The industries of semiconductor, magnetic record and liquid crystal are
strategic industries for constructing an advanced information communications
society of our country. They are facing strong challenges from both sides of
the Europe/America and Asia. It is highly desirable to use the wisdom of
universities for keeping a long-term competitive edge in these fields. The
Tohoku University has long been conducting the world-class original researches
in the fields of the information communication technology (IT) and the
nano-technology (NT) for material and device developments. The Dept. of
Electronic Engineering was selected as a former educational research COE due
to its great research achievements. With the Dept. of Electronic Engineering
as a core, an NT-IT research and educational center has been founded to form
the world-strongest interdisciplinary COE in the fields of electrical
communication and electronic engineering. Dept. of Electrical and
Communication Engineering, Research Institute of Electrical Communication
(RIEC) and New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe) are joining this
program to expect a synergistic effect. Basic research achievements of
material process evaluation etc. will be utilized for applied research of the
advanced device and systems. The original technologies created by this program
will strengthen the international competitive power of the country.
| NT-IT
research and educational
center |
For
managing the NT-IT research and educational center, a steering committee has
been established. The steering committee constitutes a COE leader, 3 research
leaders, a QI school leader and a few external intellectuals. The committee
determines all the important matters for managing the COE. The NT-IT research
is promoted in a top-down manner under the strong leadership of the COE
leader. Following three research groups have been set up and are cooperating
with each other for acquiring the international leadership in the fields of
next generation electronics devices, communications networks, etc.
A: Fundamental Research and
Analysis/Evaluation Technology
B: Semiconductor
Magnetic Optical and Display Devices
C: Computing and
Transport Technology
In the COE
program, the QI school has been established. Practical lecture and seminars by
the first-class foreign researchers are introduced into the curriculum for the
second half of the doctoral course. Worldwide excellent students will be
solicited as elite doctoral candidate students in the short term course of the
QI school. Also the best students will be selected from the regular courses.
They are given 3-ranked research grant.
The QI
school will hold periodically the mini international conferences participated
by students. The first-class researchers will be invited to this conference to
give interdisciplinary tutorial lectures. The students will be trained to
improve their ability to present and debate in English. Elite doctor students
in the short term course will be dispatched for an errantry education to the
industries overseas research institutes etc. under the young researcher
training and super internship program of QI school. The QI school is
employing postdoctoral researchers to conduct international joint researches
in cooperation with the first-class researchers. This program is considered as
the gateway to become worldwide researchers.
