Co-hosted by iTHEMS

Interdisciplinary Science Conference in Okinawa (ISCO 2023)

February 27 (Mon) - March 3 (Fri), 2023

The scientific method of studying the natural world has persisted over the centuries. The key to its longevity and progression lies in sharing and building upon accumulated knowledge. Physics, which explores the origin of the universe and matter; biology, which studies living organisms, and their functions and evolution; and medicine, which explores health based on the structure and function of living organisms: all have made enormous advancements that impact all aspects of our lives. As the scientific study progresses, however, additional challenges have arisen which are increasingly difficult to solve. Many of the challenges that humanity faces are in achieving sustainable development. These include environmental changes due to climate change, food crises caused by the gap between population growth and food production, and pandemics caused by the spreading of resistant bacteria and viruses. To rise to these new challenges, it is important to reassess the issues from a broader perspective: to combine the knowledge and methods of different scientific fields and to look for new approaches that can bridge the boundaries and work across multiple fields The purpose of ISCO 2023 is to bring together leading researchers in their respective fields, explore methods for solving issues through the fusion of different fields, and form a new network of researchers. The workshop will bring together speakers from Japan and abroad in the fields of space science, particle and nuclear physics, quantum computing, life sciences, and medicine to discuss the challenges they face and the latest advancements in their respective fields. We call for presentations from fields related to those subjects mentioned above and on the sustainable development of humankind. In addition, we plan to hold a poster session to facilitate a wide range of discussions. We hope that the knowledge gained at this workshop will lead to the creation of new research fields that will not only advance basic science but will also help solve the various new challenges that humanity faces.

Venue: OIST Auditorium / via Zoom

Event Official Language: English

Connecting the hierarchies: from cosmos to life

February 20 (Mon) at 10:00 - 16:45, 2023

Dr. Yuki Yokokura (Senior Research Scientist, iTHEMS)
Dr. Etsuko Itou (Senior Research Scientist, iTHEMS)
Prof. Catherine Beauchemin (Deputy Program Director, iTHEMS)

As each research field in modern science has matured and become more sophisticated and deepened, it has also created the problem that it has become too fragmented from the perspective of the field as a whole. On the other hand, looking at individual research themes, research that connects different hierarchical structures, such as cosmogenesis and particle theory, neutron stars and nuclear theory, large-scale structure of the universe and formation of galaxies, stars, and planets, turbulent phenomena over a wide range of scales, life and non-equilibrium phenomena, etc., is progressing, and efforts to understand physical phenomena from an integrated perspective is spreading. The term "hierarchy" can also be interpreted as a hierarchy of theories, different principles and perspectives. Therefore, in this TJR workshop, we invite relevant lecturers from external institutes to give talks focusing on how they are striving to link different hierarchies in their respective research fields, with the aim of broadening our research perspectives and inspiring future research. Of course, the purpose is also to inform and inspire the younger generation about cross-disciplinary research topics.

Venue: Nambu Hall, Toyonaka Campus, Osaka University / via Zoom

Can social issues be solved by mathematical science!? - Connecting Corporate Issues and Mathematical Sciences -

January 7 (Sat) at 13:00 - 17:00, 2023

Continuing from last year, we will hold a symposium to explore the possibility of solving social issues through mathematical research. Last year, under the theme of "Social Implementation of Mathematical Research!? - Attempts and Challenges -", we held talks by mathematical scientists working on mathematical problems extracted from corporate issues, and saw that efforts to address issues of interest at the individual researcher level are becoming more active. This year, under the broader theme of "Connecting" mathematical scientists and companies, we will introduce not only researchers who are strongly promoting joint research with companies, but also activities of companies who are collaborating with mathematical scientists from the standpoint of companies. We would like to organize a panel session to share with the participants not only the results of their activities but also the difficulties of the collaboration and the exchange of opinions on how to solve the problems. We are sincerely looking forward to the active participation of corporate researchers and mathematical scientists who are interested in such activities.

