Science Tokyo Academic Affairs News (January 2025 issue)

This newsletter is posted on the Science Tokyo website and on Slack around the first week of every month, providing updated information on academic affairs useful for all current Science Tokyo students.

1. [Science and Engineering] Academic Calendar
January.17(Fri), 18(Sat):No classes are held due to the Common Test for University Admissions and its preparation.
January.18(Sat), 19(Sun):There are entrance restrictions.

2. [Science and Engineering] 2024 4th Quarter Extra courses and End of term exams schedule
2025 February.4(Tue)～2025 February.12(Wed)
Schedules will be updated as below. Please pay attention to revision.
<Undergraduate school>
Undergraduate Make-Up Classes and End-of-Quarter Examination Schedules
<Graduate school>
Graduate Quarter-End Exams and Make-Up Classes Schedules

3. [Science and Engineering] Procedure of December or March completion [Person completed in December or Person expecting completion in March]
In early February, the confirmation form of the name printed on the Diploma will be queried.

4. [Science and Engineering] Information about the Academic Calendar for 2025-2026
The academic calendar for 2025-2026 is now available on our website.
Information: Academic Calendar

(1) ToTAL/OPEN Programs:

Academy for Leadership (ToTAL) is offering more than 20 kinds of workshops annually for fostering and developing leadership and entrepreneurship mindset and skills. Regardless of whether you are in ToTAL or not, or whether you are an undergraduate or a graduate student, any student can apply to participate in these workshops.
In addition, graduate students can register for ToTAL's courses that consist of a combination of those workshops to acquire credits and GAs.
[Details and application]

[Call for participants!!]

1. <Debate Club>
(An event of Science Tokyo SPRING (for Science and Engineering fields))
[English Class]
-Date and time: Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
-Venue: Room S6-309A, Ookayama Campus and Room J3-309B, Suzukakedai Campus
[Japanese Class (Tentative - depending on the number of registrants)]
-Date and time: Wednesdays, January 15 and January 29, 2025, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
-Venue: Room S6-309A, Ookayama Campus
-Outline: In this class, you will be able to:
　a. Learn how to prepare a structured defense as a team
　b. Learn how to attack an idea without attacking the person
　c. Practice improvisational skills in arguments
　d. Practice public speaking to an audience
　e. Experience in trying to understand perspectives that are different from your own
-Details and application

2. <Book Dialogue for Leadership>
(An event of Science Tokyo SPRING (for Science and Engineering fields))
[English Class]
-Date and time etc.: Monday, January 27, 2025, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
-Venue: Room S6-305, Ookayama Campus and online
-Outline: Students will read books on leadership development or insights on future society following a unique book club style called "Active book Dialogue". In these classes, students grasp main idea of the book quickly and discuss ideas with other students intensively. It can be a language training for students who would like to improve Japanese/English skills.
-Details and application

3. <Leadership in Innovation at Airport Ground Handling>
-Date and time etc.: Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
-Venue: Room S4-201, Ookayama Campus
-Guest speaker: T. Kikuchi, Manager, Ground Handling Planning, All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
-Outline: Professionals who are developing new value and establishing it in society, such as in the academia, large enterprises, startups, financial institutions, legal professions, the media and government, will talk about the outline of their work, issues they face, and their way of thinking. Then, students will then hold a Q&A session and discussion on certain topics with those professionals.
-Details will be posted on Academy for Leadership website.

4. <IdeaThon Workshop>
(An event of Science Tokyo SPRING (for Science and Engineering fields))
-Date and time etc.: Saturday, January 25, 2025, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
-Venue: Room S4-202, Ookayama Campus
-Facilitators: T. Tsutsumi, Director & CEO, Startup Brain, Co., Ltd.
-Outline: 1-day training for creating “business idea” using the Design Thinking methodology
-Details and application

5. <Design Practice Workshop: Telling the Future Like Telling about the Past>
(An event of Science Tokyo SPRING (for Science and Engineering fields))
-Date and time etc.: Saturday, February 1, 2025, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Online (Zoom)
-Facilitators: T. Iijima, Founder, Chief Design Officer, Persistence of Vision
-Outline: Mr. Iijima will invite you to a practice of design thinking by a unique workshop: “Anticipating the future as a past”. He will also give you some tips about making a visual prototype of your idea.
-Details will be posted on Academy for Leadership website.

