{"id":786,"date":"2026-10-12T02:21:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T02:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.piri.or.jp\/japan\/?page_id=786"},"modified":"2026-10-12T02:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T02:21:38","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.piri.or.jp\/japan\/en\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Five niche divisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<section aria-label=\"Notifications alt+T\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-relevant=\"additions text\" aria-atomic=\"false\"><\/section>\n<div class=\"min-h-screen flex flex-col bg-background text-foreground\"><a href=\"#content\" class=\"sr-only focus:not-sr-only focus:absolute focus:top-2 focus:left-2 focus:z-[70] bg-[#142c4a] text-[#f6f1e6] px-3 py-2\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<header class=\"sticky top-0 z-50 text-[#1b241c] transition-shadow duration-200 bg-[#f6f1e6]\">\n<div class=\"hidden lg:block border-b border-[#d9d0bd]\/80\">\n<div class=\"container flex items-center justify-between 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stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"lucide lucide-menu h-5 w-5\"><line x1=\"4\" x2=\"20\" y1=\"12\" y2=\"12\"><\/line><line x1=\"4\" x2=\"20\" y1=\"6\" y2=\"6\"><\/line><line x1=\"4\" x2=\"20\" y1=\"18\" y2=\"18\"><\/line><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p><main id=\"content\" class=\"flex-1\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<section class=\"relative page-hero overflow-hidden min-h-[320px]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"absolute inset-0 h-full w-full object-cover opacity-45\" src=\"{{PIRI_MEDIA_URL}}piri-ref-lab_e0ce815e.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-r from-[#0e1f36] via-[#142c4a]\/86 to-[#142c4a]\/40\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"container relative py-20 md:py-24 max-w-4xl\">\n<p class=\"mb-5 text-[12px] tracking-[0.22em] text-[#d9c9a5]\">Programmes<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"display-title text-4xl md:text-[3.2rem] text-white\">Five niche divisions<\/h1>\n<p class=\"mt-6 text-white\/82 text-lg leading-relaxed max-w-2xl\">PIRI does not claim to be a general AI institute. Divisions are cut to the founders\u2019 reviewed record and to problems Yamanashi can fund.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mt-8 h-px w-16 bg-[#c2412d]\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"py-20\">\n<div class=\"container space-y-10\">\n<p class=\"text-sm leading-relaxed text-[#5d5a52] max-w-3xl\">PIRI is not a degree-awarding university, a hospital, or a quantum-hardware laboratory. Laboratories in formation are computational programmes tied to the reviewed record and to Hokuto fieldwork. No grant has been awarded yet.<\/p>\n<article class=\"grid md:grid-cols-12 gap-6 border-t border-[#142c4a]\/12 pt-8\">\n<div class=\"md:col-span-2\">\n<p class=\"font-mono text-xs text-[#c2412d] tracking-[0.16em]\">PIRI-BB<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm text-[#5d5a52] mt-2\">01<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-3 text-[11px] tracking-[0.14em] uppercase text-[#c2412d]\">Active<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"md:col-span-10\">\n<h2 class=\"font-serif text-3xl text-[#142c4a]\">Behavioural Biometrics &amp; Trustworthy Identity<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mt-3 max-w-3xl leading-relaxed text-[#5d5a52]\">Continuous multimodal authentication, gait, keystroke and sensor fusion, with privacy-preserving enrolment and quantum-resistant zero-trust architectures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"grid md:grid-cols-12 gap-6 border-t border-[#142c4a]\/12 pt-8\">\n<div class=\"md:col-span-2\">\n<p class=\"font-mono text-xs text-[#c2412d] tracking-[0.16em]\">PIRI-SD<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm text-[#5d5a52] mt-2\">02<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-3 text-[11px] tracking-[0.14em] uppercase text-[#c2412d]\">Active<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"md:col-span-10\">\n<h2 class=\"font-serif text-3xl text-[#142c4a]\">Synthetic Data, Federated Learning &amp; Privacy<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mt-3 max-w-3xl leading-relaxed text-[#5d5a52]\">High-fidelity synthetic datasets, federated multimodal attention, and empirical privacy assurance for health, robotics, and identity research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"grid md:grid-cols-12 gap-6 border-t border-[#142c4a]\/12 pt-8\">\n<div class=\"md:col-span-2\">\n<p class=\"font-mono text-xs text-[#c2412d] tracking-[0.16em]\">PIRI-AH<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm text-[#5d5a52] mt-2\">03<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-3 text-[11px] tracking-[0.14em] uppercase text-[#c2412d]\">Active<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"md:col-span-10\">\n<h2 class=\"font-serif text-3xl text-[#142c4a]\">Assistive Intelligence &amp; Regional Digital Health<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mt-3 max-w-3xl leading-relaxed text-[#5d5a52]\">AI for aging societies, gait-based health-risk detection, EHR-focused diagnostic models, and assistive navigation \u2014 aligned with Hokuto and Yamanashi social needs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"grid md:grid-cols-12 gap-6 border-t border-[#142c4a]\/12 pt-8\">\n<div class=\"md:col-span-2\">\n<p class=\"font-mono