Japan has long
been a closed country. They have protected their scientific achievements.
During recent time, University of Oulu has managed to open doors to Japanese
science world.
At the moment,
the moment as a part of scientific exchanging program, there are two
researchers in Oulu from Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), near
Kyoto City; Professor Tomohiro Kuroda at the Faculty of Science and exchange
student Atsunobu Kumura at the Faculty of Technology.
Kuroda is an
international-level top researcher in his field. According to professor Petri
Pulli, it is great honor for Oulu to get him here.
“The fact that
we got Kuroda shows that they appreciate our level of research.”
Kuroda’s field
of research is multimedia systems and shape recognition. He is in Oulu under
project funded by Finnish Academy of Science to study new kind of user
interfaces for mobile phones.
In future, the
mobile phones might be operated by special device you can hold in your palm.
On Monday, Mr.
Hirokazu Ishii from research department of Japanese university and Mr. Takao
Yamaguchi from International unit come to Oulu. They will check how university
cooperation has processed to according into future plans. This visit aims to
develop this cooperation further.
“We can learn
from Japan at least their long-term working mentality, thoroughness, and very
good planning skills”, Professor Pulli says.