FRONTEO Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Masahiro Morimoto, hereafter FRONTEO) is a director / chief technology officer, Hideki Takeda, on February 2022, 2, at the Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University (FRONTEO). We are pleased to announce that we have been appointed as a specially appointed professor at the Center for Joint Research on Law and Policy.

Since August 2021, FRONTEO has been collaborating with Professor Tatsuhiko Inatani of the Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University (Joint Research Center for Law and Policy), a data set and measurement method for quantitatively measuring signs of corporate fraud and non-compliance. I am currently researching data sets for visualizing personnel affairs using open data.Takeda is in charge of FRONTEO's side in this joint research.

The appointment of this specially appointed professor is for Takeda, who has practical knowledge on legal policy issues using AI, with the aim of promoting the development of new academic fields within the university and the training of creative leaders. At the request of the university, we started lectures for graduate students and faculty members on January 2022, 1.This lecture will discuss the solution of legal issues using natural language processing, with the theme of utilizing AI in practice in discovery of international proceedings and fraud investigations, and will be held until the end of next year.

[Comment by Professor Tatsuhiko Inatani, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University (Joint Research Center for Law and Policy)]

"The Center for Joint Research on Legal Policy proposes a legal policy concept that supports the realization of human-centered innovation by engaging in interdisciplinary and international research on cutting-edge legal policy issues in collaboration with theory and practice. It was established at the Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University in April 2021 to promote the development of new academic fields and the training of creative leaders. At the center, Mr. Hideki Takeda, FRONTEO CTO, is a specially appointed professor. We have decided to carry out joint research on "solving legal issues using natural language processing artificial intelligence technology".

If the application of natural language processing artificial intelligence technology can visualize the human network and corporate culture within a company, which was difficult to grasp quantitatively and objectively in the past, it would be possible to conduct theoretical research on corporate misconduct and corporate governance. We can make great progress, and we can expect great progress toward the social implementation of digitalization of compliance activities.

In addition, by considering solutions to various legal issues, including data governance, that may arise in implementing such technologies from both the legal and technical perspectives, we will promote the further social utilization of digital technologies. I think it will open the way.The joint research with Mr. Takeda has great significance for the center's activities to propose practical legal policy ideas by conducting interdisciplinary and international research on cutting-edge legal policy issues. "

These joint researches and lectures will be conducted by utilizing the extremely practical and practical knowledge that FRONTEO has cultivated in international proceedings and fraud investigations.Going forward, we will continue to contribute to the development of new academic fields and the training of creative leaders, and aim to provide services that accelerate the social implementation of digitalization of corporate compliance activities.

■ About the Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University (Joint Research Center for Law and Policy)

URL: https://cislp.law.kyoto-u.ac.jp/about.html

Interdisciplinary and international collaboration on cutting-edge legal and policy issues in order to respond to the paradigm shift of the entire social system caused by the progress of science and technology, rapid globalization, and changes in the global environment. 2021 with the aim of working on theoretical research, proposing a legal policy concept that supports the realization of human-centered innovation that leaves no one behind, and promoting the development of new academic fields and the training of their creative leaders. Established in the year.This center attached to the Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University, which challenges cutting-edge legal policy issues, has (XNUMX) interdisciplinary education and research including fusion of literature and science, (XNUMX) international joint research and dissemination, and (XNUMX) researchers and practitioners. We are engaged in joint research and education.

■FRONTEOabout　URL: https://www.fronteo.com/

FRONTEO uses the in-house developed AI engine "KIBIT", "conceptencoder", and "Looca Cross" specializing in natural language processing to extract meaningful and important information from a huge amount of text data, and is used by companies. A data analysis company that supports business. Since its establishment in August 2003, it has been expanding globally to Japan, the United States, South Korea, and Taiwan, with a focus on legal tech businesses such as "e-discovery (electronic discovery)" and "digital forensic investigation" that support corporate international litigation. Has been deployed.Based on the AI ​​technology cultivated in the legal tech business, we expanded the business field to the life science field, business intelligence field, and OSINT from 8, and created by using AI to "turn text data into knowledge". We contribute to solving various corporate issues such as drug support, dementia diagnosis support, financial, personnel, and sales support. Listed on TSE Mothers on June 2014, 2007. January 6, 26 Obtained a first-class medical device manufacturing and sales license (permit number: 2021B1X13).The capital is 13 thousand yen (as of March 1, 10350).

* FRONTEO, KIBIT, and concept encoder are registered trademarks of FRONTEO in Japan.