Future Wisdom @ GSAIS (Shishu-Kan) , Kyoto U.

Public information

Group Meetings and seminars

Three fundamental rules in Japan (according to an interview on Prof. Masashi Haneda)

ルールを守る / Follow the rules.
人に迷惑をかけない / Avoid to trouble others.
空気を読む (KY) / Read between the lines (Direct translation: Read the atmosphere).

Be on time

Speakers shall arrive 10 minutes before to prepare the meeting (open the door, prepare the projector, air conditioner, light, curtain, tables, chairs, etc).
Non-speakers arrive 5 minutes before. You can help the speakers in preparation.
Gonna to be late? Send an email to ML before the seminar. If you are going to be absent, please inform Prof. Zhao at least one day before.

How to research

How to start
(Must) Find the literature from high-quality databases Web of Science and SCOPUS (Google scholar is considered a low-quality database). See https://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/erdb/13505 for how to access those paid service.
(Must) Use a reference management software instead of manual management. If you don't know which one is the best, try Zotero.
How to write business email（in Japanese）https://tech.nikkeibp.co.jp/atcl/nxt/column/18/00667/032800002/
How to write a research paper: https://aw.gsais.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research/template-of-a-research-paper
How to do research (in Chinese） https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/85pGxXidvCDXgM9_S73WYQ
美国教授写给被开除的中国学生的信（中文, Chinese） https://m.jjl.cn/case/218000.html
Use latex instead of Word for professional writing. You can learn latex in 30 minutes and/or use Overleaf.
Use Linux instead of Windows/Mac OS for professional works. I personally like Linux Mint (MATE edition) but of course other distributions or editions are also OK. You may consider to use dual boot (Linux + Windows/Mac OS) for better experience.
List of journals and conferences

On paper and slides

Paper should follow the format for QE (see a template in LaTeX). It can be incomplete but should be prepared carefully. Please submit the source file (or a compressed archive if there are more than two source files) and a PDF.
Presentation file contains the slides. If you modified the slides after uploading, please re-upload it again.
Uploading is done by Media Manager. Please name your file as date-name-filetype.ext such as 20170410-liangz-slides.pdf.
Put time & event information in your presentation.
Add citations of the information (even in the presentation file) that are not your own works.
Analyze or demonstrate how your research is related to what you introduced and why your research may help.

Paper/Document writing and submitting

Step 1: Try a free English Grammar Check (Please submit your document after this check): https://www.grammarly.com
Step 2: Try a free translation service (Please use this service if you are not sure about your English): https://www.deepl.com/translator
(NEW) Step 3: Try to refine your article with chatGPT (https://chat.openai.com → ask it to refine an article).
Always submit documents one day before the deadline, since you may miss it due to some unexpected happening on the deadline day.
If you need Prof. Zhao to review a document for you, please contact his at least three days before the deadline.

Official language

The official languages are English and Japanese.

Your personal namespace

Create a personal namespace user:yourname (e.g., user:liang) and put all your documents (paper, slides, other files) in that namespace by the Media Manager. See an illustration.

Appointment with Prof. Zhao

Usually please ask for an appointment one week before (two weeks preferred)
For recommendation letter, please try to provide a draft first one week before the deadline.

Misc

Reply an email in the same day you received it. If you cannot reply, then reply (in the same day) with statement when you will reply.
Please fill the 様式-2_面談実施記録書.docx after a meeting with supervisors. I will finalize and submit it to the office.
Use of the computer in Room 017

Resource

kwisper (professors only)
Top 10% journal list by Kyoto Univ.
Big Data Mining and Analytics : open access and free (2024/07/18)
Top conferences in computer science
AI Report by Stanford and a digest by IEEE spectrum
Machine Learning course in Chinese (by Prof. Lee @ NTU)
SuperVIP Cheatsheet for AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning by S. Amidi
Python 入門 (喜多先生著 https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2433/245698)
資料作成サイト https://app.diagrams.net/?src=about (参考 https://qiita.com/G-awa/items/8fd414700b68b2bcafcc)

Contributor wanted!

xournal++ is a good software for handwriting based lectures. It works for Linux, macOS and Windows 10, and is open sourced. We can contribute to this project by translating its interface into Chinese and Japanese languages. Volunteer wanted!