Words from Company Representatives
Product Management Manager
Tomohito Kurotani
No matter how the world changes, the need for data science in vast.
Data scientists are one of the most needed human resources today.
Lecturer in charge of the 4th Central AI/Data Science Open Lecture
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Manufactures, markets, sells, exports and imports pharmaceuticals, clinical tests, medical devices, foodstuffs and cosmetics. Based on the corporate philosophy of creating innovative products that contribute to the health of people around the world, we are developing both our medical business, which provides new therapeutic drugs to patients around the world, and our nutraceutical business, which provides products that make healthy people healthier.
I have 20 years of experience in academics and marketing in the pharmaceutical and garment industries. Currently, I manage a brand of products for the treatment of kidney disease. I spend my days thinking about the future of this business. I have a Master’s degree in Engineering.
What do you want to accomplish and for what purpose? Why? If your answer is in data science, you should take the first step. No matter how the world changes, the need for data science in vast. Data scientists are one of the most needed human resources today. Data literacy is the foundation, but what will become more important are your business skills. Believe you can!
Technology Headquarters, Future Technology Creation
Chief Oda Kanze
I think there are infinite possibilities after learning data science.
Please use your curiousity to deepen your learning.
Obayashi Corporation
With our four core businesses of construction, civil engineering, development, and new fields, we will deepen and expand our business domains and accelerate globalization. We will contribute to the realization of a sustainable society based on our corporate philosophy of being a leading environmentally-friendly company that is not just a general contractor.
After completing graduate school, I worked in architecture and structural design work. Since 2019, I have been in charge of research and development in space-related fields and new energy business at the newly established Future Technology Creation Department. Under the theme of Pioneering Creation, we work on future technology to open up new areas beyond the kinds of construction and manufacturing capabilities that the company has cultivated in the past.
Data science is necessary in every field. At first glance, it may seem that data science has nothing to do with the construction industry, but in reality, data science technology is used in a variety of situations; for example, digital twin technology, which predicts the future by digitally copying the real world and simulating urban development in a digital space. I believe data science has infinite applications. We encourage you to use your curiousity to deepen your learning.
Representative director
Professor,
Department of Character Design
Yuki Kamoshida
Lecturer in charge of the 1st Central AI/Data Science Consortium
I encourage you to start by questioning your own values and beliefs, and creating new values, not only for Japan but for the whole world.
Operations Headquarters Co., Ltd.
Kyoto University of Arts
Our focus is on business development support that creates new value. Whether the project involves a new hotel, a new shopping district, a new community, a new university, or a new media, We work together with our partners to create and commercialize new value.
Representative Director, Operations Headquarters Co., Ltd.
Professor, Department of Character Design, Kyoto University of Arts
I dislike people who have no beliefs. But I dislike people who do not question their beliefs even more. In creating value, I always start by questioning the fundamentals. When you create new value, not only for Japan but for the world, please start by questioning your own values and beliefs. In order to solve the problems in front of you, please investigate the facts yourself and create your own tentative solutions.
Director of Koyama Technical Center, KDDI Co., Ltd.
Kazushi Imamoto
Digital transformation (DX) is accelerating in all industries. Data scientists play a major role here, and their training has become an extremely important issue for both companies and the government.
KDDI Corporation
Since its establishment, KDDI’s corporate philosophy has been to contribute to the development of communication in an affluent society. As a telecommunications carrier that provides an important lifeline, KDDI strives to maintain robust, high-quality communications, and aims to provide communications services that keep people connected at all times under the slogan “More connection with au”.
I have experience in cell phone base station construction, development and cross standardization of core network equipment for 3rd and 4th generation cell phones, improvement of communication quality and the introduction of new services in Myanmar. In 2018, I started working at the Osaka Technical Center in the Operation and Maintenance Division, and since 2022, I have been working as the Director of the Oyama Technical Center.
In recent years, the advancement of technologies such as 5G/IoT, AI, and Big Data has led to full-fledged digitalization, and we are transforming into a data-driven society that finds more and more value in data. The penetration of these technologies is accelerating the movement toward digital transformation (DX) in all industries. Data scientists play a major role here, and their training has become an extremely important issue for the country and companies. KDDI supports those who aim to become the kind of human resources needed in the coming era by learning a lot and making the most of opportunities.
Representative director
Ko Jin-hing
Digital transformation (DX) is accelerating in all industries. Data scientists play a major role here, and their training has become an extremely important issue for the country and companies.
Delta Electronics, Inc.
Delta Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of switching power supplies and cooling fans with a philosophy of providing clean and efficient energy solutions for a better tomorrow. We also offers a wide range of products from power management, electronic components, displays, factory automation, networking and renewables. Founded in Taiwan in 1971, the company now has sales and manufacturing facilities around the world.
Technical strategy
Retail Development CenterSoftware Component Group Director and IT Strategist
Akihiko Fujiwara
Today is the era of Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA), and the future is difficult to predict. I hope that you will engage in your studies at "Chuo AI College" with an awareness of acquiring technologies and qualifications that will become your tools in the future.
Toshiba Tec Corporation
As a leading company that boasts the world’s top market share in POS systems along with its mainstay retail and printing businesses, Toshiba TEC promotes digital transformation (DX) by utilizing data, while making the most of its strong relationship of trust with customers and its meticulous service network. We also promote data-driven digital transformation (DX). We are committed to our management philosophy of “Creating the Next Generation Together”, and to working with our customers and partners to achieve this goal. We are committed to solving various issues and realizing a sustainable society through co-creation with our customers and partners.
