Others

Watching SMBE

July 6 (Mon) 17:00 - 18:30, 2026

Watching some selected talks form SMBE 2026 conference.

Venue: via Zoom / 4F Common Space, Main Research Building

Event Official Language: English

PopGen Book Club (IV)

July 6 (Mon) 15:00 - 16:00, 2026

Alba Nieto Heredia (Postdoctoral Researcher, Mathematical Genomics RIKEN ECL Research Unit, Division of Fundamental Mathematical Science, RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS))

Fourth session of the PopGen Book Club on chapter 2.2 "More on genetic drift: The coalescent"

Venue: via Zoom / 4F, Main Research Building

Event Official Language: English

(Physics) Journal Club

April 22 (Wed) 14:00 - 15:00, 2026

Please check the papers and post anything interesting in the #phys_journal_club Slack channel!

Venue: 4th floor public space, Main Research Building

Event Official Language: English

Visit by ASCENT-6E high school students (2026)

January 12 (Mon) 10:40 - 16:00, 2026

PROGRAMME Visit of students enrolled in the ASCENT Program at Chiba University Schedule 10:30-10:40 (10 min): Arriving procedure 10:40-11:00 (20 min) at the meeting room on the 4th floor, Main Research Building Introduction of students (to hear their names and scientific fields of interest). We will provide colour-coded badges for them to write their names, with each colour representing their field of interest (e.g., blue for biology, green for math, red for physics). 11:00-11:10 (10 min) Bathroom break 11:10-12:00 (50 min) at the meeting room on the 4th floor, Main Research Building First set of talks by iTHEMS members (10 min each) Catherine Beauchemin (Physics, biology) Gen Kurosawa (Biology) Yuta Sekino (Physics) Isaac Planas-Sitja (Biology) Wei-Hsiang Shao (Physics) 12:00-13:30 (90 min) at Common Space on the 4th floor of Main Research Building Discussion Lunch with students 13:30-14:20 (50 min) at the meeting room on the 4th floor, Main Research Building Second set of talks by iTHEMS members (10 min each) Ryo Namba (Physics) Sungsik Kong (Biology) Kenji Okubo (Biology) Steffen Backes (Physics) Jose Gutierrez (Biology) 14:20-14:30 (10 min) at the meeting room on the 4th floor, Main Research Building Brief overview of iTHEMS and RIKEN programmes (C.Beauchemin) (e.g., JRA, IPA, SPDR, RS/SRS) 14:30-14:40 (10 min) Bathroom break 14:40-14:55 (15 min) at the meeting room on the 4th floor, Main Research Building Short statements by Prof. Jun Nomura, Prof. Koji Tsuji, Prof. Kohei Watanabe, Prof. Yukiharu Akimoto, ASCENT program coordinators Qian Wang and Hina Morishige, graduate student Rin Chinen. 14:55-16:00 (65 min) at Common Space on the 4th floor of Main Research Building Informal discussions among ASCENT program students and iTHEMS members over some snacks and coffee. iTHEMS members will spread out across different areas in the common space on the 3rd floor and display posters or conduct activities to facilitate discussion.

Venue: #435-437, Main Research Building

Event Official Language: English

Kyoto University MACS Program Study Group RIKEN Visit and Research Exchange Meeting —Discussing the Cutting Edge with RIKEN Researchers—

December 12 (Fri) 12:30 - 15:10, 2025

12:00 – 13:30 Participate in Coffee Meeting 13:30 – 14:10 Ryosuke Iritani (Senior Research Scientist, RIKEN iTHEMS) — Research Keywords: Mathematical Biology, Evolutionary Ecology 14:10 – 14:30 Break 14:30 – 15:10 Okuto Morikawa (Special Postdoctoral Researcher, RIKEN iTHEMS) — Research Keywords: Lattice Field Theory, Conformal Field Theory, Quantum Field Theory, Particle Physics

Venue: #345-347, 3F, Main Research Building

Event Official Language: Japanese

DA-ML Study Group: Error Covariance

July 23 (Wed) 9:00 - 10:00, 2025

Tristan Hascoet (Research Scientist, Data Assimilation Research Team, RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS))

