● HAYASHI Takahiro
	"Kansei" Information Processing and Visualization	● HAYASHI Takefumi ● IURA Takashi HASE Kaihei
Intelligent Computing

	Intelligent Computing Applications	● HAYASHI Isao ● TANAKA Shigenori ● HIROKANE Michiyuki ● OGINO Masaki ● TAKENAKA Youichi ● HORIGUCHI Yukio ● INOUE Shinji
Computing Algorithms
	Development and Application of Mathematical Algorithms for Supporting Information Societies	● MURATA Tadahiko ● ASANO Akira ● YOSHIDA Nobuaki
Distributed Computing
	Multidimensional Research on Communication Network Technologies	● HORII Yasushi ● KUWAKADO Hidenori ● KONNO Kazuhiro ● TAGASHIRA Shigeaki ● KOBAYASHI Takashi

■ Human-Computer Interaction: Cognition, Media, and Culture
TOGIYA, Norio(ntogiyakansai-u.ac.jp)　YONEZAWA, Tomoko(yonekansai-u.ac.jp)　UEHARA, Ryo(ueharakansai-u.ac.jp)　SEJIMA, Yoshihiro(sejimakansai-u.ac.jp)　SASAKI, Kyoshiro(k-sskkansai-u.ac.jp)

We study human-computer interaction (HCI) and computer-mediated communication (CMC) from cognitivescience, media-science, philosophical, cultural, and historical perspectives. Our research approach includes empirical investigation, theoretical examination, and system implementation and evaluation. We also address socio-cultural issues such as technology standardization and ethics in HCI and CMC.

■ Theory and Practice of Interaction Design
HORI, Masahiro(horimkansai-u.ac.jp) 　MATSUSHITA, Mitsunori(m_matkansai-u.ac.jp)　HAYASHI, Takahiro(t.hayashikansai-u.ac.jp)　YAMANISHI, Ryosuke(ryamakansai-u.ac.jp)　

From the perspective of knowledge-information processing, this project aims to realize well-organized interactive systems, environments, and services on the basis of human-computer interaction and human communication that occurs through the use of electronic devices. To achieve this goal, studies involve the development of practical applications as well as the construction of radical theories in the field. Graduate students in this project need to have strong interest in either modeling human information processing, designing interactive environments, or evaluating user experience.

■ “Kansei” Information Processing and Visualization
HAYASHI, Takefumi(hayakansai-u.ac.jp)　IURA, Takashi(iurakansai-u.ac.jp)　HASE, Kaihe( kansai-u.ac.jp)

This project aims to clarify and visualize mechanisms of subjective information processing, such as intuition, feeling and sentience, that is, to clarify mechanisms of information processing in visual and auditory modalities through psychological experiments and to simulate them with neural network models and research of the brain-computer interface. As related topics, the differences of the right and left hemispheres of the human brain, visual information processing, voice recognition, music recognition, self-organization, human-computer interaction, scientific visualization, and media art will be included. It is essential to have learned programing techniques for this project.

■ Intelligent Computing Applications
HAYASHI, Isao(ihayakansai-u.ac.jp)　TANAKA, Shigenori(stanakakansai-u.ac.jp)　HIROKANE, Michiyuki(hirokanekansai-u.ac.jp)　OGINO, Masaki(oginokansai-u.ac.jp)　TAKENAKA, Youichi(takenakakansai-u.ac.jp)　HORIGUCHI, Yukio( kansai-u.ac.jp)　INOUE, Shinji(inokansai-u.ac.jp)

This project aims to learn basic intelligent computing theories such as fuzzy theory, neural network, chaos theory and genetic algorithms and others and to research the measure for application. Application fields are landscape design, damage analysis, maintenance, vibration control, disaster prevention planning, image processing, web related technologies, document processing, perceptual information processing, intelligent robotics and so on.

■ Development and Application of Mathematical Algorithms for Supporting Information Societies
MURATA, Tadahiko(muratakansai-u.ac.jp)　ASANO, Akira(a.asanokansai-u.ac.jp)　YOSHIDA, Nobuaki(yoshidankansai-u.ac.jp)

This project aims to contribute to diminish social irrationality and inequality to realize more pleasant information society. For rational decision making we will develop decision supporting algorithm based on exact solution technique of discrete optimization and decision algorithm using soft computing technologies, such as neural network, fuzzy, genetic algorithm, and agent algorithm. Furthermore, we will analyze statistically dynamics of agents in the virtual world and study decision making process and prevalence of dominated strategy of various societies and organizations.
1. Development and application decision algorithm using discrete optimization techniques.
2. Development and application of decision algorithm using artificial intelligent technologies.
3. Analyzing study of dynamics of artificial society.

