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Appendix 22. List of Research Themes Being Run in Fiscal 1997


(Activities can be reached on the web site by clicking lab names.)

* Period during which the project is being run.


Special Research (includes 1 throngh 9)

1. Special Research

1-1. Technology for Measurements and Standards

Development of new measurement techniques for maintenance and transfer of basic standards ['94-'99]*

( 1) Developments in Qunatum Electrcal Standards and Low Frequencies Electrical Standards(Electronic metrology #3 lab)
( 2) Research on advanced technology for acoustical measurements in 3-D sound fields (Sound field measurement lab)
( 3) Research on RF and laser measurement method for standard (RF measurement lab)
( 4) Measurement of ultra-small gas flow rate (Vacuum measurement lab)

Development of new measurement technologies based on quantum effects ['94-'98]
( 5) Basic Properties of Small Tunnelling Junction (Electronic metrology #4 lab)
( 6) Development of Photometric and Radiometric Standards by Synchrotron Radiation and Cryogenic Radiometer (Optical radiation lab)
( 7) Research of Quantum noise SQUID technology (SQUID technology lab)
( 8) Research on ultrasonic spectroscopy technology for very high frequency region (Sub-THz ultrasonic spectroscopy lab)
( 9) Research on Spectral Measurement Technique of Weak Infrared Radiation (Infrared radiometry lab)

1-2. Bionics

Research on the information integration process in biological systems ['97-'01]

(10) Neuronal mechanisms for learning and memory in primates (Neuroscience lab)
(11) Elucidation of memory and learning architecture in the brain (Brain learning and memory lab)
(12) Reconstruction of Information Processing in the Brain by means of an Exclusively Made Processor (Brain information processing system lab)
(13) A Study on Control Function between Learning and Emotion in the Brain Neural Networks (Brain function control lab)
(14) Developmental Neuroscience of Plasticity in Monkey CNS (Developmental neuroscience lab)
(15) Neural mechanisms of visual recognition with visual noise (Visual recognition lab)
(16) Neural Mechanisms of Time Representation in the Brain (Mental timing lab)
(17) Research on non-invasive measurements and model building of human cognition and behaviour (MEG measurements and analyses lab)

Research on the information control mechanism of neurons ['97-'01]

(18) Study of odorant tuning specificity of the olfactory receptor cell and the induced odorant sensitivity (Olfactory receptor neuron lab)
(19) Study on the control of neural network by nitric oxide (Synapse lab)
(20) Differentiation of neuron during Newt retinal regeneration (Neuron individualization lab)
(21) Study of Molecular System for Neural and Channel Activation Mechanism (Molecular system lab)

Research on the dynamic characteristics of biological complex systems ['97-'01]

(22) Functional analyses of biomolecules by molecular simulation (Biomolecular simulation lab)
(23) Studies on intracellular structures of living cells with x-ray microscope (X-ray microscopy lab)

1-3. Electronics

Research on electron number control devices ['97-'02]

(24) Reserch on Single Electron Device and Physics (Single electronics lab)
(25) Reseach on the fabrication technology of electron number control devices (Nano-process lab)
(26) Research on Nanostructure Silicon Devices (Nanostructure silicon devices lab)

Research on device technology in sub-picosecond region ['97-'02]

(27) Study of ultrafast integrated circuits using single flux quantum as digital information (Ultrafast integrated circuits lab)
(28) Research on superconducting composite devices (Superconducting composite lab)
(29) Research on THz radiation device spectroscopy (THz radiation device spectroscopy lab)

Research on oxide materials for optoelectronics ['97-'02]

(30) Research on materials for optoelectronics applications using group IV element oxides (Group IV element oxides optoelectronics lab)
(31) Research on materials and devices for optoelectronic applications using II-VI Oxide Semiconductors (II-VI oxide semiconductors optoelectronics lab)

Research on highly efficient excitation techniques for Extreme-UV lasers ['97-'01]

(32) Research on coherence-controlled high-intensity laser (High-intensity laser lab)
(33) Research on New Pumping Scheme of X-ray Lasers (X-ray laser lab)

Basics for plasma application new systems ['97-'01]

(34) Low Temperature Multi-Components Plasma (Multi-component plasma lab)

Identification of the center of occurrence by multiple point measurement ['97-'01]

(35) Reseach on technologies of multi-point measurement and source estimation of electromagnetic waves (Spatio-electromagnetic data analysis lab)

Functions in atomic scale region and their control ['97-'00]

(36) Molecular dynamics and self-organization in near field (Molecular physics lab)
(37) Research on Novel Photonics Functions in Ultra-small Region of Materials (Ultrasmall region photonics lab)
(38) Research on nonlinear excitations in molecular electronic materials (Nonlinear molecular excitations lab)
(39) Study of electron-wave dynamics and its application to atomic scale devices (Wave-effect electron device lab)

