mains research activities and international cooperation policy e.g. internship program

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Mains research activitiesand

International Cooperation Policy e.g. Internship Program

Professor Henri AngelinoVisiting Professor

Acting Director Global Liaison OfficeMarch 2013

National Institute of Informatics

The National Institute of Informatics (NII)Tokyo

http://www.nii.ac.jp/en/Leaflet: http://www.nii.ac.jp/userdata/publications/nii-youran/youran2012_en.pdf

http://www.nii.ac.jp/en/

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Where is NII in Tokyo ?


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What is National Institute of Informatics (NII)• April 2000 NII a national research Institute is established as

reorganization of former Institutes existing since 1976• April 2002 NII Joint SOKENDAI University (The Graduate University for

Advanced studies http://www.soken.ac.jp/en/ to open Ph.D Program as Department of Informatics (http://www.nii.ac.jp/graduate/index_e.html)

• April 2004 begins new chapter as member of Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS)

• General figures - 200 Professors (including visiting professors) - 250 Administration, Development staff, Project researchers, etc, - 130 Graduate students (registered Sokendai- University for

Graduate Advanced Studies-,Tokyo University, Tokyo Inst. of Technology)

- budget 10.7 billion JPY (89 M€)


http://www.soken.ac.jp/en/

http://www.nii.ac.jp/graduate/index_e.html

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NII missions and characteristics

RESEARCH (Research Organization for Information Systems ROIS)

• The only one academic research Institute for informatics or IT in Japan

• Comprehensive research from basic to applied from natural sciences to humanities and social sciences

• Interdisciplinary approach• Partnership with private sector and

public sector, national and international

EDUCATION• Education Ph. D programs (MsE)• Training for highly qualified

professionals researchers or specialists


Construction /Operation of Cyber Science Infrastructure

Academic Network and contentsSINET (1992), Super SINET (2002)

SINET 3 (April 2007) SINET4(April 2011)

Service OPERATION

SOKENDAIDept Informatics

5 National Institute of Informatics

6 National Institute of Informatics

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Dual Target Research SystemPrinciples of Informatics

Information Systems Architecture Science

Digital Content and Media Sciences

Information and Society

Research Divisions

They undertake strategic research R&D Center for Informatics of Association GRACE Center: Center for Global Research in Advanced Software Science &

Engineering Research Center for Community Knowledge Research Center for Knowledge Media and Content Science R&D Center for Academic Networks Global research for Quantum Information Center Global Research Center for Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) Global Research Center for Big Data Mathematics

Fundamental Research

Research Centers


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Principles of Informatics Div. http://www.nii.ac.jp/userdata/publications/nii-leaflet/gaiyou2012_en.pdf p 4-5

Research to discover new principles, theories and methods in informatics, and extend our goal to pioneering the frontiers to try and achieve a paradigm shift in informatics.Mathematical InformaticsNumerical analysis, numerical linear Algebra, Graph coloring problems in discrete math, Structural graph theory, Fast algorithms for solving large scale problems, data structure for fast string processing,etc Mathematical LogicLambda calculus and formal grammar, Type theory for classical logic, Linear logic, Type theory and computational complexity, etc. Quantum InformationQuantum Information/computation, Quantum optics, Photonic quantum information systems, Security of quantum key distribution schemes, quantum simulation using optical semiconductors etc. Materials and Life InformaticsComparative genomics research, Computer assisted chem. reaction, Structure determination, Development of interface of chemical software, etc.Intelligent InformaticsMachine learning for semantic annotation, Text mining, Ontology eng., Information extract., Data mining, Human robot interaction, Inference and knowledge representation, Construction multi-agent systems, Knowledge sharing system, Application of AI to legal reasoning, Community support system, Development e-learning environ., Engineering ethics, Semantic web, Research on ubiquitous and mobile networks and their applications, on Delay/Disruption-Tolerant Networks (DTNs) etc.


