Fujitsu and Macquarie University have set up the Fujitsu Macquarie AI Research Lab at Macquarie University to advance AI applications and future technologies.
As part of the Fujitsu Small Research Lab programme, this joint venture aims to redefine industries through innovative digital coaching technology tailored to individual skills, expertise and goals.
The lab’s primary focus is on developing digital coaching technology by leveraging the university’s advanced research capabilities and Fujitsu’s expertise in areas such as generative AI and human sensing technology.
Renowned for its AI research capabilities, Macquarie University hosts the Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence and Centre for Health Informatics. Its collaboration with Fujitsu aims to harness these capabilities across diverse fields such as banking, education and healthcare to identify new applications and address societal challenges.
Fujitsu will deliver newly developed technology in this research project through its Fujitsu Kozuchi AI platform, which offers users access to a range of modules and functions based on advanced AI technologies. Fujitsu Australia will develop and conduct demonstrations for implementation of this technology in multiple fields such as healthcare, retail and public sector.
Professor S Bruce Dowton, Vice-Chancellor and President at Macquarie University, expressed the institution’s honour in hosting Fujitsu’s first Small Research Lab in the Southern Hemisphere, emphasising the invaluable opportunities this partnership creates for students to gain industry-relevant experience.
“This marks an important step forward in deepening AI technology and its applications, and we are confident that it will bring innovation and contribute to solving global challenges,” said Toshihiro Sonoda, Head of Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Fujitsu Research.
Alfee Lee, Vice President and Head of Uvance, Technology & Solutions at Fujitsu APAC, noted that the collaboration with Macquarie University’s world-class researchers would help Fujitsu boost its ability to bring transformative applications of future technologies to advance key sectors in ANZ and Asia.
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