Biography:Noriko H. Arai
Noriko H. Arai (Japanese: 新井紀子, born October 22, 1962[1]) is a Japanese researcher in mathematical logic and artificial intelligence,[2] known for her work on a project to develop robots that can pass the entrance examinations for the University of Tokyo.[3] She is a professor in the information and society research division of the National Institute of Informatics.[3][4]
Education and career
Arai was born in Tokyo on October 22, 1962. She earned a law degree from Hitotsubashi University[2] and then, in 1985, a mathematics degree magna cum laude from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[2][4] Her doctorate is from the Tokyo Institute of Technology.[2]
She joined the National Institute of Informatics in 2001.[4]
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.[3][5] Arai became director of the project in 2011.[2] 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.[6]
Arai is also the founder of Researchmap, "the largest social network for researchers in Japan".[7] 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.[8]
References
- ↑ Birth year from Library of Congress Name Authority File, accessed 2018-10-19
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Speaker profile: Noriko H. Arai, Professor, National Institute of Informatics", 20th International Conference for Women in Business, http://www.women.co.jp/conf20th/speakers/details-e.html?id=3, retrieved 2018-10-19
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tsujimura, Tatsuya (March 4, 2014), "Robots challenged to pass Todai examination", Japan Times, https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/04/national/science-health/robots-challenged-to-pass-todai-examination/
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "ARAI Noriko", Faculty: Information and Society Research Division (National Institute of Informatics), https://www.nii.ac.jp/en/faculty/society/arai_noriko/, retrieved 2018-10-19
- ↑ Fitzpatrick, Michael (December 29, 2013), "Computers Jump to the Head of the Class", The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/30/world/asia/computers-jump-to-the-head-of-the-class.html
- ↑ Wakefield, Jane (April 26, 2017), Ted 2017: The robot that wants to go to university, BBC News, https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39657505
- ↑ "Noriko Arai", GS10 Speakers (Gender Summit Asia-Pacific 10), 2017, https://www.gender-summit.com/gs10-speakers/1623-noriko-arai, retrieved 2018-10-19
- ↑ France's Macron announces 1.5-bln-euro investment in artificial intelligence, Xinhua, March 30, 2018, http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/30/c_137075479.htm
Further reading
- Living in the AI Era: Noriko Arai, Mathematician, NHK, June 7, 2018, https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/directtalk/articles/20180607/index.html
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