Hokkaido University

By integrating meme media, quantum nanoelectronics and intelligent communication technologies, this program aims to develop new quantum integrated circuits under new system architectures, and, as their applications, very small knowledge vehicles with wireless communication capability. These vehicles will enable us to ubiquitously and densely embed knowledge resources in our environments. The program aims to extend meme media technologies for the flexible interoperation, exploration, and advanced reuse of such ubiquitous knowledge resources.

This program aims to integrate meme media, quantum nanoelectronics and intelligent communication technologies to establish the basis for the next generation information technologies. By integrating the first two, the program aims to establish new system architectures for quantum nanoelectronic devices and to develop their design and simulation system environments based on meme media technologies. In software technologies, the program will extend the meme media technologies to cope with not only the Web, but also ad hoc networks and federation networks among ubiquitous knowledge resources, and apply their extensions to large scale complex systems. In hardware technologies, the program will develop quantum integrated circuits based on the new system architectures, and apply these technologies to develop IQ (Intelligent Quantum nanoelectronic) chips (, i.e., advanced smart dusts) that work as very small knowledge vehicles. These technologies will reduce the size of knowledge vehicles from mobile tools to ubiquitous tiny modules that can be embedded in environments, tools, books, documents, and stationery goods, and make knowledge resources exist everywhere. The communication among such modules will form ubiquitous knowledge networks that connect the Web, ad hoc networks, and federation networks with each other. The program will establish the next generation information technologies based on meme media technologies for the interoperation, exploration, and advanced use of densely distributed ubiquitous knowledge resources.




A. Meme Media Technologies and their Application to Quantum Nanoelectronics

B. Quantum Nanoelectronics for new system architectures

C. Miniaturization of Smart Chips and Related Short -Range Communication Technologies and Protocols



1)    Reinforcement of Globalization in Graduate Student Education

2)    Enhancing Project based Thesis Supervision System for Graduate Students

3)    Revision of Graduate Curriculum

4)    Others

Official Document

On the COE Programs (by MEXT, 1 Oct 1002, in Japanese)
On the COE Programs (by MEXT, 29 Oct 1002, in Japanese)

COE Programs (by JSPS, in Japanese)

Other COE Programs in Hokkaido University (in Japanese)

21COE Workshop Program