Job description (entire company, your department, etc.)
Softbank's core business is telecommunications, and in recent years we have been focusing on new businesses utilizing advanced technologies such as AI and IoT. Currently, I am participating in the development of next-generation cloud computing and am in charge of upstream processes such as requirement definition. Specifically, my role is to examine and define the functions required for the next-generation cloud, with an eye toward the future practical application and systemization of the latest technologies in various fields. This work requires practical experience with cloud computing and knowledge of various fields.
How does your study at Shibaura Institute of Technology apply to your current profession?
Through my research activities, I have learned the importance of "understanding the essence. I have been able to use this learning as a foundation for carrying out my work. In fact, when I conducted interviews about issues with people from different industries. Based on the experience of learning the importance, I made an effort to deeply understand the intention and background of the other party's statement, and made a conscious effort to find the root cause of the issue. In doing so, I was able to uncover latent issues that the other party himself had not clearly recognized. In the past, I tended to accept information in front of me or words in my ears as they were, but through practical experience in research activities, I have acquired the habit of grasping the essence of things and have been able to apply it to my current work.
What are you actually doing as a cross-disciplinary society, or what do you need to do to cross-discipline?
In crossing disciplines, I feel it is important to build a foundation for acquiring knowledge outside of my area of expertise. When I recently became involved in work related to automated driving technology, I was faced with the need to understand its operating principles. Understanding automated driving technology requires knowledge of related fields such as mechanical engineering and electrical and electronic engineering, in addition to my expertise in information engineering.
Acquiring this knowledge and understanding automated technology in a limited amount of time was more difficult than we had imagined. In particular, the psychological hurdle to learning an unknown field seemed very high. From this, I feel that it is important how to lower the hurdle to learning and to lead to knowledge acquisition in cross-disciplinary fields.
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