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NEC Labs cling to produce cutting-edge research results
February 4, 2025
NEC's global No,1 technologie's Largely depends on efforts of who are outstanding researshers,also leaders in academic communities．
We want to be the most suitable place for the researchers to achieve No,1 results.
NEC Labs cling to produce cutting-edge research results
Hitoshi Imaoka
World No.1 face recognition technology
Youngest NEC Research Fellow in company history
Satoshi Morinaga
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
Takatoshi Kitano
Kazuhiko Minematsu
Hans Peter Graf
Developer of machine learning platform "Torch"
Manmohan Chandraker
Computer vision
Prominent researchers who retain close ties to NEC
High technological competitiveness on a global scale
Demonstrating world-class technological competitiveness in AI, security, telecommunications, and
other fields at major international conferences
Ranking of papers accepted at leading academic conferences (company-based)
Global No. 1 in AI intellectual property (Biometric authentication, Video recognition, Analysis/Prescription AI)
Biometric authentication, video recognition, and analysis/prescription AI are NEC’s core technologies across various business sectors and No.1 in accumulative PCT*1 international applications, aiming to be the global No.1 patent portfolio in each area by 2025
- *1PCT:Patent Cooperation Treaty
- *2Right holder score: index for strength of patent portfolio of each patent right holder by Patent Result Co.
World No.1 biometric authentication technologies
Sustaining world-class expertise in biometrics: face, iris, and fingerprint
Ranked No. 1 in the world in benchmark tests conducted by NIST*1(Jan. 2024)
- *1National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Results shown from NIST do not constitute an endorsement of any particular system, product, service, or company by the U.S. government. - *2FRTE Identification (Jan 2024) Leaderboard Identification (T>0) Achieved No.1 ranking in 4 categories on the leaderboard: Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot, N=12000000;
Gallery: Visa, Probe: Kiosk, N=1600000; Gallery: Border, Probe: Border ΔT≥10YRS, N=1600000; Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot ΔT≥12YRS, N=3000000. - *3FRVT Ongoing 1:N Identification (Aug 2021) Leaderboard Identification (T>0) Achieved No.1 ranking in 2 categories on the leaderboard:
Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot, N=12000000 and Gallery: Border, Probe: Border ΔT≧10YRS, N=1600000. - *4FRVT Ongoing 1:N Identification (Jan 2022) Leaderboard [Identification (T>0)] Achieved No.1 ranking in 3 categories on the leaderboard:
Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot, N=12000000; Gallery: Border, Probe: Border ΔT≧10YRS, N=1600000; Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot ΔT≧12YRS, N=3000000. - *5IREX 10: Identification Track(Sept 2022) Achieved No.1 ranking in 3 categories: Two-eye Accuracy, Single-eye Accuracy, Rank Accuracy.