Novel superconducting materials ['97-'99]

(40) Study on superconducting mechanisms (Superconductivity theory lab)

Surface electronics ['96-'01]

(41) Nanoscale Spatial Modulations on Solid Surfaces Studied by Synchrotron Radiation (Exotic surface physics lab)
(42) Surface Science of Transition-Metal Oxides (Surface science of d-electron systems lab)
(43) Nano device processing on atomically controlled surface (Surface electronics and device lab)
(44) Study of electronic states and the phase connection at the superconducting surface and at the boundary between superconductors (Superconducting device physics lab)
(45) Research on Controlling Surface States by Adsorption, Reaction and Deposition on Electronic Devices Substrates (Surface engineering lab)
(46) Research for ultrafast optical process technology (Ultrafast optical process lab)

Physics of strongly correlated electron system ['95-'01]

(47) Physics of strongly correlated electron system (Correlated electron physics lab)
(48) Study on physical properties of quasi one-dimensional organic materials (Low-dimensional organic material lab)
(49) Research on spinic properties of nano-structured magnetic materials (Nano-spinic materials lab)
(50) Theory of strongly correlated electrons in condensed matter (Condensed matter theory lab)

R&D on structure formation and functionalization of supermolecules ['97-'00]

(51) Mesoscopic Optical Response in Molecular Aggregates (Mesoscopic photoresponse lab)
(52) Study on the mechanism of the protein induced membrane fusion (Membrane fusion lab)
(53) Study of Magnetic Spectroscopy in the Molecular Scale Area (Magnetospectroscopy lab)

Advanced lightwave-controlling technology ['94-'98]

(54) Research on Characterization of Advanced Optical Devices (Creative photonics lab)
(55) Research on device technologies for spatial light phase contronlling (Spatial light controlling lab)
(56) Development of growth and processing techniques for high performance optical functional devices (III-V nanostructure lab)
(57) Fabrication of GaAsN thin films indicating semiconductor-semimetal-insulator transitions (GaAsN thin films lab)

Synthesis of new electronic materials through microscopic control of interface ['92-'97]

(58) Research on spin functional materials (Spinic materials lab)
(59) Investigation of the organic/inorganic functional nano-composite materials through self-organization processes (Self-assmbled organic-inorganic complex materials lab)
(60) Interface control by extreme process (Semiconductor interface science lab)
(61) Creation of semiconductor materials by extreme process (Advanced semiconductor materials technology lab)
(62) Micro-crystal growth technology (Microcrystalline technology lab)

1-4. Space Technologies

Advanced technologies for the utilization of space environment ['93-'98]

(63) Research on the high efficiency space power systems (Space power systems lab)
(64) Research on Robot Working Technology under Weightlessness Condition (Space robotics lab)
(65) Research on Material Processing in Microgravity (Microgravity material processing lab)
(66) Research on microwave radiometer for the remote sensing of the earth (Microwave remote sensing radiometry lab)

1-5. Information Technologies

Empirical research on inductive processing of information ['97-'02]

(67) Research on the Fundamental Theory of Extracting Knowledge Structures (Inductive reasoning lab)
(68) Knowledge Acquisition from Real-World Linguistic Data (Natural language learning lab)
(69) Technology to extract the information from genomic data (Genome informatics lab)
(70) Acquisition of Strategic Knowledge from Complex Games (Complex games lab)

Research on info-dynamics ['96-'01]

(71) Mathematical research on Infodynamics (Infodynamics lab)
(72) Dynamics of cognitive development (Cognitive development lab)

Research on intellectual behavior control by interaction ['96-'01]

(73) Research on Task-Oriented Vision (Task-oriented vision lab)
(74) Research on computer vision based on topological structure information (Topology-based vision Lab)
(75) Research on manipulation with a multifingered hand which control a continuous contact with an object (Skillful hand lab)
(76) Research on Integrated Information Processing of Robotic Tasks for Human-Robot Cooperation (Robotic interface lab)
(77) Kansei Interaction (Cognitive Aspect of Human Computer Interaction) (Human interface lab)
(78) Research on the interaction of people with the distributed media environment on the internet (Distributed media interaction lab)

Information-field on network ['94-'99]

(79) Reseach on mind's function field (Mind's function models lab)
(80) Researches on Hardware and Software Architecture of Parallel Processing and their Integration (Parallel architecture lab)
(81) Study on Network Management System based on RMON (Network management lab)
(82) Study of Programming Semantics (Semantics group lab)
(83) Networked Information Base Systems Research (Network information base lab)
(84) Research on Collaboration Support Systems (Distributed collaboration systems lab)

Flexible intelligent information processing ['94-'97]

(85) Research on Precise Modular Representations of Speech System and Their Integration (Speech processing lab)
(86) Research on Image Understanding by Cooperative Computational Model (Image understanding lab)

