Department of Computer Science,

Graduate School of SIE,

University of Tsukuba

2016-2017

http://www.cs.tsukuba.ac.jp/
Information Mathematics and Modeling

Advanced Control Systems Research Group

Chaos and Computer Amusement Oriented Systems Laboratory
Computer and Visual Sciences Laboratory
Mathematical Modelling and Algorithm Laboratory
System Optimization Laboratory

Intelligent Software

Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Mizutani lab.)

Intelligent Robot Laboratory
Interactive Programming Laboratory
Programming Logic Group
Visualization and Interactive Systems Laboratory

Software System & Computer Architecture

Computer Networks Laboratory

Data-Driven Networking Architecture Laboratory
Data System Engineering Laboratory
Electronic Circuit Laboratory
High Performance Computing System Laboratory
Integration System Laboratory
Interactive Architecture Laboratory
Kitagawa Data Engineering Laboratory
Life-Electronics Laboratory
Nakada-Tanimura Laboratory
Operating System and Distributed Processing Laboratory
Operating System and System Software Laboratory
Parallel and Distributed Computing Laboratory
Realtime and Embedded Architecture Laboratory
Software Laboratory

Media Engineering & Intelligent System

Adaptive Information Processing Group

Computational Vision Science Laboratory
Computer Vision Laboratory
Image Science Laboratory
Knowledge System Laboratory
Machine Intelligence & Biomedical Engineering Laboratory
Machine Learning / Data Mining Laboratory
Multimedia Laboratory
Non-numerical Processing Algorithms Laboratory
Quality of Life Technology Laboratory
Satoh Laboratory
Web Science Laboratory

Welcome to the Department of

Computer Science

Computer Science is the field of research and technology that can turn our dreams into
reality. When an artist makes a painting, this one page can deeply move the hearts of
people. However, the influence of the painting ends there. The same goes for music
and literature. On the other hand, the products of a computer scientist, the software,
hardware, even the web services, they become "things" that actively work towards
helping the activities of other people. Those who become Computer Scientists can not
only transform the images in their heads into realities, but also make these realities
a new part of our very world. Parts that can be used not only in your country, but
everywhere around the globe.
Our Department of Computer Science is proud to be at the bleeding edge of Japan's
technological frontier. Our faculty consists of 72 members (26 professors, 22 associate professors, 6 lecturers and 18
assistant professors, as of October 2015). They cover almost all fields within Computer Science, so I am sure you can find
a professor working in your field of interest. Also, the student-to-professor rate is small within our laboratories, so you will
have the pleasurable experience of a personalized education.
The University of Tsukuba has many qualities that set it apart from other universities in Japan. One of those is its huge
campus, one of the largest in the country. Still, it is only 45 minutes by train from Akihabara, a fact that has surprised many
visitors to our campus. In such a huge campus, we have a wide variety of research fields: from Engineering and Humanities
to Sports Science, Arts and even Medicine, besides our own Computer Science, of course. The campus also houses the
students, professors, and the secretarial staff necessary to support our daily activities. Also there are many international
students coming from abroad to research and study with us.

Department of Computer Science

Graduate School of SIE,
University of Tsukuba

Kazuhiko KATO (Department Chair)

Features of the Department of Computer Science

The Department of Computer Science directs its research and
educational activities with the idea of developing Scientists and
IT Professionals that can attend to the diverse needs of a society
through the development and application of novel technologies in
Information Science.
With this idea in mind, the department aims to help its graduate
students to develop excellent skills on theoretical and mathematical
methods for information modeling, analysis and resolution methods
on both hardware and software. Our graduates should become
researchers capable of analyzing and solving a variety of problems
in computer systems and related fields, as well as engineers capable
of developing and utilizing actual systems based on these solutions.

The Department of Computer Science

Software
System
Intelligent
Software

Information
Mathematics
and Modeling

CS Seminar

Computer
Architecture

[Laboratory Activities]
Supervision
Discussion
Results

Media
Engineering

Intelligent
System

Progressive Approach:
The Department of Computer Science provides a curriculum that
covers a wide area of CS fields, along with a faculty body whose
expertise covers these many fields. In addition, with the support of
the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
(MEXT), and industry leaders, we created specialized programs to
pro-actively promote the internationalization, industry-academic
cooperation, development of top-line research and professional
development of our student body.

Technical Report:
The department occasionally publishes its recent research results
as technical reports in its homepage. In this way we share the new
technologies developed in our department with the society at large.

