JP2017182392A - Industrial-academic link matching support system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To build up a database highly fresh in research information without relying on manpower and reduce the risk of losing industrial-academic link matching opportunities.SOLUTION: An industrial-academic link matching support system is equipped with a researcher list acquiring unit that acquires a researcher list, an identifier specifying unit that specifies researcher identifiers (not including researcher numbers) by using researcher numbers, an information acquiring unit that accesses a research information database, acquires research information on each of the researchers listed in a researcher list by using a researcher number or a researcher identifier as the search key, and accumulates the pertinent research information in a memory unit in which the names of researchers and the researcher numbers are accumulated in association with each other, a searching unit that searches the memory unit for research information, an affiliated institution identifying unit that identifies the institution with which each researcher is affiliated, and a matching request transmitting unit that adds information to identify one or more sets of research information selected from the result of search by the searching unit and transmits to each affiliated institution identified by the affiliated institution identifying unit a request for industrial-academic link matching.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an industry-academia collaborative matching support system.

  In recent years, industry-academia collaboration (or industry-government-academia collaboration) in which educational institutions such as universities and research institutions (hereinafter abbreviated as universities, etc.) and private enterprises collaborate has been active for the purpose of research and development of new technologies and creation of new businesses. Has been done. In industry-academia collaboration, there are cases where individual researchers directly contact private companies to advance joint research and development projects, but human resources called coordinators mediate between private companies and researchers such as universities. Many (industry-academia collaboration matching).

  In industry-academia collaborative matching, the coordinator generally introduces research results to private companies based on requests from private companies and matches them with researchers where they are interested. The coordinator grasps the needs of private companies, picks up researchers with research seeds that seem to be related to those needs, and picks up researchers with expertise that seems to be related to those needs, and interviews with private companies Making the adjustment is the first step. An important and problematic issue is how well the coordinator knows the research information and expertise of the researcher.

  In other words, the number of coordinators belonging to one university is from a few to a dozen at most, while the number of researchers belonging to the same university is several tens to several hundreds, and many are thousands. Because of the wide range of expertise and diversity, it is physically difficult for the coordinator to grasp the research seeds and expertise of all researchers, and it is difficult for researchers who often move between universities. Going back to the past, it is more difficult to grasp research seeds and expertise. In addition, given that coordinators themselves are often hired on a multi-year term basis, it is virtually impossible for coordinators who replace every few years to fully understand the research seeds and expertise of all researchers. It's impossible.

  In view of such a situation, each university may create and publish a researcher's overview in which a researcher's papers, patents, research information, career, etc. are made into a database. In addition, so-called intellectual property departments such as universities may provide research information in the name of collections of seeds. Research information may also be provided as a teacher evaluation system.

  By utilizing such published research information, the coordinator can understand the research seeds and expertise of researchers at his university to some extent, and private companies themselves can conduct research on universities, etc. It is also possible to ask the coordinator for matching after searching for seeds and identifying researchers. In this way, various efforts have been attempted to enable coordinators who are chronically lacking manpower and who are apt to lack information on researchers to properly execute industry-academia collaborative matching.

  By the way, although databases provided by universities and others are often created on the premise that researchers themselves input information, in fact, researchers themselves do not input information eagerly, and someone is making steady efforts It is necessary to input information by dividing In other words, if someone other than the researcher (such as an office worker or coordinator) does not make effort, the database in an empty box with no content of research information will be lumped. Even if the researcher himself inputs information several times, since the update frequency is low, the contents of the database gradually become obsolete, leaving a database with low information freshness and low utility value.

  If the freshness of information in such a database deteriorates, there is a possibility that the researcher registered in the database is not already affiliated with the institution described in the relevant research information, and the institution indicated in the relevant research information Even if you request industry-academia collaboration matching, you may not be able to handle it, and there is a possibility that industry-academia collaboration matching will fail at the matching request stage.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and proposes a mechanism for reducing the possibility of loss of industry-academia collaboration matching opportunities by constructing a database with high freshness of research information without relying on manpower.