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Information systems Architecture Div. http://www.nii.ac.jp/userdata/publications/nii-leaflet/gaiyou2012_en.pdf p 6-7

Research deals with the research issues in software/hardware architectures of computers and networks, and their system implementationNetwork architecturePerformance analysis. based on Communic. traffic measurement, Mobil IP com., Photonic network .archit. survival of netw Operation in case of natural calamities. Next generation all optical netw., Meas.& analysis Internet traffic,etc.Information NetworkCharac& control netw. traffic, Dynamic resource optimization technologies for multi-layers network, Context aware& mobile computing netw. Privacy protec &security techno. ,wireless ad hoc and sensors network etc.Computer ArchitectureParallel computing, Grid computing, Human Interface, Sensor appl.,High performan.intercon netw.in multiprocessor system, fault tolerant funct. for SSS-PC Operating System, Super comput. architect, etc.Software infrastrucrureOptimi of XML query lang.,Extensible distributed Op.Syst.,Functional programming, Dependable software construction, Bidirectional model transformation, Extensible distributed OS, Middleware for ubiquitous, Mobile& distributed computing, principle of programing, Functional programing etc.Software Engineering Agent oriented software eng., Theory and solution of soft constraints Constraint programming for graph interfaces, Formal specificat.& verification of software., Dependable software eng., Dependable VSLI system implementation based on asynchronous circuit technology, Component-based and model driven software, High Level synthesis of asynchronous circuits, middleware for open wireless sensors network, etc.


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Digital content and Media Sciences Div.http://www.nii.ac.jp/userdata/publications/nii-leaflet/gaiyou2012_en.pdf p 8,9


Research on various types of contents and media such as text and video interms of analysis, creation, compilation and application, and their processingmethods from the theories to the systems.Foundation of content managementTechnology and systems for multimedia content security, Service oriented computing, Datamanagement for video corpus analysis ,Optimization for casual queries data base, Data and textmining scalable association for huge corpus access, Informatics association, Data sharing and itsmetadata management, etc. Text and Language MediaInformation retrieval and integration of heterogeneous data, Identification/ linkage of textinformation, Language media and interface, Research on techniques for utilizing webinformation, synthetic parsing, semantic parsing etc. Pattern mediaVideo analysis, Retrieval and knowledge discovery based on broadcast video archives, Imageretrieval, Video mining, Advanced video search engines, Automatic modeling of 3 D objects, Computer vision, Digital archives for cultural heritage, Earth and environment informatics, Physicbased object shape and reflectance modeling, image video coding and streaming, etc.Human and Knowledge mediaIntegration of user’s context in real and virtual world , Understanding multimodal interaction,Multilingual multimedia semantic management ,Multimodal interaction ,Multimodal communication,Interactive information gathering,/retrieval, Personal communication and interaction in semanticWeb environment, Life like characters and avatars, Participatory science and collaboration in the3D Internet, Automatic content creation, Human-agent interaction, etc.

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Information and Society Div. http://www.nii.ac.jp/userdata/publications/nii-leaflet/gaiyou2012_en.pdf p10,11

Aiding in the creation of a society in which information is integrated into the real world, based on interdisciplinary research on information and systems technologies and on issues in the human and social sciences.Information use Designing collaborative learning environment, Mathematical logic, Motor coordination in communication, Similarity search for 3D models, Evaluation of information access technologies, Cross lingual information access, Term extraction for text corpora, Union catalogue data base construction and usage, Development of next generation information system, Speech-gesture coordinationScience InformationScience and technology policy studies, Bibliometric research for measuring research levels and identifying research trends, Grant in aids role for promotion of basic research, Statistical study of change of research environment, University-industry-government relations,etc Information Public policySocial and political consequences of ICT use, Critical growth factors of E-commerce and E-money, Digital commerce, Intellectual property rights lifecycle management system, Relation ICT/humans, S&T for society, network Policy for broadband society, Social capital theory


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Some important on going projects at NII….


