システム・ソフトウェア研究部門

ソフトコンピューティング集積システム 研究室

1１）当該研究室の研究成果について(*) Excellent ( ) Very Good ( ) Good ( ) Fair ( ) Poor
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２）当該研究室構成員の学会活動について(*) Excellent ( ) Very Good ( ) Good ( ) Fair ( ) Poor
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３）当該研究室構成員の社会貢献について( ) Excellent (*) Very Good ( ) Good ( ) Fair ( ) Poor
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４）当該研究室の競争的資金の獲得状況について(*) Excellent ( ) Very Good ( ) Good ( ) Fair ( ) Poor
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５）国際共同研究・連携研究・連携教育活動の実績について(*) Excellent ( ) Very Good ( ) Good ( ) Fair ( ) Poor
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６）共同利用・共同研究拠点活動の実績について(*) Excellent ( ) Very Good ( ) Good ( ) Fair ( ) Poor
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７）その他、総合的なコメント
ご提案されているブレインモルフィックシステムなどを含む新しい技術・概念は、過去の技術の焼き直しでしかない現在の人工知能などは、遥かに及ばない概念と新技術であると考えられます。今後の神経科学分野との融合なども含めて、理論的にも実験的にもさらなる発展が期待されるものであると受け止めました。

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１）当該研究室の研究成果について( ) Excellent (*) Very Good ( ) Good ( ) Fair ( ) Poor
特になし
２）当該研究室構成員の学会活動について(*) Excellent ( ) Very Good ( ) Good ( ) Fair ( ) Poor
特になし
３）当該研究室構成員の社会貢献について( ) Excellent (*) Very Good ( ) Good ( ) Fair ( ) Poor
特になし４）当該研究室の競争的資金の獲得状況について( ) Excellent (*) Very Good ( ) Good ( ) Fair ( ) Poor
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５）国際共同研究・連携研究・連携教育活動の実績について( ) Excellent ( ) Very Good ( ) Good (*) Fair ( ) Poor
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６）共同利用・共同研究拠点活動の実績について( ) Excellent (*) Very Good ( ) Good ( ) Fair ( ) Poor
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７）その他、総合的なコメント
設立 3 年目であり、環境構築期であるといえ、これからに期待できる。

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1. How would you evaluate the research activities in this period?
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The lab has made contributions in both nanoscale devices used in neuromorphic computing and inchaotic circuits. I expect to see this research push boundaries in the future and make a bigger impact
in the coming years.
2. How would you evaluate the activities of the members in the laboratory for the academic societies?
(*) Excellent ( ) Very Good ( ) Good ( ) Fair ( ) Poor
Prof. Horio has been extremely dedicated and successful in both expanding the involvement of JNNS
to the international arena. He has also served as the advisor for the NOLTA conference and has beenable to negotiate the conference in Croatia in 2021. Overall the lab members have been effective in
improving the involvement in international conferences and societies .
3. How would you evaluate the contribution of the laboratory to society?
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Edge AI hardware is becoming more important everyday and the technologies and research doneby the lab will help make this a reality. I expect the lab to lead the research in bringing nanoscale
devices to solving the edge AI/neuromorphic hardware problems in the coming years.
4. How would you evaluate the lab’s level of funding?
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The lab has good funding but could benefit from an increase in funding levels to support the highimpact research they are performing.
5. How would you evaluate the lab’s collaborative research, including international joint research andcollaborative education?
(*) Excellent ( ) Very Good ( ) Good ( ) Fair ( ) Poor
The lab has been proactive in being engaged with the international society and engaging industry.
6. RIEC is one of Japan’s “Joint usage/Research Center” or “Nation-wide Cooperative ResearchProjects” institutes. How would you evaluate the achievements of work done under this framework?
(*) Excellent ( ) Very Good ( ) Good ( ) Fair ( ) Poor
The work on AI chip development is a cooperative project done in the lab with high impact.
7. Additional or overall comments
Overall the lab is doing really well. Though the funding levels are great, the lab's excellent andexceptional members can benefit from increased funding. I expect to see great results in the comingyears.

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