I am in charge of research and development of document management using digital multifunction devices and IoT systems for retail stores and warehouses. While developing products as an architect, I was also involved in new business development by proposing and verifying the effectiveness of multiple demonstration experiments. Since 2019, I have been stationed at the Silicon Valley branch, where I have been involved in sourcing activities for startup companies.
Today is the era of Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA), and the future is difficult to predict. What is needed to envision and succeed in business amidst such uncertainty is the ability to perceive the environment from a broad perspective and to take action by emphasizing the importance of the people around you. This is true whether you are working for a large corporation or a start-up company. I hope that you will study at “Chuo AI College” with an awareness of acquiring the skills and qualifications that will be the tools to achieve your goals.
Senior Policy Researcher, Science and Technology and Innovation Promotion Office, Cabinet Office
Yasuko Kasai
I hope that each of you will develop your individuality, cultivate a rich set of AI/data science skills to improve yourself and enrich society.
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) is Japan’s only national research and development corporation specializing in the field of information and communications. NICT promotes research and development of information and communications technology (ICT), and works in collaboration with universities, industry, local governments, and research institutes in Japan and abroad, aiming to encourage innovation on behalf of society.
Senior Researcher, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Visiting professor, University of Tokyo and University of Tsukuba.
Senior Policy Researcher, Science and Technology and Innovation Promotion Office, Cabinet Office
Congratulations on the opening of the Data Science Department at Chuo AI College. In the future, data science skills will be required not only for a limited number of science majors, but also for all kinds of people and situations in society, including those in primary industries such as office work and agriculture, and even for fathers and mothers raising children. AI/Data Science is a very interesting concept that is very close to people’s hearts. I believe that having this opportunity to learn AI/data science will give you the basic skills to expand your possibilities and make further leaps forward in the future. AI/Data Science is only a means and a tool. I hope that you will also develop your individuality, nurture your potential, and use your AI/data science skills to open up new opportunities for yourself and society.
Business Incubator Division
Marketing Team
Yasuko Kasai
With the development of technology, the amount of data that can be handled is increasing, but the training of people who can handle it is not keeping pace, so there is currently a shortage. Digital natives have more than enough potential to become data scientists.
Xebio Corporation
Headquartered in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, Xebio is the core company of the Xebio Group. The company operates two chains of sports stores. Super Sports Xebio is a large general sports specialty store with a huge sales floor, and a wide selection of products for both beginners and advanced users. Xebio Sports Express is located in train station shopping malls, and supports customers’ sports lifestyles in their neighborhoods throughout the country. We also have sports glasses and sunglasses specialty stores and conditioning support stores to provide comprehensive support for those who enjoy sports and train hard.
I am from Osaka City, Japan.
In October 2013, I joined Xebio Co. Since working at stores in Yokohama and Osaka, I have worked at the head office for about five years in retail promotion. In my current position, I am involved in data marketing.
Data is now being collected in all kinds of areas, but it is still not fully utilized. With the development of technology, the amount of data that can be handled is increasing, but the training of people who can handle it is not keeping pace, and there is still a shortage. Digital natives are more than capable of becoming data scientists. Please do your best to acquire the ability to think logically and acquire data-related skills so that you can become an indispensable resource for society.
人事総務本 人材開発部
部長 小熊 洋一
藤田観光株式会社
藤田観光は日本における観光業界の先駆けとして1948 年に「箱根小涌園」、1952 年に「椿山荘 現ホテル椿山荘東京 」
を開業、1955 年に会社を設立しました。以来、宿泊、リゾート、婚礼、レジャーなどの事業を積極的に展開してまいり
ましたが、そもそものルーツは明治期に大きく繁栄した藤田財閥まで遡り、男爵であった藤田家が保有していた邸宅、庭
園などを観光施設として広く一般へ開放していったことが事業の始まりです。多くの皆さまに「憩いの場と温かいサービ
スを提供したい」という創業の理念は、今も社是として脈々と受け継がれています。
デジタル化、グローバル化が進み、経営環境の変化は激しさを増しており、企業は環境変化に合わせて経営戦略や事業モ
デルを柔軟に変えていく必要があります。また、デジタル化で企業の事業構造は急速に変わりつつあり、企業内では従来
の延長線上にない知識の習得が必要になり、データの分析・活用方法の理解が不十分では、新しいサービスの創造は難しい状況です。そのような中、本学を目指す皆さんには、現在企業に求められている新しいサービスの創造につながるような知識を、是非学んでいただきたいと考えます。
三井不動産株式会社 柏の葉街づくり推進
事業グループ 黒川 悟史
三井不動産株式会社
日本・東京を本拠とし、ニューヨーク、ロンドン、上海、台北、クアラルンプールやバンコクなどで街づくりを展開する
日本最大規模のグローバルな不動産会社です。
理学修士。SIer、事業会社を経て三井不動産に入社後、街づくりにおけるDX( デジタルトランスフォーメーション) 領域
にてシステム企画・開発を担当。柏の葉スマートシティにて街の取り組みとデータの利活用の融合による新たな価値を創
造すべく日々取り組む。
不動産ときいてデータサイエンスを思い浮かべる方は少ないかもしれなせん。しかし現代のビルや商業施設、ホテル、住
宅には様々なデジタル技術が組み込まれており、日々生まれるデータの分析・活用によって建物へ新たな価値が付与されます。今やあらゆる業界でデジタル技術やデータサイエンスが必要とされています。学びの中で課題を見つける洞察力と課題を解決できる分析力を養い、将来社会で活躍できるデータサイエンティストを目指してください。
