🚀 Innovation & International Collaboration Division

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Entrepreneurship & Startup Fundamentals

This course provides a systematic understanding of the essence of entrepreneursh…

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Deep Tech Startup Ecosystem Overview

This course provides an in-depth analysis of how deep tech startups differ from …

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Customer Discovery & Problem-Solution Fit

This course provides a systematic introduction to Customer Discovery, the earlie…

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User Experience (UX) Design Fundamentals

This course introduces the core principles of user experience (UX) design as app…

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Business Model Canvas & Lean Startup Methodology

This course develops the ability to transform ideas into iteratively testable bu…

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MVP Design & Prototyping Workshop

This workshop-based course covers the concept of the Minimum Viable Product (MVP…

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Startup Team Building & Founder Agreements

This course examines the principles of building a founding team—the core asset o…

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Business Plan & Pitch Deck Development

This course develops the ability to write business plans and pitch decks that pe…

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Startup Legal & Administrative Basics: Incorporation & Cap Table

This course provides practical, hands-on legal and administrative knowledge esse…

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Startup Financing: SAFE, Convertible Note & Series A

This course provides an in-depth study of funding round structures and key finan…

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Stage-Gate Review & Incubation Program Management

This course covers the Stage-Gate review framework for systematically managing t…

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Product-Market Fit & Early Growth Strategy

This course develops the ability to identify signals that a startup has achieved…

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Founder-in-Residence: Real-World Startup Project

This project-based learning course involves students working in residence at the…

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Venture Studio & Thesis-Driven Spinout: IIC Co-Founder Model

This course provides an in-depth analysis of the operational principles of the v…

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Green Finance & Climate-Linked Deep Tech Financing

This course connects the green finance ecosystem—green bonds, Sustainability-Lin…

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Impact Investing & ESG-Aligned Venture Capital

This course provides an in-depth study of the philosophy, theory, and practice o…

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AI-Driven Startup Growth & Scale-Up Strategy

This course examines scale-up strategies for deep tech startups that leverage AI…

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Technology Transfer: History & Ecosystem

This course explores the conceptual foundations and historical evolution of tech…

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IP Fundamentals: Patents, Copyright & Trade Secrets

This course systematically covers the three primary types of intellectual proper…

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Geoscience Technology Classification & Industry Mapping

This course systematically classifies geoscience technologies — seismic explorat…

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Data Literacy: Geoscience Data Types & Value

This course covers the major types of geoscience data (seismic, well log, core, …

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Patent Landscape Analysis & Freedom-to-Operate

This course covers the methodology for systematically analyzing the patent lands…

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Patent Prosecution, Registration & Portfolio Management

This course walks through the entire patent prosecution process — invention disc…

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Technology Valuation: DCF, Real Options & Market Comparables

This course teaches the core technology valuation methodologies used in licensin…

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Licensing Deal Structuring & Royalty Design

This course systematically covers the core components of technology licensing ag…

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TTO Structure & Invention Disclosure Process

This course analyzes the organizational structure, operating systems, and perfor…

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Spin-off Formation & Technology Equity Structure

This course provides in-depth coverage of the entire process of establishing a s…

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Industry-Academia Contracts: IP Allocation & COI Management

This course systematically addresses the core issues of university-industry coll…

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Geoscience Data Asset Classification & Valuation

This course systematically classifies geoscience data as corporate assets (raw d…

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Proprietary Dataset Licensing & Subscription Model Design

This course covers the design of licensing agreement structures for proprietary …

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Data Marketplace Strategy: Seismic, Well Log & Geological

This course professionally explores the business models, platform design, and su…

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AI-Generated Invention Attribution & AI Patent Strategy

This course explores inventorship attribution issues that arise when AI systems …

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ML Model & Training Data Licensing Frameworks

This course treats machine learning models and the data used to train them as se…

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Software & Algorithm IP: Open Source vs Proprietary Strategy

This course comparatively analyzes the advantages and limitations of open-source…

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Introduction to International Research Collaboration

This course provides a systematic introduction to the concepts, historical evolu…

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Global Geoscience Governance & International Organizations

Students examine the international governance architecture of the geoscience dom…

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Cross-Cultural Communication Fundamentals

This course develops competencies for understanding and managing cultural differ…

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Research English Communication: Email, Proposals & Presentations

This course intensively trains practical English communication skills essential …

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MOU/MOA Drafting & International Cooperation Agreements

Students learn the legal nature and drafting principles of major agreement types…

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International Research Consortium Design & Governance

This course covers the design principles, governance structures, and partnership…

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International Research Funding: Horizon Europe, NSF, JSPS, NRF

This course provides comparative analysis of the structures, funding priorities,…

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International Research Proposal Writing & Work Package Design

This course provides in-depth learning of the full structure (Excellence, Impact…

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Researcher Exchange Programs: Secondment, Visiting Scholar & Cotutelle

This course covers the structures, legal requirements, and operational procedure…

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Science Diplomacy: Concepts, Cases & Strategy

Students learn the conceptual framework of science diplomacy's three pillars — S…

