Now, although we are reaching the end of this article, I would like to briefly introduce myself.
After joining Systems Development Laboratory in 1996, I was dispatched to Hitachi in Boston, USA, to take part in developing business models in collaboration with local venture-capital organizations.
Since then, I have been involved in research and development on the above-described Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). And since December 2003, in collaboration with telecommunications carriers, computer vendors and so on, I have been helping to set up the "Secure Trusted Network Forum". As an organizing member of that body, I am currently making up a research environment aimed at making use of the many internet technologies easier.
My dream as a researcher is explained in the following. In the so-called "lawless world" of the internet, a safe zone should be created. As mentioned previously, use of the internet has jumped out from the confined spaces of offices and homes and become common place in crowded places like trains in transit and corner coffee shops. In response to these circumstances, I want to make this internet world much simpler and much safer. In other words, I want to create a world in which anyone can use the internet in the same way as we have used the telephone up till now.
Please note that although the website of the Secure Trusted Network Forum is still in the early days of being set up, it is now open to the public and interested readers are encouraged to browse it freely.
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