World-Leading Open Innovation Platform of Fusion Technologies Bridged IT and Transportation System Areas

This project integrates the powers of “science, engineering and humanities sociology” that Tohoku University, Kyoto University, Yamagata University and advanced enterprises have, performs institutional reform of intellectual property etc. In response to social demands of energy and work force issues, we define the R&D themes of non-competitive area as follows: 1) Ultra-low power consumption technology for IoT edge computing; 2) low loss hybrid power integrated devices and low loss power electronics technology for high efficiency energy conversion; 3) intelligence green power electronics technology for future transportation system, and form the industry-academic collaborative platform to create the innovative core technologies and foster human resources. We pursue to contribute to the development of this platform and the creation of new industries leading the world by synergy between R&D in non-competitive area and the competitive industry-academic collaborations which Tohoku University has promoted.

Management organization	Tohoku University
Consortium	Industry-Academic Co-creation Consortium for IT and Transportation System
Project leader	Tetsuo Endoh (Director of Center for Innovative Integrated Electronic Systems, Tohoku University)
Joint application organization	Tohoku University, Kyoto University, Yamagata University Tokyo Electron Limited, Keysight Technologies International, Advantest Corporation, Toei Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd., TDC Corporation, Tohoku Innovation Capital Corporation
Participating companies	GlobalWafers Japan Co., Ltd., KDDI Research, Inc., Keihin Corporation, Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K. K., DISCO Corporation, Toray Research Center, Inc., Nissin Ion Equipment Co., Ltd., Nitto Optical Co., Ltd., Fujikin Incorporated, Vector Semiconductor Co., Ltd., Morita Chemical Industries Co., Ltd., etc.