Takatoshi Kitano: Our Researchers

December 11, 2024

Takatoshi Kitano

Senior Research Fellow

Background

Led the development and implementation of Aadhaar, the world's largest national ID system using biometric identification technology, serving India's 1.3 billion citizens. Expanded biometric identification platforms to 40 countries globally. Recently oversaw planning, design, development, and operation of NEC's largest-scale AI supercomputer (*1), providing this infrastructure to hundreds of NEC researchers. Leveraged the AI supercomputer to empower large language models like cotomi and enhance the competitive edge of NEC's leading-edge AI technologies including world-leading face and iris recognition.

* NEC's AI research supercomputer that creates social value

Research area

Distributed Systems
Distributed Deep Learning
AI Supercomputer

Awards/Prizes

NEC Best Value Award 2024
SNIA Oustanding Contribution Award 2023
NEC Oustanding Value Award 2023

Lectures

November 7, 2024: “AI Supercomputer Supporting the Innovation of Generative AI Research” (Kobe University Special Lecture: Advanced Data Science: Computational Infrastructure)
June 28, 2024: “How to Use OSS to Maximize the Performance of GPUs in NEC's Supercomputer for AI Research (PC Cluster Consortium PC Cluster Workshop in Suzukakedai 2024)
February 14, 2024: NEC's Supercomputer for AI Research (SNIA) to Support Innovation in Generative AI Research
February 5, 2024: OSS Applications Supporting NEC's Supercomputer for AI Research (PC Cluster Consortium)
January 25, 2024: NEC's Supercomputer for AI Research Supporting the Core of Generative AI Research (Fusion Subcluster Research Group)
March 22, 2023: How to Design an AI Supercomputer for Fast Distributed Training, and its Use Cases (NVIDIA GTC 2023)
December 14, 2022: NEC's AI Supercomputer to Accelerate the Creation of Social Value（Okinawa Open Days 2022)
December 9, 2022: How to Design an AI Supercomputer for Fast Distributed Training, and its Use Cases (NVIDIA GTC 2023)
July 11, 2022: NEC's AI research supercomputer, the largest of its kind among Japanese companies - Computational power is the source of competitiveness in the AI era (CKP Research Group 18)
July 28, 2022: NEC's AI Research Supercomputer Accelerates the Creation of Social Value - Computational Power is the Source of Competitiveness in the AI Era (YouTube)

Newspaper, magazine articles

August 16, 2024: (Interview article) A thorough dissection of the joys of working as an SWE at NEC - A Kubernetes maintainer joins NEC
June 28, 2024: NEC Group Brand Magazine, vol.1 “Generative AI that changes the world
May 13, 2024: A thorough dissection of the joys of working as an SWE at NEC - From a web-based company to NEC
April 19, 2024: (Interview) NEC's Social Value Creation Accelerated by AI Supercomputers
March 31, 2024: NEC Technical Journal Vol. 75 No. 2 March 2024: NEC's AI Supercomputer, the Largest in Japan, Supports NEC's Generative AI
December 1, 2023: PyTorch on AWS Customers
August 4, 2023: (Interview) AI Supercomputers to Make NEC a World-Class AI Tech Company
July 6, 2023: (Interview) NEC develops Large Language Model (LLM)
June 7, 2023: World Business Satellite, NEC's supercomputer for AI research featured in NVIDIA GPU feature
March 20, 2023: (Press Release) NEC Launches Operation of Largest AI Research Supercomputer Among Japanese Companies -Creating advanced social value through co-creation with customers and partners
August 22, 2022: (AIsmiley)(Interview) NEC Begins Construction of the Largest Supercomputer for AI Research Among Japanese Companies
June 21, 2022: (NEC Stories) Accomplishing what once took several months in just a single day: NEC's acceleration of the creation of social value with Japan's largest AI research supercomputer
May 17, 2022: (Nikkei) NEC begins construction of the largest scale AI research supercomputer among Japanese companies
May 17, 2022: (Press Release) NEC Begins Construction of One of the Largest AI Research Supercomputers among Japanese Companies ~Toward a Center of Excellence for AI Research that Co-Creates Social Value~ (Japanese only)

Academic/professional career summary

March 2001: Department of Management Systems Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
March 2003: Completed Master's program in Management Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
April 2003: Joined NEC
As of April 2024: Senior Researcher/Director, Global Innovation Strategy Management Division, NEC

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