Colloquium:
The department holds a colloquium to disseminate new trends
in computer science research to its members. Students as well
as faculty member are welcome to attend these colloquia, which
usually consist of lectures by invited speakers from other academic
institutions and the industry.

Programs:
In addition to the regular Master's degree program, our department
also offers three specialized programs that a regular student can
opt-in to: the Computer Science English program offers an option
for students who prefer to do their studies completely in English,
the Practical Software Development Master Program for Fostering
Advanced IT Professionals program offers a curriculum focused
on the development of industry skills, and the enPiT one year
program offers an intensive, distributed course on IT skills with the
collaboration of a network of universities through Japan.

Department of Computer Science, Graduate School of SIE, University of Tsukuba

Computer Science English Program (CSE)

At our department, students may elect to take all of their required
disciplines in English through the Computer Science English
program. This program is aimed at both students whose native
language is not Japanese, as well as those students who want to
broaden their horizons through an education in English.
Currently the CSE program offers a core of subjects in the fields
of Computational Science, such as parallel numerical algorithms,
parallel programming, and large scale computing. A growing
number of general subjects is also offered. Students of the CSE
program are also eligible to take some courses in Japanese from
the regular curriculum if they desire.
The CSE program was founded from G30 Computational Science
Program, with the goal of foste ring qualifie d re searche r s in
interdisciplinary computational science with research abilities
in both computational and computer science. This program
is supported by the Center for Computational Sciences at the
University of Tsukuba.

Numerical Simulation
Numerical Algorithms
Big Data Analysis
High Performance Computing

Computer Science English Program

Supercomputer

Practical Software Development Master Program

for Fostering Advanced IT Professionals
This program provides practical education in the fields of embedded
system software and enterprise systems. The program fosters
developers with world-class skills, who are ready for work as
specialists in the IT-related companies. This program is supported
by Center for Innovation Leaders (CeFIL).

Companies that collaborate

with lecturers for this program

Features
PBL
PBL (Project Based Learning) is a practical training course whose
purpose is to build a problem-solving system within a team. In the
enterprise systems PBL course, students undertake system design,
implementation, testing and project management. This program
gives students the skills to plan and design information systems.

Recent Topics in the IT industry

In order to learn about trends in state-of-the-art technology in
industry, we invite top-class developers from industry to give
lectures on the technology they use. A wide range of themes is
chosen for the lectures, including cloud computing, ubiquitous
systems, cutting edge technology in embedded systems, and cell
processors.

Internship
Almost all students take up summer internships in supporting
companies to gain actual working experience.

Department of Computer Science, Graduate School of SIE, University of Tsukuba

(by alphabetical order in Japanese)

enPiT: Education Network for Practical Information Technologies

enPiT is a network of universities for promoting education of
practical information technology (IT) skills at the graduate level,
initially star ted by 15 member universities. enPiT focuses on
four essential fields of IT, namely Cloud Computing, Security,
Embedded Systems and Business Application Sof tware. Our
department hosts the division of business applications jointly with
Future University Hakodate and the Advanced Institute of Industrial
Technology. In the Business Application division, we aim to help
grow IT specialists who can produce practical solutions to the
unexposed needs in business and society at large, with up-to-date
expertise in the constantly evolving information technology and
infrastructure.
The program is mainly aimed at students in the first year of the
masters course. However, it is open to students in other academic
years. Students of other universities can also enroll through a
formal application procedure. Central to the curriculum are a twoweek long summer school and distributed project-based learning
(PBL) courses given at each university following the summer
school. In order to make these experiences as fruitful as possible,
pre -summe r school cour se s are of fe re d for acquiring basic
knowledge.
This program is mainly supported by the Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. The program is
jointly supported by CeFIL and other companies.

Pre-summer school basic courses

These courses aim to prepare participants for the summer school
by teaching the essentials of business application software. They
include the following: software development engineering, open
systems engineering, embedded systems, embedded program
development, service-oriented architecture engineering, and a
special lecture on recent IT advances.

Summer school
The school aims to boost the students skills to the practical
level in intensive workshop-style courses. In the project-based
development workshop of practical applications, students work in
a team to master the methods of software development in industry.
The students knowledge will be further enhanced by omnibusstyle lectures on building-block technologies used in business
applications and project management.

Distributed PBL
The students practical skills are lifted to the next level through
the post-summer school distributed PBL cour se. A realistic
development project is conducted in a distributed style, utilizing
modern communication means such as teleconferencing. In this
course, students experience the entire process of application
software development, which involves professional documenting
and reviewing for quality assurance, as well as project management.

