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2019-2020 Research ProgramsIntroduction

STRATEGICB A S I CRESEARCHPROGRAMS

Aiming to Create Innovation in Science and Technology

The purpose of Strategic Basic Research Programs is to promote challenges to basic research to overcome the problems facing our country and to produce creative and innovative technology seeds (new technology seeds) based on new scientific knowledge that will lead to scientific and technological innovations to transform society and the economy. For this purpose, we establish virtual research institutes (set up for a limited period of time across several organizations) consisting of researchers from various universities, colleges, enterprises, public institutions, etc. The researchers construct networks with other researchers and relevant parties from industry and society in general—who will be among the beneficiaries of the results of the research—in order to advance research under the supervision of a program officer (e.g. Research Supervisor) who will head the institute.

What are Strategic Basic Research Programs ?

Strategic Objectives established by the national government to achieve solutions for key issues Japan is facing

Toward the Creation of Innovation in Science and Technology

Construction andoperation of

research institutes

〈Program Director oversees the overall system and considers management direction〉〈Establishment of Research Areas and Program Officers (Research Supervisor[Directors for ERATO], etc.)

best-suited for achieving objectives〉〈Identification of researchers with exceptional pioneering qualities and originality,

based on the Program Officer’ s judgment〉〈Flexible, dynamic decision-making on research plans and research funding allocation in accordance with

research progress achieved and other factors〉　

《Research Programs》Creating the Seeds for

New Technology（CREST, PRESTO, ACT-X,ACT-I, ERATO, ACCEL）

Advanced Low Carbon TechnologyResearch and Development Program

(ALCA)

Research Institute of Scienceand Technology for Society

(RISTEX)

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Accelerated Innovation Research Initiative Turning Top Science and Ideas into High-Impact Values

R&D period: Up to 5 years R&D budget: 10-300 million yen / year and project

ACCEL

＊The projects selected in FY2017 are implemented as ACCEL in the JST-MIRAI R&D Program.

CREST

Research period: 5 years and 6 months or lessResearch budget: Total of 150-500 million yen / team

Individual-type research to develop the sourcesof scienti�c and technological innovation

PRESTO

Research period: 3 years and 6 months or lessResearch budget: Total of 30-40 million yen / project

Large-scale group research led by excellent leaders toward creating new tides of science and technology

ERATO

Research period: Approximately 5 yearsResearch budget: Total of 1.2 billion yen / project

RISTEX Trans-disciplinary research aiming tosolve social problems

Research period: 3 yearsResearch budget: Total of 15-90 million yen / project

Research Instituteof Science andTechnology forSociety

＊From FY2017, selections of new research projects will be conducted　under the JST-Mirai R&D Program.

A low carbon society can be createdby implementing ALCA gamechangingtechnologies

ALCA

Research period: Up to 10 yearsResearch budget: 10-100 million yen / year and project

Advanced LowCarbon TechnologyResearch andDevelopmentProgram

Individual-type research that supports"the establishment of an individual,"i.e., young researchers with unique andchallenging ideas

Research period: 3 years and 6 months including theacceleration phaseResearch budget: several million yen annually per section＊In the acceleration phase, maximum research funds of approximately 10 million yen / year

ACT-XACT-I

Team-type research to produce excellentachievements leading to scienti�c and technological innovation

Aiming to Create Innovation in Science and Technology

The purpose of Strategic Basic Research Programs is to promote challenges to basic research to overcome the problems facing our country and to produce creative and innovative technology seeds (new technology seeds) based on new scientific knowledge that will lead to scientific and technological innovations to transform society and the economy. For this purpose, we establish virtual research institutes (set up for a limited period of time across several organizations) consisting of researchers from various universities, colleges, enterprises, public institutions, etc. The researchers construct networks with other researchers and relevant parties from industry and society in general—who will be among the beneficiaries of the results of the research—in order to advance research under the supervision of a program officer (e.g. Research Supervisor) who will head the institute.

What are Strategic Basic Research Programs ?

Strategic Objectives established by the national government to achieve solutions for key issues Japan is facing

Toward the Creation of Innovation in Science and Technology

Construction andoperation of

research institutes

〈Program Director oversees the overall system and considers management direction〉〈Establishment of Research Areas and Program Officers (Research Supervisor[Directors for ERATO], etc.)

best-suited for achieving objectives〉〈Identification of researchers with exceptional pioneering qualities and originality,

based on the Program Officer’ s judgment〉〈Flexible, dynamic decision-making on research plans and research funding allocation in accordance with

research progress achieved and other factors〉　

《Research Programs》Creating the Seeds for

New Technology（CREST, PRESTO, ACT-X,ACT-I, ERATO, ACCEL）

Advanced Low Carbon TechnologyResearch and Development Program

(ALCA)

Research Institute of Scienceand Technology for Society

(RISTEX)

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R&D period: Up to 5 years R&D budget: 10-300 million yen / year and project

ACCEL

＊The projects selected in FY2017 are implemented as ACCEL in the JST-MIRAI R&D Program.

CREST

Research period: 5 years and 6 months or lessResearch budget: Total of 150-500 million yen / team

Individual-type research to develop the sourcesof scienti�c and technological innovation

PRESTO

Research period: 3 years and 6 months or lessResearch budget: Total of 30-40 million yen / project

Large-scale group research led by excellent leaders toward creating new tides of science and technology

ERATO

Research period: Approximately 5 yearsResearch budget: Total of 1.2 billion yen / project

RISTEX Trans-disciplinary research aiming tosolve social problems

Research period: 3 yearsResearch budget: Total of 15-90 million yen / project

Research Instituteof Science andTechnology forSociety

＊From FY2017, selections of new research projects will be conducted　under the JST-Mirai R&D Program.

A low carbon society can be createdby implementing ALCA gamechangingtechnologies

ALCA

Research period: Up to 10 yearsResearch budget: 10-100 million yen / year and project

Advanced LowCarbon TechnologyResearch andDevelopmentProgram

Individual-type research that supports"the establishment of an individual,"i.e., young researchers with unique andchallenging ideas

Research period: 3 years and 6 months including theacceleration phaseResearch budget: several million yen annually per section＊In the acceleration phase, maximum research funds of approximately 10 million yen / year

ACT-XACT-I

Team-type research to produce excellentachievements leading to scienti�c and technological innovation

The purpose of CREST is promoting unique, internationally high-level basic research to address the important problems facing our coun-try and to produce creative, conspicuous, and innovative technology seeds (new technology seeds) based on new scientific knowledge that contributes to scientific and technological innovation that can transform the society and economy. Under the management principles of the Research Area specified by the Research Supervisor, the best teams led by top-level research-ers in our country selected by the Research Supervisor train the young researchers in a team while advancing the progress of research.

● Research Supervisors call for research proposals based on the Research Areas they manage, adopting 10 to 20 research projects in each area. Research Supervisors consider the field of science and technologies and the balance between the science and scientific and technological innovation, which constitute the portfolio of the whole Research Area. For this purpose, we call for proposals several times separately and criteria for accepting proposals are clarified each time in the application requirements. When calling for research proposals, the requirements may include the participation of researchers from industry and/or the fields of culture and social science to advance basic research with a specific goal. Furthermore, the requirements may include the organization of teams from different academic fields for more challenging research projects.

● To achieve Strategic Objectives, a Research Supervisor can flexibly design a Research Area at his/her discretion including specifying the number of the research projects in the Research Area and the size of the budget for each research project and introducing the stage gates during the period of a research as well as some reorganization of a team.

●We will adopt the best teams and Research Directors to maintain a high level of research internationally. In order for top-level researchers to produce results by collaborating with other researchers, we support each research project using a fund typically worth several hundred million yen.

● In order to maximize achievements, our Research Supervisors adopt a flexible management approach by giving instructions on changing, accelerating, or cancelling research projects depending on their progress. We assign about ten Research Area Advisors to support Research Areas by giving advice and performing evaluations in terms of science and technology. In addition, we have experts who can give advice from a legal point of view such as lawyers and experts from industry when needed.

● In each research project, the development of post-doctoral researchers and students in the team is also an important mission as well as the realization of proposals.

As of July 2019

33Research Areas Research Projects

CORE RESEARCH FOREVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE

AND TECHNOLOGYCRESTTeam-type research to produce excellent achievements leading to scienti�c and technological innovation

Scienti�c Innovation for Energy Harvesting TechnologyKenji TANIGUCHIHiroyuki AKINAGA

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Department of Strategic Basic Research・CREST Section +81-3-3512-3531https://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/crest/en/ [email protected]

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Research Framework

Overview

Characteristics

JST

Research Area

Japanese Government (MEXT)

〈Research Team〉

Researchers

ResearchDirector

Principal Research Manager, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Emeritus Professor, Osaka University

Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University

Professor, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University

On-going Research Areas

Creation of Innovative Core Technology for Manufactureand Use of Energy Carriers from Renewable Energy

Innovation in Chemical Reactions through Active Control of Electrons and Ions for Production

Koichi EGUCHI

Jun-ichi YOSHIDA

Large-Scale Genome Synthesis and Cell Programming Haruhiko SIOMI Professor, Keio University School of Medicine

Development of Technology Platforms for QuantitativeAnalysis of Spatiotemporal Multicellular Interaction

Michiyuki MATSUDA

Elucidation of Biological Mechanism of Extracellular FineParticles and the Control System

Yoshinobu BABA Professor, School of Engineering, Nagoya University

Development and Application of Optical Technology forSpatiotemporal Control of Biological Functions Ryoichiro KAGEYAMA

Creation of Fundamental Technologies Contribute to theElucidation and Application for the Robustness in Plants against Environmental Changes

Satoshi TABATA

Innovative Technology Platforms for Integrated Single Cell Analysis

Sumio SUGANO

Structural Life Science and Advanced Core Technologiesfor Innovative Life Science Research

Keiji TANAKA Director, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science

Creation of Fundamental Technologies for Understanding and Control of Biosystem Dynamics

Tadashi YAMAMOTO

Revolutional Material Development by Fusion of Strong Experiments with Theory / Data Science

Hideo HOSONO

Creation of Innovative Core Technologies for Nano-EnabledThermal Management

Development and Application of Intelligent Measurement-Analysis Methods through Coalition between MeasurementTechnologies and Informatics

Yoshiyuki AMEMIYA Genshiro KITAGAWA

Creation of an Innovative Quantum Technology PlatformBased on the Advanced Control of Quantum States

Yasuhiko ARAKAWA

Innovative Catalysts and Creation Technologies for theUtilization of Diverse Natural Carbon Resources

Wataru UEDA

Advanced Core Technology for Creation and Practical Utilization of Innovative Properties and Functions Basedupon Optics and Photonics

Ken-ichi KITAYAMA

Development of Atomic or Molecular Two-DimensionalFunctional Films and Creation of FundamentalTechnologies for Their Applications

Atsushi KUROBE

Innovative Nano-electronics through InterdisciplinaryCollaboration among Material, Device and System Layers

Takayasu SAKURAINaoki YOKOYAMA

Creation of Innovative Functional Materials with AdvancedProperties by Hyper-Nano-Space Design

Tohru SETOYAMA

Establishment of Molecular Technology towards the Creation of New Functions

Hisashi YAMAMOTO

Naonori UEDA

Creation and Development of Core Technologies Interfacing Human and Information Environments

