Research

Research Divisions

NII established four Research Divisions—Principles of Informatics Research Division, Information Systems Architecture Science Research Division, Digital Content and Media Sciences Research Division, and Information and Society Research Division—in order to accommodate various types of research across the broad discipline of informatics. Each research division conducts specialized studies ranging from basic to applied research.

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Director: TAKEDA,Hideaki

Seeks new principles and theories of informatics using algorithms and computational complexity theory, as well as artificial intelligence, robotics, and quantum computing. Conducts research to develop new technologies that will sustain societies of the future and break new ground in the field of informatics.

Fields of Research

Algorithms, artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, big data analysis, data mining, mathematical modeling, numerical analysis, computational science, web informatics, neuroscience, quantum information, and leading-edge research that creates possibilities for discovering new principles or theories and new applications at the frontiers of these fields

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Director: JI, Yusheng

Aiming at boosting the performance, quality, and functionality of computers and networks, the building blocks of information technology, conducts research ranging from creating groundbreaking technologies in software and hardware architectures to implementing their working systems.

Fields of Research

R&D on post-Internet, cybersecurity infrastructure, software and hardware architecture, distributed and cloud computing, programming languages, system performance and log analysis infrastructure, dependable systems, Internet of Things (IoT), and network and cloud visualization

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Director: SATO, Imari

Carries out research on analyzing and generating content and media, including symbolic and patterned media; storing, retrieving, and organizing content with platform technologies; and analyzing social media and interactions among humans and knowledge.

Fields of Research

R&D on natural language processing, computer vision, image processing, acoustic information processing, computer graphics, databases, human interaction, web mining, social media, community analysis, media clone generation and recognition, generative models, vision and language analysis, machine learning and deep learning applications, among others

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mark_InformationandSocietyResearchDivision.pngInformation and Society Research Division
Director: ECHIZEN, Isao

Conducts cross-disciplinary research based on emerging information and system technologies such as big data analytics to achieve the required levels of trustworthiness in a cyber-physical society where the cyberspace and real-world phenomena are related more closely than before.

Fields of Research

R&D on protection and use of privacy information, next-generation anonymization, data governance, next-generation IR infrastructure theory, data policy theory, data use in human resource development theory, digital humanities, IT healthcare, data reliability evaluation, crowdsourcing, digital education, and open innovation platforms, as well as research in humanities and social sciences related to these topics

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