http://www.isit.or.jp/

Institute of Systems & Information Technologies /

KYUSHU

2005.2.22

Getting ThereGetting There

BRIEFBRIEF

Established at Soft Research Park in　December 1995, to be a hub of Research institutions for IT

Supported by Fukuoka City with endowment of JPY 250 million (Total is JPY300 million)

An incorporated foundation approved by METI (former MITI)

We are ･･･

Fukuoka Software Research Park Center BuildingInstitute of Systems & Information Technologies / KYUSHU

Fukuoka Software Research Park Area [63,000m2 ］

Location of R&D department of information industry

ＮＥＣPanasonicASOJapan IBM

HITACHIFujitsu

DAEWOOCity Ascom Central Institution

ＩＳＩＴ

Trial calculation of the economy scale

The workingpopulation in theinformation-related industry

about 6,500 people

Value Added (GDP)

59.3 billion yen(about 1% of thecity's GDP, 6,457.6 billion yen)

from the data of Development Bank ofJ apan (March 2002)

SRPcenterbldg.

OrganizationOrganization

Kzuo Ushijima (Prof. Emeritus of Kyushu Univ.) (Dean of Faculty of Information Science,Kyushu Sangyo Univ.)

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Keiichi Ishikawa(A representative member of Kyushu Keizai Doyukai Committee) (Adviser of Kyushu Electric Power Co.,Inc ． )

Mamoru Matsuda（ Fukuoka City ）

Takenori Morimitsu

Kazuaki MurakamiProf. Kyushu Univ.)

Kouichi SakuraiProf. Kyushu Univ.)

Michito Matsumoto　 (D.Eng.)

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Chairman

Vice Chairman

Lab 3

Research Planning

General Affairs

Project Promoting

Operating

Secretary General

Lab 2

Lab 1

Vice President

President

Managing Director

　　　　

OperationOperation

Philosophy of ISITPhilosophy of ISIT

Research Area of ISITResearch Area of ISIT

Research Development ProjectsResearch Development Projects

Achievements of ActivitiesAchievements of Activities

　　　　

Philosophy of ISITPhilosophy of ISIT

Objective/Aim

Promoting Information Industry and Economic & Social DevelopmentImproving capabilities of technology & R&D in information-oriented companies

Method Cooperation of Industry-Academic-Government

Policy Internationalization/Openness/Mobility

Measure R&D（ Technology Transfer/Use of Advances in ResearchExchange meetingsConsultingInformation gathering and offeringDevelopment of human resources

Research Development ProjectsResearch Development Projects

Lab 1Development of system LSI elemental technologies andDevelopment of system LSI elemental technologies and

their dissemination in societytheir dissemination in society Lab 1 is dedicated to the development of fundamental technology for system LSI to be applied in various systems of society. It also focuses on promoting system LSI to facilitate the establishment of new system information technologies.

Lab 2Ensuring information security in social systemsEnsuring information security in social systems Lab 2 conducts research and development to ensure the security of computers and network systems that support the social in frastructure. This laboratory also promotes the spread of information technology for building reliable social systems to protect copyright of digital materials and privacy of personal information.

Lab 3Realization of user-friendly interface environmentsRealization of user-friendly interface environments Lab 3 re-examines information system interfaces from the viewpoints “anybody” “anytime ” and “anywhere”. These research and development efforts focus on developing user-friendly man-machine interface technologies that ensure a safe, healthy and enriched lifestyle for users.

Achievements of ActivitiesAchievements of Activities

1. Contracted Research

Classification Cases

Amount(mil)

Consignor

Public Offering Research

19 491 IPA, TAO, JASMEC, etc

Univ. Offering Research

6 35 ・ Kyushu Univ.・ Kyoto Univ.

Company Offering Research

48 179 ・ Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC)・ SRA Key Technology Laboratory, Inc. ・ JustSystem, Inc. ・ Logic Research, Inc.

