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One of the objectives of GITS is to foster future specialists who shall
contribute to the international community through information and telecommunications.
In order to achieve this goal, it is strongly required that an environment
be structured so as to lead to the development of basic and highly advanced
joint research with domestic and foreign research and education institutes,
standardization organizations, and information and telecommunication departments
in national and local governmental organizations.
This environment must also be arranged in order that it can constitute
the center transmitting and receiving research output and information concerning
foreign information and telecommunication policies and institutions.
Waseda University established the Global Information and Telecommunication
Institute (GITI) in 1988, as an institute to conduct interdisciplinary
research focusing on information and telecommunication, and to tackle a
wide variety of research in close cooperation with universities, corporations
and research institutes in Japan and from around the world through GITI.
Research projects target not only information and telecommunication related
to technology development, international standardization involving new
standards, and the application of new existing technology, but also interdisciplinary
research focusing on information and telecommunication. |
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Each GITS student is required to write master's thesis, doctoral dissertation
or theme research report through tackling a wide variety of research established
at GITI. Currently, GITI is entrusted with a large number of research projects
from telecommunication businesses, corporations related to information
and telecommunication, governmental organizations, and international organizations
related to standardization of information and telecommunication.
GITI is planning to organize the Global Information and Telecommunication
Consortium (GITC) with cooperation with other institutes in the near future,
which is expected to receive and dispatch students, faculty and researcher
to develop research projects entrusted from outside entities, and to return
the fruits of the research to society. |
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Paving the way in the advanced information age of the 21st century
With the rapid development of structures that comprise information and
telecommunication infrastructures constructed on global foundations, including,
in particular, the Internet, a new educational and research environment
is in high demand in this borderless age. Therefore, the arrival on the
scene of interdisciplinary research focusing on information and telecommunication
conducted in cooperation with research and education institutions in Japan
and from around the world, standardization organizations, information and
telecommunication departments in national and local governmental organizations,
telecommunication businesses, and related corporations was long awaited.
There was also a need to establish an institute to foster individuals who
could contribute to the international community through information and
telecommunications, as well as to conduct highly advanced and international
joint research extending beyond the boundaries dividing nations and regions.
In order to meet this social demand, Waseda University has established
the Global Information and Telecommunication Institute (GITI). |
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Cooperation with academic, business and governmental organizations
In order to implement a leading joint research on a global basis in the
field of info-communication area, GITI is planning to organize a consortium,
which is comprised of the academic, business, and governmental organizations.
This consortium will consist of domestic and overseas universities, research
institutes, corporations, governmental organizations, and international
organizations (e.g. ITU). Through this consortium, GITI and GITS aim to
promote research and education activities based on social needs. |
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