Cluster Ⅱ (Emerging Multi-Interdisciplinary Engineering)
An ongoing process of fusion is occurring between information and science and engineering, which are the two educational and research pillars of UEC. Students in Cluster Ⅱ (Emerging Multi-Interdisciplinary Engineering) obtain the foundation necessary for making progress in these new fields of study.
Examples of specific fields that are envisioned include medical engineering, robotics, and smart power grids. Medical engineering fuses medical science and engineering, and is advancing medicine rapidly. For instance, an MRI machine—which turns three-dimensional images of the state of the brain or other internal organs into information—fuses technologies such as imaging, computer control and electronic devices. Practical applications of medical care with deep connections to communication and networking technologies are also emerging, such as telemedicine that supports medical treatment in remote areas or in the home.
Robotics integrates sophisticated technologies involving aspects such as perception, control, communications and artificial intelligence with mechanical engineering and electronics. It is increasingly being used at manufacturing sites as well as in our homes and offices as we build a society where humans and robots coexist and cooperate daily. A smart power grid, meanwhile, combines information communication and electric power technologies, and is seen as way to promote the use of renewable energy, which is expected to contribute to solutions for global environmental problems.
Students in Cluster Ⅱ (Emerging Multi-Interdisciplinary Engineering) learn about the cutting-edge science and technology in which these different fields and technologies emerge and drive remarkable advancements. They focus on a higher level of specialization starting in their third year by selecting one of five programs: Information Security Engineering, Information and Communication Engineering, Electronics and Information Engineering, Measurement and Control Systems, or Advanced Robotics.
Education Programs
Students in their third year and later are divided into five separate programs: Information Security Engineering Program, Information and Communication Engineering Program, Electronics and Information Engineering Program, Measurement and Control Systems Program, and Advanced Robotics Program. In these programs, students receive practical education focused on the specific information-application technology covered by their program.
Information Security Engineering Program
This program involves education and research that gives students the safety enhancement techniques and the wide variety of system and service design and management skills they need to manage the threats to information resulted from our realization of an information society. Students are taught about networking, system-management, security technology, and other subjects. Teaching materials include methods for assessing the safety of encryption and authentication technology; security system design methods; methods for designing, developing, and operating various networks; and methods for processing and managing multimedia information.
Information and Communication Engineering Program
After learning the fundamentals of electricity, electronics, and systems, students continue their learning in fields such as information and communication theory, error correction, and encryption. Students also learn about communication network technology and methods for designing systems and devices for wired, wireless, and optical communication.
Electronics and Information Engineering Program
By studying the fundamentals of electronics and participating in programming and electronic-circuit experiments and seminars, students learn about the theories and methods that are the foundation of the technologies used to build a wide variety of electronic information systems for applications such as audio, acoustic, visual and intelligent processing; electromagnetic wave transmission; and earth and space observation.
Measurement and Control Systems Program
Students learn how to create cutting-edge systems that are intelligent and human-friendly. Studies are centered around control, measurement, and signal processing and include topics such as the control of automobiles and aerospace equipment, the construction of advanced radar systems, and biological information processing to accommodate human conditions.
Advanced Robotics Program
Students learn about creating intelligent robots that can coexist with humans. Topics include the mechanical and intelligent control of robots, interfaces for controlling machines with the brain, micro robot factories, sensory information sensing and processing, and virtual reality.
List of Instructors
The instructors are the instructors in the School of Informatics and Engineering. Please refer to the list of instructors for the School of Informatics and Engineering.