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How important is fundamental research to the world? The coronavirus pandemic and the vaccine development that followed underscores the critical role basic research plays. Focused on computing, cryptography and bio digital twin technology, NTT Research hopes to similarly upgrade reality in a way that benefits humanity.

Digital Doppelgänger

NTT Research‘s MEI Lab (Medical and Health Informatics) is exploring how bio digital twin technology can be useful in predicting and diagnosing disease and illness in virtual scenarios before application to real world settings. The cardiovascular digital twin is only the first step towards a fully realized bio digital twin.

Ryoma Ishii, Research Scientist, MEI Lab

Ryoma speaks about his desire to help revolutionize healthcare by focusing on ‘system-on-a-chip’ research being conducted at NTT Research’s MEI Lab. Accumulating a patient’s data can provide a complete picture of the patient's health in the digital space, indicating any tendencies towards illness, and allow for more flexible treatment options. This has tremendous implications for regenerative medicine.

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Yukiko Fukuda, Research Scientist, MEI Lab

Yukiko is a physician and researcher charged with incorporating physiological functions and drug effects in the cardiovascular digital twin. The addition of this data is essential to creating a more realistic model suitable for clinical practice and the rapid evaluation of patients in the real world.

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Edwin Ng, Research Scientist, PHI Lab

Imagine one day doing with light and photons what today is accomplished with transistors and electrons. That’s the idea behind Edwin’s research in photonics. Photonics-based computing could simultaneously increase bandwidth, reduce energy consumption, and, as Edward points out, emulate the function of the human brain.

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Myoung-Gyun Suh, Research Scientist, PHI Lab

Myoung-Gyun explains the importance of precision in optics and how it has led to technologies like GPS and gravity-wave detection. His continued work in the field of optics can impact the future of next generation computing and more efficient energy consumption.

The First Step

What drives us to do what we do and why? All of our researchers have the passion and firm belief that their work could have great impact on the world and society. Hear directly from the researchers themselves as they explain their first step towards upgrading reality.

Heart of the Matter

Improving overall health requires a different way to look at how we diagnose and treat people. Our MEI Lab researchers talk about how their work on a cardiovascular bio-digital twin will provide the precision medicine needed to have a positive impact on all our lives.

Quantum Nature of the CIM

See why the coherent Ising machine's quantum to classical transition gives the CIM a unique advantage in the search for next generation computing solutions.

Entity The Spirit of NTT Research

At NTT Research, what drives every researcher's curiosity? What spark fuels their passion? You may be surprised to learn their secret.

Upgrade Reality

Heart of the Matter

Improving overall health requires a different way to look at how we diagnose and treat people. Our MEI Lab researchers talk about how their work on a cardiovascular bio-digital twin will provide the precision medicine needed to have a positive impact on all our lives.

Viral

How important is fundamental research to the world? The coronavirus pandemic and the vaccine development that followed underscores the critical role basic research plays. Focused on computing, cryptography and bio digital twin technology, NTT Research hopes to similarly upgrade reality in a way that benefits humanity.

The First Step

What drives us to do what we do and why? All of our researchers have the passion and firm belief that their work could have great impact on the world and society. Hear directly from the researchers themselves as they explain their first step towards upgrading reality.

Upgrade Reality

What is the greatest hope behind NTT Research? Similar to history’s famous researchers and scientists, it’s to affect the same kind of massive change to the world and all our lives for the better. This upgrade of reality may take years, but its beneficial effects to humanity are global and everlasting.

PHI Lab

Quantum Nature of the CIM

See why the coherent Ising machine's quantum to classical transition gives the CIM a unique advantage in the search for next generation computing solutions.

Synchronicity

The NTT Research PHI Lab (Physics and Informatics) explores a new field of science in order to develop new computers for unsolvable combinatorial problems. See how this quantum computing might advance humankind with drug discovery, logistics, economics, and new wireless networks.

Edwin Ng, Research Scientist, PHI Lab

Imagine one day doing with light and photons what today is accomplished with transistors and electrons. That’s the idea behind Edwin’s research in photonics. Photonics-based computing could simultaneously increase bandwidth, reduce energy consumption, and, as Edward points out, emulate the function of the human brain.

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Myoung-Gyun Suh, Research Scientist, PHI Lab

Myoung-Gyun explains the importance of precision in optics and how it has led to technologies like GPS and gravity-wave detection. His continued work in the field of optics can impact the future of next generation computing and more efficient energy consumption.

Ryan Hamerly, Senior Research Scientist, PHI Lab

As Group Head of the Hardware and Devices Group, Ryan’s focus is on improving computing efficiency by utilizing optics and photonics rather than electronics for complex operations such as deep learning, machine learning and optimization.

Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Director, PHI LAB

Dr. Yamamoto describes his long-term vision for the lab as a superb industrial research and training facility for future scientists. Their current focus is on the next generation of computing systems, including quantum and neuromorphic approaches.

Hidenori Tanaka, Research Scientist, PHI Lab

Hidenori’s focus is to bridge the gap between quantum physics, brain science and optical engineering. Understanding how the brain operates can translate into deeper understanding of quantum and classical computing.

