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Round-table talk−96−Synthesiology - English edition Vol.3 No.1 (2010) internationally.I transferred to a university last spring. Since the university is organized according to specialties, it is quite difficult to conduct research across the disciplines. In my university we have been discussing how to establish interdisciplinary research projects since last April. “Creating research” is one aspect of synthesis, and I really feel it is necessary to nurture “synthesiology” as scholarly pursuits.(Naito)When I reread all the papers of the issue to write the “Letter from the Editor”, I found the authors write in manners unseen in conventional analytical research papers. They are gaining “insights” across the disciplines. I strongly feel that the style of writing and reading papers of synthetic approach is becoming established. This was unthinkable two years ago when Synthesiology was launched, or eight years ago when The second anniversary of Synthesiology(Ono)We have just completed the second year of Synthesiology which was launched in January 2008. I would like to welcome today the round-table talk participants who were involved in starting the journal. Please give your comments on the second anniversary.(Akamatsu)I have gone through all of the published research papers, and I feel that more people are becoming conscious of what “synthesiology” is. Such papers are written differently from conventional papers, and often speak “passionately” about how the authors carry out their researches. On the other hand, there were some authors who had difficulties in switching over from conventional paper writing. I am not sure whether every researcher of AIST understands “synthesiology” clearly, but I think anyone will be able to understand how to write a Synthesiology paper after reading its papers and articles.(Kobayashi)I sent two copies of Synthesiology last year to the President of Technology Management Council, IEEE of the United States, and I received a very sincere response: “I was extremely impressed.” Also, we received a submission of paper from abroad, and I am glad to see that our effort of publishing the English version is slowly but steadily producing results. I hope we can further raise the awareness of the journal Synthesiology on the Second AnniversarySynthesiology Editorial BoardWe have just completed the second year of Synthesiology which was launched in 2008. Four issues each of Volumes 1 and 2 were published during the two years, including 49 research papers and 14 articles and interviews. We received various responses from the readers through the questionnaires in each issue. The editors of the journal held a round-table talk on the second anniversary to reflect on the past two years and to project what lies ahead.[Translation from Synthesiology, Vol.3, No.1, p.77-82 (2010)]Dr. Koh NaitoHiroyuki YoshikawaAkira OnoNaoto KobayashiMotoyuki AkamatsuKoh Naito Grand Emeritus Advisor, AISTEditor in Chief, AIST Senior Executive Editor, Waseda UniversityExecutive Editor, AISTExecutive Editor, AISTParticipants of the round-table talk

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