Kenji MASE

Modeling Methods allied with Modern Mathematics

Advanced Core Technologies for Big Data Integration

Takashi TSUBOI

Development and Integration of Arti�cial IntelligenceTechnologies for Innovation Acceleration

Creating Information Utilization Platform by Integrating Mathematical and Information Sciences, and Development to Society

Minoru ETOH

Intelligent Information Processing Systems Creating Co-Experience Knowledge and Wisdom with Human-Machine Harmonious Collaboration

Norihiro HAGITA

Advanced Application Technologies to Boost Big DataUtilization for Multiple-Field Scienti�c Discovery andSocial Problem Solving

Masaru KITSUREGAWAEtsuya SHIBAYAMA

Creation of Fundamental Theory and Technology to Establish a CooperativeDistributed Energy Management System and Integration of TechnologiesAcross Broad Disciplines Toward Social Application

Masayuki FUJITA Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology

■Green Innovation ■Life Innovation ■Nanotechnology & Materials ■Information and Communication Technology

President, National Institute of Technology,Suzuka College/Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University

Professor, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University

Director and Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Kazusa DNA Research Institute

Lecturer (part-time), Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

Honorary Professor, Director of Materials ResearchCenter for Element Strategy,Tokyo Institute of Technology

Creation of Core Technology Based on the Topological Materials Science for Innovative Devices

Masahito UEDA Professor, School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Yuzuru TANAKA Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University

President, JASRI（Japan Synchrotron RadiationResearch Institute）

Shigeo MARUYAMA Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Creating Innovative Optics and Photonics Based onCreative Principles

Elucidation of Macroscale Mechanical Properties Based on Understanding Nanoscale Dynamics for Innovative Mechanical Materials

Kohzo ITO Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Satoshi KAWATA Professor Emeritus, Osaka University

Project Professor, Mathematics and InformaticsCenter, The University of Tokyo

Professor, The Graduate School for the Creationof New Photonics Industries

Professor, Department of Material and Life Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University

Specially Appointed Professor, Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics, The University of Tokyo

Chief Fellow, Corporate Research & Development Center, Toshiba Corporation

Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

Honorary Fellow, FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD.

Executive Fellow, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation/Director, Science & Innovasion Center Setoyama Laboratory

Professor, Chubu University / Emeritus professor, University of Chicago

Fellow, NTT Communication Science Laboratories; Deputy Director, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project

Technology for Computing Revolution for Society 5.0 Shuichi SAKAI Professor, Graduate School of Information Science andTechnology, The University of Tokyo

Professor, Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives,Osaka University

Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University

Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mathematical Engineering, Musashino University

Department Chair/Professor, Art & ScienceDepartment, Osaka University of Arts

Director General, National Institute of Informatics / Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo

Professor, Information Technology Center, The University of Tokyo

fiscal year

’26’25’24’23’22’21’20’19’18’17’16’15’14’13’12

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Research Area ProjectsDeputy Research SupervisorResearch Supervisor

The purpose of CREST is promoting unique, internationally high-level basic research to address the important problems facing our coun-try and to produce creative, conspicuous, and innovative technology seeds (new technology seeds) based on new scientific knowledge that contributes to scientific and technological innovation that can transform the society and economy. Under the management principles of the Research Area specified by the Research Supervisor, the best teams led by top-level research-ers in our country selected by the Research Supervisor train the young researchers in a team while advancing the progress of research.

● Research Supervisors call for research proposals based on the Research Areas they manage, adopting 10 to 20 research projects in each area. Research Supervisors consider the field of science and technologies and the balance between the science and scientific and technological innovation, which constitute the portfolio of the whole Research Area. For this purpose, we call for proposals several times separately and criteria for accepting proposals are clarified each time in the application requirements. When calling for research proposals, the requirements may include the participation of researchers from industry and/or the fields of culture and social science to advance basic research with a specific goal. Furthermore, the requirements may include the organization of teams from different academic fields for more challenging research projects.

● To achieve Strategic Objectives, a Research Supervisor can flexibly design a Research Area at his/her discretion including specifying the number of the research projects in the Research Area and the size of the budget for each research project and introducing the stage gates during the period of a research as well as some reorganization of a team.

●We will adopt the best teams and Research Directors to maintain a high level of research internationally. In order for top-level researchers to produce results by collaborating with other researchers, we support each research project using a fund typically worth several hundred million yen.

● In order to maximize achievements, our Research Supervisors adopt a flexible management approach by giving instructions on changing, accelerating, or cancelling research projects depending on their progress. We assign about ten Research Area Advisors to support Research Areas by giving advice and performing evaluations in terms of science and technology. In addition, we have experts who can give advice from a legal point of view such as lawyers and experts from industry when needed.

● In each research project, the development of post-doctoral researchers and students in the team is also an important mission as well as the realization of proposals.

As of July 2019

33Research Areas Research Projects

CORE RESEARCH FOREVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE

AND TECHNOLOGYCRESTTeam-type research to produce excellent achievements leading to scienti�c and technological innovation

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Department of Strategic Basic Research・CREST Section +81-3-3512-3531https://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/crest/en/ [email protected]

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Research Framework

Overview

Characteristics

JST

Research Area


〈Research Team〉

Researchers

ResearchDirector

Principal Research Manager, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Emeritus Professor, Osaka University

Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University

Professor, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University


Creation of Innovative Core Technology for Manufactureand Use of Energy Carriers from Renewable Energy

Innovation in Chemical Reactions through Active Control of Electrons and Ions for Production

Koichi EGUCHI

Jun-ichi YOSHIDA

Large-Scale Genome Synthesis and Cell Programming Haruhiko SIOMI Professor, Keio University School of Medicine

Development of Technology Platforms for QuantitativeAnalysis of Spatiotemporal Multicellular Interaction

Michiyuki MATSUDA

Elucidation of Biological Mechanism of Extracellular FineParticles and the Control System

Yoshinobu BABA Professor, School of Engineering, Nagoya University

Development and Application of Optical Technology forSpatiotemporal Control of Biological Functions Ryoichiro KAGEYAMA

Creation of Fundamental Technologies Contribute to theElucidation and Application for the Robustness in Plants against Environmental Changes

Satoshi TABATA

Innovative Technology Platforms for Integrated Single Cell Analysis

Sumio SUGANO

Structural Life Science and Advanced Core Technologiesfor Innovative Life Science Research

Keiji TANAKA Director, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science

Creation of Fundamental Technologies for Understanding and Control of Biosystem Dynamics

Tadashi YAMAMOTO

Revolutional Material Development by Fusion of Strong Experiments with Theory / Data Science

Hideo HOSONO

Creation of Innovative Core Technologies for Nano-EnabledThermal Management

Development and Application of Intelligent Measurement-Analysis Methods through Coalition between MeasurementTechnologies and Informatics

Yoshiyuki AMEMIYA Genshiro KITAGAWA

Creation of an Innovative Quantum Technology PlatformBased on the Advanced Control of Quantum States

Yasuhiko ARAKAWA

Innovative Catalysts and Creation Technologies for theUtilization of Diverse Natural Carbon Resources

Wataru UEDA

Advanced Core Technology for Creation and Practical Utilization of Innovative Properties and Functions Basedupon Optics and Photonics

Ken-ichi KITAYAMA

Development of Atomic or Molecular Two-DimensionalFunctional Films and Creation of FundamentalTechnologies for Their Applications

Atsushi KUROBE

Innovative Nano-electronics through InterdisciplinaryCollaboration among Material, Device and System Layers

Takayasu SAKURAINaoki YOKOYAMA

Creation of Innovative Functional Materials with AdvancedProperties by Hyper-Nano-Space Design

Tohru SETOYAMA

Establishment of Molecular Technology towards the Creation of New Functions

Hisashi YAMAMOTO

Naonori UEDA

Creation and Development of Core Technologies Interfacing Human and Information Environments

Kenji MASE

Modeling Methods allied with Modern Mathematics

Advanced Core Technologies for Big Data Integration

Takashi TSUBOI

Development and Integration of Arti�cial IntelligenceTechnologies for Innovation Acceleration

Creating Information Utilization Platform by Integrating Mathematical and Information Sciences, and Development to Society

Minoru ETOH

Intelligent Information Processing Systems Creating Co-Experience Knowledge and Wisdom with Human-Machine Harmonious Collaboration

Norihiro HAGITA

Advanced Application Technologies to Boost Big DataUtilization for Multiple-Field Scienti�c Discovery andSocial Problem Solving

Masaru KITSUREGAWAEtsuya SHIBAYAMA

Creation of Fundamental Theory and Technology to Establish a CooperativeDistributed Energy Management System and Integration of TechnologiesAcross Broad Disciplines Toward Social Application

Masayuki FUJITA Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology

■Green Innovation ■Life Innovation ■Nanotechnology & Materials ■Information and Communication Technology

President, National Institute of Technology,Suzuka College/Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University

Professor, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University

Director and Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Kazusa DNA Research Institute

Lecturer (part-time), Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

Honorary Professor, Director of Materials ResearchCenter for Element Strategy,Tokyo Institute of Technology

Creation of Core Technology Based on the Topological Materials Science for Innovative Devices

Masahito UEDA Professor, School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Yuzuru TANAKA Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University

President, JASRI（Japan Synchrotron RadiationResearch Institute）

Shigeo MARUYAMA Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Creating Innovative Optics and Photonics Based onCreative Principles

Elucidation of Macroscale Mechanical Properties Based on Understanding Nanoscale Dynamics for Innovative Mechanical Materials

Kohzo ITO Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Satoshi KAWATA Professor Emeritus, Osaka University

Project Professor, Mathematics and InformaticsCenter, The University of Tokyo

Professor, The Graduate School for the Creationof New Photonics Industries

Professor, Department of Material and Life Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University

Specially Appointed Professor, Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics, The University of Tokyo

Chief Fellow, Corporate Research & Development Center, Toshiba Corporation

Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

Honorary Fellow, FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD.

Executive Fellow, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation/Director, Science & Innovasion Center Setoyama Laboratory

Professor, Chubu University / Emeritus professor, University of Chicago

Fellow, NTT Communication Science Laboratories; Deputy Director, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project

Technology for Computing Revolution for Society 5.0 Shuichi SAKAI Professor, Graduate School of Information Science andTechnology, The University of Tokyo

Professor, Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives,Osaka University

Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University

Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mathematical Engineering, Musashino University

Department Chair/Professor, Art & ScienceDepartment, Osaka University of Arts

Director General, National Institute of Informatics / Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo

Professor, Information Technology Center, The University of Tokyo

fiscal year

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Research Area ProjectsDeputy Research SupervisorResearch Supervisor

Individual-type research to develop the sources of scienti�c and technological innovation

The purpose of PRESTO is promoting unique and challenging, internationally high-level basic research to address the important problems facing our country and to produce creative and innovative technology seeds (new technology seeds) based on new scientific knowledge as a source of scientific and technological innovation that can transform society and the economy. For this purpose, under the management principles of the Research Area specified by the Research Supervisor, young researchers selected by the Research Supervisor form a network with researchers inside and outside of the Research Areas to promote challenging and independent research.

● Research Supervisors call for research proposals based on the Research Areas they manage, adopting 30 to 40 research projects in each area. Research Supervisors consider the balance between the science and scientific and technological innovation as they establish networks of researchers with different viewpoints in a Research Area or across Research Areas by accepting a variety of researchers and portfolios. For this purpose, we call for proposals several times separately and criteria for accepting proposals are clarified each time in the application require-ments.

