Noriko H. Arai (Japanese: 新井紀子, romanized: Arai Noriko, born 1962[1]) is a Japanese researcher in mathematical logic and artificial intelligence,[2] known for her work on a project to develop robots that can pass the entrance examinations for the University of Tokyo.
[3] She is a professor in the information and society research division of the National Institute of Informatics.
Arai sees the success of the project as evidence that human education should concentrate more on problem solving and creativity, and less on rote learning.
[6] Arai is also the founder of Researchmap, "the largest social network for researchers in Japan".
[7] She was one of 15 top artificial intelligence researchers invited by French president Emmanuel Macron to join him in March 2018 for the announcement of a major new French initiative for artificial intelligence research.