Animal Symbiosis Informatics Research Area
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The Animal Symbiosis Informatics field aims to establish new scientific principles that allow humans, animals, and AI to learn from and grow together. This field integrates three types of interactions: human-animal interaction, human-computer interaction, and animal-computer interaction. It promotes interdisciplinary research that combines knowledge from agriculture, engineering, veterinary medicine, and informatics. We address a wide range of subjects, from industrial animals to pets. Based on animal welfare, we aim to develop cutting-edge technologies that utilize AI, data science, cloud computing, wearable measurement, and multimodal data analysis to address challenging issues such as interspecies communication. Furthermore, our research activities include actively seeking external funding, hosting international workshops every six months, and working to establish overseas bases, fostering an environment where students and young researchers can interact and collaborate across disciplines. These efforts will drive the realization of a future society in which humans and animals coexist through AI.
Area Members
- Tsuyoshi Niimura ( Professor Institute of Global Innovation Research)
- Toshiyuki Kondo (Institute of Engineering Professor)
- Kaori Fujinami (Institute of Engineering Professor)
- Katsuhide Fujita (Institute of Global Innovation Research Professor)
- Shinji Fukuda (Institute of Agriculture Professor)
- Iriko Mami (Advanced Research Center for One Welfare Associate Professor)
- Kohei Yatabe (Institute of Engineering Associate Professor)
- Ken Takiyama (Institute of Engineering Associate Professor)