The Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Hosei University is a very new school, established last year with 22 academic staff, 5 administrative staff and 155 freshmen at Koganei, Tokyo. Hosei University, one of the old private universities in Japan and cerebrating the 120th anniversary last year, is innovatively reforming itself and establishes new faculties recently to pursue the studies of globalization, environment, welfare and information, which are the most crucial issues of the coming age.

The Faculty of Computer and Information Science studies wide ranges of computer science and information technologies, including computer architecture, parallel processing, programming languages, operating systems, compiler, databases, artificial intelligence, genetic programming, neural networks, pattern recognition, image processing, computer graphics, digital animation, Internet applications, LAN, coding and the cyber world.

This annals is the first report of the Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences. The activities of the first year are remarkable. Our members held the Sixth IEEE International Conference of Engineering of Complex Computer System in September. The faculty held the Inauguration Symposium in January. A lot of papers have been published at outstanding international conferences. In education, many innovative methods have been introduced, including seminars of the first year students, courses taught in English, Java as the first programming language and exchange programs with Griffith University and the University of Adelaide.

There are no doubts that our activities are stronger and stronger year by year with your cooperation, which is very important. Advance computer science and information technologies with us.

Dean, Professor
Kenji Ohmori