Venue: Hybrid Format (Noyori Conference Hall, Nagoya University and Zoom)

Event Official Language: Japanese

MCME SYMPOSIUM 2022

November 16 (Wed) - 17 (Thu), 2022

Dr. Takemasa Miyoshi (Team Leader, Data Assimilation Research Team, RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS))
Dr. Hidetoshi Taya (Special Postdoctoral Researcher, iTHEMS)
Prof. Hidetoshi Nishimori (Specially Appointed Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

"MCME SYMPOSIUM 2022" will be held at the Musashino Center of Mathematical Engineering (MCME), Musashino University. This symposium is free of charge and open to everyone. Colleagues of iTHEMS will also be speaking. Below is an excerpt from the program. Wednesday, November 16, 13:30 - 14:40 Takemasa Miyoshi Thursday, November 17, 10:00 - 11:10 Hidetoshi Taya Thursday, November 17, 14:50 - 16:00 Hidetoshi Nishimori Registration is open until November 14. Please register from the related links below. Organized by Musashino Center of Mathematical Engineering (MCME), Musashino University Co-organized by RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS)

Venue: Hybrid Format (Room 301, Building 5, Ariake Campus, Musashino University and Zoom)

The 3rd "Medicine and Mathematics" Workshop Organized by KUIAS, iTHEMS and Heidelberg Univ.

September 30 (Fri) - October 1 (Sat), 2022

We will have the 3rd workshop organized by KUIAS, iTHEMS and Heidelberg Univ. on "Medicine and Math" in Kyoto (hybrid style) on Sep.30-Oct.1, 2022. Please join if you are interested in this interdisciplinary subject. Most of the talks are in Japanese except for session 3. For more information and registration, please visit the related links. Co-organized by: Center for Integrative Medicine and Physics, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS) RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS) Center for Science Adventure and Collaborative Research Advancement (SACRA), Kyoto University

Venue: Maskawa Hall, 1F, Maskawa Building for Education and Research / via Zoom

Towards the Use of Data Assimilation for COVID-19 Investigations

February 14 (Mon) at 13:00 - 17:30, 2022

Prof. Catherine Beauchemin (Deputy Program Director, iTHEMS)
Dr. Takemasa Miyoshi (Team Leader, Data Assimilation Research Team, RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS))

This workshop aims to present recent investigations related to mathematical modeling of COVID-19 spread and impacts, and to foster the use of data assimilation techniques in future studies. It also aims to facilitate interactions and discussions among researchers from different fields such as epidemiology, economics, and mathematics. This workshop is jointly hosted by RIKEN Data Assimilation Research Team and by Nagoya University Graduate School of Mathematics, and supported by FY2021 RIKEN President's Discretionary Funds for COVID-19. A hybrid meeting is planned, but depending on the situation, an online version will be organized. Young researchers and students are encouraged to attend. Program: 13:00 - 13:10 Opening 13:10 - 14:00 Hiroshi Nishiura (Kyoto University) (35 min + 15 min Q&A) TBD 14:00 - 14:50 Catherine Beauchemin (RIKEN iTHEMS) (35 min + 15 min Q&A) The straight line: simple and effective 14:50 - 15:10 Break 15:10 - 16:00 Taisuke Nakata (The University of Tokyo) (35 min + 15 min Q&A) Balancing NPIs and Economic Activities 16:00 - 16:50 Qiwen Sun (RIKEN Data Assimilation Research Team, Nagoya University) (35 min + 15 min Q&A) Analysis of COVID-19 in Japan with Extended SEIR model and ensemble Kalman filter 16:50 - 17:30 Discussion

Venue: Hybrid Format (RIKEN R-CCS room 107 and Zoom)

