Chiba Institute of Technology becomes an academic partner of Theta

cryptonews.ruPublished on 2026-08-13Last updated on 2026-08-13

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Chiba Institute of Technology has become Theta Network's first academic partner in Japan. Through collaboration with Theta EdgeCloud, Professor Takagi's laboratory and the university's student Web3 club, with over 250 members, will gain access to decentralized computing resources. These resources will support research and student projects in areas such as AI, simulation, and mathematical modeling. Theta Network is a decentralized computing platform, and its EdgeCloud service provides access to computational power from over 30,000 edge nodes and distributed GPU resources, offering an alternative to traditional cloud services. Professor Toru Takagi's lab focuses on developing and researching systems based on mathematical models for computer processing and testing, with research areas including game theory, AI-assisted automatic theorem proving, and cellular activity simulation.

Chiba Institute of Technology has become Theta Network's first academic partner in Japan. Through the partnership with Theta EdgeCloud, Professor Takagi's laboratory and the university's student Web3 club, which has over 250 members, will gain access to decentralized computing resources for research in AI, simulation, and student project development.

Theta Network is a decentralized computing network. The Theta EdgeCloud platform provides access to computing resources from over 30,000 edge nodes and distributed GPU resources as an alternative to traditional cloud services.

Professor Toru Takagi and his laboratory are engaged in developing and researching systems based on mathematical models that can be processed and tested using computers. Among the laboratory's areas of focus are game theory, AI-based automatic theorem proving, and cell activity simulation.

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