Hiroshi Saito
Senior Distinguished Engineer
Network Technology Laboratories
Research on network science using an interdisciplinary approach
This research focuses on new network models, network design/control, network services, and their applications using an interdisciplinary approach, in particular, a mathematical approach related to spatial information.

Makio Kashino
Senior Distinguished Scientist
Communication Science Laboratories
Research on the brain mechanisms underlying ?exible listening and deep communication
We aim to elucidate a mechanism that enables people to listen to the desired sound from among many sounds, a mechanism by which people perceive a sound as pleasant/unpleasant or attractive, and a mechanism that enables people to convey their feelings through an unconscious bodily motion or response.

Masaya Notomi
Senior Distinguished Scientist
Basic Research Laboratories
Quest for novel optical phenomena and development of next-generation optical integration technology using photonic nanostructure
We will explore novel optical phenomena, such as negative refraction and slow light, and dramatically reduce the size and power consumption of a variety of optical devices.

Yutaka Miyamoto
Senior Distinguished Researcher
Network Innovation Laboratories
Research on ultra-high capacity optical transmission for future optical transport network
We aim to dramatically enhance optical transmission performance based on coherent signal processing to realize future highly-reliable and high-capacity optical transport network.

Hiroaki Gomi
Senior Distinguished Scientist
Communication Science Laboratories
Elucidation of interactive information processing for motor control, sensation, and perception
We will explore latent sensorimotor information processing and develop those computational models which contribute a fundamental theory for human-friendly interfaces.

Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Senior Distinguished Researcher
Basic Research Laboratories
Semiconductor nanomechanical devices
We aim to develop devices that operate on new concepts by integrating the optical, electrical, and mechanical properties of minute 3-dimensional semiconductor structures.

Masaaki Nagata
Senior Distinguished Researcher
Communication Science Laboratories
Research on statistical machine translation based on deep syntax analysis
We aim to dramatically enhance the accuracy of translation between languages having completely different word orders, as is the case between English and Japanese, by analyzing the correspondence of the semantic structure of a sentence.

Shin’ya Nishida
Senior Distinguished Scientist
Communication Science Laboratories
Psychophysical research on the principles of information processing by the human brain, which can produce rich visual experiences.
We aim to elucidate, by closely analyzing human characteristics, the mechanisms for perception of motion and material from visual images, and the principles for integration of sensory signals that are processed in parallel.