At IAMAS, professors and students from differing fields and research backgrounds gather together and with a focus on practical project courses, promote the production of artworks and research as a social and cultural practice of media expression. Students and professors encourage each other, and address real-world issues while collaborating with businesses and local governments, working towards the realization of their advanced and unique research results. Each project has its own unique theme and approach, and projects also function as a base for activities that support media expression activities that emphasize the diversity of individual students.

• Master's thesis (abstract)
• Doctoral Dissertation
• IAMAS Annual
• IAMAS Project Report
• Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences Bulletin

Research funding acquired from competitive funds such as Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) and the adoption status of research expenses subsidized by various public organizations are disclosed.

• Public Research Funds

IAMAS collaborates with businesses, educational and non-profit organizations, local authorities, and the local community, and conducts various joint and commissioned research. Whilst deepening the results of our local cultural research and informational science research we aim to contribute to the regional community through the results of our collaborations.

• Accomplishments of Joint and Commissioned Research

Achievements in recent years

Research and development of an extemporaneous music creation system using one’s shared physical body and avatar in a MR environment.

Through collaborative research with Marble Corp., we are conducting research and development of a music system in a MR environment. We are exploring methods to actualize multi-user musical performances and performance sessions unique to MR environments through the avatar of the performer while superimposing the real space and MR images.

Research relating to the complete design of children-oriented lectures and practical teaching materials using AR

The complete design of the children-oriented course, the “junior space expert qualification course” was done in collaboration with IAMAS graduate designers and held at the Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum. Furthermore, a learning and appreciation system that uses AR was set up through collaborating with Sorahaku, and we held discussions about an exhibition space for the children to learn experientially.

Medicos Hiroba Media Lab Seisaku Workshop

A workshop was held in collaboration with IAMAS graduate designers in the “Minna no Mori'' Gifu Media Cosmos plaza, with the objective of creating a space for citizens that anybody can freely use known as the “Media Lab”. We conducted research on-site and based on the ideas proposed by participants it led to the production of fixtures to be actually used in the Media Lab.

The Research Center for Industrial Culture (RCIC) is an organization attached to IAMAS whose mission is to contribute to the wider community by applying the products of our school's research to society through cultural activities and collaborations between government, business, and academia.

• Research Center for Industrial Culture

At IAMAS, as we deepen our research into local culture and information science, we contribute to the local community with the results of our collaborative research. We do this by cooperating with businesses, local government, cultural / research organizations, NPO's, and other organizations. As an organization attached to IAMAS, the Research Center for Industrial Culture supports the establishment of research agreements starting with discussions about collaboration, coordinating with faculty and the Projects.

• Collaboration Consultation

Our guest researcher system was established in order to contribute to the development of academic research at the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences by accepting academic researchers to our school.

• Guest Researcher System