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Studyingthesuccessesandfailuresofresearchingroups,withmenandwomenfromvariouscountrieshelpsstudentsdevelopstrongprofessionalcommunicationskills.Learningwhatittakestoactually“show”anaudiencethatanengineeringsolutionworks.ThestudentsintheKawamotoLaboratoryworkondevelopingimportantprofessionalcommunicationskillsbyconstructivelyevaluatingthesuccessesandfailuresoftheirresearchworkasmuchaspossibleduringtheschoolyearwiththeircolleagues.TheirtopicsofstudyrangefromITapplicationstosupportEnglisheducationinsideandoutsideoftheclassroomtoinvestigationsofthedesign/developmentchallengesofcyberphysicalsystemsforimprovingtheconditionoflifeinthecommunitiesandsocietyaroundthem.WithmoreandmorestudentseagerandwillingtodoworkinEnglishtolearnitratherthanlearnEnglishtodowork,therewillbegreateropportunitiesforresearchdiscussionsandcollaborationsoutsideofthelaboratory,outsideoftheuniversitythatwillpreparestudentsfortheworkforceevenoutsideofJapan.Byemphasizingthedevelopmentofprofessionalcommunicationskillsthroughouttheresearchprocess,graduatesentertheworkforcewithversatileskillsinadaptingtheirworkdiscussionswithdifferentcolleagues,audiences,clients,etc.PaulineN.Kawamoto(A.P.)hasbeenonthefacultyattheNagano-EngineeringCampusintheDept.ofElectricalandComputerEngineeringsince1996.Developing professional communication skills in engineering studentsKawamoto LabAfter GraduationIn the FutureElectrical& Computer EngineeringKobayashi LabOurlaboratoryisinterestedininteractiondesignforartifactsinthefieldofartificialintelligenceandagricultureusinginformationandcommunicationtechnology(ICTAgriculture).Interactiondesignisaboutdesigningprocessesandexchanginginformationbetweenusersandartifactssuchasrobotsandsoftwareagents,andthuswedevelopnoveldevicesbasedonouruserinterfacetheory.Wealsoapplyourstudytodevelopnovelgadgetsthatincreasestheefficiencyofagriculturaltasks.TherearemanydigitaldevicessuchassmartphonesandtabletPCs.Wedon’tfeelthatitisdifficulttousethem,notbecausetheyaretrulyintelligentanduseful,butbecausewehavethepowerfulabilitytoadapttonewthingswithoutrealizingit.Imaginethefutureinwhichsmartdeviceshelpusautonomouslybeforeweevenrequestthehelp.Ourlaboratoryistryingtobuildnewtheoriesanddevelopvarioussmartdevices.Kazuki Kobayashiis an associate professor at Shinshu University. Hereceived Ph.D. (2006) in Informatics from The Graduate University for Advanced Studies.Pet-likeremotecontrolagent(left)andHighdefinitionImageMonitoringSystem(right).Interaction Design and SmartAgri-GadgetsAgricultural Information Website “Know-Live.”Itisimportantforstudentstoactontheirowninitiativesinadditiontoacquireknowledgeaboutcomputerscienceandengineering.Wehopethatourstudentscontinuetochallengeandtesttheirideasbyusingtheirimaginationandcreativityaftergraduation.After GraduationIn the FutureElectrical& Computer Engineering33

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