The Advisory Board, an external committee whose role is to evaluate the
work of NTT Basic Research Laboratories (BRL), met from February 6 - 8,
2007. This was the fourth meeting of the Advisory Board, which was first
convened in 2001 to provide an objective evaluation of our research plans
and activities to enable us to employ strategic management in a timely
manner. On this occasion, we were happy to welcome a new member.
Over the course of the three days the board made valuable suggestions and comments in relation to our research and management activities. They commented that the research level is generally high on an international scale, and that it is important for us to maintain this top-level research and transmit information about our research achievements to the world. They also raised several issues related to human resources, the research budget and internal and external collaboration. We plan to make improvements based on these valuable suggestions.
At this meeting we offered both young researchers and NTT executives an opportunity to communicate with the board members. This included a lunch party for young researchers at which they were able to interact with the board members. For the NTT executives, we organized a Japanese style dinner, which provided a good chance to discuss the future management strategy of NTT BRL from an international perspective. The next board meeting will held in eighteen months.
| Board members | Affiliations | Research fields | ||
| Prof. Abstreiter Prof. Altshuler Prof. Haroche Prof. Jonson Prof. Leggett Prof. Mooij Prof. Ryan Prof. von Klitzing |
Walter Shottky Columbia Univ. Ecole Normale Chalmers UT Univ. Illinois Delft UT Univ. Oxford Max-Planck-Inst. |
Low-dim. physics Condensed matter Quantum optics Condensed matter Quantum physics Quantum computer Nano-bio technology Semiconductor physics |