text-xs text-[#c2412d] tracking-[0.16em]\">PIRI-ML<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm text-[#5d5a52] mt-2\">04<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-3 text-[11px] tracking-[0.14em] uppercase text-[#c2412d]\">Active<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"md:col-span-10\">\n<h2 class=\"font-serif text-3xl text-[#142c4a]\">Reliable Machine Learning &amp; Meta-Recommendation<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mt-3 max-w-3xl leading-relaxed text-[#5d5a52]\">Leakage-safe algorithm recommendation, shift-aware evaluation, selective abstention, and hardware-aware model selection for tabular and multimodal tasks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"grid md:grid-cols-12 gap-6 border-t border-[#142c4a]\/12 pt-8\">\n<div class=\"md:col-span-2\">\n<p class=\"font-mono text-xs text-[#c2412d] tracking-[0.16em]\">PIRI-SC<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm text-[#5d5a52] mt-2\">05<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-3 text-[11px] tracking-[0.14em] uppercase text-[#c2412d]\">Active<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"md:col-span-10\">\n<h2 class=\"font-serif text-3xl text-[#142c4a]\">Scholarly Communication, Journals &amp; Conferences<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mt-3 max-w-3xl leading-relaxed text-[#5d5a52]\">Peer-reviewed open journals, international conference series hosted in Yamanashi, library\/repository services, and indexing-ready publishing infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"forming\" class=\"py-20 bg-[#ebe4d4]\/40\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<p class=\"kicker mb-3\">Laboratories in formation<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"display-title text-3xl text-[#142c4a] mb-3\">Designed as computational programmes. Apparatus follows agreements and awards.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"max-w-3xl text-sm text-[#5d5a52] mb-10\">Quantum means post-quantum security, bioenergy means computational models, photonics and devices mean signal processing, and PrabhuYoga-related work is mind\u2013body digital-health informatics. No therapeutic claims, hospital, or degree-awarding status. No grant has been awarded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"grid md:grid-cols-2 gap-6\">\n<article class=\"border border-[#d9d0bd] bg-[#fbf7ee] overflow-hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full h-44 object-cover\" src=\"{{PIRI_MEDIA_URL}}dept-computing_4caece0c.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-6\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-3\">\n<p class=\"font-mono text-xs tracking-[0.16em] text-[#c2412d]\">PIRI-CS<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-[#5d5a52]\">Forming<\/span><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"font-serif text-2xl mt-3 text-[#142c4a]\">Computing Systems &amp; Scientific Software<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mt-3 text-sm leading-relaxed text-[#5d5a52]\">Reproducible computing, research software, secure infrastructure for institute datasets and journals. Complements the five active divisions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"border border-[#d9d0bd] bg-[#fbf7ee] overflow-hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full h-44 object-cover\" src=\"{{PIRI_MEDIA_URL}}dept-ai_9bb9653a.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-6\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-3\">\n<p class=\"font-mono text-xs tracking-[0.16em] text-[#c2412d]\">PIRI-AI<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-[#5d5a52]\">Active<\/span><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"font-serif text-2xl mt-3 text-[#142c4a]\">Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mt-3 text-sm leading-relaxed text-[#5d5a52]\">Already active through PIRI-BB, PIRI-SD and PIRI-ML: privacy-preserving learning, evaluation under shift, and auditable models.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"border border-[#d9d0bd] bg-[#fbf7ee] overflow-hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full h-44 object-cover\" src=\"{{PIRI_MEDIA_URL}}dept-quantum_bfef7fc2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-6\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-3\">\n<p class=\"font-mono text-xs tracking-[0.16em] text-[#c2412d]\">PIRI-PQ<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-[#5d5a52]\">Forming<\/span><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"font-serif text-2xl mt-3 text-[#142c4a]\">Post-Quantum Security &amp; Quantum-Inspired Methods<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mt-3 text-sm leading-relaxed text-[#5d5a52]\">Follows the published SecureBio-AI line: quantum-resistant zero-trust identity, not a claim of experimental quantum hardware. Hardware partnership will be sought with universities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"border border-[#d9d0bd] bg-[#fbf7ee] overflow-hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full h-44 object-cover\" src=\"{{PIRI_MEDIA_URL}}dept-bioinfo_42c6dc50.