  One aspect of the present invention includes a researcher list acquisition unit that acquires a researcher list in which a researcher name and a researcher number are associated with each other, and a researcher identifier assigned to the researcher (the researcher number). Is accessed using the researcher number and the research information database, and the researcher number or the researcher identifier (excluding the researcher number) is used as a search key for the researcher. Acquires research information of each researcher listed in the list, associates the research information with the researcher's name and researcher number, and stores the research information in the storage unit; and research information accumulated in the storage unit A search part for searching for, an affiliated institution specifying part for specifying the research institution belonging to the researcher, and information for specifying one or a plurality of research information selected from the search result of the search part, Department identifies Matching request transmitting unit that transmits academia collaboration matching request to the institution addressed, is academia collaboration matching support system comprising: a.

  According to the industry-academia collaborative matching system configured in this way, the researcher identification unit identifies at least the correspondence between the name of the researcher and the researcher number, and is assigned to the researcher using the researcher number. A researcher identifier other than the researcher number is identified, and the information acquisition department automatically collects research information using the researcher number or researcher identifier other than the researcher number, and associates it with the researcher name and researcher number. Store in the storage unit. Then, the search unit searches the research information stored in the storage unit, the affiliated organization specifying unit identifies the affiliated organization of the researcher associated with the research information selected from the search result, and the identified affiliation The matching request transmitter sends the industry-academia collaboration matching request to the institution. As a result, a database with high information freshness of research information is built without relying on manpower, and industry-academia collaboration matching requests are made based on search results of databases with high information freshness. It is possible to realize a mechanism for lowering. In addition, since the industry-academia collaboration matching request destination is addressed to the current institution belonging to the researcher related to the research information, the possibility of losing the industry-academia collaboration matching opportunity can be further reduced.

  One of the optional aspects of the present invention is characterized in that the research information database is at least one of a scientific research fund grant business database, a Researchmap (registered trademark) database, and a J-GLOBAL (registered trademark) database. This is an industry-academia collaborative matching support system.

  In this industry-academia collaborative matching support system, research information (subsidy report information) related to scientific research funds for which almost all researchers in Japan have received research assistance is stored. Research information obtained from the grant project database, research information obtained from Researchmap (registered trademark) database or J-GLOBAL (registered trademark) database with high coverage of research papers submitted by researchers in Japan, and researcher name and In order to acquire at least one of research information acquired from the accumulated J-GLOBAL (registered trademark) database and store it in the storage unit, the comprehensiveness of the research information, and The comprehensiveness of researchers who are subject to industry-academia collaborative matching can be achieved at a very high level. For this reason, the options for industry-academia collaborative matching are diversified and the success rate of industry-academia collaborative matching is improved as seen from users such as persons in charge of private companies and coordinators.

  One of the selective aspects of the present invention is that the researcher list acquisition unit acquires a researcher name and the researcher number associated with each other from a common research and development management system of the ministry, and the identifier specifying unit Is an industry-academia collaborative matching support system that accesses a researcher resolver and obtains a Researchmap (registered trademark) ID and a J-GLOBAL (registered trademark) ID using the researcher number as a clue.

  In the research information presentation device configured in this way, the researcher name and the researcher number associated with each other are obtained from the common research and development management system of the ministry, and the researcher number is accessed by accessing the researcher resolver. In order to obtain Researchmap (registered trademark) ID and J-GLOBAL (registered trademark) ID, the researcher name, the researcher number of the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Researchmap (registered trademark) ID and J -It is possible to automate the identification of the correspondence between a plurality of researcher-specific information composed of GLOBAL IDs.

  The industry-academia collaborative matching support system described above includes various modes such as being implemented in another device or system, or being implemented together with another method.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to construct a database with high freshness of research information without relying on manpower, and to realize a mechanism that reduces the possibility of loss of industry-academia collaboration matching opportunities.

It is a figure which shows schematic structure of an industry-academia cooperation matching support system. It is an example of a correspondence table that associates the institution and contact information of the institution It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of industry-university cooperation matching support processing.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an industry-academia cooperation matching support system S. As shown in FIG. The industry-academia cooperation matching support system S is configured to be able to communicate with the identifier conversion device 20 and the research information databases 31 to 33 via a communication line NT such as the Internet. The industry-academia collaborative matching support system S may be configured to be able to communicate with the researcher information database 40 via the communication line NT. The industry-academia collaborative matching support system S does not need to be constructed on a single information processing apparatus, and may be realized in a distributed manner on a plurality of information processing apparatuses on the Internet such as cloud computing. .

