This week, Rory joins Kazu Yamaji, Professor at the National Institute of Informatics in Japan.

Kazu Yamaji speaks about his background and how he received his Ph.D. degree in Systems and Information Engineering from the Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan, in 2000. From working on the human pupillary reflex initially, Professor Yamaji describes his journey towards his current role and primary research interests include modelling and developing trusted e-science space in order to share and reuse research materials.

Currently Kazu Yamaji serves as the director of a research center for open science and data platforms at the National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan. Moving to the topic of the NII, Kazu breaks down the components of the NII Research Data Cloud: The repositories, Publication platform, Discovery platform and Research Data Management Platform.

On the topic of the initial inspiration and inception of the project, Kazu shares how institutional repository activity kicked off in Japan, and developments over the years which contributed to the demands for greater access, leading to initiatives with a focus on providing more scalable solutions and the eventual creation of the components which make up the NII Research Data Cloud.

Join Rory and Kazu for the rest of the conversation, spanning the dynamic and evolving nature of the NII Research Data Cloud, RDM in Australia and Europe, the development of National Research Infrastructure, and more!