From mid July to early August, there will be two lecture series: 1) Lectures on Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, and 2) Introduction to Big Data and Cybersecurity for Graduate Students. Lectures on Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning will be offered Monday and Wednesday from Jul. 19 to Aug. 2. They includes three lectures given read more
The ACM SIGIR Conference – one of the leading international conferences in the area of information retrieval – will be held from Aug. 7 to 11 at Keio Plaza Hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo. This is the first SIGIR Conference organized in Japan. This year’s SIGIR Conference features a keynote lecture given by Stephen E. Robertson. read more
A seminar by Prof. Robert Kozma from College of Information and Computer Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst & Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Memphis will be held on Thursday, June 22 at Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University. Dr. Kozma is currently President of International Neural Network Society (INNS Presidential Welcome), read more
Hokkaido University’s three institutes – Global Station for Quantum Medical Science and Technology (GSQ); Global Station for Big Data and Cybersecurity (GSB), and Institute for Genetic Medicine (IGM) – will jointly host a symposium focusing on interdisciplinary research in Quantum Medicine and Informatics. The first day of the symposium will feature two parallel sessions: the read more
The 6th Joint Conference on Informatics in Biology, Medicine and Pharmacology (IIBMP2017) September 27-29, 2017 Hokkaido University This is the 6th edition of the joint conference on Informatics in Biology, Medicine and Pharmacology, which started in 2012. It aims to promote integration of Information Science and three branches of Life Science – Medicine, Biology and read more
A workshop titled “Mathematical methods and practice in cryptography, security and big data” will be held on December 19-21, 2016 at Hokkaido University to explore mathematical methods for information security. The purpose of this workshop is to promote interdisciplinary collaboration between mathematicians and those researchers who work in the areas of data science and cybersecurity. This read more
2016 International Symposium on Multimedia and Communication Technology (ISMAC 2016) was held on Aug.31 – Sep.2 at Tokyo City University in Tokyo. The GSB supported this symposium as one of its host institutes. Some of the key members of GSB community have long been involved in this activity. This year, Prof. Hiroki Arimura served as General co-Chair, read more
ITpro EXPO 2016 in Sapporo was held at Sapporo Convention Centre on June 30 and July 1, 2016. GSB offered an exhibition at the Hokkaido Pavilion and Prof. Miki Haseyama’s special seminar talk on June 30; the seminar was over-booked with more than 80 auditors.
