The Social ICT Research Center Symposium (2024)

EVENT

The Social ICT Research Center Symposium will be held.

  • Theme: Robots and a safe society in the age of AI
  • Date: 2024-8-8 (Thursday) 13:30~17:30
  • Location: Lecture Room 221, 2nd floor, Building 2, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo (MAP) / YouTube broadcast

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SICT Research Center Symposium Participants Wanted

Social ICT Research Center Symposium

This is an announcement for the symposium “Robots and a Safe Society in the AI ​​Era” hosted by the Social ICT Research Center, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo .

Rapidly developing artificial intelligence (AI) technology is poised to dramatically change the way industry and society work. At this symposium, we will invite guests at the forefront of the fields of Robotics, AI, and Finance to talk about technological trends and future prospects from both an academic and industrial perspective.

In the second half of the panel discussion, we will also be answering questions from the audience, and will discuss how the times are changing, what we should pay attention to, and
how we should prepare for the future.

If you are interested in technological trends and future prospects in the above fields, please join us.

Date and Time: August 8th, 13:30-17:30

* Location:
Faculty of Engineering Building 2, 2nd floor, Lecture Room 221, YouTube broadcast

* Organized by
The Social ICT Research Center (SICT), Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

*Program : Symposium “Robots and a Secure Society in the AI ​​Era
 Moderator: Rie Yamaguchi (Associate Professor, SICT)

13:30-13:35 Opening remarks
 Professor Hiroshi Nakamura (Dean, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology)
13:35-13:40 Introduction : Introduction to the Social ICT Research Center
 Professor Yoshimasa Tsuruoka (Director, SICT Center, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology)
13:40-14:10 Lecture 1: Expanding the field in which people can play an active role beyond time and space toward the realization of an avatar robot society
 Takahide Yoshiike (Director of Frontier Robotics Domain, Advanced Technology Research Center, Honda R&D Co., Ltd.)
14:10-14:40 Lecture2: Trends and the future of AI robots
 Tatsuya Harada (Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Specially Appointed Professor, SICT) 
14:40-15:10 Lecture 3: The future of payments in the AI era
 Motohiro Nishikawa (Director, Innovation Promotion Department, Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Co., Ltd)

Break

15:25-17:25 Panel Discussion
Robots and a safe society in the age of AI
 Moderator : Yoshimasa Tsuruoka
 Panelists : Tomohiro Tanigawa (Professor at SICT) , Masatake Ito (Associate Professor at SICT) , Takahide Yoshiike, Tatsuya Harada, Motohiro Nishikawa

17 :25-17:30 Adjourn – Yoshimasa Tsuruoka