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−188−Synthesiology Editorial Board Editor in Chief: A. Ono Senior Executive Editor: N. Kobayashi and M. Seto Executive Editors: M. Akamatsu, K. Naito, T. Ishii Editors: K. Igarashi, H. Ichijo, K. Ueda, A. Etori, K. Ohmaki, Y. Owadano, A. Kageyama, K. Kudo, T. Shimizu, Y. Jigami, H. Tateishi, M. Tanaka, E. Tsukuda, S. Togashi, H. Nakashima, K. Nakamura, Y. Hasegawa, J. Hama, K. Harada, N. Matsuki, P. Fons, K. Mizuno, N. Murayama, M. Mochimaru, A. Yabe, H. YoshikawaPublishing Secretariat: Publication Office, Public Relations Department, AISTContact: Synthesiology Editorial Board c/o Publication Office, Public Relations Department, AIST Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan Tel: +81-29-862-6217 Fax: +81-29-862-6212 E-mail: URL: http://www.aist.go.jp/synthesiology*Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited.Synthesiology - English edition Vol. 3 No. 2, Sep. 2010Edited by Synthesiology Editorial BoardPublished by National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)Letter from the editorSynthesiology Volume 3 Issue 2 has now been published with the efforts of the authors and the reviewers.In this issue, we have an article on the general discussion held in a special session called “Synthesiology: knowledge for interdisciplinary consilience” organized by the Transdisciplinary Federation of Science and Technology. The article describes the discussions on the synthesis and combination of knowledge and the scenario, to match and link the “knowledge” generated from scientific and technological researches to the social demands and values that are continuously changing. The discussions remind us that it is mandatory for the research and the researchers to interact with society.Five papers were published in this issue, and there are two papers that are different from the ones that had been published so far. One is a paper on human resource training. It describes the efforts of the Graduate School of System Design and Management (SDM), Keio University that was established to educate the SDM specialists. The individual elements of the graduate school education are described very specifically, and the synthesis and integration of each elements as well as the scenario are discussed in terms of the education of desired human resources. In Japan today, there seems to be multitudes of training programs, and I hope such programs are able to meet the social demands. The second paper is a reflection on the Cyber Assist Project. The activities of the Cyber Assist Research Center (CARC) that started with the establishment of AIST are the precursors of the current service engineering, and the results of the Type 2 Basic Research are discussed. The strong feeling that “if it was continued for 10 years” is expressed, but the findings of the Cyber Assist Project have been integrated as components of the current service engineering research, and I hope it will eventually come to full bloom as a major contribution of AIST.In April 2010, AIST endeavored on the five-year Third Mid-term Plan. In the Third Period, the plan is to engage in R&D with focus on “solving the issues of the 21st century” and “strengthening the open innovation hub function”, in synch with the new growth strategy set forth by the government. To achieve the objectives of the Third Mid-term Plan, AIST will promote Full Research, or the continuous research starting from basic research with known exit and ending with product realization. This is expected to link the results of basic research to product realization conducted by private companies, to contribute to the innovations in Japan. I hope the results born from the scenarios “in society, for society” will be published in this journal with submissions from both inside and outside of AIST, and that Synthesiology will play the role of linking “knowledge” and “society”. Please give us your support in our third year.Senior Executive Editor Masahiro Seto

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