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Fujitsu and Carnegie Mellon University develop AI-powered social digital twin technology with traffic data from Pittsburgh

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

TOKYO, Mar 7, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited and Carnegie Mellon University today announced the development of a new technology to visualize traffic situations, including people and vehicles, as part of joint research on Social Digital Twin that began in 2022.

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  • TOKYO, Mar 7, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited and Carnegie Mellon University today announced the development of a new technology to visualize traffic situations, including people and vehicles, as part of joint research on Social Digital Twin that began in 2022.
  • Starting February 22, 2024, Fujitsu and Carnegie Mellon University will conduct field trials leveraging data from intersections in Pittsburgh, USA, to verify the applicability of this technology.
  • This technology relies on AI that has been trained to detect the shape of people and objects through deep learning.
  • In February 2022, Fujitsu and Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science and College of Engineering began their joint research on Social Digital Twin technology, which dynamically replicates complex interplays between people, goods, economies, and societies in 3D.

Fujitsu and Celonis Expand Strategic Global Partnership

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Monday, February 26, 2024

TOKYO, Feb 26, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu today announced the signature of an agreement to further expand its strategic global partnership with Celonis, the pioneer and global leader in process mining, to accelerate business transformation for customers and digital transformation (DX).

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  • TOKYO, Feb 26, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu today announced the signature of an agreement to further expand its strategic global partnership with Celonis, the pioneer and global leader in process mining, to accelerate business transformation for customers and digital transformation (DX).
  • The agreement positions Fujitsu as Japan's latest Global Platinum Partner under Celonis' partner program.
  • "By expanding the strategic partnership between Fujitsu and Celonis, and combining our process intelligence platform with Fujitsu's DX capabilities, we can offer customers tailored solutions to optimize their business processes and achieve their transformation goals.
  • In December 2020, Fujitsu entered into a partnership agreement with Celonis to drive customers' DX in the Japanese market.

Fujitsu introduces "Uvance Wayfinders", expanded and strengthened consulting capabilities to deliver cross-industry business value

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

It establishes 13 key focus consulting areas including business and technology consulting to contribute to the solution of customers' business challenges and societal issues.

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  • It establishes 13 key focus consulting areas including business and technology consulting to contribute to the solution of customers' business challenges and societal issues.
  • The concept of "Wayfinders" alludes to how Fujitsu can help customers achieve their business goals, when the route may be unknown or uncertain.
  • Fujitsu in August 2023 established the Consulting CoE (Center of Excellence) as a new organization responsible for the governance function of its consulting business.
  • The Consulting CoE will develop an overall strategy for the consulting business and promote the expansion of consulting personnel, including a reskilling program.

Fujitsu delivers new supercomputer system to Japan Meteorological Agency to improve prediction accuracy for typhoons and torrential rain

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

TOKYO, Feb 21, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu today announced the delivery of a new supercomputer system to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) (1)to improve prediction accuracy for typhoons and torrential rains and help authorities develop data-driven plans to provide early warning and evacuation for residents during natural disasters.

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  • TOKYO, Feb 21, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu today announced the delivery of a new supercomputer system to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) (1)to improve prediction accuracy for typhoons and torrential rains and help authorities develop data-driven plans to provide early warning and evacuation for residents during natural disasters.
  • The JMA will start operations of the new supercomputer system on March 5, 2024.
  • Together with a supercomputer system for use in linear rainband forecasting Fujitsu provided to the JMA in March 2023, the new system will increase the computing power to about four times that of the previous supercomputer and contribute to the agency's ability to more accurately predict various phenomena.
  • To this end, Fujitsu developed a new system based on the "Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX2540 M7," which offers users high performance and reliability.