● Approximately 40 million yen has been allocated to support each research project, which is sufficient to enable young researchers to pursue/conduct their independent projects. Moreover, we give support to help young researchers become independent as well as organize the research environment.

●We expect young researchers to not only produce results but also develop themselves as researchers. For this purpose, in PRESTO, Research Supervisors and Research Area Advisors give advice and guidance through area meetings held once or twice a year, and visits to the laborato-ries of PRESTO researchers. Furthermore, we provide a variety of support services to promote research, including exchanges with overseas researchers and opportunities that let young researchers review their research from the viewpoint of science in society depending on necessity.

● In order to maximize achievements, our Research Supervisors adopt a flexible management approach by giving instructions to PRESTO researchers on changing, accelerating, or cancelling research depending on their progress. We assign about ten Research Area Advisors to support Research Areas by giving advice and perform evaluations in terms of science and technology. In addition, we have experts who can give advice from a legal point of view such as lawyers, and other experts from industry when needed.

PRESTO PRECURSORY RESEARCHFOR EMBRYONIC SCIENCE

AND TECHNOLOGY

Department of Strategic Basic Research・PRESTO Section +81-3-3512-3525 https://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/presto/en/ [email protected]

Scienti�c Innovation for Energy Harvesting TechnologyKenji TANIGUCHI Emeritus Professor, Osaka University

Hiroyuki AKINAGA Principal Research Manager, National Institute of AdvancedIndustrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Project Professor, Mathematics and Informatics Center, The University of Tokyo

President, JASRI（Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute）Yoshiyuki AMEMIYAGenshiro KITAGAWA

Research Framework

JST

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Research Area Meeting

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〈Distribution of Position Backgrounds at Application Time〉

Average age at application time in 2018: 35.9 years old (including researchers with limited-term appointments)

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Researcher19.0％

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Lecturer7.9％

Professor0.8％Other

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Yasushi SEKINE Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University

Haruhiko SIOMI Professor, Keio University School of Medicine

Mitsutoshi SETOU

Yoshinori SHICHIDA

Kiyotaka OKADA Fellow, Ryukoku Extension Center (REC), Ryukoku University

Itaru HAMACHI Professor, Graduate School of Engineering,Kyoto University

Shuichi MURAKAMI Professor, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Koichiro TANAKA Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

Takayuki KITAMURA Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University

Kohei ITOH Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University

Hiroshi KITAGAWA

Ken-ichi UEDA Professor Emeritus, The University of Electro-Communications

Koji INOUE

Sadao KUROHASHI Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University

Takashi SAKAJO Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

Shinji TSUNEYUKI Professor, School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Seishi NINOMIYA

Hiroshi KOKUBU Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

Hiroto YASUURA

As of July 2019■Green Innovation ■Life Innovation ■Nanotechnology & Materials ■Information and Communication Technology

27Research Areas Research Projects 548

Controlled Reaction by Electrons or Ions

Large-Scale Genome Synthesis and Cell Programming

Yoshiko TAKAHASHI Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto UniversityDynamics of Cellular Interactions in Multicellular System

Akihiko NAKANO Deputy Director, RIKEN Center for Advanced PhotonicsFunction and Control of Fine Particles in a Living Body

Creation of Life Science Basis byUsing Quantum Technology

Optical Control of Biological Functions for theElucidation of Biological Systems

Creation of Next-Generation Fundamental Technologies forthe Control of Biological Phenomena in Field-Grown Plants

Innovative Technology Platforms for IntegratedSingle Cell Analysis

Creating State-of-the-Art Science by Innovative Opticsand Photonics

Akihisa TOMITATechnological Foundation of Advanced QuantumComputing and Information Processing

Katsunori HANAMURA Professor, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Nanoengineering on Mechanical Functions of Materials

Thermal Science and Control ofSpectral Energy Transport

Quantum State Control and Functionalization

Topological Materials Science for Creation of Innovative Functions

Fully-controlled Photons and Their Proactive Usage forNew Era Creation (FRONTIER)

Science and Creation of Innovative Catalysts

Future Led by IoT

The Future of Humans and Interactions

Elucidating Mathematical Structures in Real/Virtual World Objects and Their Utilization

Advanced Materials Informatics through ComprehensiveIntegration among Theoretical, Experimental,Computational and Data-Centric Sciences

Fundamental Information Technologies toward InnovativeSocial System Design

Development and Application of Intelligent Measurement-Analysis Methods through Coalition between Measurement Technologies and Informatics

Innovational Technical Basis for Cultivation in Cooperationwith Information Science

Collaborative Mathematics for Real World Issues

Design of Information Infrastructure TechnologiesHarmonized with Societies

Director of the center, International Mass Imaging Center

Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University

Visiting Professor, Research Organization of Science andTechnology, Ritsumeikan UniversityProfessor Emeritus, Kyoto University

Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University

Hideyuki TOKUDA President, National Institute of Information and CommunicationsTechnology

Professor, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

Jun REKIMOTO

Pioneering Research on Computing Frontiers

Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of TokyoDeputy Director, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.

Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Executive Vice President / Professor, Graduate School of Science,Kyushu University

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Deputy Research Supervisor ’24’23’22’21’20’19’18’17’16’15’14

Individual-type research to develop the sources of scienti�c and technological innovation

The purpose of PRESTO is promoting unique and challenging, internationally high-level basic research to address the important problems facing our country and to produce creative and innovative technology seeds (new technology seeds) based on new scientific knowledge as a source of scientific and technological innovation that can transform society and the economy. For this purpose, under the management principles of the Research Area specified by the Research Supervisor, young researchers selected by the Research Supervisor form a network with researchers inside and outside of the Research Areas to promote challenging and independent research.

● Research Supervisors call for research proposals based on the Research Areas they manage, adopting 30 to 40 research projects in each area. Research Supervisors consider the balance between the science and scientific and technological innovation as they establish networks of researchers with different viewpoints in a Research Area or across Research Areas by accepting a variety of researchers and portfolios. For this purpose, we call for proposals several times separately and criteria for accepting proposals are clarified each time in the application require-ments.

● Approximately 40 million yen has been allocated to support each research project, which is sufficient to enable young researchers to pursue/conduct their independent projects. Moreover, we give support to help young researchers become independent as well as organize the research environment.

●We expect young researchers to not only produce results but also develop themselves as researchers. For this purpose, in PRESTO, Research Supervisors and Research Area Advisors give advice and guidance through area meetings held once or twice a year, and visits to the laborato-ries of PRESTO researchers. Furthermore, we provide a variety of support services to promote research, including exchanges with overseas researchers and opportunities that let young researchers review their research from the viewpoint of science in society depending on necessity.

● In order to maximize achievements, our Research Supervisors adopt a flexible management approach by giving instructions to PRESTO researchers on changing, accelerating, or cancelling research depending on their progress. We assign about ten Research Area Advisors to support Research Areas by giving advice and perform evaluations in terms of science and technology. In addition, we have experts who can give advice from a legal point of view such as lawyers, and other experts from industry when needed.

PRESTO PRECURSORY RESEARCHFOR EMBRYONIC SCIENCE

AND TECHNOLOGY

Department of Strategic Basic Research・PRESTO Section +81-3-3512-3525 https://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/presto/en/ [email protected]

Scienti�c Innovation for Energy Harvesting TechnologyKenji TANIGUCHI Emeritus Professor, Osaka University

Hiroyuki AKINAGA Principal Research Manager, National Institute of AdvancedIndustrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Project Professor, Mathematics and Informatics Center, The University of Tokyo

President, JASRI（Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute）Yoshiyuki AMEMIYAGenshiro KITAGAWA

Research Framework

JST

Researcher


Research Area


〈Distribution of Position Backgrounds at Application Time〉

Average age at application time in 2018: 35.9 years old (including researchers with limited-term appointments)

Research associate,assistant professor

29.4％

Associate professor 37.3％

Researcher19.0％

Researcher19.0％

Lecturer7.9％

Professor0.8％Other

5.6％

ResearchSupervisor


StrategicObjectives


Yasushi SEKINE Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University

Haruhiko SIOMI Professor, Keio University School of Medicine

Mitsutoshi SETOU

Yoshinori SHICHIDA

Kiyotaka OKADA Fellow, Ryukoku Extension Center (REC), Ryukoku University

Itaru HAMACHI Professor, Graduate School of Engineering,Kyoto University

Shuichi MURAKAMI Professor, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Koichiro TANAKA Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

Takayuki KITAMURA Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University

Kohei ITOH Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University

Hiroshi KITAGAWA

Ken-ichi UEDA Professor Emeritus, The University of Electro-Communications

Koji INOUE

Sadao KUROHASHI Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University

Takashi SAKAJO Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

Shinji TSUNEYUKI Professor, School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Seishi NINOMIYA

Hiroshi KOKUBU Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

Hiroto YASUURA

As of July 2019■Green Innovation ■Life Innovation ■Nanotechnology & Materials ■Information and Communication Technology

27Research Areas Research Projects 548

Controlled Reaction by Electrons or Ions

Large-Scale Genome Synthesis and Cell Programming

Yoshiko TAKAHASHI Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto UniversityDynamics of Cellular Interactions in Multicellular System

Akihiko NAKANO Deputy Director, RIKEN Center for Advanced PhotonicsFunction and Control of Fine Particles in a Living Body

Creation of Life Science Basis byUsing Quantum Technology

Optical Control of Biological Functions for theElucidation of Biological Systems

Creation of Next-Generation Fundamental Technologies forthe Control of Biological Phenomena in Field-Grown Plants

Innovative Technology Platforms for IntegratedSingle Cell Analysis

Creating State-of-the-Art Science by Innovative Opticsand Photonics

Akihisa TOMITATechnological Foundation of Advanced QuantumComputing and Information Processing

Katsunori HANAMURA Professor, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Nanoengineering on Mechanical Functions of Materials

Thermal Science and Control ofSpectral Energy Transport

Quantum State Control and Functionalization

Topological Materials Science for Creation of Innovative Functions

Fully-controlled Photons and Their Proactive Usage forNew Era Creation (FRONTIER)

Science and Creation of Innovative Catalysts

Future Led by IoT

The Future of Humans and Interactions

Elucidating Mathematical Structures in Real/Virtual World Objects and Their Utilization

Advanced Materials Informatics through ComprehensiveIntegration among Theoretical, Experimental,Computational and Data-Centric Sciences

Fundamental Information Technologies toward InnovativeSocial System Design

Development and Application of Intelligent Measurement-Analysis Methods through Coalition between Measurement Technologies and Informatics

Innovational Technical Basis for Cultivation in Cooperationwith Information Science

Collaborative Mathematics for Real World Issues

Design of Information Infrastructure TechnologiesHarmonized with Societies

Director of the center, International Mass Imaging Center

Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University

Visiting Professor, Research Organization of Science andTechnology, Ritsumeikan UniversityProfessor Emeritus, Kyoto University

Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University

Hideyuki TOKUDA President, National Institute of Information and CommunicationsTechnology

Professor, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

Jun REKIMOTO

Pioneering Research on Computing Frontiers

Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of TokyoDeputy Director, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.

Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Executive Vice President / Professor, Graduate School of Science,Kyushu University

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Overview

Characteristics

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ProjectsReseach Areafiscal yearResearch Supervisor

Deputy Research Supervisor ’24’23’22’21’20’19’18’17’16’15’14

Individual-type research that supports "the establishment of an individual,"i.e., young researchers with unique and challenging ideas

The purpose of ACT-I is finding and developing superior young researchers to address important problems facing our country. Under the management principles of the Research Area defined by the Research Supervisor, we find researchers who have challenging ideas and support their researches aimed at creating new values that lead to scientific and techno-logical innovation. With advice and guidance from the Research Supervisor and Research Area Advisors, young research-ers advance based on their unique ideas. As they communicate with researchers from different fields inside or outside of the Research Area, young researchers attempt to establish individualities as researchers while forming a network of researchers.

