CFP of The 1st International Symposium on Research into Artifacts
miz@ei.sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp (Riichiro MIZOGUCHI)
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The 1st International Symposium on Research into Artifacts
October 26 - 28, 1993
Auditorium of the University of Tokyo (Yasuda Koudou)
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113, Japan
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Objective:
Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, the president of the University of Tokyo,
proposed an engineering program called the "Research into Artifacts,
Center for Engineering (RACE)," sponsored by the Faculty of
Engineering of the University of Tokyo, in 1992. A closely related
group in the Ministry of Education, the Group for the Research into
Artifacts, was established at the same time. These programs aim to
suggest new directions for the pressing engineering question of what
we should produce and how we should so.
The leading approach at RACE has been to tackle the problem of
artifactual engineering from multiple viewpoints. The task is first
to ask "What should be produced?," and then to reconceptualize the
presently fragmented engineering discipline into an integrated whole.
The backdrop to the creation of RACE is the boundless overflow
of artifacts on our finite planet. Human beings manufacture
artifacts, but paradoxically the overabundance of artifacts dictate
how society must use them.
The challenge for engineering is to synthesize theory and
practice in the production of artifacts. Human knowledge, in a wide
sense, is the driving force behind this synthesis. Recognizing that
human knowledge has both implicit and explicit elements, we must
seriously investigate the structure and use of knowledge.
Artifactual engineering is a scientific discipline of Japanese
origin, to be disseminated internationally. During the 1st
International Symposium on Research into Artifacts we plan to
introduce RACE's ongoing research activities. We extend an invitation
to participate to world leading researchers for three days of
intensive discussions that will deepen our mutual understanding of
artifactual engineering.
We hope you will enjoy the symposium!
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Sponsored by Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering, The
University of Tokyo
Organized by Group for Research into Artifacts
(Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Reseach of the Ministry of Education, Science
and Culture, Japan)
Co-sponsored by Faculty of Engieering, The University of Tokyo
in Corporation with
Architectural Institute of Japan
Information Processing Society of Japan
Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
Japan Society of Information and Knowledge
The Atomic Energy Society of Japan
The Japan Institute of Metals
The Japan Soceity for Aeronautical and Space Sciences
The Japan Society for Precision Engineering
The Japan Society for Simulation Technology
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engieers
The Society for Science of Form, Japan
The Society of Naval Architects of Japan
Robotics Society of Japan
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Social Events:
October 26 18:00~20:00 (Reception)
Restaurant "Goten" at Sanjyo Conference Hall, The University of Tokyo
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October 26 (Tue.)
10:00~10:10 Opening Address
N. Nakajima
(Director of Research into Artifacts, Center for
Engineering and
Professor of Engineering Synthesis, The University of Tokyo)
Track 1 (Keynote Lectures)
Chairman : N. Nakajima (Director of RACE, The University of Tokyo)
10:10~10:50 An Overview of the Research Project for Artifactual Engineering
Takeo Koyama
(Professor of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering,
The University of Tokyo)
10:50~11:10 Break
11:10~12:10 Proposal for Artifactual Engineering
H. Yoshikawa
(President of The University of Tokyo)
12:10~13:30 Lunch and Break
Track 2 (Towards Paradigm Shift)
Chairman : T. Yakushiji (Professor of International Relations, Keio University)
13:30~14:10 Impacts of Design Studies
J. R. Dixon
(Professor Emeritus of University of Massachusetts)
14:10~14:50 Artifactual Engineering and Post Mass Production Paradigm
T. Tomiyama
(Associate Professor of Engineering Research Institute,
The University of Tokyo)
14:50~15:30 Molecular Manufacturing and Global Concerns
K. E. Drexler
(Chairman of The Foresight Institute)
15:30~16:00 Break
Chairman : T. Taura (Associate Professor of RACE, The University of Tokyo)
16:00~16:40 Culture, Civilization and Artifacts
Y. Murakami
(Director and Professor of The Research Center for
Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)
16:40~17:20 Art and Engineering - Design as Jazz Music -
A. Kubota
(Associate Professor of RACE, The University of Tokyo)
18:00~20:00 Reception
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October 27 (Wed.)
