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The 119th TAOYAKA Program Seminar
The 119th TAOYAKA program seminar will held as follows.

■ Time & Date : 16:20-17:50, Monday, October 23, 2017
■ Venue : A1-141, Middle Meeting Room of Engineering, Hiroshima University
■ Theme : Research Introduction of CASIA in the Field of Artificial Intelligence
■ Lecturer : Prof. Qingyi Gu, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
■ Language: English
■ Object Persons : Students and Teachers
■ Contact: Taoyaka Program Technical Creation Office
                E-mail: taoyaka-tech-sect{at}ml.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
                Please replace{at}with @.
                TEL: 082-424-4597

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TAOYAKA Program is pleased to invite the founder of the NPO Mura no Mirai who developed Meta-Facilitation technique and holds the workshop for students to develop their interview skills, namely, Meta-Facilitation.  Details are as follows. 

■ Date: Saturday, December 9, 2017
■ Time: 9:30 – 17:30
■ Venue: Large Conference Room, 1F Graduate School of Letters, Hiroshima University
■ Title: Are You Asking Good Questions?
               ~ The interview skill you need to know for successful bottom-up research & projects~     
■ Speaker: Mr. Nobuaki Wada, 
                    The Founder of Meta-Facilitation and NPO “Mura no Mirai”  
■ Language: English

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The 4th TAOYAKA International Workshop: “Create sustainable community center in rural area”

The 4th TAOYAKA International Workshop “Create sustainable community center in rural area” will be held as below.

• Date & Time: 13:00-15:30 Thursday, December 7, 2017
• Venue: IDEC Large Conference Room, Hiroshima University
• *Simultaneous English-Japanese interpretation available
• Registration is required. Please send your name and affiliation to below address by December 6
  taoyaka-progrma*office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp (Please replace * with @)

• 13:00-13:10	Opening remarks
  13:10-14:00	Guest speech (50 min) Guests from Kodani elementary school district citizens collaborative community development committee Mr. Takeo KAGURI Mr. Tadashi NAKANO Mr. Yoshiaki DATE “Current situation of Kodani area & Current activities and community movements”
  	Break (10min)
  14:10-14:50	Student presentation, Q&A (40 min) Team4 “Create sustainable community center in rural area”
  15:00-15:25	Round table discussion (20 min) “Implications for rural community development and the challenges for doing research with local residents”
  15:25-15:30	Closing remarks

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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(Dec 4) The 118th TAOYAKA Program Seminar

The 118th TAOYAKA Program Seminar will be held. 
Everyone is welcome. We look forward to seeing you at the seminar.

■ Date: December 4th, Monday  2017
■ Time: 16:10 – 17:40
■ Venue: Large Conference Room, 1F  Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC), Hiroshima University
■ Title: Mexican education reforms: Realities and challenges
■ Speaker: Carlos Ornelas, Ph.D. Regional Cooperation Centre for Adult Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (CREFAL)
■ Moderator: Riho Sakurai, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, CICE)
■ Language: English 

Abstract:

Mexico features unique　education　system.　It　has　very　long　compulsory　education　period,　and　often　changes　education　laws. This lecture introduces dynamics of Mexican education reforms and remaining challenges.　
　Since late 1980s, Mexico has undertaken educational reforms aiming at increasing the quality of education, make the system equitable, and arrange a highly bureaucratic management. The government and the powerful National Teachers Union (SNTE) agreed to achieve those ends. In 1992 both parties signed the National Agreement for the Modernization of Basic Education; the federal government transferred to the states many duties and resources, but the system did not improve, quite the contrary. In the second attempt, called the Alliance for the Quality of Education, the government transferred to the Labor Union many of its legal obligations. The SNTE bosses became the rectors of education.　
　On December 1, 2012, President Peña Nieto launched the third attempt. This time without an accord with SNTE, but against it. The Peña Nieto Reform re-centralized many functions that past administrations relocated to the state governments and took over portions of the power of the Union leaders, including the imprisonment of some of them.
　The reforms appear to be working fine against some corporatist traditions of the Mexican education system but in a very complex political context.　The lecturer will base his analysis on two concepts: power technology and dialectics of control in regards to Mexican education reforms.

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The 119th TAOYAKA Program Seminar
The 119th TAOYAKA program seminar will held as follows.

■ Time & Date : 16:20-17:50, Monday, October 23, 2017
■ Venue : A1-141, Middle Meeting Room of Engineering, Hiroshima University
■ Theme : Research Introduction of CASIA in the Field of Artificial Intelligence
■ Lecturer : Prof. Qingyi Gu, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
■ Language: English
■ Object Persons : Students and Teachers
■ Contact: Taoyaka Program Technical Creation Office
                E-mail: taoyaka-tech-sect{at}ml.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
                Please replace{at}with @.
                TEL: 082-424-4597

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TAOYAKA Student Seminar Series (TSSS) will be back on November 16

We are pleased to announce that the TSSS will resume on Thursday, November 16, continued from spring semester.  TAOYAKA Student Ambassadors (TSAs) are continued to be in charge of managing the series.

