National Institute of Informatics, Japan

Dr Noriko Arai is a mathematical logician. She is also known as the founder of Researchmap, which is the largest social network for researchers in Japan. More than 1/4 million researchers have their profiles in Researchmap. APIs of Researchmap are used for many purposes, and the maintenance-free website, “Female Researchers in Japan” (http://women.rois.ac.jp/?lang=english) is one example.