北海道大学
人間知×脳×AI研究教育センター

Hokkaido University Center for Human Nature,
Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroscience

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北海道大学
人間知×脳×AI
研究教育センター

Hokkaido University
Center for Human Nature,
Artificial Intelligence,
and Neuroscience

What’s New

新着情報

About Us

センターについて

Purpose

The goal of the center for human nature, Artificial Intelligence, and neuroscience is to create new ideas about human nature by integrating humanities, which has been inheriting the traditions of human wisdom for the past several thousand years, and rapidly emerging intellectual fields of neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence. The center is established for promoting interdisciplinary research and the graduate-level education program.
The early 21st century is ...

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Background

In contemporary times, the human and social sciences have inherited a task that has existed for thousands of years dating back to antiquity: to think about what it means to be human. Philosophy started from the efforts of many great and ancient traditions – such as those in Greece, India, and China – to think about humanity and the universe and is considered the mother of many different academic fields that have developed leading up to the present. History, Literature, and Aesthetics have also all contributed to forming our understanding of what it means to be human and have helped create a rich foundation for us to think about this question. Furthermore, ...

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Humanities
and
Social Sciences

人文社会科学

Artificial
Intelligence

人工知能

Neuroscience

神経科学

異質な知の交差点。
そこに成り立つ
先端的な研究・教育を
目指して。

Educational
Program

教育プログラム

From July 2020, the CHAIN will start a new graduate-level education program integrating humanities and sciences. Master and Ph. D. students majoring humanities, social sciences, neuroscience, and computer science in graduate schools at Hokkaido University can participate in the program provided by the CHAIN. Participants will engage in interdisciplinary joint research on one (or more) of the four main topics – the self, consciousness, sociality, and rationality. Courseworks for acquiring basic and advanced skills and knowledge in related topics will also be provided.

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Hokkaido University
Center for Human Nature,
Artificial Intelligence,
and Neuroscie

  1. Educational Program01

    Program-Based
    Learning

    プログラム・ベースド・ラーニング

    Participants will take the coursework for acquiring knowledge and skills that are not provided in a graduate school they originally belong to.

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  2. Educational Program02

    Platform
    Learning

    プラットフォーム・ラーニング

    It is the core module for the entire program. All the participants are required to attend both the summer and the winter schools every year where international scholars actively working on the front lines of interdisciplinary research are invited. Participants can broaden their knowledge of cutting-edge interdisciplinary research on the four major themes, and entering into the international research network by interacting with guest lecturers.

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  3. Educational Program03

    Practical
    Learning

    プラクティカル・ラーニング

    Participants are required to engage in international or domestic research internships for pursuing occasions for new interdisciplinary research collaborations. Business internships at collaborating IT or AI-related companies will also be available for testing what they learned in the program in practice. It is promoted to use the summer and winter schools as an opportunity for finding suitable places for the internships.

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