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JapanJapan’’s Vision for ICT Research s Vision for ICT Research and Development andand Development andNew NICT StrategiesNew NICT Strategies

November 2, 2005

Makoto NAGAO

President

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

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1. ICT 1. ICT R&D VisionR&D Vision

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FY2010FY2009FY2008FY2007FY2006FY2005FY2004FY2003FY2002FY2001

○ IT Strategic Headquarters

e-JapanⅡe-Japan

○ Council for Science & Technology Policy

Science & Technology Basic Plan (Phase 3)Science & Technology Basic Plan (Phase 2)

○ NICT

NICTCurrent mid-term

Plan

NICTNext mid-term PlanCRL

u-Japan policy

○ Telecommunications Council(R&D strategy committee)

R&D vision towards a ubiquitous network society

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• Achieving a ubiquitous network society in 2010• Advanced use of ICT for which there is no preceding case or model overseas, with an aging

society and a falling birthrate in view• Utilization of Japan’s superior technologies (such as home information appliances, mobile

appliances, optical communication, and IPv6.)

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Source: “Towards the next-term science & technology basic plan – Challenges and efforts in the telecommunications field”; Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (October, 2005)

Trend of Policies Related to ICT Research and Development

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1960年 1970年 1980年 1990年

‘61Paper on packet switching

Ref. Creation & development of Internet technologiesRef. Creation & development of Internet technologies

1980 20001990

New MediaNew Media Multi MediaMulti Media UbiquitousUbiquitous

CATVCATV

BS BroadcastingBS Broadcasting

InternetInternet

MobileMobile

‘69ARPANET established

(US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, packet switching)

‘74Development of TCP/IP

‘83ARPANET fully converted

to TCP/IP

‘90ARPANET switched to NSFNET

Internet backbone achieved‘86

NSFNET established(Internet use spreads)

theoretical research military demand-oriented developments

science-oriented developments

consumer-oriented developments

ICT waves come at 10-year intervals➔ ICT waves are 20-years in the making

Photonic NetworksPhotonic Networks

Information SecurityInformation Security

Human InterfacesHuman Interfaces

Changes in ICT

Universal Communication

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Society’s Need for ICTThe ubiquitous network society is expected to take advantage of its strength in providing a network connection anytime and anywhere to anything and anyone in order to devise ways to maintain / strengthen international competitiveness, promote personal dynamism, and ensure security and safety in society and people’s daily lives. The individual challenges within these three main areas of endeavor can be divided into challenges to solve adverse situations and challenges to further improve the current level. ICT is expected to be useful in responding to both types of challenges.

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Maintain / strengthen international

competitiveness

Promotion of the creation and development of an industry

Improvement in efficiency and sophistication of distribution systems

Social participation by a wide range of people(helping the elderly find fulfillment, support women’s employment, etc.)

Diversification of education

Diversification of content, free access

Sophistication of services based on individual attribution and personal

preferences

Wide range of regional community activities

Energizing of human resources(diversifying employmen / work patterns, etc.)

Exertion of oneself to the fullest in cultural / artistic/athletic

activities

Responding to national security issues

Enhancement of social welfare services

Patient-centered medical services, countermeasures for medical malpractice (ensuring

security and safety in medical services)

Ensuring of food safety

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Promote personal dynamism

Solving of the digital divide

Privacy protection

Promotion of government services on-line,

improvement in the efficiency of services

Ensuring of secure and comfortable mobility

Promotion of autonomy in and reenergizing of local

governments

Network society risk management

Building of a secure and comfortable city

environment

Ensuring of security and safety in society and people’s daily lives

Crime / disaster prevention measures

Age-friendly housing

Building of a recycling-oriented society / eco-friendly society

Diversification of communication methods

Promotion of lifelong learning

Contribution to global environmental protection

Source: "ICT R&D Programs for the Ubiquitous Network Society ~UNS Strategic Programs~" ; The Telecommunications Council, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (July,2005)

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Network technologies that enable Japan to maintain / strengthen international competitiveness in core technologies, including optical, mobile, and device technologiesThe most advanced basic technologies that enable Japan to play aleading role in global ICT development

New Generation Networks* Technologies

ICT Security and Safety Technologies

Priority areas in ICT Research and Development

Priority Areas in ICT Research and Development

Direction in R&D

Technologies that ensure the security / safety of ICT networks that are the foundation of social and economic activitiesTechnologies that ensure security in a broad sense to realize a safe / secure social environment through ICT

International competitiveness in ICT

International competitiveness through ICT

Maintain / strengthen international competitiveness

ICT security / safetyICT for security / safety

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Content creation technologies that can promote the intellectual creativity of individualsCommunication technologies that can transcend the barriers of language, culture, and physical capabilities

Universal Communications Technologies

Creating knowledgeUsing knowledge

Bring out intellectual dynamism

* Here, “New Generation Networks” refers to both the Next Generation Network (NGN) and subsequent future networks.

