March 2020 Vol. 18 No. 332020

https://www.ntt-review.jp/archive/2020/202003.html

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Atsuko Oka, Senior Vice President, Head of Technology
Planning, NTT

Front-line Researchers
Tessei Kobayashi, Senior Distinguished Researcher,
NTT Communication Science Laboratories

Feature Articles
NTT R&D Forum 2019 Special Sessions
A Digital World of Humans and Society—Digital Twin
ComputingInnovative Network for 2030 (Beyond 2020)
Basic Technologies toward the All-Photonics Network
Upgrade Reality—Reality in IOWN Concept

Feature Articles
ICT R&D Initiatives for a Smart World that Harmonizes Peopleand Environments
R&D Initiatives to Make the Most of Human Abilities by Amplifying Human Intelligence to Achievea Smart World that Harmonizes People and Environments
Natural Communication Technologies Providing Information through Natural Exchanges that Do
Not Interfere with Human Activities
Ambient Assistance Technology Supporting Human Behavior by Understanding the Relationshipbetween People and Environments
User Experience Method for Deeper Understanding People’s Values to Design and Change TheirBehavior
Sports Social View—Method of Inclusive Sports Appreciation Extracting and Sharing the Essenceof Sports through the Sense of Touch

Regular Articles
Field Trials of Open and Disaggregated Transponder in Optical and IP Networking
Does Exploratory Hand Movement Provide Information on Tactile Sensations?

Global Standardization Activities
Activities at W3C Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee Meetings Week (TPAC) 2019 inFukuoka

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Atsuko Oka, Senior Vice President, Head of Technology
Planning, NTT▼Overview

The NTT Group is committed to solving social issues, and its initiatives andresponsiveness have been highly evaluated. The Group joined the international
environmental protection initiatives EP100 and EV100 as their firsttelecommunications carrier member. It has also been selected as a global top
innovator for the eighth consecutive year. We asked Atsuko Oka, NTT senior vicepresident, head of Technology Planning, for her 2020 outlook for the NTT Group,
which strives to provide high-quality, highly reliable services for safe and secure
operation of information and communication technology infrastructure.

Feature Articles
NTT R&D Forum 2019 Special Sessions

A Digital World of Humans and Society—Digital Twin Computing▼Abstract
This article introduces a lecture presented by Ryutaro Kawamura, senior vicepresident and head of NTT Service Innovation Laboratory Group, at a specialsession of NTT R&D Forum 2019 held on November 14 and 15, 2019. The lecture
described the latest research activities at the laboratory group, focusing on NTT’svision of Innovative Optical and Wireless Network or IOWN.

Feature Articles
ICT R&D Initiatives for a Smart World that Harmonizes People and Environments

R&D Initiatives to Make the Most of Human Abilities by
Amplifying Human Intelligence to Achieve a Smart World
that Harmonizes People and Environments▼Abstract
Information and communication technology (ICT) will soon be necessary to make the most of andsupplement people’s abilities and support their activities by harmonizing people and environments throughnatural interactions that seamlessly blend with their activities. This article introduces the ICT research anddevelopment initiatives at NTT Service Evolution Laboratories to achieve a smart world that harmonizes
people and environments.