1st AI Robot-Driven Science
Symposium

Held on July 6, 2023 (Thu)

The AI Robot-Driven Science Initiative held the "1st AI Robot-Driven Science Symposium" on July 6, 2023 (Thursday) at the Tokyo International Forum to exchange information and discuss research achievements in "AI Robot-Driven Science."

Overview

Date
July 6, 2023 (Thursday)
Time
13:00-17:45
Venue
Tokyo International Forum Hall D7

Program

Part 1

Time Content
13:00-14:50 Guest Remarks
・Shuichi Sakamoto (Councilor, Cabinet Office Science, Technology and Innovation Bureau)
・Takashi Kiyoura (Senior Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
・Katsuaki Watanabe (Former President and Representative Director, Toyota Motor Corporation)

Lectures: Towards an Initiative in AI Robot-Driven Science
・Koichi Takahashi (Representative, JST MIRAI Program "Acceleration of Life Science by Robotic Biology")
・Keisuke Nagato (Representative, JST MIRAI Program "Construction of Material Search Space Expansion Platform")
・Kanako Harada (PM, JST Moonshot R&D Program "Science Pioneering through Creative Co-evolution of Humans and AI Robots")
・Yoshitaka Ushiku (PM, JST Moonshot R&D Program "AI Robots that Harmonize with Humans for Knowledge Creation and Boundary Crossing")

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Kazuhiro Hayashi (Director, Data Analysis Policy Research Office, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy)
Panelists:
・Koichi Takahashi
・Keisuke Nagato
・Kanako Harada
・Yoshitaka Ushiku
・Yoshiaki Shimada (Fellow, Center for Research and Development Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency)
・Hiroaki Kitano (Chief Technology Officer, Sony Group Corporation; Member, Cabinet Office AI Strategy Council)
・Yoshihiro Kawahara (Professor, The University of Tokyo; Member, Cabinet Office AI Strategy Council)

Part 2

Time Content
14:50-15:50 Poster Session
15:50-17:35 Lectures: Direction and Practice of AI Robot-Driven Science, and Dialogue with Society
17:35-17:45 Summary
Takao Kuramochi (Deputy Director, Center for Research and Development Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency)

Closing Remarks
Organizer

Speakers

Part 1 Session Speakers

Koichi Takahashi

Representative, JST MIRAI Program "Acceleration of Life Science by Robotic Biology"

Team Leader, Biocomputing Research Team, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

Keisuke Nagato

Representative, JST MIRAI Program "Construction of Material Search Space Expansion Platform"

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Kanako Harada

PM, JST Moonshot R&D Program "Science Pioneering through Creative Co-evolution of Humans and AI Robots"

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medicine/Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Yoshitaka Ushiku

PM, JST Moonshot R&D Program "AI Robots that Harmonize with Humans for Knowledge Creation and Boundary Crossing"

Research Organizer and Principal Investigator, Research Administrative Division, OMRON SINIC X Corporation

Panel Discussion

Kazuhiro Hayashi

Director, Data Analysis Policy Research Office, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy

Yoshiaki Shimada

Fellow, Center for Research and Development Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency

Hiroaki Kitano

Chief Technology Officer, Sony Group Corporation; Member, Cabinet Office AI Strategy Council

Part 2 Lectures

Ryo Ozaki

University of Tsukuba

Masahito Iida

Mitsubishi Research Institute

Ryota Shimizu

The University of Tokyo

Itoshi Nikaido

Tokyo Medical and Dental University / RIKEN BDR

Koichiro Yoshino

RIKEN GRP / Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Ichiro Takeuchi

Nagoya University / RIKEN AIP

Mizuki Kukita

Nagoya University

Yukino Baba

The University of Tokyo

Organizer

  • AI Robot-Driven Science Initiative Preparatory Office

Co-organizers

  • JST MIRAI Program "Acceleration of Life Science by Robotic Biology" (Representative: Koichi Takahashi)
  • JST MIRAI Program "Construction of Material Search Space Expansion Platform" (Representative: Keisuke Nagato)
  • JST Moonshot R&D Program "Science Pioneering through Creative Co-evolution of Humans and AI Robots" (PM: Kanako Harada)
  • JST Moonshot R&D Program "AI Robots that Harmonize with Humans for Knowledge Creation and Boundary Crossing" (PM: Yoshitaka Ushiku)

Support and Cooperation

  • Robot Revolution & Industrial IoT Initiative
  • The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
  • Keio University SFC Research Institute AI Co-Creation Laboratory
  • Japan Science and Technology Agency (Center for Research and Development Strategy, CREST "Bio-DX" Area), etc.