December 2021 Vol. 19 No. 12122021

https://www.ntt-review.jp/archive/2021/202112.html

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Toru Takama, President & CEO, NTT AnodeEnergy CorporationOverview

Front-line Researchers

NTT Anode Energy is promoting the smart energy solution business, which leverages
the resources and information and communication technologies possessed by theNTT Group. Two years after its establishment, the company is striving to contribute toresolving social issues, such as environmental and population problems, revitalizing
industry, and building a sustainable society. We interviewed Toru Takama, presidentand chief executive officer of NTT Anode Energy, about the progress of business topromote and expand renewable energy and the mindset of top management.

Yasushi Takatori, Senior Distinguished Researcher, NTT Access Network Service Systems
Laboratories

Front-line Researchers

Rising Researchers

Yasushi Takatori, Senior Distinguished Researcher, NTTAccess Network Service Systems Laboratories

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Toru Takama, President & CEO, NTT Anode Energy Corporation

Atsutoshi Kumagai, Distinguished Researcher, NTT Computer and Data Science Laboratories
and NTT Social Informatics Laboratories

Feature Articles
Toward a New Form of Coexistence between the Real Worldand Cyberworld
Research and Development of Digital Twin Computing for Creating a Digitalized World
Thought-processing Technology for Understanding, Reproducing, and Extending Human Thinking
Ability
Research on Symbiotic Intelligence for Achieving Symbiosis among People and between People
and Machines
Cybernetics Technologies for Symbiosis between People and Machines
Elemental Technologies for Supporting the Integration of Real Space and Cyberspace

Feature Articles
Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 and NTT R&D—Technologies for Viewing Tokyo 2020 Games
Introduction
Initiatives for a New Sports-viewing Experience
Sailing × Ultra-realistic Communication Technology Kirari!
Badminton × Ultra-realistic Communication Technology Kirari!
Marathon × Ultra-low-latency Communication Technology

Global Standardization Activities
High-accuracy Time-synchronization Technology for Low-latency, High-capacity Communications inthe 5G and Beyond 5G eras

Practical Field Information about Telecommunication Technologies
Case Studies of Communication Problems with Video Transmission Systems Using WirelessLANs▼Overview
Future networks are expected to provide high-speed, large-capacity communications
and enormous amount of computing resources that exceed the limits of theconventional network infrastructure. To meet these expectations, NTT is conducting
research and development on the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN), afuture information-processing infrastructure that includes user’s terminals. Yasushi
Takatori, a senior distinguished researcher at NTT Access Network Service Systems
Laboratories, is taking on the challenge of innovating wireless access toward the 6G(six-generation mobile communication system) era, which will be an essential
component of IOWN. We asked him about his research activities and his attitude as aresearcher.

Feature Articles
Toward a New Form of Coexistence between the Real World and Cyberworld

Research and Development of Digital Twin Computing for
Creating a Digitalized WorldAbstract
The Digital Twin Computing Research Project aims to make Digital Twin Computing, a key component of
the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) initiative promoted by NTT, a reality. We establishedfour grand challenges to achieve this objective and have been conducting research and development tomeet each one. This article outlines each grand challenge and associated technologies and describes
horizontal activities across these challenges.
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