Research on Real World Intelligence ['97-'01]

(87) Theoretical Foundation of Learning and Information Integration (Learning and information integration lab)
(88) Research on interactions by integration of speech and visual information (Interactive intermodal integration lab)
(89) Research on Adaptive Vision Systems (Adaptive vision lab)
(90) Integrated Learning System for the Office Conversant Mobile Robot, Jijo-2 (Jijo-2 robot lab)


2. Interdisciplinary Research

( 1) Studies on human-human communication support technology ['95-'97] (Human communication lab)
( 2) Development of an optical measurement system for neural activities of awake monkey brain ['95-'01] (Brain optical imaging lab)


3. Basic Research for Standardization

( 1) Research on pre-standardization of surface chemical analysis ['93-'97] (Surface analysis lab)
( 2) Basic research on standardization of pressure measurement at UHV and XHV region ['96-'00] (Extreme high vacuum lab)


4. Basic Research for Techno-Infrastructure

( 1) Technology for traceability of electrical standards ['96-'00] (Electronic metrology #2 lab)
( 2) Expansion of traceability range of microwave and millimeter wave power standards ['96-'00] (RF power measurement lab)
( 3) Research on measurement technique of electromagnetic field distribution ['97-'00] (Electromagnetic field measurement lab)


5. Joint Public-Private Sector Research

( 1) Development of Optical Thin Film Devices with Organic Nano-Particles ['95-'98] (Organic nano-particle devices lab)
( 2) Development of a new multifunctional scanning probe microscope and its application to the future ULSI inspection ['97-'98] (Multifunctional Nano-Probing Technology Lab)


6. Specific International Joint Research

( 1) R&D on revolutionary liquid crystal displays ['95-'97] (Liquid crystal interface science lab)
( 2) Analysis of high performance computing systems ['95-'97] (Scalable computing lab)
( 3) Research on Fundamental Technlogy of Next Generation Real-Time Processing ['96-'98] (Real-time systems lab)
( 4) Study on the construction of a Multilingual Information System ['95-'97] (Mule lab)
( 5) Study on the plasticity of neural network ['97-'00] (Retina lab)
( 6) Research on Molecular Solids ['97-'01] (pi-electron materials lab)
( 7) High-performance solid-state X-ray detector ['97] (Quantum Radiation Division)
( 8) Mechanism of information processing in the brain for visual recognition ['97] (Information Science Division)
( 9) Electric power apparatus utilizing high Tc superconductor ['97] (Energy Technology Division)


7. Institute for Transfer of Industrial Technology Program (ITIT)

( 1) Development of Laser Spray Technology for the Fabrication of Power-Devices ['95-'99] (Laser spray technology lab)
( 2) Study on high performance latent thermal energy storage technology using high density polyethylene ['96-'98] (Thermal energy storage technology lab)


8. Technologies on Peasceful Utilization of Atomic Energy

( 1) Evaluation of radiation effects and their standardization ['89-'98] (Newtron-I lab) (X/gamma-ray dosimetry lab) (Ultrasoft X-ray lab) (Radioactivity standardization lab) (Ion-gas collision lab) (Neutron dosimetry lab) (High-energy radiation technology lab)
( 2) High-field pulsed superconducting magnet ['94-'03] (High field superconductor application lab)
( 3) Novel radiation sources and their utilization ['93-'97] (High energy gamma-ray lab) (High-brilliance SR lab)
( 4) Robot motion planning for use in nuclear power plants ['93-'97] (Task planning in a real environment lab)
( 5) Thermo-nuclear fusion plasmas ['92-'00] (Reversed field pinch lab) (Fusion plasma technology lab) (Plasma theory lab)
( 6) Tunable coherent soft X-ray sources ['93-'97] (Ultrashort-wavelength laser lab)
( 7) Radiation and heat-resistant semiconductor materials ['93-'97] (SiC semiconductor electronics lab) (SiC Semiconductor Characterization Lab)
( 8) Cooperative and active sensing systems ['94-'98] (Cooperative and active sensing lab)
( 9) Short-wavelength and high-quality free electron lasers ['94-'98] (Free electron laser lab)
(10) KrF excimer laser driver for inertial confinement nuclear fusion ['91-'97] (KrF laser lab)
(11) Advanced utilization of high-brilliance synchrotron radiation and fabrication of highly-sensitive detectors ['94-'98] (Advanced SR technology lab) (Advanced SR instrumentation lab) (Fluorescence analysis lab)
(12) Research on the application of super-intense laser pulses to high-energy particle/radiation sources ['94-'98] (High energy plasma lab)
(13) Formation of slow positron beams for advanced characterization of materials ['94-'98] (Positron physics lab)
(14) High performance computing for computational science and technology in studying complex systems ['94-'98] (High performance computing systems lab)
(15) Crystalline growth dynamics under co-irradiation of energetic particles and laser photons ['95-'00] (Complex quantum beam lab)
(16) Study of advanced method for detecting quantum response to radiations ['96-'00] (Cryogenic radioelectronics lab)
(17) Research on Development and Utilization of Compact High Brightness Radiation Sources ['97-'02] (High brightness X-ray source lab)


