OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

Objective
Information systems, deploying throughout the information society at an exponential rate, will be transformed into an important component of tomorrow's Global Information Infrastructure. This course will introduce various aspects of information systems engineering starting from scientific and technological activities in School/Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University and expanding into subject matters of current interest. This course is appropriate for any specialty's students as well as engineering students.

Textbook
No particular textbook will be used.

Lecture Outline

Week 1.	Fundamentals of Information Systems I
Week 2.	Fundamentals of Information Systems II
Week 3.	Information Systems Synthesis I
Week 4.	Information Systems Synthesis II
Week 5.	Integrated Systems Engineering I
Week 6.	Integrated Systems Engineering II
Week 7.	Information Base Engineering I
Week 8.	Information Base Engineering II
Week 9.	Intelligent Information Systems Engineering I
Week 10.	Intelligent Information Systems Engineering II
Week 11.	Social Planning Assessment System I
Week 12.	Social Planning Assessment System II
Week 13.	Information Networking Systems Engineering

Grading
Grading is based on participation, report and discussion.