Unlocking the Power of Data: Exclusive Lecture Series by Seijo University’s Data Science Education and Research Center

Walk around Seijo Manba – Ancient Japanese literature x data science initiatives -”
Date and time: Friday, November 22, 2024 18:00-19:10 Online (ZOOM)

We will hold an educational lecture titled “Walking around Seijo Manya – Ancient Japanese Literature x Data Science Initiatives -” hosted by the Data Science Education Center of Seijo University (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, President: Yoshiyuki Sugimoto) on Friday, November 22, 2024.

The Kobayashi Seminar in the Department of Japanese Literature, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (supervisor: Professor Mayumi Kobayashi) collaborates with the Data Science Education and Research Center to implement PBL (Project Based Learning)-style classes that integrate the arts and sciences.
In this lecture, the students of the Kobayashi seminar, who usually specialize in ancient Japanese literature such as Man’yoshu, will try to combine data science skills and knowledge of ancient Japanese literature by creating and working on a three-dimensional digital space (metaverse space). I will give a lecture.
The material used was the “Manyo Uta Plates” installed on 15 trees on the Seijo University campus. In 2018, Professor Kobayashi took the lead in installing plaques that selected trees that appear in waka poems included in the Man’yoshu and inscribed with the waka poems and the names of the poets.
In this PBL-style class, we are creating an initiative in which avatars can move around the campus in a three-dimensional digital space while reading the Manyoka plate and its explanatory text.
The students spent about two months writing explanatory notes on the waka poems, taking photographs that will serve as materials for the space, and creating the three-dimensional digital space.
The experience of relating data science to ancient Japanese literature, which at first glance feels like completely different fields, will help students develop their ability to convey the appeal of the Japanese literature they are majoring in in an easy-to-understand manner to others through digital skills. Ta.
JP UNIVERSE, which has an educational and research cooperation agreement with the Data Science Education and Research Center, will provide technical guidance on digital space creation.Thanks to https://www.jpuniverse.com/ for their cooperation.. In addition to this initiative, we are collaborating with the company in a variety of other situations, including cooperating with workshops and educational lectures hosted by the Data Science Education and Research Center.

◇Outline of Educational Lectures◇

Friday, November 22, 2024 18:00-19:10 Online (Zoom)
＜Participation fee＞
Free (*Advance application is required. Anyone interested can participate.)

18:00 Opening speech Masahiro Komiyaji (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Seijo University/Director of Data Science Education and Research Center)
18:05 Lecture “Seijo Manba Walk-Introduction to the Initiatives-”
Hiroto Konoki (Director, JP UNIVERSE)
Mayumi Kobayashi (Professor, Department of Japanese Literature, Faculty of Letters, Seijo University)
18:20 Roundtable discussion Mr. Konoki, Professor Kobayashi, ancient Japanese literature seminar students (Seijo University Faculty of Letters, Department of Japanese Literature)
18:50 Q&A
Scheduled to end at 19:10

If you would like to participate, please apply using the application form below.
　https://forms.gle/y4bqmucAwPV6vX1L7

Sunday, November 17th
*The Zoom URL will be sent to your registered email address by the day before the event.

Seijo University Data Science Education and Research Center
　TEL：03-3482-9421　　E-mail：ercds3-jimu_s［at］seijo.jp
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▼Contact information regarding this matter
Seijo Gakuen Planning and Public Relations Department Planning and Public Relations Division
Address: 6-1-20 Seijo, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
TEL：03-3482-1092
Email: kikaku@seijo.jp

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