Department of Information Sciences

Introduction
The Department of Information Sciences cultivates human resources who have learned advanced, specialized knowledge that emphasizes the fundamentals in the 3 mutually related fields of basic mathematical information, applied mathematical information and computer science, and who can contribute to the development of information science from a wide perspective.
List of Research Areas and Faculty Members
| Course | Faculty in Charge | Research Institute Area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematical Information | Professor | Masanori Ohya | Quantum Information Theory |
| Quantum Computation | |||
| Information Genetics | |||
| Applied Informatics | Professor | Noboru Watanabe | Optical Communication |
| Quantum Communication Theory | |||
| Mathematical Analysis | Professor | Yoshio Togawa | Nonlinear Systems |
| Statistical Mathematics | Professor | Sadao Tomizawa | Statistics |
| Operations Research | Professor | Masakiyo Miyagawa | Operations Research |
| Stochastic Networks | |||
| Queuing Theory | |||
| Computer Mathematics | Professor | Shigeo Akashi | Computational Science |
| Data Compression | |||
| Software Environments | Professor | Masayuki Takeda | Programming Language Theory |
| Information Networks | |||
| Requirements Specification Technology | Junior Associate Professor | Susumu Enomoto | Specification Language Theory |
| Product Model Theory | |||
| Artificial Intelligence | Professor | Ikuo Tahara | Intelligent Information Theory |
| Artificial Intelligence | |||
| Bioinfomatics | Associate Professor | Sato Keiko | Information Theoretical Approach to Life Phenomena |
| Language Processing | Associate Professor | Munehiro Takimoto | Code Optimization |
| Discrete Mathematics | Associate Professor | Nobuko Miyamoto | Combinatorial Design |
| theory of computation | Junior Associate Professor | Satoshi Iriyama | Algorithm Theory |
| (Visiting Faculty Members and Research Fields Based on the Joint Graduate School System) | |||
| Basic Theory of Software | Visiting Professor | Koichi Hashida | Natural Language Processing |
| Professor* | Ikuo Tahara | ||
| (Note) * indicates deputy advisors. | |||