Fukuoka City OfferingResearch

16 94 ・ General Coordination and Policy PlanningDept.・ Building Dept.・ Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Div.・ Board of Education

　

2. Interactive Exchanges

Classification

Freq. Participants

Remarks

Regular Exchange

42 2,947 The good opportunity for providing the update IT information for researchers, engineers and entrepreneurs in all local ]Quarters （ 5 ～ 6 per year ）

Technical Seminar

19 1,777 Seminars for specialists （ 2 ～ 3 per year)

Multimedia Seminar for Citizens

6 856 Providing the popular topic on IT in the civic lectures

3. Research Exchange Program

・ Exchange meetings with ASTEM (Advanced Software & Mechatronics Research Institute of Kyoto, POSTECH (Pohang University of Science & Technology), and the like.・ Holding Research Exchange lectures with abroad

4. Workshop

・ Software Technical Seminar, Software Engineering Association Forum, electronic authentication WG, PPRAM Consortium, System LSI WG(12), 　 HIT WG(10), Others, Symposiums, International Conferences, etc

5. Consulting

・ About 311 cases

6. Personal Training

・ Developing the career of regular researcher ・ Accepting the dispatched researchers and assistants (total 110)・ Supporting and cooperating with the Graduate school

7. Others Operating the conference office, various IT activities for education

Silicon Sea-Belt FUKUOKA

http://www.slrc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/seabelt.html

　

　 　

Recent move of IT-related companies in FukuokaRecent move of IT-related companies in Fukuoka

Ventures originated from ISIT

System JD Co.,Ltd. March 2002

Other areas in Fukuoka

Fukuoka Design Center of Dai Nippon LSI Design Co., LTD. (Jan. 2001)JMNet Inc. (Nov. 2001)iFORCOM Co., Ltd. (Jan. 2002)Kyushu office of Macnica Inc. (Oct. 2002)Fukuoka Branch of KHC Corporation (Aug. 2003)

Momochihama AreaSystem Development Dept. Of NRI /Fukuoka (Mar. 2001)Sony Semiconductor Kyushu Co., Ltd. (Apr. 2001)Sony LSI Design Inc. (Oct. 2001) Sony Global Solutions Inc. (Jan. 2003)HOYA Corp. Marketing Technical Center (May 2002) Aldete Corp. (June 2002)Sanei Hytechs Co., Ltd. (Jan. 2003)Sun Microsystems Inc. (March 2003)Innovation Plaza Fukuoka (Dec. 2001) *a base of JST

Fukuoka System LSI College (Dec. 2001) *Dept. of Fukuoka IST

System LSI General Development Center (tentative, Autumn of 2004) *by Japan Regional Development Corp.

2002年度収支決算Budget of Balance 2004

Item Amount

Subsidy from Fukuoka City

２８１，６２７　

Business Income １５０，９３０

Supporting Membership Fee

１１，０００

Asset Maintenance Income

７６０

Balance Carried Forward

３３，９１０

Total ４７８，２１８

INCOME EXPENSESItem Amoun

tResearch Development Exps

１８０，７３１

Personal Exps. １６７，８９５

Management Exps. ７８，６２９

Exchange Program Exp.

１３，９２４

Other Exps. (Fixed Assets)

３，１３８

Total ４４４，３１７

Balance Carried Forward

３３，９０１

Units=1,000 ＪＰＹ

Research

investm

ent

Advanced

Traditional Industry

University・Fundamental research laboratories

company

ISIT

Venture Company

Ref: “Spectrum of Science Technology”by Kazumasa Iinuma

Research Area of ISITResearch Area of ISIT

　　　

１ .Expansion Research Area along with the System Information Technology Progress

・ Expand the research area to meet the needs, like an information security technology based on the cryptographic technology

2.Strengthen the local industrial competitiveness

・ Pursue the Project-type R&D in the various field, such as welfare or environment ・ Promote the technology transfer by accumulating the IP and controlling the rights・ Reinforce the human network among the researchers, engineers and entrepreneurs by utilizing the mail magazine　3. Promotion of the Cooperative Research

・ Promote the cooperative research with companies by obtaining the public offering research subsidy

Toward the FutureToward the Future

Thank You for your Attention!

ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT

Access MapAccess Map

Accessible from the city, Tokyo & Asia

Fukuoka is appointed for a special district of Asian Business

Internationally and domestically, exchange of knowledge is possible

To be a center of “Silicon Sea Belt”

Fukuoka

Singapore

Silicon Sea Belt

Korea

System LSI Design & Development Project

More becoming a hub of R&D

ISITCity Ascom

DaewooFujitsu

Panasonic

HITACHI

NECAso

Japan IBM

Center of System

LSI

Sony Semicon

Companies are gathering here in SRP ･･･