Quantum Computing Prof. Y. Yamamoto, Prof Nemoto, Prof Matsumoto,etc.Big Data Mathematics Prof Ken KawarabayashiImage-Contents Technology Prof S. Satoh, Prof Sugimoto, Prof Ichizen (Security), Prof Kitamoto, etc.Technology for Web Contents Prof Takeda, etc.Next Generation software strategy Prof Honiden, Prof. Nakajima, Prof Hu, Prof Fukuda, etc.Information environment/content creation Prof Takano, Prof Adachi, Prof Kando, etc. Construction of Cyber-Science Infrastructure SINET 3, SINET 4 Prof. S.Yamada , Prof Urushidani, etc.Social/public contribution Prof Arai, Prof Urukawa, etcCyber Physical Systems Prof Sakauchi

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International Cooperation Policy and its implementation (MOU)

When NII and partner Institution find a common interest in cooperation (Research activities or “Operation/services”) NII is prepared to sign a MOU that may include various possibilities

• Joint research projects,• Academic staff, researcher and Ph. D. Student exchanges,• Joint curriculum development including e-learning material,• Continuing education,• Seminars, workshops, conferences and • Technical assistance activities and technological exchanges.• In case of “Research MOU” MOU must identify at least one concrete

project• After review by the GLO members the MOU is presented to the board

of Directors for approval• After approval MOU is signed by Director General for a limited

period. It may be renewed after evaluation


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Possibilities in the frame of MOU using NII GLO’s budget (Initiative of NII researcher, 2 calls for applications per year)

• Invitation of confirmed researchers for short period (1 week - 2 months) to work on a specific project

• Invitation of a post-doct. up to 3 months to work on a specific project• Invitation of Master/ Ph.D students in the frame of NII International

Internship (list of subjects proposed by NII researchers)• Visit of the partner Institution • Organization of joint workshop but no special credits are available for the implementation of theresearch project per se, the funds must be found elsewhere by thetwo partners.


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MOU NII International Internship Program http://www.nii.ac.jp/Internship/Guidelines/2st_call_of_2012_internship_webpage.html

• First step Internal call for proposal of research subjects among NII researchers

• Second step The proposals, after validation, are sent to all “partner institutions” with www pages of the “supervisor”.There will be a deadline for receiving the answers from “partners institutions”

• Third Step Proposals by each partner institution can submit up to 3 candidates. Each candidate can select a maximum of 3 topics. No direct application from candidates will be accepted.

• Very Important: Contact between future intern and future NII supervisor

• Fourth Step Each NII researcher select the candidates mentioning the ranking

• Fifth Step GLO meeting will confirm the choice and prepare the proposal to send back to partner Institutions

There are two call for applications per Fiscal Year :one in April one in October


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No. Research area Title of the research Name of supervisor

Title ofthe supervisor

Requirements for applicants: Master / Ph.D. Student

Numbers of

acceptance

Duration : 2-6months(less than 180days)

Comments

1. Principles of Informatics Research Division

1 Wireless NetworksResilient Access Networks for Disaster Recovery

Shigeki Yamada Professor

Master and Ph.D Students

2 6 months

Knowledge and skills in access networks such as ad hoc network, mesh network or disruption/delay tolerant network, etc., are preferable. Contact [email protected]

2Future Internet / Resilient Backbone

Disaster-resilient Backbone Networks using Software-Defined Networking


Master or Ph.DStudents

2 3-6 months Contact: [email protected]

3 Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)

Performance Evaluations of WSNs' protocols


Master or Ph.DStudents

1 3-6 monthsSkills in nesC, TinyOS are preferable but not necessary. Contact: [email protected]

4Abduction and Induction / Cellular Automata / Systems Biology

Inference and Learning for Adaptive, Biological and Dynamical Systems

http://research.nii.ac.jp/il/Katsumi Inoue Professor

Master or Ph.D students

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3-6 months

Basic knowledge of Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics or Network Science is required. Contact Prof. Inoue in advance.

