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AI and Information

Research Field: AI and information research for the realization of Society 5.0* based on the principles of "human understanding and respect", "diversity" and "sustainability".

Society 5.0 is defined as "a human-centered society that balances economic advancement with the resolution of social problems by a system that highly integrates cyberspace and physical space."

ASPIRE FOR TOP SCIENTISTS

Support Period FY 2024 - FY 2029 (December 2024 - March 2030)

Title
International Research Network for Computational Fabrication Fusing Interdisciplinary Information Technologies
Japan-side PI
IGARASHI Takeo, Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
Partner PI
(France) Christian Sandor, Professor, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Sciences du Numérique, Paris-Saclay University
(USA) Bo Zhu, Assistant Professor, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
(USA) Sigrid Adriaenssens, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
Title
Building Mathematical Foundation for Cyber Physical Dynamical Systems: Interdisciplinary Research and Human Resource Development on Control with Prediction and Learning
Japan-side PI
EBIHARA Yoshio, Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University
Partner PI
(France) Dimitri Peaucelle, Senior Researcher, Decision & Optimization Department, LAAS-CNRS
(Italy) Fabrizio Dabbene, Director of Research, IEIIT (Istituto di Elettronica e di Ingegneria dell'Informazione e delle Telecomunicazioni), CNR
(Netherlands) W. P. M. H. (Maurice) Heemels, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology
(Sweden) Karl Henrik Johansson, Swedish Research Council Distinguished Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Title
Formation of a Japan-Germany multilayered R&D network for medical x AI and its application to industry creation
Japan-side PI
KISE Koichi, Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Osaka Metropolitan University
Partner PI
(Germany) Andreas Dengel, Executive Director, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
Title
Establishing an international collaborative research network on human and spatial augmentation
Japan-side PI
KOIKE Hideki, Professor, School of Computing, Institute of Science Tokyo
Partner PI
(Australia) Mark Billinghurst, Professor, Human-Computer Interaction, University of South Australia
(Denmark) Barry Brown, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Copenhagen University
(Germany) Albrecht Schmidt, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Ludwig-Maximilian’s Universität (LMU) in Munich
(Germany) Frank Steinicke, Professor, Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg
(USA) Gordon Wetzstein, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, Stanford University
(USA) Kris Kitani, Associate Research Professor, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Title
Mental Well-being Intelligence: A Community for Data-driven Mental Well-being Research
Japan-side PI
YATANI Koji, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Partner PI
(Australia) Mark Billinghurst, Professor, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), University of South Australia
(Australia) Tongliang Liu, Associate Professor (Director of Sydney AI Centre), School of Computer Science, The University of Sydney
(Finland) Simo Hosio, Associate Professor, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu
(USA) Neha Kumar, Associate Professor, The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
(USA) Tanzeem Choudhury, Professor (Roger and Joelle Burnell Chair in Integrated Health and Technology) Computing and Information Sciences, Cornell Tech

ASPIRE FOR RISING SCIENTISTS

Support PeriodFY 2024 - FY 2027 (December 2024 - March 2028)

Title
International Brain Circulation Initiative for Context-Aware AI in Software Development
Japan-side PI
KAMEI Yasutaka, Full Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University
Partner PI
(Australia) Chakkrit Tantithamthavorn, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
(Canada) Ahmed E. Hassan, Full Professor, School of Computing, Queen’s University
(Canada) Shane McIntosh, Associate Professor, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
(Italy) Gemma Catolino, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Salerno
(Netherlands) Alexander Serebrenik, Full Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology
(Switzerland) Gabriele Bavota, Full Professor, Faculty of Informatics, Università della Svizzera Italiana
(USA) Lingming Zhang, Associate Professor, Siebel School of Computing and Data Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Biotechnology

Research Field: Biotechnology research related to promoting the bioeconomy and sustainable agriculture, as well as reduced negative impact on the environment.

