Noriko H. Arai
Noriko H. Arai (Template:Lang-ja) is a Japanese researcher in mathematical logic and artificial intelligence,[1] known for her work on a project to develop robots that can pass the entrance examinations for the University of Tokyo.[2] She is a professor in the information and society research division of the National Institute of Informatics.[2][3]
Education and career
Arai was born in Tokyo. She earned a law degree from Hitotsubashi University[1] and then, in 1985, a mathematics degree magna cum laude from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[1][3] Her doctorate is from the Tokyo Institute of Technology.[1]
She joined the National Institute of Informatics in 2001.[3]
Contributions
Arai's Todai Robot Project aims to build a robot that can pass the entrance examinations for the University of Tokyo (commonly known as Todai) by 2021.[2][4] Arai became director of the project in 2011.[1] At a 2017 TED Talk, she reported that her system could achieve a score better than 80% of the applicants to the university; however, this was still not a passing score. Arai sees the success of the project as evidence that human education should concentrate more on problem solving and creativity, and less on rote learning.[5]
Arai is also the founder of Researchmap, "the largest social network for researchers in Japan".[6] She was one of 15 top artificial intelligence researchers invited by French president Emmanuel Macron to join him in March 2018 for the announcement of a major new French initiative for artificial intelligence research.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Noriko H. Arai, Professor, National Institute of Informatics", 20th International Conference for Women in Business, retrieved 2018-10-19
- ^ a b c Tsujimura, Tatsuya (March 4, 2014), "Robots challenged to pass Todai examination", Japan Times
- ^ a b c "ARAI Noriko", Faculty: Information and Society Research Division, National Institute of Informatics, retrieved 2018-10-19
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Michael (December 29, 2013), "Computers Jump to the Head of the Class", The New York Times
- ^ Wakefield, Jane (April 26, 2017), Ted 2017: The robot that wants to go to university, BBC News
- ^ "Noriko Arai", GS10 Speakers, Gender Summit Asia-Pacific 10, 2017, retrieved 2018-10-19
- ^ France's Macron announces 1.5-bln-euro investment in artificial intelligence, Xinhua, March 30, 2018
Further reading
- Living in the AI Era: Noriko Arai, Mathematician, NHK, June 7, 2018