KGRI was established in November 2016 as a result of an expansive reorganization of the existing Keio University Global Security Research Institute (G-SEC), and as a base to facilitate the further globalization of the university to become an international research university that can make positive contributions to the world. KGRI works closely with the related educational and research departments within the university to promote interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research and disseminate the findings to the world, focuses on three research initiatives of Longevity, Security, Creativity.

KGRIは、既存の慶應義塾大学グローバルリサーチセキュリティインスティチュート(G-SEC)のより広範囲な再編を経て、世界へより大きく貢献できる国際的な研究機関となるために、大学の国際化を促進する基盤として2016年11月に創設された。当機関は長寿・安全・創造の３クラスターに焦点を当て、学際的な研究を促進し、その知見を世界へ広めるため、義塾内の教育・研究組織と密に連携している。

KICIS was founded to connect and communicate on a global scale with academia and research institutes around the world about the role of Japan in the expansion of Internet technology and policy.

KICISは、インターネット技術と方針の普及における日本の役割について、世界中の学術・研究機関と共に国際スケールで繋がり、コミュニケーションを図るために創設された機関。

The Keio Media Design (KMD) Research Institute is dedicated to making real social and economic impact in addition to its academic contributions. Affiliated with the Graduate School of Media Design, the institute works with many domestic and international partners over a broad spectrum of research that spans security, IoT, service design, pop culture, creative education, sports, and other fields. The institute is also home to the International Virtual Reality Center (IVRC) and the Keio-NUS CUTE Center, a joint collaboration into interactive media research between Keio University and the National University of Singapore (NUS). The center has locations in Singapore and on Keio’s Hiyoshi Campus.

KMDリサーチインスティチュートはそれまでの学術的な貢献に加えて、社会的・経済的な影響を与えるために創設された。メディアデザイン研究科と共に、当機関は多くの国内・国外のパートナーと共に、セキュリティ、IoT、サービスデザイン、ポップカルチャー、創造教育、スポーツといったあらゆる研究分野と連携している。また、当機関はインターナショナルヴァーチャルリアリティセンター(IVRC)と、慶應義塾とシンガポール国立大学(NUS)間の対話的メディア研究の共同機関であるKeio-NUS CUTE Centerの本拠地でもあり、シンガポールと慶應義塾日吉キャンパスに拠点がある。

Recent years, the safe and robust Internet becomes very important. This can’t establish with the cyber security technology but management mechanism, social system, and education. This Research Center was established to archive them and focuses on the following three issues.
1. Distributed Security Operation Center Technologies
2. Development of Trusted Identity
3. Development of education curriculum for cyber security We evaluate them with technical and social aspect.

近年、インターネットの安全性と強固性がとても重要になっている。これらの確立にはサイバーセキュリティの技術だけでなく管理システム、社会システム、教育が欠かせない。当機関はそれらを達成し、以下の３つの課題に焦点を当てるために創設された。
１、分散型セキュリティオペレーションセンター技術
２、信頼できる身元の確立
３、技術的・社会的側面からサイバーセキュリティを検討するための教育カリキュラムの発展

KLL aims to play leading roles in the betterment of society by utilizing wide-ranging research activities that contribute to the sound development of the world’s science and technology fields, returning Keio-born science and technology research results to society, and fostering highly talented scientists and engineers.

KLLは広範囲な研究活動を利用することで、慶應で生まれた科学と技術の研究結果を社会へ還元し、より能力のある科学者と技術者を養成し、世界で科学と技術の分野の発展に寄与することを目的としている。

The Internet will drastically change the governance of the existing social system, its basic functions including law, justice, administration, education and social welfare and their respective roles. This laboratory aims to combine actual society with the Internet.

インターネットがより高速で 広範囲なコミュニケーション・インフラとして機能することにより、既存の社会システムの持つガバナンス、法律、 司法、行政、教育、福祉といった基本的な機能とその役割は見直さざるを得なくなっている。このような背景を踏まえ、当ラボでは、実社会とインターネットの融合を目指している。

This research laboratory works in conjunction with various leading institutions by carrying out a comprehensive regime of research activities aimed at developing an open communication platform. This laboratory addresses the following types of issues:

– Standardization of digital technology
– Processing of intellectual property rights
– Contents distribution platforms
– Electronic commerce and behavior-targeting ads
– Privacy protection and information utilization
– Information security
– Safety and reliability of the information infrastructure

当ラボは海外の研究機関と連携しながらグローバル社会のオープンなコミュニケーションプラットフォームを目指した総合的な研究活動を行うものである。当ラボが扱う課題の例としては以下のようなものが挙げられる。
・デジタル技術標準化
・知的財産権処理
・コンテンツ流通プラットフォーム
・電子商取引と行動ターゲティング広告
・プライバシの保護と情報の活用
・情報セキュリティ
・情報インフラの安全性・信頼性

This laboratory researches methods on how to integrate IT, analytics and design so as to nurture human talent able to handle such a new social system, in other words the nurturing of architects capable of handling and researching big data and data scientists that can implement information strategies within the new system.

