"Critical Applications of AI in Industry, Healthcare and Other Sectors" Workshop

workshop

07 April 2025 09:30 to 18:15 (Tokyo)
Hitachi Head Office at Nippon Seimei Marunouchi Building, 23rd floor, 1-6-6 Marunouchi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0005

The presentation materials shared by the speakers during the workshop are available for download at the bottom of this page.
This workshop aims to exchange on good practices and challenges in the development of critical AI applications where the reliable correct function is of predominant importance. Applications discussed will come from transportation systems, industrial production and digital health care solutions.

Organiser

Prof. Sebastian Engell, TU Dortmund (Germany) and ENRICH Global (France)

Co-organisers

Prof. Iiro Harjunkoski, Aalto University (Finland) and Hitachi Energy (Finland)
Nobuo Nukaga, Hitachi Research and Development (Japan)

Target audience

Developers of AI solutions, methods and tools in areas as industrial production, robotics, cars, trains, healthcare systems.

Expected outcomes

Understanding of the state of the art and open issues, triggering collaborations, input to shaping future funding programs in Europe and Japan.

Draft agenda

The detailed programme is available on the EU-Japan Digital Week website.

Speakers

  • Mirai Odagiri, Deputy Secretary General, Japan AI Security Institute (AISI)
  • Nobuo Nukaga, Hitachi R&D, Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation Center, Tokyo: How Hitachi is Using AI in its Social Innovation Business 
  • Dr. Marc Zeller, Siemens AG, München: Safety Assurance of a Driverless Regional Train 
  • Fuyuki Ishikawa, National Institute of Informatics and Sokendai University, Japan
  • Dr. André Stollenwerk, Embedded Systems Institute, RWTH Aachen, Germany: Challenges for AI applications in intensive care medicine
  • Prof. Manabu Kano, Department of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan
  • Prof. Valentina Colla, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy: Critical Applications of AI in the metals and steel industry 
  • Dr. Satoshi Otsuka, Hitachi R&D, Mobility and Automation Innovation Center, Tokyo: OT x AI safety approaches in Hitachi 
  • Dr. Martin Hollender, ABB Corporate Research Center Germany: AI for the automation of industrial processes 
  • Prof. Iiro Harjunkoski, Aalto University, Finland and Hitachi Energy, Japan

Language of the workshop: English
Please note that interpretation in Japanese will not be available. 

Agenda

Presentations

The EU-Japan Digital Week is an initiative under the EU-Japan Digital Partnership and is supported by the following projects and organisations:

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