Source: "ICT R&D Programs for the Ubiquitous Network Society ~UNS Strategic Programs~" ; The Telecommunications Council, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (July,2005)

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In promoting ICT research and development in priority areas, it is essential that its challenges are taken into consideration.

Although ICT is a technological field characterized by fast-paced innovation, key technologies in ICT, such as the Internet and optical fiber, required 20 to 30 years to advance from basic research to practical use. As can be seen from this, developing basic research into something that can be put to practical use requires a long period of time. However, long-term research and development / basic research is now experiencing a decline.It is important to establish an environment and organizational structure that end the decline in long-term research and development / basic research that needs to be developed in the future.

Challenges Concerning ICT Research and Development in Japan

In the ubiquitous network society, various kinds of equipment are used in a mixed environment, where peripheral devices and high- and low-grade systems are interconnected. The network as a whole must work as a system, but Japan has not made sufficient commitment to realize well-coordinated network systems.It is important to promote research and development that place greater importance on the architecture of the entire system as a whole.

Challenge 2: Systems and Architecture

Challenge 1: Long-term research and development / Basic research

Basic research, application, and practical use are not the only phases that ICT research and development go through. In order to be deployed widely in society, ICT requires social acceptance. However, efforts for its smooth introduction to society have been lacking.It is important that social acceptance is taken into consideration in the R&D process.

Challenge 3: Efforts to improve social acceptance

ICT is being deployed in various areas as a socioeconomic infrastructure and ICT researchers are sought after from an increasingly wider range of areas. To play a leading role in long-term basic research and take the lead in developing architecture, it is essential to develop, both in quantity and quality, ableresearchers to take the lead in the future and leaders to promote R&D projects. However, there are concerns over a shortage of talent in ICT research and development.It is important to develop human resources in order to take the lead in the future.

Challenge 4: Talent to carry out ICT research and development

Source: "ICT R&D Programs for the Ubiquitous Network Society ~UNS Strategic Programs~" ; The Telecommunications Council, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (July,2005)

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Build the world’s most durable network lifelines designed to withstand all forms of external threats and internal failure.Create advanced measurement, spatio-temporal and

positioning systems for use in environmental initiatives and disaster response programs.

Create the networks based on innovative new concepts, using optical technology to extend into non-IP areas. Create a super-broadband environment with

mobile on the core, providing seamless coverage from space to every point on the globe.

Build a platform with which authentication, billing, distribution, and service integration can be handled easily online.

Sow the seeds of ICT—the benefits of which Japan would reap in 20 years—such as basic technology for optical / quantum communications and nano-ICT.

Create an environment in which anyone can produce any content they wish and in which content can be accessed while ensuring reliability.

Create user-friendly ubiquitous networking environments particularly for the benefit of older and disabled persons by the sensor network and robot technology.

Secure networks

Sensing / Ubiquitous time-space infrastructure

New ICT paradigm

New generation networks architecture

Sophisticated contents creation / distribution

Ubiquitous / Universal town

Create super-communications systems designed to eliminate the barrier of language, knowledge and culture.

Super-communications

Create the first ever realistic 3-D video communication systems.

Ultra-realistic communicationsUbiquitous mobility

Ubiquitous platforms

<International Leadership Program>New Generation Networks Technology Strategy

<Intellectual Creativity Program>Universal Communications Strategy

<Security and Safety Program>ICT Safety and Security Strategy

UUbiquitousbiquitous NNetwork etwork SSocietyociety

Strategic ProgramStrategic Program

Universal Communications New Generation Networks

Security and Safety

Source: "ICT R&D Programs for the Ubiquitous Network Society ~UNS Strategic Programs~" ; The Telecommunications Council (2005), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

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Policy in Promoting UNS Strategic Programs- Role of government and associated background support -

StandardizationStandardization■ Joint promotion of R&D and standardization■ Promoting openness by strengthening

interconnectivity tests■ A bigger role to be played by NICT and

other organizations in promoting standardization

■ Stronger efforts in the private sector to support the development of human resources for international standardization activities

