Ritsumeikan University and Panasonic Corporation will jointly introduce a "cross-appointment system" for the purpose of cross-institutional personnel exchanges in order to realize advanced industry-academia-government collaboration from FY2017.This is the first time in Japan that a university faculty member works for a private company using this system. (* As of March 2017, 3, according to Ritsumeikan University / Panasonic research)
The "cross-appointment system" is one of the tasks such as education, research, and social contribution that university faculty members engage in within the university, based on agreements between organizations such as other universities, public research institutes, and companies. This is an enrollment-type system in which some research-related work is devoted to research activities at other institutions, and research activities are conducted at both the university and other institutions.
From April 2017, 4, Associate Professor Tadahiro Taniguchi of the Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University will work as a guest general manager at Panasonic's Business Innovation Headquarters while still enrolled at the university.As for the work style, the ratio of employees engaged in Panasonic is 1%.
Through this "cross-appointment system," Associate Professor Taniguchi will provide knowledge on new technologies in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, where growth and attention are remarkable, and formulate technology strategies for creating new businesses in this field. To cooperate with.In addition to co-creation activities in the IoT / robotics field, which Panasonic focuses on, we are also working to support the creation of communities centered on Ritsumeikan University and academic societies, and to develop human resources through study group activities on related themes. go.
