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In a rapidly changing and complex social environment, industries face rising demand for goods and services designed from the standpoint of the end consumer . While marketing needs are increasingly diversified, intense domestic and international competition has left corporations and universities groping for more effective ways to define and declare their special strengths. To respond flexibly to such diverse needs, it's important to repeat the cycle of joint task analysis and problem-solving by specialists from different fields, integration of services, and user feedback, and thereby move rapidly ahead with development of the enterprise. The Center for Human Quality of Life through IT is a place for research collaboration beyond the enterprise and a single university through practical application of a Mode II R&D approach to business creation, which has been lacking at universities heretofore. The Center brings together specialists in a wide variety of fields from inside and outside Kyushu Institute of Technology. They comprehensively carry out task analysis for the object area, propose techniques and products, and conduct specialist training.  |
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Below the Director, the Center has an array of producers who either come from corporate backgrounds or possess many years' experience in joint R&D with corporations. The producers plan new projects, assemble teams from the Center's own teaching staff and its partners (specialists inside and outside the university), and organize the projects. The project leader breaks down corporate needs and market needs among the team members, promotes close communication between the enterprise and the project team, and keeps the project moving forward. The fruits of these projects include knowhow , patents, product prototypes, software, and specialist training. Each project is evaluated annually by an assessment committee including representatives of the enterprise to judge whether the project is meeting the goals and expectations of the enterprise. |
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The following four projects are now in progress:
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