Shiga University, which will open Japan's first Faculty of Data Science in April 2017, will collaborate with PwC Arata (representative of Koichiro Kimura, Tokyo), a limited liability audit corporation, on the application of data science to business departments centered on accounting and auditing. Start research.
According to PwC Japan, the theme of the joint research is
■ Development of exercise materials using corporate accounting practice data at the Faculty of Data Science, Shiga University
■ Development of new methods for data science applications in the business field
■ Utilization of artificial intelligence in accounting audits
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The Faculty of Data Science at Shiga University will be established with Akimichi Takemura, a former president of the Japan Statistical Society, as the dean of the Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering, the University of Tokyo.With the aim of training human resources who can handle everything from data collection and analysis to decision making and value creation, we are preparing for the first semester.
Since the establishment of the corporation in 2006, PwC Arata has been promoting the use of IT for accounting audits.We also import all journal data into a computer and efficiently pick up suspected fraudulent data.In the future, both parties will promote joint research based on the IT utilization for accounting audits that PwC Arata has cultivated, aiming to develop data scientists who will support the future and improve audit quality.