ACT-I

Department of Strategic Basic Research . ACT-I Section +81-3-3512-3526https://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/act-i/en/ act-i＠jst.go.jp

Overview

ADVANCED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

FOR INNOVATION

● ACT-I tries to find out and foster creative young researchers who are willing to provide solutions, through innovative imagination, for various challenges that people are facing today or will face tomorrow, and to establish individuality of researchers. This solici-tation is limited to people who are under the age of 35 on April 1 in the year of application. We are also looking forward to excit-ing proposals from graduate students and younger researchers affiliated to companies.

● About 3 mill ion yen has been allocated to support each research project, which is sufficient toenable young researchers to pursue their independent research projects.

● ACT-I researchers take responsibility for advancing research projects which he or she has proposed within a Research Area led by a Research Supervisor. In advancing the research project, the researcher can gain various types of advice and guidance from the Research Supervisor and Research Area Advisors in Research Area Meetings (Meeting for research report presentation), and in addition, researchers will be strongly supported with Advisor Assignment System.

● Research Area meetings are held twice yearly, researchers can interact with their Research Supervisor, Area Advisors, and researchers working in other fields of the same Research Area, and form networks that will continue beyond the end of their par-ticipation in the ACT-I program.

● After a regular research period, research subjects that can be expected to achieve even greater results will be eligible for a research extension up to 10 million yen per year for up to two years as the acceleration phase.

Characteristics

Research Framework

Researcher


Research Area


StrategicObjectives

JSTResearchSupervisor


July 2019

First YearResearchTerm ProjectsResearch Area Research Supervisor


FY20162016-2021

90Information and Future Masataka GOTOPrime Senior ResearcherNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

2020-2021:Acceleration Phase only( )

Distribution of Position Backgrounds at Application TimeAverage age at application time in 2018: 28.7 years old

Research associate,Assistant professor

27％

Researcher27％

Graduateschool

student 43％

Associate professor 3％


The purpose of ACT-X is finding and developing superior young researchers to address important problems facing our country. Under the management principles of the Research Area defined by the Research Supervisor, we find researchers who have challenging ideas. We give aid to research aimed at creating new values that lead to scientific and technological innovation. With advice and guidance from the Research Supervisor and Research Area Advisor, young researchers advance based on their unique ideas. As they communicate with researchers from different fields inside or outside the Research Area, young researchers attempt to establish themselves as researchers while forming a network of researchers.

ACT-X

Department of Strategic Basic Research . ACT-X Section +81-3-6380-9130https://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/act-x/en act-x＠jst.go.jp

Overview

●We support young researchers (including graduate school students) who have had their doctorate for less than 8 years (or researchers who are bachelor's degree holders for less than 13 years; excluding periods of maternity leave and parental leave.

● Research Supervisors call for research proposals based on the Research Areas they manage, adopting 60 to 90 research proj-ects in each area. We consider the balance between science and technology fields when accepting a variety of researchers. Thus, we give them support by forming networks of researchers with different viewpoints in a Research Area or across Research Areas. For this purpose, we call for proposals several times separately. Our criteria for accepting proposals are clarified each time in the application requirements.

● Several million yen has been allocated to support each research project, which is sufficient to enable young researchers to begin working on their unique and challenging ideas, and pursue their independent research projects.

● In order to maximize achievements, our Research Supervisors adopt a flexible management approach by giving instructions to ACT-X researchers on changing, accelerating, or cancell ing research depending on their progress. We assign about ten Research Area Advisors to support Research Areas. We also have experts who give advice and perform evaluations in terms of science and technology. In addition, we have experts from industry who can give advice from a variety of viewpoints. To help young researchers establish themselves as independent entities, we assign each ACT-X researcher to a Research Area advisor who also plays the role of a mentor. Furthermore, Research Supervisors and Research Area Advisors give advice and guidance through area meetings held once or twice a year, and by visiting the laboratories of ACT-X researchers.

※ACT-X is a program where we expand the target areas based on the achievements of ACT-I, which was tentatively intro-duced for young researchers in the ICT fiels.

Characteristics

Research Framework

Researcher


Research Area


StrategicObjectives





FY20192019-2024

ーLife and Chemistry Mikiko SODEOKA Chief Scientist, Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN FY2024:Acceleration Phase only( )2019-2024FY2024:Acceleration Phase only( )

July 2019

FY2019 ーFrontier of mathematicsand information science Kenichi KAWARABAYASHI

Deputy Director, National Institute of Informatics/Professor,Principles of Informatics ResearchDivision,National Institute of Informatics

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The purpose of ACT-I is finding and developing superior young researchers to address important problems facing our country. Under the management principles of the Research Area defined by the Research Supervisor, we find researchers who have challenging ideas and support their researches aimed at creating new values that lead to scientific and techno-logical innovation. With advice and guidance from the Research Supervisor and Research Area Advisors, young research-ers advance based on their unique ideas. As they communicate with researchers from different fields inside or outside of the Research Area, young researchers attempt to establish individualities as researchers while forming a network of researchers.

ACT-I

Department of Strategic Basic Research . ACT-I Section +81-3-3512-3526https://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/act-i/en/ act-i＠jst.go.jp

Overview

ADVANCED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

FOR INNOVATION

● ACT-I tries to find out and foster creative young researchers who are willing to provide solutions, through innovative imagination, for various challenges that people are facing today or will face tomorrow, and to establish individuality of researchers. This solici-tation is limited to people who are under the age of 35 on April 1 in the year of application. We are also looking forward to excit-ing proposals from graduate students and younger researchers affiliated to companies.

● About 3 mill ion yen has been allocated to support each research project, which is sufficient toenable young researchers to pursue their independent research projects.

● ACT-I researchers take responsibility for advancing research projects which he or she has proposed within a Research Area led by a Research Supervisor. In advancing the research project, the researcher can gain various types of advice and guidance from the Research Supervisor and Research Area Advisors in Research Area Meetings (Meeting for research report presentation), and in addition, researchers will be strongly supported with Advisor Assignment System.

● Research Area meetings are held twice yearly, researchers can interact with their Research Supervisor, Area Advisors, and researchers working in other fields of the same Research Area, and form networks that will continue beyond the end of their par-ticipation in the ACT-I program.

● After a regular research period, research subjects that can be expected to achieve even greater results will be eligible for a research extension up to 10 million yen per year for up to two years as the acceleration phase.

Characteristics

Research Framework

Researcher


Research Area


StrategicObjectives



July 2019



FY20162016-2021

90Information and Future Masataka GOTOPrime Senior ResearcherNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

2020-2021:Acceleration Phase only( )

Distribution of Position Backgrounds at Application TimeAverage age at application time in 2018: 28.7 years old

Research associate,Assistant professor

27％

Researcher27％

Graduateschool

student 43％

Associate professor 3％


The purpose of ACT-X is finding and developing superior young researchers to address important problems facing our country. Under the management principles of the Research Area defined by the Research Supervisor, we find researchers who have challenging ideas. We give aid to research aimed at creating new values that lead to scientific and technological innovation. With advice and guidance from the Research Supervisor and Research Area Advisor, young researchers advance based on their unique ideas. As they communicate with researchers from different fields inside or outside the Research Area, young researchers attempt to establish themselves as researchers while forming a network of researchers.

ACT-X

Department of Strategic Basic Research . ACT-X Section +81-3-6380-9130https://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/act-x/en act-x＠jst.go.jp

Overview

●We support young researchers (including graduate school students) who have had their doctorate for less than 8 years (or researchers who are bachelor's degree holders for less than 13 years; excluding periods of maternity leave and parental leave.

● Research Supervisors call for research proposals based on the Research Areas they manage, adopting 60 to 90 research proj-ects in each area. We consider the balance between science and technology fields when accepting a variety of researchers. Thus, we give them support by forming networks of researchers with different viewpoints in a Research Area or across Research Areas. For this purpose, we call for proposals several times separately. Our criteria for accepting proposals are clarified each time in the application requirements.

● Several million yen has been allocated to support each research project, which is sufficient to enable young researchers to begin working on their unique and challenging ideas, and pursue their independent research projects.

● In order to maximize achievements, our Research Supervisors adopt a flexible management approach by giving instructions to ACT-X researchers on changing, accelerating, or cancell ing research depending on their progress. We assign about ten Research Area Advisors to support Research Areas. We also have experts who give advice and perform evaluations in terms of science and technology. In addition, we have experts from industry who can give advice from a variety of viewpoints. To help young researchers establish themselves as independent entities, we assign each ACT-X researcher to a Research Area advisor who also plays the role of a mentor. Furthermore, Research Supervisors and Research Area Advisors give advice and guidance through area meetings held once or twice a year, and by visiting the laboratories of ACT-X researchers.

※ACT-X is a program where we expand the target areas based on the achievements of ACT-I, which was tentatively intro-duced for young researchers in the ICT fiels.

Characteristics

Research Framework

Researcher


Research Area


StrategicObjectives





FY20192019-2024

ーLife and Chemistry Mikiko SODEOKA Chief Scientist, Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN FY2024:Acceleration Phase only( )2019-2024FY2024:Acceleration Phase only( )

July 2019

FY2019 ーFrontier of mathematicsand information science Kenichi KAWARABAYASHI

Deputy Director, National Institute of Informatics/Professor,Principles of Informatics ResearchDivision,National Institute of Informatics

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Large-scale group research led by excellent leaders toward creating new tides of scienceand technology

Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) is a research funding program with a long history, first launched in 1981. The program aims to promote challenging basic research through the integration of different fields across existing research areas and/or on new approaches with a large amount of research funds, and thus promote the formation of the new tides of science and technology that lead to scientific and technological innovation in the future and contribute to the accomplishment of Strategic Objectives. For this purpose, there are characteristics that enable Research Directors, as the managers in all aspects, to design Research Areas (projects) based on unique concepts and organize three to four research groups comprising different fields and/or functions by gathering researchers with different specialties and/or research projects to develop new fields.

EXPLORATORY RESEARCHFOR ADVANCED

TECHNOLOGY

Department of Research Project +81-3-3512-3528https://www.jst.go.jp/erato/en/ [email protected]

Research Framework

Overview

Characteristics

ERATO

Research ProjectEstablish new research bases

Project HeadquartersA virtual office established cooperatively by

a research institute and JSTResearchGroups

Industry

Government

Flexible support by the Collaboration Framework

Promoting and supporting research activities for the ERATO project

Application for intellectualproperty rights

ResearchDirector

Academia

Overseas

JSTResearchInstitutes

Encounters with researchers from various �elds

Brought together in an ERATO project for a limited time

Design of research plansSupport technology transfer of research resultsOutreach activities, etc.

Planning and holdingof symposiums

Management of publications, etc.

