Director’s Talk (Thursday, June 1st) 13:20 - 13:50 Basic Research in the Age of AI×IoT×BigData - New Design of R&D Processes by the Blending of Science and Engineering - Eisaku Maeda, Director, NTT Communication Science Laboratories
Invited Talk (Thursday, June 1st) 14:00 - 15:00 Four scenarios of future city
Takamasa Sakai, R&D Director, Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living
Research Talk (Thursday, June 1st)  15:30 - 16:10 
Discovering hidden structure in big data - Knowledge discovery based on probabilistic latent variable models - Tomoharu Iwata, Ueda Research Laboratory
Research Talk (Friday, June 2nd) 11:00 - 11:40 Generative personal assistance with audio and visual examples - Deep learning opens the way to innovative media generation - Takuhiro Kaneko, Media Information Laboratory
Research Talk (Friday, June 2nd) 13:00 - 13:40 What is special about excellent batters? - The essence of fine skills in the light of implicit brain functions - Makio Kashino, Sports Brain Science Project
Research Talk (Friday, June 2nd) 13:50 - 14:30 
Does breathing change the impression of a sound? - Interactive relationship between respiration and sound, and its effect on emotion - Takashi G. Sato, Moriya Research Laboratory

What's new

Access

Free direct buses

Free direct buses will be running between train stations and the site during the event. The buses depart from the Hosono station and Gakken-Nara-Tomigaoka Station.

Venue

NTT Keihanna Building, 2-4, Hikaridai, Seika-cho, "Keihanna Science City" Kyoto, Japan 619-0237

By Train and Bus

Shin-Hosono station and Hosono station

  • Shin-Hosono station on Kintetsu Kyoto Line (30 minutes from Kyoto by express.)
  • Hosono station on JR Gakken Toshi Line (1 hour from Kyobashi, Osaka.)

West Exit Bus Depot

  • Free direct buses will be running between Hosono station and the site during the event. The buses depart from the west exit bus depot of Hosono station (travel time: approx. 15 min).
  • 15-minute ride by bus on the 59 Gakken Nara Tomigaoka(via Hikaridai Ni-chome) route; 3-minute walk after getting off at the Hikaridai Ni-chome bus stop.
  • 15-minute ride by bus on the 36 Hosono Station or 56 Gakken Nara Tomigaoka route; 7-minute walk after getting off at the Keihanna Plaza bus stop.

Gakken-Nara-Tomigaoka Station

  • Gakken-Nara-Tomigaoka station on Kintetsu Keihanna Line (30 minutes from Namba, Osaka.)

North Exit Bus Depot

  • Free direct buses will be running between between Gakken-Nara-Tomigaoka Station and the site during the event. The buses depart from the north exit bus depot of Gakken-Nara-Tomigaoka Station (travel time: approx. 10 min).
  • 15-minute ride by bus on the 59 Hosono Station route; 3-minute walk after getting off at the Hikaridai Ni-chome bus stop.
  • 15-minute ride by bus on the 56 Hosono Station route; 5-minute walk after getting off at the Keihanna Plaza bus stop.