Press Release 2024

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October

World’s First Superconducting Flux Qubit Operating without Magnetic field

- A significant step towards miniaturizing quantum circuits for quantum computers -
October 15, 2024
TOPPAN Digital, NICT, and ISARA Develop Smart Card System Employing Hybrid Methodology to Support Post-Quantum Cryptography and Current Public-key Cryptography

Facilitating a smooth transition to post-quantum cryptography to ensure the safety and security of social infrastructure
October 7, 2024
336 Tb/s Transmission with a Single Light Source

- A simple, wide-band optical communication system realized with optical comb and frequency reference distribution -
October 4, 2024

September

Quantitative Analysis Reveals Geographical Skew in User Studies within the Security and Privacy Field
September 3, 2024

July

Developed a 21-language, Fast and High-Fidelity Neural Text-to-Speech Technology That Works on Smartphones
July 26, 2024
Learning to Act in the Face of Uncertainty

Our brain learns and remembers actions differently based on the level of decision uncertainty
July 3, 2024
Establishment of GPAI Tokyo Expert Support Center

– NICT promotes global partnerships in AI –
July 1, 2024

June

First images from Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) onboard Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) "Hakuryu"

- World's first measurement of vertical cloud motion from space -
June 27, 2024
World Record 402 Tb/s Transmission in a Standard Commercially Available Optical Fiber

- Achieved with novel technologies to open new wavelength regions for future optical communication infrastructure -
June 26, 2024

May

Japanese Consortium Achieves World's First Demonstration of 5G Communication from Altitude of 4km Using 38GHz Band

— Major Step Toward Realization of 5G Communication from Stratosphere —
May 28, 2024
Open Call Starts for Permanent Researcher Position for Women

- The proportion of women hired for Permanent Researcher position in FY2024 reached 41.7% -
May 13, 2024
Developed Compiler Acceleration Technology for Quantum Computers

- Probabilistic method reduces optimal gate sequence search time by orders of magnitude -
May 9, 2024

April

THine, NICT and Hiroshima University announced the development of 20Gb/s QPSK Wireless Transmission Technology with the World's First Mixed-Signal Baseband Demodulator Technology
April 23, 2024

January

World Record 301 Tb/s Transmission in a Standard Commercially Available Optical Fiber

- Achieved by developing technologies that open up new wavelength regions for future optical communication infrastructure -
Janualy 29, 2024

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