9. Anti-pollution Technologies

( 1) NOx reduction from exhaust gas by the injection of N atoms ['97-'01] (Environmental discharge application lab)
( 2) Development of lower trophic level monitoring techniques to reveal the ecodynamics in eutrophic sea ['95-'98] (Environmental sensing and analysis lab)


10. Fundamental Research

( 1) A fundamental study of information processing in the brain ['97-'02] (Chief Senior Researcher (Dr.Kenji KAWANO))
( 2) Study on metallic electron systems ['96-'98] (Chief Senior Researcher (Dr.Kunihiko YAMAJI))
( 3) Researches on publication of research results ['95-'99] (General Research Counselor)
( 4) New territories of solid state physics and investigation of progress in the fields ['97-'02] (Physical Science Division)
( 5) Fundamental study on materials science ['97-'03] (Materials Science Division)
( 6) Basic research on advanced electron devices in the 21st century ['97-'01] (Electron Devices Division)
( 7) Basic research on the brain, mind and computer ['95-'97] (Supermolecular Science Division)
( 8) Basic Research on the Interaction between Electromagnatic Field and Supermolecular Systems ['97-'00] (Supermolecular Science Division)
( 9) Basic Research on the Function of Supermolecular Systems ['97-'00] (Supermolecular Science Division)
(10) Analysis of Information Processing Mechanism in Neural System ['97-'00] (Supermolecular Science Division)
(11) Research of the high temperature superconductors for metrology application ['97-'00] (Metrology Fundamentals Division)
(12) Basic technology of electronic metrology ['97-'00] (Metrology Fundamentals Division)
(13) Basic research on auditory and acoustic measurements ['97-'00] (Metrology Fundamentals Division)
(14) Basic Research on the New Generation Opto-electronic Technology ['97-'02] (Optoelectronics Division)
(15) Fundamental study on quantum radiation -- generation, measurement, and application ['97-'99] (Quantum Radiation Division)
(16) Research on basic technologies for next generation space development ['97-'02] (Frontier Technology Division)
(17) Analysis with numerical simulation for extreme conditions ['97-'02] (Frontier Technology Division)
(18) Basic research on the method of controlling anisotropy of oxide superconductors ['95-'99] (Frontier Technology Division)
(19) Research on generation, control and applied technology of reactive beam ['97-'99] (Frontier Technology Division)
(20) Research on Plasma X-ray Source ['97-'99] (Frontier Technology Division)
(21) Development of superconducting magnetic separation apparatus utilizing high Tc oxide superconductor ['95-'99] (Frontier Technology Division)
(22) Energy Transport associated with the Dynamo-Action in Reversed Field Pinch Plasma ['97-'99] (Energy Fundamentals Division)
(23) Management system of common data in the division ['97-'98] (Energy Fundamentals Division)
(24) Fundamental Research on Energy Technology ['97-'99] (Energy technology Division)
(25) Study of energy technology development strategy ['77-'97] (Energy technology Division)
(26) Study on the State of Art of Information Science ['97-'02] (Information Science Division)
(27) Fundamental studies on mathematical informatics ['97-'02] (Information Science Division)
(28) Study on the fundamental technology of neuroscience ['97-'02] (Information Science Division)
(29) Basic research for cognitive and social information processing technology ['97-'02] (Information Science Division)
(30) Studies on Info-societic System ['97-'00] (Computer Science Division)
(31) Studies on Network Computing ['97-'00] (Computer Science Division)
(32) Fundamental Study on Information Base Systems ['97-'00] (Computer Science Division)
(33) Theory of Programming Languages ['97-'00] (Computer Science Division)
(34) Research of parallel and distributed softwares ['97-'00] (Computer Science Division)
(35) Research on computational models ['97-'00] (Computer Science Division)
(36) Fundamental Research on Computer Hardware Technology ['97-'00] (Computer Science Division)
(37) Research on Intelligent Information Processing ['97-'02] (Machine Understanding Division)
(38) Fundamental Research on Intelligent System Technology in Real Environment ['97-'02] (Intelligent Systems Division)
(39) Research on transportability of multimedia information ['97-'00] (Intelligent Systems Division)
(40) Research on simulated human technology ['97-'02] (Life Electronics Research Center)
(41) Research on theoretical analysis of the optical light waves for environmental sensing ['97-'99] (Life Electronics Research Center)


Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology (includes 11 throngh 20)

11. Selected Basic Research

( 1) Fluctuations in quantum Hall regime ['97] (Two-dimsnsional electron physics lab)
( 2) Optoelectronics based on coherent carrier control ['97] (Coherent carrier control lab)
( 3) Research of frequency conversion of coherent light ['97] (Frequency conversion lab)
( 4) Research on fundamentals of molecular optics ['97] (Molecular optics lab)
( 5) Quantification of hydrogen on semiconductor surfaces with the use of in-situ elastic recoil detection analysis (ERDA) ['97] (ERDA lab)
( 6) Generation of intense laser pulse and plasme interaction study ['97] (Short pulse KrF laser lab)
( 7) Thin Film Materials Processing under High Gravity ['97] (Applied gravity lab)
( 8) Highly flexible power network technology ['97] (Energy network lab)


12. General Research

Research on the development of fundamental technology of nanometer-scale biology

( 1) Fundamental technology for high-resolution observation by scanning probe microscope ['92-'97] (Nanobiology lab)

Development of energy conversion materials through formation of gradient structures

( 2) Improvement and Evaluation of Thermionic Energy Converter Electrodes ['93-'97] (Thermionic energy conversion lab)

R&D of novel buoy system for the construction of global ocean observation system

( 3) Experimental Investigation on Sensor Technology for Organic and Inorganic Particles in Ocean ['93-'97] (Ocean ecodynamics monitoring technology lab)

Basic studies and applications of extreme quantum sensing technology

( 4) Research on high-efficient amplification technology for all-solid-state lasers ['93-'97]
( 5) Generation and Detection of Wavelength Tunable Squeezed Lights ['93-'97]
( 6) Research on semiconductor quantum structure for sensing devices ['93-'97] (Quantum structure sensing lab)

Generation and utilization of micro-beam of synchrotron radiation

( 7) Development on Circularly Polarized Microbeam of Polarizing Undulator Radiation ['93-'97] (Undulator-SR microbeam lab)
( 8) Generation and utilization of micro-beam of synchrotron radiation ['93-'97] (Multilayer X-ray device lab)
( 9) Development of focusing X-ray optics for high brilliance synchrotron radiation ['93-'97] (Synchrotron radiation X-ray optics lab)

New material synthesis by nano-space laboratory

(10) Creation of metal-inorganic interface materials through the investigation of the Fermi pinning-free effect ['94-'98] (Nano space lab)

Research on new fabrication technologies of mesoscopic films ['94-'98]

(11) Research on the fabrication and the characterization of mesoscopic thin films (New materials for mesoscopic thin films lab)
(12) Research on Fullerene-based Thin Films (Molecular Solids Lab)

Development of basic technologies for molecular elucidation of higher brain function mechanisms

(13) Elucidation of neuronal mechanism by controlling the development of target genes ['95-'97] (Brain molecular biology lab)

Research on development of versatile monitoring network for earthquakes, etc. by undersea-cable system

(14) Research on the Maneuverable and Flexible Deep Ocean Observation System by Acoustic Transmission ['95-'97] (Deep ocean electronics lab)

Analysis and control of self-organizing mechanism of materials

(15) Research on dynamical analysis technique of self-organizing phenomena using highly-excited Rydberg electron transfer ['96-'98] (Self organizing materials analysis lab)

Research on high-density optical pulse generation and advanced material control

(16) Research on high-density optical pulse generation and control by using a high-intensity and focusability ultrashort pulse laser ['97-'99] (High-density optical pulse)

Creation of new functional oxide materials

(17) Control of heterogeneous interface in oxide conductor ['97-'99] (Oxide-Conducor-Interface Engineering lab)
(18) Research on materials and devices for optoelectronic applications based upon oxide thin-film waveguides ['97-'99] (Photonic thin-films lab)

Research on interface with SFQ Circuits

(19) Study of Interface Technologies of SFQ Circuits and Outside Circuits ['97-'99] (Single-Flux-Quantum-Circuits lab)

Survey on medical research supporting applications utilizing the inter-ministerial networks

(20) Study on Application Protocol Mediation Technologies in Medical Research Field ['96-'98] (Medical network application lab)

Survey on life supporting applications utilizing high-speed WAN

(21) Studay of Network Securities for Multimedia Welfare Information ['96-'98] (Network security lab)

Feasibility study on the construction of the databases relating materials

(22) Construction of the database for electron elastic and inelastic scattering parameters in solids ['94-'98] (Electron scattering analysis lab)


13. COE Fostering Program(COE)

( 1) Global Information Processing Technology ['96-'00] (Global information processing lab)


