2025-02-18T17:15:03-06:00 2024-03-31 873231666 PKF O'CONNOR DAVIES ADVISORY LLC 500 MAMARONECK AVENUE SUITE 301 HARRISON NY 105281633 990 2023-04-01 474548573 UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO NEW YORK OFFICE INC UNIV 2125829800 145 W 57TH STREET FL 21 NEW YORK NY 10019 MASAHARU MASUYAMA PRESIDENT 2125829800 2025-02-18 1 1 EVA MRUK P00543254 9143818900 2025-02-18 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z MASAHARU MASUYAMA 145 W 57TH STREET FL 21 NEW YORK NY 10019 579316 0 X HTTPS://UTOKYONY.ADM.U-TOKYO.AC.JP/ X 2015 NY TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND TO FURTHER THEIR LEARNING, EXPOSURE, AND DEVELOPMENT IN THESE FIELDS. 6 6 2 6 1712 0 524710 524850 85377 47055 337 227 4283 7184 614707 579316 107321 247700 0 0 34040 68723 0 0 0 357626 356739 498987 673162 115720 -93846 12618164 18965753 2075470 1883051 10542694 17082702 X TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETIES AND PEOPLE WORLDWIDE THROUGH PIONEERING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION THROUGH INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION AND ACADEMIC EXCHANGE, MAINLY IN THE FIELDS OF ENGINEERING AND MEDICAL SCIENCE. 0 0 566797 247700 47055 B'AI-UTOKYO NY OFFICE EVENT "THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE AI AGE"IN A GROUNDBREAKING TWO-DAY SYMPOSIUM HELD ON DECEMBER 14 AND 15, 2023, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO B'AI GLOBAL FORUM DELVED INTO THE PROFOUND IMPLICATIONS OF AI TECHNOLOGY IN HIGHER EDUCATION. HOSTED AT THE UTOKYO NEW YORK OFFICE WITH SUPPORT FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR AI AND BEYOND AND THE UTOKYO NEW YORK OFFICE, THE EVENT WAS LIVE-STREAMED VIA WEBINAR. ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, PROFESSOR YUKO ITATSU, FROM THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY INFORMATION STUDIES (GSII) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, SET THE STAGE. SHE PROVIDED INSIGHTS INTO THE B'AI GLOBAL FORUM AND INTRODUCED THE DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS. IN HER OPENING REMARKS, PROFESSOR ITATSU EMPHASIZED THE CRITICAL EXAMINATION REQUIRED TO UNDERSTAND HOW AI SHAPES UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM DESIGN, INFLUENCES EDUCATORS, AND NECESSIATES ETHICAL, INCLUSIVE USAGE. FOLLOWING THIS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AI HISANO, FROM THE GSII, PRESENTED A DETAILED OVERVIEW OF THE NEWLY PUBLISHED BOOK, AI KARA YOMITOKU SHAKAI: KENRYOKU-KA SURU SAISHIN GIJUTSU [UNDERSTANDING AI IN SOCIETY: HOW TECHNOLOGY EXERTS POWER] (UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO PRESS, 2023). CO-EDITED BY B'AI GLOBAL FORUM, YUKO ITATSU, AND AI HISANO, THE BOOK EXPLORES CROSS-DISCIPLINARY TOPICS RELATED TO AI, EMPHASIZING ITS SOCIETAL IMPACT. THE DISCUSSION LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE SYMPOSIUM'S SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATIONS.THE EVENT FEATURED PRESENTATIONS FROM PROFESSOR LAUREN GOODLAD AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JULIA STOYANOVICH AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. A PANEL DISCUSSION, MODERATED BY PROFESSOR ITATSU, FOLLOWED THE PRESENTATIONS. THE PANEL INCLUDED THE AFOREMENTIONED SPEAKERS AND PROFESSOR YUJIN YAGUCHI, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO. THEY TACKLED DIVERSE ISSUES, RANGING FROM THE RISING INTEREST IN AI-BASED ENGLISH EDUCATION TO POTENTIAL MARGINALIZATION OF WOMEN AND MINORITIES BY AI. THE DISCUSSION EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR CROSS-DISCIPLINARY DIALOGUE ON SUSTAINABLE USE OF AI AND THE CHALLENGES OF MEANINGFUL INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION.ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT ANNA ESAKI-SMITH MODERATED A CONVERSATION BETWEEN PROFESSOR TERUO FUJII, PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, AND PROFESSOR JOSEPH E. AOUN, PRESIDENT OF NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY. THE DISCUSSION RANGED FROM GENERAL HIGHER EDUCATION TOPICS TO PREPARING FOR AI TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING HOW STUDENTS SHOULD BE MENTORED, WHAT KIND OF GUIDANCE THEY SHOULD RECEIVE, AND THE IMPACT OF AI ON THEIR CHOICE OF MAJOR AND RESEARCH TOPICS. BOTH SPEAKERS STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING VIGILANT ABOUT AI-GENERATED MISINFORMATION, BIASES, AND THE ROLE OF LEARNING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. MOREOVER, THEY UNDERSCORED THE PIVOTAL ROLE THAT BUSINESS COULD PLAY DUE TO THE SUBSTANTIAL NEED FOR DATA AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES IN THE UTILIZATION OF AI. EMPHASIZING THAT BUSINESS INVOVELMENT COULD GENERATE BOTH TENSIONS AND NEW POSSIBILITIES, THEY DELVED INTO THE DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE OF AI IMPLEMENTATION.-"NEW YORK ICCP-GSRA MEETING ON TROPICAL CYCLONES AND GLOBAL STORM-RESOLVING ANALYSIS"AS PART OF "INTERNATIONAL CORE-TO-CORE PROJECT ON GLOBAL STORM RESOLVING ANALYSIS" (ABBREVIATED AS ICCP-GSRA; MASAKI SATOH, PROJECT LEADER;) SUPPORTED BY JSPS, EXPERTS IN TROPICAL CYCLONES AND HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELING FROM JAPAN, THE U.S., AND EUROPE HELD A THREE-DAY CONFERENCE FROM FEBRUARY 5 TO 7, 2024, TO DISCUSS FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS BASED ON THE LATEST RESEARCH RESULTS ON WEATHER AND CLIMATE SIMULATIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONES. THE MEETING WAS HELD ALL DAY ON THE FIRST AND THE SECOND DAYS AND IN THE MORNING ON THE THIRD. THE FIRST MORNING OF THE THREE-DAY EVENT WAS ANNOUNCED AS "NEW YORK OFFICE EVENT, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, THE NEW YORK MEETING ON TROPICAL CYCLONES AND GLOBAL STORM-RESOLVING ANALYSIS AND WAS STREAMED ONLINE TO REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS. THE EVENT HAD 49 REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS IN THE NEW YORK OFFICE ON-SITE AND 19 ONLINE PARTICIPANTS. THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND THE PRESENTATION TITLES AREMASAKI SATOH (AORI, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO): GLOBAL STORM-RESOLVING MODELING APPROACH FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF FUTURE CHANGES IN TROPICAL CYCLONESPIER LUIGI VIDALE (NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE, DEPT. OF METEOROLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF READING): CYCLONES OF TROPICAL ORIGIN IN A RESOLUTION CYCLONES OF TROPICAL ORIGIN IN A RESOLUTION HIERARCHY OF ATMOSPHERE-ONLY AND COUPLED GCMSADAM SOBEL (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY): UNCERTAINTIES IN TROPICAL CYCLONE RISKSUZANA CAMARGO (LAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY): ENSO DIVERSITY IMPACTS ON TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY CMIP6 PROJECTIONSKEVIN REED (STONY BROOK): A STORYLINE FRAMEWORK IN CESM FOR QUANTIFYING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON HURRICANESIN THE WORKSHOP, THE FOLLOWING TOPICS WERE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED IN PARTICULARFUTURE CHANGES IN TROPICAL CYCLONES COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTS OF GLOBAL STORM-RESOLVING MODELSRISK MANAGEMENT OF TROPICAL CYCLONESTWELVE ORAL PRESENTATIONS (INCLUDING KEYNOTE