Invited Talk
Research and Development of the AI Suitcase and the Challenge of Social Implementation
— Toward the Future of Mobility Support —
Chieko Asakawa
Project Professor, Keio University
IBM Fellow Emerita
Chief Executive Director, Miraikan (The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation)

Research Talk A
Science of the Brain and Body behind Winning
－ Uncovering Neural and Physiological Mechanisms of Winning and Losing in Esports －
Sorato Minami, Human Information Science Laboratory
NTT Communication Science Laboratories

Research Talk B
Digital Organoid: Frontier of Bio-Medical Science
－ Digitalized Biological Models to Realize Better Medicine and Health －
Kenji Komiya, Media Information Laboratory
NTT Communication Science Laboratories

Research Talk C
Understanding, Predicting, and Controlling Event Timing
－ Event Time Series Analysis Using Point Processes and Machine Learning －
Hideaki Kim, Innovative Communication Laboratory
NTT Communication Science Laboratories

Machine Learning Science

• Seeking to capture the growth trajectory of cells　- Interactive hypothesis testing on cell differentiation –
• Estimating cellular interactions from patterns　- Modeling biological development with agent simulation –
• Towards energy-efficient AI models　- Integrating sparsity and quantization for model compression –
• Do not compute: Fast approach for vector search　- Accelerating ScaNN via pruning-based vector quantization –
• Fast and accurate event timing prediction　- Event time analysis via point processes and machine learning –
• Who is affected by this policy, and why?　- Accurate, interpretable statistical causal effect estimation –
• Evaluating uncertainty in the probability estimation　- Variance computation for probabilistic inference outcome –

Media Information Science

• Listening to what you want!　- Real-time selective listening of everyday sounds –
• Providing a diverse range of appealing voices　- An idol voice dataset for research on speech generation AI –
• Were you able to thoroughly disinfect the entire area?　- Evaluation of disinfection activities using thermal camera –
• 3D world captured by humans and AI　- Comparing depth estimation bias using large-scale human data –
• Material perception through vision　- Vision-based methods for conveying softness and stickiness –

Communication and Mathematical Science

• Solving open problems in arithmetic dynamics　- Partial resolution of Morton-Vivaldi’s conjecture –
• Can you trust these search results?　- Hub text identification for cross-modal embeddings –
• How is envy depicted in picture books?　- The effectiveness of picture books for emotional education –
• How was that story?　- An AI system for talking about picture book impressions –
• Measuring cognitive and affective empathy　- Dataset construction and analysis for both empathy types –

Human Science

• What do circular leg movements tell us?　- Smartphone-based foot skill and postural control evaluation –
• The essence of winning revealed through esports　- In-match biosignals predict win/loss and assess expertise –
• What mind-body states drive elite victory?!　- Individualized hormone–performance relationship & regulation –
• Understanding the mind from eyes and brain in the wild　- Scaling mind reading beyond the lab –
• How people make sense of non-realistic virtual worlds　- Examining how a sekai-kan is formed in the human mind –