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The 24th International AE Symposium
The 24th International AE Symposium is currently being held in Sapporo, Japan from November 5-9, 2012. As there are no AE specialists in Sapporo, I have been entrusted with a large part of this symposium. I am very relieved that more than 100 people attended the symposium. At the banquet, the Yosakoi circle from Hokkaido …
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Dissertation Defense at Delft University of Technology
I was invited to the degree examination of a doctoral student at Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands) as a judge. During the question and answer session, I was a little puzzled by some of the rules that do not apply to degree examinations in Japan, such as the need to say a spell-like phrase …
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