Activity on Social Implementation of AI Technology

Koji KANAYAMA

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Director

Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology Department

17. Oct. 2018

Project Chronology of AI Technology

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Development of Next-Generation AI/Robot Core Technology

* * SIP: Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Development of Integration Technology

as the Core of Next-Generation AI/Robots

Realization of Smart Society through

AI Technology Application *

SIP Phase 2/Cyberspace Platform Technology

utilizing Big Data and AI * *

* Public/Private R&D Investment Strategic Expansion PrograM (PRISM)

Artificial intelligence course

based on real data

Research and Development

Human resources development

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Applied Field / Research

Phase

Underlying

Research GoalApplied Research Practical Research

Productivity

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① ③Health, Medical Care,

and Welfare④

Mobility

Security

Agriculture ③

Education ④

Energy Saving②

Common ① ④

Strategic Advancement of Multi-Purpose Ultra-Human Robot and Artificial

Intelligence Technologies

Development of Integrated Core Technologies for Next-Generation AI and Robots

Realizing a Smart Society by Applying Artificial Intelligence Technologies

SIP Phase 2/Cyberspace Platform Technology utilizing Big Data and AI

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National budget for AI development

• Research and development of next-generation AI technology/revolutionary elemental robot technology exceeding human capability

Development of Next-Generation AI/Robot Core Technology

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[Research and development base]

Artificial Intelligence Research Center

(AIRC), National Institute of Advanced

Industrial Science and Technology

Bring together the wisdom of

researchers in the AI field at the base

[Next-Generation AI Technology Field]

(1) A large-scale objective basic research/advanced technology

research and development

(2) Next-generation AI framework research/advanced core module

research and development

(3) Research and development of next-generation common AI

platform technology

(7) Global research and development related to social

implementation of next-generation AI technology

(8) Japan-US joint research

[Revolutionary robot element field]

(4) Super sensing

(5) Smart actuation

(6) Revolutionary robot integration technology

* Open call for applications by contest method

Perform performance screening based on demonstration in addition to paper screening

• Research and development and demonstration toward social implementation of AI technology and research and development for expansion of application scope of AI technology

Development of integration technology as the core of next-generation AI/robots

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Cases

Data

1. Research and development and demonstration

toward social implementation of AI technology

[2] Productivity

(plant maintenance)[1] Productivity

(civil engineering and construction)

[4] Productivity

(supply chain management)[5] Mobility (shared transport)

2. Research and development to expand the

application areas of AI technology

[6] Introduction acceleration/hypothesis verification support

Annotation

automation

Hyper parameter

exploration speed-up

Area deployment

AI technology supporting

hypothesis generation

Define a wider-scope and

more effective goal

AI technology upward spiral

Technology supporting

acceleration of AI technology

introduction

Achieve the defined goal

effectively

Support for

management

support system and

formulation of

measure hypothesis

Upgraded deployment

Manufacturing

improvement

Logistics

improvement

Store

improvem

ent

Business

improveme

nt

Sales/service

improvement

3-Dmap generation

Position estimation

Collaboration and

linkage between

construction

equipment

Simplified construction

robot development

[3] Productivity

(wind-power generation)

Methods

Tools

• Research and development and demonstration of AI technology realizing a smart society where everyone can receive high-quality services

Realization of Smart Society through AI Technology Application

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[Productivity]

[Health, Medical Care, and Welfare]

[Mobility]

Cyber and physical space technology

AI technology

- MyData-based platform for AI development and operation

- Value chain of plant factory etc.

- Smart food chain

- Stroke prevention system

- Logistics service

- AI-enabled object recognition

- Geographical space information platform

- Smart mobility

- 3D map for translation

- AI-powered ambient sensor

- Daily life function of the elderly

- Life phenomenon modeling

- Health promoting behaviors

- IoT and AI-assisted health and nursing care service system

• Human interaction platform technology, inter-field data linkage platform, platform technology for linking different AI applications

Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) Phase 2/Cyberspace Platform Technology Utilizing Big Data and AI

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• Cultivate human resources ready to work in the AI field through systematic lectures and exercises using real data

Comprehensive deployment of human resources development and industry-academia collaboration centering around NEDO project/

Artificial intelligence course based on real data

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CS placement testConfirmation

before enrollment

A certain score

or higher

Completion

certification

CS lecture

Lower than a

certain score

AI-related lecture

Real common data

exercise

Certification score

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(1) CS Placement testConfirm basic academic skills related to computer science (CS) before

enrollment

(2) CS lectureTake supplementary classes of CS lectures (e.g., intensive lecture, e-Learning)

in parallel if a certain score is not obtained

(3) AI-related lecturesAcquire leading knowledge and basic knowledge on AI (e.g., AI basics,

statistical machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision,

machine vision, big data analysis)

(4) Real common data exerciseWork on social issues by utilizing specific data to enhance work-ready

capabilities (e.g., image recognition, medical care-related data, meteorological

data)

(5) Certification scorePerform capability evaluation to assure education quality at the end of exercises

An educational program comprised of lectures and exercises is

provided. Students will choose the lectures and subjects of exercises.

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