Greeting from the Director

The Kashiwa-no-ha area, where AIST Kashiwa is located, is home to a concentration of research and educational institutions, including the University of Tokyo, Chiba University, and the National Cancer Center. AIST Kashiwa also participates in “Kashiwa-no-ha Smart City Consortium”, and the "Kashiwa-no-ha Life Science Frontier" as a partner organization of the "Urban Design Center Kashiwa-no-ha" (UDCK), and we are deepening our partnership with the communities.
 
Since its establishment in November 2018, AIST Kashiwa has promoted research on “human augmentation technology,” which enhances the capabilities of human beings while staying close to them. And in April 2025, we established “Research Institute on Human and Societal Augmentation “to expand its research scope to the augmentation of community and society functions. Furthermore, ABCI, AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure that is the foundation of AI research, has been upgraded to ABCI 3.0, which is expected to contribute to research and development, evaluation, and human resource development of cutting-edge technologies including generative AI.
 
The implementation of cutting-edge technologies in society requires the cooperation of the human resources and partner organizations that support them. AIST Kashiwa aims to serve as a bridge between technology and society and will contribute to the creation of a better future while strengthening cooperation between industry, academia, government, and the private sector.