Akifumi SumitaniHe obtained his PhD in Engineering from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University in March 2017. After working in research and development at a materials manufacturer, he joined Showa Denko (now Resonac) in 2020. He is currently a member of the AI Analysis Group at the Research Center for Computational Information Science, where he is engaged in materials development themes utilizing computational information science technologies such as machine learning and simulation, promoting the use of internal document data using generative AI, and developing data infrastructure. Since around 2021, he has been involved in training data utilization personnel in research and development sites, and is working to cultivate human resources that support data-driven R&D through the planning and operation of internal education programs, certification systems, and internal events.
Chief Researcher, AI Analysis Group, Research Center for Computational Information Science - Resonac Corporation