Professor, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, The University of Tokyo

Director, The Thomas N. Sato BioMEC-X Laboratories, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)

Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

Professor, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Professor, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University

Professor and Director, Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research, Kyushu University

Professor, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University / Director, WPI-ITbM, Nagoya University

Professor, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications


Associate Professor, Information Systems Architecture Science Research Division, National Institute of Informatics

Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University / Director (visiting), Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories, ATR

As of April 2019

Yuji IKEGAYA

Itaru HAMACHI Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University

Noboru MIZUSHIMA Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo

Keiji NUMATA Team Leader, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science

Nobuhiko NOMURA

Thomas N. SATO

Yasunobu NAKAMURA

Kimihisa YAMAMOTO

Eiji SAITOH Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Atsushi MOMOSE

Chihaya ADACHI

Hiroyuki ISOBE Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo

Kenichiro ITAMI

Kaoru MINOSHIMA

Masahiko INAMI

Ichiro HASUO

Yoshihiro KAWAHARA Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Hiroshi ISHIGURO

IKEGAYA Brain-AI Hybrid

MIZUSHIMA Intracellular Degradation

NUMATA Organellar Reaction Cluster

NOMURA Microbial Community Control

SATO Live Bio-Forecasting

NAKAMURA Macroscopic Quantum Machines

YAMAMOTO Atom Hybrid

SAITOH Spin Quantum Recti�cation

MOMOSE Quantum Beam Phase Imaging

ADACHI Molecular Exciton Engineering

ISOBE Degenerate π-Integration

ITAMI Molecular Nanocarbon

MINOSHIMA Intelligent Optical Synthesizer

INAMI JIZAI Body

HASUO Metamathematics for Systems Design

KAWAHARA Universal Information Network

ISHIGURO Symbiotic Human-Robot Interaction

■Life Innovation ■Nanotechnology & Materials ■Information and Communication Technology Special Extension Period

● ERATO is a research system with "human" cores, in which the uniqueness and leadership of Research Directors are significant, while the young researchers involved are encouraged to exercise a certain amount of discretion.

● The Research Directors design Research Areas (projects) based on unique concepts and deal with the development of new fields.

● The efforts to bring together excellent researchers from various fields, backgrounds, organizations, and nationalities are signifi-cant. Each project establishes three to four research groups in different fields and/or functions with the Research Director at the core. The projects contribute not only to the development of new fields but also to the development of young researchers. Those who participated in the past projects are active in various fields.

● JST, in cooperation with the organizations to which the Research Directors belong, along with its dedicated staff, support the establishment of new research organizations and the management of research bases that are independent from existing organi-zations.

● ERATO allows a flexible management approach toward research projects, enabling changing budgets and plans depending on the progress of research.

HAMACHI Innovative Molecular Technologyfor Neuroscience

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18Research ProjectsOn-going Research Projects

Project Name Research DirectorResearch Term

’23’22’21’20’19’18’17’16’15’14’13

Large-scale group research led by excellent leaders toward creating new tides of scienceand technology

Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) is a research funding program with a long history, first launched in 1981. The program aims to promote challenging basic research through the integration of different fields across existing research areas and/or on new approaches with a large amount of research funds, and thus promote the formation of the new tides of science and technology that lead to scientific and technological innovation in the future and contribute to the accomplishment of Strategic Objectives. For this purpose, there are characteristics that enable Research Directors, as the managers in all aspects, to design Research Areas (projects) based on unique concepts and organize three to four research groups comprising different fields and/or functions by gathering researchers with different specialties and/or research projects to develop new fields.

EXPLORATORY RESEARCHFOR ADVANCED

TECHNOLOGY

Department of Research Project +81-3-3512-3528https://www.jst.go.jp/erato/en/ [email protected]

Research Framework

Overview

Characteristics

ERATO

Research ProjectEstablish new research bases

Project HeadquartersA virtual office established cooperatively by

a research institute and JSTResearchGroups

Industry

Government

Flexible support by the Collaboration Framework

Promoting and supporting research activities for the ERATO project

Application for intellectualproperty rights

ResearchDirector

Academia

Overseas

JSTResearchInstitutes

Encounters with researchers from various �elds

Brought together in an ERATO project for a limited time

Design of research plansSupport technology transfer of research resultsOutreach activities, etc.

Planning and holdingof symposiums

Management of publications, etc.

Professor, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, The University of Tokyo

Director, The Thomas N. Sato BioMEC-X Laboratories, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)


Professor, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Professor, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University

Professor and Director, Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research, Kyushu University

Professor, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University / Director, WPI-ITbM, Nagoya University

Professor, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications


Associate Professor, Information Systems Architecture Science Research Division, National Institute of Informatics

Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University / Director (visiting), Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories, ATR

As of April 2019

Yuji IKEGAYA

Itaru HAMACHI Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University

Noboru MIZUSHIMA Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo

Keiji NUMATA Team Leader, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science

Nobuhiko NOMURA

Thomas N. SATO

Yasunobu NAKAMURA

Kimihisa YAMAMOTO

Eiji SAITOH Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Atsushi MOMOSE

Chihaya ADACHI

Hiroyuki ISOBE Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo

Kenichiro ITAMI

Kaoru MINOSHIMA

Masahiko INAMI

Ichiro HASUO

Yoshihiro KAWAHARA Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Hiroshi ISHIGURO

IKEGAYA Brain-AI Hybrid

MIZUSHIMA Intracellular Degradation

NUMATA Organellar Reaction Cluster

NOMURA Microbial Community Control

SATO Live Bio-Forecasting

NAKAMURA Macroscopic Quantum Machines

YAMAMOTO Atom Hybrid

SAITOH Spin Quantum Recti�cation

MOMOSE Quantum Beam Phase Imaging

ADACHI Molecular Exciton Engineering

ISOBE Degenerate π-Integration

ITAMI Molecular Nanocarbon

MINOSHIMA Intelligent Optical Synthesizer

INAMI JIZAI Body

HASUO Metamathematics for Systems Design

KAWAHARA Universal Information Network

ISHIGURO Symbiotic Human-Robot Interaction

■Life Innovation ■Nanotechnology & Materials ■Information and Communication Technology Special Extension Period

● ERATO is a research system with "human" cores, in which the uniqueness and leadership of Research Directors are significant, while the young researchers involved are encouraged to exercise a certain amount of discretion.

● The Research Directors design Research Areas (projects) based on unique concepts and deal with the development of new fields.

● The efforts to bring together excellent researchers from various fields, backgrounds, organizations, and nationalities are signifi-cant. Each project establishes three to four research groups in different fields and/or functions with the Research Director at the core. The projects contribute not only to the development of new fields but also to the development of young researchers. Those who participated in the past projects are active in various fields.

● JST, in cooperation with the organizations to which the Research Directors belong, along with its dedicated staff, support the establishment of new research organizations and the management of research bases that are independent from existing organi-zations.

● ERATO allows a flexible management approach toward research projects, enabling changing budgets and plans depending on the progress of research.

HAMACHI Innovative Molecular Technologyfor Neuroscience

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18Research ProjectsOn-going Research Projects

Project Name Research DirectorResearch Term

’23’22’21’20’19’18’17’16’15’14’13

KazuhitoHASHIMOTOPresident, NIMS

Program Director

A low carbon society can be created by implementing ALCA game-changing technologies.

ALCA is aiming at creating a low carbon society by the development of game-changing technologies limiting the CO2 gen-eration through energy creation, storage and carbon neutral initiatives and reducing the CO2 emissions through energy efficient technologies.

ADVANCED LOW CARBONTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

● Identifying and promoting the game-changing R&D subjects

● Diversifying with the small-starts funds and prioritizing with the stage-gate evaluation

● Shifting to the enabling technology phase toward the efficient collaboration among the industry, university, and government

● Having the common R&D goal and integrating the technologies toward the creation of the low carbon technology

ALCA

Department of R&D for future creation +81-3-3512-3543https://www.jst.go.jp/alca/en/ [email protected]

Overview

Characteristics

Advance Work on R&D Projects and Provide Overall Project Management

Layered Strucure of ALCA Technology Areas

Program Director (PD) Program Officer (PO)

*SC: Superconducting

Enabling Technology ProjectE1

E2

E3

E4

E5

E6E5

E8

E9

E10E11

E12

T1

T2

Next Generation Batteries

White Biotechnology

Top Down Proposal Technology Area

G1

G2

G3

G4

G5

G6

G7

Solar Cell and Solar Energy Systems

Superconducting Systems

Electric Storage Devices

Ultra Heat-Resistant Materials andHigh Quality Recyclable SteelBiotechnology

Innovative Energy-Saving and Energy-Producing Chemical Processes

Innovative Energy-Saving and Energy-Producing Systems and Devices

Game-Changing Technology Area

High-Quality and Large-Diameter GaN Wafer

Superconducting Electric Power Equipment using Liquid Hydrogen Cooling

New Heat Resistant Materials for Low CO2 Emission TypeNext-Generation Thermal Electric Power Generation

Development of Advanced Industrial Electricity Equipmentfor High-Ef�ciency Energy Equipment Systems

Innovative Light-Weight Materials for the Forward Energy-Saving Society

Next-Generation Smart Community

Highly Ef�cient Production Process for Biomass-Based Chemicals and PolymersProduction of Effective Biomass Materials with Bioresource Technology

Waste-heat Recovery Technology

Photon Management and Optical Engineering

Development of Highly Ef�cient Carbon-Circulation Chemical System

Technology development of high ef�cient bio production by innovativecell control method and breeding method

Start with small funds in the earlier stage Prioritizing on the basis of the stage gate evaluation

Fifth Year

Stage GateEvaluation


Stage GateEvaluationSelection

Small Start

Stage Gate Evaluation in ALCA

Integration

Program Of�cer(PO)

Atsuhiro OSUKAProfessor, Kyoto University

Hiroyuki OHSAKIProfessor, The University of Tokyo

Kohmei HALADAEmeritus Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science

Yoshiharu DOIProfessor Emeritus,Tokyo Institute of Technology

Shigehito DEKIProfessor Emeritus, Kobe University

Kohei UOSAKIFellow, National Institute for Materials Science

G1 T1・G3

Takashi TATSUMIPresident, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation

E11・G6

E5

E2・E8・G2

T2・E6

E7・E12・G5Akihiko KONDOProfessor, Kobe University

Kenji TANIGUCHI Specially Appointed Professor, Osaka University

E1・E9・E10・G7

E3・E4・G4

Reducing CO2

Emissions

Low Carbon Society

Energy Storage

Next Gen.Battery

Electric StorageDevices

WhiteBiotech.

Carbon Neutral

Effective BiomassMaterials with

Bioresource Tech.

Biotech.

Biomass-BasedChemicals

and Polymers

Development ofHighly Ef�cient Carbon-

Circulation Chemical System

Technology developmentof high ef�cient bio production

by innovative cell controlmethod and breeding method

ChemicalProcesses

Energy Generation

Solar Cell and SolarEnergy Systems

Waste-HeatRecovery Technology

High-Quality and Large-Diameter GaN Wafers

Systemsand Devices

Energy Saving

Light-WeightMaterials

Ultra Heat-ResistantMaterials

Heat Resistant Materials forNext-Gen. Thermal Power Plants

SC* Systems

Development of Advanced IndustrialElectricity Equipment forHigh-Ef�ciency Energy Equipment Systems

SC* Electric Power Equipmentusing Liq.H2 CoolingNext-Generation

Smart Community

Photonmanagement and

optical engineering

Limiting CO2

Generation

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KazuhitoHASHIMOTOPresident, NIMS

Program Director

A low carbon society can be created by implementing ALCA game-changing technologies.

ALCA is aiming at creating a low carbon society by the development of game-changing technologies limiting the CO2 gen-eration through energy creation, storage and carbon neutral initiatives and reducing the CO2 emissions through energy efficient technologies.

