Transforming Science with Open Data

Amid the advent of the big data era, data is becoming a valuable commodity which can be used to innovate just about everything, from businesses to our lifestyles.The public has access to all kinds of data these days...

Ask an Expert: Prof. Hiroaki Aihara, Assoc. Prof. Miho Funamori

Opening e-Learning Data and Platforms to Reinvent Education

Gone are the days when learning typically meant going to school and mastering what’s taught there. Nowadays, anyone can easily attain new knowledge from anywhere by taking advantage of what’s available on the internet...

Ask an Expert: Ms. Masumi Hori, Prof. Masako Furukawa

Closing the Gap Between Citizen Science and Academic Research

What’s the biggest difference between “citizen science” and academic research conducted by scientists? Whose job should it be to digitalize colossal historical data, such as the historical documents often discovered...

Ask an Expert: Dr. Hiroshi Horii, Dr. Tsubasa Yumura