We held the "Fourth Cohort (2022 Academic Year) First Stage: Basic Learning (Differential and Integral Calculus/Statistics)" as described below
[Date and Time] Wednesday, August 10, 2022, 10:30-16:00
[Format] Online
[Summary]
10:30 Opening
remarks: Mari Oshima
(Professor, Institute of Industrial Science / Director, Next Generation Development Office)
10:30-12:00 Basic Learning 2 "Science and Technology and Differential and Integral Calculus"
Instructor: Shio Kawagoe
(Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science / Member, Next Generation Development Office)
12:00-13:00 Break
13:00-14:30 Basic Learning 3 "Fundamentals of Statistics"
Instructor: Pavel Heichik
(Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science / Member, Next Generation Development Office)
14:30-14:40 Break
14:40-15:10 Research Handbook
15:10-15:40 Roundtable discussion with third-year students on research proposals
15:40-16:00 Administrative announcements
16:00 Closing
remarks Moderator/Facilitator: Shimizu Masatoshi (Academic Specialist)
In the second and third sessions of "Basic Learning," which touches upon the mathematics necessary for research, we learned the fundamentals of differential and integral calculus and statistics
In the lecture "Science and Technology and Differential and Integral Calculus," the concepts of differential and integral calculus were explained in an easy-to-understand manner, with examples of how differential and integral calculus are actually used in the second stage of research activities
Furthermore, in the "Introduction to Statistics" lecture, in addition to practical content such as t-tests, fundamental statistical concepts such as "the dangers of the mean when variance is not shown" were thoroughly covered
This experience gave me a real sense of how the mathematics I encountered in high school can be connected to my research activities