Participating
Universities

Future University Hakodate

Faculty members and students

Academic Societies
Governmental Institutions

at participating university

Participating
Universities

Tohoku University

Faculty members and students

at participating university

Kyushu University
Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan Advanced Institute

of Science and Technology

Participating Universities

Academic
Societies

Osaka University

University of Tsukuba

Nagoya University

Kobe University
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Participating Universities

The University of Tokyo

Keio University
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology
Institute of Information Security

Department of Computer Science, Graduate School of SIE, University of Tsukuba

Faculties

(* professors who can supervise graduate students)

Information Mathematics and Modeling

Software System

* KAWABE Tohru

* KATO Kazuhiko

Control design: Theory and Applications in Robust

control, Receding horizon control, hybrid system,
Brain machine interface, etc.

* KITAGAWA Takashi Numerical analysis: Numerical algorithms for inverse

and Illposed problems. Mathematical model of meaning

and multimedia information system.

* KUNO Takahito

Mathematical programming: Numerical algorithms for

globally solving nonconvex optimization problems.

* SAKURAI Tetsuya Computational Mathematics, Numerical Mathematics

for Computers, Parallel Computing Algorithms for

Supercomputers, Algorithms for Large-scale Data Analysis,
Computational Science, Mathematical Software.

* TOKUNAGA Ryuji

Chaos, fractals and bifurcation theor y. Computer

amusement oriented elementary technologies.

* CAI DongSheng

Multimedia using artificial life theory. High performance

computing and parallel computing for space simulation.
Imaging using chaos and fractals.

* SANO Yoshio

Discrete Mathematics and Mathematical Optimization:

Mathematical structure and optimization for discrete
systems such as graphs, networks, matrices, and
matroids.

IMAKURA Akira

Numerical analysis: Numerical algorithms for solving

linear systems and eigenvalue problems.

System software: Operating systems, distributed systems,

virtual machines, information security.

* KITAGAWA Hiroyuki Database systems and data engineering : Information

integration, Data mining, Information retrieval, Stream

processing, Bigdata.

* LI Jie

Distributed Networking and Computing, Cloud and Big

Data, OS, System Reliability, Safety, and Evaluation.

* ABE Hirotake

System Software, Distributed Systems, Computer

Security, Computer Network.

* AMAGASA Toshiyuki Database system, data engineering: XML/RDF Database,

social media, and scientific database.

* OIKAWA Shuichi

Operating Systems, System Software for Real-Time

and Embedded Systems, Parallel and Distributed
Computing.

* SHINJO Yasushi

Operating systems, distributed systems, virtualization,

concurrent processing, distributed social networking
services.

* HARAIKAWA Tomohiro Networked appliances, embedded system, accessibility.

* MAEDA Atusi

Implementation of programming languages, garbage

collection, runtime system, resource management.

KAWASHIMA Hideyuki Database systems, DBMS architecture, sensor networks,

data streams.

FUTAMURA Yasunori Numerical analysis, High performance parallel algorithm,

CHEN Hanxiong

MORIKUNI Keiichi

Database system, knowledge-base system, e-education,

information retrieval, knowledge discovery and data
mining.

FURUSE Kazutaka

Database systems, information retrieval, and data

engineering.

OKA Mizuki

Web Science, Complex Systems, Artificial Intelligence

TSUGAWA Sho

Network mining: Social network analysis, data mining in

large-scale online communities, and design of network
services utilizing social networks.

Parallel solver for large -scale linear systems and

eigenvalue problems, Parallel numerical software.
Numerical linear algebra, large sparse matrix computations,
preconditioning algorithms for Krylov subspace methods,
least squares problems, singular linear systems

Intelligent Software
* OHYA Akihisa

Intelligent robots and sensing: Mobile robots working

in humans daily life environment, real world sensory
information processing, networked robotics, cooperative
multiple mobile robots.

* KAMEYAMA Yukiyoshi Programming languages and logic: functional programming,

type system, meta-programming, program verification.

* TANAKA Jiro

Ubiquitous computing, interactive software, Web interface,

computer-human interaction, visual languages, script
languages and software.

* MISUE Kazuo

Information visualization: visual interface, visual analytics,

network visualization, graph drawing.

SAGA Satoshi

Virtual Reality, Human Interface, Augmented Reality,

Tactile Sensor, Haptic Display, Haptic Teaching.

* SHIZUKI Buntaro

Human-computer interaction: Visual programming and

interaction techniques for end users.

* TAKAHASHI Shin

User interface software. Ubiquitous computing.

MIZUTANI Tetsuya

Program theory and musical informatics: Logical foundation

of verification and analysis of realtime intellectual program
systems and musical information.

