Theme: see the unseen

At our university, there are so many aspects that we do not see in our daily lives. Because most Japanese college students decide their major as they enroll the college, they do not have to know much about things outside of their majors. Therefore, when they are not related to your studies directly, students or researchers do not see many interest aspects of our university, even if their research institute buildings are seen on a daily basis.

iCeMS seminar room
左京区吉田牛ノ宮町
京都府, Kyôto, 606-8501
Japan

Ganesh Pandian

Prof. NAMASIVAYAM Ganesh Pandian started his research career in 2002 in Indian Institute of Technology and earned his Ph.D. in 2009 from Niigata University, Japan. He relocated to Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University and is now an Assistant Professor. Inspired from the classic Tamil text ‘Thirukural,’ his interest is to gain new insights into the root cause of the diseases at the molecular level of DNA and create nature-inspired smart genetic switches to cure diseases.

Hiroshi Kawakami

Prof. Kawakami received his Bachelor, Master, and Dr. Eng. degrees from Kyoto University, Japan, in 1987, 1989, and 1993 respectively. He started his career at Okayama University as an assistant professor in 1989. In 1998, he joined Kyoto University, where he was an Associate Professor of Graduate School of Informatics, and is currently a Professor of Unit of Design. His research interests include systems design, where he has proposed FUBEN-EKI that stands for designing systems based on appreciating "benefits of inconvenience."