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A New Tradition in the Graduate School of Science and Faculty of Science
Emese Berta (Project Specialist, Office of Research Strategy and Development)
The third Science Cafe Online 2023 was held on Saturday, February 11, 2023. The format of the event followed that of the previous two sessions, but with some new additions, such as participation by camera-on-demand. Considering the geographical distribution of the participants, the starting time was set between 19:00 and 21:00 Japan time, which is a comfortable morning time in European time zones.
Science Cafe Online 2023 Poster
Most of the participants were residents of Japan, but there were participants from all over the world, including Russia, Pakistan, and India. There were almost equal numbers of high school and university students.
First, Professor Shogo Tachibana of the Department of Earth and Planetary Science gave a lecture on "Samples returned from carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu," introducing how an international research team collected and analyzed samples of carbonaceous chondrites brought back from the asteroid Ryugu by Hayabusa-2 in 2019. The next topic was how the international research team collected and analyzed samples of carbonaceous chondrites brought back from the asteroid Ryugu by Hayabu-2 in 2019.
The next topic was titled "Step-by-step toward self-driving cars" by Associate Professor Shinpei Kato of the Department of Information Science. He introduced how to develop an OS specialized for self-driving cars and how he conducted experiments in a virtual environment.
Thankfully, the Q&A session and the discussion at the end were so active that there was not enough time to answer all the questions. In the future, in addition to continuing to hold the Science Café, we would like to plan and implement initiatives to increase the interest of high school and university students in science through SNS, podcasts, and other means.
Faculty of Science News, May 2023