  The industry-academia collaborative matching support system S communicates with the identifier conversion device 20, the research information databases 31 to 33, and the researcher information database 40 via the communication line NT, and acquires and accumulates research information related to a plurality of researchers. In addition, the research information presentation device 10 accepts a search key input from the user via the user interface of the research information presentation device 10 or the user interface of the information processing terminal that is communicably connected via the communication line NT. The research information including the search key is displayed on the user interface and presented to the user.

  The identifier conversion device 20 holds a correspondence relationship among a plurality of types of researcher identifiers assigned to a researcher, and receives an input of any researcher identifier via the communication line NT. Returns another researcher identifier associated with the identifier as a response. The identifier conversion device 20 is configured by, for example, a researcher resolver.

  The researcher information database 40 is a database that holds a correspondence relationship between at least one type of researcher identifier and a researcher name. When a researcher list request is received after a predetermined authentication procedure via the communication line NT, In response, a researcher list data in which a researcher identifier is associated with a researcher name is output as a response. The researcher information database 40 may be a database that comprehensively stores the researcher numbers of scientific research fund subsidies of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as researcher identifiers necessary for granting government-related subsidies. It is composed of a researcher database of a common R & D management system (e-Rad).

  The industry-academia collaboration matching support system S includes a researcher list acquisition unit 11, an identifier specification unit 12, an information acquisition unit 13, a search unit 14, an affiliated institution specification unit 15, a matching request transmission unit 16, and a storage unit 17.

  The researcher list acquisition unit 11 acquires a researcher list in which a researcher name and a researcher number are associated with each other. For example, the researcher list acquisition unit 11 acquires a researcher name and a researcher number associated with each other from the common research and development management system (e-Rad). The e-Rad is a comprehensive list of most researchers in Japan. The name of the researcher (researcher name), e-mail address (contact information), gender, date of birth, affiliation, title, and Information that associates the researcher number of the MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research is registered.

  The identifier specifying unit 12 specifies a researcher identifier (excluding the researcher number) assigned to a researcher listed in the researcher list using the researcher number. For example, the identifier specifying unit 12 accesses the identifier conversion device 20 and specifies another researcher identifier based on the researcher number. Other researcher identifiers include Researchmap (registered trademark) ID and J-GLOBAL (registered trademark) ID.

  The information acquisition unit 13 accesses the research information database, acquires the research information of each researcher listed in the researcher list using the researcher number or researcher identifier as a search key, and names the researcher and the researcher number. The research information is stored in the storage unit 17 in association with The research information database accessed by the Information Acquisition Department 13 includes the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's Scientific Research Grant, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Cabinet Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the Science Technical promotion adjustment expenses, National Research and Development Corporation New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, National Research and Development Corporation Japan Medical Research and Development Organization, etc. report database, Researchmap (registered trademark) database, J-GLOBAL (registered trademark) database Patent information platform (registered trademark) and the like are exemplified. In particular, government-sponsored subsidies obligate submission of research results reports at the end of each fiscal year for research themes that have been accepted, especially scientific research fund subsidies that are used by many researchers. Since the book is open to the public, information indicating the current and past research themes and expertise of researchers is comprehensively accumulated. In this way, by acquiring and accumulating research information of a researcher retroactively, not only the expertise and research seeds of the researcher's current organization, but also the expertise and research of the past organization. It is possible to construct a database that has been comprehensively accumulated up to seeds.

  The search unit 14 searches for research information in the storage unit 17. For example, when the user inputs a desired search keyword and inputs “search execution” to the keyword input unit, the search keyword is received, and the keyword search for the keyword search target of the research information stored in the storage unit 17 is performed. To do. When the search unit 14 finds the search keyword in the keyword search target of the research information stored in the storage unit 17, the search unit 14 includes the researcher name associated with the research information including the search keyword and the assistant associated with the researcher. Present the financial report information, thesis information, and the patent information on the screen.