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-6\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-3\">\n<p class=\"font-mono text-xs tracking-[0.16em] text-[#c2412d]\">PIRI-BIOI<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-[#5d5a52]\">Forming<\/span><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"font-serif text-2xl mt-3 text-[#142c4a]\">Bioinformatics &amp; Computational Biology<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mt-3 text-sm leading-relaxed text-[#5d5a52]\">Privacy-preserving analysis of public and synthetic biomedical sequences and records. No clinical diagnostics are offered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"border border-[#d9d0bd] bg-[#fbf7ee] overflow-hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full h-44 object-cover\" src=\"{{PIRI_MEDIA_URL}}dept-energy_46c4d320.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-6\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-3\">\n<p class=\"font-mono text-xs tracking-[0.16em] text-[#c2412d]\">PIRI-EN<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-[#5d5a52]\">Forming<\/span><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"font-serif text-2xl mt-3 text-[#142c4a]\">Computational Bioenergy &amp; Environmental Informatics<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mt-3 text-sm leading-relaxed text-[#5d5a52]\">Modelling, sensing data, and decision support for rural energy and environment in Yamanashi \u2014 computational, not a wet-lab fuel plant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"border border-[#d9d0bd] bg-[#fbf7ee] overflow-hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full h-44 object-cover\" src=\"{{PIRI_MEDIA_URL}}dept-photonics_1584fd56.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-6\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-3\">\n<p class=\"font-mono text-xs tracking-[0.16em] text-[#c2412d]\">PIRI-PH<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-[#5d5a52]\">Forming<\/span><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"font-serif text-2xl mt-3 text-[#142c4a]\">Computational Photonics &amp; Optical Sensing<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mt-3 text-sm leading-relaxed text-[#5d5a52]\">Signal models for optical and wearable sensing that support gait and identity research. Device fabrication is a university or industry partner task.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"border border-[#d9d0bd] bg-[#fbf7ee] overflow-hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full h-44 object-cover\" src=\"{{PIRI_MEDIA_URL}}dept-robotics_b3f4d391.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-6\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-3\">\n<p class=\"font-mono text-xs tracking-[0.16em] text-[#c2412d]\">PIRI-ROB<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-[#5d5a52]\">Forming<\/span><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"font-serif text-2xl mt-3 text-[#142c4a]\">Assistive Robotics &amp; Human\u2013Machine Systems<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mt-3 text-sm leading-relaxed text-[#5d5a52]\">Extends published work on federated multimodal networks for healthcare and robotics, and on assistive navigation \u2014 evaluation on public or synthetic data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"border border-[#d9d0bd] bg-[#fbf7ee] overflow-hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full h-44 object-cover\" src=\"{{PIRI_MEDIA_URL}}dept-medical_4e382735.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-6\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-3\">\n<p class=\"font-mono text-xs tracking-[0.16em] text-[#c2412d]\">PIRI-MED<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-[#5d5a52]\">Forming<\/span><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"font-serif text-2xl mt-3 text-[#142c4a]\">Medical Computing &amp; Health Informatics<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mt-3 text-sm leading-relaxed text-[#5d5a52]\">EHR-focused synthetic simulation and early-risk modelling as published. Not a hospital; not a medical-device manufacturer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"border border-[#d9d0bd] bg-[#fbf7ee] overflow-hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full h-44 object-cover\" src=\"{{PIRI_MEDIA_URL}}dept-devices_73ece571.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-6\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-3\">\n<p class=\"font-mono text-xs tracking-[0.16em] text-[#c2412d]\">PIRI-DEV<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-[#5d5a52]\">Forming<\/span><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"font-serif text-2xl mt-3 text-[#142c4a]\">Wearable &amp; Medical-Device Signal Processing<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mt-3 text-sm leading-relaxed text-[#5d5a52]\">Algorithms for wearable and clinical-adjacent signals under APPI. Hardware partners remain external.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"border border-[#d9d0bd] bg-[#fbf7ee] overflow-hidden\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full h-44 object-cover\" src=\"{{PIRI_MEDIA_URL}}dept-mindbody_91e94dc2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-6\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-3\">\n<p class=\"font-mono text-xs tracking-[0.16em] text-[#c2412d]\">PIRI-MB<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-[#5d5a52]\">Forming<\/span><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"font-serif text-2xl mt-3 text-[#142c4a]\">Mind\u2013Body Digital Health Informatics<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mt-3 text-sm leading-relaxed text-[#5d5a52]\">Computational study of contemplative and mind\u2013body practice (including PrabhuYoga-related protocols) via wearable physiology, adherence, and digital-health trial design. 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