ADVANCED LOW CARBONTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

● Identifying and promoting the game-changing R&D subjects

● Diversifying with the small-starts funds and prioritizing with the stage-gate evaluation

● Shifting to the enabling technology phase toward the efficient collaboration among the industry, university, and government

● Having the common R&D goal and integrating the technologies toward the creation of the low carbon technology

ALCA

Department of R&D for future creation +81-3-3512-3543https://www.jst.go.jp/alca/en/ [email protected]

Overview

Characteristics

Advance Work on R&D Projects and Provide Overall Project Management

Layered Strucure of ALCA Technology Areas

Program Director (PD) Program Officer (PO)

*SC: Superconducting

Enabling Technology ProjectE1

E2

E3

E4

E5

E6E5

E8

E9

E10E11

E12

T1

T2

Next Generation Batteries

White Biotechnology

Top Down Proposal Technology Area

G1

G2

G3

G4

G5

G6

G7

Solar Cell and Solar Energy Systems

Superconducting Systems

Electric Storage Devices

Ultra Heat-Resistant Materials andHigh Quality Recyclable SteelBiotechnology

Innovative Energy-Saving and Energy-Producing Chemical Processes

Innovative Energy-Saving and Energy-Producing Systems and Devices

Game-Changing Technology Area

High-Quality and Large-Diameter GaN Wafer

Superconducting Electric Power Equipment using Liquid Hydrogen Cooling

New Heat Resistant Materials for Low CO2 Emission TypeNext-Generation Thermal Electric Power Generation

Development of Advanced Industrial Electricity Equipmentfor High-Ef�ciency Energy Equipment Systems

Innovative Light-Weight Materials for the Forward Energy-Saving Society

Next-Generation Smart Community

Highly Ef�cient Production Process for Biomass-Based Chemicals and PolymersProduction of Effective Biomass Materials with Bioresource Technology

Waste-heat Recovery Technology

Photon Management and Optical Engineering

Development of Highly Ef�cient Carbon-Circulation Chemical System

Technology development of high ef�cient bio production by innovativecell control method and breeding method

Start with small funds in the earlier stage Prioritizing on the basis of the stage gate evaluation

Fifth Year



Stage GateEvaluationSelection

Small Start

Stage Gate Evaluation in ALCA

Integration

Program Of�cer(PO)

Atsuhiro OSUKAProfessor, Kyoto University

Hiroyuki OHSAKIProfessor, The University of Tokyo

Kohmei HALADAEmeritus Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science

Yoshiharu DOIProfessor Emeritus,Tokyo Institute of Technology

Shigehito DEKIProfessor Emeritus, Kobe University

Kohei UOSAKIFellow, National Institute for Materials Science

G1 T1・G3

Takashi TATSUMIPresident, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation

E11・G6

E5

E2・E8・G2

T2・E6

E7・E12・G5Akihiko KONDOProfessor, Kobe University

Kenji TANIGUCHI Specially Appointed Professor, Osaka University

E1・E9・E10・G7

E3・E4・G4

Reducing CO2

Emissions

Low Carbon Society

Energy Storage

Next Gen.Battery

Electric StorageDevices

WhiteBiotech.

Carbon Neutral

Effective BiomassMaterials with

Bioresource Tech.

Biotech.

Biomass-BasedChemicals

and Polymers

Development ofHighly Ef�cient Carbon-

Circulation Chemical System

Technology developmentof high ef�cient bio production

by innovative cell controlmethod and breeding method

ChemicalProcesses

Energy Generation

Solar Cell and SolarEnergy Systems

Waste-HeatRecovery Technology

High-Quality and Large-Diameter GaN Wafers

Systemsand Devices

Energy Saving

Light-WeightMaterials

Ultra Heat-ResistantMaterials

Heat Resistant Materials forNext-Gen. Thermal Power Plants

SC* Systems

Development of Advanced IndustrialElectricity Equipment forHigh-Ef�ciency Energy Equipment Systems

SC* Electric Power Equipmentusing Liq.H2 CoolingNext-Generation

Smart Community

Photonmanagement and

optical engineering

Limiting CO2

Generation

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This program aims to develop methods to promote evidence-based policy formation in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation policy.

This program promotes utilizing and deploying the R&D results obtained through governmental or other public R&D funding. In this way, the program supports initiatives (implementation activities) that solve specific problems in society.

This program aims to contribute for achieving the SDGs through creating solutions to the social issues in a co-creative manner involving multi stakeholders from various sectors using scientific methodology based on natural sciences, social sciences and humanities.

RISTEXDesigning a Sustainable Society through Intergenerational Co-creation

RESEARCH INSTITUTE OFSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FOR SOCIETY

As an organization which promotes transdisciplinary research, RISTEX also takes a part in Future Earth, an international framework for addressing global environmental problems.

RISTEX aims to produce practical wisdom and methods which will lead to solutions to the social problems through Trans-disciplinary researches, which is carried out by researchers from various fields, practitioners, and other stakeholders. In addition to the R&D projects, RISTEX runs programs to support implementation and outspread of the R&D results into society.

●Promoting R&DTo achieve the objectives for each R&D Focus Area, each Program Supervisor cooperates with the Program Advisors to solicit and select R&D project proposals and promote R&D with strong leadership and management.

● Identifying Social Problems to Address and Establishing R&D Focus AreasSocial problems are researched and analyzed, and R&D Focus Areas for which R&D activities can be expected to produce concrete results thought to have social and public significance are established.

●Supporting the Implementation of “Science and Technology for Society” R&D ResultsTo give value back to society, RISTEX supports initiatives aiming to implement R&D results that will contribute to the resolution of social prob-lems.

●Establishing the Foundation for Cooperation and Coordination for Solving Social ProblemsRISTEX connects various people working to solve social problems and builds human networks to construct a collaborative foundation for iden-tifying and solving problems.

This R&D focus area a ims to des ign susta inable society through intergenerational co-creation. We will promote practical R&D by holistic approach from citizen viewpoint aiming to create versati le values of environmental, social and economic sustainability.

Solicit and Select R&D Project Proposals

Program SupervisorPerson Responsible for Area Management

Program AdvisorsSpecialist advising the

Program Supervisor

R&D Project R&D Project R&D Project R&D Project R&D Project

Science of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy

Implementation-Support Program(Call for proposal Type)

Solution-Driven Co-creative R&DProgram for SDGs

Takashi OMORIFormer Chair of Economic Committee, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and Former Professor of Osaka University

Zentaro YAMAGATAProfessor, Division of Medicine, Graduate School Department of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Yamanashi

Azusa TOMIURAFormer Auditor, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Masao SEKIProfessor, School of BusinessAdministration, Meiji University / Senior Advisor on CSR, SompoJapan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc.

FY’14~’19

Creating a Safe and Secure Living Environment in the Changing Public and Private Spheres

Th is R&D focus area a ims to promote e f fect i ve soc ia l sys tems, technology application, and collaborations among concerned sectors for prevention of violence and accidents in the private sphere.

Hajime YAMADAProfessor Emeritus, Toyo University /Chair of the Board, Information Communication Policy Forum

FY’15~’22

LaunchedFY’11

FY’07~’20

LaunchedFY’19

(as of July 2019)On-going Research Areas 6 53GoalsResearch Area Program Supervisor ProjectsResearch

Term

10

Human-Information Technology Ecosystem

This R&D focus area aims to build a society that embraces a familiar relationship between information technology and humanity, by promoting projects that assess information technology and propose a new social system that enables human and information technologies to co-evolve.

Jiro KOKURYOProfessor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University

LaunchedFY ’16 18

8

11

6

ー

Research Areas Research Projects

Promoting R&D

Activity Cycle for Research Institute ofScience and Technology for Society

Identifying Specific Social Problemsthat Should be Addressed〈Children / young adults〉〈Aging society〉

〈Urban vs regional〉〈S&T governance, Institutional constraints〉〈Environment / energy〉〈Medical care〉

〈Industrial competitiveness〉〈Disasters / accidents〉〈Safety and security risk management〉etc.

Research conferences Interviews workshops

Forums /symposia searches

Establishing R&D Focus Areas /Programs

Literature search,InterviewsWorkshops

Concrete ideasfor Focus

AreasWorkshops /

forums

Industry, academia, government,and citizen participation

NPO IndustryResearcherSocial and natural

sciences

S&T “seeds” / new scienti�c and technical knowledge

Policy of thegovernment

Initial evaluationEstablishment of R&DFocus Area and itsdirector

R&D Focus Areas / programsSolicitation and selection of project proposals, regular meetings, on-site

visits, expanding networks

R&D projectsBuilding research system

with various stakeholders, surveying& analyzing conditions on the ground,

hypothesis formation

PDCA cycle

Proposing solutions

Experimentation in society

Society Constantlycollaborating S&T

Evaluation(mid-term, ex-postand follow-up)Presenting prototypes for the

return of R&D results to societyExamples of factors to consider:

Scienti�cally based methods, theories, and models;conditions required to apply the prototypes

(i.e. regional peculiarity, institutional constraints);size of the recipients; development of future leaders;

promotion of social acceptanceand consensus-building.

Requests / needs

Requests / needs

Requests / needs

directlyto society

Assisting the Application of Proto-types to Wider Areas

Research outcomes from other projects

Implementation-Support Program

Follow-up

Implementation of researchoutput to society

Diffusion

Industry

Adoption

Contribution to the generalpublic / society

Assisting the Application ofProto-types to Wider Areas

NPO Government

Research Framework

Overview

Characteristics

etc.

Research Team Joint effort by researchers and stakeholders including those working on solutions to the problems

Universityresearchers Government Various public

organizations Industry NPO

Promoting R&D Focus Areas and programs for the innovative solutions to the issueswhich human society confronts.

Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX) +81-3-5214-0132https://www.jst.go.jp/ristex/en/ [email protected]

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This program aims to develop methods to promote evidence-based policy formation in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation policy.

This program promotes utilizing and deploying the R&D results obtained through governmental or other public R&D funding. In this way, the program supports initiatives (implementation activities) that solve specific problems in society.

This program aims to contribute for achieving the SDGs through creating solutions to the social issues in a co-creative manner involving multi stakeholders from various sectors using scientific methodology based on natural sciences, social sciences and humanities.

RISTEXDesigning a Sustainable Society through Intergenerational Co-creation

RESEARCH INSTITUTE OFSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FOR SOCIETY

As an organization which promotes transdisciplinary research, RISTEX also takes a part in Future Earth, an international framework for addressing global environmental problems.

RISTEX aims to produce practical wisdom and methods which will lead to solutions to the social problems through Trans-disciplinary researches, which is carried out by researchers from various fields, practitioners, and other stakeholders. In addition to the R&D projects, RISTEX runs programs to support implementation and outspread of the R&D results into society.

●Promoting R&DTo achieve the objectives for each R&D Focus Area, each Program Supervisor cooperates with the Program Advisors to solicit and select R&D project proposals and promote R&D with strong leadership and management.

● Identifying Social Problems to Address and Establishing R&D Focus AreasSocial problems are researched and analyzed, and R&D Focus Areas for which R&D activities can be expected to produce concrete results thought to have social and public significance are established.

●Supporting the Implementation of “Science and Technology for Society” R&D ResultsTo give value back to society, RISTEX supports initiatives aiming to implement R&D results that will contribute to the resolution of social prob-lems.