VASILACHE Simona Software engineering, formal methods, human-computer

interaction.

UNNO Hiroshi

Program verification : model checking, type systems,

program analysis, automated theorem proving.

HASHIMOTO Yasuhiro Exploration of a new kind of humanity through modern

technologies based on social media analysis, network
analysis, and information visualization.

HASEBE Koji

Applications of logic to computer science : Formal

methods, distributed systems, multi-agent systems,
game theory.

HAYASE Yasuhiro

Sof t ware Engineering : Program comprehension,

software repository mining, software maintenance.

WATANABE Chiemi Database, Data Engineering, Privacy-Preserving DBMS,

Anonymization, Privacy-Preserving Data Mining, SpatioTemporal Database, WWW and Database.

SHIOKAWA Hiroaki D at a ba se syste m a nd D at a e ngine e r ing: Big dat a

analysis, Data mining, Algorithm, and Graph database.

Computer Architecture
* TAKAHASHI Daisuke High-performance computing: High-performance numerical

algorithms on parallel computers and performance

evaluation.

* TATEBE Osamu

Pa ralle l and D istribute d Syste m Sof t wa re, DataIntensive Computing, High Performance Computing.

* NISHIKAWA Hiroaki Hyper-distributed system and specification environment:

Hyper parallel distributed processing scheme based on

data-drive paradigm and its multilateral specification
environment.

* BOKU Taisuke

Massively parallel and high performance computing

s y s te m s : M a s s i ve l y p a r a l l e l p r o c e s s i n g s y s te m
architecture, cluster computing and its system software,
performance evaluation in high performance computing.

* YASUNAGA Moritoshi VLSI engineering: VLSI design and implementation

of parallel and distributed systems and evolutionary
systems.

* WADA Koichi

Parallel / distributed processing and computer architecture:

Parallel computer architecture. Parallel and distributed
processing system including parallel programming
language processors and applications.

* KIMURA Shigetomo

Information communication engineering: Process

algebra, network protocols and performance evaluation
of communication systems.

Department of Computer Science, Graduate School of SIE, University of Tsukuba

SATO Akira

Design and operation technology for academic network

systems, information systems and computing systems.

Intelligent System

* SHOUNO Kazuhiro

Analog integrated circuit and circuit theory: Highly

linearized CMOS transconductors and complex filters.

* KANOH Hitoshi

* YAMAGIWA Shinichi

Middleware and applications on parallel and distributed

systems, stream computing and GPGPU. Embedded
system applied to sports science and cognitive engineering.

Evolutionary computation, genetic algorithm, swarm

intelligence, artificial life, intelligent transportation
systems.

* SAKAI Ko

* YAMAGUCHI Yoshiki

VLSI engineering and computer architecture: Reconfigurable

architecture and its applications including parallel and
distributed computing, embedded computing and
power-efficient computing.

Computational vision: Early-to-intermediate-level

vision, perception of 3D structure from various cues,
nonlinear analysis of cortical network models, and
psychophysical experiments.

* FUKUI Kazuhiro

Pat tern re cognition and computer vision: Face

recognition, 3D object recognition, human sensing,
robot vision.

TOMIYASU Hiroshi

Making better use of significantly progressing microprosessors

for parallel computer architecture after Age of vector
supercomputers and massively parallel.

* YAMAMOTO Mikio

KANAZAWA Kenji

VLSI Engineering, Reconfigurable computing, Accelerator

for hard computation problems using reconfigurable
LSI.

N a t u r a l L a n g u a g e P r o c e s s i n g o n t h e We b u s i n g
statistical methods: Statistical machine translation and
Web documents processing such as sentiment analysis.

* INUI Takashi

SANNOMIYA Shuji

Autonomous, parallel, and distributed processor architecture:

Research on data-driven chip-multi-processor based
on self-timed elastic pipeline.

Natural Language Processing: Information extraction

and knowledge acquisition from natural language
data, opinion mining, and sentiment analysis.

* SAKUMA Jun

TADANO Hiroto

Numerical analysis: Numerical algorithms for large

scale linear systems. Parallel computing for eigenvalue
problems.

Machine learning and privacy preserving data mining:

data mining,statistical machine learning, knowledge
discovery from personal information, genomic and clinical
data mining, data management with cryptography.

* SATO Mitsuhisa
(RIKEN)

High-performance parallel computing systems : Cluster

computing, parallel programming systems such a
OpenMP and HPF, benchmarking and performance
evaluation of parallel computing systems, parallel and
distributed computing on Grid.

