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The Hudson Institute, a Washington D.C.-based think tank, hosted a conference on January 17 to address the question of how the U.S. and Japan can collaborate on scientific and technical challenges posed by the rise of quantum computing. NTT Research PHI Lab Director Dr. Yoshihisa Yamamoto participated as a panelist at the one-day event. Known […]

In mid-November, NTT Research issued a press release announcing that the PHI Lab, which I direct, had reached five-year joint research agreements with eight other research organizations: six universities, one U.S. government agency and one quantum computing software company. In this brief article, I would like to describe some of the background behind this initiative

Basic research is measured in years, even decades, rather than weeks or months. All the same, we have hit a fairly fast pace here at NTT Research in our first half year, given progress in each of our three laboratories. Here’s a quick summary. First, we struck an Industrial Partnership between our Cryptography and Information

In June 2019, NTT Research Distinguished Scientist Brent Waters was named a Simons Investigator in Theoretical Computer Science. Each year, the Simons Foundation supports theoretical scientists in the fields of Physics, Mathematics, Astrophysics and Computer Science and their home academic institutions with significant research support for five years. Dr. Waters is a Professor in the

One of the expressions we use to describe our mission here at NTT Research is that we aim to “upgrade reality.” That’s an ambitious goal, and one that we cannot accomplish by ourselves. The joint research agreement between MEI Lab, which I direct, and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is a good case in

When we opened our doors in July as a different kind of Silicon Valley startup, I knew there would be plenty of opportunities going forward to explain who we are and what we do. One such occasion took form in the “CIO San Francisco” event in early November. It was a forum that allowed me

At the NTT R&D Forum 2019, held November 14 and 15 in Tokyo, NTT Research President and CEO Kazuhiro Gomi and the directors of its three laboratories introduced their work in the context of NTT’s Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) initiative. In addition to the NTT Research team, this year’s R&D Forum featured talks

Earlier this month we signed a three-year Industrial Partnership agreement with the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at the University of California, Berkeley. The signing event took place at the Calvin Lab, the dedicated building on the UC Berkeley campus that houses the Simons Institute. We believe this is a good fit and

We opened our doors at NTT Research in Palo Alto in July. At a grand opening ceremony on July 8 hosted by NTT Inc. CEO and President Jun Sawada, we briefed media, heard keynotes from NTT Research scientists, showcased our projects and enjoyed a performance by the renowned violinist Ryu Goto. Now, after a few