Shiga University's endeavor to promote human resources development for data science in Japan

Takuma Tanaka; Tetsuto Himeno; Kaoru Fueda

doi:10.1007/s42081-022-00151-5

Shiga University's endeavor to promote human resources development for data science in Japan

Jpn J Stat Data Sci. 2022;5(2):747-755. doi: 10.1007/s42081-022-00151-5. Epub 2022 Mar 27.

Authors

Takuma Tanaka^{1

2

3}, Tetsuto Himeno^{1

2

3}, Kaoru Fueda^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Data Science, Shiga University, 1-1-1 Banba, Hikone, Shiga 522-8522 Japan.
² Graduate School of Data Science, Shiga University, 1-1-1 Banba, Hikone, Shiga 522-8522 Japan.
³ The Center for Data Science Education and Research, Shiga University, 1-1-1 Banba, Hikone, Shiga 522-8522 Japan.

Abstract

In 2017, Shiga University established the Faculty of Data Science, which was the first faculty in Japan specializing in data science and statistics. This paper reports the Faculty's historical context, curricula, and collaboration with industry and other universities. The career paths of the graduates and the massive open online courses and textbooks provided by the Faculty of Data Science are also summarized.

Keywords: Collaboration; Data science; Data scientist; Education; Project-based learning; Statistical science.