ARANHA Claus

Study of Ar tificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

a n d Evo l u ti o n a r y C o m p u t a ti o n. A p p l i c a t i o n s fo r
Optimization, Bioinformatics and Gaming. Parallelization
of Machine Learning Algorithms.

HINO Hideitsu

Machine Learning: Kernel Methods, Distance Metric

Learning, Ranking Model, Dimension Re duction,
Entropy Estimation, Sparse Representation.

* SATOH Yutaka
(AIST)

Ubiquitous vision, Robot vision, Stereo omnidirectional

system (SOS).

* NAKADA Hidemoto
(AIST)

Parallel computing, distributed computing, grid, cloud.

* TANIMURA Yusuke
(AIST)

Parallel and distributed storage. Large-scale data

processing. Cloud computing. Grid computing. E-science
applications.

Media Engineering

Observers

* KAMEYAMA Keisuke

Learning, adaptive information processing, signal / image

encoding, and applications to retrieval and restoration.

INAGAKI Toshiyuki

* KUDO Hiroyuki

Image processing and medical imaging : Image and

video processing, imaging science, medical imaging
(CT,PET,MRI) and computer-aided diagnosis, intelligent
image sensing, music and sound processing, mathematics
of inverse problems.

Human machine symbiosis: design of human interaction

w i t h s m a r t m a c h i n e s , a d a p t i ve a u to m a t i o n, r i s k
perception, reliability and safety of human-machine
systems, reasoning and decision making with incomplete
information.

ITOH Makoto

S yste m s s afet y: mu tu a l tr u st a n d c o op e r atio n in

human-machine systems, cognition, inference, and
de cision making unde r unce r taint y or gray zone,
perception and acceptance of risk.

FURUKAWA Hiroshi

Cognitive interface design: human interface to extend

cognitive capability, navigation suppor t, learning
support, mental models.

KATAGISHI Kazuki

Wisdom information communication systems:

Hyperfunctions-based Fluency Information Theory,
New Generation Network, Network security technologies.

NISHIDE Takashi

Information security: design of public key encryption,

cryptographic protocol, privacy-enhancing technology,
method for securing information systems.

KANAYAMA Naoki

I n f o r m a t i o n s e c u r i t y : p u b l i c - ke y c r y p t o g r a p h y,
especially elliptic curve cryptography and pairingbased cryptography.

* MAKINO Shoji

Acoustic signal processing, Music signal processing,

Computational auditory scene analysis: Blind source
separation, Acoustic echo cancellation, Segregation,
processing, synthesis, 3D reproduction, and retrieval of
music, Technical realization of the cocktail party effect.

* MITANI Jun

Computer graphics and CAD: Computational geometry,

Digital fabrication, and Computational origami.

* TAKIZAWA Hotaka

Intelligent image processing: medical image recognition,

computer-aided diagnosis, computer vision, 3-D object
recognition.

* YAMADA Takeshi

Speech and acoustic information processing: speech

recognition, sound scene understanding, multi-channel
signal processing, media quality assessment, and
e-learning.

RUTKOWSKI Tomasz

Computational auditory neuroscience, Brain- and humancomputer interfacing. Multisensory brain responses
and media design. Data driven multichannel brain and
biomedical signal separation or decomposition.

KANAMORI Yoshihiro

Computer graphics: real-time rendering, visual simulation

and geometric modeling, Non-Photorealistic Rendering.

SUZUKI Taizo

Media signal processing: Image and video processing,

source coding, filter banks / wavelets.

MIYABE Shigeki

Media engineering, speech signal processing, audio

signal processing, source separation, 3-D sound field
reproduction.

* INO Shuichi
(AIST)

Human machine interface, soft actuator technology,

information accessibility, haptic inter face design,
healthcare and quality of life technology, rehabilitation
engineering.

Department of Computer Science, Graduate School of SIE, University of Tsukuba

Research groups

Courses

Information Mathematics and Modeling

Masters Program

Advanced Control Systems Research Group

Chaos and Computer Amusement Oriented Systems Laboratory
Computer and Visual Sciences Laboratory
Mathematical Modelling and Algorithm Laboratory
System Optimization Laboratory

Intelligent Software
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Mizutani lab.)
Intelligent Robot Laboratory
Interactive Programming Laboratory
Programming Logic Group
Visualization and Interactive Systems Laboratory

