Social ICT Research Center

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2018

February 28, 2018
Publications Project Associate Professor Yamaguchi was mentioned in a CardWave article.

2017

December 4, 2017
Publications Project Associate Professor Yamaguchi was mentioned in a AERA article(2017.12/11 Vol.30 No.55), "Authentication using behavioral data." (AERA dot.)
November 19, 2017
Publications The Course on Next-Generation Personal Authentication Technology was featured in an article of Nihon Keizai Shimbun, "Authentication using Lifestyle habits."
November 1, 2017
Publications Lifestyle Authentication was featured on 異能(Inno)vation Program.
July 27, 2017
Publications The Social ICT Research Center 5th Symposium was featured on ZDNet Japan.
June 2, 2017
Reports Professor Nakata received the 2016 Information Processing Society of Japan Contribution Award.
June 1, 2017
Events The Social ICT Research Center 5th Symposium, "Toward a Safe and Comfortable Society Led by AI/IoT," will be held on Thursday, July 6 in the Large Auditorium (213), Building 2, Faculty of Engineering, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo.
May 11, 2017
Publications Project Associate Professor Yamaguchi was mentioned in a Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun article, "Professor Yamaguchi of Todai Studies Authentication Technology as the Leader of the Next Generation."
March 24, 2017
Publications "Lifestyle Authentication," the Course on Next-Generation Personal Authentication Technology, was mentioned in an NHK News Web Business Feature, "Safer than Fingerprints? Personal Authentication through Everyday Activities."
March 20, 2017
Reports "Lifestyle Authentication," the Course on Next-Generation Personal Authentication Technology, was featured in a March 20 NHK News program, "Experiments of New Technology: Authenticating Individuals through Everyday Behavior Data."
March 17, 2017
News The Course on Next-Generation Personal Authentication Technology will hold a demonstration of lifestyle authentication at Roppongi Hills from Saturday, March 18 to Monday, March 20.
March 12, 2017
Publications Experiments conducted in the Course on Next-Generation Personal Authentication Technology were featured in an article on page 2 (issued by the Osaka Headquarters) of the March 12 morning edition of Yomiuri Shimbun, "Personal Authentication Using Smartphone Usage History: No Passwords or Fingerprints Required for Safe Net Shopping."
February 28, 2017
Publications The Course on Next-Generation Personal Authentication Technology was featured in an article in the Kinki Economy section of the February 28 Nihon Keizai Shimbun, "Authentication without IDs and Passwords; Experiments near Osaka Station by Todai for Commercial Facility Users."
February 24, 2017
Publications The Course on Next-Generation Personal Authentication Technology issued a press release, "The University of Tokyo's Demonstration of Next-Generation Personal Authentication Technology in the Kansai Region."
February 6, 2017
Publications Experiments conducted in the Course on Next-Generation Personal Authentication Technology were featured in an article on page 2 of the February 8 Kinyu Keizai Shimbun, "Todai's Social ICT Research Center Says Lifestyle Authentication is Next-Generation Technology: Experiments through End of March."
February 3, 2017
Publications Experiments conducted in the Course on Next-Generation Personal Authentication Technology were featured in an article on page 17 of the February 3 Nikkin, "Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Sponsors Todai's Experiments on Lifestyle Authentication."
January 27, 2017
Publications Experiments conducted in the Course on Next-Generation Personal Authentication Technology were featured in an article on page 8 of the January 27 morning edition of Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun, "Smartphone App Personal Authentication: Todai's Experiments Require No Passwords."
January 19, 2017
Publications The Course on Next-Generation Personal Authentication Technology issued a press release, "The University of Tokyo Began a Large-Scale Experiment on Next-Generation Personal Authentication Technology."
January 11, 2017
News The Course on Next-Generation Personal Authentication Technology began a large-scale experiment on lifestyle authentication.

