This research area focuses on strengthening social systems through technology to create sustainable and harmonious communities. It addresses a wide range of challenges, including urban design, information sharing, and the optimization of decision-making processes. The goal is to propose new forms of collaboration and sustainable societal models.

Worldviews

Projects

[Video] Beyond Boundaries

"If you want to accomplish in your life, one thing that would contribute to the future of humanity - what is that?" How do researchers at Sony CSL reflect on these questions and engage with their own research? And what kind of place is Sony Computer Science Laboratories, shaped by such individuals? Through the words of the researchers themselves, we hope to share part of that perspective.

JackIn Space

Supporting the Seamless Transition Between First and Third Person View for Effective Telepresence Collaborations

Squama

Programmable physical windows and walls that allow individual control over the visibility of small square tiles.

Publications

Palaniappan, Sucheendra K and Zolfo, Moreno and Kottapalli, Satish and Sethi, Ajay and Nystrom-Persson, Johan and Evans-Yamamoto, Daniel and Choi, Jihun and Kratz, Anton and Padmanabhan, Srinivas and Yamada, Ryota and Ozawa, Yosuke and Polouliakh, Natalia and Patil, Ashwini and Kala, Manas and Sethi, Tavpritesh and Bagler, Ganesh and Seita, Jun and Ghosh, Samik and Kancherla, Ravindranath and Kitano, Hiroaki

Creating an engine of scientific discovery, an Indo-Japan perspective: learnings from IJNTC 2025 workshop

NPJ Syst. Biol. Appl. | Vol.12, apr, 2026