Software System & Computer Architecture

Computer Networks Laboratory
Data-Driven Networking Architecture Laboratory
Data System Engineering Laboratory
Electronic Circuit Laboratory
High Performance Computing System Laboratory
Integration System Laboratory
Interactive Architecture Laboratory
Kitagawa Data Engineering Laboratory
Life-Electronics Laboratory
Nakada-Tanimura Laboratory
Operating System and Distributed Processing Laboratory
Operating System and System Software Laboratory
Parallel and Distributed Computing Laboratory
Realtime and Embedded Architecture Laboratory
Software Laboratory

Media Engineering & Intelligent System

Adaptive Information Processing Group
Computational Vision Science Laboratory
Computer Vision Laboratory
Image Science Laboratory
Knowledge System Laboratory
Machine Intelligence & Biomedical Engineering Laboratory
Machine Learning / Data Mining Laboratory
Multimedia Laboratory
Non-numerical Processing Algorithms Laboratory
Quality of Life Technology Laboratory
Satoh Laboratory
Web Science Laboratory

Common Subjects
Seminar in Computer Science
Research in Computer Science I, II
Advanced Technical English
Instructional Design
Data Analysis
Experiment Design in Computer Sciences
Quantitative Analysis of Large-Scale Business Data
Program Development on Embedded System
Services and Data Privacy
Special Lecture on Social Innovation by ICT
Identity & Vision Designing
Internship I, II

Information Mathematics and Modeling

Advanced Nonlinear Systems
Multimedia Information Theory
Advanced Course in Computational Algorithms
Advanced Course in Computational Media Information Science
Special Lecture on Numerical Simulation
Systems and Control
Systems and Optimization
Basic Computational Biology

Intelligent Software
Advanced Course in Programming Languages
Advanced Course in Program Theory
Advanced Course on Information Security
Intelligent Sensory Information Processing
Principles of Software Engineering
Special Topics in Computer Human Interaction I, II

Software System
Programming Environment
Advanced Performance Evaluation for Computer and Communication Systems
Concurrent Systems
Data Engineering I, II
Advanced Course in Distributed Systems
Advanced System Programming

Computer Architecture
Advanced Parallel Processing Architecture
Parallel and Distributed Systems
Integrated Systems Engineering
Advanced Course in High Performance Computing
Advanced Computer Networks
Advanced Circuit Engineering

Media Engineering
Advanced Course in Signal and Image Processing I,II,III
Advanced Course in Speech Media Engineering
Advanced Course in Computer Graphics and Interfaces
Adaptive Media Processing

Intelligent Systems
Advanced Course in Statistical Language Modeling
Image Recognition and Understanding
Computational Vision Science
Advanced Evolutionary Computation
Advanced Course in Computational Linguistics

Project Practice
Project Practice Workshop
Initiative Project I, II
Project Study I, II

Special Lectures on Selected Topics

Topics in Computer Science I~XI
Topics in Computational Science I~III

Department of Computer Science, Graduate School of SIE, University of Tsukuba

Practical Software Development Master Program

for Fostering Advanced IT Professionals
Common Subjects:
Software Development Engineering
Corporate Information Systems
Embedded Systems
PBL System Development A,B
Service Software Development for Mobile Application
Program Development on Embedded System
Introduction to Information Security
Internship I for Advanced IT Experiences
Web and Data Modeling
Service Oriented Architecture Engineering
Ethics for Engineers in Business
Practical Development for Business Applications
Special Lecture on Recent IT Advances
Special Lecture on Social Innovation by ICT
Research and Development Projects A,B

Specialized Technical Subjects:

Open Systems Engineering
Advanced Computer Networks
Programming Environment
Systems and Control
Server Construction Techniques on Virtualization
Advanced Course in Distributed Systems
Systems and Optimization
Special Topics in Computer Human Interaction I, II
Advanced Nonlinear Systems
Advanced Models for Deduction and Computation
Intelligent Sensory Information Processing
Concurrent Systems
Advanced System Programming
Parallel and Distributed Systems
Advanced Circuit Engineering
Advanced Course in Signal and Image Processing I, II, III
Advanced Course in Speech Media Engineering
Advanced Course in Natural Language Processing
Image Recognition and Understanding
Adaptive Media Processing
Services and Data Privacy
Data Analysis

Computer Science English Program

Common Courses
Seminar in Computer Science
Research in Computer Science I,II

Elective Courses
Advanced Course in Computational Algorithms
Special Lecture on Numerical Simulation
Basic Computational Biology
Programming Environment
Data Engineering I
Advanced Course in High Performance Computing
Experiment Design in Computer Sciences
Statistical Analysis
Topics in Computational Science I, II, III

Campus-wide Courses for Graduate Students

Computational Science Literacy
High Performance Parallel Computing Technology for Computational Sciences

Doctoral Program
Common Subjects
Research in Computer Science
Computer Science Seminar A, B
Research Internship I, II

Project Practice
Research & Development Project Study I, II, III

Related Subjects:
Advanced Technical English
Supply Chain Management
Production and Quality Management
Topics in Advanced Information Technology I, II
Identity and Vision Designing
Internship II for Advanced IT Experiences

Department of Computer Science, Graduate School of SIE, University of Tsukuba

Admission Outline
The Department of Computer Science holds separate entrance
examinations for the Master's Program and the Doctoral Program.

