Naoshi Uchihira is a professor of Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST). He received the B.S. and Dr. Eng. degrees in Information Science and Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Ph.D. (Knowledge Science) from JAIST in 1982, 1997 and 2010, respectively. He worked at the corporate R&D center of Toshiba Corporation from 1982 to 2013. His current research interests include digital transformation and digital innovation design.