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Greeting from the Director General
This is the second year since the National Institute of Informatics (NII) was established in April 2000. "Information" is the keyword of the 21st century. In the G8 Summit, which was held at Okinawa last July, Information Communication Technology (IT) was one of the main topics. At the "Okinawa Charter on Global Information Society", it was said that "Information Technology (IT) is one of the most powerful forces in shaping the twenty-first century" and "enormous opportunities are there to be seized and shared by us all".
"Informatics", which is the target of NII, is a new academic field that aims towards the 21st century. Informatics is an academic study covering wide research areas and it includes computer science and information engineering, as well as life science, humanity, social sciences and other fields. Informatics has developed remarkably through academic research activities with in-depth research and interdisciplinary approach across various fields. As a result of these activities, informatics is expected to become an academic infrastructure that will provide support for all areas of social and economic activities. The fruits of the study of informatics are expected to return to society. NII puts a strong emphasis on the basic research, in addition to application of its results, aiming to build an academic information infrastructure, such as construction of network environments and of information resources, etc.
Thus, NII is now organizing as an inter-university research institute with two main purposes -- systematic research regarding informatics and development and maintenance of a basic infrastructure for distribution of academic
information. In the aspect of research, NII will focus on not only the research development of the informatics field from basic to application but also on promoting joint academic research in wide areas in cooperation with universities and research institutions, and private companies of in and outside Japan. Moreover, in the area of maintaining and developing academic information infrastructure, NII constructs and applies Science Information Networks and also provides various academic information services through utilizing the results of informatics research. NII is putting forward their best efforts toward solving the problems related to information by implementing research activities as well as development and operation activities as if those were two wheels of a vehicle.
The global scale of today's rapid advancement and wide spread of information communication technologies have brought not only new possibilities but also several problems such as digital divide, security, etc. The importance of the role of NII has increased in this new "Information Century" as the main core institute for the study of informatics and distribution of academic information. The staff of NII wants to work hard so that the results of informatics research at NII will contribute not only to academic research and science technology, and to the industrial and economic development but also to the advancement of peoples' lives and culture.
April, 2001
Yasuharu Suematsu : Director General, National Institute of Informatics
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