Kyoto University - System Optimization Laboratory

Laboratory's Parties

Welcome Party
Participants: all members
Period: late April - early May
Details: Once a year, we hold a party to welcome the new students (4th-year bachelor, 1st-year master, 1st-year doctor, and visiting students), the new visiting researchers and post-docs, and the new staffs.

Send-Off Party
Participants: students, post-docs, visiting researchers, any member interested
Period: middle of July - early August
Details: Once a year, the students hold a party for those that will take the graduate course entrance examination.

Celebration for Passing the Entrance Examination
Participants: all members
Period: middle of October
Details: Once a year, we hold a party for the students of the laboratory that had been admitted for the graduate program of our department.

Year-End Party
Participants: all members
Period: December
Details: Once a year, we hold a year-end party.

Farewell Party
Participants: all members
Period: middle of February - late March
Details: Once a year, we hold a farewell party for everyone that are leaving the laboratory in the period.

Others

Barbecue Party
Participants: any member (that are interested)
Period: May - September
Details: Once a year, we may hold a barbecue party outside of the campus, with or without members of other laboratories.

Sports Competition (Department)
Participants: students (that are interested)
Period: June (first semester), November (second semester)
Details: Twice a year, the students of our laboratory compete with other students of different laboratories from the Department of Applied Mathematics and Physics. The chosen sport varies between futsal, softball and volleyball.

Trip
Participants: any member that will graduate in the period (that are interested)
Period: February - March
Details: Once a year, the students that will graduate in the period may travel together inside/outside Japan.