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Faculty of Liberal Arts Department of Information Science

Recruitment stopped in April 2023

For all students enrolled in faculties and departments that will cease accepting new students, we will ensure that they maintain their affiliation with their chosen department and the educational environment there until graduation. We, the faculty and staff, will also fulfill our responsibility to provide support for their student life, career paths, and job placement.

Faculty Introduction

Teacher Profiles

MAKINO, Yoshinari Professor
Specialty Biological Systems Information Theory
Subjects Taught Life Science, Foundations of Scientific Thinking, Sensory and Perceptual Information Theory B (2nd year), Information Science Seminar (3rd year), Comprehensive Research (4th year)
■Research Themes
  • Modeling of the olfactory neural network
  • Information theory of nervous systems, biological systems, etc.
■Information science seminar (3rd year)

Using nerve cells as a subject, students will learn the fundamentals of modeling natural phenomena and understanding them through computer simulations.

■ Comprehensive Research (4th year students)

In our comprehensive research, we broadly study "information processing performed by living organisms," setting individual themes through discussion and conducting research accordingly. Our research themes to date can be broadly categorized into simulations of neural networks, psychophysical research on sensory perception, and psychophysical research on motor control.

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