Information is revolutionizing the world, including big data, AI, IoT, Industry 4.0, and a super smart society. In a "super smart society," real space and virtual space on computers will be connected through sophisticated networks, and data analysis and utilization techniques will be applied to real data to help create new value. All of our activities, including creation, production, movement, work, and leisure, will become more comfortable and co-creative.

In response to the societal demands of the Information Revolution, Nagoya University established the Faculty and Graduate School of Informatics in April 2017, taking a step towards fostering new informatics and nurturing talent. The Faculty and Graduate School of Informatics aim to cultivate professionals who can create value by harnessing the power of information to generate things and services (value) that do not yet exist in society. Concurrently, the Value Creation Research Center, established as an affiliated facility of the Graduate School of Informatics, plays a crucial role in promoting interdisciplinary informatics research and linking it to the creation of social value and talent development.

Through interdisciplinary research methods in informatics, we aim to collaborate with industry partners to solve challenges and transform future societies into sources of value creation. We sincerely appreciate your expectations and support for the activities of the Value Creation Research Center.

Director, Future Value Creation Research Center
Kita Eisuke

The Future Value Creation Research Center is composed of three units: the Core Research Unit, the Human Resources Development Unit and the Incubation Unit. Each unit promotes various activities ranging from basic research to entrepreneurship with the aim of creating the informatics and the new value required by our society where the real world and the cyber space are closely interconnected. In addition, we establish a problem solving approach based on the universal understanding of nature and society as a ‘system' by collaborating and integrating the fields of natural science, the humanities, and social sciences, which are the characteristics of the Graduate School of Informatics.

Many researchers are involved in cooperative activities such as our research exchange program with Ohio State University in the United States; our research collaboration discussions with RIKEN about “manufacturing informatics"; and natural language processing, which is one of the central themes within the artificial intelligence fields. We bring world-class academic activities into our field of informatics by inviting international researchers. In addition, we promote the value creation through the doctoral curriculum education based on the Graduate Program for Real-World Data Circulation Leaders, student venture support and collaboration with researchers both inside and outside the Graduate School.

Please refer to the page "People" for each unit and faculty members.