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Learning Technology: Exploring Technology -enhanced smart learning environmentsOurresearchisfocusedondevelopingtechnology-enhancedsmartlearningenvironments.Theskilllearning/trainingandthecomputationalthinkingareourdomains.Astheskilllearning,weareparticularlyinterestedinsportslikeaswalkingorskating,singinganddrawing.Asthecomputationalthinking,weareinterestedinalgorithmicthinkingbeforeprogramming,conceptualmodelingwithsimpleUMLdiagramsandfundamentalconceptaboutinformationcommunicationnetworkprotocols.Wealsoaredevelopingsomeeducationalassistivetechnologiesforstudentswithspecialneeds.Weareexploringthetechnologicalandscientificsupportingmethodforknowledgeacquiringoflearners.WhyandHowwemakemistakes?Theseareourresearchquestions.Tosolvethesequestions,weusemethodologiesinartificialintelligence.Moreover,wehavetakeneducationaltechnologyapproachtodevelopinganefficientandeffectivelearning/teachingmethods.Inotherword,wearetryingknowledgemanagementineducationalcontext.Duringtheresearchactivities,wecanfindwonders,sophisticationandclevernessofhuman.Atthesametime,wealsofindhumanambiguousandlaxandfickle.Ifyouwanttobeanengineerortechniciantocreateservice/productforhuman,yourexperienceinourlaboratorywillhandyoupowerfulenergy.MizueKayamaProfessorSheobtainedherPhDdegreefromtheUniversityofElectro-Communicationsin2000.HerresearchfieldsareComputerScienceEducation&ArtificialIntelligenceinEducation.The“DigitalDrawing”.Thelearner'sdrawingprocessthatisrecordedbyadigitalpenisreusedinordertoreplaylearner'sdrawingprocess.The“MagicalSpoons”.Thisisaneducationalprogramaboutcodingandcomputersystems.Astudentcontrolsanairship(blimp)byclappingtwometallicspoons.After GraduationIn the FutureKayamaLabElectrical& Computer EngineeringSaito LabWhat’sgoingoninourdailyenvironment?Whatinformationisneededtocreateourlivingenvironmentmoresafeandreliable?Thefirststepisbeingabletowatchsituationscarefullyandknowthefactsaboutwhatisgoingoninreal-time.WehavebeendevelopingLIDARusingadvancedoptical,image,andITsensingtechnologieswhichcanofferlotsofinformationabouttheenvironmentinwhichwelive.Ourresearchisopentotheworld,butcanalsobefoundintheShinshu-areasuchassky,river/lake,plant/forest,mountain/earthandothersrelatingtonaturalenvironmentandhumanlivingsphere.Humanshavecreatedrichandcomfortablelivingenvironmentsbyusingtheenergyof“light”fromtheSunverywell.Let’simaginethefutureworldfullofbrightsun-light.Thechancesandplacesforopticaltechnology,whichisagiftfromnature,willbefoundanywhere.EspeciallytogetherwithIT,itwillbemoreactiveineveryregionoftheworld.IT-basedopticaltechnologywillsurelyopeninnovativeworldsforhumanlivingwithbettersecurityandsafetythanever.YasunoriSaito,Professorsince 2004.Always curious to know what happens in the relationship of humans and nature. Field Informatics, Optical & Spectroscopic Sensing, Imaging Technology, and their applications to Environmental Sensing.Optical, Image, and IT Sensing Technologies Creating a Safe and Reliable EnvironmentConceptofopticalremotesensing(LIDAR)forearth/livingenvironment(Upper),andLIFS(laser-inducedfluorescencespectrum)lidarfieldworkofwaterqualitysensingatLakeSuwa(lower).“Realizeyourideasbytakingaction.Don’tstoptothink,butthinkasyouarerunning.Sometimesyouwillfindyourselfchallengingandbattlingdifficulttrialsagainandagain.Believeyourexperiencesthatyou’vegainedbytheaction,thenyouwillbeabletobeattheproblemsyouwillface.”StudentsinSaitolab.wholivebythismottowillnevergiveupiftheyarediscouragedbyonefailureintherealsociety.After GraduationIn the FutureElectrical& Computer Engineering29