Department of Computing and Software Systems

Summary

The Department of Computing and Software Systems conducts education and research on information systems with the aim of creating information science and technologies that improve convenience, safety, and comfort in our society. In designing and developing efficient and dependable information systems, we investigate fundamental theories and technologies for system platforms and software, in the establishment to advance the study of information systems. Based on research for highly reliable algorithms and sophisticated computational models, we explore the continuous evolution of ever more efficient and dependable information systems. We foster the best information engineers who play the leading roles in creating information systems, as well as researchers who contribute to the advance of information science through research and study of information systems and of the next generation boundless in time and space information networks.

Curriculum

Basic Topic in Theory of Computation A・B
System Programs A・B
Computer Architecture A・B
Foundations of Software A・B
Software Engineering A・B
High-Performance Computing A・B
Information Network A・B
Information Security 1・2
Programming Language Theory 1・2
Practical development of information systems 1・2
Theory and Application for Concurrency 1・2
Formal Languages and Automata Theory
Computation Model
Machine Learning
Learning Algorithms

Units, Members

Theory of Computation Unit

In this unit, we conduct education and research on fields that support information systems from a theoretical point of view, such as algorithms, formal logic, computation models, semantics of computation, and machine learning.
Faculty Members
Prof. 　SAKAI, Masahiko　KANAMORI, Takafumi
Assoc. Prof.　NISHIDA, Naoki
Assis. Prof.　HASHIMOTO, Kenji

Information System Platform Unit

In this unit, we conduct education and research on highly reliable and high-performance information system platform that consists of basic architectures such as processors with basic software such as operating systems.
Faculty Members
Prof.　EDAHIRO, Masato　TAKADA, Hiroaki*1
Designated Prof. 　YAMAMOTO, Masaki*2 
Visiting Prof.　OHYAMA, Hiroshi*3
Assoc. Prof. 　HONDA, Shinya　YOSHIDA, Norihiro*2
Designated Assoc. Prof.　WATANABE, Yousuke*1　KURACHI, Ryo*2
Assis. Prof. 　SAITO, Satoshi　MATSUBARA, Yutaka*2
*1 Institutes of Innovation for Future Society
*2 Center for Embedded Computing Systems
*3 Okuma Corp.

Software Science and Technology Unit

In this unit, we conduct education and research on theoretical and practical aspects of software science and technologies. We work on the theories and methods for efficient development, verification, and testing of software in order to achieve high reliability as well as high performance.
Faculty Members
Prof.　YAMAMOTO, Shuichiro　SEKI, Hiroyuki　YUEN, Shoji
Visiting Prof.　SATO, Shuichi*
Assoc. Prof.　MORISAKI, Shuji　NAKAZAWA, Koji
Assis. Prof.　HAMAGUCHI, Takeshi
* Toyota Central R&D Labs

Information Network Systems Unit　Joint Group with Information Technology Center

In this unit, we conduct education and research on information network construction methods, information security, intelligent information retrieval, high-performance computing and data analytics, and massively parallel algorithms.
Faculty Members
Prof.　MURASE, Tutomu　KATAGIRI, Takahiro
Assoc. Prof.　SHIMADA, Hajime　OGINO,Masao
Assis. Prof.　YAMAGUCHI, Yukiko　NAGAI, Toru