5Automated Reasoning / Logic Programming

Answer Set Programming, Constraint Programming, and Satisfiability Testing

http://research.nii.ac.jp/il/

Katsumi Inoue ProfessorMaster or Ph.D students

3-6 months

Basic knowledge of Logic and/or Computer Programming is required. Contact Prof. Inoue in advance.

6Artificial Intelligence / Dynamic Modeling

Robustness Analysis of Dynamic Models

http://systemsresilience.org/Katsumi Inoue Professor


3-6 monthsBasic knowledge of Artificial Intelligence is required. Contact Prof. Inoue in advance.

7Constraint Satisfaction / Multi-Agent Systems

DCOP and DisCSP

http://systemsresilience.org/index-e.html

Katsumi Inoue Professor Master students 3-6 months

JAVA and basic knowledge of Artificial Intelligence are required. Contact Prof. Inoue in advance.

8Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

Reasoning with Space and Time, Reasoning about Action and Change

http://research.nii.ac.jp/il/Katsumi Inoue Professor


3-6 months

Some background on Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Representation and Reasoning is mandatory. Contact Prof. Inoue in advance.

First Call for Internship program 2013 ( 76 proposals)

53 Biological Image Analysis

Image processing and machine learning for biological imaging and neural activity analysis.

http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/~kitamoto/education/internship/index.html.en

Asanobu Kitamoto

Associate Professor

Master / Ph.D Student(Ph.D preferable)

2 3-6 months

Programming skill is required. An interdisciplinary topic, possibly working with domain experts.

54Crisis Information Systems

Event detection, natural language processing, and visualization for severe weather and natural disasters:


Asanobu Kitamoto

Associate Professor


2 3-6 months


55Environmental Infromation Systems

Image processing, machine learning, and mobile computing for climate, agriculture, and biodiversity:


Asanobu Kitamoto

Associate Professor


2 3-6 months


56 Digital Humanities

3D CG modeling, Geographic information systems (GIS), Semantic Web, and multilingual processing for cultural heritage and museums:


Asanobu Kitamoto

Associate Professor


2 3-6 months


57 Content security

Fundamental techniques and systems for content security

http://research.nii.ac.jp/~iechizen/official/research-e.html

Isao Echizen Associate Professor

Master / Ph.D Student

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Privacy in business processhttp://research.nii.ac.jp/~iechizen/official/research-e.html Isao Echizen Associate

ProfessorMaster / Ph.D Student

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Some Practical Information• Interns will receive 5,700 yen/day #170,000 per months (# 2000 US$)

and will have insurance • Accommodation cost in Tokyo 60,000 to 80,000/month (see

http://www.toshima.ne.jp/~wsvc/Azalea/Azalea.htm, http://www.jafplaza.com, http://www.sakura-house.com/tips/index.htm

• Cafeteria NII available for lunch /diner 350-800 yens/meal.• Outside restaurant lunch set 1,000 yens• Diner around minimum 2000/2500 yens• Cinema 2,000 yens• Ticket metro 160 yens minimum and vary with distance• Inside NII English is working language• Japanese language classes are offered• Many seminars/lectures are offered by visiting researchers and open

to Interns


http://www.toshima.ne.jp/~wsvc/Azalea/Azalea.htm

http://www.jafplaza.com/

http://www.sakura-house.com/tips/index.htm

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NII International Internship Program

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NII International Advanced lectures series on ICTWhy ? What for ?

http://www.nii.ac.jp/en/about/ictlec/• ICT-Computer Science/Engineering is still under the “revolution

phase” that started some decades ago• No single Institution can be the front runner in all domains of ICT• Research is more and more interdisciplinary and ICT nowadays

develop strong relation with geosciences, life sciences, human sciences, etc. to prepare the future society

• NII has planed to develop more and more international network based on cooperation

• NII has decided to develop a policy to welcome and support for 1 to 3 months visiting professors/visiting researchers


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NII International Advanced lectures series on ICTWho can apply? How ?