One of the unique features of TAOYAKA program is the students’ diversity in academic and career backgrounds. TAOYAKA Students belong to three academic disciplines – Cultural Creation, Technical Creation, and Social Implementation courses- from seven different graduate schools. In their third year, students from three different courses, will be teamed-up to conduct multidisciplinary research/project to deal with actual problems/issues in a society.

The series provides students with opportunities for exchanging ideas and skills between different disciplines as well as explaining their studies to multidisciplinary audience. For M2 students, specifically, this is very important opportunity to consider their team members for implementing multidisciplinary research/project.

The series usually consists of two seminars by students in two of three courses of the TAOYAKA program. This semester, it will be held on  selected Thursdays from 12:50 t0 14:20 at the TAOYAKA classroom/Free Space at Daigaku-Kaikan.  Details are as follows.  Everyone is welcome! Please come and join our seminar series!!

<TAOYAKA Student Seminar Series Schedule 2017 >
　　　　　　　　　　　(Fall/Winter)
Time:12:50-14:20
Place: TAOYAKA classroom/Free Space at Daigaku-Kaikan (2F)

■Series IV: Thursday, November 16, 2017
* This is specially organized by two students who learned effective interview skills to share their learned materials using a hands-one workshop style. We will invite the instructor who provided the workshop for these students and hold a one-day workshop. This student series is also held as a pre-seminar for the actual/full-workshop.

◎Seminar #7 & 8 : <Are you asking GOOD questions? The interview skill you need to know for successful bottom-up research & projects>

Rie Usui, D2, Cultural Creation Course, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences,division of Integrated Arts and Sciences                                 
                                                  AND
 Qu Meng, M2, Cultural Creation Course, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences,division of Integrated Arts and Sciences 

                                           
■Series V: Thursday, December 14, 2017　
◎Seminar #9: <Nurturing sustainable agro-food systems in Japan: the role of new entrant organic farmers>
Simona Zollet, M2, Cultural Creation Course, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Program in Educational Development and Cultural and Regional Studies

◎Seminar #10: <Development of sensor based AI system for walking robots>
Sunandan Dutta, D1, Technical Creation Course, Graduate School of Engineering, Program in System Cybernetics
　　　

■Series VI: Thursday, January 25, 2018　
◎Seminar #11: <ForceHand – An interactive glove enabled with pneumatic artificial muscles>
Swagata Das, M2, Technical Creation Course,Graduate School of Engineering, Program in System Cybernetics

◎Seminar #12: <TBA>
Nguyen Phu Toan, D2, Social Implementation Course, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Program in Development Science

(Dec 7) The 120th TAOYAKA Program Seminar

The 120th TAOYAKA Program Seminar will be held. 
Everyone is welcome. We look forward to seeing you at the seminar.

■ Date: December 7th, Thursday  2017
■ Time: 16:20 – 17:50
■ Venue: Large Conference Room, 1F  Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC), Hiroshima University
■ Title: Immigrants’ Residential and Occupational Mobility in the U.S. and Local Policies
■ Speaker: Dr. Cathy Yang Liu, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University; Managing Editor, Journal of Urban Affairs
■ Moderator: Junyi ZHANG (Professor, IDEC)
■ Language: English 

Abstract:

The immigrant population is an important force shaping American cities in numerous ways. In designing viable policy and planning responses to incorporate immigrants at the local level, we need to understand their residential mobility patterns in the housing market and occupational mobility patterns in the labor market, both of which are pathways to economic mobility. This presentation synthesizes my two recent research projects which examine 1) immigrants changing residential location choices over time both within and across metropolitan areas and 2) the evaluation of the top employment niches that immigrants concentrate in from 1990 to 2010 using U.S. Census data. In addition, I will discuss a new local policy trend called “welcoming city” as a recent policy innovation to engage the immigrant population in urban development.

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The 3rd TAOYAKA International Workshop: “Multidisciplinary Research: Challenges & Future Prospects”

The 3rd TAOYAKA International Workshop “Multidisciplinary Research: Challenges & Future Prospects” will be held as below.