SPEECHES) WERE GIVEN ON THE FIRST DAY AND 11 ON THE SECOND DAY (INCLUDING THREE ONLINE PRESENTATIONS) WITH A PRESENTATION TIME OF 20 MINUTES AND 10 MINUTES FOR Q&A. MASAKI SATOH, PIER LUIGI VIDALE, SUZANA CAMARGO, AND ADAM SOBEL PRESENTED AND LED DISCUSSIONS ON THE ABOVE ISSUES ON THE THIRD DAY, AND SUMMARIZED ISSUES FOR FUTURE RESEARCH.THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO NEW YORK OFFICE WAS WELL RECEIVED BY THE PARTICIPANTS IN NEW YORK, BOTH IN TERMS OF LOCATION AND FACILITIES, AND MANY WELCOMED THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO LOCALLY. MANY PARTICIPANTS EXPRESSED THEIR WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE AND PARTICIPATE IN SUCH EVENTS IN THE FUTURE.- "TO COMMUNICATE AND TO CONNECT JAPANESE HISTORY: THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THE HISTORIOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO"ON FEBRUARY 15-16, 2024, THE HISTORIOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE (HI), THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HELD THE SECOND UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO NEW YORK OFFICE (UTOKYONY) EVENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, "TO COMMUNICATE AND TO CONNECT JAPANESE HISTORY: THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THE HISTORIOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO" AT THE UTOKYONY. OUR INSTITUTE HAS CONDUCTED RESEARCH AND COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS FOR 150 YEARS, COMPILED AND PUBLISHED KEY COLLECTIONS OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, AND PUBLISHED AND DISSEMINATED ITS ACCUMULATED ACADEMIC INFORMATION AND RESEARCH RESULTS IN JAPAN AND ABROAD. HOWEVER, INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND UNDERSTANDING OF OUR INSTITUTE ARE STILL INSUFFICIENT. THIS EVENT WAS CONDUCTED IN A HYBRID FORMAT OF FACE-TO-FACE AND ZOOM, INTRODUCING EACH ACTIVITY AND THE PROCESS OF RESTORATION OF CULTURAL PROPERTIES AND RESEARCH RESULTS, INCLUDING THE RESTORED "OCHIAI SAHEIJI MICHITSUGU BACK FLAG (OCHIAI SAHEIJI MICHITSUGU SEBATA) AND THE COLOUR PICTORIAL REPRODUCTION OF "NAGASHINO KASSEN FOLDING SCREEN UNDERPAINTING (NAGASHINO KASSEN BYOBU SHITAE)" WITH DISPLAYS. THE EVENT WAS WELL RECEIVED, WITH 11 ON-SITE AND 137 ONLINE PARTICIPANTS ON BOTH DAYS. IN A SURVEY CONDUCTED AFTER THE EVENT, MANY PARTICIPANTS EXPRESSED THEIR WISH THAT THE EVENT WOULD BE HELD AGAIN, AND WE RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR ACTIVITIES TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HI OVERSEAS.SPEAKERS:YOSUKE ONOE, PROFESSOR, THE HISTORIOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOHIRAKU KANEKO, PROFESSOR, THE HISTORIOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOAKIHIKO TAKASHIMA, TECHNICAL SPECIALIST, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO ARCHIVESMODERATOR:AYAKO SHIBUTANI, PROJECT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, THE HISTORIOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO 566797 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 NY X X KEIKO MATSUZAKI LENARCIC 2125829800 145 W 57TH STREET FL 21 NEW YORK NY 10019 X MASAHARU MASUYAMA PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 YUICHIRO KUWAMA VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 YOICHI FURUKAWA TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 TOMONARI YASHIRO SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ATSUSHI TSUDA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MIWAKO HOSODA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 524850 524850 PROG. 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