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Inter-University Research Institute Corporation

Research Organization ofInformation and Systems

National Institute ofPolar Research
http://www.rois.ac.jp

National Institute ofInformatics
The Institute of
Statistical Mathematics
National Institute of
Genetics
Transdisciplinary
Research Integration Center
Database Center forLife Science

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Academic Challenges
in the Information Era

Greetings from the President/
Philosophy of the Research Organization ofInformation and Systems

Establishment of New Scientific Methodology & Development of New Research Areas
With the rapid development of information and communications
technology, the modern society in which we live is experiencing
unprecedented change. Progress in information technology inthe late 20th century heightened the value of information to alevel equal to that of materials and energy, establishing an
information society. Currently, it has progressed to the level
where enormous volumes of information can almost
automatically and instantaneously be obtained in almost every
sphere of society, not just in the areas of scientific andtechnological research. As a result, it seems that the cliché about
quantity evolving into quality has become a real possibility as theadvent of the ubiquitous society is increasingly a reality and boththe social systems and the course of science and technology
have changed significantly. In the world of science andtechnology, computation has now been established as the thirdscientific methodology, next to theory and experiment, and theneed for the establishment of data-centered science, theso-called “fourth science,” is already upon us.
With the incorporation in 2004 of the Inter-University ResearchInstitutes, the Research Organization of Information and Systems(ROIS) was established to bring together the National Institute ofInformatics, the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, the National
Institute of Genetics and the National Institute of Polar Research
for the purpose of capturing and analyzing, from the perspectiveof information and systems, various of the complex phenomena
encountered in modern society. The institutes, backed by theirresearch communities, harness their own special features andpromote cutting-edge research from their unique standpoints,
attempting to construct new research paradigms and open up
new research areas in fulfillment of the Organization’s mission.
ROIS will further strive to strengthen its joint use and joint researchfunctions as an inter-university research institute paying due
attention to the characteristics of each area of study. For graduate
school education, the third mission of an inter-university research
institute, ROIS functions as the core organization behind the
Graduate University for Advanced Studies, training humanresources to lead academic research in a new age.
We hope that you will continue to support and encourage the
Research Organization of Information and Systems as it pursues a
new era of academic research.

2【Outline】
What are Inter-University ResearchInstitutes?/History

4【Institutes】
National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)
National Institute of Informatics (NII)The Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM)
National Institute of Genetics (NIG)

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【Affiliated Centers】
Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center
Database Center for Life Science14
16【Education】
Cooperation with the Graduate University
for Advanced Studies

18【Public Relations and Communication】
Public Relations and Communication

20【Organization】
Inter-University Research Institute Corporation
Research Organization of Information and Systems

President

Genshiro Kitagawa

Organization Chart
General Planning Office/Intellectual Property Center
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Board of Directors/Management Council/
Education and Research Council/Membership

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Accounting/External Funds/Number ofInstitutions and Joint Researchers Enrolled inInter-University Joint Research
Projects/Special Inter-University Researchers

Philosophy of the Research Organizationof Information and Systems

Location

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The Research Organization of Information and Systems establishes and operates a core research institutefor promoting integrated research on a global level in the areas of polar sciences, informatics, statisticalmathematics, and genetics, in collaboration with the research communities at universities and otherorganizations all over Japan. The Organization also aims to conduct integrated research across disciplines
by addressing, from the perspectives of information and systems, issues involving complex phenomena oflife, Earth, the natural environment, human society, and other areas, as critical issues for the 21st century.
To achieve this, a central organization has been established to facilitate integrated research, and willattempt to construct a new research paradigm and to open up new research areas, again adopting an
information and systems perspective. Also, by offering an information platform that supports the speedy
and effective development of research at universities and other academic research institutes in Japan andoverseas, the Organization seeks to raise the level of research in Japan.

