Platform Design Laboratory
| Date of establishment | July 1, 2003 |
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| URL | http://platform.sfc.keio.ac.jp/ |
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| Contact |
Keio University Shonan-Fujisawa Campus Kokuryo Laboratory z building 303
E-mail:sec[at]jkokuryo.com Tel:+81-466-49-3557 |
Objective
It has become general knowledge that the concept of “platform” is essential in discussing network society or network industry. At our laboratory, platform is defined as “a product or service available to all persons based on clearly-defined conditions that provide an infrastructure for revitalizing transactions with a third party or creating new business opportunities.” For example, the browser is a platform that connects many companies and individuals to other persons, and a credit card is also a platform that connects various businesses with consumers. Without these, it would be impossible to realize today’s Internet business. At our Laboratory, we look into platforms that play important roles in today’s economy and society, exploring various factors including its definition, its possibilities within society, and its most appropriate method of operation. Through such research, we seek to explore how platforms can be best designed to achieve both creativity and continuity in its operation.
Research Theme
- Information disclosure system that utilizes ID technology
- Design of value chains that implement individual identification technology represented by IC tags
- Coordination with regional medical facilities focusing on sharing of information over the network
- Platforms that enable autonomous regional economy
- Platforms for next generation media
- Effect on management by the advancement of information platforms
- Possible roles that universities may fulfill in platform design
Researchers, managers and professors
| Jiro KokuryoDirector | Professor, Faculty of Policy Management |
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| Jun Murai | Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies |
| Hideyuki Tokuda | Professor Emeritus |
| Ikuyo Kaneko | Professor Emeritus |
| Isagai Yoshinori | Professor, Faculty of Policy Management |
| Miki Akiyama | Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies |
| Atsushi Shinjo | Professor Faculty of Environment and Information Studies |
| Masaki Umejima | Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance Research into Education Platform Business Models and Theoretical Communication Contents Development; In Charge of Community Wimax Research |
| Sawako Nohara | Project Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance |
| Naoto Ikegai | Project Researcher, Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center, The University of Tokyo Intellectual property, Information Law |
| Mihoko Sakurai | Senior Researcher, Keio Research Institute at SFC In Charge of Local Government ICT Projects |
| Akiko Orita | Assistant Professor, College of Human and Environmental Studies, Kanto Gakuin University |
| Yoshiro Matsuzawa | Senior Researcher, Keio Research Institute at SFC In Charge of Researching Distance Learning-related Reference Models |
| Mikihito Hayashi | Associate Professor, Faculty of Management, Aichi Gakuin University |
| Mikako Ogawa | Assistant Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology |
| Ryou Onozuka | Project Research Associate, Graduate School of Media and Governance |
| Qazi Omair | Senior Researcher, Keio Research Institute at SFC |