Monthly Archives: September 2018

6U-HAPPIER held Innovative Teaching Workshop by Prof. Roderick Smith of Imperial College London at Hokkaido University. Ten young Assistant Professors attended from 6 member Universitis.

A former Visiting Researcher Dr. Akhtar visited us on 21 September 2018.

Prof. Nishihara was interviewed by Prof. Kojiro Nishimiya, IEEE Japan Council Young Professionals Coordinator, for IEEE Japan YP Newsletter No.2 (in Japanese) published September 2018 in the ”On-the-spot Interview to IEEE volunteers”, together with Prof. Toshio Fukuda, Prof. Yutaka Ishibashi, and Prof. Takuo Suzuki.

IEEE Region 10 SYWL Congress was held in Bali, Indonesia, during 30 August – 2 September 2018 (SYWL stands for Students, Young Professionals, Women in Engineering, and Life Members). Prof. Nishihara first gave a talk on “Ethics in Publishing” in Student Track. Then he moved to YP Track to be interviewed on “Expectations of SYWL in Next 2 Years”. On 1 September he served as a panelist in plenary Panel Discussion “How to Bridge the Gap between Academia, Industry, and Government” together with Jim Jeffries, IEEE President. He also served as a panelist in the Panel Discussion on “Technologies and Industrial Needs of 4th Industrial Revolution; Are our Students and … Continue reading →