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Yarimizu-Harumoto Lab
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The lab considers business and society from the foundations of DX and data utilization.

AboutAbout the lab
Toward innovation in business and society through digital technology.
The Yarimizu-Harumoto Lab aims to bring innovation to business and society through digital technology, and it engages in cutting-edge research and practice.
The lab studies DX that integrates management strategy and IT strategy, as well as the infrastructure for collecting, managing, and utilizing data.
In the University of Osaka's own DX, the lab is carrying out real projects such as an integrated ID, digital student and staff ID cards, and a face-recognition entry system.
On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name “Business Platform Division.”
Key terms
- DX
- Short for digital transformation. Efforts to change the way businesses and organizations operate by using digital technology
- Integrated ID platform
- A lifelong ID issued to everyone affiliated with the University of Osaka. Apps that use it are being introduced
- Data ecosystem
- A term that likens the whole flow in which data is managed, published, and used by connecting to other systems to an ecosystem
NewsLab news
The Kansai Research Data Management Human Resource Development Consortium is launched
Associate Professor Kai publishes sole-authored and co-authored papers
The Digital ID Project receives the FY2025 University of Osaka Award
A paper by Associate Professor Kai and colleagues is published by invitation in Kagaku Tetsugaku, the journal of the Philosophy of Science Society, Japan
A paper by Associate Professor Kai and colleagues is accepted for the Information Processing Society of Japan journal “Digital Practice”
ResearchResearch themes
The Business Platform Division aims to bring innovation to business and society through digital technology, and it engages in cutting-edge research and practice. Faculty members pursue research from their respective specialties, including management strategy and IT strategy, sensing of human behavior, DX in university management, and infrastructure for utilizing research data.
*Illustrative imageDX Integrating Management Strategy and IT Strategy
The lab studies, in both theory and practice, how companies and organizations can integrate management strategy and IT strategy to achieve DX. It also introduces DX into education, research, and management across the university, and works on building an integrated ID platform.
*Illustrative imageSensing of Human Behavior and Social Phenomena
The lab studies behavior estimation using smartphone sensor data and real-time 3D mapping of disaster areas using multiple drones. It aims to develop systems that enable rapid understanding of the situation and support relief activities during disasters.
*Illustrative imageUniversity Management DX and Platform Strategy
Combining management strategy theory and information technology, the lab studies platform strategy and competitive strategy in the software market from a theoretical perspective. At the university, it is introducing digital student and staff ID cards, operating the integrated ID platform, and digitalizing operations.
*Illustrative imagePlatform for Research Data Management
The lab studies the design and construction of a data utilization platform on which research data can be properly managed, shared, and reused. Its main challenge is building a data ecosystem in which data is connected and used across different systems.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Yarimizu-Harumoto Lab consist of professors, associate professors, project associate professors, project researchers, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorToru Yarimizu
- ProfessorKaname Harumoto
- Associate ProfessorAkihito Hiromori
- Associate ProfessorNaoto Kai
- Associate ProfessorSota Kamaike
- Project Associate ProfessorTsutomu Morigaki
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Cloud Computing Architecture” Hiren Tat / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- DX Integrating Management Strategy and IT Strategy: “UNESCO presentation - Workshop on the digital transformation of education - Rabat - 21 November 2024” Anass Sedrati / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Sensing of Human Behavior and Social Phenomena: “3D point cloud statue Pentti Eskola Ladimo technology” Jorma Palmén / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- University Management DX and Platform Strategy: “IC Card Reader Writer RW-5100W” Project Kei / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Platform for Research Data Management: “Data Management Pipelines (rubin-pipelines-full)” Vera C. Rubin Observatory/ NOIRLab/NSF/AURA / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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