  The affiliated institution specifying unit 15 specifies the institution of the researcher. For example, the affiliated institution specifying unit 15 accesses the prefectural government's common research and development management system (e-Rad), and acquires information such as the affiliation and position of each researcher. The researcher number of e-Rad is accurate because the researcher's institution is accurate because almost all researchers apply for scientific research grants every year and update their affiliation information. Therefore, if you request industry-academia collaboration matching from the researcher's affiliation obtained from e-Rad, there is a possibility that the researcher belongs to that affiliation and that the industry-academia collaboration matching will fail at the matching request stage. Can be made extremely low. Of course, the acquisition of information such as the affiliation and position of each researcher from the e-Rad may be performed when the researcher list is acquired.

  The matching request transmission unit 16 attaches one or a plurality of research information selected from the search result of the search unit 14 and transmits an industry-university cooperation matching request to the affiliated organization specified by the affiliated organization specifying unit 15. In other words, because the research information selected by the user who wants industry-academia collaborative matching is attached and a matching request is sent, the research information that has caught the eye of the user is not known by the coordinator of the current institution. Even for research content related to research seeds and expertise at your institution, the coordinator can proceed with industry-academia collaborative matching based on the transmitted research information.

  The matching request transmission unit 16 has, for example, a correspondence table as shown in FIG. 2 as correspondence information that associates the affiliated organization with the contact information of the affiliated organization. The correspondence table shown in FIG. 2 holds the correspondence relationship between the institution name, the account of the institution belonging to the industry-academia collaboration matching system, and the mail address of the institution. The matching request transmission unit 16 refers to the correspondence information in which the affiliated organization and the contact information of the affiliated organization are associated with each other, and the account of the affiliated organization associated with one or more research information selected from the search result of the search unit 14 Or / and send industry-academia collaboration matching request to email address. The account or / and e-mail address of your institution is not the individual unit of the coordinator, but a representative e-mail address in the department in charge of industry-academia collaboration. Unlike the researchers, the contact information for the department in charge of industry-academia collaboration at the institution is rarely changed once it has been comprehensively understood. Even if an error such as an email transmission occurs due to a change in the email address, etc., contact information is confirmed at the administrator level of the industry-academia collaboration matching support system according to the present embodiment, the contact is corrected, and an industry-academia collaboration matching request is made. Can be retransmitted. As a result, the possibility that the industry-academia collaboration matching will fail at the industry-academia collaboration matching request stage can be greatly reduced.

A specific example from collecting research information to a matching request for industry-academia collaboration is described below.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of the industry-academia collaboration matching support process.

  First, the researcher list acquisition unit 11 creates a list related to at least one researcher identifier of the researcher (S1). In the present embodiment, a list including a list of researcher numbers as researcher identifiers is acquired from the prefectural common research and development management system (e-Rad).

  The e-Rad is a comprehensive list of most researchers in Japan. The name of the researcher (researcher name), e-mail address (contact information), gender, date of birth, affiliation, title, and Information that associates the researcher number of the MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research is registered. The researcher list acquisition unit 11 acquires a plurality of information including at least a researcher name and a researcher number from the e-Rad in a file format (for example, CSV file) in which these are associated with each other, and forms a researcher list. .

  Next, the identifier specifying unit 12 specifies a researcher identifier other than the researcher number using a researcher number that is one of the researcher identifiers as a key (S3). Specifically, the researcher resolver as the identifier conversion device 20 is accessed, a researcher number is input, and another researcher identifier output as a response from the researcher resolver is acquired. In the present embodiment, a Researchmap (registered trademark) ID and a J-GLOBAL (registered trademark) ID are acquired.

  Next, the information acquisition unit 13 refers to the researcher list, acquires research information for each researcher listed in the researcher list, and stores it in the storage unit 17 (S4). The information acquisition unit 13 acquires research information from, for example, a scientific research fund furtherance business database, a J-GLOBAL (registered trademark) database, and a Researchmap (registered trademark) database. Obtain research grants from government-sponsored grant research databases as research information, research papers, patent information, and literature information from J-GLOBAL (registered trademark) databases as research maps. Obtain papers as research information from the registered database.

