November 2019 Vol. 17 No. 11112019

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Kazuhiro Gomi, President and CEO, NTT Research, Inc.

Feature Articles
Communication Science for Achieving
Coexistence and Co-creation between
Humans and AI
Processing Like People, Understanding People, Helping
People—Toward a Future Where Humans and AI Will
Coexist and Co-create
See, Hear, and Learn to Describe—Crossmodal
Information Processing Opens the Way to Smarter AI
Measuring Visual Abilities in an Engaging Manner
Creating a Walking Sensation for the Seated—ASensation of Pseudo-walking Expands PeripersonalSpace
Chat Dialogue System with Context Understanding
Transmission of Messages to the Efficiency Limit—
Implementation of Tractable Channel Code Achieving theShannon Limit

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Kazuhiro Gomi, President and CEO, NTT Research, Inc.
▼Overview
NTT Research, Inc. was established in Palo Alto, California—in the heart of Silicon
Valley, USA—in April 2019. It comprises three laboratories, 1) Quantum science andcomputing, 2) Medical and health informatics, and 3) Cryptography and information
security. The goal is to build a new human-resource ecosystem in the areas ofadvanced basic research that can fundamentally change the way we live and the way
we work. At the opening event held in July 2019, substantial encouragement andsupport were evident among the many notable guests from academia and the businessworlds. Kazuhiro Gomi, President and Chief Executive Officer of NTT Research, Inc., aleader who thoroughly understands the importance of human networks, was asked
what the prospects are for NTT Research, Inc.

Feature Articles
Communication Science for Achieving Coexistence and Co-creation between
Humans and AI

Processing Like People, Understanding People, Helping People—
Toward a Future Where Humans and AI Will Coexist and Co-create▼Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been making remarkableprogress in recent years and has even been approaching
the level of human performance for certain functions, but it
still has its limitations. In contrast, human beings are highly
advanced and complex, which is why they are also imperfectand prone to mistakes as reflected by their vulnerability tobias and illusions. This article introduces NTT initiatives incommunication science to bring AI technology closer to ahuman level and to develop an even deeper understandingof human beings with the aim of closing the gap between AI
and humans and achieving AI that can help people.

Regular Articles
Noninvasive Glucose Measurement Using Electromagnetic Waves: Photoacoustic Spectroscopy
and Dielectric Spectroscopy

Global Standardization Activities
An Update on Open Source Communities Engaged in SDN/NFV, with a Focus on the OpenNetworking Foundation

Information
Event Report: NTT Communication Science Laboratories Open House 2019

Regular Articles

Noninvasive Glucose Measurement Using ElectromagneticWaves: Photoacoustic Spectroscopy and Dielectric Spectroscopy▼Abstract
Noninvasive glucose measurement without needle pricking isanticipated as a novel medical and healthcare application. We
introduce here our research on the use of near-infrared
photoacoustic spectroscopy and microwave dielectric
spectroscopy for noninvasive glucose measurement using
electromagnetic waves. We also present our recent work
involving in vivo measurement. Both measurement
techniques are based on optical and wireless components
and system integration, which have been investigated intelecommunication system development at NTT.