Track 3 (Intelligent Artifacts)
Chairman : F. Kimura (Professor of Precision Machinery Engineering,
The University of Tokyo)
9:20~10:00 Artificial Insect
I. Shimoyama
(Associate Professor of Mechano-Informatics, The University
of Tokyo)
10:00~10:40 Micro-assembly and Interconnection Technology
T. Suga
(Associate Professor of RCAST, The University of Tokyo)
10:40~11:00 Break
11:00~11:40 Rapid Manufacturing Based on Sensor Information
M. Mitsuishi
(Associate Professor of Engineering Synthesis, The
University of Tokyo)
11:40~12:20 Micromachines as Intelligent Artifacts)
N. Nakajima
(Director of RACE, The University of Tokyo )
12:20~13:30 Lunch and Break
Chairman : S. Akagi (Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University)
13:30~14:10 Engineering Design and Database Technology
R. E. Fulton
(Co-Director of the CAE/CAD Laboratory and Professor of
Computer
Science and Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of
Technology)
14:10~14:50 Intelligent Simulation
G. Yagawa
(Professor of Quantum Engineering and Systems Science,
The University of Tokyo)
14:50~15:30 A Design Environment for Micromachines
T. Kiriyama
(Lecturer of RACE, The University of Tokyo)
15:30~15:50 Break
Chairman : Teruo Koyama (Associate Professor of Department of Research and
Development, National Center for Science)
15:50~16:30 Intelligence for Artifacts
R. A. Brooks
(Associate Director of Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and
Professor of Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology)
16:30~17:10 Artificial Life
C. G. Langton
(Director of Artificial Life Program, The Santa Fe Institute)
17:10~17:50 Virtual Reality and Human Interface
M. Hirose
(Associate Professor of Mechano-Informatics, The University
of Tokyo)
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October 28 (Thu.)
Track 4 (Knowledge Systematization)
Chairman : R. Mizoguchi (Professor of The Institute of Scientific and Industrial
Research, Osaka University)
9:20~10:00 Fusion of Knowledge into Creation of New Paradigms
S. Iwata
(Professor of RACE, The University of Tokyo)
10:00~10:40 Role of Theories in Material Design
D. G. Pettifor
(Professor of Metallurgy, University of Oxford)
10:40~11:00 Break
11:00~11:40 Systematization of Knowledge about Life Cycle of Artifacts
S. Finger
(Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering
Design
Research Center, Carnegie Mellon University)
11:40~12:20 Coordinating Knowledge for Product Development
-Concurrency in Design-
S. Fukuda
(Professor of Management Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan
Institute
of Technology)
12:20~13:40 Lunch and Break
Chairman : H. Kume (Professor of Reaction Chemistry, The University of Tokyo)
13:40~14:20 Building Articulate Artifacts Using Qualitative Physics
K. D. Forbus
(Professor of Computer Science and Education, and The
Institute for
the Learning Science, Northwestern University)
14:20~15:00 Computer-Supported Articulation of the Tacit Dimension
- Toward Dynamics of Knowledge in Engineering -)
K. Hori
(Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Course on
Advanced Science
and Technology, The University of Tokyo)
15:00~15:30 Break
Track 5 (Panel Discussion)
Chairman : T. Tomiyama (Associate Professor of Engineering Research Institute,
The University of Tokyo)
15:30~17:30 Future of Research into Artifacts
Y. Baba (Associate Professor of RACE, The University of Tokyo)
K. E. Drexler (Chairman of The Foresight Institute)
S. Finger (Assistant Professor of EDRC, Carnegie Mellon University)
K. Ueda (Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Kobe University)
S. Yoshimura (Associate Professor of RACE, The University of Tokyo)
17:30~17:10 Closing
G. Yagawa
(Professor of Quantum Engineering and Systems Science,
The University of Tokyo)
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Riichiro Mizoguchi
ISIR, Osaka University
Phone:+81-6-877-5111(ext.3565); Direct: +81-6-879-2125
Fax: +81-6-877-4977; Direct: +81-6-879-2126
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