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Press ReleaseQuantitative Analysis Reveals Geographical Skew in User Studies within the Security and Privacy FieldSeptember 3, 2024TOKYO—September 3, 2024—NTT Corporation (Headquarters: Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo; Representative Member of the Board and President: SHIMADA Akira; hereinafter "NTT") and Cybersecurity Laboratory of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, President: TOKUDA Hideyuki, Ph.D.) conducted a systematic review of papers published as user studies (studies involving participants) in the security and privacy field. The review quantitatively revealed that many existing studies focus on populations from limited geographical and cultural regions, primarily in the West. more

Press ReleaseDeveloped a 21-language, Fast and High-Fidelity Neural Text-to-Speech Technology That Works on SmartphonesJuly 26, 2024The Universal Communication Research Institute of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, President: TOKUDA Hideyuki, Ph.D.) has successfully developed a 21-language, fast and high-fidelity neural text-to-speech technology. The development of this technology has made it possible to synthesize one second of speech at high speed in just 0.1 seconds using a single CPU core, which is about eight times faster than the conventional methods. This technology also enables fast synthesis with a latency of 0.5 seconds on a mid-range smartphone without network connection.more

Press ReleaseEstablishment of GPAI Tokyo Expert Support CenterJuly 1, 2024– NICT promotes global partnerships in AI –The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, President: TOKUDA Hideyuki, Ph.D.) today established the GPAI Tokyo Expert Support Center as the third GPAI Expert Support Center in the world following those in Paris and Montreal. The Japanese government proposed the establishment of an organization in Tokyo that supports AI experts affiliated with GPAI, and it was approved at the GPAI Ministerial Council in December 2023.more

Press ReleaseFirst images from Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) onboard Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) "Hakuryu" June 27, 2024- World's first measurement of vertical cloud motion from space -The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA, President: Hiroshi Yamakawa) and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, President: Hideyuki Tokuda) have released the first images from the Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) on board Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) (Japanese nickname: Hakuryu ), which was jointly developed with the European Space Agency (ESA), and launched at 7:20 a.m. (JST) on May 29, 2024. The CPR is the world’s first spaceborne Doppler radar in the W-band (94 GHz) and was jointly developed by JAXA and NICT.more

Press ReleaseWorld Record 402 Tb/s Transmission in a Standard Commercially Available Optical FiberJune 26, 2024- Achieved with novel technologies to open new wavelength regions for future optical communication infrastructure -An international joint research team led by the Photonic Network Laboratory of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, President: TOKUDA Hideyuki, Ph.D.), demonstrated a record-breaking aggregate optical transmission bandwidth of 37.6 THz to enable a new data-rate record of 402 terabits per second in a commercially available standard optical fiber.more

Press ReleaseJapanese Consortium Achieves World's First Demonstration of 5G Communication from Altitude of 4km Using 38GHz Band May 28, 2024— Major Step Toward Realization of 5G Communication from Stratosphere —TOKYO, JAPAN, May 28, 2024— SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, NTT DOCOMO, INC., the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) ,and Panasonic Holdings Corporation (Panasonic HD) jointly announced today that they have successfully conducted a 5G communication verification test in the 38GHz band from an altitude of approximately 4km using a small Cessna aircraft operated by Kyoritsu Air Survey Co., Ltd. simulating the eventual use of High-Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) . The demonstration was the first of its kind in the world.more

Press ReleaseOpen Call Starts for Permanent Researcher Position for WomenMay 13, 2024- The proportion of women hired for Permanent Researcher position in FY2024 reached 41.7% -The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, President: TOKUDA Hideyuki, Ph.D.) conducts staff recruitment based on diversity promotion. In particular, we have been actively promoting the recruitment of female Researchers and Research Engineers, and the proportion of women in the total number of people hired for Permanent Researcher position in FY2024 has reached 41.7%.more

Press ReleaseDeveloped Compiler Acceleration Technology for Quantum ComputersMay 9, 2024- Probabilistic method reduces optimal gate sequence search time by orders of magnitude -The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, President: TOKUDA Hideyuki, Ph.D.), RIKEN (President: GONOKAMI Makoto, Ph.D.), Tokyo University of Science (President: Dr. ISHIKAWA Masatoshi), and the University of Tokyo (President: FUJII Teruo, Ph.D.) succeeded in developing a technique to quickly search for the optimal quantum gate sequence for a quantum computer using a probabilistic method. more

Press ReleaseTHine, NICT and Hiroshima University announced the development of 20Gb/s QPSK Wireless Transmission Technology with the World's First Mixed-Signal Baseband Demodulator TechnologyApril 23, 2024TOKYO (April 23rd, 2024) -THine Electronics, Inc. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 6769, “THine”), National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (“NICT”), and Hiroshima University, a national university corporation (“Hiroshima University”), jointly announced the successful development of 20 gigabits per second (20Gb/s) QPSK wireless transmission technology with the world's first mixed-signal baseband demodulator technology, which would have a great advantage to achieve more power-efficient wireless data transmission for higher-speed appreciations. more

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Press ReleaseSeptember 3, 2024
Quantitative Analysis Reveals Geographical Skew in User Studies within the Security and Privacy Field
Press ReleaseJuly 26, 2024
Developed a 21-language, Fast and High-Fidelity Neural Text-to-Speech Technology That Works on Smartphones
Press ReleaseJuly 3, 2024
Learning to Act in the Face of Uncertainty
Press ReleaseJuly 1, 2024
Establishment of GPAI Tokyo Expert Support Center
Press ReleaseJune 27, 2024
First images from Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) onboard Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) "Hakuryu"

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September 3, 2024
Quantitative Analysis Reveals Geographical Skew in User Studies within the Security and Privacy Field
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July 26, 2024
Developed a 21-language, Fast and High-Fidelity Neural Text-to-Speech Technology That Works on Smartphones
July 3, 2024
Learning to Act in the Face of Uncertainty
July 1, 2024
Establishment of GPAI Tokyo Expert Support Center
June 27, 2024
First images from Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) onboard Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) "Hakuryu"

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March 15, 2024
Japanese joint research group win Prime Minister's Award with ultra high-performance computing platform using jointly developed 64-qubit quantum computer
December 20, 2023
Research group launches Japan's third quantum computer at Osaka University
May 17, 2023
Open call starts for female permanent researchers positions etc. hired in FY2024
April 13, 2023
Japanese joint research group launches quantum computing cloud service