Japanese
Director
Director
Many research institutes and centers at AIST focus on creating cutting-edge technologies. However, technology alone cannot change the world. What truly matters is how people experience and use those technologies in their daily lives.
The Human Informatics and Interaction Research Institute focuses on the relationship between people and technology. Researchers from diverse fields, including physiology, psychology, neuroscience, ergonomics, information science, and statistics, work together to ensure technology makes people's lives safer, more comfortable, and more enjoyable.
Our research is based on three key approaches: measuring and evaluating people and animals, modeling important insights from data, and developing services and interventions that interact with people in real-world environments. Through close collaboration with industry and academia, we strive to develop user-friendly, emotionally engaging technologies that bring joy and excitement to everyday life while contributing to research, development, and standardization.
Introduction
Technology for Human Life and Neuroscience
In order to provide safe, secure, healthy and comfortable living in a sustainable society, it is important to understand the interactive relationships between people and the adequate products or/and the living environment. We have been developing technologies that comply with various human functions, neurophysiological systems, and biomedical properties, by integrating relevant knowledge with data acquisition and analysis.
We focus on the following areas: (1) measurement and assessment of cognitive function, (2) psycho-physiological adaptability to environmental change, (3) recovery or substitution of lost abilities, and (4) technology to facilitate independence for the elderly and disabled. We also contribute to support Japanese Industrial Standards / International Standards, and to build the guidelines for designing industrial products and assistive medical devices.
New projects are forthcoming, including neuro-rehabilitation technology based on neurological mechanisms, communication technology via direct connection between brain and machine (brain-machine interface), and fundamental technology to connect medical devices to clinical information networks (IoT, Internet of Things).
Research groups
Please see the page of Structure.