France
Bilateral
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1. Field of cooperation
"Edge AI"
This program aims at supporting collaborative research on current challenges in edge and embedded AI, which shall contribute to the development of pre-competitive and applied results for products, processes and/or technical services.
"Molecular Technology" (concluded in 2020)
This program promoted joint research projects in the area of "Molecular Technology", a series of technologies that enabled us to qualitatively change existing science and technology through purposefully designing and synthesizing molecules and creating the physical, chemical, and biological functions of materials at a molecular level. Total 12 projects were funded.
"Information and Communication Science and Technologies (ICT)" (concluded in 2015)
This program promoted joint research projects in the area of "information and communication sciences and technologies (ICT)." 4 projects including communication engineering, computer scicence, robotics, micro and nanotechnologies for ICT, innovative usages of ICT were funded.
2. Funding Agency on French Side
3. Related Workshops
| Month/Year | Place | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2012 | Kobe | ANR-JST Joint Workshop on "ICT" |
4. Calls for Proposals
| Month/Year | Research Areas | Press Release |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2023 | Edge AI | Detail |
| Feb 2016 | Molecular technology [Third Stage] | Detail |
| Feb 2015 | Molecular technology [Second Stage] | Detail |
| Jan 2014 | Molecular technology [First Stage] | Detail |
| Oct 2009 | Information and Communication Science and Technologies (ICT) | Detail |
5. Currently in Cooperation
Edge AI
Period：FY2023 - FY2027
| Title | Research Leader in Japan Research Leader in France |
|---|---|
| Lightweight Edge Artificial Intelligence for Sensing and Wireless Communications in Connected Factories (LIGHT-SWIFT) |
[Academia] KANEKO Megumi, Associate Professor, Information Systems Architecture Science Research Division, National Institute of Informatics [Industry] TAKATORI Yasushi, Executive Manager, Senior Distinguished Researcher, Wireless Access Systems Project, Access Network Service Systems Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation [Academia] Olivier BERDER, Professor, CNRS-IRISA/University of Rennes [Industry] Julien ROLAND, Lead Software and Machine Learning Engineer, Wavely |
| Edge AI Transformer-based Adaptable Human Robot Collaboration System for Smarter Industry 4.0X (Astérix) |
[Academia] HARADA Kensuke, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University [Industry] BABA Hiroyasu, Project General Manager, Social Innovation Business Development Function Unit, Denso Corporation [Academia] Liming CHEN, Professor, Computer Science Laboratory for Image Processing and Information Systems (LIRIS), Ecole Centrale de Lyon [Industry] Vincent HEINRICH, Engineer, Research and Development, Asygn |
| Semantic Segmentation of Complex Sound Scenes on Edge Devices (CONFLUENCE) |
[Academia] ONO Nobutaka, Professor, Graduate School of Systems Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University [Industry] HARADA Noboru, Senior Distinguished Researcher, Media Information Laboratory, Communication Science Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation [Academia] Romain SERIZEL, Associate Professor, LORIA, Université de Lorraine [Industry] Nicolas TURPAULT, CEO, Sonaide |
6. Finished Projects
Molecular technology [Third Stage]
Period：FY2016 - FY2019
| Title | Research Leader in Japan Research Leader in France |
|---|---|
| Molecular Memory with Phase Change Coordination Polymers for future (PCRAM) | Satoshi HORIKE, Associate Professor, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University Aude DEMESSENCE, researcher, Institute of Researches on Catalysis and Environment at Lyon |
| Intracellular tracking of protein function by design and synthesis of fluorogenic probes for MEMORY imaging | Kazuya KIKUCHI, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University Jens HASSERODT, Professor of Chemistry, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon |
| On-surface synthesis of covalent networks with integrated optical functions | Yousoo KIM, Chief Scientist, Surface and Interface Science Laboratory, RIKEN Sylvain CLAIR, CNRS Senior Researcher, IM2NP (Institut Materiaux Microelectronique Nanosciences de Provence) |
| Versatile ultra-sensitive FET sensor: Application to the detection of Cesium in natural waters | Yutaka WAKAYAMA, Group Leader, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science Anne CHARRIER, CNRS researcher, CINaM (Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille) |
Molecular technology [Second Stage]
Period：FY2015 - FY2018
| Title | Research Leader in Japan Research Leader in France |
|---|---|
| Development of optically active flexible materials based on molecular assembly-templated chiral hybrid nanostructures (CPLhelixCNPA) | Hirotaka IHARA, Professor, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University Reiko ODA, Research Director, Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membrane and Nano-objects, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) |
| Innovative materials from sequence-controlled segments in macromolecules (Sequence Materials) | Makoto OUCHI, Associate Professor, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University Francois TOURNILHAC, Director of Research, Soft Matter and Chemistry Laboratory, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) |
| Molecularly-directed hybrid nanobuilding block self-assembly towards original 2D and 3D mesoscale architectures for catalysis (MODULE-CAT) | Kazuyuki KURODA, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University Michel WONG CHI MAN, CNRS Senior Researcher, Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, Ecole Normale Superieure Chimie Montpellier (ENSCM) |
| Molecular design of biocatalytic 3D nanocarbon architectures for long-lasting glucose fuel cells (Mocca-Cell) | Yuta NISHINA, Associate Professor, Research Core for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Okayama University Michael Holzinger, Researcher, Department of Molecular Chemistry, Joseph Fourier University - Grenoble |
Molecular technology [First Stage]
Period：FY2014 - FY2017
| Title | Research Leader in Japan Research Leader in France |
|---|---|
| Molecular Photocathodes for CO2 reduction and H2 evolution (PhotoCAT) | Osamu ISHITANI, Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology Vincent ARTERO, Senior Researcher, The Laboratory of Chemistry and Biology of Metals, CEA Grenoble |
| Molecular Materials for Mg batteries (MoMa) | Masashi OKUBO, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo Rodrigue LESCOUEZEC, Professor, Faculty of Chemistry, UPMC, Sorbonne University |
| Molecular technologies for hybrid folded architectures (COFFIT) | Hiroaki SUGA, Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo Ivan HUC, Co-director, Institut Europeen de Chimie et Biologie, Universite de Bordeaux ※Sep. 2017 - present, Dr. Celine Douat, Institut Europeen de Chimie et Biologie, Universite de Bordeaux |
| Molecular Engineering and Controlled Assembly of Nano Objects built on porphyrins (MECANO) | Takashi HAYASHI, Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka University Jean WEISS, Research Director for the CNRS-Universite de Strasbourg |
Information and Communication Science and Technologies (ICT)
Period：FY2010 - FY2013
| Title | Research Leader in Japan Research Leader in France |
|---|---|
| WIreless communication using TeraHertz plasmonic - nano ICT devices (WITH) | Taiichi OTSUJI, Professor, Communication, Research Institute of Electrical, Tohoku University Wojciech Knap, Semiconducteurs UMR5650 DR2 CNRS, Montpellier Groupe d'Etude des, CNRS-Universite |
| Framework and Programming for Post Petascale Computing (FP3C) | Mitsuhisa SATO, Professor / Center for Computational Sciences, Director, Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba Serge Petiton, Professor, INRIA-SACLAY |
| Security evaluation of Physically Attacked Cryptoprocessors in Embedded Systems (SPACES) | Naofumi HOMMA, Associate Professor, GSIS, Tohoku University J-Luc Danger, Professor, Telecom ParisTech |
| Fetus and pregnant woman Exposure to Telecom new wireless Usages and Systems (FETUS) | Soichi WATANABE, Research Manager, EMC Group, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Joe Wiart, Head of Whist lab, WHIST Lab, France telecom Orange Labs RD |