Entrance Examination for Master's Program Applicants

The Master's Program has three entrance examinations per year:
regular admissions on August and February, and admission via
recommendation on July. We also provide two special admission
options for working students, simultaneously with the August and
February examinations for regular applicants.

Examination for regular applicants

Written examination (Fundamentals of Computer Science
and Mathematics), Oral examination and English evaluation.

Special selection of working students

Oral examination and English evaluation.

Entrance Examination for the Doctoral Program Applicants

The Doctoral Program has two entrance examinations per year:
August and February for regular applicants. We also provide two
special admission options for working students on both occasions.
The entrance examination for the Doctoral Program has a greater
emphasis on the oral examination. TOEIC or TOEFL score is
necessary for the English evaluation. The entrance examination for
the Doctoral Program does not include a written examination.

Official documents and application form

You can access official documents, application forms and past
exams from the following webpages.
http://eng.ap-graduate.tsukuba.ac.jp/course/sie/
http://www.sie.tsukuba.ac.jp/english/admission/
http://www.cs.tsukuba.ac.jp/english/admission.html

To encourage applicants from outside our university and working

applicants, greater weight is given to the oral exam compared to
paper tests. The English evaluation is based on the applicant's
TOEIC or TOEFL score.

For International Students

Applicants from abroad have two options to ingress into the
Depar tment of Computer Science: They can take the regular
entrance examination directly, as described above, or they can
also apply to enroll as a research student (Kenkyu-sei). During
the research student period, the student may prepare for the
entrance examinations with the assistance of a faculty member
with similar research interests.
In both case s, applicants a re advise d to infor m the mselve s
regarding visa regulations at their Japanese Embassy or Consulate
before coming to Japan.

General information
International Student Center
http://www.global.tsukuba.ac.jp/isc/
Information for Prospective International Students
http://www.global.tsukuba.ac.jp/isc/academic-life
Enrollment Guidebook
http://www.global.tsukuba.ac.jp/isc/academic-life/enrollment-guidebook

Application for Research Students (Kenkyu-sei)

This program is for foreign students who seek to conduct their
research under the guidance of academic advisors. Research
students cannot earn credits or receive degrees. To attend any
courses they need prior approval from each course's instructor.
An applicant is required to obtain consent from a faculty member
with similar academic interests in the Department of Computer
Science to serve as an advisor during the research student period.
Moreover, the applicant is required to contact the prospective
academic advisor (a Professor or an Associate Professor) concerning
t h e i r s t u d y p l a n a n d J a p a n e s e l a n g u a g e p r o f i c i e n c y, t h e n
obtain his/her approval in advance before applying for research
student status at the university. The details can be found in a PDF
guidebook (http://www.global.tsukuba.ac.jp/isc/academic-life/
enrollment-guidebook) of the International Student Center of the
University of Tsukuba.

Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship

If you are planning to apply for the Japanese Government Scholarship,
please contact the Japanese Embassy in your country, where the
preliminary selection is made. If you have already passed the preliminary
selection at the Japanese embassy in your country and wish to
enter our graduate program, please send the following material
by FAX or e-mail (PDF file) to the Head of Department of Computer
Science:
1. "Certificate of Preliminary Selection" issued by the Japanese
Embassy with its due confirmation seal.
2. "Research Plan" with the confirmation seal by the Japanese
Embassy.
3. Up to three names for potential academic advisors.
We will then contact you about the further procedure for admission

Submission of the Application Form for Research Student to the International Student Center

April

June

October

Notification of Acceptance

June

August

December

Month of Entrance

October

December

Next April

Department of Computer Science, Graduate School of SIE, University of Tsukuba

Prospects after graduation

Among those students who completed our Masters Program,
about 80% went into employment while about 10% continued
on to Doctoral Programs. Students who completed our Doctoral
Program are working in universities, national research institutes
and R&D sections in industry. Some of those continue research as
post-doctoral researchers at universities.