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Open Science Compliance: FAIR Data & Open Access Mandates

This course examines the content, rationale, and implementation methods of FAIR …

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IEA Technology Collaboration Programme & Energy Cooperation

This course provides in-depth learning of the structure, operating principles, a…

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Global Research Network Management & Impact Assessment

The formation, maintenance, and development mechanisms of global research networ…

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Tech Security & Export Control: Managing International Collaboration Risk

This course covers the emergence of Technology Security concepts and the structu…

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Allied-Nation Tech Sharing Frameworks: Quad, G7 & MSP

This course analyzes the formation background, operational structure, and partic…

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Critical Minerals International Cooperation: Quad CMP & EU CRM Act

This course analyzes the supply chain geopolitics of critical minerals essential…

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AI-Driven Partnership Intelligence & Collaboration Strategy

This course covers methodologies for applying AI, machine learning, and natural …

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Introduction to Innovation & Entrepreneurship

This foundational course systematically introduces the core concepts of technolo…

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Geoscience Technology Overview (Interdisciplinary Intro)

This interdisciplinary foundational course provides a systematic overview of key…

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Project Management Fundamentals: Agile & Scrum

This course systematically teaches the foundational concepts of project manageme…

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Data-Driven Decision Making Fundamentals

This foundational course teaches the methodology and thinking framework for maki…

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Design Thinking & Ideation Sprint

This hands-on course covers the full design thinking process (Empathize-Define-I…

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Lean R&D: Hypothesis-Driven Rapid Prototyping

This course teaches the Lean R&D methodology, which applies the core principles …

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TRL Assessment & Technology Roadmapping

This course provides an in-depth study of the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) f…

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Systematic Inventive Thinking: TRIZ Methodology

This course teaches the core tools and thinking principles of TRIZ (Teoriya Resh…

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R&D Portfolio Management & Innovation KPIs

This course teaches R&D portfolio management methodology for aligning and effect…

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TRL Bridge Practice: PoC to Prototype

This course provides in-depth study of methods for practically overcoming the 'v…

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Open Innovation & Industry-Academia Program Design

Building on Henry Chesbrough's open innovation paradigm, this course teaches met…

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Makerspace & Rapid Prototyping Operations

This course provides in-depth learning on methodology for planning, building, an…

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Deep Tech Demo Day & Showcase Management

This course teaches methodology for planning and operating demo days and technol…

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AI-Driven Innovation Discovery & Technology Scouting

This course teaches AI-driven technology scouting methodology for systematically…

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Cross-Division Open Innovation Challenge Design

This course teaches methodology for designing and operating internal open innova…

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Innovation Ecosystem Design & Organizational Strategy

This capstone course develops integrated competency for systematically analyzing…

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Introduction to Scientometrics: Papers, Citations, and Authors

Key scientometrics concepts and analytical tools including OpenAlex and GeoLibra…

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Introduction to Bibliometrics and Text Mining

Basics of bibliometric analysis and text mining including co-authorship networks…

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Understanding GeoOntology: L0–L5 Structure and Knowledge Representation

Structure of the unified GeoOntology and ontology-based knowledge representation…

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Introduction to Technology Intelligence: Reading Signals from Patents, Papers, and Data

Conceptual framework for technology intelligence from patent, paper, and data si…

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Citation Burst Analysis: Detecting Rapidly Rising Papers

Kleinberg burst algorithm applied to the GeoLibrary citation graph for detecting…

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Topic Modeling and Topic Drift Detection

Detecting research topic evolution using dynamic topic models on the GeoLibrary …

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External Organization Activity Mapping: geoextern × OpenAlex Pipeline

Building an automated pipeline to track 374 external organizations via geoextern…

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Paper–Patent NPL Linkage Analysis: Tracking Research-to-Industry Knowledge Transfer

Mapping research papers to citing patents via NPL citations for knowledge transf…

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Research Trend Strength Index Design: Multi-dimensional Signal Integration

Designing a composite trend strength index by integrating paper, data, code, and…

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Paradigm Shift Detection: Combining Burst, Drift, and External Signals

Multi-signal model for detecting paradigm shift candidates in geoscience literat…

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Multi-dimensional Research Gap Visualization on the GeoOntology 5D Grid

Mapping 766K papers onto a 5D GeoOntology grid to identify and visualize researc…

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National R&D Scientometrics: Comparative Analysis Across 6 Countries

Comparative scientometric analysis of geoscience R&D capacity across major natio…

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Building a Real-time Academic Intelligence Pipeline: Automation and Scheduling

Designing automated pipelines for HOR standing work with scheduling, alerting, a…

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Foundation Model-based Scientific Intelligence: LLM × Ontology Integration

Combining LLMs with GeoOntology for automated activity mapping and intelligence …

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Knowledge Graph × Meta-science: Innovation Prediction Models

Combining GeoHub GraphRAG and citation graph for research-to-innovation pathway …

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IIC Integrated Intelligence Platform: Cross-domain Hub Design

Designing an intelligence hub where HOR signals automatically feed INN/INT/STU/T…