UCRI - Universal Communication Research Institute

AwardJun. 01, 2020: Dr. Kentaro Torisawa, Director General of DIRECT, was awarded the Shida Rinzaburo Award by the Chair of The Council for Info-Communications Promotion Month.
MediaMay. 06, 2020: DIRECT was featured in The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (page 13).
AwardMar. 19, 2020: Dr. KIDAWARA Yutaka, Director General of Advanced Speech Translation Research and Development Promotion Center, has been named a Fellow of The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE).
MediaJan. 17, 2020: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Sankei Shimbun Osaka (page 1).
MediaJan. 17, 2020: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Sankei Shimbun (page 27).

MediaDec. 25, 2019: "SOCDA," an AI chatbot for disaster prevention was featured in The Kyoto Shimbun (page 20).
MediaNov. 03, 2019: SSH (Super Science High-School)—one of the supporters of Keihanna Information and Communication Fair 2019—was featured in The Nara Shimbun (page 3).
MediaNov. 01, 2019: Keihanna Information and Communication Fair 2019 was featured in The Nara Shimbun (page 11), Asahi Shimbun Kyoto (page 25), Kyoto Shimbun (page 5), and Mainichi Shimbun Kyoto (page 22).
MediaOct. 30, 2019: Keihanna Information and Communication Fair 2019 was featured in The Asahi Shimbun Kyoto (page 25) and the evening edition of Yomiuri Shimbun Sapporo (page 3).
MediaOct. 23, 2019: "AI Strategy 2019" was featured in The Kagaku Kogyo Nippoh (page 2).
MediaOct. 22, 2019: The launch of AI R&D Network, which is anticipated within this year, was featured in The Nikkan Kyogyo Shimbun (page 21).
MediaOct. 21, 2019: AI R&D Network was featured in the evening editions of The Yomiuri Shimbun (page 3) and The Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka (page 9).
MediaSep. 20, 2019: Keihanna Science City was featured in The Dempa Shimbun (page 8).
MediaSep. 03, 2019: SOCDA (SOCial-dynamics observation and victims support Dialogue Agent platform for disaster management), which is being developed by NICT, etc. in collaboration with LINE, was featured in The Nikkei.
MediaJul. 28, 2019: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka (page 33).
MediaMay 23, 2019: An article about NICT's cooperation and participation in the preparatory meeting for the EXPO 2025 OSAKA, KANSAI, JAPAN held in Keihanna Science City was published in The Sankei Shimbun Kyoto (page 21).
MediaApr. 19, 2019: Dr. Kiyonori Ohtake, Dr. Junta Mizuno, and Dr. Kentaro Torisawa of DIRECT were awarded the Prize for Science and Technology in the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, and were featured in The Science News (pages 2, 3, and 4).
MediaApr. 02, 2019: fVisiOn (NICT's 3D display) was featured in The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (page 23).
MediaMar. 26, 2019: An article about NICT's image analysis technology which is being utilized for tourism was published in The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (page 27).
MediaMar. 19, 2019: The features of DISAANA and D-SUMM which detect false rumors on social media were introduced in an article published in The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (page 25).
MediaMar. 12, 2019: NICT's bigdata processing technology was featured in The Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun (page 12).
MediaMar. 11, 2019: NICT's natural language processing technology was featured in The Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun (page 12).
MediaMar. 05, 2019: WEKDA was featured in The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (page 22).
MediaFeb. 26, 2019: WISDOM X and WEKDA were featured in The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (page 25).
MediaFeb. 19, 2019: WEKDA was featured in The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (page 23).
MediaFeb. 04, 2019: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Dempa Shimbun (page 7).
MediaJan. 23, 2019: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in the evening edition of The Hokkaido Shimbun (page 7).
MediaJan. 15, 2019: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun (page 6).
MediaJan. 14, 2019: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Sankei Shimbun Osaka (page 1).
MediaJan. 09, 2019: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Denki Shimbun (page 5).
MediaJan. 05, 2019: D-SUMM was featured in the Special Issue of "Newton" (page 75).

