The Research Center for Industrial Culture (RCIC), established in April 2010, is an auxiliary research body based out of the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences. Building upon the information science technology and regional culture research done at IAMAS, the RCIC creates extensive links between the school and industry and contributes to the local community. Besides simply connecting with industry, the RCIC also aims to build the new concept of "industrial culture" at the local level by creating new industrial and cultural endeavors.

-Research Center for Industrial Culture's (RCIC) Cultural Activities
One of the RCIC's important functions is to create organic networks with other educational institutions, art museums, and galleries. The RCIC also organizes and manages various events within the school, including exhibitions and exchange events. Its other activities are wide-ranging, including creating the exhibition catalogue, running the website, public relations (including the prospective student pamphlet), lectures, and organizing the event archive.

Another large project of the RCIC is to plan Gifu prefecture's biannual Ogaki Biennale. The interactive art exhibition "Interaction" was held four times since 1995 before the Ogaki Biennale started in 2004 and the RCIC shifted its main focus to creating a deeper relationship between IAMAS and the local area. The event continued in 2006 and 2008, turning downtown Ogaki into a stage, with exhibitions at storefronts and various workshops and performances. This year the RCIC will be putting on the fourth Ogaki Biennale. It also oversees the campus exhibition at the international "Ars Electronica" event and plans large-scale exhibits that introduce IAMAS's research at various venues within Japan, including BankART inYokohama and SPIRAL in Tokyo's Aoyama area.

Management of the Overseas Study Abroad Exchange Program
This year we are conducting exchange programs with the Linz Industrial and Fine Art University in Austria and Soongsil University in Korea. These programs promote international exchange and give students the opportunity to create works from a more global perspective.

・Survey the needs of prefectural industry
・Examine and promote current work at the school (technology, design, research, etc.)
・Establish collaborative research with other universities
・Coordinate with industry support organizations
・Support student employment at local businesses
・Plan and execute events and exhibitions both within and outside of the school
・Design and create publications for within the school
・Reception of international researchers and collaborative research