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LocationdisplayedwithareturndateandtimeLocationdisplaysystemusinganLCDtouchpanelDriver'slicenceexamtrainingsystem:“Mentore-kun”Questions and answer animation samplesInthislab,researchisbeingdoneonawidevarietyofinformationsystems..Withapolicyofcreating“useful”and“easytouse”technology,thegoalistoenrichhumanlifebymakingmundanetaskseasierandmorefun.Forexample,inthe“Mentore-kun”systemshowninthetopleftphoto,driver'slicenceexamquestionsandanswersareexplainedusinganimationasshowninscreenshotonthetopright.Thelocationdisplaysystemshowninthetwobottomphotosismainlyforsomeone'soffice.TheirlocationcanbecheckedremotelythroughtheInternettomakeiteasierforvisitorsbeforetheycome.Inthislab,researchisalsobeingdoneondigitalcommunicationsystems.Ifseveraldevicescommunicatewitheachother,moreintelligentoperationscanbeperformed.Inthefuture,deviceswillworktogetherwiththeir“friends”.Studentsarecurrentlyworkingonwaystodothis.Graduatesfindemploymentinsuchareasasthesoftware,electronicsandautomotiveindustries.Prof.Asanoteachesstudentsnotonlyaboutresearch,butalsoaboutlifeandsociety,sothattheycanalsoenrichtheirlives.DavidKenAsano,ProfessorWorked at the Communi-cationsResearch Labora-toryof the Ministry of Posts & Telecommunicati-onsbefore joining ShinshuUniversity in 1996.Computer Technologyfor a Better LifeComputerScience &EngineeringAfter GraduationIn the FutureAsanoLabStudentsdefinethespecificationanddesignacircuit.Tofabricateachip,acircuitdesignerdrawsalayoutwithnm-orderscalebyCADsoftware.VLSIchipandmeasurementboard.StudentsdesignandverifyaVLSIchiptoworkasrequired.JohguchiLab.ProgressesofelectronicsandinformationtechnologieshaveproducednewindustriesandservicesliketheInternet,amobilephone,etc.Espcially,thescalingtechnologyofVLSIrealizesawidevarietyoffunctionswithlowcost.Bythecommoditization,thematuredVLSItechnologyhasbeenusedinmanyareas.But,Japaneseelectronicsindustryisstrugglingwithcostcompetitiveness.Toovercomethis,wehavetodifferentiateproductsfromothersandcustomizeourVLSIchipwithacircuitdesigntechnology.Ourlaboratorywilldevelopanewcomputerarchitectureandsystemsbyco-designinghardware,softwareandapplication.“TrillionSensorsUniverse”iscomingupsoon.Trillionsensorscollectandcomputemanyinformationfromtherealworld.Then,VLSIcircuitdesignbecomesakeytechnologyformedicine,agriculture,husbandry,logistics,architectureandcivilengineering.Todistinguishproductsfromthecompetitorsandproduceuniqueproducts,VLSIinnovationisessential.Inourlaboratory,studentscanstudynotonlydigital/analogcircuitdesignbutessentialtechnologiesfromsensordevicestosoftware.Byresearchinginconsiderationoftheoutput,wewillplayavitalroleinthedevelopmentofInformationCommunicationTechnology(ICT).Asagraduationwork,studentsinJohguchiLab.proposeacircuitandarchitectureandusetheirinventivenesstotacklearesearchproject.Studentscanstudyawideareaincludingdevicephysics,measurementtechniqueandsoftwaredevelopment,etc.Also,successfulexperiencesofachievingsomethingbecomeusefulforthefuturejob.KohJohguchiAssociate ProfessorHe received the Ph.Ddegree from Hiroshima University in 2007.His research area is low power VLSI circuit design and computer architecture. VLSI technologies for the innovation of new applicationsComputerScience &EngineeringAfter GraduationIn the Future53

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