2016

December 13, 2016
Publications The Course on Next-Generation Personal Authentication Technology was featured in an article on page 6 of the digital version of Nihon Keizai Shimbun, "Shopping Empty-Handed Becomes Reality: Experiments on Payments Using Face and Fingerprint Authentication Moves Ahead."
November 22, 2016
Publications Lifestyle authentication studied in the Course on Next-Generation Personal Authentication Technology was featured on Keyman's Net.
October 1, 2016
Reports "Research on the Application of Decentralized PDS for Clinical Practice and Research" (AMED 2016 "Project on Using Personal Health Record (PHR) (Second Call for Applications)") was launched, with Professor Koichi Hashida taking the lead (click here for more information on decentralized PDS).
September 17, 2016
Events The Course on Next-Generation Personal Authentication Technology will participate as an exhibitor at CEATEC JAPAN 2016 to be held from Tuesday, October 4, 2016 to Friday, October 7, 2016.
August 17, 2016
Publications Project Associate Professor Yamaguchi's special lecture at "ZDNet Japan x TechRepublic Japan: Information Leakage Prevention Seminar" was featured on ZDNet Japan.
May 19, 2016
Reports The Course on Next-Generation Personal Authentication Technology issued a press release, "Symposium on the Role of Big Data in Social Infrastructure and Experiments on Next-Generation Personal Authentication." The symposium will take place on June 7, 2016.
April 14, 2016

Events The 1st Organized Medical Information Strategy Forum, "Save Japan! Healthcare Strategy through Controlling Your Own Information," will be held by the Center in collaboration with the Japan Support Center for Integrative Medicine.

2015

December 10, 2015

Reports Ryosuke Kobayashi (JSPS Specialist) won the WICS'15 Best Paper Award.

September 3, 2015

Reports Professor Hashida began an experiment on personal management of healthcare data, which will serve as the foundation of an integrated community care system (press release).

September 1, 2015

Reports Research will begin on personal authentication using history on manga apps.

August 24, 2015

Reports Yamaguchi Lab's Toshiaki Hikida (first-year doctorate student) won the DICOMO2015 Paper Award.

May 25, 2015

Events The Social ICT Research Center 3rd Symposium, "Towards the Redesign of Society in 2020: Leading Social Innovation with Next-Generation Personal Authentication at Its Core," will be held in Fukutake Learning Theater of Fukutake Hall, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Hongo Campus, [Added. Please confirm.] The University of Tokyo, on June 12. The event will be co-hosted by The University of Tokyo's Graduate Program for Social ICT Global Creative Leaders.

May 12, 2015

Publications"Big Data Consortium that Does Not Collect Data" was featured in an article in Nikkei Computer ITpro.

April 28, 2015

Publications "Todai Develops System that Allows Consumers Themselves to Manage Personal Information--Preferred Service Providers Selected" was published in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun.

April 1, 2015

Reports Professor Toshiyuki Nakata of the Course on ICT for Next-Generation Social Systems joined the Center.

April

Reports Project Associate Professor Yamaguchi was selected the best author in the February 2015 edition of The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers.

April 1, 2015

Reports Specially Appointed Researcher Mizuki Morita left his position to become a Specially Appointed Lecturer at Okayama University.

March 6, 2015

News The Center moved to Room 91C of Building 2, Faculty of Engineering.

2014

October 15, 2014

Reports A kick-off symposium, "Big Data Consortium that Does Not Collect Data," was held.

July 10, 2014

Media Professor Hashida developed a practical application of decentralized data management technology that substantially reduces the risk of personal information leakage (press release).

July 7, 2014

Reports Project Associate Professor Yamaguchi's lecture at Ehime University was broadcast from 3 p.m. on July 7 on Ehime Cable Television (Ehime CATV Event Channel).

July 1, 2014

Reports Project Associate Professor Yamaguchi's lecture at Ehime University "Information Security Issues that You Should Know" was featured on July 1 in the morning edition of Ehime Shimbun.

June 22, 2014

Reports The University of Tokyo's team placed 7th in the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC).

April 9, 2014

Events The Social ICT Research Center 2nd Symposium, "Research Developments in Social ICT and Training of Skilled Professionals," was held in Ito Hall, Ito International Research Center, The University of Tokyo. The event was co-hosted by The University of Tokyo's Graduate Program for Social ICT Global Creative Leaders.

2013

October 28, 2013

Events The Social ICT Research Center 1st Symposium, "Towards a New Social Information Infrastructure," was held in Ichijo Hall, Yayoi Auditorium, The University of Tokyo. The event was co-hosted by the Center and The University of Tokyo's Graduate Program for Social ICT Global Creative Leaders.

March 27, 2013

Media Announcement was made about The University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Information Science and Technology and Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS' collaboration to offer a course on next-generation personal authentication technology that seeks to offer safety and assurance in society. The course seeks to develop technology in next-generation personal authentication.

March 25, 2013

Publications "Card Authentication by Personal Habits and Physical Attributes: Todai and Mitsubishi UFJ" was featured on page 1 of the digital version of the evening edition of Nihon Keizai Shimbun.