Hokkaido University
Center for Human Nature,
Artificial Intelligence,
and Neuroscience
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第20回フッサール研究会を共催
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2020 CHAIN Summer School2020年度...
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About Us
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 ...
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, ...
Humanities
and
Social Sciences
人文社会科学
Artificial
Intelligence
人工知能
Neuroscience
神経科学
Educational
Program
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.
Educational Program
Program-Based
Learning
Participants will take the coursework for acquiring knowledge and skills that are not provided in a graduate school they originally belong to.
Educational Program
Platform
Learning
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.
Educational Program
Practical
Learning
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.