Date: 19/04/2022

Fujitsu opens new research center in Bangalore India focusing on AI

Fujitsu has started a new research center in Bangalore, India called
"Fujitsu Research of India Private Limited” (FRIPL) to do research and development into AI and machine learning technologies, and quantum software resulting into innovation in strategically critical fields.

This center to do a joint research with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad and the Indian Institute of Science(IISc). The joint research effort to focus on improving the accuracy and resilience of AI and machine learning technology. R&D with the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad will focus on AI technology to discover causal relationships with higher accuracy. Fujitsu and the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad aim to provide an effective tool for innovative discovery and contribute to a wide range of fields including drug discovery and new material development.

Collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science will center on technology to automatically generate AI through autonomous training in response to various environmental changes. Fujitsu and the Indian Institute of Science aim to contribute to the autonomous evolution of AI, with the aim of realizing an AI that can be applied in areas that require constant responses to environmental changes including automated operation of large-scale systems and management decision support to maximize business KPIs.

Vivek Mahajan, Chief Technology Officer (Corporate Executive Officer, SEVP) Fujitsu Limited, comments: “Innovation has a growing role to play in solving societal and environmental challenges. As one of the world’s leading technology companies, Fujitsu plays a key role in driving innovation, and we will harness technologies like AI and quantum to contribute to solutions to these issues. These efforts require access to top talent. Strengthening our presence in India will allow us to tap into the enormous potential offered by world class researchers with local institutions and universities that drive global software technology development. We look forward to conducting more agile and challenging joint research together to deliver a more sustainable future for humanity.”

Fujitsu will continue to hire exceptional talent in this field in India and aims to boost the number of its researchers to 50 by fiscal 2024. Fujitsu Group plans to expand its research fields into security and other areas and will conduct world-leading software R&D in collaboration with Fujitsu’s wider global network of research centers in areas including Japan, Europe, and the United States with the aim of creating software for global distribution.

Fujitsu's senior executive Hirotaka Hara to head this center.