●Establishing the Foundation for Cooperation and Coordination for Solving Social ProblemsRISTEX connects various people working to solve social problems and builds human networks to construct a collaborative foundation for iden-tifying and solving problems.

This R&D focus area a ims to des ign susta inable society through intergenerational co-creation. We will promote practical R&D by holistic approach from citizen viewpoint aiming to create versati le values of environmental, social and economic sustainability.

Solicit and Select R&D Project Proposals

Program SupervisorPerson Responsible for Area Management

Program AdvisorsSpecialist advising the

Program Supervisor

R&D Project R&D Project R&D Project R&D Project R&D Project

Science of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy

Implementation-Support Program(Call for proposal Type)

Solution-Driven Co-creative R&DProgram for SDGs

Takashi OMORIFormer Chair of Economic Committee, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and Former Professor of Osaka University

Zentaro YAMAGATAProfessor, Division of Medicine, Graduate School Department of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Yamanashi

Azusa TOMIURAFormer Auditor, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Masao SEKIProfessor, School of BusinessAdministration, Meiji University / Senior Advisor on CSR, SompoJapan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc.

FY’14~’19

Creating a Safe and Secure Living Environment in the Changing Public and Private Spheres

Th is R&D focus area a ims to promote e f fect i ve soc ia l sys tems, technology application, and collaborations among concerned sectors for prevention of violence and accidents in the private sphere.

Hajime YAMADAProfessor Emeritus, Toyo University /Chair of the Board, Information Communication Policy Forum

FY’15~’22

LaunchedFY’11

FY’07~’20

LaunchedFY’19

(as of July 2019)On-going Research Areas 6 53GoalsResearch Area Program Supervisor ProjectsResearch

Term

10

Human-Information Technology Ecosystem

This R&D focus area aims to build a society that embraces a familiar relationship between information technology and humanity, by promoting projects that assess information technology and propose a new social system that enables human and information technologies to co-evolve.

Jiro KOKURYOProfessor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University

LaunchedFY ’16 18

8

11

6

ー

Research Areas Research Projects

Promoting R&D

Activity Cycle for Research Institute ofScience and Technology for Society

Identifying Specific Social Problemsthat Should be Addressed〈Children / young adults〉〈Aging society〉

〈Urban vs regional〉〈S&T governance, Institutional constraints〉〈Environment / energy〉〈Medical care〉

〈Industrial competitiveness〉〈Disasters / accidents〉〈Safety and security risk management〉etc.

Research conferences Interviews workshops

Forums /symposia searches

Establishing R&D Focus Areas /Programs

Literature search,InterviewsWorkshops

Concrete ideasfor Focus

AreasWorkshops /

forums

Industry, academia, government,and citizen participation

NPO IndustryResearcherSocial and natural

sciences

S&T “seeds” / new scienti�c and technical knowledge

Policy of thegovernment

Initial evaluationEstablishment of R&DFocus Area and itsdirector

R&D Focus Areas / programsSolicitation and selection of project proposals, regular meetings, on-site

visits, expanding networks

R&D projectsBuilding research system

with various stakeholders, surveying& analyzing conditions on the ground,

hypothesis formation

PDCA cycle

Proposing solutions

Experimentation in society

Society Constantlycollaborating S&T

Evaluation(mid-term, ex-postand follow-up)Presenting prototypes for the

return of R&D results to societyExamples of factors to consider:

Scienti�cally based methods, theories, and models;conditions required to apply the prototypes

(i.e. regional peculiarity, institutional constraints);size of the recipients; development of future leaders;

promotion of social acceptanceand consensus-building.

Requests / needs

Requests / needs

Requests / needs

directlyto society

Assisting the Application of Proto-types to Wider Areas

Research outcomes from other projects

Implementation-Support Program

Follow-up

Implementation of researchoutput to society

Diffusion

Industry

Adoption

Contribution to the generalpublic / society

Assisting the Application ofProto-types to Wider Areas

NPO Government

Research Framework

Overview

Characteristics

etc.

Research Team Joint effort by researchers and stakeholders including those working on solutions to the problems

Universityresearchers Government Various public

organizations Industry NPO

Promoting R&D Focus Areas and programs for the innovative solutions to the issueswhich human society confronts.

Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX) +81-3-5214-0132https://www.jst.go.jp/ristex/en/ [email protected]

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ACCEL aims to set a path to the next phase, such as company R&D, venture start-up and other public funding, based on the outputs of the Strategic Basic Research Programs （CREST, PRESTO, ERATO, etc.） that have the potential to be world-leading but cannot be continued by companies and other organizations due to their perceived risks. The Program Manager (PM) leads research and development with the innovation requirements and goals, demonstrating Proof of Con-cept (POC) and promoting the appropriate rights arrangements.

ACCEL

Basic research focusedon innovation

(Strategic Basic Research Programs)

Innovation-oriented research and developmentled by the Program Manager

Proof ofConcept

(POC)

Start offull-scaleR&D byindustry

Creationof social

andeconomic

value

R&D Management Committee

Program Manager (PM)

Research Director

Evaluation / Advice Report onProgress

ExpertEvaluationCommittee

R&D Project

Results of top science

ACCEL ACCELERATED INNOVATIONRESEARCH INITIATIVE TURNING

TOP SCIENCE AND IDEAS INTO HIGH-IMPACT VALUES

R&D Framework

Overview

Characteristics

●Management structure led by the PM

● Development and provision of Proof of Concept (POC)

● Appropriate rights arrangement

Department of Strategic Basic Research・ACCEL Section +81-3-6380-9130https://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/accel/en [email protected]

Conformal Bioimager

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　13’

　13’

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Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo ACCEL Program Manager, JSTTakao SOMEYA Yorishige MATSUBA

Terahertz Optical Science and Technology in Semiconductors Professor, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University ACCEL Program Manager, JST

Koichiro TANAKA Ryoichi FUKASAWA

Application Field Development ofDynamic Intelligent Systems by UsingHigh Speed Vision

Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology,The University of Tokyo ACCEL Program Manager, JST

Masatoshi ISHIKAWANorimasa KISHI

Building Foundations and DevelopingApplications for Next-Generation MediaContent Ecosystem Technologies

Prime Senior Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) ACCEL Program Manager, JST

Masataka GOTO Hiroyuki ITOH

Development of High-Resolution LIDARSystem Based on Slow-Light Structures Professor, Graduate School of Engineering,

Yokohama National University ACCEL Program Manager, JST

Toshihiko BABAKohroh KOBAYASHI

Creation of the Functional Materials onthe Basis of the Inter-Element-FusionStrategy and Their Innovative Applications

Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University ACCEL Program Manager, JSTHiroshi KITAGAWA Akihiro OKABE

Realization and Development ofInnovative Information Processing Systemand Application Using Near–Field CouplingIntegration Technology

Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University ACCEL Program Manager, JSTTadahiro KURODA Seiichiro KAWAMURA

Reinforcement of Resiliency of ConcentratedPolymer Brushes and Its TribologicalApplications － Development of Novel “Soft and Resilient Tribology (SRT)” System

Director and Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University

ACCEL Program Manager, JST

Yoshinobu TSUJII Kimihiro MATSUKAWA

Development of Key Chemical Processesof Extremely High Ef�ciency with Super-Performance Heterogeneous Catalysts

Professor, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences


Yasuhiro UOZUMI Toshiaki MASE

Fundamentals and Applicationsof Diamond Electrodes Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University ACCEL Program Manager, JST

Yasuaki EINAGA Nobuhiko TSUKAHARA

Molecular Basis of SymbioticNetworks and Its Application

Professor, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences


Masayoshi KAWAGUCHI Masanori SAITO

Embodied Media TechnologyBased on Haptic Primary Colors Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo ACCEL Program Manager, JST

Susumu TACHI Junji NOMURA

Development of Flexible NitrideSemiconductor Devices with PSD Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo ACCEL Program Manager, JST

Hiroshi FUJIOKA Akira USUI

Three-Dimensional Integrated CircuitsTechnology Based on VerticalBC-MOSFETs and Its AdvancedApplication Exploration

Director of Center for Innovative Integrated Electronic Systems/ Professor, Graduate School of Engineering,Tohoku University


Tetsuo ENDOH Toru MASAOKA

The Nanospace Science of PCP forMolecular Control

Director and Distinguished Professor, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University


Susumu KITAGAWA Takaiku YAMAMOTO

“Photonic Crystal Surface-EmittingSemiconductor Laser”-Towards Realization of High Powerand High Brightness Operation

Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University ACCEL Program Manager, JSTSusumu NODA Shigenori YAGI

Innovative Molecular Structure AnalysisBased on Self-Assembly Technology

Distinguished Professor, The University of Tokyo /Distinguished Professor, Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences


Makoto FUJITAAtsuo EZAKI

Materials Science and Application ofElectrides

Professor, Laboratory for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research/ Director, Materials Research Center for Element Strategy,Tokyo Institute of Technology


Hideo HOSONO

Toshiharu YOKOYAMA

Research and Development Projects

On-going

Completed

R&D Project NameStatus Research Director Program Manager ProjectsSelected

As of March 2019The projects selected in FY2017 are implemented as ACCEL in the JST-MIRAI R&D Program.Each affiliation in the completed R&D projects is as of March 2018.　 1716


ACCEL aims to set a path to the next phase, such as company R&D, venture start-up and other public funding, based on the outputs of the Strategic Basic Research Programs （CREST, PRESTO, ERATO, etc.） that have the potential to be world-leading but cannot be continued by companies and other organizations due to their perceived risks. The Program Manager (PM) leads research and development with the innovation requirements and goals, demonstrating Proof of Con-cept (POC) and promoting the appropriate rights arrangements.

ACCEL

Basic research focusedon innovation

(Strategic Basic Research Programs)

Innovation-oriented research and developmentled by the Program Manager

Proof ofConcept

(POC)

Start offull-scaleR&D byindustry

Creationof social

andeconomic

value

R&D Management Committee

Program Manager (PM)

Research Director

Evaluation / Advice Report onProgress

ExpertEvaluationCommittee

R&D Project

Results of top science

ACCEL ACCELERATED INNOVATIONRESEARCH INITIATIVE TURNING

TOP SCIENCE AND IDEAS INTO HIGH-IMPACT VALUES

R&D Framework

Overview

Characteristics

●Management structure led by the PM

● Development and provision of Proof of Concept (POC)

● Appropriate rights arrangement

Department of Strategic Basic Research・ACCEL Section +81-3-6380-9130https://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/accel/en [email protected]

Conformal Bioimager

18R&D Projects

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　17’

　16’

　16’

　16’

　15’

　15’

　15’

　14’

　14’

　14’

　14’

　14’

　13’

　13’

　13’

　13’

　13’

Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo ACCEL Program Manager, JSTTakao SOMEYA Yorishige MATSUBA

Terahertz Optical Science and Technology in Semiconductors Professor, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University ACCEL Program Manager, JST

Koichiro TANAKA Ryoichi FUKASAWA

Application Field Development ofDynamic Intelligent Systems by UsingHigh Speed Vision

Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology,The University of Tokyo ACCEL Program Manager, JST

Masatoshi ISHIKAWANorimasa KISHI

Building Foundations and DevelopingApplications for Next-Generation MediaContent Ecosystem Technologies

Prime Senior Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) ACCEL Program Manager, JST

Masataka GOTO Hiroyuki ITOH

Development of High-Resolution LIDARSystem Based on Slow-Light Structures Professor, Graduate School of Engineering,