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Support PeriodFY 2024 - FY 2029 (December 2024 - March 2030)

Title
Research and development of integrative analyses for marine ecosystem change and establishment of an ocean brain-circulation platform
Japan-side PI
INAGAKI Fumio, Vice Director/Division Director of Research/Professor, Advanced Institute for Marine Ecosystem Change (WPI-AIMEC), Tohoku University and Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Partner PI
(Germany) Sabine Kasten, Professor/Section Head, Section Marine Geochemistry, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
(USA) Angelicque White, Professor, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Mãnoa
(USA) ONO Shuhei, Professor, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(USA) Shang-Ping Xie, Distinguished Professor and Roger Revelle Chair, Scripps Institution of Oceanography/University of California, San Diego

ASPIRE FOR RISING SCIENTISTS

Support PeriodFY 2024 - FY 2027 (December 2024 - March 2028)

Title
Establishment of an international research platform for pioneering biosynthesis of a group of unexplored active natural products
Japan-side PI
AWAKAWA Takayoshi, Team leader, Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN
Partner PI
(USA) Bradley S. Moore, Distinguished Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Title
The development of a multimodality barcoding technique for next-generation spatial genomics and pooled phenotypic screening
Japan-side PI
OTA Sadao, Associate Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
Partner PI
(Canada) Peter Zandstra, Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Applied Sciences, The University of British Columbia
(USA) Sam Peng, Pfizer Gerald D. Laubach Career Development Assistant Professor, Broad Institute, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title
Development of functional pseudo-natural peptides by in vitro application of peptide-modifying enzymes
Japan-side PI
GOTO Yuki, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kyoto University
Partner PI
(Switzerland) Jörn Piel, Professor, Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich

Energy

Research Field: Energy research for carbon neutrality.

ASPIRE FOR TOP SCIENTISTS

Support PeriodFY 2024 - FY 2029 (December 2024 - March 2030)

Title
Construction of International Data and Analysis Platform for Inorganic Power-storage Materials Informatics with Nano/micro-structure
Japan-side PI
HIRAYAMA Masaaki, Professor, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo
Partner PI
(France) Laurent Antoni, Senior Fellow Hydrogen, LITEN, Commission for atomic and alternative energies (CEA)
(UK) Michael De Volder, Professor, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
(USA) Andrei Fedorov, Rae S. and Frank H. Neely Chair Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
(USA) Michael Gordon, Dept. Chair and Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
(USA) Yiguang Ju, Robert Porter Patterson Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University

ASPIRE FOR RISING SCIENTISTS

Support PeriodFY 2024 - FY 2027 (December 2024 - March 2028)

Title
Establishing MONOZUKURI network toward the era of solid-state energy storage devices
Japan-side PI
OHNO Saneyuki, Associate Professor, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University
Partner PI
(Germany) Wolfgang Zeier, Professor, Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Münster
(UK) Duncan H. Gregory, Professor, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow
(USA) Prashun Gorai, Research Assistant Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Title
Rising International Research Partnership for Leading Power-to-X Technology
Japan-side PI
KATAYAMA Yu, Associate Professor, SANKEN, Osaka University
Partner PI
(Italy) Simelys Hernandez, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino
(Spain) María Escudero-Escribano, Professor, NanoElectrocatalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
(UK) Reshma Rao, Lecturer, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London
(USA) Kelsey Stoerzinger, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota
Title
Joint Experiment-Theory-Data Science Approach towards Innovative Power-to-X Electrocatalyst Design
Japan-side PI
SAKAUSHI Ken, Team Leader, Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials, National Institute for Materials Science
Partner PI
(Canada) Xuehua Zhang, Professor (Tier 1 Canada Research Chair), Faculty of Engineering, University of Alberta
(Denmark) Ib Chorkendorff, Professor, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark
Title
Establishment of an international platform based on the research on concentrated or mixed solvent thermocell and deployment to electrochemical nitrogen reduction
Japan-side PI
YAMADA Teppei, Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Partner PI
(Australia) Alexandr Simonov, Associate Professor, School of Chemistry, Monash University

Materials

Research Field: Materials research that contributes to a carbon neutral society and circular economy.