MediaDec. 20, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Chugoku Shimbun (page 8).
MediaNov. 10, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in the Kahoku Shimpo (page 24), about how AI rescued lives by analyzing disaster-related tweets during the Iwate Prefectural disaster-prevention drill.
MediaOct. 01, 2018: An article about the exhibition of WEKDA at "CEATEC JAPAN 2018" was published in The Dempa Times (page 1).
MediaSep. 25, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Nikkei and The Zaikei Shimbun.
MediaSep. 25, 2018: DISAANA was featured in The Nikkei (page 7).
MediaAug. 31, 2018: DISAANA was featured in The Dempa Times (page 4).
MediaJul. 20, 2018: DISAANA was featured in The Mainichi Shimbun (page 16).
MediaJul. 20, 2018: DISAANA was featured in The Asahi Shimbun.
MediaJul. 16, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Sankei Shimbun (page 9).
MediaJun. 23, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Kyoto Shimbun (page 9).
MediaMay. 25, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Nikkei (page 27) and its Osaka Regional Edition (page 27).
MediaApr. 23, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Asahi Shimbun (page 23) and its Osaka Regional Edition (page 29).
MediaApr. 23, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Asahi Shimbun Nagoya (page 24).
MediaApr. 23, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Asahi Shimbun Kita-Kyushu (page 29).
MediaApr. 21, 2018: DIRECT was featured in The Yomiuri Shimbun (page 10) and its Osaka Regional Edition (page 8).
MediaApr. 18, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Asahi Shimbun Nagoya (page 1).
MediaApr. 18, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Asahi Shimbun Kita-kyusyu (page 35).
MediaApr. 18, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Kochi Shimbun (page 3).
MediaApr. 18, 2018: DIRECT was featured in The Asahi Shimbun (page 1).
MediaApr. 18, 2018: DIRECT was featured in The Asahi Shimbun Osaka (page 3).
MediaApr. 18, 2018: DIRECT was featured in The Fuji Sankei Business i (page 5).
MediaApr. 17, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Yomiuri Shimbun (page 34).
MediaApr. 17, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka (page 32).
MediaApr. 16, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka (page 33).
MediaApr. 16, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Yomiuri Shimbun Fukuoka (page 35).
MediaApr. 04, 2018: WEKDA was featured in The Kyoto Shimbun (page 20).
MediaMar. 09, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Hoken Mainichi Shimbun (page 1).
MediaMar. 09, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (page 1).
MediaMar. 03, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured on TV Asahi.
MediaFeb. 26, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Dempa Times (page 1).
MediaJan. 19, 2018: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Kobe Shimbun (page 1).
MediaJan. 17, 2018: WEKDA was featured on TBS Radio.
MediaJan. 12, 2018: WEKDA was featured in The Dempa Times (page 3).

