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The following are examples of recommended research themes from which student can choose.
| Text analysis of the Tale of Genji | This research aims to examine the view that the Tale of Genji could have been written by more than one author, and attempt the estimation of the order in which the 54 chapters were written, paying attention to the quantitative nature of the text. |
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| Implementation of an attitude survey of young people and analysis of its data | This research aims to conduct an attitude survey of young people under the age of 20 years, with the same questionnaire used in the Survey of the Japanese National Character, which targeted people between 20 and 80 years of age. A comparative analysis of the two survey results will be made. |
| A taste for gold in the early Edo era | During and after the era of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi, gold decorations became popular and were seen everywhere. In the Edo era, not only shogun families, but also many feudal lords and court officials, developed a taste for gold. The aim of this research is to look at the foundations of their interest in gold through the examination of historical materials using quantitative and qualitative analyses. |
| Measurement and data analysis of human behavior | This research aims to study the methodology and techniques on the measurement and data analysis of human behavior. The research results and findings, which help to explain incomprehensible human behavior, can be utilized in management and marketing activities of companies and industries, and broadly-defined data mining. |
| Quantitative analysis of Ukiyo-e | The aim of this research is to clarify the characteristics of the drawing methods of ukiyo-e artists by conducting quantitive analysis of the shape of human faces painted on ukiyo-e. |
| Estimation of the year of foundation by quantitative analysis of the shape of the ancient temple | This research aims to estimate the years in which the ancient temples were built through quantitative analysis of the shape of the foundations of their main halls. |
| The relationship between the people who attended tea ceremonies in the era of Muromachi and Tensho era | This research aims to make a database of the guest members who attended tea ceremonies during the era of Muromachi and Tensho era using abundant remaining records of tea ceremonies, and analyze the degree of closeness among the members, etc. In that event, students not only need to conduct principal component analysis and quantification, but need to consider whether the member's status was as a host or a guest. |
| Textual variants of the Beppon (sporadic texts) of the Tale of Genji | The aim of this research is to analyze so-called Beppon of the Tale of Genji, whose generative structure has not been fully studied yet, from the standpoint of genealogical philology. |
| Generative structure of Sogi's Collection of Renga | An unannotated edition of Sogi's Collection of Renga has been maintained as an important data source, however, an annotated edition such as "Wakuraba" (old leaves) has remained untouched. This research aims to examine it by carefully analyzing its commentary text. |
| Computational statistics of written text | This research aims to study the methodology and techniques for solving problems by automatically extracting relevant information from computerized text. The research results and learned knowledge can be utilized in metrical philology, metrical stylistics corpus linguistics, data mining, and text mining, etc. |
| Quantitative study of cultural and social phenomena | This research aims to study the methodology and techniques for solving problems related to cultural and social phenomena through a data science approach. The research results and learned knowledge can be utilized in resolving social phenomena, and conducting social survey, market research, market research analysis, business analysis, and data mining, etc. |
| Decision making model under an uncertain environment including uncertain human behaviors | This research aims to build a decision making model under an environment which has both probable uncertainty of nature and possible uncertainty of human behaviors. |
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| Art-historical study on displays in museums | The aim of this research is to establish the validity of an art-historical approach necessary to improve display efficiency in museums, using concrete and practical simulations. |
| Research of the effects of highly realistic visual expressions on humans | Among various kinds of multimedia informational environments that can provide highly realistic sensations, this research aims to study the effects which picture signals have on humans |
| Quantitative analysis of trend formation | This research aims to study how to conduct quantitative analysis of the past data, using cultural theory in order to investigate what kind of preferences different generations have for various product designs, from the clothing business to consumer electronics and automobile industries, and what kind of trends will become mainstream in the future. |
| Establishment of a Kansei assessment model of multiattribute objects | This research aims to establish a Kansei assessment model of objects with multiple attributes, such as food, commercial goods and real estate, using the data from assessment experiments with test objects. |
| Fuzzy modeling of a nonlinear system | The aim of this research is to develop a method to identify a model from input-output data based on a general fuzzy model of a nonlinear system. |
| Stabilization fuzzy control of nonlinear plants | The aim of this research is to design a stabilization fuzzy control system based on a fuzzy model to deal with concrete nonlinear plants. |
| Repair and preservation | This research aims not only to define repair in terms of preservation, but also to position it in connection with the raison d'etre of art. |
| Historical characteristics of Japanese art in overseas collections | This research aims to scrutinize global validity of Japanese art through a comprehensive reexamination of requirements for the formation of Japanese art collections in Europe and the US. |
| Study of characteristic techniques of highly realistic expressions | This research aims to compare and examine the various effects which diverse kinds of multimedia information environments providing highly realistic sensations have on humans. |
| City comparison theory | This research aims to qualitatively compare and contrast representative Japanese cities such as Tokyo and Kyoto and representative foreign cities such as New York and Boston from the perspective of their function and history, and create a model city for the 21st century where culture and city can exist in harmony. |
| Future picture of multicultural and multiracial societies | In the world today, the opening of labor markets for foreign workers is becoming a reality due to the declining birthrate and aging population. This research aims to analyze the problems in multicultural and multiracial societies in foreign countries, especially in Europe and the US, using various data, and create a model of what type of multicultural and multiracial society Japan should be. |
| Comparative image analysis | This research aims to analyze the cultural differences between the US, Japan, Europe and Asia through the study of visual images of movies and television from these places using a data science method, and derive conditions to enable universalization of visual image expressions specific to each region or country. |
| Transmission of infectious diseases through a small world network | The aim of this research is to conduct a spatio-temporal pattern analysis of infectious diseases which spread through a traffic network forming a small world network. |