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What are Inter-University Research Institutes?
4HE 2ESEARCH /RGANIZATION OF )NFORMATION AND 3YSTEMSTAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS UNIQUE TO
INTER UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES IN ENGAGING IN A WIDERANGE OF ACTIVITIES 4HESE INCLUDE !NTARCTIC OBSERVATIONOPERATION OF THE 3CIENCE )NFORMATION .ETWORK 3).%4
DATABASE CONSTRUCTION AND INTEGRATION PROVISION OF
INFORMATION ON BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES AND GENOMES AND JOINTRESEARCH BASED ON NETWORKS 4HESE EXAMPLES MAY
APPEAR DIVERSE AND INCONSISTENT BUT THE INTER UNIVERSITYRESEARCH INSTITUTE CONCEPT UNITES THEM 7HAT THEN ARE
INTER UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES ALL ABOUT
)NTER 5NIVERSITY 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTES ARE UNIQUE RESEARCHORGANIZATIONS IN *APAN THAT SEEK TO PROMOTE JOINT RESEARCHACROSS DISCIPLINES AMONG UNIVERSITIES 4HE INSTITUTES OFFER
LARGE SCALE AND CUTTING EDGE FACILITIES LARGE VOLUMES OFACADEMIC DATA AND VALUABLE MATERIALS WHICH A SINGLE
UNIVERSITY WOULD FIND IT DIFFICULT TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN
MAKING THEM AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE TO RESEARCHERS IN*APAN AS INSTITUTES SHARED BY UNIVERSITIES IN DIFFERENTDISCIPLINES
4HE FIRST )NTER 5NIVERSITY 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTE WAS FORMED IN
 AND TODAY THERE ARE  OF THEM 4HEY PLAY AN
ESSENTIAL ROLE IN FACILITATING RAPID PROGRESS IN RESEARCH AND INRESPONDING TO DEMANDS FROM RESEARCH COMMUNITIES TOREORGANIZE RESEARCH INSTITUTES AFFILIATED WITH NATIONALUNIVERSITIES%ACH OF THE INSTITUTES HAS UNDERTAKEN JOINT RESEARCH BY
POOLING THE WISDOM OF NATIONWIDE RESEARCHERS AS THE CORE

BASE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RESEARCH AREA !T THE SAME TIME
THE INSTITUTES HAVE REPRESENTED *APAN AT NUMEROUS
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND HAVE SERVED AS THE
ORGANIZERS OF RESEARCH COMMUNITIES)N  THE )NTER 5NIVERSITY 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTES WEREREORGANIZED UNDER FOUR INDEPENDENT INSTITUTES PURSUANT TO
THE .ATIONAL 5NIVERSITY #ORPORATION !CT %ACH OF THESE
INSTITUTES IS CHARGED WITH REINVIGORATING RESEARCH IN AN
INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENT FACILITATING STRATEGIC ACTION TO
ENHANCE INTER UNIVERSITY USE AND RESEARCH FUNCTIONS WHILE
CREATING NEW RESEARCH AREAS
3INCE THEY WERE ESTABLISHED AS EXPLAINED ABOVE
INTER UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES ARE OPERATED IN
COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITIES OF RESEARCHERS PARTICULARLYWITH UNIVERSITIES 7ITH A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE BASED ON THE
CONCEPT OF INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS TO COVER A WIDE VARIETY
OF RESEARCH DISCIPLINES THE 2ESEARCH /RGANIZATION OF)NFORMATION AND 3YSTEMS NETWORKS MORE THAN 
UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES )T BUILDS AND OFFERS TORESEARCHER COMMUNITIES A LARGE SCALE DATABASE TO PAVE
THE WAY FOR JOINT RESEARCH USING HUGE VOLUMES OF DATACONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACADEMIC STUDIES !SAN )NTER 5NIVERSITY 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTE #ORPORATION IT WILLCONTINUE TO ACT AS AN ACADEMIC RESEARCH BODY COMPARABLE
TO UNIVERSITIES THAT ADDRESSES THE PURSUIT OF TRUTH AND AIMS
TO CREATE KNOWLEDGE BASED ON RESEARCHERS FREE THINKING
WHILE SUPPORTING UNIVERSITY LED ACADEMIC RESEARCH

As “Centers of Excellence” in Japan

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1 #UTTING EDGE RESEARCH

Conducting their own cutting-edge research based on researchers’ free thinking

2 *OINT USE AND JOINT RESEARCH
Serving as centers for different academic disciplines to provide research opportunities for researchers across the country
while responding to the ideas and opinions from researcher communities

3 'RADUATE EDUCATIONTaking advantage of the leading-edge research environment to accept graduate students and cooperate in thedevelopment of human resources that will play active roles in the next generation as the fundamental institution behind
the Graduate University for Advanced Studies

History
4HE ,AW ON THE %STABLISHMENT OF .ATIONAL 3CHOOLS HAVING BEEN
AMENDED THE .ATIONAL )NTER 5NIVERSITY 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTES WERE
RENAMED THE )NTER 5NIVERSITY 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTESNational Instituteof Polar Research

Tachikawa Campus

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2ESEARCH /RGANIZATION OF )NFORMATION
AND 3YSTEMS ESTABLISHEDNational Instituteof Informatics

The Institute of
Statistical Mathematics

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Transdisciplinary
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Database Center
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The National Institute ofPolar Research and theInstitute of Statistical Mathematics
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Establishment of Institution

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Research Organization of Information and Systems