Event Official Language: English

RIKEN-Vancouver Joint Workshop on Quantum Computing

August 24 (Tue) - 25 (Wed), 2021

The main aim of this workshop is that the quantum people in RIKEN (iTHEMS and RQC) and Vancouver (Quantum BC) get together online to discuss scientific activities and explore future collaborations. Program: August 24, 2021 (8:30am - 1:00pm) Tokyo August 23, 2021 (4:30pm - 9:00pm) Vancouver Tetsuo Hatsuda (iTHEMS): Welcome + iTHEMS overview Yasunobu Nakamura (RQC): RQC overview Lukas Chrostowski (UBC): Quantum BC overview Shunji Matsuura (1QBit): Accurate state preparation on noisy quantum devices Olivia Di Matteo (UBC): Operational, gauge-free quantum tomography Yasunobu Nakamura (RQC): Towards superconducting quantum computing Jason Chang (iTHEMS): Improving Schroedinger equation implementations with gray code for adiabatic quantum computers Robert Raussendorf (UBC): Computationally universal phase of quantum matter Akira Furusawa (RQC): Large-scale quantum computing with quantum teleportation August 25, 2021 (8:30am - 1:30pm) Tokyo August 24, 2021 (4:30pm - 9:30am) Vancouver Etsuko Itou (iTHEMS): Digital quantum simulation for screening and confinement in gauge theory with a topological term Joe Salfi (UBC): Engineering long coherence times of spin-orbit qubits in silicon Seiji Yunoki (RQC): Quantum simulations for quantum many-body systems: Variational quantum algorithms and beyond Takumi Doi (iTHEMS): Hybrid quantum annealing via molecular dynamics Drew Potter (UBC): Simulating highly-entangled matter with quantum tensor networks Seigo Tarucha (RQC): High-fidelity quantum gates in silicon quantum computing Organizing Institutes: iTHEMS: RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program RQC: RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing Quantum BC Organizers: Tetsuo Hatsuda (iTHEMS) Yasunobu Nakamura (RQC) Shunji Matsuura (1QBit) Joseph Salfi (UBC) Erika Kawakami (RQC / RIKEN CPR) Neill Lambert (RIKEN CPR)

Venue: via Zoom

Event Official Language: English

The 8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics (APFB2020)

March 1 (Mon) - 5 (Fri), 2021

The next Asia-Pacific conference on few-body problems in physics (APFB2020) will be held at KANAZAWA BUNKA HALL, Kanazawa, Japan, from 1 to 5 March 2021. RIKEN iTHEMS is a co-host of this conference together with RIKEN Nishina Center, Kyushu Univ., Osaka Univ. and Tohoku Univ. The registration deadline for the online participation is Feb. 25, 2021.

Venue: KANAZAWA BUNKA HALL

Event Official Language: English

Blockchain in Kyoto 2021

February 17 (Wed) - 18 (Thu), 2021

Language: Some parts will be in Japanese. The International Conference on Blockchains and their Applications aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners from various communities of science and technology working on areas related to FinTech, Crypto-asset, and Blockchain. For more information, please refer to the related links.

Venue: Hybrid Format (International Conference Room I, Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Kyoto University and Online)

Event Official Language: English

The 12th RIKEN-Kyoto University Joint Data Assimilation Workshop

February 10 (Wed) at 13:30 - 16:30, 2021

Language: Japanese/English Participation deadline: Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Venue: via Online

Event Official Language: Japanese

Public Lecture : Math meets Quantum Materials

September 29 (Tue) at 19:00 - 20:30, 2020

Prof. Hidetoshi Nishimori (Senior Visiting Scientist, iTHEMS / Specially Appointed Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Dr. Tomoki Ozawa (Visiting Scientist, iTHEMS / Associate Professor, Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University)

Public Lecture "Math meets Quantum Materials" for high school students and above will be held. The lecture will introduce the latest topics in mathematics and physics, such as topology and quantum computers, in an easy-to-understand manner. For more information and to register for the event, please click on the related links.