6. <Capturing Multi-perspectives (series of 2 classes)>
-Date and time etc.: Wednesdays, February 12, 2025 and February 19, 2025, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
-Venue: Room S4-202, Ookayama Campus
-Facilitators: Y. Mizukami and N. Higa, Co-Founders, Mesh Network, LLC.
-Outline: In this class, using an anthropological approach, we will concretize the image of the “future” that was created in the “Future Foresight” class in December 2024, and ultimately create and perform a script. What do the diverse individuals living in that “future” think, and how do they behave in that situation? Cultivating this kind of imagination will be an essential skill for developing new technologies and businesses in the future.
-Details will be posted on Academy for Leadership website.

[Contact]
ToTAL Office
e-mail:total.jim@total.titech.ac.jp

[Academy of Super Smart Society]

■ Academy of Super Smart Society will accept additional applications for those who wish to enroll in this program in Spring 2025

Application period: February 17 to February 28 at noon, 2025

Students' voice

★★★WISE program for Super Smart Society★★★

The program's objective is to help students develop competencies and skills they will need to become "knowledge professionals" ("super PhDs") integrating physical space technologies with cyberspace technologies as well as combining advanced sciences and technologies, such as quantum science and artificial intelligence.

Participant's Voice

Contact: Office of Academy of Super Smart Society
E-mail: wise-sss@jim.titech.ac.jp

★★★On-demand Courses of SSS Innovation★★★
Students will learn about issues, initiatives, and implementation methods from lecturers from leading companies and organizations in various fields in On-demand classes. Based on the content of the lecture videos, students are evaluated through discussions among themselves and between students and lecturers.
SSS Online

Schedule for AY2025
1Q April: A6 Smart Ocean
2Q June: A5 Manufacturing Process Innovation
3Q Oct: A4 Frontiers of Smart Workplace
4Q Dec: New!
[SSS.S407] SSS Innovation A7: Quantum Science and Technology Close at Hand
Lecturers： Toshiba Corporation, Fujitsu Limited, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Hitachi, Ltd, TOPPAN Holdings Inc

Inquiry: Online Education, The Academy of Super Smart Society
sss-online@wise-sss.titech.ac.jp

[Academy of Energy and informatics (ISE)]

Information of the upcoming event

Dear Students,

This is from ISE Management Operations Office to inform you of our next event.

＜Event＞
6th InfoSyEnergy Open Symposium
Theme“A global society facing to heightened uncertainties. - What will be the role of renewable energy and hydrogen towards carbon neutrality ? -“

＜Date & Time＞
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
1:30 p.m. ～　Open Symposium（Free of charge）
6:00 p.m. ～　Networking event＊
＊Participation in Networking event is optional and fee will be charged.

＜Venue＞
Science Tokyo, Ookayama Campus, Kuramae Hall
Please check the following website for further information.
[ Event Info.] - 6th InfoSyEnergy Open Symposium on January 28, 2025
If you would like to participate, please register from the following URL:
Pre-registration>>>　Registration for the event
[Deadline for Pre-registration]　Wednesday, Jan. 22

We are very much welcome all of your participation!

Contact
Academy of Energy and informatics：management_office@infosyenergy.titech.ac.jp
Ookayama N3 Bldg., Rm 613

1. [For all students] “Driving Innovation Through Entrepreneurship” Special lecture and Q&A by Mr. Akira Kurabayashi, Managing Partner and Head of Japan at DNX Ventures*
*This lecture will be given in Japanese with supporting materials in English.

