Fujitsu Research News Update - May 2024
FT&SV 2024 - Advocating transformation into a regenerative enterprise
Fujitsu Technology and Service Vision (FT&SV) is an evolving story that describes the future we want to create with our customers and partners, how technology empowers people to realize our vision and what actions we need to take now. Both business and society are being transformed by the rapid evolution of technology. The rapid evolution of AI is at the heart of these technology advances. At the same time, sustainability has become an increasingly critical challenge around the world. As a result, we’ve arrived at a tipping point, where AI evolution and the sustainability challenge intersect. It’s a tipping point that provides a unique opportunity for us to build a different future. In FT&SV2024, we describe the new enterprise model required, how technology can enable transformation and the concrete actions we need to take together now.
FT&SV 2024 presents an insightful vision for organizations to look beyond this critical point, setting out the transformation that technology can help achieve, and importantly the collective actions for making the world more sustainable. We position the “regenerative enterprise” as a new type of organization that utilizes AI and other technologies to create net positive value. By harnessing the power of rapidly evolving technologies, organizations can not only streamline their businesses, but also accelerate sustainability transformation, helping to regenerate the environment and people's well-being while creating new economic models.
We invite you to visit the FT&SV 2024 website to explore it in more detail and to download the PDF here
Take Part in the Fujitsu $100,000 Quantum Simulator Challenge 2024!
With $100,000 in prize money to be won, the Fujitsu Quantum Simulator Challenge 2024 offers a unique opportunity for industry and academia to test the quantum simulator on novel problems and applications.
The second contest will run from July to October 2024, with applications to be made by 30 June. So this is a great chance to put forward ideas that provide exciting new ideas for problem innovation, breadth of applicability and resulting customer impact - as these are the key criteria on which the final list of participants will be selected.
This year, the quantum simulator has been enhanced to include a number of new and advanced features, with the Challenge's key objectives being:
- To apply the quantum simulator to customer pain points
- To test the quantum simulator with real world applications
- Explore quantum use cases collaboratively with participants selected by Fujitsu
- Obtain feedback from participants on performance and scalability
Don't miss your chance to put the Fujitsu Quantum Simulator through its paces, and to compete for a substantial prize ($100,000 total divided into First Prize - $50,000, Second Prize - $30,000 and Third Prize - $20,000).
Find out more here and download the application here: https://lnkd.in/eGEzez2j
Spotlight on Fugaku
Supercomputer Fugaku retains first place worldwide in HPCG and Graph500 rankings
The supercomputer Fugaku, jointly developed by RIKEN and Fujitsu, has successfully retained the top spot for nine consecutive terms in multiple major high-performance computer rankings including HPCG and Graph500 BFS (Breadth-First Search), and has also taken fourth place for the TOP500 and fourth place for the HPL-MxP rankings.
The HPCG is a performance ranking for computing methods often used for real-world applications, and the Graph500 ranks systems based on graph analytic performance, an important element in data-intensive workloads. The results of the rankings were announced on May 13 at ISC High Performance 2024, which is currently being held in Hamburg, Germany.
More Fugaku News - Announcing a new large language model "Fugaku-LLM"
A team of researchers in Japan recently released Fugaku-LLM, a large language model with enhanced Japanese language capability, using the RIKEN supercomputer Fugaku.
In recent years, the development of large language models (LLMs) has seen massive investment in human and computational resources, led predominantly by the United States. In Japan, there are high expectations for Fugaku, the flagship supercomputer system with an associated requirement to improve the computational environment for large-scale distributed training on Fugaku.
Together with Fujitsu, the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tohoku University, RIKEN, Nagoya University, CyberAgent, and Kotoba Technologies started a joint research project on the development of large language models.
This latest development has produced a LLM with enhanced Japanese language ability, enabling distributed parallel learning by maximizing the performance of the supercomputer Fugaku. The objective is also to encourage commercial use, leading ultimately to future innovative research and business applications such as AI for Science.
We invite you to visit the Fujitsu Research Portal and try out the Fugaku-LLM model in the Generative AI section. Make sure you select Fugaku-LLM when you make your model selection.
Technology Insights
New White Paper: Fujitsu Composite AI
Fujitsu has released a white paper on "Fujitsu Composite AI," which understands abstract business challenges through chat-based interactions and automatically explores and proposes concrete solutions using the optimal AI models and data from countless possibilities. This technology is designed to effectively address complex issues that are difficult for traditional single AI models to handle by combining multiple AIs, thereby significantly expanding the scope of AI utilization. With this advancement, AI technology can be provided more cost-effectively and quickly to areas that have been difficult to reach.
In the News - Highlights
- Fujitsu introduces ‘explainable AI’ for use in genomic medicine and cancer treatment planning
- Fujitsu chosen for GENIAC project, starts development of large language models for logical reasoning
- Fujitsu and Mizuho leverage AI to track trends in humpback whale migration and promote sustainable tourism for Hachijo Island
Our Team
Researcher's Interview: Exploring new frontiers with Shingo Tokunaga
The power of quantum computers will undoubtedly transform many industries fundamentally, from drug discovery to finance, bringing value to both companies and society. In this article, we introduce how Fujitsu’s research and development efforts are contributing to the practical application of quantum computers, as well as exploring the initiatives and challenges involved.
Researcher's Dream Series: Introducing Junya Fujimoto
In our “Researcher’s Dream” Series, we talk to members of the research team about their personal path to a career in research, why they joined Fujitsu, their research activities and the future they dream of creating.
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