• Associate Professor/ Professor or “senior researcher” • There is no call for application• There is no special document for application• There is no deadline , applications are received all Fiscal

Year long (April 1st- March 31st)• To apply the “candidate” must have a “Primary contact” at

NII(Cf http://www.nii.ac.jp/en/faculty/ for Current research

topics of research Staff) If necessary GLO can help to establish contacts


http://www.nii.ac.jp/en/faculty/

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NII International Advanced lectures series on ICTHow ?

• The application must include * a comprehensive CV with list of publications, * a proposal for research activities (in connection with

“Primary contact”) * a plan for a series of “Lectures” (in fact research

Seminars) on an “advanced topic” (in average 1 per week/90 mn) Audience from NII and Others Universities/Private research centers /Companies

• Period of staying between 1 month to 3 months• The application is revised by GLO, Decision is taken by DG


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NII International Advanced lectures series on ICThttp://www.nii.ac.jp/en/about/ictlec/

• Give a series of “lectures” (seminars) on an “advanced topic” (5-10 according to staying)

* Prof L.Guibas( Stanford): Wireless sensor networks * Asso. Prof. V. Oria (New Jersey Institute of Technology): New Trends in Database Research. * Prof. Larry Snyder (University of Washington-Seattle) Parallel Computing * Prof Kun Yang (University of Essex –UK): Wireless networks and pervasive service engineering * Ass. Prof Luis Ceze (University of Washington-Seattle) Advances in Multiprocessor Programmability

Using Coarse-Grain Execution * Ass Prof David Toman (University of Waterloo) Fundamental of Physical Design and query compilation * Prof. Jean Bézivin (Nantes Univ.)Principles and Applications of Model Driven Engineering *Nicolas P. Rougier (INRIA) Visual Attention for human-computer interaction *Fang Chen (NICTA) multimodal cognitive Load measurement and its applications * Prof. Neil D. Jones (University of Copenhagen) Programming and Program Transformation * Prof. Ali Mili (NJIT) Analyzing Functional and Non Functional Attributes of Software Artifacts * Prof.Stefan Rüger (Open University UK) Multimedia Information Retrieval * Prof. Thomas Ågotnes (Bergen Univ.) Social Laws for Multi-Agent Systems: Logic and Games * Ass Prof G. Baranoski (Waterloo) On the Development of Predictive Models of Light Interaction with

Organic and Inorganic Materials• Interact in a specific research project with “primary contact” ’s group.• Participate in seminars with NII researchers

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Japanese-French Laboratory for Informatics (JFLI)http://jfli.nii.ac.jp/

• Created in December 2008/ started January 2009• Founding Members Japanese :NII, Tokyo University, Keio University French CNRS, Pierre&Marie Curie University Paris (UPMC)• January 2012 transformed into UMI CNRS 3527 • INRIA and Paris Sud University Joint UMI• Topics 1 Next Generation Networks 2 Grid and High-Performance Computing 3. Software and Computer Security 4. Images and multimédia 5. Quantum Computing

http://jfli.nii.ac.jp/

http://jfli.nii.ac.jp/

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Special Program DAAD/NIIhttp://www.daad.de/ausland/foerderungsmoeglichkeiten/ausschreibungen/12027.de.html

• Same program as International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley (only two worldwide)

• signed in December 2008 • DAAD will support 10 German Post-doc/year to stay at NII

for minimum 1 year as visiting researcher• Ph.D must be “magna cum laude”• The period may be extended for one year more• DAAD will pay to NII general expenses for each Post-doc• In September 2009 NII has received 4 Post-doc• In September 2010 NII has received 9 post-doc.• In September 2011 NII has received 5 post-doc.• In September 2012 NII has received 3 post-doc.• New contract under discussion


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Inside and surroundings…


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