1. External Review Committee  Chair Prof. Y. Inagaki, University of Nagoya, appointed by our President Prof. H. Harashima, University of Tokyo Prof. S. Tomita, Kyoto University Prof. Y. Muraoka, Waseda University Dr. K. Matsuda, NTT Advanced Technology Prof. B. Buchberger, JKU Prof. Arvind, MIT Executive Committee  Ida, Ebihara, Hirai, Nishikawa, et. al

2. Characteristics of University Organization  to separate research and education research institutes to which professors belong as researchers undergraduate and graduate schools in which professors are in charge as educators.  graduate schools of independent master's programs and doctoral programs

3. Relationships of organizations Institute General IT Education Research and Education Centers Graduate Schools Colleges

4. Notes  Positions given to non-institutes by the Ministry  Institute administers personnel appointments

5. Organization of the Institute  71 Faculty Members 26 Professors 21 Associate Professors 15 Assistant Professors 9 Research Assistants  7 Technical staff  3 Secretaries

6. Research laboratories  Researchers create their own laboratories  36 research laboratories (groups)

7. Research Fields  Information Mathematics and Modeling  Intelligent Software  Software Systems  Computer Architecture  Media Engineering  Intelligent Systems  Information Media Communications  Electronics and Information System

8. Teaching  Colleges College of International Studies College of Information Sciences  Graduate Schools Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, Computer Science Major Master's Program in Science and Engineering,  General IT education

9. Organization inside Institute  Committees Institute Faculty Meeting  20 committees for budget, facilities, security, welfare, computer management, and so on Professors Committee  Personnel matters  Research Budget Research Fund for Faculty Members from Ministry of Education: about 100,000,000yen Other Research Funds: about 200,000,000yen Institute's Common Budget: about 13,000,000yen

10. Former positions of Faculty

11. Foreign Faculty Foreign Faculty Members (Apr/1/2001)

12. Age Distribution of Faculty Age Distribution of Faculty Members (Apr/1/2001)

13. Faculty Positions

14. Non-tenured Positions  Institute Research Associate （ Special Positions ） 3 Years  Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA) Full-time Professor 7 Years (renewable possible) Full-time Associate Professor 7 Years (non-renewable) Full-time Lecturer 7 Years (non-renewable) Research Project Leave 3 Years (non-renewable)

15. Research Activities  Published Papers (Peer-Reviewed Journals + International Conferences ）  Books (Edited or authored)  Invited Talks at International Conferences

16. Number of Published Papers （ Peer-Reviewed Journals + International Conferences ） Number 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

17. Funding from External Resources  Grant in Aid for Scientific Research  Funding for Cooperative Research  Funding from Private Companies  Funding for International Exchange  Other Funding from External

18. Grant in Aid for Scientific Research (from Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, Culture and Technology) Number Amount of money (10,000 Japanese Yen) Number Amount of money 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 From January to October for 2001

19. Total Funding from Outside Number Amount of money (10,000 Japanese Yen) 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 From January to October for 2001 Amount of money Number

20. Universities with which Agreement of International Exchange  Johannes Kepler University, Austria Period: １９９８．９．７－２００３．９． ６  Technology University of Belfort- Montebeliard, France Period: １９９９．８．１９－２００４． ８．１８

21. International Exchange Yr.2000 （ Institute/Total ） Host: 20/575, Visit: 73/1519

22. Education in Graduate Schools  Two Programs Master's Program in Science and Engineering  Course of Information Sciences and Electronics Doctoral Program in Systems and Information Engineering  Computer Science Major  Risk Engineering Major  Advanced Engineering Systems Major

23. Number of graduate students 199619971998199920002001 Engineering Systems Sci. & Eng.(MS)

24. Master's Degree Awarded 19961997199819992000 Engineering Sci. & Eng.

25. Doctoral Degree Awarded 19961997199819992000

26. Facilities  Office for Faculty (for each) １９㎡ Laboratory: Shared in proportion to the number of faculty in a research group （ total 3,400 ㎡）  Research Facility for Collaboration Special Research Project (for each)  Office ３９～１２７㎡  Laboratory approx. １１０㎡

27. Graduate Schools Graduate Schools 研究 Research Centers Research Centers Supports for Info-Structure Supports for Info-Structure ＣＯＥ Future Plan of the Institute ・ VISION ① Grant for Scientific Research ② Special Project ③ Large-scale Grant ④ Intra-Univ. Project ① Center for Computational Physics ② Advanced Research Alliance ① Academic Info. Proc. Center ② Electronic Library ③ Educational Equipment Center ④ Committee for Promotion of Info. Processing Systems Research

28. Collaboration with Doctoral Program  Information Mathematics and Modeling  Intelligent Software  Software System  Computer Architecture  Media Engineering  Intelligent Systems  Information Systems and Electronics  Risk Engineering Courses in Doctoral Program