Delight @ Keio SFC-RG
Keio University Van Meter Joint Lab. Delight Group
Delight group is a research group of the Van Meter Joint Research Group at SFC, Keio University, focusing on decentralized and distributed systems. With the spread of the Internet, issues arising from the reliability of information circulating in cyberspace are becoming apparent rapidly. In collaboration with the Data Architecture Lab at Keio Research Institute at SFC, we are working on solving issues of decentralized and distributed systems and on research activities in various application fields.
If you are interested in our research, please check the following page.
Research Topics:
Decentralized and Distributed Systems
- Digital Identity
- Verifiable Data Architecture
- Network Architecture
Digital Identity
Digital identity is a set of information in cyberspace that is associated with entities in the real world. Technologies related to digital identity play a significant role as a bridge between cyberspace and physical space. We are discussing and researching the architecture of digital identity infrastructure and the feasibility of self-sovereign identity from the viewpoint of "trust."
Verifiable Data Architecture
To developing digital civilization, It is essential to ensure the reliability of the information we communicate over the Internet. In particular, it is important to verify the authenticity of data that describes certain information and to efficiently process the described information (machine readability). We are researching system architectures that apply data models based on Verifiable Credentials and Decentralized Identifiers, which W3C is standardizing.
Network Architecture
Knowledge of computers and networks is essential when discussing digital identities and verifiable data architectures, including distributed systems, network security, and communication protocols. At Delight, we build our network systems from physical machines for research purposes, and they also build and operate virtual machines in the network to test and experiment with software they have created. Students can acquire knowledge of both hardware and software.
News
A paper authored by Rintaro Inagaki and his colleagues from our group received a Best Paper Award at the Computer Security Symposium 2025.
A paper authored by Yuma Soga and colleagues from our group received a Paper Award at DICOMO 2025.
Riku Mochizuki, a member of our group, presented his research at the Trustchain workshop at IEEE ICBC 2025.
Our new journal paper by Ryosuke Abe, project research associate, et al. is published in IEEE Access
Ryosuke Abe, project research associate, won the Best Paper Award at the Asian Internet Engineering Conference (AINTEC) 2023.
Delight will exhibit at SFC Open Research Forum 2023
Announcement of reforming a new group "Delight": Kumo and Bcali are now togther.
Publications
Accountable Fair Exchange Protocols on Blockchain
E2EEメッセージングのための透明性と頑健性を備えたコンテンツモデレーション
情報システムにおける信頼に基づくクレーム検証
Zen: Optimizing Byzantine Fault-Tolerant Share Recovery for Secret Sharing
Members
Faculties
Graduate Students

kekeho (Hiroki TAKEMURA)
Master's Student
Undergraduate Students

anchovy
Undergraduate Student
Contacts
Delta build. North, Keio University SFC



















