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Atsuko Oka, Executive Vice President, Head of Research and Development Planning, NTTCorporation

Front-line Researchers
Takehiro Moriya, NTT Fellow, NTT Communication Science Laboratories

Rising Researchers
Kohki Shibahara, Distinguished Researcher, NTT Network Innovation Laboratories

Feature Articles
Efforts to Implement Digital Twin Computing for Creation of New Value
Latest Developments Concerning Grand Challenges to Implement the Digital Twin Computing
Concept
Applied Neuroscience Technology for Enabling Mind-to-mind Communication
Creating “Shido Twin” by Using Another Me Technology
Digital Twins for Streamlining Road-traffic Flow
Research and Development of Co-simulation Technology for Attaining Inclusive Sustainability

Special Report
The Future of New Technologies of NTT Envisioned with Sci-fi Imagination

Feature Articles
Platform Technologies Supporting Data Governance
Data Governance for Achieving Data Sharing in the IOWN Era
Trusted Data Space Technology for Data Governance in the IOWN Era
Secure Optical-transport-network Technology in Anticipation of the Quantum Computer Era
Security Transparency Assurance Technology for Analysis and Visualization of Software
Components
Early Deployment and Popularization of IOWN Technologies as Targeted by IOWN Product
Design Center

Regular Articles
A Concept of Introducing Magnetic Attraction Structure into Optical-fiber Connector

Global Standardization Activities
ITU-T Study Group 16 Meeting Report and Recent Development in Standardization of Immersive
Live Experience Technologies

Practical Field Information about Telecommunication Technologies
Case Study of Malfunctions of Outdoor Security Cameras Caused by Lightning Surge

Atsuko Oka, Executive Vice President, Head of Researchand Development Planning, NTT Corporation▼Abstract

NTT laboratories are engaged in research and development (R&D) of newtechnologies to solve social issues in collaboration with NTT Group companies andother partners in various fields. We interviewed Atsuko Oka, executive vicepresident and head of R&D Planning, NTT Corporation, about her approach to R&D
and attitude as a top executive striving to create a “smart world” in which people canenjoy the benefits of technology effortlessly.

Feature Articles
Efforts to Implement Digital Twin Computing for Creation of New Value

Latest Developments Concerning Grand Challenges toImplement the Digital Twin Computing Concept▼Abstract

One of the major pillars of the Innovative
Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN)
being promoted by NTT is the concept
known as Digital Twin Computing (DTC),
which aims to enable future predictions
and optimization by combining the realand digital worlds, and NTT has set
grand challenges as ambitious researchand development goals to implement
DTC. In this article, our efforts toward thecommon use of digital twins and ourrecent activities to achieve these grandchallenges are introduced.

DTC: A computational paradigm that creates new value by synthesizing digital twins of humans,objects, etc. in a manner that constructs a diverse virtual society.

Creating new value through diverse
virtual worlds• Digital twins can be freely multiplied.
A common means for diverse digital twins tointeract is provided.
Concept ofDTC• Large-scale, highly accurate, complex
future forecastingIn addition to understanding the past andpresent, multiple composite visions of thefuture are presented.

Augmentationof humancapacity

Decision
supportAutonomous
Design ofsocial systems future society

ictionPred• Human digital twin that reproduces diversity
Digitization of people’s inner self and individuality
and calculation of interactions on the basis of thediversity of human society

Digital twins

Objects

HumansFeature Articles
Platform Technologies Supporting Data Governance

Data Governance for Achieving Data Sharing in the IOWN Era▼Abstract

There is a move around the world totighten the handling of data, but there isalso a move to establish technologies andrules for processing data safely toaccelerate data sharing. After surveying
global trends that are having an impact
on data sharing, this article describes theconcept behind data governance forcontrolling data so that data owners cansafely share their data with others anddescribes the requirements for data
governance in the IOWN (Innovative
Optical and Wireless Network) era.

Spread of IoT devicesProgress in DX

Data sharing and use of digital twins consisting of things, people, and society
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April 2023 Vol. 21 No. 4

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