Discriminatory posting on Twitter Disciplinary dismissal of Associate Professor of the University of Tokyo January 15 16:34
The University of Tokyo has dismissed its assigned associate professor for disciplinary dismissal, including posting discriminatory posts to Twitter.
The punishment for disciplinary dismissal was Associate Professor Shohei Osawa of the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Informatics.
According to the University of Tokyo, Project Associate Professor Osawa is Twitter, and since November last year, he has posted discriminatory posts stating that "Chinese are not hired" at companies he runs, and slanders other teachers without grounds It has been said to have hurt the honor and trust of the University of Tokyo significantly.
Osawa, a professor of artificial intelligence, was appointed as a specially appointed assistant professor at the University of Tokyo in 2017 and became a specially appointed associate professor last April. Associate Professor "and made various posts.
The University of Tokyo stated, "We have been very regrettable and have taken strict discipline. We will thoroughly enforce ethical standards, verify the procedures for teacher recruitment and organizational management, and strive to prevent recurrence."
Associate Professor Osawa wrote to Twitter, "The disposition is unreasonable. The University of Tokyo's response to the development of AI technology in Japan and respecting the diversity of Asian countries is clearly wrong."