Internet and Society Laboratory
* This laboratory has been completed.
| Date of establishment | April 21, 2010 |
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Objective
Today’s global society faces an array of new issues with the advent of emerging Internet-related technologies. Contents distribution of electronic books, music, and movies, cloud computing and standards such as HTML5 are just a few examples. Against this backdrop, increasingly more importance is being placed on the presence of research centers that resolve technology, policy, and legal issues concerning the Internet and society on a global and comprehensive basis. Internationally, research institutes such as the Berkman Center at Harvard University, The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford University, and the Research Center for Information Law at the University of St. Gallen are gaining influence through their research efforts related to the Internet and society. Now that a new global information society is about to take shape, there is a pressing need to establish a research organization in Japan that aligns itself with the aforementioned research institutions. This research laboratory will work in conjunction with those institutions by carrying out a comprehensive regime of research activities aimed at developing an open communication platform.
This laboratory will address the following types of issues:
- Standardization of digital technology
- Processing of intellectual property rights
- Contents distribution platforms
- Electronic commerce and behavior-targeting ads
- Privacy protection and information utilization
- Information security
- Safety and reliability of the information infrastructure
Researchers, managers and professors
| Jun MuraiDirector | Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies Laboratory leader, General direction |
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| Jiro Kokuryo | Professor, Faculty of Policy Management Sub leader, Information society design |
| Osamu Nakamura | Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies Studies on development and deployment of a global network |
| Fumio Shimpo | Professor, Faculty of Policy Management Studies on information law |
| Motohiro Tsuchiya | Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance Professor, Faculty of Policy Management Studies on information policy |
| Keiji Takeda | Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies Studies on information security, privacy protection, and rights protection technology |
| Tomohiro Ichinose | Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies |
| Miki Akiyama | Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies |
| Jin Nakazawa | Associate Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies |
| Tomoyuki Furutani | Professor, Faculty of Policy Management |
| Keisuke Uehara | Associate Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies |
| Takeshi Natsuno | Guest Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies Studies on Internet business applications |
| Catharina Maracke | Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance Studies on processing intellectual property |
| Kenji Saito | Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies Studies on social adaptations of the Internet |
| Joichi Ito | Distinguished Researcher, Keio Research Institute at SFC Studies on global governance of the Internet |
| Keiko Okawa | Professor, Graduate School of Media Design Studies on the Internet and education |