Join Us

Our lab accepts undergraduate and graduate students, and sometimes hires post-docs.

For prospective undergraduate students:

Undergrad students undertaking Kyoto University Engineering school’s computer science course will have a choice to be part of our lab when they are 4th grade students. Prospective undergrad students should check the admission information site for the computer science course.

For prospective graduate students:

Graduate students who wish to join our lab should pass the entrance exam and then apply to Social Informatics Course , Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University. Please choose the application code “SI-2“. An entrance exam is held every August for enrollments starting from the next April, and also in February for enrollments from the next October.

Please refer to the following page regarding admission information.

If you already possess a Master’s degree, you can enter the Doctoral course (expected minimum duration of 3 years). Before applying for admission to the Doctoral course please contact us first, so we can discuss your research background and interests in advance.

Note: about “specialized subjects” for the Doctoral program. We recommend to those who wish to take the Entrance examinations for the Doctoral course in order to join our lab, to study the following topics:

  • Artificial Intelligence
    (reference material: S. Russell and P. Norvig, Artificial Intelligence A Modern Approach, 3rd Edition, Pearson Education Limited, 2016. Chapter 3, 5, 6, 13-18, 20, 21; or, 4th Edition, Chapter 3, 5, 6, 12-14, 16,17, 19, 20-22)
  • Human-Robot Interaction and Social Robotics
    (reference material: C. Bartneck, T. Belpaeme, F. Eyssel, T. Kanda, M. Keijsers, S. Šabanović, “Human-Robot Interaction — An Introduction”, Cambridge University Press, 2019. T. Kanda, H. Ishiguro, Human-Robot Interaction in Social Robotics, CRC Press, 2012.)

 

Post-doctoral positions:

We sometimes hire post-doc researchers, although this is highly dependent upon the availability of funding. If you are interested, please contact us! Even though there will not always be available positions, we may get back to you when there is a vacancy.