January 2016 Vol. 14 No. 112016

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Hiromichi Shinohara, Senior Executive Vice President
and Head of R&D Strategy Department, NTT

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Hiromichi Shinohara,
Senior Executive Vice President and Head of R&D Strategy
Department, NTT▼Overview

The NTT Group has taken up the challenge of self-transformation toward growth inprofits as declared in its Medium-Term Management Strategy “Towards the Next
Stage 2.0.” There are high expectations of the NTT Group for technologicaldevelopment and social contributions in fields of great global interest such as artificial
intelligence, Internet of Things, and cybersecurity. At the dawn of a new year, weFront-line Researchers
Shinji Matsuo, Senior Distinguished Researcher, NTTDevice Technology Laboratories

asked Senior Executive Vice President Hiromichi Shinohara to tell us about NTT
Group plans for 2016 and specific initiatives for creating new value.

Front-line Researchers

Shinji Matsuo,
Senior Distinguished Researcher,
NTT Device Technology Laboratories▼OverviewShinji Matsuo, Senior Distinguished Researcher at NTT Device TechnologyFeature Articles
Photonics-electronics Convergence Hardware Technology
for Maximizing Network PerformanceLaboratories, continues his challenging work on achieving optoelectronic integrated

R&D Trends in Convergence of Photonic and Electronic Hardware for Network Innovation
High-speed Electronic and Optical Device Technologies for Ultralarge-capacity OpticalTransmission
Advances in Phase Sensitive Amplifiers Based on PPLN Waveguides for Optical Communication
Lateral Current-injection Membrane Lasers Fabricated on a Silicon Substrate
Photonics-electronics Convergence Design for Digital Mock-up
High-speed Optical Packet Switching for Photonic Datacenter Networks
Hardware/Software Co-design Technology for Network Virtualization

describe remaining issues and to comment on his role as a researcher.

circuits on silicon substrates and making them into economical and low-powerdevices—key issues in the worldwide information technology industry. He leads agroup dealing with a unique form of research, so we asked him to give us somebackground on the inception of this groundbreaking technology. We also asked him toFeature Articles
Photonics-electronics Convergence Hardware Technology for Maximizing
Network Performance

R&D Trends in Convergence of Photonic and Electronic
Hardware for Network Innovation▼Abstract

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Network traffic will continue to increase exponentially as we get closer

Body-mind Sonification to Improve Players Actions in Sports
Development of Invisible Optical Fiber for Improved Aesthetic Appearance
Utilization of APIs for B2B2X Business ModelThings and big data services expand through 2020 and beyond. Into deploying fifth generation mobile networks, and as the Internet ofthese Feature Articles, we look at trends in the research anddevelopment of advanced hardware technology designed to achieve
substantial increases in the capacity of communication networks withGlobal Standardization Activities
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much lower capital and operating expenditures in the next 5 to 10 years.
We focus in particular on technology based on new concepts andprinciples that involve the convergence of photonics and electronics.