Do you think that “entrepreneurship” mindset and skills are something that only those interested in starting a company should have? The answer is “no”.

-Whether you work for an organization or continue your research in the academia, “entrepreneurship” is the source of your value.
-Establishing a company is not the only form of entrepreneurship, but understanding why people establish a company is directly related to fostering your entrepreneurial mindset.

At the Center for Entrepreneurship Education (CEE) and the Academy for Leadership (ToTAL), we are honored to invite Mr. Akira Kurabayashi, Managing Partner and Head of Japan of DNX Ventures on Friday, January 31 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., to speak on “Driving Innovation Through Entrepreneurship”.
He will answer questions from participants after his lecture.

This is a rare opportunity to hear from a world-class venture capitalist!
We hope you will use this opportunity to understand what is happening on the frontlines of innovation creation and new business startups around the world, and to help foster your “entrepreneurship”.

Also, this will be a good introduction to the Entrepreneurship course “Bachelor’s Fundamental Group Work for Value Creation B (ENT.V202)” that will be offered in the second semester of the next academic year (AY 2025).

[Lecture information]
-Date and time: Friday, January 31, 2025, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
-Venue: S4-201 lecture room, 2nd floor, South Building 4, Ookayama Campus
-Language: Japanese (with supporting materials in English)
-Guest Speaker: Mr. Akira Kurabayashi, Managing Partner/Head of Japan, DNX Ventures
-Eligibility: Science Tokyo students
-REGISTRATION
-Details

2. <Project Reflection>
(Science Tokyo SPRING (for Science and Engineering fields) designated workshop)

*Participants may attend one day out of the following dates.
＜Ookayama Class＞
-Date and time: Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
-Venue: Room S6-309A, Ookayama Campus
＜Suzukakedai Class＞
-Date and time: Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 and Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
-Venue: Room J3-309B, Suzukakedai Campus
-Language: Japanese and English
-Facilitators: K. Hasebe, S. Yagi, N. Kagawa, Copilot Inc.,
-Outline: In your busy research life, have you been able to stop your hands to identify issues and derive improvement measures? If you are short on time, it is easy to get caught up in the task at hand. If so, please join this class for your own research. Not only will you have the opportunity to reflect on your own work, but you will also receive personalized support, be stimulated by other students, and exchange ideas.
-Details and application

3. <Peer-Coaching: Workshop to get to know yourself through dialogue with others (series of 2 classes)>
*This workshop will be held in Japanese.

(An event of Science Tokyo SPRING (for Science and Engineering fields))
-Date and time: Thursdays, Jan. 23, 2025 and Jan. 30, 2025, 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
-Venue: Room S4-202, Ookayama Campus
-Language: Japanese
-Facilitators: M. Sakuramoto, CEO, CoachEd Inc.
-Outline: Peer coaching is a communication method that draws out the strengths of others through dialogue. This class is recommended for students who want to improve their communication skills and coaching skills among peers, fostering a sense of community and shared learning.
-Details will be posted on the following website. (ToTAL - Academy for Leadership, Institute of Science Tokyo)

4. <Enneagram: Workshop to deepen self-awareness through diagnostic testing>
(An event of Science Tokyo SPRING (for Science and Engineering fields))

-Date and time: Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
-Venue: Room S4-202, Ookayama Campus
-Language: Japanese and English
-Facilitator: H. Matsuda, Adjunct Researcher, Research Organization for Open Innovation Strategy, Waseda University
-Outline: Enneagram is a diagnostic test to help you learn about yourself and explore what you want to achieve in life. It divides a person’s innate temperament into nine personality types and illustrates the potential and essential traits that each possesses. It is an ideal workshop for students who wish to learn more about themselves.
-Details will be posted on the following website. (ToTAL - Academy for Leadership, Institute of Science Tokyo)