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December 2019 Vol. 17 No. 12 |
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 Seiji Maruyama, Senior Executive Vice President, NTT DOCOMO
Overview
Japan has reached the point in its advancement that it has to urgently and thoroughly address contemporary problems such as energy consumption, deterioration of infrastructure, and other social issues, including a declining birthrate and aging population. NTT DOCOMO is tackling these social issues using fifth-generation mobile communication systems (5G). At the same time as the Rugby World Cup 2019TM held in Japan this fall, NTT DOCOMO launched a 5G pre-commercial service, and such 5G services are expected to be applied in various scenarios. We asked Seiji Maruyama, Senior Executive Vice President, NTT DOCOMO, about NTT DOCOMO’s endeavor to collaboratively create new value through contributions to industry, solutions to social issues, and expansion of its business.
Feature Articles: Establishment of NTT Research, Inc. toward the Strengthening and Globalization of Research and Development
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 NTT Research, Inc. Launched to Strengthen and Globalize R&D
Abstract
A plan to establish a new company, NTT Research, Inc., was announced in November 2018 as part of NTT Group’s Your Value Partner 2025 medium-term management strategy. NTT Research will conduct basic research to lay the groundwork for new technologies with the aim of creating new business in five to ten years. The first three fields of basic research to be tackled— quantum physics, mathematical information theory, and medical informatics—form the basis of NTT’s IOWN (Innovative Optical and Wireless Network) initiative announced in May 2019. NTT Research aims to Upgrade Reality—we intend to bring an even greater transformation (Upgrade) of the real world (Reality).
- Mission of Physics & Informatics Laboratories
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At the Physics & Informatics Laboratories (PHI Labs) of NTT Research, Inc., we explore a new principle that will bring about a revolution in information processing technology in the interdisciplinary area between quantum physics and brain science, and it is here where we have positioned our research field. We will focus on quantum-classical crossover physics and critical phenomena in neural networks. We will concentrate, in particular, on optical implementation as a means of achieving a simple, elegant, and practical implementation of a computer that is based on this new principle, specifically on the optical parametric oscillator that can achieve quantum neural networks at room temperature. This article introduces the concepts, technologies, and target applications making up this research field at PHI Labs.
- Research of Cryptography & Information Security Laboratories
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One of the three laboratories of NTT Research, Inc. launched in July 2019 in Silicon Valley, USA, is Cryptography & Information Security Laboratories (CIS Labs). CIS Labs (Director: Tatsuaki Okamoto) is engaged in basic research on cryptography and has two research groups, Cryptography, and Blockchain (Head: Shin’ichiro Matsuo). The Cryptography group also includes Waters Laboratory (Head: Brent Waters), which focuses on deep and foundational research of cryptography. In this article, we describe the research targets and themes of CIS Labs.
- Launch of the Medical & Health Informatics Laboratories
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NTT Research, Inc. has launched the Medical & Health Informatics Laboratories (MEI Labs) as a basic research institute for information technology in the medical and healthcare fields. This article gives a summary of environmental changes in clinical research in Japan and the prospects for MEI Labs in the globalization of medical and health informatics research.
- Establishing a Cryptography Research Lab in 2019
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On July 1, 2019, NTT launched NTT Research, Inc. in Silicon Valley as part of a larger reorganization. NTT Research consists of three research labs in the areas of cryptography, quantum computing, and healthcare, where each lab is directed by a prominent researcher from Japan. I am very excited to be part of the cryptography research group. I was involved with kicking off this endeavor by recruiting several researchers. In this article, I share my thoughts on establishing a successful corporate research lab.
Regular Articles
- Data-coding Approaches for Organizing Omni-ambient Data
Abstract
Various information sensors are currently deployed to generate data such as images, video, audio, and temperature. The amount of such multi-modal data is rapidly increasing compared to the development of information and communication technology (such as storage, transmission, and processing technology). This means a considerable amount of important Internet-of-Things data has to be abandoned since such data cannot be stored, transmitted, or processed. In this article, I describe our approaches for fully using the huge amount of multi-modal data.
Global Standardization Activities
Practical Field Information about Telecommunication Technologies
Information
- Opening Ceremony of NTT Research, Inc.
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NTT and NTT Research, Inc. held a ceremony to open NTT Research, Inc. in the suburbs of Palo Alto, California, USA, on July 8, 2019. This article describes what took place at the ceremony.
External Awards/Papers Published in Technical Journals and Conference Proceedings
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