{"id":31,"date":"2025-12-22T22:54:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T13:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:19:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T00:19:41","slug":"top","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cross-Pacific AI Initiative, established in April 2024 with support from the Japanese and U.S. governments, is a 10-year joint research project focused on artificial intelligence (AI) involving Amazon, NVIDIA, the University of Washington, and the University of Tsukuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Fields of Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-5 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<figure 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src=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/Improving-AI-model-efficiency_icon2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/Improving-AI-model-efficiency_icon2.png 500w, https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/Improving-AI-model-efficiency_icon2-300x296.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full img-body-500\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"493\" data-id=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/Trustworthy-AI_icon2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Partners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div 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src=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/01\/UW_logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88\" style=\"width:195px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/01\/UW_logo.png 448w, https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/01\/UW_logo-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/659777b982074e998b925d226fd1a75c.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-218\" style=\"width:195px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/659777b982074e998b925d226fd1a75c.png 450w, https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/02\/659777b982074e998b925d226fd1a75c-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/01\/NVIDIA_logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86\" style=\"width:195px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/01\/NVIDIA_logo.png 450w, https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/01\/NVIDIA_logo-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">News &amp; Press Releases<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/09\/20260413-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/2026\/04\/13\/20260413\/\">X-PAI Project-Related Seminar: \u201dFrom Sound to Structure: Learning Representations in Multimodal and Audiovisual Systems\u201d<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-13T02:37:54+09:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">2026\u5e744\u670813\u65e5<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">A seminar was held at IIIS by Dr. Eli Shlizerman, the UW-side collaborator on the 2025-selected project \u201cReal- [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/09\/20260202-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/2026\/02\/02\/20260202\/\">X-PAI Seminar: \u201cResearch using AWS &#8211; with special focus on AI for Science\u201d<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-02-02T01:55:37+09:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">2026\u5e742\u67082\u65e5<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">We held a lecture on \u201cResearch using AWS &#8211; with special focus on AI for Science.\u201d Date and Time: Monday, [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/09\/20260121-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/2026\/01\/21\/20260121\/\">X-PAI Project-Related Seminar \u201cFast Closed-Loop Brain Interfaces for Tomorrow\u2019s Therapies\u201d<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-01-21T00:35:20+09:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">2026\u5e741\u670821\u65e5<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">A seminar was held at IIIS by Dr. Shih-Chieh Hsu, the UW-side collaborator on the 2025-selected project \u201cReal- [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/09\/20251203-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/2025\/12\/03\/20251203\/\">X-PAI Seminar: &#8220;From Temperature to Intelligence&#8221;<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-12-03T00:07:41+09:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">2025\u5e7412\u67083\u65e5<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">On December 3, 2025, the X-PAI Seminar &#8220;From Temperature to Intelligence: AI-Enhanced Thermosensitive QR [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2026\/09\/20251125-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/xpai.air.tsukuba.ac.jp\/en\/2025\/11\/25\/20251125\/\">AWS Hands-on Seminar Held<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-11-25T22:20:39+09:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">2025\u5e7411\u670825\u65e5<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">An AWS Hands-on Seminar was held on November 25, 2025 Date: November 25, 2025Venue: Room A110, Advanced Resear [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cross-Pacific AI Initiative, established in April 2024 with support from the Japanese and U.S. governments 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