Role of GovernmentPromotion Policy of the Three Strategic Programs

≫ International leadershipInternational leadership ; Promote R&D to strengthen industrial competitiveness with an eye to providing an actual use for the technology

≫ Safety and securitySafety and security ; Promote stable and consistent R&D to support the security of Japan and its people

≫ Intellectual CreativityIntellectual Creativity ; Research on the convergence of human / social sciences and the creation of large-scale databases

Common Promotion Policy for All Three Programs≫ Promote exploratory R&D to trigger a paradigm shift≫ Establish / manage a large-scale, open R&D infrastructure

Developing Human Resources The Ideas-Based R&D

Active Use of Research Evaluation

Transfers of Technology Licenses

■ Develop young researchers in the ICT field and secure personnel

■ Work to improve the ability of project managers■ Expectations of NICT complementing the development of

human resources for R&D at universities and companies

■ Promote R&D that is creative and unique

■ Promote regional R&D ■ Support young researchers

■ Conduct research evaluations that bring about achievement

■ Conduct multilateral evaluations according to the goals of the research

■ Build an efficient evaluation system and evaluation structure

■ Committing to R&D with an eye on society’s needs■ Expectations of NICT as the bridge between

industry, academia, and the government

Source: "ICT R&D Programs for the Ubiquitous Network Society ~UNS Strategic Programs~" ; The Telecommunications Council (2005), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

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2. 2. NeNew NICTw NICT StrategStrategiesies

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National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

- R&D- Regular operation

- R&D and Support of R&D- Support of Communication &

Broadcasting operations

History of NICT

2001Communications ResearchLaboratory

1979 Telecommunications and Broadcasting SatelliteOrganization

1992 TelecommunicationsAdvancement Organization of Japan

1988Communications ResearchLaboratory

1952Radio Research Laboratories

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Basic InfrastructureBasic Infrastructure SupportingPractical application

SupportingPractical application

SupportingCommercializationand Sophistication

SupportingCommercializationand Sophistication

Conducting basic and fundamental R&D entailing high risk, from medium- and long-term standpoints.

Conducting research commissioning for bridging to practical application, as well as academic-industrial cooperative R&D

Supporting ventures and infrastructure sophistication so that commercialization is accelerated

Comprehensive Comprehensive research systemresearch system Leading R&D systemLeading R&D system Promotion and Promotion and

advancement systemadvancement system

Consistent R&D Based on Three-Systems

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Test bed and PromotionCreating the “magic wand” that makes technology flourish

Infrastructure for ICT SocietyCreating the desired “security and safety” for the ICT society

R&D network program,New business creation and nurturing program etc.

New ICTBuilding the “foundation” for a new ICT originating from Japan

Information security program,Time and positioning measurement program etc.

ChallengeSowing the “seeds” for Japan in 10 to 20 years to come

NICT conducts uniquely Japanese R&D activities with originality and foresight, to realize a “global standard”for the future ICT society.

NICT conducts R&D activities seeking to establish “security and safety” for the future ICT society, specifically in the areas of citizens’ life, social living, international society, and the global environment.

NICT conducts advanced R&D activities from a long-term perspective, in order to exploit the future of the citizen’s life and to secure the stable growth ofJapan’s industry and economy.

NICT actively involves itself in research and business support activities in the private sector and so on, to create new business services through the practical use of technology.

Optical/quantum communications program,Space technology program etc.

Ubiquitous broadband program,Content utilization program etc.

Implementing Strategic Programs

Establishing four strategic fields and concentrating resources into trigger projects, instead of distributing resources evenly.➔ Promoting various programs that harness comprehensive R&D and business promotion functions

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Research and analysis on the global technology and market trends for designing the most appropriate research programs

Draw up research programs and capital allocation plans that correspond to the research strategy

Establish an open, multi-faceted evaluation/analysis system that corresponds to the strategy

Promote inter-exchange programs for domestic and overseas researchers and hold researcher/manager training programs

Develop NICT-originated technology standards to create an NICT standard

Establish research centers for conducting transboundary research programs

Appoint intellectual property producers

Establish an attractive research environment and a flexible research system

Develop global-scale R&D activities

Promote open standards and strengthen intellectual

property functions

Build an industry-academia-regional

platform

Acquire a strategic planning

function

Support venture companies

and businesses

Provide incentive to venture companies via the application of the Japanese version of the Bayh-Dole Act