ASPIRE FOR TOP SCIENTISTS

Support PeriodFY 2024 - FY 2029 (December 2024 - March 2030)

Title
Next Generation Mixed-Anion Science: Reaction/Structure Control and New Functions
Japan-side PI
KAGEYAMA Hiroshi, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Partner PI
(France) Laurent Cario, Research Director, Jean Rouxel Materials Institute of Nantes (IMN), Nantes University
(UK) Andrew Goodwin, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
(UK) Michael Hayward, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
(USA) Wenhao Sun, Dow Corning Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, University of Michigan
Title
Research network on spintronic materials and devices for the sustainable society (SpinMaD)
Japan-side PI
HIROHATA Atsufumi, Professor, Center for Science and Innovation in Spintronics, Tohoku University
Partner PI
(Germany) Claudia Felser, Director, Department of Topological Quantum Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids

ASPIRE FOR RISING SCIENTISTS

Support PeriodFY 2024 - FY 2027 (December 2024 - March 2028)

Title
Development of Sustainable Next-Generation Bioimaging Materials utilizing Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence
Japan-side PI
TAKEDA Youhei, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Partner PI
(Canada) Zachary Hudson, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia
(Denmark) Piotr de Silva, Professor, Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark
(UK) Marc Etherington, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering, Northumbria University
Title
Dynamic two-dimensional materials based on supramolecular assemblies
Japan-side PI
FURUKAWA Shuhei, Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University
Partner PI
(Spain) Carlos Martí-Gastaldo, Associate Professor, Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), University of Valencia
Title
New Frontier of Photofunctional Materials Enabled by Spin Control
Japan-side PI
YANAI Nobuhiro, Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Partner PI
(Germany) Sabine Richert, Junior group leader, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Freiburg
(Korea) Lewis Antill, Research Professor, the Institute of Quantum Biophysics (IQB), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)
(Sweden) Karl Börjesson, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg
(UK) Christiane Timmel, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
(UK) Claudia Tait, Royal Society University Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
(UK) Gordon Hedley, Senior Lecturer, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow
(UK) Jenny Clark, Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield
(UK) Sam Bayliss, Lecturer, Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering Division, University of Glasgow
(UK) Stuart Mackenzie, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford

Quantum

Research Field: Research related to quantum computers and quantum technology in general, including on quantum materials with innovative functionality, which contributes to the realization of a productivity revolution.

ASPIRE FOR TOP SCIENTISTS

Support PeriodFY 2024 - FY 2029 (December 2024 - March 2030)

Title
Joint Franco-Japanese Initiative for Establishing Foundations for Human Resource Development and Quantum Spintronics Technology
Japan-side PI
OTANI Yoshichika, Professor, Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo
Partner PI
(France) Lucian Prejbeanu, Executive Director, CEA SPINTEC (Spintronics and Technology of Components)

ASPIRE FOR RISING SCIENTISTS

Support PeriodFY 2024 - FY 2027 (December 2024 - March 2028)

Title
A near-term quantum repeater
Japan-side PI
TAKEOKA Masahiro, Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
Partner PI
(Denmark) Ulrik L. Andersen, Professor, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Title
High-performance qubits based on Penning-trapped electrons for scalable quantum computers
Japan-side PI
NOGUCHI Atsushi, Team leader, Riken center for Quantum Computing
Partner PI
(Austria) Eberhard Widmann, Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Stefan-Meyer-Institut fuer subatomare Physik
(USA) Hartmut Häffner, Professor for Physics, UC Berkeley, and Director, NSF Challenge Institute for Quantum Computation
Title
Engineering magnetic functionality in topological matter with charge ordering
Japan-side PI
HIRSCHBERGER Max, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Partner PI
(USA) Leslie Schoop, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University

Semiconductors

Research Field: Semiconductor research related to promoting the semiconductor industrial sector.

