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Article−209 Synthesiology - English edition Vol.1 No.3 (2009) 2008, Ohsaki served as a topic provider to introduce the new journal and the underlying principle of AIST, followed by discussion by seminar participants. We had absolutely no clue to whether AIST’s new challenge would be treated as mere self-gratification or whether people outside may have clearer view of the course of AIST than the people inside the organization.The Synthesiology Editorial Committee had initially suggested us a roundtable talk. However, we did not employ the committee’s proposal because we did not want to interfere with the free discussion atmosphere and we wanted to make our statement.Therefore, the text is mainly speculation by the authors while citing comments of researchers who participated in free discussion at the seminar.2 Academic research and fieldworkFull Research, which is goal of AIST, is composed of three types of researches:Type 1 Basic Research, Type 2 Basic Research, and Product Realization Research. We explain the terminologies and basic concepts according to the article on Full Research[1].Type 1 Basic Research is defined as “research to create new knowledge that is not in conflict with the discipline of knowledge based on the specific knowledge of the closed discipline.” This research attempts to gain new knowledge that is independent and does not mutually interfere with existing knowledge, to organize new knowledge, and to contribute to the overall knowledge system. In general, it is known as “academic research.”1 BackgroundThis article is a commentary based on the discussion between the authors and the Japanese researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), concerning the journal Synthesiology launched in January 2008 by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).First, we briefly describe the background of how this article came to be. Ohsaki, one of the authors, was conducting the research on system verification and tree automata at UIUC for one year starting June 2007 in the AIST overseas research program. His research activities at UIUC include giving lectures to graduate students to explain his research, and managing seminars for Japanese researchers in the computer science field (CS Seminar).The CS Seminar started in August 2007 as a place for exchange among UIUC Japanese researchers. The objective of the seminar was to introduce stances of individual researchers of different disciplines. The seminar participants could make comments or ask questions based on their own experience and knowledge. The seminar also provided a forum for free discussion after presentation by the topic provider.The backgrounds of participants became apparent as more seminars were held. Even in same computer science field, research styles and involvement with society through research differed greatly. Positions as university faculty, graduate student, or researcher seemed to influence the ways of thinking of individuals.Using the opportunity provided by the CS Seminar, on March - Discussion with Japanese researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign-Hitoshi Ohsaki* and Yuji Sato***Research Center for Verification and Semantics, AIST Mitsui Sumitomo Kaijo Senri Bldg, 1-2-14 Shin-Senri Nishi, Toyonaka, 560-0083 Japan **Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Hosei University 3-7-2 Kajino-cho, Koganei 184-8584, Japan *E-mail : This paper presents the discussion with Japanese researchers of computer science at the University of Illinois concerning the launch of journal Synthesiology and the underlying philosophy of AIST. Based on questions and comments that were raised in the discussion, we indicate current problems and issues that must be considered in the future for the journal.Launch of AIST journal Synthesiology[Translation from Synthesiology, Vol.1, No.3, p.222-228 (2008)](55)−

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