The Chunichi Dragons, despite finishing last for three consecutive years, still drew over 2.3 million fans. Increasing attendance even with losses defies intuition. Which prevails in life: the win-at-all-costs mentality or narrative (storytelling)?
As a PI, I should know the path to victory in grant applications and papers. Even when children lose at a sports day, we can find enjoyment in the narrative. Mastering the narrative is a path to achieving both.
Quality education, in my opinion, involves personally editing and commenting on all outgoing manuscripts. However, when the volume is high and deadlines are approaching, I become overwhelmed.
It’s impossible to finish in one round, and with around 30 people in the lab, it’s quite a task. The number of manuscripts one can properly proofread likely corresponds to the upper limit of students one can effectively supervise in higher education. For me, perhaps it’s 40 students?
Today, we are welcoming two new international students from Pakistan joining our lab as master’s students. The image shows a commemorative photo with our new members. Welcome to Toyohashi! I will support you wholeheartedly, so let’s work together to achieve great research results.
On my way to the university, spider lilies and rain lilies heralded the arrival of autumn.
This morning, a third-year undergraduate student expressed interest in early lab assignment. It doesn’t happen every year, so I felt a bit nervous too. I was impressed by the student’s enthusiasm, saying he “wants a lab where he can write papers.” I was also pleased that he had researched our work in advance.
Grateful for his interest in our lab and feeling hopeful about his potential participation, it was truly an autumn day filled with anticipation.
Reflecting on six months at SUTD in Singapore as I return home today.
An ideal workplace for a dual-base lifestyle. English-speaking environment, good security, and excellent facilities allow for focused work. Rent is challenging, but travel to Japan is easy. Maintaining the lab in Japan (about 30 people) is somewhat difficult. However, gaining new perspectives has broadened my thinking.
The difficulty of research grant applications is a serious issue. Students applied for the JSPS Research Fellowship, but the acceptance rate is just over 10%. With limited application attempts, it’s like an ultra-hard stage in a game.
The research grant I recently applied for had a 5% acceptance rate. I wasn’t successful.
However, there are scholarships and research grants with acceptance rates around 50%, which might be worth exploring. Low probability applications increase fatigue due to multiple attempts. Sometimes, it’s important to recover your life points with an easier stage.
I joined the master’s thesis interim presentation online from abroad. Graphs are a bit hard to see, but manageable with the provided abstract.
Our five master’s students have evolved to give great presentations. They’ve all grown so much!
Remote supervision doesn’t change the process. Feedback on presentation materials is effective. Since they can’t see my face, praising good points might be crucial By addressing emotional aspects, we can nullify distance
Presented at ILF 2024 at Singapore Polytechnic. While ChatGPT-assisted education was mainstream, my design and manufacturing education stood out as unique. AI is useful but limited to conceptual operations. Physical objects are essential for hands-on manipulation.
Thanks for the questions about laser cutters from the audience. It made me realize that manufacturing is a collection of small challenges, which creates an entry barrier.
I’ve been assigned to teach one session of ‘Introduction to Mechanical Engineering’ for first-year students at Toyohashi University of Technology! It’s a 90-minute class, but what’s interesting? What’s easy to understand?
Although it’s ‘Mechanical Engineering,’ I realized that the recent focus is on ‘Human-AI interaction! Like Sota Fujii in shogi’ Based on this idea, I created a diagram of an expanded 5-agent model. I hope the students will enjoy the discussion.
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