Continuing to provide industry-leading solutions with new unique technologies that integrate information science and behavioral science

UBIC Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Masahiro Morimoto, hereafter UBIC), which provides e-discovery solutions for strategic international litigation, has strengthened its R & D function and e-discovery. We are pleased to announce the establishment of an R & D center specializing in research and development incorporating behavioral science in order to accelerate the development of the most advanced legal technology in the discovery industry.

Until now, the driving force of the discovery industry has been the ability to provide services for discovery work and the ability of consultants with knowledge of discovery work.However, with the rapid development of IT technology, the amount of information to be processed has increased rapidly, and the ability to develop advanced advanced technology and provide it as a solution is required, and advanced technology will lead the industry from now on. I will go.

UBIC, which has the R & D capability of cutting-edge technology, will continue to focus on innovative technology development and continuously provide cutting-edge solutions as a driving force in the e-discovery industry through this R & D center.

At this R & D center, e-discovery evidence is provided by incorporating behavioral science (cognitive psychology / criminology / sociology, etc.) that provides insight and analysis of human behavior into information science (data mining / speech recognition technology / translation technology, etc.). We will further strengthen our unique technical research and development in disclosure and support systems.It has become clear that research and development of artificial intelligence (AI) functions play a major role in the technological development of cutting-edge legal technology.Therefore, by incorporating behavioral science that studies human behavior, it will be possible to dig deeper into the unique technology of UBIC's artificial intelligence (AI) function and greatly improve its technological capabilities.

Aiming to improve the accuracy of e-discovery and reduce costs, in addition to accumulating know-how based on experience, by expanding research fields and advancing technological development, we will continuously improve the solutions provided by UBIC and overwhelm the competition. We will try to differentiate ourselves.

Furthermore, this R & D Center aims to become an advanced research institute in the research field where behavioral science and information science are fused by collaborating with domestic and overseas research institutes and focusing on training researchers.

R & D Center Establishment Overview

Location

2-12-23 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo Meishan Takahama Building (UBIC Shinagawa Head Office)

Scheduled start of business

Mid-May 2013

Personnel scale

60

research summary

Basic research and applied research / application manufacturing development in the field of legal technology such as AI (artificial intelligence) functions through research and development incorporating behavioral science

Investment amount

6 billion yen