14. Bilateral International Joint Research

( 1) Evaluation of ULSI devices by scanning probe ['97] (TBD)
( 2) Software technology for distributed plug-in system ['97] (TBD)
( 3) Anisotropy control in oxide high Tc superconductor ['97] (TBD)
( 4) Ultrahigh-speed functional semiconductor laser ['97] (TBD)
( 5) Human interface technology for image data bases ['97] (TBD)
( 6) Superconducting device for single photon detection ['97] (TBD)


15. Basic Research for Science and Technology

Research for the establishment of foundation to promote practical use of advanced materials

( 1) Establishment of characterization techniques of superconducting materials ['97-'99] (Surface impedance measurement lab)
( 2) Surface chemical analysis ['97-'99] (VAMAS SCA lab)

Development of X-ray analyzer of extremely high performance

( 3) Research on superconducting tunnel junction devices with high-quality and arrays ['97-'99] (STJ device lab)

Research for the establishment of foundation of standards and measurements related to electronics

( 4) Generation of standard pressure space and precise calibration techniques ['97-'99] (Vacuum standard lab)
( 5) Precise calibration of the standard condenser microphone ['97-'99] (SPL standard lab)
( 6) Establishment of spectral responsivity standard ['97-'99] (Far ultraviolet lab)
( 7) Traceability of radioactivity standard ['97-'99] (Radioactivity standard traceability lab)
( 8) Absorbed dose standard in high dose range ['97-'99] (Chemical dosimeter lab)
( 9) DC standard related to high voltage measurement ['97-'99] (High voltage standard lab)


16. Goal-seeking Brain Research

Research on communication of primates including human beings

(1, 2) Neuroscience research on the brain mechanism of facial expression recognition ['97-'01] (Facial experssion research lab)
( 3) Research on the existence of inner model for communication in cerebellum -- Physiological and non-invasive measurement ['97-'01] (TBD)

Research on controlling factors in regeneration of retinal neurons

( 4) Development of X-ray microscopy and research on cell frame dynamics ['97-'01] (Neural Regeneration #1 lab)
( 5) Research on the role of Ca in the development of retinal synapse ['97-'01] (Neural Regeneration #2 lab)
( 6) Research on dynamic change in syncytia of retinal neurons ['97-'01] (Neural Regeneration #3 lab)



17. Research Exchange Promotion Program

( 1) Research on multi-element oxide thin film growth by atom-layer controlled MBE and its application to device fabrication ['97-'00] (MBE-grown oxide devices lab)
( 2) Research on the automatic extraction of key pattern knowledge from problem-solving history ['97-'99] (Pattem extraction lab)
( 3) Research on the mathematical structure of term conversion system ['97-'01] (Rewriting)


18. Inter-ministerial Basic Research

( 1) Research on widegap nitride semiconductor electronics materilas ['95-'97] (Widegap Nitride Semiconductor Electronics Material Lab)


19. Fundamental R&D for Life and Society

Research to meet residents' needs

( 1) Research on getting more work out of unused thermal energy from combustion of waste matter ['95-'97] (Thermoelectric module lab)


20. Cooperative System for Supporting Priority Research

( 1) Fabrication and evaluation of high-performance electronic materials and devices ['95-'99]


Industrial Science and Technology Frontier Program (includes 21 throngh 22)

21. Leading Research

( 1) Brain Function Informatics ['95-'97] (Brainware lab)
( 2) Hard Electronics ['96-'97] (Hard electronics lab)
( 3) Friendly Network Robotics ['96-'97] (Network-based robotics lab)
( 4) Research on evaluation of human behaviour and cognition ['96-'97] (Cognition and behaivior lab)
( 5) Genome Function Oriented Information Technology ['97] (Post genome technology lab)
( 6) Intelligent Social Infrastructure Technology ['97-'98] (Intelligent social infrastructure lab)
( 7) Conjugate Materials ['97-'98] (Conjugate materials lab)

Optical functional materials for two-dimensional information processing

( 8) Research on molecule aggregate materials showing self-responsive electro-optic effect ['97-'98] (Light manipulating materials lab)


22. Projects

Human media technology

( 1) Human media technologies ['96-'05] (Human media lab)

Femtosecond technology

( 2) Research on fundamental technology of femtosecond optoelectronic materials ['95-'04] (Femtosecond optoelectronic materials lab)
( 3) Femtosecond optoelectronics ['95-'04] (Femtosecond optoelectronics lab)

Non-linear photonics materials

( 4) Elucidation of time-response characteristics ['89-'98] (Nonlinear photonics materials lab)

New software architecture model

( 5) New models for software architecture ['90-'97] (Cooperative architecture lab)

Medical and welfare equipment

( 6) Research for the visually disabled to recognize three-dimensional world ['93-'97] (Vision aid lab)
( 7) Study of 13C-MRS System for the Noninvasive Measurement of Brain Metabolism ['94-'98] (Bio-NMR measurements lab)
( 8) Study on Soft Manipulation ['95-'99] (Soft manipulation lab)