Establishment as Inter-University Research Institute Corporation

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THE !RCTIC REGION AND SEA ICE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE GLOBAL
CLIMATE AFFECTING BOTH THE ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC CIRCULATION AS THE
HEAT SINK FOR THE GLOBE 4HE POLAR REGIONS ARE THEREFORE THE BEST PLACETO OBSERVE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE BECAUSE THE EXTENT OFENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IS MUCH ENHANCED IN POLAR REGIONS BY THE
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REMOTE FROM HUMAN ACTIVITY STUDIES ON THE ECOSYSTEM IN THE EXTREME
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THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE HISTORY OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT IS RECORDED
IN THE CRYOSPHERE

4HE AURORA THAT COLORS THE POLAR UPPER ATMOSPHERE IS A PRODUCT OF
THE INTERACTION OF THE SOLAR WIND AND THE EARTHS MAGNETOSPHERE AND
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IONOSPHERE THAT THE POLAR REGIONS ARE RECOGNIZED AS AN IMPORTANT
WINDOW FOR RESEARCH ON THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE
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DUST THAT FORM PLANETARY MATERIAL CAN BE EFFICIENTLY COLLECTED AND
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4HE .)) IS ALSO INVOLVED IN ESTABLISHING AN ACADEMIC INFORMATION NETWORK FOR SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIESAT UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND IN PROVIDING ACADEMIC CONTENT SERVICES SUCH AS RESEARCH PAPER DATABASES BY
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4HE .)) HAS ALREADY MADE SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY ACTING AS A CENTRAL HUB FOR RESEARCH IN
INFORMATICS THROUGH ITS CLOSE TIES WITH ORGANIZATIONS IN A WIDE RANGE OF FIELDS BOTH WITHIN *APAN AND OVERSEAS INCLUDING
UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH BODIES AND PRIVATE SECTOR BUSINESSES

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4HE )NSTITUTE OF 3TATISTICAL -ATHEMATICS IS PROMOTING RESEARCH ON THE MECHANISM OF DATA BASED RATIONAL INFERENCEWITHIN A WIDE RANGE OF DIVERSE FIELDS SUCH AS LIFE SCIENCE ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY AND ECONOMICS )N THE FACE OF
INCREASING COMPLEXITY AND UNCERTAINTY WE AIM TO CREATE ADDED VALUE IN ORDER TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OFPRESENT DAY SOCIETY HENCE IMPROVING THE VALID UTILIZATION OF DATA
4HROUGH PREDICTION AND KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY MODELING OF UNCERTAINTY RISK ANALYSIS DATA DESIGN AND INVESTIGATIONAND COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICAL AND FUNDAMENTAL MATHEMATICS WE RESEARCH AND DEVELOP SOLUTIONS TO A DIVERSE
RANGE OF PROBLEMS ARISING IN *APANESE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY )N PARTICULAR WE ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN
INTERDISCIPLINARY AND COOPERATIVE RESEARCH WITHIN AND ACROSS THE BOUNDARIES OF BUSINESS AND ACADEMIA#OMPOSITION OF THE BASIC RESEARCH ORGANIZATION$EPARTMENT OF 3TATISTICAL -ODELING
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OF COMPLEX CAUSALLY INTERRELATEDPHENOMENA WHICH VARY IN TIME AND
SPACE AND OF INTELLIGENT INFORMATIONPROCESSING AS WELL AS MODEL BASEDSTATISTICAL INFERENCE METHODOLOGIES

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PREDICTION AND KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY DATA ASSIMILATION AND INVESTIGATION TECHNOLOGY
&ROM  A STRATEGIC RESEARCH ORGANIZATION WAS SET UP IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY WAY
INVOLVING RESEARCHERS FROM DIVERSE BASIC RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS AND ./% .ETWORK OF%XCELLENCE ACTIVITIES WERE STARTED TO BRING VARIOUS RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS TO WORKCOOPERATIVELY FROM THE STANDPOINT OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS /NE OF THE AIMS OF THE
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CREATED BY COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND TO DEVELOPSTATISTICAL SOFTWARE BASED ON THESE ALGORITHMS
!DDITIONALLY THE CENTER AIMS TO SOLVE SPECIFIC
PROBLEMS IN SUBSTANTIAL SCIENCES SUCH AS GENOMIC
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES

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!SSIMILATION STUDIES A COMPUTATION METHOD THATINTEGRATES ULTRA HIGH DIMENSIONAL OBSERVATION AND
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ORGANIZATIONS●Mathematical Statistics Group

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TRENDS IN THE ACADEMIC AND REAL WORLDS 4HE CENTERCARRIES OUT ORIGINAL RESEARCH PROJECTS RANGING OVER
BOTH PURE AND APPLIED FRONTIERS
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