MediaDec. 21, 2017: WEKDA was featured on TBS Radio.
MediaDec. 07, 2017: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Dempa Shimbun (page 4).
MediaDec. 05, 2017: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun (page 16).
MediaNov. 29, 2017: WEKDA was featured in a Taiwanese newspaper.
MediaNov. 20, 2017: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Kobe Shimbun (page 6).
MediaNov. 24, 2017: DIRECT was featured on KBS "KyobizX".
MediaNov. 10, 2017: fVisiOn was featured in The Kagaku Shimbun (page 5).
MediaNov. 10, 2017: WEKDA was featured in The Kagaku Shimbun (page 4).
MediaNov. 03, 2017: fVisiOn was featured in The Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun (page 5).
MediaNov. 01, 2017: fVisiOn was featured in The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (page 11).
MediaOct. 28, 2017: DIRECT was featured on NHK "Good Morning Japan" and "Weekend Kansai".
MediaOct. 27, 2017: Keihanna Information and Communication Fair was featured in The Sankei Shimbun Kyoto (page 26).
MediaOct. 27, 2017: The establishment of "Cyber Disaster Prevention Consortium" was featured in The Nikkei MJ [Ryutsu Shimbun] (page 7).
MediaOct. 27, 2017: WEKDA was featured in The Dempa Times (page 1).
MediaOct. 27, 2017: WEKDA was featured in The Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun (page 8).
MediaOct. 26, 2017: The establishment of "Cyber Disaster Prevention Consortium" was featured in The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (page 24).
MediaOct. 26, 2017: WEKDA was featured in The Dempa Shimbun (page 3).
MediaOct. 25, 2017: fVisiOn was featured in The Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun (page 7).
MediaOct. 25, 2017: The establishment of "Cyber Disaster Prevention Consortium" was featured in The Dempa Times (page 1).
MediaOct. 25, 2017: "Cyber Disaster Prevention Consortium" was featured in The Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun (page 9).
MediaOct. 25, 2017: fVisiOn was featured in The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun(page 31).
MediaOct. 25, 2017: WEKDA was featured in The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (page 31).
MediaOct. 24, 2017: fVisiOn was featured in Maxell's News Release.
Press releaseOct. 24, 2017: A press release about WEKDA was issued on Oct.24.
MediaOct. 20, 2017: An article on the establishment of "Cyber disaster prevention consortium" in which Dr. Torisawa, Director General of DIRECT serves as one of the co-representatives, was published in The Nikkei.
Press releaseOct. 19, 2017: "Cyber Disaster Prevention Consortium" in which Dr. Torisawa, Director General of DIRECT serves as one of the co-representatives, was established.
MediaOct. 27, 2017: DIRECT was featured on NHK "News 630 Kyo-Ichinichi".
EventOct. 12, 2017: D-SUMM was utilized in the establishment drill of an headquarters for disaster countermeasures among Central Government Ministries and Agencies, which was held to cope with the anticipated Tokyo Inland Earthquake.
MediaOct. 12, 2017: WISDOM X and WEKDA were featured in the evening edition of The Nikkei (page 1).
EventSep. 29, 2017: “Social Wisdom Analysis using Large-scale Natural Language Processing” will be exhibited at the NICT booth at “CEATEC JAPAN 2017” which is scheduled to be held at Makuhari Messe from Oct. 3 to 6.
MediaSep. 27, 2017: UCRI was featured in The Dempa Shimbun (page 5 of the offprint).
MediaAug. 31, 2017: WISDOM X was featured in The Fuji Sankei Business i (page 3).
MediaAug. 25, 2017: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Yomiuri Shimbun (page 13).
MediaAug. 03, 2017: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun (page 3).
MediaJul. 23, 2017: WISDOM X was featured in The Japan News (page 1).
MediaJul. 21, 2017: WISDOM X was featured in The Fuji Sankei Business i (page 4).
MediaJul. 17, 2017: WISDOM X was featured in The Yomiuri Shimbun (page 1).
MediaApr. 26, 2017: DISAANA was featured in The Yomiuri Shimbun Oita (page 27).
MediaApr. 17, 2017: DISAANA was featured in The Nikkei Fukuoka (page 13).
MediaApr. 14, 2017: DISAANA was featured in The Nikkei Osaka (page 43).
MediaApr. 15, 2017: DISAANA was featured in the Yomiuri Shimbun (page 11).
MediaApr. 13, 2017: D-SUMM was featured on NHK’s “Close-up Gendai+”
MediaApr. 07, 2017: Reports on the disaster symposium and the performance of D-SUMM were introduced by Executive Researcher Dr. Ohtake on NHK’s (Kyushu/Okinawa) “Naruhodo Jikkan Hodoh DODODO!”
MediaMar. 31, 2017: UCRI was introduced in The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (page 38).
EventMar. 24, 2017: VoiceTra, Wisdom X, and DISAANA were introduced at the memorial symposium for the establishment of the AIP (Advanced Integrated Intelligence Platform) Center, a collaboration between three Ministries (MEXT, METI, and MIC), held at the Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall on Mar 24, 2017.
MediaMar. 16, 2017: DIRECT was featured in The Nikkei (page 42).
MediaMar. 10, 2017: UCRI was featured in the Kyoto Shimbun (page 13).
MediaMar. 09, 2017: DIRECT was featured in the evening edition of The Yomiuri Shimbun (page 5).
MediaJan. 17, 2017: DISAANA and D-SUMM were featured in The Yomiuri Shimbun (page 8).
MediaJan. 10, 2017: DIRECT was featured in The Kyoto Shimbun (page 1).
MediaJan. 09, 2017: DIRECT was featured in The Sankei Shimbun (page 1).

MediaDec. 13, 2016: An article on the Kumamoto Earthquake verification report by Oita Prefecture, which includes utilization and verification results of DISAANA and D-SUMM, was published in The Nikkei (page 13 of the Kyushu regional edition).
NewsDec. 01, 2016: Website renovations completed.
NewsAug. 01, 2016: Website launched.

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