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| Human-caused environment disturbance and preservation of natural life | This research aims to analyze the influences of human-caused spatial-temporal environment disturbance on the preservation of natural life using mathematical models. |
| Social structure of the Minami Yamashiro region in the Kofun (tumulus) Period | This research aims to discuss the Kofun Period in Minami Yamashiro, which played an important role in the formation of an ancient state, by synthesizing a detailed and appropriate location-based database of relics with historical information. |
| Composition of production areas of ceramics in Kyoto in the Middle Ages and their distribution | A prototype of modern Japanese culture was formed in Kyoto in the Middle Ages. This research aims to examine its typical archaeological materials, earthenware and ceramic ware, regarding how they were used and as a result what kind of culture was nurtured, by analyzing the composition of production areas, style and function based on the historical characteristics in each investigation area. |
| Explaining the correlation between the language changes and the distribution of dialects | Although it is well-known that language contact may cause natural languages to change, how it exactly happens is still obscure. We exploit the technology of GIS to clarify the geographic conditions for the spread of dialects, and attempt to elucidate the mechanism of language change by means of examining historical materials and applying the linguistic techniques of reconstructing languages. |
| A Comparative Study on the functional categories between Chinese and Japanese | Exploring the nature of functional categories, not lexical categories as substantial symbols, is quite important for explaining the universal principles of natural language syntax. Through the comparison of various similar linguistic phenomena among various languages, in particular, between Chinese and Japanese, the corpus analysis, and psychological experiments, we attempt to explain the general properties of functional categories. |
| Identification of a linear discrete time system using numerical linear algebra | Based on linear system realization theory, this research aims to study on a method of identifying a state space model from input-output data, and its extension to a stochastic system, using QR-decomposition and singular value decomposition. |
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| Computer simulation of cultural and social phenomena using individual-based models | Individual-based models are also called agent-based models. The aim of this research is to construct a large-scale group of individuals with attributes related to cultural and social phenomena within a computer, and to perform a computer simulation analysis. |
| Research on the development of a statistical method for data analysis of cultural property | This research aims to conduct statistical analysis of the data of tangible and intangible cultural properties, and thereby aims to establish a standard analysis method. |
| Research on a multimedia information retrieval system | Present information retrieval systems deal with a single media. There is an urgent need for the development of a multimedia information retrieval system. The aim of this research is to devise and realize an inquiry interface where user's intentions can be reflected in end-user query. |
| Research on recognition of Kansei information by body-oriented media | The aim of this research is to examine a recognition mechanism of Kansei information given and received through body-oriented media. Specifically, to establish a comprehensive body-oriented media recognition model by integrating a speculative discussion on the body and an empirical quantitative analysis. |
| Estimation of a nonlinear system using a particle filter | This research aims to study a practical method to calculate integration of a fundamental expression for the status estimation of a nonlinear system using the Monte Carlo sampling method, and also perform a comparative study with other status estimation methods of a nonlinear system. |
| Adaptive signal processing using the Kalman filter | This research aims to develop an efficient adaptive algorithm using the Kalman filter to provide a solution for the problems regarding simultaneously estimating unknown parameters included in an adaptive signal processing system and its status. For example, the problem of blind identification in signal processing for cellular phone systems. |
| Generation of a cooperative behavior and spatial transmission of cooperativeness | This research aims to model the evolution of cooperation in the Prisoner's Dilemma game on a lattice space using game theory, and analyze it with computer simulations. |
| Research on a numerical solution technique to solve a mathematical model | This research aims to conduct a study of a numerical analysis of differential equation that describes cultural phenomena. |
| Research on mathematical characterization of a multivariable data analysis and development of a new method | This research aims to characterize mathematically a multivariable data analysis from diverse perspectives, as well as identify the problems of the existing analysis methods and develop a new method to improve them. |
| Research on data analysis related to BSE | This research aims to analyze the data on BSE, identify a causative substance, and determine the propagation path.(Joint research with the Department of Agriculture, Tokyo University) |
| Research on classification of company projects in the process of software development | This research aims to classify company projects from a perspective of received order size, size of a company, and development efficiency, etc., by analyzing data regarding a process of software development of domestic enterprises.(Joint research with Nara Institute of Science and Technology) |
| Research on storage of large-scale data and search processing | Realization of a high-speed and high-accuracy search processing is necessary for extracting useful information from large-scale data. Search processing today has a number of problems due to increasingly complex data formatting. The aim of this research is to study about data storage and searching techniques in order to solve the problems of search processing. |
| Research on the Web information search system and user interaction | As there are millions of different kinds of documents stored on the Web, it is crucial to build a support system for a user to be able to search for desired documents efficiently, in addition to constructing a search system with high searching accuracy. The aim of this research is to study about the implementation of such a searching support system. |
| Research on a digital library | Digitizing prevents original cultural materials from degrading in quality. However, digitizing does not provide an absolute guarantee of safe storage over an extended period of time. Given this situation, this research aims to focus on designing a next-generation digital library system, and develop a technique for long-term storage of digitized data. |
| Research on learning mechanism of bodily skills | This research aims to examine a mechanism by which human beings learn bodily skills based on verified data regarding body motions. In particular, to demonstrate a process by which humans acquire bodily skills by copying, as a model of skill succession. |
| Research on interrelationships among different Kansei media | This research aims to build a comprehensive Kansei media information model by introducing interdisciplinary and wide-ranging methodologies, as well as examining the relationship among different Kansei media and the connection with modalities. |
