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Interview with Dr. Kazuhiro Sakurada

AI and Healthcare: Big data aided observation and AI aided interpretation will overcome human recognition limits

Dr. Kazuhiro Sakurada, Deputy Program Director at RIKEN Medical Sciences Innovation Hub, chaired sessions on AI and Healthcare during a Japanese-German-French AI symposium in November 2018 (symposium report) and a follow-up trilateral forum on AI and Healthcare in December 2019 (forum website). In this interview he shares his findings from discussions with experts from Japan, Germany and France.

Interview with Prof. Dr. Klaus Juffernbruch

Trilateral commitment to ensuring the highest quality in AI systems for patients and healthcare professionals

Prof. Dr. Klaus Juffernbruch holds a Professorship for Health & Social Management at FOM University, Germany and acts as President of the Expert Group “Intelligent Networks in Healthcare” at the German National Digital Summit.

Connecting Europe and Japan – Intelligent Healthcare Applications

AI MEETS HEALTHCARE – EVENT SERIES IN TOKYO IN DECEMBER 2019: Three days full of R&D, business opportunities and start-ups

Smart apparel in sports, at work or to assist in rehabilitation

Xenoma, wearHEALTH and DFKI collaboration creates detailed magnetometer-free motion capture with smart apparel

Karliczek in Japan: Focus on Artificial Intelligence

During her visit to Japan, the German Federal Minister of Research and Education puts AI and digitisation at the centre of political talks on research policy and future Japanese-German cooperation. 

Hitachi, Ltd. and the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence GmbH (DFKI) jointly develop AI for sensor suits

Sensor suits for workers quantify physical load and provide effective feedback to assist operations and prevent dangerous actions.  

Have Your Say: European Expert Group Seeks Feedback on Draft Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence

On December 18, 2018, the High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (appointed by the European Commission in June 2018) released the first draft of its “Ethics Guidelines for the Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence”.