On September – 22nd -2022, a delegation from CNRS (Tokyo Office) visited Okayama University to kick off the MULTIDIM project (IRP) – Main commitments of the university in HORIZON EUROPE were also highlighted

Japan is among the world top countries for the number of CNRS structured collaborations and MULTIDIM has been recently awarded as one of them. It is an International Research Project (IRP) supported by CNRS (MULTIDIM). MULTIDIM is coordinated by the team in Strasbourg headed by Dr. Alberto BIANCO. At Okayama University Pr. Yuta NISHINA is the leader. At the event, the CNRS Tokyo Office was … Continue reading On September – 22nd -2022, a delegation from CNRS (Tokyo Office) visited Okayama University to kick off the MULTIDIM project (IRP) – Main commitments of the university in HORIZON EUROPE were also highlighted

TAKENOKO fellows at Okayama University: research internship meant great “science and cultural” accomplishment

Maëva, Jean-Baptiste and Martin have now returned to their University in France. They will keep wonderful memories of their stay. They could performed excellent research in a very professional environment. They also enjoyed a lot of features of Japanese culture. Go to their videos and their TAKENOKO reports. Continue reading TAKENOKO fellows at Okayama University: research internship meant great “science and cultural” accomplishment

HESPRI – Elevating Higher-Education policies: an empowering SPRIngboard – The “Humanities” in the spotlight at Okayama University: after BE-ARCHAEO, a second MSCA-Staff-Exchange project is supported by the European Commission.

The current world of higher education (HE) has been shaped by two forces: the humanistic traditions of university governance and the neo-liberal reforms of the past thirty years. With its successes and discontents, this hybrid system faces major crises that affect its ability to respond to the needs of society: the tension between traditional and neo-liberal academic values; the biased evaluation and assessment of quality … Continue reading HESPRI – Elevating Higher-Education policies: an empowering SPRIngboard – The “Humanities” in the spotlight at Okayama University: after BE-ARCHAEO, a second MSCA-Staff-Exchange project is supported by the European Commission.

BE-ARCHAEO: Pr. V. LOMBARDO from Turin University is bringing new advanced expertise to Okayama University in the field of AI, Data Base and Virtual Reality for Archaeology

Modern Archaeology concepts require access to computer-based systems, such as semantic Data Base schemata, to properly sort out the knowledge about the excavation activities and the collected artefacts. And ultimately to get improved access to full understanding of the archaeo-process. The job by Pr. Lombardo and his colleagues is a world-first for semantic representation and linked data applied to both archaeology and archaeometry. Read more… Continue reading BE-ARCHAEO: Pr. V. LOMBARDO from Turin University is bringing new advanced expertise to Okayama University in the field of AI, Data Base and Virtual Reality for Archaeology

Adrien from ENSIMAG – Grenoble (one of the best School for Applied Maths in France) is back at Okayama University (Pr. Z. YUCEL group).

For a 3 years Ph-D, from April 2022. He will be the second French student fully Ph-D graduated at Okayama University – The 1st one was B. CAMPEON in 2020 (Pr. NISHINA Group) see – here. More Ph-Ds are coming … Enjoy reading Adrien’s background, amazing projects and …. love for Japan — Read more. Continue reading Adrien from ENSIMAG – Grenoble (one of the best School for Applied Maths in France) is back at Okayama University (Pr. Z. YUCEL group).

SELFY – a proposal recently accepted for funding by the EU Commission – Okayama University is the Japanese University of the Consortium and will keep on promoting leadership in cybersecurity

In SELFY Okayama University (Pr. NOGAMI Yasuyuki group) will a – provide feedback on the proposed Verification and Validation (V&V) techniques for the evaluation of the CCAM system robustness, particularly of cryptography performance level. Design-time / run-time verification can assess weak points on models or implementations of CCAM systems showing the actual robustness of embedded cryptosystems (Task 4.6) b -participate in the identification and analysis … Continue reading SELFY – a proposal recently accepted for funding by the EU Commission – Okayama University is the Japanese University of the Consortium and will keep on promoting leadership in cybersecurity

TAKENOKO mobility fellowships from the JSPS-Alumni association – France. In 2022, Okayama University is the TAKENOKO destination of 3 laureates.

The Takenoko fellowships aim at promoting Exchanges and Mobilities in the field of science and humanities, between France and Japan. Fellowships are allocated to add an International dimension to students background. Takenoko students are immersed in a Research group for 3 months minimum periods in Japan. Professional achievements are expected. Read more Continue reading TAKENOKO mobility fellowships from the JSPS-Alumni association – France. In 2022, Okayama University is the TAKENOKO destination of 3 laureates.