2021.01.08
We are pleased to announce that Makoto Amano (graduated from the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies in 2020), Eiko Hirata (4th-year student, Faculty of Policy Management), Yuka Sai (4th-year student, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies), and Ryosuke Nakajima (graduated from the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies in 2018), all from the lab of Nao Tokui, an associate professor at the Graduate School of Media and Governance, have won an Excellence Award in the "Digital Contents Division" of the INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CREATIVE AWARD (ISCA) 2020. Additionally, in the same division, Reia Sakakibara (2nd-year student, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies) and Yota Naruse (2nd-year student, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies) from the lab of Shinya Fujii, an associate professor at the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, won a Fine Work Award.
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A (INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CREATIVE AWARD) is an international creative award for students of universities, graduate schools, and vocational schools in Japan and abroad, with applications submitted by schools and faculty members. Entries were solicited in three divisions: "Domestic Video Contents Division," "Overseas Video Contents Division," and "Digital Contents Division." "UNLABELED -- Camouflage against the machines" (photo above) by Amano, Hirata, Sai, and Nakajima and "Sonic-Aquarium" (photo below) by Sakakibara and Naruse each won an award in the "Digital Contents Division."
Comment from Makoto Amano (2020 Graduate, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies)
I am very honored that our work was selected for an Excellence Award at ISCA 2020. This work combines an engineering approach using AI with a design approach from fashion, making the most of the unique characteristics of SFC. I believe that the judges at ISCA 2020 appreciated our work because the individual strengths of each team member were reflected in the final piece. In the future, we hope to not only continue updating the work but also to deepen discussions from our respective perspectives on the applications and ethical issues of AI implemented in society. I would like to express my gratitude to everyone in the lab and all those involved for their guidance on this project. Thank you very much.
Comments from Reia Sakakibara and Yota Naruse (2nd-year students, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies)
We are honored to have our work selected for a Fine Work Award. We are very happy to have received various opinions on this valuable occasion. Due to the impact of the novel coronavirus, it was difficult to get together to work on the project, but creating the work under the limited conditions of being primarily remote was a good experience. Based on the feedback from the awards ceremony, we plan to continue updating the work in the future. We would also like to thank everyone in our lab for their guidance.
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Posted by: General Affairs Section, Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) Office