2024年度の活動報告
Hironori Takeuchi (representative of the research group)
Activity results
In 2024, we carried out the following activities in line with the three pillars defined in the first year (2023): "Communicating with society," "Creating a research community," and "Improving the research environment."
● 4th Open Seminar (July 18th)
Communicating with society
The theme of this study group, the penetration of AI into society, is of interest not only to researchers but also to various practitioners from their own work perspectives, so we held a public seminar featuring researchers and practitioners active on the front lines.To make it easier for practitioners to participate, we planned the seminar as an online seminar in the evening.In fiscal year 2024, three public seminars were held as follows.
● 3rd Public Seminar (June 11th)
・ Theme: The past, present and future of dialogue systems
・ Lecturer: Mikio Nakano (C4A Research Institute Co., Ltd./Osaka University/Nagoya University/Nagoya Institute of Technology)
● 4th Open Seminar (July 18th)
・Theme: Theory and practice of process mining
・ Lecturers: Shinobu Saito (NTT Computer & Data Science Laboratories), Masato Yamazaki (NTT Data Intra-Mart Development Headquarters TechLab)
● 5th Public Seminar (November 27th)
・ Theme: The talent needed to promote the penetration of AI into society
・ Lecturer: Takahira Yamaguchi (Kanagawa University/Keio University)
Creating a research community
As a venue for presenting research, we collaborated with the Japan Society for Artificial Intelligence to co-host a research presentation at our university as follows.
● 3rd AI Social Penetration Research Presentation (March 26th)
・Co-hosted with the Knowledge Distribution Network Study Group of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
・ Number of presentations: 8
Members of the research group also visited Shinshu University's Institute of Social Infrastructure and Okayama University to hold workshops. They discussed topics such as "system modeling using generative AI" and "regional use of drones," and considered seminar plans for 2025 and beyond. They also held an international workshop in collaboration with other universities in Makuhari on November 1st and 2nd.
Improving the research environment
As a research group, we purchased related books and stocked the library. In 2024, we stocked the library with books related to generative AI and the history of AI. In addition, in order to raise awareness of the books we stocked both inside and outside the university, we held a special exhibition (October 15th - November 16th) and a book talk (October 31st) in collaboration with the library, titled "AI Has Become a Familiar Presence."
Future developments
In 2025, we will continue to work from the perspectives of "communicating with society," "creating a research community," and "improving the research environment."
Communicating with society
Public seminars will be held online in the same format as in fiscal 2024. In fiscal 2025, the goal is to hold three to four seminars, with seminars planned on themes such as "Engineering for AI Implementation," "System Development in the Age of Generative AI," "DX Practice in Specific Fields," and "Data Engineering."
Creating a research community
We will continue to hold research presentations at our university in collaboration with the Information Processing Society of Japan and the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence. Furthermore, we are considering holding international workshops by inviting overseas researchers who visit Japan for international conferences. Furthermore, the study group will actively support efforts by study group members to create new research communities with external researchers.
Improving the research environment
We will continue to hear from a wide range of study group members and continue to improve the book.