  Since the scientific research fund furtherance business database uses a researcher number as a researcher identifier, a list of researches in which a specific researcher is involved can be output by performing a search using the researcher number as a search key. Since the J-GLOBAL (registered trademark) database uses the J-GLOBAL (registered trademark) ID as a researcher identifier, a specific researcher is involved by performing a search using the J-GLOBAL (registered trademark) ID as a search key. Can output a list of completed studies. Since the Researchmap (registered trademark) database uses a Researchmap (registered trademark) ID as a researcher identifier, a search by using the Searchmap (registered trademark) ID as a search key can be used to display a list of studies in which a specific researcher is involved. Can be output. In addition, even from a database that does not use a researcher identifier, it is possible to output a list of researches related to the specific researcher by performing a search using the researcher name of the specific researcher as a search key.

  When the research information acquired from each research information database described above and stored in the storage unit 17 is English, the English text may be automatically translated into Japanese by machine translation or the like and stored.

  Next, after waiting for a certain period of time (S4), the researcher list acquisition unit 11 updates the researcher list described above (S5), and the identifier specifying unit 12 determines each researcher in the updated researcher list. A researcher identifier other than the researcher number is specified (S6). In step S6, a process of specifying a researcher identifier may be performed only for a researcher newly added to the researcher list. Thereafter, the information acquisition unit 13 acquires the research information for each researcher listed in the updated researcher list and stores it in the storage unit 17 (S7). In step S7, with reference to the update date and time of the research information held in each research information database, only the research information updated after the previous collection may be collected. Thereafter, steps S4 to S7 are repeatedly executed. The fixed period of waiting in step S4 may be set according to the update frequency and update timing of each research information database described above. For example, if the research information in the scientific research fund furtherance business database is updated every year, The process waits until the research information submitted by the researcher at the end of the fiscal year is reflected in the database, and steps S5 to S7 are executed when the research information for the previous year is available on the database. Thereby, research information with a high information freshness can always be provided for a user's search.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the configurations disclosed in the above-described embodiments are interchanged with each other or the combinations thereof are changed, disclosed in the known technology, and in the above-described embodiments. A configuration in which each configuration is mutually replaced or a combination is changed is also included. Further, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but extends to the matters described in the claims and equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Research information presentation apparatus, 11 ... Researcher list acquisition part, 12 ... Identifier specific part, 13 ... Information acquisition part, 14 ... Search part, 15 ... Affiliation organization specific part, 16 ... Matching request transmission part, 17 ... Storage part , 20 ... identifier conversion device, 40 ... researcher information database, 31-33 ... research information database, NT ... communication line, S ... industry-academia collaboration matching support system

Claims (3)

A researcher list acquisition unit for acquiring a researcher list in which a researcher name and a researcher number are associated with each other;
An identifier identifying unit that identifies a researcher identifier (excluding the researcher number) assigned to the researcher using the researcher number;
Access to the research information database, obtain the research information of each researcher listed in the researcher list using the researcher number or the researcher identifier (excluding the researcher number) as a search key, and An information acquisition unit for storing the research information in the storage unit in association with the name and the researcher number;
A search unit for searching for research information stored in the storage unit;
An affiliated institution identifying section that identifies the institution of the researcher;
A matching request transmission unit that transmits information for identifying an industry-academia cooperation matching to the affiliated organization identified by the affiliated institution identifying unit, with information identifying one or more research information selected from the search results of the retrieval unit;
An industry-academia collaborative matching support system characterized by comprising   2. The industry-academia collaborative matching support system according to claim 1, wherein the research information database is at least one of a scientific research fund grant business database, a Researchmap (registered trademark) database, and a J-GLOBAL (registered trademark) database. . The researcher list acquisition unit acquires the researcher name and the researcher number associated with each other from the common research and development management system of the ministry,
3. The identifier specifying unit obtains a Researchmap (registered trademark) ID and a J-GLOBAL (registered trademark) ID by accessing a researcher resolver and using the researcher number as a clue. Industry-academia collaborative matching support system described in 1.

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