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NICT REPORT 35NICT also promotes research exchanges with academia, e.g., by concluding agree-ments with graduate schools based on the Joint Graduate School Program, and pro-vides research opportunities with guid-ance by NICT researchers for graduate students.Promotion of efficient and fruit-ful commissioned R&D by effec-tive use of external research re-sourcesIn addition to continuous strengthening of collaboration with its own research, NICT has been promoting commissioned R&D by making use of the research capa-bilities of industry and academia. In fiscal year 2017, NICT worked on 20 themes continuing from previous years re-sulting in 467 papers, 599 oral presenta-tions, 17 proposals to standardization orga-nizations, and 111 industrial property right applications. As for standardization activi-ties, nine recommendations in total have been adopted, one by IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission), seven by oneM2M (Standards for M2M and the In-ternet of Things), and one by OSGi (Open Services Gateway initiative) Alliance.Effective promotion of technol-ogy transferNICT promotes appropriate securing and use of intellectual property by provid-ing end-to-end intellectual property ser-vices from the time of an invention to tech-nology transfer thereby helping to expand its own revenues and foster open innova-tion. Specific examples include the licens-ing of a tabletop glasses-free 3D display and organic EO polymer material (Fig.1), which contributed to the implementation of NICT research results in society.Promotion of standardization ac-tivitiesUnder close coordination with govern-ment, industry, and domestic and interna-tional standardization organizations and bodies, NICT promotes effective standard-ization activities based on its specialized knowledge and R&D results and contrib-utes to open innovation.(1) To reflect its R&D results in internation-al standards, NICT actively participates in meetings and other gatherings at various in-ternational standardization organizations. In FY2017, NICT submitted a total of 208 contri-butions based on R&D results. In the same year, a total of 39 individuals served as chair-persons, editors, etc. in various committees involved with standardization and meetings of international standardization organizations.(2) NICT continued to maintain its mem-bership qualifications in international stan-dardization organizations and bodies such as ITU-R/T/D, APT, ETSI, and 3GPP.(3) As a result of these activities, NICT contributed to the establishment of 21 inter-national standards in FY2017 reflecting its R&D results including IEEE Standard 802.15.3d-2017 (Fig.2) titled “100 Gb/s Wire-less Switched Point-to-Point Physical Layer” (the world’s first terahertz-wave radio com-munications international standard) and oth-er standards in fields such as wireless net-works, optical access infrastructures, space weather, standard time, electromagnetic en-vironment, and security. Change over time in the number of international standards estab-lished is shown in Fig.3.Fig.2 : Examples of international standards established in FY2017IEEE Std 802.15.3d-2017: 100 Gb/s Wireless Switched Point-to-Point Physical Layer (left)ITU-T X.1541 IODEF version 2: Incident object description exchange format (right)Fig.3 : Change in number of international standards establishedNo. of international standards established (items)Research and Development