Human sense indexing technology

( 9) Research on the predicting method of apparent colors under different chromatic and illuminance adaptations, and development of the system technology on a color appearance simulator ['90-'98] (Color information lab)

Micromachine

(10) Evaluation of systematizing technology ['92-'00] (Micro robotics lab)
(11) Three-dimensional microfabrication technology for micromachine manufacturing ['92-'00] (Vacuum microelectronics lab)

Quantum functional devices

(12) Research and development of quantum functional devices ['91-'00] (Quantum functional devices lab)

New software architecture model - Evaluation

(13) Evaluation of element techniques in program language for cooperative control ['95-'97] (Cooperative architecture lab)

Femtosecond technology - Evaluation

(14) Ultrafast electronic circuit characterization ['97-'04] (Ultrahigh speed electronics lab)
(15) Research on ultra-short optical pulses for valuation ['97-'04] (Ultrashort pulse lasers evaluation lab)

Non-linear photonics materials - Evaluation

(16) Research and evaluation of ultrashort pulse optoelectronics technology ['97-'04] (Ultrashort pulse optoelectronics lab)

Physics and devices of superconductors - Evaluation

(17) Search and evaluation of high Tc superconducting materials ['88-'97] (Superconducting materials lab)
(18, 19) Evaluation of fundamentals of fabrication-process of superconducting junctions ['90-'97] (Superconductor film technology lab) (Interface engineering on superconductors lab)
(20) Characterization of electric and magnetic properties ['89-'97] (Superconductor physics lab)
(21, 22) Evaluation of basic technologies for superconducting electronic devices ['88-'97] (Cryoelectronic devices lab) (Superconducting device functions lab)


23. New Sunshine Program

Photovoltaic power generation

( 1) Materials Research on Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells ['97-'04] (Thin film silicon solar cells super-lab ,Computational materials science lab ,Cluster material lab)
( 2) Analysis and characterization of chalcopyrite and related materials for practical thin-film solar cell ['91-'00] (Novel photovoltaic materials lab)
( 3) Photovoltaic Silicon Devices ['97-'04] (Photovoltaic silicon devices lab)
( 4) Research on High Efficiency Solar Cell Technologies ['97-'00] (Advanced solar cell lab)
( 5) Analysis and Evaluation for Photovoltaic Power Systems ['89-'00] (Photovoltaic systems lab)

Fuel cell power generation technology

( 6) Dry processing of SOFC & evaluation of power generation performance of SOFC ['92-'97] (SOFC lab)
( 7) Power Generation Technology of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell -Evaluation of Power Generation Performance ['92-'97] (SOFC lab)

Superconducting technology for electric power apparatuses

( 8) Research on advanced superconducting wires ['88-'98] (Metallic superconducting wires lab)
( 9) Study of new measurement technologies for superconducting generators ['88-'98] (Applied superconductor technology lab)
(10) Research on fundamentals of superconducting power devices ['88-'98] (Superconducting power devices lab)
(11) Evaluation of physical properties of superconducting materials ['88-'98] (Physical properties of superconducting materials lab)
(12) Study on the stability criteria of the field windings of superconducting power generators ['88-'98] (Superconducting magnet applications lab)
(13) Evaluation study of cooling system for superconducting generators ['88-'98] (Applied superconductor cryogenics lab)
(14) Evaluation of physical properties of superconducting bulk materials ['96-'99] (Superconducting bulk materials lab)
(15) Evaluation study of superconducting bearings ['96-'99] (Superconducting bearing lab)

Dispersed-type battery power storage technology (Li battery)

(16) Research on assessments of safety and reliability of advanced high performance batteries ['92-'01] (Advanced battery energy storage technology lab)

Practical use of solar system R&D -- Evaluation

(17) International Joint Technology Development for Solar Energy Utilization Systems - Analysis and Evaluation for System Technology ['97-'99] (Solar thermal research lab)

International clean energy system technology utilizing hydrogen (World Energy Network = WE-NET)

(18) Research on the high temperature steam electrolysis using solid oxide electrolyte ['93-'98] (New energy carrier technology lab)

Fuel cell power generation technology

(19) Evaluation of conversion materials for fuel cell ['95-'98] (AMTEC lab)

Photovoltaic power generation

(20) Analysis and evaluation of cluster particles as solar cell materia ['95-'99] (Cluster science lab)

Analysis and evaluation of hydrogen-oxygen combustion turbine

(21) Research on Global Advanced Total Energy System, GATES - Research on Global Optimal Assessment Links, GOAL ['95-'98] (Energy systems analysis lab)

Fuel cell power generation technology

(22) Fuel cell power generating technology-Evaluation of cell materials ['95-'98] (Thermoelectric materials lab)

