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School of Multidisciplinary Sciences

The School of Multidisciplinary Science conducts research and education on complicated natural and social phenomena, as systems that govern the occurrences, functions, and interactions of these phenomena, from the comprehensive and transdisciplinary viewpoint.Through such research and educational activities, the School aims to nurture researchers and highly specialized professionals in the area of information and systems who will take the lead in academic research and address various important issues relating to changes in human society in the 21st Century. The School, consisting of the Department of Statistical Science, the Department of Polar Science, and the Department of Informatics, has been involved in multidisciplinary research fields from the beginning. In addition, the School further strives to enhance its research and education by promoting close collaboration between the Departments by, for example, setting common subjects in curricula.
The School covers diverse research subjects but studies the principles of multidisciplinary science, research approaches, and methodologies as an essential part of the School's research and education activities.

The Department of Statistical Science and the Department of Informatics seek to determine the common probability or complexity among various phenomena by statistical mathematics and data analysis. The Department of Polar Science studies the geophysical and the biological complex system in the polar regions of extremes on Earth and approaches its subject from the viewpoint of multidisciplinary science.
By continuing to explore new research fields, including advanced and leading research fields, and systematizing them through such activities, the School strives for further development of the multidisciplinary sciences.

Kadokura, Akira

KADOKURA Akira
Dean
School of Multidisciplinary Sciences

Special field : Magnetospheric physics

Departments under the School

Department of Statistical Science

Supercomputer System for Statistical Science (HPE SGI 8600)

The Department of Statistical Science is operated by the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, which has made great achievements in statistical science, including the Akaike information criterion, and has been contributing to the development of science as a central research institute of statistical science not only in Japan but also in the world.
This department conducts education and research on theory and applications to extract information and knowledge from the real world based on data, and aims to develop human resources with creative research capabilities solving various important issues that are complexly intertwined

Department of Polar Science

The aurora australis
(Photo by Hidehiko Suzuki)

Nature in polar regions is conditioned by the interactions betweenspace, the upper atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the geosphere and thebiosphere, with the whole Earth constituting a massive natural system.Polar science serves as a foundation for a broad range of fieldsconnected with this natural system, with the purpose of elucidatingvarious physical, chemical and biological processes of the system, aswell as their mutual interactions, from a perspective that sees theEarth as a seamless system. The Department of Polar Science conductseducation and research focused on natural phenomena occurring in theregions of the North and South Poles, embracing a view of the Earth as a global-scale environment. We strive to cultivate outstanding researchers equipped with advanced research and the ability to work as field scientists who are creative and flexible in studying the past,current and future figure of the Earth

Department of Informatics

A machine learning experiment based on communication between human and robot, by using VR devices

Mixer events for students and researchers are held in the lounge area.

Achieving Excellence in Informatics

Informatics is a scientific research field that extensively and synthetically deals with problems related with information from various aspects. It is a multidisciplinary science covering not only traditional information science and engineering but also modeling, artificial intelligence and data science, which are indispensable in the recent data-driven society, and even humanity informatics and social informatics. It includes visualization, acquisition/collection, circulation, management, processing, understanding, and usage of information as well as the information technology to support them. The department of Informatics aims to foster researchers and highly skilled professionals with ability in a broad range from foundations to practices and advanced specialty by utilizing cutting-edge research environments and cyber science infrastructure of the National Institute of Informatics where you can enjoy an international atmosphere with many active researchers and students from various countries.