Research and
Development Divisions
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This division conducts R&D on the planning, operation, and management support for the University’s information service infrastructure, as well as on their advanced utilization.

We are also conducting R&D of multidimensional information infrastructure technology based on the coordination and harmonization of various components to realize a new communication environment in which the diverse entities that make up humans, society, and the environment can interoperate with each other at a high level.

Our laboratory is engaged in research on cyber-physical systems that can aggregate and analyze real-world sensory information, effectively providing feedback to the physical world. We are actively developing technologies such as advanced measurement, image analysis, and virtual reality systems for applications in the fields of medicine, health, and welfare.

To support advanced data-driven education and research for Tohoku University and related organizations, we provide support for planning, operation, and management of data platforms that enable efficient collection, storing, management, analysis, and utilization of education and research data, as well as engage research and development of related technologies. We also promote research and development on advanced technologies such as high-performance, large-capacity, highly reliable, and highly functional data lakes, storage systems, and cloud storage that contribute to the advancement of data platforms.

This division has been established in 2014 as a core center of Tohoku University-NEC cooperation on high-performance computing. The research topics include migration and optimizations of laboratory-developed science and engineering applications to the level of high performance on the supercomputing systems of Tohoku University. In addition, the faculty members of the division work with researchers and engineers outside Tohoku University, especially from the industry, invited as Visiting Professors, Visiting Associate Professors, and Visiting Researchers, and promote joint-research projects regarding next-generation supercomputing systems development.

The CSI laboratory is conducting research and development to build access networks and cloud infrastructures for Research and Education institutions. In collaboration with the National Institute of Informatics and GÉANT in Europe, we are working on the dissemination and the advancement of eduroam, the international academic wireless LAN roaming system.

In addition, through collaboration with domestic and overseas telecom companies, we are doing development and social implementation of convenient, secure, and disruption/disaster-tolerant network roaming and related cloud services.