Fall AY 2015 Degree Conferment Ceremony and Doctoral Dissertation Presentations

On Friday, September 18, 2015, the Degree Conferment Ceremony and Doctoral Dissertation Presentations for Fall AY2015 was held. 28 individuals, including 11 from the Computer Science and Engineering Master's Program, one from the Doctoral Program, and 16 from the Undergraduate School of Computer Science and Engineering received degrees.

At the conferment ceremony, University President Ryuichi Oka used his address to encourage the newly-minted graduates, stating "I hope that all of you look back at the past in order to learn from the old technologies. By doing this, I am sure you will be able to learn from the past mistakes and successes of the scientists that came before you, and bring about innovation in your chosen fields."

As the representative of the fall graduates, Doctoral Student Zhenni LI expressed her gratitude and plans for the future, stating "the ability to interact with people of different cultural backgrounds is necessary for everyone to bring forward innovation on an international level. For these reasons I truly believe that this day, when we receive an official confirmation of our achievements at the University of Aizu, is one of the greatest milestones in our lives."

Ahead of the degree conferment ceremony, the Fall AY2015 Doctoral Dissertation Presentations were held on Thursday, September 10. There, doctoral program graduate Zhenni LI presented the results of her research within the allotted time of 40 minutes, while also speaking on her future plans and engaging in a questions and answer session.