Strategy - framework of GITI & GITS -

GITI (Global Information and Telecommunication Institute), founded in June 1998, has invited leading researchers active in the field of international standardization of information and telecommunication technologies. Ever since, we have collaborations and variety of activities with the world's leading universities and research institutes to improve our country’s international standardization. Furthermore, with the research project of advanced video contents production and distribution using broadband network officially launched in 2004 and with the cooperation of Japan’s recognized movie directors, we are continuously creating and distributing leading digital cinema contents.
As an academic institute to support the activities of young researchers in GITI, graduate school of Global Information and Telecommunication Studies (GITS) was established in April 2000.
[Research] and [Education] in graduate school are two important missions that can be compared to the two wheels of a cart. Our basic strategy is to combine GITI(promote leading researches together with various industries) and GITS (develop human resources) in order to grow and maintain research and development capabilities in the field of information and telecommunication as well as develop superior young researchers in this field.

GITI places priority in two points as listed below, and are collaborating with not only domestic universities but also international universities and industries to promote such research activities.

■	Advanced Technology and International Standard	International standardization of technology and regulations of the Internet have rapidly advanced, enabling reliable information exchanges between devices and software. Devices that do not use standard specifications cannot exchange information with other devices even if they are connected to the network. As a result, only devices following the specifications will survive. The intellectual property rights such as 'Patent' are deeply related to such standard specifications. In the information and telecommunications field, the company that has the patent to the technology necessary to achieve the standard can maintain a great advantage in the global competition. Since GITI consists of many researchers with rich experience in the international standardization of the information and telecommunication technology, we can promptly and flexibly respond to the needs of business in the field concerned.
■	Globalization of Content Production and Distribution	In the Internet related fields, contents business is expected to be the most promising business in the future. Traditional contents distribution using traditional media such as books, CDs' and DVDs', have gradually shifted to distributing contents via online. In consequence, as can be seen in online shopping and games, new contents businesses using Internet are growing and expanding rapidly. The characteristic of these new contents businesses is that the contents go beyond borders and distributed instantaneously around the world. Thus, when distributing contents via Internet, we will be required to take into account of adopting contents or expressions that could work in various countries and regions. In another words, “Globalization of Contents” will be required in the future. Anticipating such age to come, GITI has been aggressively involved in researches of globalization of contents development and distribution.

GITI together with GITS aim to conduct cutting edge researches collaborating with international academic societies and industries, and develop young researchers in following items.

Through these researches, GITI and GITS aim to help realize an affluent and advanced information telecommunications society.