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28/07/2022
The additional Project Managers has been selected under Moonshot Goals 1, 3, and 6.
Adopted Project Managers for Moonshot R&D (Moonshot Goal 1, 3, 6）
Moonshot Goal 1: Realization of a society in which human beings can be free from limitations of body, brain, space, and time by 2050.
| Project Manager (PM) | R&D Project |
|---|---|
| ARAI Fumihito (Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo) |
Cybernetic Avatar inside the human body for health and medical care |
| SHIMPO Fumio (Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University) |
Realization of Society where Cybernetic-Avatars will be Used Safely and with Trust |
| MATSUMURA Takeshi (Director, Wireless Systems Laboratory, Wireless Networks Research Center, Network Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology) |
Research and Development of M×N Multi-pairing Wireless Platform |
| YAMANISHI Yoko (Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University) |
Interdisciplinary Frontier of Bio-order Extended by Nano- and Micro-bio Avatars |
Moonshot Goal 3: Realization of AI robots that autonomously learn, adapt to their environment, evolve in intelligence and act alongside human beings, by 2050.
| Project Manager (PM) | R&D Project |
|---|---|
| UENO Munetaka (Research and Engineering leader, Space Exploration Innovation Hub Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) |
New Life Spheres opened up by AI Robots |
| USHIKU Yoshitaka (Principal Investigator, OMRON SINIC X Corporation) |
AI & Robots that harmonize with humans to create knowledge and cross its borders |
| OTAKE Mihoko (Team Leader, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project) |
AI robots which help to envision promising future together with users and encourage action toward it |
| KUNII Yasuharu (Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University) |
Evolutionary Swarm Intelligence for Probabilistic Spatial Recognition and Collaborative Construction Scheme in Lunar Future Town |
| SHIMODA Shingo (Unit Leader, RIKEN Center of Brain Science) |
Awareness AI Robot System for leading proactive behavior improvement |
| MORISHIMA Keisuke (Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University) |
New World of inspiration by co-evolution of humans, AI Robots, and Biological Cyborgs |
| YOSHIDA Kazuya (Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University) |
Self- Evolving AI Robot System for Lunar Exploration and Human Outpost Construction |
Moonshot Goal 6: Realization of a fault-tolerant universal quantum computer that will revolutionize economy, industry, and security by 2050.
| Project Manager (PM) | R&D Project |
|---|---|
| AOKI Takao (Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University) |
Large-scale quantum hardware based on nanofiber cavity QED |
| OHMORI Kenji (Professor and Chairman, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences) |
Large-scale and high-coherence fault-tolerant quantum computer with dynamical atom arrays |
| KOBAYASHI Kazutoshi (Professor, Organization of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology) |
Development of a Scalable, Highly Integrated Quantum Error Correction System |
| TARUCHA Seigo (Group Director, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science / Team Leader, RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing) |
Development of scalable Silicon quantum computer technology |
| NAGAYAMA Shota (Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University) |
Scalable and Robust Integrated Quantum Communication System |