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MEMBERS

Members FRONTia is advancing the research and development of next-generation foundation models through collaboration between Noetra Corp. and AIST, together with world-class researchers and engineers.

Team
Position / Role
President
Name
Hironobu Tamba
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Development Strategy Offices

Team
Development Strategy Offices
Position / Role
Director
Name
Ken Hanazawa
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Team
Development Strategy Offices
Position / Role
Name
Daisuke Okanohara
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Team
Development Strategy Offices
Position / Role
Name
Yoshihisa Ijiri
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Large Language Model Development Department

Team
Large Language Model Development Department
Position / Role
Director
Name
Daisuke Tanaka
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Omnimodal Foundation Model Development Department

Team
Omnimodal Foundation Model Development Department
Position / Role
Director
Name
Teppei Suzuki
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World Foundation Model Development Department

Team
World Foundation Model Development Department
Position / Role
Director
Name
Koichiro Yamaguchi
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Strategic Research & Development Department

Team
Strategic Research & Development Department
Position / Role
Director
Name
Atsunori Minamikawa
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Principle Discovery and Efficiency

Team
Principle Discovery and Efficiency
Position / Role
Director
Name
Daisuke Okanohara
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Team
Theoretical Foundations for General AI Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (AIST)
Name
Ryo Karakida
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Team
Theoretical Foundations for General AI Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (Collaborating Institution)
Name
Taiji Suzuki
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Team
Reasoning Enhancement Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (AIST)
Name
Hiroya Takamura
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Team
Reasoning Enhancement Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (Collaborating Institution)
Name
Naoaki Okazaki
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Team
Reasoning Enhancement Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (Collaborating Institution)
Name
Rio Yokota
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Team
Large-Scale Diffusion Language Model Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (AIST)
Name
Masaki Asada
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Team
Large-Scale Diffusion Language Model Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (Collaborating Institution)
Name
Makoto Miwa
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Vision and 3D

Team
Vision and 3D
Position / Role
Director
Name
Yoshihisa Ijiri
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Team
Multi-Task Vision AI Foundation Model Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (AIST)
Name
Hirokatsu Kataoka
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Team
Multi-Task Vision AI Foundation Model Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (Collaborating Institution)
Name
Christian Rupprecht
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Team
Whole-Body Object Interaction Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (AIST)
Name
Takuma Yagi
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Team
Whole-Body Object Interaction Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (Collaborating Institution)
Name
Kris Kitani
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Team
Embodied AI Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (AIST)
Name
Yusuke Yoshiyasu
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Team
Embodied AI Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (Collaborating Institution)
Name
Asako Kanezaki
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Team
Embodied AI Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (Collaborating Institution)
Name
Sören Pirk
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Speech and Audio

Team
Speech and Audio
Position / Role
Director
Name
Shinji Watanabe
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Team
Acoustic Cognition Foundation Model Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (AIST)
Name
Satoru Fukayama
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Team
Real-Time Environmental Sound Understanding Foundation Model Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (AIST)
Name
Yoshiaki Bando
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Team
Real-Time Environmental Sound Understanding Foundation Model Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (Collaborating Institution)
Name
Mathieu Fontaine
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Team
Biosignal Foundation Model Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (AIST)
Name
Suguru Kanoga
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Team
Biosignal Foundation Model Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (Collaborating Institution)
Name
Junichi Ushiba
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Robot and Digital Twin

Team
Robot and Digital Twin
Position / Role
Director
Name
Yukiyasu Domae
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Team
Human Robot Interaction Foundation Model Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (AIST)
Name
Shotaro Miwa
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Team
Human Robot Interaction Foundation Model Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (Collaborating Institution)
Name
Matthew E. Taylor
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Team
Human Robot Interaction Foundation Model Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (AIST)
Name
Tetsuya Ogata
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Team
Human Digital Twin Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (AIST)
Name
Tsubasa Maruyama
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Team
Human Digital Twin Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (Collaborating Institution)
Name
Takeo Nagura
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Team
Omnimodal 3D Structure Model Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (AIST)
Name
Kenji Koide
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Team
Omnimodal 3D Structure Model Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (Collaborating Institution)
Name
Sebastian Scherer
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Agent

Team
Agent
Position / Role
Director
Name
Graham Neubig
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Team
Omnimodal Language Generation Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (AIST)
Name
Hiroya Takamura
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Team
Omnimodal Language Generation Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (Collaborating Institution)
Name
Shinnosuke Takamichi
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Team
Real-World Long-Horizon Task Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (AIST)
Name
Wiradee Imrattanatrai
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Team
Real-World Long-Horizon Task Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (Collaborating Institution)
Name
Teruko Mitamura
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Team
Context-Aware Robot Foundation Model Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (AIST)
Name
Enrique Coronado
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Team
Context-Aware Robot Foundation Model Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (Collaborating Institution)
Name
Koichiro Yoshino
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Team
Distributed Collaborative Long-Horizon Task Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (AIST)
Name
Keisuke Okumura
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Team
Distributed Collaborative Long-Horizon Task Team
Position / Role
Team Leader (Collaborating Institution)
Name
Amanda Prorok
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