Create a new, public and private sector cooperative-type of financing scheme

Test-bed field creation for ICT use and application "Kei-Han-Na"and that for mobile "YRP"

Assign ICT cooperation coordinators

Promote research projects together with cooperative graduate schools, etc. Bring up NICT spokespersons

Consolidate support in personnel/ know-how for information and communications venture companies

Promote projects utilizing overseas research centersTransmit and develop research results for overseas countries, and contribute to domestic and overseas academic societies

Promote joint projects with Asian and Western countries

ntroduce research systems that motivate researchers and consolidate the “Number One, Only One” research environment

Six-Actions

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Services

Environment

Living

Industry

Universities

Overseas organizations

Society

Welfare

Foundation

Seeds

Magic Wand

Security and Safety Organic integration of

research "execution" and "support"

Consistent R&D from basic research

to application

Business support and environment consolidation

in the information and communications field

Leadership in promoting the cooperation between industrial, academic and

governmental sectorsPromoting technology

transfers

4-Engines

Technology Value Chain

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NICTCore research instituteProject planning and

promoting functionCollaborative researchEntrusted/commissioned

research

Private company

Applied researchPractical

application

UniversityBasic research

Human development

Technology transfer

Interaction among researchers

Interaction among researchers

Collaborative researchEntrusted/commissioned

research

Interaction among researchers

Technology transfer

Collaborative researchEntrusted/commissioned

research

Open platform for national R&D promotion provided by NICT

Disseminating study results to society (creation of new technology, socioeconomic revitalization, etc.)

Contribution to international standardization

Human development

Technology transfer

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Strengthening international competitiveness

Comfortable living environment

Acquisition of intellectual property rights

Promotion of standardization

Creation of new industries

Concept of Collaboration between Industry-Academia-Government

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New generationnetwork

technologies

Universal communication

platform technologies

ICT for security and safety

Achieving globally reliable access

Creating a new ICT paradigm

R&D areasR&D Fields Target

Creating “my contents engine”

Creating a ubiquitous & universal Community

Achieving hyper natural language communication

Achieving a multi-dimensional ultra-realistic sensation environment

Creating the world’s most advanced total measurement and environment information utilization technology

Creating the universal network infrastructure

Creating the world’s most precise and reliable ICT platform

Achieving the highest-level information security in the world

R&D Fields on which to Focus

Universal platformUniversal platform

Natural communicationNatural communication

New generation network architectureNew generation network architecture

Future-oriented ICT networkFuture-oriented ICT network

New generation wireless applicationsNew generation wireless applications

Universal contentsUniversal contents

Common realityCommon reality

Social environment safety by ICTSocial environment safety by ICT

Telecommunication securityTelecommunication security

Security and safety infrastructureSecurity and safety infrastructure

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Evaluation of Incorporated Administrative Agency

Purpose and Objective of Evaluation

Evaluation System

Evaluation Criteria

Handling of Evaluation Results

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Purpose and Objective of Evaluation

To create a flexible, competitive, and open R&D environment in which researchers can fully exercise their creativity

To allocate resources (budget, personnel) in a focused and efficient manner

To obtain understanding and support from Japanese people for allocating a budget for R&D from national expenditure

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Evaluation System of Incorporated Administrative Agencies

Commission on Policy Evaluation and Evaluation of Incorporated Administrative Agencies

Evaluation committee for Incorporated Administrative Agencies under the MIC*

NICT session

Evaluating the activity of “Evaluation Committee for the Incorporated Administrative Agencies” in each ministry

Evaluating NICT activity

* MIC : Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

Evaluating Incorporated Administrative Agencies under the MIC*

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Evaluation Criteria

1. Adequacy of R&D measures and themes

Originality, innovativeness, the ability to lead the industry

Contribution to the revitalization of the industrial economy

Contribution to the improvement of security & safety, reliability, and welfare

International contributions

etc.

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Evaluation Criteria

2. Efficiency and effectiveness of R&D

Adequacy of the R&D implementation plan and system

Level of R&D results (degree of goal achievement)

Contribution to standardization, Contribution as intellectual property

Contribution to and impact on society from R&D results

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Handling of Evaluation Results

The evaluation results are released in an appropriate range.

The evaluation results are reflected in the distribution of resources such as budget and human resources.

The evaluation results are used to review the research plan and system and to improve administration.

The evaluation results of individual researchers are properly reflected in their treatment.

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When is Evaluation to be Performed

At the end of every fiscal year

At the end of every mid-term plan(every five years)