External Review Committee

1. External Review Committee • Chair Prof. Y. Inagaki, University of Nagoya, appointed by our President • Prof. H. Harashima, University of Tokyo • Prof. S. Tomita, Kyoto University • Prof. Y. Muraoka, Waseda University • Dr. K. Matsuda, NTT Advanced Technology • Prof. B. Buchberger, JKU • Prof. Arvind, MIT • Executive Committee • Ida, Ebihara, Hirai, Nishikawa, et. al

2. Characteristics of University Organization • to separate research and education • research institutes to which professors belong as researchers • undergraduate and graduate schools in which professors are in charge as educators. • graduate schools of independent master's programs and doctoral programs

3. Relationships of organizations Graduate Schools Research and Education Centers Institute General IT Education Colleges

4. Notes • Positions given to non-institutes by the Ministry • Institute administers personnel appointments

5. Organization of the Institute • 71 Faculty Members • 26 Professors • 21 Associate Professors • 15 Assistant Professors • 9 Research Assistants • 7 Technical staff • 3 Secretaries

6. Research laboratories • Researchers create their own laboratories • 36 research laboratories (groups)

7. Research Fields • Information Mathematics and Modeling • Intelligent Software • Software Systems • Computer Architecture • Media Engineering • Intelligent Systems • Information Media Communications • Electronics and Information System

8. Teaching • Colleges • College of International Studies • College of Information Sciences • Graduate Schools • Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, Computer Science Major • Master's Program in Science and Engineering, • General IT education

9. Organization inside Institute • Committees • Institute Faculty Meeting • 20 committees for budget, facilities, security, welfare, computer management, and so on • Professors Committee • Personnel matters • Research Budget • Research Fund for Faculty Members from Ministry of Education: about 100,000,000yen • Other Research Funds: about 200,000,000yen • Institute's Common Budget: about 13,000,000yen

10. Former positions of Faculty

11. Foreign Faculty Foreign Faculty Members (Apr/1/2001)

12. Age Distribution ofFaculty Age Distribution of Faculty Members (Apr/1/2001)

13. Associate Professor Organization Professor Total Lecturer 8 College of Information Science 15 13 36 3 2 1 0 College of International Studies 3 2 9 4 General IT education 7 3 3 1 Master course 1 1 2 4 Doctor course 1 1 3 1 Center for Computational Physics 2 3 4 9 Science Information Processing Center Center for Tsukuba Advanced 1 0 1 2 Research Alliance (TARA) 29 20 Total 24 73 Faculty Positions

14. Non-tenured Positions • Institute • Research Associate （Special Positions） 3 Years • Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA) • Full-time Professor 7 Years (renewable possible) • Full-time Associate Professor 7 Years (non-renewable) • Full-time Lecturer 7 Years (non-renewable) • Research Project Leave 3 Years (non-renewable)

15. Research Activities • Published Papers (Peer-Reviewed Journals + International Conferences） • Books (Edited or authored) • Invited Talks at International Conferences

16. Number 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Number of Published Papers（Peer-Reviewed Journals + International Conferences）

17. Funding from External Resources • Grant in Aid for Scientific Research • Funding for Cooperative Research • Funding from Private Companies • Funding for International Exchange • Other Funding from External

18. Amount of money Number Number Amount of money (10,000 Japanese Yen) From January to October for 2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Grant in Aid for Scientific Research(from Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, Culture and Technology)

19. Amount of money Number Number Amount of money (10,000 Japanese Yen) From January to October for 2001 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total Funding from Outside

20. Universities with which Agreement of International Exchange • Johannes Kepler University, AustriaPeriod:　１９９８．９．７－２００３．９．６ • Technology University of Belfort-Montebeliard, FrancePeriod:　１９９９．８．１９－２００４．８．１８

21. International Exchange Yr.2000（Institute/Total） Host: 20/575, Visit: 73/1519

22. Education in Graduate Schools • Two Programs • Master's Program in Science and Engineering • Course of Information Sciences and Electronics • Doctoral Program in Systems and Information Engineering • Computer Science Major • Risk Engineering Major • Advanced Engineering Systems Major

23. Number of graduate students Engineering Systems Sci. & Eng.(MS) 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

24. Master's Degree Awarded Engineering Sci. & Eng. 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

25. Doctoral Degree Awarded 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

26. Facilities • Office for Faculty (for each)　１９㎡ • Laboratory:Shared in proportion to the number of faculty in a research group（total 3,400㎡） • Research Facility for Collaboration • Special Research Project (for each) • Office　３９～１２７㎡ • Laboratoryapprox.１１０㎡

27. Future Plan of the Institute・ VISION ＣＯＥ Graduate Schools 研究 Research Research Centers Supports for Info-Structure • Grant for Scientific Research • Special Project • Large-scale Grant • Intra-Univ. Project • Center for Computational Physics • Advanced Research Alliance • Academic Info. Proc. Center • Electronic Library • Educational Equipment Center • Committee for Promotion of Info. Processing Systems

28. Information Mathematics and Modeling Intelligent Software Software System Computer Architecture Media Engineering Intelligent Systems Information Systems and Electronics Risk Engineering Collaboration with Doctoral Program Courses in Doctoral Program