Training of Data Scientists

IT businesses, user companies, private businesses, educational institutions

I General Remarks

1. What is a Data Scientist?
   1) Outline of a data scientist
   2) Outline of The Japan Data Scientist Society and skill set of a data scientist
2. Relationship over Data Scientist among Businesses
   1) Activities at Enterprises and Organizations (Universities, IT businesses & User companies, and Recurrent education service providers)
   2) Relationship over Data Scientist among Businesses
3. Environmental Conditions Required When Recruiting a Data Scientist

• Three conditions required for recruiting a data scientist (i.e., strategic, IT, and HR conditions)

4. Outline of Laws and Regulations regarding Data
5. Forecast of size of data-related human resources (FY2018-FY2023)

II   Education and Utilization of Data Scientists at IT Businesses and User Companies

1. Educating and Training of Data Scientists at IT Businesses
   1) Training environment for data scientists at major SIers
   2) Data scientists in analysis specialty businesses
   3) Comparison of attempts at targeted businesses for this survey

• Business strategy
• Corporate training
• External training
• Certification system

2. Education and Utilization of Data Scientists at User Companies
   1) Attempts relating to recruitment and training
   2) Status of utilization of data scientists
   3) Comparison of attempts at targeted businesses for this survey

• Business strategy
• Attempts to make analysis tasks in-house
• Methods to secure and train data scientists

III   Attempts of Training at Education Service Operators

1. Data Science Education at Educational Institute
   1) National Policy
   2) Attempts at primary schools and high schools
   3) Attempts at universities
   4) Attempts at targeted businesses for this survey - Yokohama City University
2. Data Science Education for Businesspeople
   1) Recurrent education at universities
   2) Recurrent education at private companies
   3) Comparison of attempts at targeted businesses for this survey
   4) Level of influence of COVID-19 calamity
3. Data Science Education for Women
   1) Outline
   2) Case studies in women's universities (Jissen Women's Educational Institute, Ochanomizu University, and Kyoto Women's University)

IV   Company Profiles

1. IBM Japan, Ltd.
2. NEC
3. Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
4. Fujitsu Limited
5. Ridgelinez
6. ZOZO Technologies, Inc.
7. PARCO CO., LTD.
8. Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company, Limited
9. Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited
10. YAMATO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
11. Yokogawa Electric Corporation
12. Aidemy, inc.
13. Data4Cʼs K.K.
14. UTokyo Extension Co.,Ltd.
15. School of Data Science at Yokohama City University