Yokohama National University ACCEL Program Manager, JST

Toshihiko BABAKohroh KOBAYASHI

Creation of the Functional Materials onthe Basis of the Inter-Element-FusionStrategy and Their Innovative Applications

Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University ACCEL Program Manager, JSTHiroshi KITAGAWA Akihiro OKABE

Realization and Development ofInnovative Information Processing Systemand Application Using Near–Field CouplingIntegration Technology

Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University ACCEL Program Manager, JSTTadahiro KURODA Seiichiro KAWAMURA

Reinforcement of Resiliency of ConcentratedPolymer Brushes and Its TribologicalApplications － Development of Novel “Soft and Resilient Tribology (SRT)” System

Director and Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University


Yoshinobu TSUJII Kimihiro MATSUKAWA

Development of Key Chemical Processesof Extremely High Ef�ciency with Super-Performance Heterogeneous Catalysts

Professor, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences


Yasuhiro UOZUMI Toshiaki MASE

Fundamentals and Applicationsof Diamond Electrodes Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University ACCEL Program Manager, JST

Yasuaki EINAGA Nobuhiko TSUKAHARA

Molecular Basis of SymbioticNetworks and Its Application

Professor, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences


Masayoshi KAWAGUCHI Masanori SAITO

Embodied Media TechnologyBased on Haptic Primary Colors Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo ACCEL Program Manager, JST

Susumu TACHI Junji NOMURA

Development of Flexible NitrideSemiconductor Devices with PSD Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo ACCEL Program Manager, JST

Hiroshi FUJIOKA Akira USUI

Three-Dimensional Integrated CircuitsTechnology Based on VerticalBC-MOSFETs and Its AdvancedApplication Exploration

Director of Center for Innovative Integrated Electronic Systems/ Professor, Graduate School of Engineering,Tohoku University


Tetsuo ENDOH Toru MASAOKA

The Nanospace Science of PCP forMolecular Control

Director and Distinguished Professor, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University


Susumu KITAGAWA Takaiku YAMAMOTO

“Photonic Crystal Surface-EmittingSemiconductor Laser”-Towards Realization of High Powerand High Brightness Operation

Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University ACCEL Program Manager, JSTSusumu NODA Shigenori YAGI

Innovative Molecular Structure AnalysisBased on Self-Assembly Technology

Distinguished Professor, The University of Tokyo /Distinguished Professor, Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences


Makoto FUJITAAtsuo EZAKI

Materials Science and Application ofElectrides

Professor, Laboratory for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research/ Director, Materials Research Center for Element Strategy,Tokyo Institute of Technology


Hideo HOSONO

Toshiharu YOKOYAMA

Research and Development Projects

On-going

Completed

R&D Project NameStatus Research Director Program Manager ProjectsSelected

As of March 2019The projects selected in FY2017 are implemented as ACCEL in the JST-MIRAI R&D Program.Each affiliation in the completed R&D projects is as of March 2018.　 1716

Feature of Strategic Basic Research Programs

In Strategic Basic Research Programs, the Research Area is designated together with a Research Supervisor. To maximize the output of Strategic Basic Research Programs, in accordance with the characteristics of each Research Area, extensive management is implemented and orga-nized, including outreach activities, Progress support, fusion of multidisciplinary fields, international collaboration, social implementation or practical development, and human resource development.

Joint meeting across multiple Research AreasNetworking meetings / study meetings / seminarsSupplementary support forintegrated researches

Appointing Industry backgrounded AdvisersEvaluation based ontechnical readiness level (TRL)Patenting supportNew Technology Presentation MeetingStrengthening cooperation withcompaniesBridging to various technology transfer funding programs

Appointing international AdvisersCooperation with overseas FACooperation with JSTinternational collaborationfunding program (SICORP)Joint symposium with various overseas organizationsInvitation and dispatch of researchers

Research Area meetingsSite visitsMonthly / Quarterly / half-yearlyprogress reportSupport for life-events

SymposiumsOpen seminar for young researchersJoint events with academic conferencePress releasesNewsletter publicationsPublication of feature articles inacademic journal

Award systemResearcher networking eventsOverseas dispatch trainingYoung researcher campSciFoS programStart-up supportfor PRESTO researchers

1918

In accordance with the characteristics of each Research Area / issue,

extensive management is implemented and organized

Outreachactivities Progress

support

Internationalcollaboration

Humanresource

development

For socialimplementation

·Practicaldevelopment

Fusion of multidisciplinary

fields

Virtual Laboratory Integrating Researches in AIP Project

As a research organization executing the AIP Project* supported by MEXT, JST promotes unique research activities leading to new innovations utilizing the framework of our Strategic Basic Research Programs. We combine multiple research areas to build a virtual laboratory (i.e. a network laboratory) and unlock the potential of the AIP Project by closely collaborating with RIKEN.* The AIP (Advanced Integrated Intelligence Platform) Project is an initiative leveraging innovative AI technologies to conduct integrated

research and development activities on big data, IoT, and cyber security. The project is executed by JST and RIKEN.

Overview

AIP Network Laboratory

● Integration of Research AreasAIP Network Lab is to fund prominent researchers to support innovative research projects and to maximize the outcome in the strategic basic research program. It also promotes joint researches across research areas in a wide range of research phases, including topic selec-tion and research promotion.

Characteristics

● Integrated Operation with RIKEN AIP Network Lab actively shares research results and researchers with RIKEN AIP Center to enable consistent research and development activities from basic research to real-world applications.

●Direction of Laboratory1 Find and support innovative frontier researches in AI related areas and demonstrate their presences.2 Actively disseminate research results internationally and contribute to the progress of AI related research areas.3 Support collaborative research within the AIP Network Lab. and create new value.4 Work on the entire lab to develop and educate young researchers.

Research Areas of AIP Network Laboratory （FY2019）

Creating Information Utilization Platform by Integrating Mathematical and Information Sciences, and Development to Society（Naonori UEDA）※

Creation and Development of Core Technologies Interfacing Human and Information Environments（Kenji MASE）※

Development and Integration of Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Innovation Acceleration （Minoru ETOH）※

Intelligent Information Processing Systems Creating Co-Experience Knowledge and Wisdom with Human-Machine Harmonious Collaboration（Norihiro HAGITA）※

Advanced Core Technologies for Big Data Integration（Masaru KITSUREGAWA / Etsuya SHIBAYAMA）※

Advanced Application Technologies to Boost Big Data Utilization forMultiple-Field Scientific Discovery and Social Problem Solving（Yuzuru TANAKA）※

Future Led by IoT（Hideyuki TOKUDA）※

Elucidating Mathematical Structures in Real/Virtual World Objects and Their Utilization（Takashi SAKAJO）※

The Future of Humans and Interactions（Jun REKIMOTO）※

Fundamental Information Technologies toward Innovative Social System Design（Sadao KUROHASHI）※

Design of Information Infrastructure Technologies Harmonized with Societies（Hiroto YASUURA）※


Information and Future（Masataka GOTO）※

※Research Supervisor / Deputy Research Supervisor

Frontier of mathematics and information science（Ken-ichi KAWARABAYASHI）※

Laboratory Director：Katsumi EMURA（NEC Fellow）

Department of Strategic Basic Research +81-3-3512-3526https://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/aip/en/

Feature of Strategic Basic Research Programs

In Strategic Basic Research Programs, the Research Area is designated together with a Research Supervisor. To maximize the output of Strategic Basic Research Programs, in accordance with the characteristics of each Research Area, extensive management is implemented and orga-nized, including outreach activities, Progress support, fusion of multidisciplinary fields, international collaboration, social implementation or practical development, and human resource development.

Joint meeting across multiple Research AreasNetworking meetings / study meetings / seminarsSupplementary support forintegrated researches

Appointing Industry backgrounded AdvisersEvaluation based ontechnical readiness level (TRL)Patenting supportNew Technology Presentation MeetingStrengthening cooperation withcompaniesBridging to various technology transfer funding programs

Appointing international AdvisersCooperation with overseas FACooperation with JSTinternational collaborationfunding program (SICORP)Joint symposium with various overseas organizationsInvitation and dispatch of researchers

Research Area meetingsSite visitsMonthly / Quarterly / half-yearlyprogress reportSupport for life-events

SymposiumsOpen seminar for young researchersJoint events with academic conferencePress releasesNewsletter publicationsPublication of feature articles inacademic journal

Award systemResearcher networking eventsOverseas dispatch trainingYoung researcher campSciFoS programStart-up supportfor PRESTO researchers

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In accordance with the characteristics of each Research Area / issue,

extensive management is implemented and organized

Outreachactivities Progress

support

Internationalcollaboration

Humanresource

development

For socialimplementation

·Practicaldevelopment

Fusion of multidisciplinary

fields

Virtual Laboratory Integrating Researches in AIP Project

As a research organization executing the AIP Project* supported by MEXT, JST promotes unique research activities leading to new innovations utilizing the framework of our Strategic Basic Research Programs. We combine multiple research areas to build a virtual laboratory (i.e. a network laboratory) and unlock the potential of the AIP Project by closely collaborating with RIKEN.* The AIP (Advanced Integrated Intelligence Platform) Project is an initiative leveraging innovative AI technologies to conduct integrated

research and development activities on big data, IoT, and cyber security. The project is executed by JST and RIKEN.

Overview

AIP Network Laboratory

● Integration of Research AreasAIP Network Lab is to fund prominent researchers to support innovative research projects and to maximize the outcome in the strategic basic research program. It also promotes joint researches across research areas in a wide range of research phases, including topic selec-tion and research promotion.

Characteristics

● Integrated Operation with RIKEN AIP Network Lab actively shares research results and researchers with RIKEN AIP Center to enable consistent research and development activities from basic research to real-world applications.

●Direction of Laboratory1 Find and support innovative frontier researches in AI related areas and demonstrate their presences.2 Actively disseminate research results internationally and contribute to the progress of AI related research areas.3 Support collaborative research within the AIP Network Lab. and create new value.4 Work on the entire lab to develop and educate young researchers.

Research Areas of AIP Network Laboratory （FY2019）

Creating Information Utilization Platform by Integrating Mathematical and Information Sciences, and Development to Society（Naonori UEDA）※

Creation and Development of Core Technologies Interfacing Human and Information Environments（Kenji MASE）※

Development and Integration of Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Innovation Acceleration （Minoru ETOH）※

Intelligent Information Processing Systems Creating Co-Experience Knowledge and Wisdom with Human-Machine Harmonious Collaboration（Norihiro HAGITA）※


Advanced Application Technologies to Boost Big Data Utilization forMultiple-Field Scientific Discovery and Social Problem Solving（Yuzuru TANAKA）※

Future Led by IoT（Hideyuki TOKUDA）※

Elucidating Mathematical Structures in Real/Virtual World Objects and Their Utilization（Takashi SAKAJO）※

The Future of Humans and Interactions（Jun REKIMOTO）※

Fundamental Information Technologies toward Innovative Social System Design（Sadao KUROHASHI）※

Design of Information Infrastructure Technologies Harmonized with Societies（Hiroto YASUURA）※


Information and Future（Masataka GOTO）※

※Research Supervisor / Deputy Research Supervisor

Frontier of mathematics and information science（Ken-ichi KAWARABAYASHI）※

Laboratory Director：Katsumi EMURA（NEC Fellow）

Department of Strategic Basic Research +81-3-3512-3526https://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/aip/en/

Strategic Basic Research Programs

https://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/en/

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