Satoshi Kako, Deputy Director, Senior Research Scientist, PHI LAB

Satoshi explains how his interest in a Coherent Ising Machine brought him to NTT Research. His research includes the ‘Cyber CIM,’ which models the CIM onto a silicon chip using quantum mechanics, thereby freeing it from physical restrictions.

Jess Riedel, Senior Research Scientist, PHI LAB

Jess’ work at NTT Research centers on the physical foundations of information processing and the theory of decoherence. Their understanding is crucial to the development of a quantum computer.

Michael Fraser, Senior Research Scientist, PHI Lab

Michaels speaks about his interest in physics from an early age brought him to NTT Research, where he ash the freedom to apply fundamental physics to create exotic states of matter.

Marc Jankowski, Research Scientist, PHI Lab

Marc explains his work on nonlinear optics and the promising applications it has in the field of computing, which could give the world a lead in to developing new medicines, chemicals and materials.

CIS Lab

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The NTT Research CIS Lab (Cryptography and Information Security) is exploring advanced fields of Cryptography. From big data to the Internet of things, more and more information is at risk. What can a future with the benefits of technology without the risks look like?

Sanjam Garg, Senior Research Scientist, CIS Lab

Sanjam’s focus is on developing general purpose tools for cyber security that can be applied to specific applications. In order to achieve this, it is necessary to take on an adversarial mindset to outsmart the attacker.

Brent Waters, Director, CIS Lab

In this world of massive data usage and sharing, Brent explains why information security is so important and how NTT Research is working to improve it.

Pratish Datta, Research Scientist, CIS LAB

The advent of quantum computing will render all of today’s conventional encryption schemes obsolete. Pratish designs and analyzes encryption schemes that work today and will stand up to quantum computing tomorrow.

Go Yamamoto, Senior Research Scientist, CIS LAB

Go is on a mission to fix the internet. His research on Blockchain takes advantage of its ability to realize autonomous synchronization without membership in order to give everyone access to all that the internet offers.

Justin Holmgren, Research Scientist, CIS Lab

Justin explains the importance of proof systems in encryption and why the CIS Lab is well-suited to developing an upgrade to computer security without fear.

Ilan Komargodski, Research Scientist, CIS Lab

Ilan explains the need for cryptography to meet the challenges data security faces today. Using methods like homomorphic encryption, NTT Research hopes to achieve guaranteed security.

MEI Lab

Heart of the Matter

Improving overall health requires a different way to look at how we diagnose and treat people. Our MEI Lab researchers talk about how their work on a cardiovascular bio-digital twin will provide the precision medicine needed to have a positive impact on all our lives.

Digital Doppelgänger

NTT Research‘s MEI Lab (Medical and Health Informatics) is exploring how bio digital twin technology can be useful in predicting and diagnosing disease and illness in virtual scenarios before application to real world settings. The cardiovascular digital twin is only the first step towards a fully realized bio digital twin.

Joe Alexander, Director, MEI Lab

Drawing upon his vast educational and life experiences, Joe leads the MEI Lab in its efforts to create a bio digital twin, beginning with the cardiovascular system. Ultimately, the hope is to create a fully realized bio digital twin that will revolutionize and individualize patient care, diagnosis and treatments.

Yukiko Fukuda, Research Scientist, MEI Lab

Yukiko is a physician and researcher charged with incorporating physiological functions and drug effects in the cardiovascular digital twin. The addition of this data is essential to creating a more realistic model suitable for clinical practice and the rapid evaluation of patients in the real world.

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Ryoma Ishii, Research Scientist, MEI Lab

Ryoma speaks about his desire to help revolutionize healthcare by focusing on ‘system-on-a-chip’ research being conducted at NTT Research’s MEI Lab. Accumulating a patient’s data can provide a complete picture of the patient's health in the digital space, indicating any tendencies towards illness, and allow for more flexible treatment options. This has tremendous implications for regenerative medicine.

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Jon Peterson, Senior Research Scientist, MEI Lab

At NTT Research MEI Lab, Jon leads the Bio Digital Twin effort. To start, Jon and team will focus on simulating the cardiovascular system in order to provide a broad look at the overall system but also tailor it to a specific individual. In this way, diagnoses and treatments can be predicted, prescribed and analyzed in the virtual world prior to real-world use.

Iris Shelly, Research Scientist, MEI Lab

Iris’ background is in developing algorithms for implantable cardiac monitors and pacemakers. This experience is crucial to developing software that can carry out treatment and dosage simulations on a cardiovascular bio digital twin.

Yasu Kataoka, Research Scientist, MEI Lab

Using artificial intelligence and sensor technology, Yasu’s work centers on heart disease classification. By applying these new technologies it may become possible to gauge human health condition on a daily basis.

Research Management

Kazuhiro Gomi CEO, NTT Research

Kazuhiro explains the origins of the NTT Research group and the three labs that currently make up the focus of their basic research. Setting up in Silicon Valley gives them a leg up on the technological expertise to “upgrade reality” and create a better world for all.

Rae-Ellen Hamilton VP, Human Resources

Rae-Ellen’s goal is to support the employee experience in a smooth and unobtrusive way, from behind the scenes. That includes accommodating employee workflow, whether remotely or in the state-of-the-art NTT OneVision Center. Invisible or not, Rae-Ellen is upgrading the reality of today’s workplace experience.