If there is something you want to know, you can always get information on your PC or smartphone, and our lives are already inseparable from IT (Information Technology). In 2017, the Cabinet decided on "Future Investment Strategy 2017" and "Basic Policy for Economic and Fiscal Management 2017".In order to realize medium- to long-term growth of the economy and society, we will be the first in the world to realize Society 5.0 that solves various social issues by incorporating the technological innovation of the Fourth Industrial Revolution into every industry and social life. The government is doing.In other words, all things are connected to the Internet, and various data accumulated there are analyzed using artificial intelligence, etc., leading to the development of new products and services, and solving social issues.

　Society 5.0 presents the ideal image of a human-centered information society.In addition, SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), which are currently being tackled all over the world, classify social issues such as environmental issues and human rights issues into easy-to-understand forms and embody them as goals to create a sustainable and better world. We are working to solve the problem.

　In this course, you will understand these two, the basics of data science and AI, and acquire a framework for solving social issues.By applying this framework, you can see what you need to do, what you need to do, and what you need to learn more, even if you have minor discomforts and doubts in your daily life. ..

　In addition, the research and development that the professors in charge have undertaken at major companies and research institutes include the development of energy systems using waste, research on the safety mechanism of vehicle group follow-up driving, and information systems of manufacturers. There are various things such as productivity and quality improvement in development, and environmental evaluation of the life cycle of various product systems.From the experience and various perspectives unique to practitioner teachers who have worked on problem solving at the forefront of socio-economics, you can really eat society and engineering technologies such as data science and AI, instead of drawing rice cakes. Focus on teaching how to make delicious rice cakes.

　This year, it will be offered as an elective course across faculties and departments.However, if you look at the situation where more than 130 students are taking courses despite the start of the course on Saturday, you can see the high level of interest of the students.

　"What is needed now is not only problem-solving ability but also problem-finding ability," says Professor Yasuhiro Tsujimura of the Department of Information Media Engineering, Faculty of Advanced Engineering.How to learn is not so difficult.However, by clearing each unit one by one, each can be connected and the whole picture can be grasped.Also, by applying the questions that come to mind to this frame, you may be able to discover issues and find new themes you want to study.It's a simple structure, but I get the impression that what you get after taking the course and learning it is bigger than you can imagine. It can be said that it is an indispensable subject at present, which is said to be an urgent task for training AI human resources.

reference)
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications White Paper on Information and Communication 29
https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/whitepaper/h29.html

Cabinet Office Science and Technology Policy Society 5.0
https://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/society5_0/

Ministry of Foreign Affairs JAPAN SDGs Action Platform
https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/gaiko/oda/sdgs/about/index.html