• Date & Time: 13:00-17:00 Monday, October 30, 2017
• Venue: IDEC Large Conference Room, Hiroshima University
• *Simultaneous English-Japanese interpretation available
• Registration is required. Please send your name and affiliation to below address by October 25
  taoyaka-progrma*office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp (Please replace *to @)

• 13:00-13:15	Introduction
  13:20-14:00	Guest speaker 1 (40 min) Mr. Rajeev Gyani, Chief Engineer, CREDA (Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency) “Solar photovoltaic technology understands the present human needs ”
  14:05-14:45	Guest speaker 2 (40 min), Mr. Akira Inoue from Mitarai Mr. Akira Inoue, Manager, Yōsoro LCC (合同会社よ～そろ) ­ “Community Revitalization; Three birds with one stone (一石三鳥のまちづくり)”
  	Break (10min)
  14:55-15:25	Student presentation (30 min) Team3 “Conjoint Analysis of Consumers’ Preferences on Future Organic Solar PV”
  15:30-16:00	Student presentation (30 min) Team5 “Enhancing Tourism Development at Mitarai on Osakishimojima Island: Focusing on Inbound Tourism”
  16:05-16:50	Poster session & Round table discussion (45 min) “Q & A, Sharing information and experiences”
  16:55-17:00	Closing remarks

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

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(Dec 4) The 118th TAOYAKA Program Seminar

The 118th TAOYAKA Program Seminar will be held. 
Everyone is welcome. We look forward to seeing you at the seminar.

■ Date: December 4th, Monday  2017
■ Time: 16:10 – 17:40
■ Venue: Large Conference Room, 1F  Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC), Hiroshima University
■ Title: Mexican education reforms: Realities and challenges
■ Speaker: Carlos Ornelas, Ph.D. Regional Cooperation Centre for Adult Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (CREFAL)
■ Moderator: Riho Sakurai, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, CICE)
■ Language: English 

Abstract:

Mexico features unique　education　system.　It　has　very　long　compulsory　education　period,　and　often　changes　education　laws. This lecture introduces dynamics of Mexican education reforms and remaining challenges.　
　Since late 1980s, Mexico has undertaken educational reforms aiming at increasing the quality of education, make the system equitable, and arrange a highly bureaucratic management. The government and the powerful National Teachers Union (SNTE) agreed to achieve those ends. In 1992 both parties signed the National Agreement for the Modernization of Basic Education; the federal government transferred to the states many duties and resources, but the system did not improve, quite the contrary. In the second attempt, called the Alliance for the Quality of Education, the government transferred to the Labor Union many of its legal obligations. The SNTE bosses became the rectors of education.　
　On December 1, 2012, President Peña Nieto launched the third attempt. This time without an accord with SNTE, but against it. The Peña Nieto Reform re-centralized many functions that past administrations relocated to the state governments and took over portions of the power of the Union leaders, including the imprisonment of some of them.
　The reforms appear to be working fine against some corporatist traditions of the Mexican education system but in a very complex political context.　The lecturer will base his analysis on two concepts: power technology and dialectics of control in regards to Mexican education reforms.

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(Nov. 25) HIRAKU 3MT Competition 2017

HIRAKU 3MT Competition is exciting opportunity for Ph.D. students to effectively explain their research and future vision with a single slide in limited three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.

【Date】 Saturday, November25, 2017 10：00～17：00
【Venue】 Small Hall, Higashi Hiroshima Arts & Culture Hall (Kurara)
  7-19, Saijo Sakaemachi, Higashihiroshi, 739-0015
【Participation Fee】 Free
【Schedule – Key Dates to Note】
September 27  Deadline of the Application
Mid-October     Presenters to be finalized
November 2     Pre-Training (Hiroshima/Yamaguchi/Tokushima Sites)
November 25   HIRAKU 3MT Competition 2017
【Program of the Day】
10：00　Opening Remarks
10：10　Keynote Lecture
10：35　Create your Future in Three Minutes! Presentation (Japanese Section)
12：40　Lunch Break
13：40　Create your Future in Three Minutes! Presentation (English Section)
14：40　[Concurrent Event] Create your Future with One piece of Paper! Poster Session
16：20　Awards Ceremony
17：00　Closing Remarks
* Please be noted that the program is subject to change, including the order of the Japanese/English sections.
【Award and Prizes】
●Winner
●Runner-Up
●HIRAKU President Award　
●Global Challenge Award　
●Sponsor Award (Otsuka Award, Kyowa Hakko Bio Award, Springer Nature Award, Chugai Technos Award, IBM Award, JSW Award, Mazda Award)
●People’s Choice
*We will be sending the Global Challenge Award recipient to the 2018 Asia-Pacific 3MT Finals (3MT®) to be held in Australia.
* We are planning to finalize recipients of each award per section (Japanese and English), but we may combine the two sections for some awards.
* Rest of presenters will be receiving the Challenge Award (or Participation Award).

More detail (HIRAKU Website)
http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/hiraku/en/event/competition_2017/