Faculty of Science and Technology

Department of
Information Sciences

Information science in the Department of Information Sciences is comprised of the 3 fields of "basic mathematical information," which handles "information" related to various nature, social and human phenomena in a mathematical manner with mathematics as the basis, "applied mathematical information," which handles basic mathematical information in a practical manner, and "computer science," which handles systems that process information; the aim of this department is to foster the ability to quantify information and carry out scientific analysis.

Research Groups & Research Areas

  • Basic Mathematical Information

    Huge volumes of various types of information are overflowing like a flood. How should we quantify and scientifically handle such a huge amount of information? Basic Mathematical Information measures the uncertainty, size, value, etc. of "information" as information quantities, and deals with how "information" is expressed mathematically.

    Akashi Research Group / Iriyama Research Group / Miyamoto Research Group / Noguchi Research Group / Tomizawa Research Group / Watanabe Research Group

  • Applied Mathematical Information

    We formulate problems related to "information" of a phenomenon such as found in nature, society or human beings, mathematically create a hypothesis (model/principle) of the phenomenon, and construct a theory of a method or technique for a mathematical analysis based on the "information" and the "information amount". In this way, we infer the optimal solution, dealing with how to solve and improve practical problems in various fields.

    Miyamoto Research Group / Sato Research Group / Tahata Research Group / Tomizawa Research Group / Watanabe Research Group

  • Computer Science

    To actually process large volumes of "information", we need the assistance of a computer. Further, information needs to be processed by a computer also in order to infer an optimal solution for mathematical models of various phenomena by use of mathematical analysis methods. Computer Science deals with systems for processing this information.

    Akashi Research Group / Katsurada Research Group / Ohmura Research Group / Matsuzawa Research Group / Takimoto Research Group

List of Faculty Members

Name Title Research Area Keyword
Akashi Shigeo Professor Theory of informatics
Foundations of mathematics/Applied mathematics		 Data compression, Encipherment of image data, Electronic watermark
Entropy, Hilbert's 13th problem
MIYAMOTO Nobuko Professor Foundations of mathematics/Applied mathematics Discrete mathematics: Combinatorial designs and their applications
TAKIMOTO Munehiro Professor Software code optimization and parallelization
TOMIZAWA Sadao Professor Foundations of mathematics/Applied mathematics Mathematical Statistics, Categorical Data Analysis
WATANABE Noboru Professor Theory of informatics
Foundations of mathematics/Applied mathematics		 Quantum Communication Theory, Optical Communication, Quantum Entropy
Information Mathematics, Quantum Communication
IRIYAMA Satoshi Associate Professor Theory of informatics
Basic analysis		 Cryptography
Quantum Information, Quantum Algorithm
KATSURADA Kouichi Associate Professor Perceptual information processing Speech processing, Facial image processing, Dialogue system
Sato Keiko Associate Professor Life/Health/Medical informatics Bioinformatics, Biological Data Analysis, Mathematical Models in Evolutionary Processes
TAHATA Kouji Associate Professor Statistical science
Foundations of mathematics/Applied mathematics		 Categorical Data Analysis
Analysis for square contingency tables
ISHII Aki Junior Associate Professor Foundations of mathematics/Applied mathematics High-dimensional statistical analysis
MATSUZAWA Tomofumi Junior Associate Professor Information network
Information security
Intelligent informatics
Communication/Network engineering		 Adhoc Networks, Support for Disaster Recovery, ICN
Firewall, Cryptographic Communication
Machine (Deep) Learning, Artificial Intelligence for Games, Natural Language Processing
IP Routing, TCP/IP Protocol stack, Local Area Network, Multicasting
NOGUCHI Kenta Junior Associate Professor Foundations of mathematics/Applied mathematics Graph Theory
OHMURA Hidefumi Junior Associate Professor
FUJISAWA Kengo Assistant Professor Foundations of mathematics/Applied mathematics Categorical Data Analysis
KAMIZAWA Takeo Assistant Professor Basic analysis Dynamical systems, Differential Equations, Open Quantum Systems
KIHARA Maki Assistant Professor Theory of informatics Authentication, Cryptography
NAKAGAWA Tomoyuki Assistant Professor Foundations of mathematics/Applied mathematics Mathematical Statistics
SAWADA Shun Assistant Professor Cognitive science
Perceptual information processing
Intelligent informatics
Entertainment and game informatics
Music information processing
TAGA Shohei Assistant Professor Computer system evacuation support system

Information on Career Paths

  • Graduate School
    57.3%
  • Information Industry
    30.9%
  • Professional and Technical Services
    2.8%
  • Wholesale and Retail Trade
    1.8%
  • Life-Related Service Industry and Entertainment Industry
    0.9%
  • Machinery and Appliances
    0.9%
  • Civil Servant
    0.9%
  • Other (Persons Planning on Continuing Education, Studying Abroad, etc.)
    4.5%
(As of March 2021)