Destinations of Masters Program graduates (FY2013-FY2014)

Industry 96, Further Education 13, Others 14

Destinations of Doctoral Program graduates (FY2013-FY2014)

Industry 7, Universities and Research Institutes 4, Post-doctoral
Researchers 2, Other 2

Master's Program graduates are working for

employers including (FY2013-FY2014)

NTT Data, Rakuten, Nintendo, KDDI, UNISYS Japan, Tokyo

Marine Nichido Systems, Recruit Holdings, Cyber Agent,
teamLab, SoftBank Group, Accenture, etc.

Doctoral Program graduates are working for

employers including (FY2013-FY2014)
H i g h En e r g y A c c e l e r a to r R e s e a r c h O r g a n iz a t i o n ( K EK ),
N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u te of I n fo r m a t i o n a n d C o m m u n i c a t i o n s ,
Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo University of
Technology, NTT (Laboratories), Hitachi, NTT-Docomo group,
A xcell, Hitachi Automotive Systems, Kanazawa Technical
College, Waseda University, etc.

Department of Computer Science,

Graduate School of SIE,
University of Tsukuba
2016-2017
http://www.cs.tsukuba.ac.jp/

Contact:
Department Chair : Kazuhiko KATO
[e-mail]

kato@cs.tsukuba.ac.jp

Department's Office
[address] Room 3F900, Building F, Third area,
University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1,
Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan
[tel]

+81-(29)-853-5530

[fax]

+81-(29)-853-5206

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Daigaku
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Tsukuba
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Tsukuba Daigaku
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Byoin Iriguchi
Migi Mawari
Hidari Mawari
Tsukuba Medical Center Mae
Tsukuba Daigaku
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It will take 45 minutes by the rapid service from Akihabara Station to

Tsukuba Station. Take a local bus bound for Tsukuba Daigaku Chuo or
Tsukuba Daigaku Loop-line Migi Mawari from Tsukuba Station to
Daisan Area Mae. It will take about 10 minutes.

Bus 65 min
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National Institute
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Sasagi

354

Joban Expressway

By Car
Driving directions from Joban Highway Exit Sakura-Tsuchiura IC
Proceed to Tsukuba (Turn left) Turn right at Sasagi Intersection
Follow Higashi Odori Avenue Turn left at the signal Tsukuba Daigaku
Chuo Iriguchi (About 8km)

By Air

Arakawaoki

Interchange (Yatabe)

It will take around 75 minutes from Tokyo Station Yaesu South Exit to
Daigaku Kaikan Mae by bus bound for Tsukuba Daigaku and 10 minutes walking. In case of the bus for Tsukuba Center, please transfer at
Tsukuba Center bus terminal to a bus bound for Tsukuba Daigaku
Chuo or Tsukuba Daigaku Loop-line Migi Mawari.

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It will take around 60 minutes from Tokyo or Ueno Station to Hitachino

Ushiku, Arakawaoki or Tsuchiura Station. Take a local bus bound for Tsukuba Daigaku Chuo from these stations to Daisan Area Mae. In case of
the bus for Tsukuba Center, please transfer at Tsukuba Center bus
terminal to a bus bound for Tsukuba Daigaku Chuo or Tsukuba
Daigaku Loop-line Migi Mawari.

Highway Bus

Tsukuba University of Technology

(Hearing Impaired Division)

Tsukuba Expo Center

Tsukuba Express Line

Access

From Narita Airport

By Bus: Take a bus bound for Tsukuba Center. It will take around 100
minutes. See above from Tsukuba Center bus terminal.
By Train: Take Keisei Line for Ueno Station. It will take around 45 minutes
by Skyliner Airport Express. See above from Ueno Station.

Tsukuba Daigaku Chuo

Administration Center

From Haneda Airport

By Bus: Take a bus bound for Tsukuba Center. It will take around 120
minutes. See above from Tsukuba Center bus terminal.
By Train: Take monorail to JR Hamamatsucho Station, or Keikyu Line to
JR Shinagawa Station. It will take 20-23 minutes. Use JR Yamanote Line
to Tokyo, Akihabara or Ueno Station. See above from these stations.

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From Ibaraki Airport

Byoin Iriguchi

University of Tsukuba

Tsukuba Medical Center

Matsumi Park

University Hospital

Tsukuba Expo Center

Tsukuba Nursing Academy

Take a bus bound for Tsukuba Center. It will take around 60 minutes.
See above from Tsukuba Center bus terminal.

Contact
address

Room 3F900, Building F, Third area,

University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba,
Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan

tel

+81-(29)-853-5530

fax

+81-(29)-853-5206

e-mail

inquiry@cs.tsukuba.ac.jp

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