Research

Experts in Information Science: Public-Private Collaborative Training Program

Discovering and Nurturing Young Talent in the Field of Informatics

From FY2019 to FY2022, the Experts in Information Science Program was implemented by the NII and its partner institutions as part of the Global Science Campus (GSC), a next-generation human resources development project by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). From FY2023, the program is promoted by NII as an implementing agency of the Japan Science and Technology Agency's Science and Technology Challenge Program for Next Generation (STELLA program), in collaboration with the Information Processing Society of Japan and The Japanese Committee for International Olympiad in Informatics.
In this program, over 40 high school students and technical college students from across the country, selected from public applications and recommendations by the Japanese Committee for International Olympiad in Informatics, conduct research under the guidance of Japan's top young researchers, including ACT-I researchers and ACT-X researchers. This is not just a one- or two-year program for imparting basic research skills. This program represents an ambitious effort to develop students' future research style, seeing them through approximately ten years of research activity as emerging global researchers and engineers beginning from when they graduate from high school.