28, January 2020 Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd. KNIME AG TITLE: Hitachi Industry & Control and KNIME join efforts to foster data science activities in Japan SUBTITLE: AiValueUp for workshop is the joint training program, in Japanese, which has already been run more than 80 times, in which more than 1,800 people have taken. Tokyo, DATE - KNIME AG (CEO: Michael Berthold; hereinafter KNIME), and Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd. (President: Toru Kimura; hereinafter Hitachi Industry & Control) today announced their partnership to roll out data science services in Japan using KNIME Software. These services include all stages of end to end data analytics and data science deployment, such as ETL, machine learning, advanced analytics, and deployment via the KNIME WebPortal or REST API. With the rapid development of AI and IoT techniques, a shortage of talents is becoming an issue in various fields. Hitachi Industry & Control is closing this gap by enabling companies with their services to effectively use KNIME for their data science needs. KNIME contributes with platform specific know-how to the data science seminar AiValueUp for workshop, hosted by Hitachi Industry & Control. The workshop has already been run more than 80 times and is supporting the development of local data science and KNIME experts. AiValueUp for workshop incorporates a practical learning curriculum using KNIME and is supported by Japanese documentation. It also offers solutions for enterprise use cases. With these joint efforts, KNIME and Hitachi Industry & Control aim to raise the awareness of KNIME, develop an ever-growing data science expert pool, and grow the business in Asia and around the world. ■ About KNIME KNIME develops software for creating and productionizing data science in one easy and intuitive environment, enabling every stakeholder in the data science process to focus on what they do best. KNIME's headquarters are based in Zurich, with additional offices in Konstanz, Berlin, and Austin. www.knime.com. ■　About AiValueUp for workshop AiValueUp for workshop is a data analysis seminar held by Hitachi Industry & Control. So far, more than 1,800 people have taken this training course* 1 . The curriculum structure is based on experience and know-how in practical big data analysis projects, which is over 100 projects per year. And active data analysis employees serve as instructors. It is characterized by a series of work in predictive model construction and practical learning to experience from data acquisition to customer reporting using cases as subjects. *1 Number of participants who take training services related to 「Data Analysis Seminar」held by Hitachi Industry & Control and 「Data Analysis」 held by Hitachi Academy from April 2018 to March 2019 ■ Hitachi Industry & Control website about 「AiValueUp for workshop」 http://info.hitachi-ics.co.jp/product/d_value/edu.html
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