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ATR/NICT OpenHouse 2008 Schedule
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Date:
Nov.6(Thu)  7(Fri)  and  8(Sat), 2008


Place:
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)
2-2-2 Hikaridai "Keihanna Science City" Kyoto 619-0288 Japan

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Program :
‘‘‘ Thursday November 6, 2008‘‘‘
10:00`17:00
Laboratory Demonstrations
Experience type demonstration

‘‘‘
13:00`13:30
Greetings
Dr. Yasuo Hirata
President

‘‘‘
13:40`16:00
Lectures

ySpecial Talkz
13:40`14:40
Exciting communication robot research Changing single robot to network robots
Dr. Norihiro Hagita
Director of Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, ATR


yResearch Visionz
14:50`15:10
Ambient intelligence environment for communication robots Structured Environmental Information Platform Technology
Dr. Takahiro Miyashita
Head of Department of Ambient Intelligence, Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, ATR

15:15`15:35
Toward communication robots that naturally interact with people
Dr. Takayuki Kanda
Senior Researcher, Department of Communication Robots, Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, ATR

15:40`16:00
Using Brain Activity to Control a Humanoid Robot
Dr. Jun Morimoto
Head of Department of Brain Robot Interface, Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, ATR

‘‘‘Friday November 7, 2008‘‘‘
10:00`16:00
Laboratory Demonstrations
Experience type demonstration


‘‘‘
10:00`10:10
Greetings
Dr. Yuichi Matsushima
Vice President of NICT

‘‘‘
10:10`15:20
Lectures

10:10`10:30
yKeynotez
Activities of Keihanna Research Laboratories Aim to enrich human communications by NICT
Dr. Kazumasa Enami
Director General, Keihanna Research Laboratories, NICT

yResearch Visionz
10:30`11:00
MASTAR Project: New project for advanced speech and text research utilizing the Web and the real world data
Dr. Satoshi Nakamura
Leader of MASTAR Project, Executive Researcher
Dr. Eiichiro Sumita
Leader of Language Translation Group
Dr. Kentaro Torisawa
Leader of Language Infrastructure Group
Knowledge Creating Communication Research Center, Keihanna Research Laboratories, NICT

11:00`11:15
The Information Analysis Technology for Web Content in Info-plosion Era
Dr. Yutaka Kidawara
Learder of Knowledge Clustered Group, Knowledge Creating Communication Research Center, Keihanna Research Laboratories, NICT

11:15`11:30
Universal Platform Technologies for Daily Living Support
Dr. Tatsuya Yamazaki
Leader of Universal City Group, Knowledge Creating Communication Research Center, Keihanna Research Laboratories, Keihanna Research Laboratories, NICT

11:30`11:45
Ultra-realistic communications to enrich a sense of presence NICT's display technologies for seeing 3D image without glasses
Dr. Naomi Inoue
Leader of Multimodal Communication Group, Universal Media Research Center, Keihanna Research Laboratories, NICT

11:45`12:00
3D image and sound system for the future
- Electronic holography and ultra-realistic sound reproduction -

Dr. Makoto Okui
Leader of 3D Spatial Image and Sound Group, Universal Media Research Center, Keihanna Research Laboratories, NICT

13:00`13F30
Pioneering Information and Communication Technology Inspired by Biotechnology Research into Proteins, Cells, and the Brain.  Bio ICT Research at NICT
Dr. Kazuhiro Oiwa
Director General of Kobe Research Laboratories, NICT

13:35`14:00
Ubiquitous Service Platform
- Aggregation and dissemination of context information -

Dr. Masayoshi Ohashi
Director of Media Information Science Laboratories, ATR

14:05`14:20
Toward the reduction of traffic accidents
- R&D on ITS vehicle-to-vehicle communication system for safe driving -

Dr. Ryu Miura
Head of Department of Smart Network, Adaptive Communications Research Laboratories, ATR 

14:25`14:40
Rotation Rate Sensor
- Semiconductor Ring Laser Gyroscope -

Dr. Takahisa Harayama
Head of Department of Nonlinear Science, Wave Engineering Laboratories, ATR

14:45`15:00
Representation in the brain for motor control
- Basic research for BMI communicating intention -

Dr. Hiroshi@Imamizu
Head of Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, ATR

15F05`15:20
ATR CALL's challenge to the business world: From basic research towards product development.
Dr. Reiko Akahane-Yamada
Chairperson & CVO, ATR Learning Technology Corporation

‘‘‘Saturday November 8, 2008‘‘‘
10:00`15:00
Experience type demonstration



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