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Toru Kumagai’s report on R&D trends in Germany

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Development and Ethics: Seeking Human-Centric AI at a French-German-Japanese Symposium

March 19, 2021 [by Toru Kumagai] Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most keenly watched areas of cutting-edge technology in academia, industry, and government worldwide. Basic forms of AI have already been applied in many different fields—from the financial sector to social media and even online stores. AI is predicted to see further developments in the future, bringing significant benefits to humanity in a wide range of areas including manufacturing and medicine. However, there is a danger that if AI became autonomous to an excessive degree, the pursuit of economic benefits and efficiency might neglect ethics and human rights. In other words, humans need to constantly keep a firm rein on machines.

News: DFG, JST, ANR

DFG to Fund Nine Trilateral Artificial Intelligence Projects

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is funding nine artificial intelligence projects in cooperation with the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, France) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST, Japan). The nine projects selected to receive funding will be launched on 16 November 2020 at the 2nd trilateral AI Symposium.

News: Honda Prize 2020

Dr. Henning Kagermann receives Honda Prize 2020

Dr. Henning Kagermann, Chair of the Board of Trustees at acatech – National Academy of Science (Germany), receives the Honda Prize, along with a honorarium of 10 million yen, for his “Recommendation for Implementing the Strategic Initiative Industrie 4.0”.

News: Artificial Intelligence

Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI)

Germany and Japan are founding members of the „Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence“ (GPAI) – a worldwide initiative to promote responsible and human-centered development and use of artificial intelligence.

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