DFKI had already been working successfully for years with Osaka Prefecture University, which recently merged with Osaka City University this year to form Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU), making it the largest public university in Japan. The signing of the cooperation agreement has initiated the process that will result in the establishment of an official DFKI branch at OMU.
OMU President Masahiro Tatsumisago said:
“The partnership between OMU and DFKI began before the OMU merger, and it developed through years of collaborations in fundamental and practical research in the field of artificial intelligence. With this cooperation agreement, I am certain that the bond between OMU and DFKI will be even stronger, and we will work more closely together to transfer our knowledge and technologies to practice, as well as fostering young researchers and students.”
Professor Dr. Antonio Krüger, CEO of DFKI said:
“DFKI's planned strategic expansion to Japan is based on a long-standing good partnership with Osaka, Japanese institutes and companies and a common philosophy: to use artificial intelligence for the benefit of people and society. We look forward to expanding our cooperation with Japan, as a high-tech country and like-minded partner, even further in international competition and deepening it in topics relevant to the future.”
Professor Koichi Kise, of the Graduate School of Informatics Department of Core Informatics and long standing DFKI research partner was selected as the potential director of the “DFKI Lab Japan” project. The focus of the joint research will be the development of smart cities, smart universities, self-education, teaching, and medical applications.