Venue: via Online

Event Official Language: Japanese

The Second Tohoku University - RIKEN Joint Workshop: "Math Meets Quantum Materials"

September 29 (Tue) - 30 (Wed), 2020

Prof. Hidetoshi Nishimori (Senior Visiting Scientist, iTHEMS / Specially Appointed Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Dr. Tomoki Ozawa (Visiting Scientist, iTHEMS / Associate Professor, Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University)
Dr. Ching-Kai Chiu (Senior Research Scientist, iTHEMS)
Dr. Ryusuke Hamazaki (Senior Research Scientist, iTHEMS / RIKEN Hakubi Team Leader, Nonequilibrium Quantum Statistical Mechanics RIKEN Hakubi Research Team, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR))
Dr. Kyosuke Adachi (Special Postdoctoral Researcher, iTHEMS / Special Postdoctoral Researcher, Nonequilibrium Physics of Living Matter RIKEN Hakubi Research Team, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR))
Prof. Christopher Bourne (Visiting Scientist, iTHEMS / Assistant Professor, Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University)

The second Tohoku University - RIKEN joint workshop, entitled "Math Meets Quantum Materials," takes place from September 29 - 30. Tohoku University and RIKEN have been holding a series of joint workshops based on the agreement on collaboration and cooperation signed in 2019. The second workshop focuses on collaboration in the fields of mathematical sciences and quantum materials; two fields that have significantly merged in recent years. Like topological materials, which are discovered using the mathematical concept of topology, materials science is currently evolving from the conventional way of finding materials. Instead of developing materials with good properties through numerous experiments, materials science is increasingly finding materials using mathematical predictions. This workshop will discuss these latests developments and related topics. Although some lectures will take place in Japanese, the majority of talks will be in English. The deadline for registration is Monday, September 28. For more information, please click on the relevant link.

Venue: via Online

Event Official Language: English

RIMS-iTHEMS joint WS on "Math of Jets"

July 29 (Mon) - 31 (Wed), 2019

Co-hosted by RIMS Kyoto University and iTHEMS RIKEN.

Venue: Kyoto University, Main Campus Research Bldg No 15, #201

Event Official Language: Japanese

The 7th International Symposium on Data Assimilation (ISDA2019)

January 21 (Mon) - 24 (Thu), 2019

The symposium will focus on the cross-cutting issues shared in broad applications of data assimilation from geoscience to various physical and biological sciences. In particular, the symposium will enhance discussions among researchers with various background on, for example, non-Gaussian and nonlinear data assimilation problems, Big Data Assimilation (BDA), high-performance computation (HPC), Uncertainty Quantification (UQ), advanced intelligence (AI) and machine learning, multi-scale and multi-component treatments, observational issues, and mathematical problems. Abstract Submission Deadline: October 14, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. UTC Registration Deadline: December 16, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. UTC Submission/Registration Fee: Free

Venue: 6F auditorium, Computational Science Research Building

Event Official Language: English

The 9th RIKEN-Kyoto University Joint Data Assimilation Workshop

July 17 (Tue) at 13:30 - 17:30, 2018

If you plan to attend the workshop, please register by July 13. Hosted by Data Assimilation Research Team, RIKEN and Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University Co-hosted by iTHEMS, RIKEN

Venue: #809 Graduate School of Science Bldg. No 6, Kyoto University

Event Official Language: Japanese

iCeMS-iTHEMS Joint Workshop on Interdisciplinary Biology

July 4 (Wed) at 10:00 - 16:30, 2018

This is the first joint workshop between iCeMS (Kyoto Univ.) and iTHEMS (RIKEN). The WS is co-hosted by KUIAS (Kyoto Univ.), iTHEMS (RIKEN) and MACS Program (Kyoto Univ.). By exploring the forefront of experimental and mathematical biology, this workshop aims to stimulate novel research directions in these areas and strengthen the connection between Kyoto Univ. and RIKEN. Those who plan to attend the "get-together", please register before June 22 (Fri.) noon. Co-hosted by Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS), Kyoto Univ. Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS), RIKEN MACS Program (MACS), Kyoto Univ.

Venue: #201, Maskawa Building for Education and Research

Event Official Language: English