■ Multidimensional Research on Communication Network Technologies
HORII, Yasushi(horiikansai-u.ac.jp)　KUWAKADO, Hidenori(kuwakadokansai-u.ac.jp)　KONNO, Kazuhiro(k.konnokansai-u.ac.jp)　TAGASHIRA, Shigeaki(shigekansai-u.ac.jp)　KOBAYASHI, Takashi(taka-kkansai-u.ac.jp)

The progress of various network devices is changing our everyday life significantly. The aim of this subject is to make our life more comfortable using communication network technologies from multidimensional perspectives, that is, from the physical layer to the application layer. A major research area of this subject involves (i) network application technology and information sensing technology, (ii) cryptography and information security, (iii) methodology for the network security and for the efficient use of network resources, (iv) down-sizing wireless equipment with the use of high frequency device technologies like non-Foster circuits and real-time Fourier transformers.

Doctor's Degree Program in the 2020 academic year

Note1. Courses and teaching staff are subject to change.
Note2. Supervising faculty are marked with ●.

Informatics Major

Research Field		Faculty
★ Advanced Information Systems
	Microwave Devices for Wireless Data Communications	● HORII Yasushi
	Information Security and its Analysis	● KUWAKADO Hidenori
	Mobile Information and Communication System	● TAGASHIRA Shigeaki
★ Applied Soft Computing
	Intelligent Information System for Computational Brain	● HAYASHI Isao
	Application of Soft Computing to Science	● YOSHIDA Nobuaki
	Practical Engineering of Soft Computing	● TANAKA Shigenori
	Visual Information Processing in Soft Computing	● ASANO Akira
	Application of Soft Computing to Sensing	● HIROKANE Michiyuki
	Application of Soft Computing to Earth and Planetary Science	● ITO Toshihide
	Advanced Study on Mathematical Modeling and Analysis	● TOMOEDA Akiyasu
	BrainBioinformatics and Systems Biology	● TAKENAKA Youichi
★ Cognitive Information Processing
	Web Interaction	● HORI Masahiro
	Visual Perception and Cognition	● HAYASHI Takefumi
	Interaction Design	● MATSUSHITA Mitsunori
	Visual Materials	● TOGIYA Norio
	Human Information Science	● HAYASHI Takahiro
	Virtual Communication Media Science	● YONEZAWA Tomoko
	Foundations of science and Technology	● UEHARA Ryo

Research Field			Faculty
★ Decision-Making
	Decision Support	Decision Making Using Computational Science	● MURATA Tadahiko
		Algebraic Geometry and Applications	● KONNO Kazuhiro
		Knowledge Management	KOGA Hiroshi
		Information and Business Management	SHYI Shae-Chang
		Survery Methodology	MATSUMOTO Wataru
	Social Decision-Making	International Corporate Strategy	● ISADA Fumihiko
		Accounting	● SAITO Masako
		Monetary Policy	● JINUSHI Toshiki
		Policy-Making Process in Administration	● KITANI Shinichi
		Japanese Politics and Government	● NATORI Ryota
		Intellectual Property Law	IZUMI Katsuyuki
★ Multimodel Communication
	Learning Environment Design	Media Mix and Teaching-Learning Process	● KUROKAMI Haruo
		Culture and Communication	● KUBOTA Mayumi
		Digital Technology and Innovative Learning	● OYANAGI Wakio
	Studies on Communication Environment	Psychology of the Internet	● MORIO Hiroaki
		Information and Social Behavior	● KUWABARA Takashi
		Cultural Sociology	● TANIMOTO Naho
		Mediated Communications	OKADA Tomoyuki

Graduate School of Informatics

Master's Degree Program in the 2022 academic year

Social Informatics Major

■ ICT (Information & Communication Technology) and Educational Innovation KUROKAMI, Haruo(kurokamikansai-u.ac.jp) KUBOTA, Mayumi(mkubotakansai-u.ac.jp) OYANAGI, Wakio( kansai-u.ac.jp)

■ Media and Communication Studies TANIMOTO, Naho(tanimotokansai-u.ac.jp) OKADA, Tomoyuki(okadakansai-u.ac.jp)

■ Psychological Models of Information and Human Behavior KUWABARA, Takashi(kuwabarakansai-u.ac.jp) MORIO, Hiroaki(hmoriokansai-u.ac.jp) NISHIDA, Koichi(knishidakansai-u.ac.jp)

■ Value Creation and Collaborative Networks SHYI, Shae-Chang(shires.kutc.kansai-u.ac.jp)

■ Strategic Management in Information and Knowledge-Based Society KOGA, Hiroshi(hiroshikansai-u.ac.jp) KITAJIMA, Osamu(ok-ktjmkansai-u.ac.jp) SAITO, Masako( kansai-u.ac.jp) TOKUYAMA, Mitsue(toku_sankansai-u.ac.jp)