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Support PeriodFY 2024 - FY 2029 (December 2024 - March 2030)

Title
International collaborative research on quantum-classical interface by heterogeneous integration
Japan-side PI
ISHIKURO Hiroki, Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
Partner PI
(Germany) Vadim Issakov, Professor, Director, Institute for CMOS Design, Technical University Braunschweig
Title
Creation of Digital Gate Platform for Digital Transformation of Power Semiconductors
Japan-side PI
TAKAMIYA Makoto, Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
Partner PI
(USA) Rolando Burgos, Professor, CPES Director, Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES), Virginia Tech
Title
Versatile Quantum Engineering of Group-IV Alloy Materials for Semiconductor Heterogeneous Integrated Devices
Japan-side PI
NAKATSUKA Osamu, Professor, Department of Materials Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Tokai National Higher Education and Research System
Partner PI
(Belgium) Roger Loo, IV epitaxy Principal Member of Technical Staff, Unit Process and Modules, Advanced Patterning, Process & Materials, imec
(Germany) Dan Mihai Buca, Group Leader “Group IV epitaxy and Photonics, Peter Gruenberg Institute 9, Forschungszentrum Juelich
(Germany) Yuji Yamamoto, Scientist, Technology Department, Group-IV epitaxy process module manager, IHP

ASPIRE FOR RISING SCIENTISTS

Support PeriodFY 2024 - FY 2027 (December 2024 - March 2028)

Title
Advanced automatic code optimization via DSL and its compiler for AI infrastructure on edge-cloud computing continuum
Japan-side PI
SATO Yukinori, Associate Professor, Depart. of Computer Science and Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology
Partner PI
(USA) Saman Amarasinghe, Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title
Realizing Trusted Society by LSI Authenticity Guarantee Platform
Japan-side PI
SHIOMI Jun, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University
Partner PI
(USA) Alex Orailoglu, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego

Telecommunications

Research Field: Research on telecommunications technology that contributes to the development of a next-generation infrastructure for a digital society.

ASPIRE FOR TOP SCIENTISTS

Support PeriodFY 2024 - FY 2029 (December 2024 - March 2030)

Title
Global Research Initiative on Wireless Terahertz (GROW-THz)
Japan-side PI
Minoru Fujishima, Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University
Partner PI
(Austria) Wolfgang Bösch, Dean/Professor, Faculty of Electrical and Information Engineering, Graz University of Technology
(Belgium) Piet Wambacq, Fellow, imec
(Finland) Aarno Pärssinen, Professor, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu
(Germany) Haris Gačanin, Professor, Chair for Distributed Signal Processing, RWTH Aachen University
(USA) Predrag Spasojevic, Professor, School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University

ASPIRE FOR RISING SCIENTISTS

Support PeriodFY 2024 - FY 2027 (December 2024 - March 2028)

Title
U.S.-Centered International Joint Research Towards Wireless Networks for Autonomous Mobile Things
Japan-side PI
SARUWATARI Shunsuke, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University
Partner PI
(USA) Dinesh Bharadia, Associate Professor, Director of Wireless Communication Sensing and Networking Group, Klein Gilhousen Chancellor's Endowed Chair, University of California, San Diego
Title
Advanced Electromagnetic Material-Based RF-Wave Environment Design and its Numerical Analysis Method
Japan-side PI
WAKATSUCHI Hiroki, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology
Partner PI
(Italy) Filiberto Bilotti, Professor and Director of Lab, Antennas and Metamaterials Research Lab, Roma Tre University
(UK) Ana Vukovic, Professor and Head, George Green Institute for Electromagnetic Research (GGIEMR), Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Nottingham
(USA) Daniel Sievenpiper, Professor, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego

Note: Information such as affiliation and position is as of December 2024.