Creation of integration technology to enable utilizations of diverse and massive data using Artificial Intelligence core technologies rapidly growing in sophistication and complexity

Sadao Kurohashi (Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University)

　Rapid progress in information technologies has made it possible to link an enormous number of sensors and devices to the Internet. Various types of “Big Data” are now stored and used in a variety of settings, including medicine and healthcare, materials and physical properties, urban infrastructure, the global environment and so on. Furthermore, there is tremendous interest in artificial intelligence technologies that employ natural language processing, “deep learning” and so on, and use of such technologies in these areas is progressing rapidly.
　The goal of this research area is to create the fundamental information technologies that will make it possible to design new social systems for an age of social change based on these information technologies. Fundamental technologies will be created to help enable intelligent and integrated analysis, processing and control of information, as well as the establishment of new services and social structures in areas that include social infrastructure including mobility, healthcare including nursing care, disaster prevention and mitigation, and robotics.
　Specifically, research in this research area will focus on such things as advanced sensing technologies,which make it possible to gather and acquire enormous quantities of diverse types of information, real-time data processing technologies, system optimization technologies, communication support using intelligent media, data processing and knowledge processing technologies that incorporate artificial intelligence and the like, and security and privacy enhancement technologies that can accommodate various types of equipment and systems.
　This research area will operate as part of the Advanced Integrated Intelligence Platform project (AIP project) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology