Center Overview
To work with industry to create an environment where faculty and Keio students can use AI and programming as essential tools for academic research and industry-academia collaboration, regardless of their field in the humanities or sciences, and to research how to use them. Based on the idea that young people with flexible mindsets are more adept at using AI and programming, we will provide the latest AI and programming environment that allows for various activities at the Keio student level. By planning data science and business contests that require AI and programming together with industry, we will increase the number of participating Keio students, that is, Keio students skilled in AI and programming. Then, while promoting the use of AI and advanced programming in the Keio students' own research, we will also open our doors to Keio faculty and researchers. Through in-depth discussions among Keio students, corporate members, and researchers, we will pioneer the forefront of using the latest AI and advanced programming tools, while also feeding back these methods to all basic research at Keio University.
Keywords and Main Research Themes
Artificial intelligence, AI, programming, data science, industry-academia collaboration, integration of humanities and sciences
Fiscal Year 2020 Business Plan
■ Regarding activities continuing from FY2019: Background, rationale, and goals for continuation
Providing advanced computing resources to students
Conducting level-specific AI and programming workshops
Holding various AI and programming contests
Regularly holding individual consultation sessions on AI and program utilization
Training for participation in the Inter-Collegiate Programming Contest and travel support for participants in the Asian regional contest
In addition to the above, we will continue activities to encourage the participation of new member companies and individual benefactors.
■ New activity goals and content for FY2020, and background for implementation
To strongly encourage participation from students outside the Faculty of Science and Technology, we will increase cross-faculty activities such as medical AI and financial AI.
Fiscal Year 2019 Business Report
■ Implementation details for the business plan of the fiscal year, and research results and degree of achievement
In fiscal year 2019, we engaged in the following activities using the "AI and Advanced Programming Rooms" established on the Hiyoshi and Yagami Campuses, as well as general classrooms.
Providing advanced computing resources to students
Conducting level-specific AI and programming workshops (23 series of five 90-minute sessions were held throughout the spring and fall semesters, with a total of over 500 Keio students attending)
Holding various AI and programming contests (a total of 7 times)
Regularly holding individual consultation sessions on AI and program utilization
Training for participation in the Inter-Collegiate Programming Contest and travel support for participants in the Asian regional contest
This center made a provisional start as a startup center in its first fiscal year. After its launch, it gained the endorsement of many companies, and by the summer, 10 companies had joined as member companies. As a result, we were able to begin activities as an official center in the fall.
Achievements in Social Contribution, such as Published Papers, Conference Presentations, and Events
AI and Advanced Programming Consortium (AIC) Public Symposium (June 26, 2019, Fujiwara Hiroshi Hall, Kyoseikan Collaboration Complex, Hiyoshi Campus)
AI Image Recognition Contest (June 10–24, 2019, Hiyoshi Campus)
AI and System Implementation Contest (October 15–November 28, 2019, Hiyoshi Campus)
Environmental Recognition Technology Contest for Autonomous Driving (October 23–December 17, 2019, Hiyoshi Campus)
Lightweight Image Processing Contest using Raspberry Pi (October 23–December 18, 2019, Yagami Campus)
Driving Data Analysis and Business Proposal Contest (October 31–December 13, 2019, Hiyoshi Campus)
New Application Creation Hackathon using Motion Sensors (November 18–December 26, 2019, Hiyoshi Campus)
Machine Learning Fundamentals Challenge (December 4–27, 2019, Hiyoshi Campus)
Particular Achievements through the Center's Activities
The center's activities were featured with a photograph in the morning edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun on September 16, 2019.
We were interviewed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) regarding our pioneering initiatives in AI education.
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Principal Investigator
Kohei M. Itoh
ProfessorFaculty of Science and TechnologyTakahiro Yako
Associate ProfessorFaculty of Science and Technology