November 10, 2022

Supporting a Well-being Society that Integrates the Digital and Real Worlds

After reviewing the spread of digital technology in society that has accompanied the development of information and communication technology, this article introduces a well-being digital-real fusion society that is necessary today, and the efforts being made by NTT laboratories to achieve it.

November 10, 2022

I Want to Reduce the Sudden Misfortune Caused by Heart Failures by Bridging the Gap between Medicine and ICT

Electrocardiograms (ECGs) are widely used in medical institutions for diagnosis, vital monitoring, health checkups, and automated external defibrillators. With the development of information and communication technology (ICT) and advances in information-processing technologies such as machine learning, the application of ECGs is expanding to self-care and other fields. In today's aging society, the need for in-home medical care and telemedicine using ECGs is rapidly increasing due to the increase in the occurrence of cardiac diseases. We interviewed Dr. Shingo Tsukada, an NTT Fellow who has been conducting interdisciplinary research that integrates medicine and ICT by drawing on his clinical experience as a physician.

November 10, 2022

Communication Science that Adapts to the Changing Present and Creates a Sustainable Future-Aiming to Create Technology that Brings Harmony and Symbiosis among People, Society, and the Environment

NTT Communication Science Laboratories (CS Labs) celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2021. From the beginning, we have been engaged in research to construct basic theories that address the essence of human and information sciences and develop innovative technologies that can bring about changes in society. We aim to achieve communication that "reaches the heart" between humans and between humans and computers. In this article, I present the recent research results at CS Labs and efforts toward future advances.