Interdisciplinary Research Award

Interdisciplinary Research Award

English Name : Interdisciplinary Research Support for Scientists

Overview

The Interdisciplinary Research Award is intended to promote interdisciplinary research that takes advantage of the diversity of research fields within the university, and provides research funding support to research teams across disciplines.
This support is not only for cases where research areas are different, but also for cases where the creation of innovative knowledge and knowledge beyond known academic disciplines can be expected through the combination of different technologies and methods.
Through joint research that promotes the fusion of different fields within the university that is not bound by existing research fields, we aim to create new research fields in the future.

List of the Past Award Winners

Application Guidelines for FY2022

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*The application period for 2022 has ended. We will not be accepting applications for the 2023 academic year.

FY2022 Grant Recipients

FY2022 was the fifth of the grant, in which six researchers in two teams were selected as recipients.

Research outline of the selected team

＜Associate Prof. Keigo Arai team＞

Thirty years from now, in the future, how far will the horizon of the world that we humans can perceive expand? The perceptual horizon is determined by how rich “information” can be sensed from this world. Speaking of sensing, it is a technology field that is developing explosively due to the recent rise of IoT and the accompanying aggressive investment by various countries. However, most of the information that can be obtained with today’s sensing technology is limited to the “macro scale” in the area that is close to human life, that is, “normal temperature and pressure”. In this world, for example, there are vast areas that human perception has not yet reached, from the natural world such as earthquakes, volcanoes, space, and the seabed, to industries such as high-pressure machinery and high-temperature blast furnaces. We will combine quantum sensors with technologies that realize extreme environments to create next-generation sensors that “see” such areas. We hope that the circle of joint research will expand further as we look at the applications of next-generation sensors, from basic science such as high-pressure room-temperature superconductivity, composition of the Earth’s interior, and solid-state battery chemistry to industrial applications such as chemical plants and seabed infrastructure.

＜Associate Prof. Takuya Oki team＞

English-language Noh is based on the traditional techniques and structures of Noh, but since the attributes and backgrounds of both the viewer and the performer are diverse, the impression that the viewer receives from the same gestures, music, and songs may differ greatly from person to person. In this study, we will quantitatively clarify the influence of English Noh stage design and direction on the audience by analyzing video data and 3D scan data of performers’ actions, music, and songs, as well as physiological data (sweating, heart rate, gaze behavior, etc.) and psychological evaluation questionnaire data of the performers, which are recorded and measured during English Noh workshops. Then, using the knowledge obtained as evidence, we will conduct basic studies for effective and efficient staging and stage design. In addition, we will construct a virtual space where English proficiency can be experienced in VR (Virtual Reality) from the recorded and measured data of the performers, compare the difference in the “feeling” of the viewer in the real space and the VR space, and present the knowledge and technical issues regarding the feasibility of using digital archives that contribute to the inheritance of traditional performing arts.

Award Ceremony

The award ceremony was held on March 7, 2023 in the Ookayama area.