当ラボでは、ビックデータを扱うアーキテクトの研究とシステムもわかる情報戦略を実働できるデータサイエンティストの育成に繋げるべく、IT、分析、デザインの融合方法の研究を行っている。

The Advanced Web Architecture Laboratory performs research and dissemination activities on the basic technical elements in web architecture, for example: its use in epub and correspondence towards writing from top to bottom for properly handling Japanese culture; its application to hybrid broadcasts and TV terminals that are application examples of web browser technology other than computers; promulgation of digital signage as a platform. Along with this, the Advanced Web Architecture Laboratory will promote research on new architecture through industry-university collaboration systems in order to link physical space with cyberspace represented by WoT.

当ラボでは、Webアーキテクチャにおける基本的な技術要素、例えば、日本文化を取り扱えるようにするための縦書きへの対応やepubでの利用、コンピュータ以外でのWebブラウザ技術の応用例であるTV端末やハイブリッド放送への応用、デジタルサイネージのプラットフォームとしての普及などの研究開発や普及活動をおこなうと共に、WoTに代表されるサイバースペースとフィジカルスペースとの連携のための新しいアーキテクチャの研究を産学連携体制で進める。

It is possible to construct basic theories that conduct institutional designs based on the coexistence of technology and people as a premise, by realizing research for promoting the coevolution of society and technology by research groups integrating arts and sciences, and implementing this research will show the direction for creating future rules and institutional designs. Additionally, this consortium acts as a global base and aim to make proposals and examine systems needed to create leading-edge rules and social foundations.

文理融合の研究グループによる社会と技術の共進化促進のための研究を実現することにより、技術と人の共存を前提とした制度設計を行う基礎理論を構築することが可能となり、本研究の実施により将来の制度設計やルールづくりの方向性を示す。加えて世界の拠点として、最先端のルールや社会基盤の構築に必要な制度を検討及び提言を目指す。

From the standpoint of academia, the research of applications not bounded by virtual currency is a matter of considerable urgency. To realize this endeavor, we need to pursue research on 1) verify blockchain technology’s safety & stability and develop related software, 2) construct verification foundations with development in various application fields, and 3) build a research network among global academia.

アカデミアの立場では、仮想通貨にとらわれない応用の研究が急務である。これを実現するには、１）ブロックチェーン技術の安全性と安定性の検証と関連ソフトウエア開発、２）多様な応用分野での展開のための実証基盤の構築、３）グローバルアカデミズムを中心としたネットワーク型研究拠点の構築が必要である。

APIDE had its start four years ago as a research group at Keio University and will remain closely affiliated with the University. Its new status as an independent non-profit institution will provide needed administrative and organizational flexibility to engage effectively with stakeholders outside the academic community. APIDE expects to work closely with national governments in crafting new rules for the digital economy; to partner with companies in developing new business models, and to assist in mobilizing the educational resources of universities to support short and long-term training for the next generation of digital leaders in the region.

As a network of 50 leading universities linking the Americas, Asia and Australasia, APRU is the Voice of Knowledge and Innovation for the Asia-Pacific region. It brings together thought leaders, researchers, and policy-makers to exchange ideas and collaborate on effective solutions to the challenges of the 21st century. APRU leverage collective education and research capabilities of its members into the international public policy process. The primary research areas include natural hazards & disaster risk reduction, women in leadership, population aging, global health, sustainable cities, artificial intelligence & the future of work, the Pacific Ocean, and labor mobility. Keio University is one of the APRU members and Vice-President, Jiro Kokuryo, is the academic lead of APRU-Google Project on AI4Everyone and AI for social good.

The College of Arts and Letters at Stevens Institute of Technology engages in research and scholarship at the intersection of science, technology, the arts and humanities. The school seeks to have a positive, long-lasting impact on society and the world. CCRC is working closely with the research team leading by Bradley Fidler at CAL on cybersecurity.

ECHONET is a communication protocol designed to create the “smart houses” of the future. Today, with Wi-Fi and other wireless networks readily available in ordinary homes, there is a growing demand for air-conditioning, lighting and other equipment inside the home to be controlled using smartphones or controllers, or for electricity usage to be monitored in order to avoid wasting energy.

Internet technologies are making a transition from an era of deployment and high speed to one of qualitative evolution. The realization of a diverse range of environments enabling correspondence in a variety of forms and situations is rapidly becoming a reality. Meanwhile, a more reliable social infrastructure, one that has its roots deep in our every day lives, is in demand more than ever. The goal of WIDE Project is the construction of a “Dependable Internet”, one that can be used by people from all walks of life in any situation with a sense of security. This enormous challenge cannot be taken on alone, but will require cooperation in research and development on a global scale. This is exactly where the significance of the information technology research network lies.