R&D for energy-conservation technologies

(23) Research on the evaluation of energy conservation technologies ['93-'99] (Energy technologies evaluation lab)


24. R&D by Regional Consortium

( 1) Research on sensor based skills ['97-'99] (Assembly skill lab)
( 2) Research on high-performance flat panel display ['97-'99] (Flat-panel display technology lab)


25. Important Regional Technology R&D System

Technology for production of high quality crystal ['95-'99]

( 1) Effect of Impurities on Thermo-Physical Properties of Melt (Melt property lab)


26. Competitive R&D of Important Technology

( 1) Visualcomputing Technology for Real Time Bio-information Processing ['97-'01] (Visualcomputing lab)
( 2) Research on next-generation imprecise real-time systems ['97-'01] (Imprecise systems lab)
( 3) Research on In-orbit Maintenance Technology for Space Information and Communication System ['97-'01] (Space maintenance system lab)


27. R&D Program for the Elucidation of Biological Functions

( 1) Evaluation of Active Intelligence system ['97-'01] (Active intelligence lab)
( 2) Evaluation of architectures for evolvable systems ['97-'01] (Evolvable systems lab)
( 3) Evaluation of massively parallel systems ['92-'01] (RWC-library lab)
( 4) Evaluation of highly parallel, large capacity computing systems (Optical information processing lab)


28. Special Survey on Global Science and Technology

( 1) Experiments on Optical Properties of Cloud Particles ['91-'00] (Infrared sensing lab)


29. Global Environment Remote Sensing Technology

( 1) Research on observation parameters of supersynthesis radiometer in long-wavelength microwave region ['97-'00] (Electromagnetic emission measurement lab)


30. Proposed Program for Original Technology R&D in New Field

( 1) R&D of Redox Super Capacitor ['96-'98] (Clean energy device lab)
( 2) Development of new protonic conducting membrane and its application to economic and high power fuel cells ['96-'98] (Super capacitor lab)
( 3) Spin-dependent conduction and spin-reverse mechanism in nano-scale magnetic solid superstructure ['96-'98] (Magnetic super-structure lab)
( 4) Fundamental research on solid-state quantum calculation device ['97-'98] (Quantum computation lab)
( 5) Semiconductor crystal growth control technology for new energy electronics ['97-'98] (Semiconductor crystal growth control lab)


31. Strategic Fundamental Research

( 1) Neuronal mechanisms for motor control ['96-'01] (Motor Control lab)
( 2) Coral Reef Eco-Symbiosis Technology ['97-'01] (Coral reef technology lab)
( 3) Coherent quantum effect in atom-layer-controlled nano-structure ['97-'01] (TBD)
( 4) Research on self-organized quantum confinement structure ['97-'01] (Quantum energy conversion system lab)
( 5) Quantum effect in anisotropic superconductor and development of new electromagnetic function ['97-'01] (Anisotropic superconductor lab)


32. Original Personal Research Promotion Program

( 1) Research on non-local interactions to quasiparticles near a Mott transiton ['94.10-'97.9] (Mott transition physics lab)
( 2) A Novel Approach to the Learning Mechanisms of Voluntary Arm Movements in the Cerebellum ['94.10-'97.9] (TBD)
( 3) Robot Learning as a Guide to Constructing Models of Cognitive Development ['95.10-'98.9] (TBD)
( 4) Fundamental Research on Quantum Synthesizer ['96.10-'99.9] (Quantum control lab)
( 5) Research on real-time architecture for parallel distributed control ['97.10-'00.9] (TBD)


33. Joint Research Promotion Program

( 1) Measurement of secondary signal following brain activities and elucidation of its generation mechanism ['96.1-'00.12] (Brain signal analysis lab)


34. International HFSP Grant

( 1) Functional Organization of the Neuronal Networks of the Parahippocampal Region ['96-'99] (Hippocampal neurocircuit lab)
( 2) Neuronal mechanisms for self-motion perception ['96-'98] (Self-motion perception lab)


35. Research Information Open Database

( 1) Superconductivity Papers Database ['95-'97]
( 2) Energy technology database ['95-'99]
( 3) Spectral Reflectance Distributions of Standard Surface Colors ['95-'98]
( 4) Data base management system of plasma simulation code data. ['95-'00]
( 5) Reversed Field Pinch Plasma Database ['95-'97]
( 6) Brain Atlas Database of Japanese Monkey for WWW ['96-'00]
( 7) Color space database ['95-'97]


36. Calibration and Inspection Program

( 1) Calibration by Specified standards (Electronic metrology #1 lab)
( 2) Sound level meter (Acoustic standards lab)
( 3) Calibration of RF power and laser power (RF power calibration lab)
( 4) Maintenance of photometric standards and new supply of spectral responsivity (TBD)
( 5) Exposure meter (Ionizing radiation standard lab)