Venue: via Zoom / R511, Computational Science Research Building

Event Official Language: English

Visit by ASCENT-6E high school students

January 13 (Mon) 10:40 - 16:00, 2025

PROGRAMME Visit of students enrolled in the ASCENT Program at Chiba University Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS): RIKEN Wako Campus (Wako City, Saitama) Event date: Monday, January 13th, 2025 ASCENT-6E Program: iTHEMS members: Schedule 10:30-10:40 (10 min): Arriving procedure 10:40-11:00 (20 min) at meeting room on the 4th floor, Main Research Building Introduction of students (to hear their names and scientific fields of interest). We will provide colour-coded badges to write their names and the colour would represent their field of interest (e.g., blue for biology, green for math, red for physics). 11:00-11:10 (10 min) Bathroom break 11:10-12:00 (50 min) at meeting room on the 4th floor, Main Research Building First set of talks by iTHEMS members (10 min each) Tetsuo Hatsuda (Physics, mathematics) Catherine Beauchemin (Physics, biology) Tsukasa Tada (Physics, mathematics) Gen Kurosawa (Biology) Misako Tatsuuma (Physics) 12:00-12:50 (50 min) at Common Space in the 4th floor of Main Research Building (tentative) Discussion Lunch with students 12:50-13:40 (50 min) at meeting room on the 4th floor, Main Research Building Second set of talks by iTHEMS members (10 min each) Akihisa Yamamoto (Physics, biology) Ryo Namba (Physics) Christy Kelly (Mathematics, physics) Rumi Hasegawa (Physics) Jose Gutierrez (Biology) 13:40-13:50 (10 min) at meeting room on the 4th floor, Main Research Building Brief overview of iTHEMS and RIKEN programmes (T.Hatsuda, C.Beauchemin, or T. Tada) (e.g., JRA, IPA, SPDR, RS/SRS) 13:50-14:00 (10 min) Bathroom break 14:00-14:15 (15 min) at meeting room on the 4th floor, Main Research Building (tentative) Short statements by Prof. Jun Nomura and ASCENT program coordinators Qian Wang and Hina Morishige 14:15-16:00 (105 min) at Common Space in the 4th floor of Main Research Building (tentative) Informal discussions among ASCENT program students and iTHEMS members over some snacks and coffee. iTHEMS members will spread at different areas in the common space of 3rd floor and will display posters or conduct activities that can facilitate discussion. If posters are used, they may be the ones used in the Now & Next or new ones.

Venue: #435-437, 4F, Main Research Building

Event Official Language: English

Visit by MACS SG Students

September 2 (Mon) - 3 (Tue) 2024

Monday, September 2nd 13:20–13:30: Opening 13:30–13:40: Self-introductions 13:40–14:10: Introduction to iTHEMS 14:10–14:30: Coffee Break 14:30–15:30: Seminar by iTHEMS Researcher (Dr. Moriwaki) 16:30–18:00: Laboratory Visit (Kazama Lab) 18:30–20:00: Research Presentation/ Discussion Session Tuesday, September 3rd 10:00–10:20: Tour of iTHEMS Facilities 10:40–12:10: Laboratory Visit (Tatara Lab) 12:20–13:20: Lunch/Coffee Break 13:30–15:00: Laboratory Visit (Tamagawa Lab) 15:30–17:00: Laboratory Visit (Isomura Lab) 17:20–17:30: Closing

Venue: Seminar Room #359

Event Official Language: Japanese

What will Happen to iTHEMS⊗Masason Foundation Members?

August 2 (Fri) 13:30 - 17:30, 2024

Venue: Seminar Room #359

Event Official Language: English

SLMath Summer Graduate School "h-principle"

July 1 (Mon) - 12 (Fri) 2024

Venue: TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University

Event Official Language: English

New horizons in immersive visualization at iTHEMS

March 14 (Thu) 14:00 - 16:00, 2024

Gilles Ferrand (Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Canada)

Visualization is an essential part of research, both to explore one’s data and to communicate one’s findings with others. Data that are 3-dimensional can be explored in a more natural way using virtual reality devices. iTHEMS recently purchased new VR headsets with advanced capabilities (Meta Quest Pro). The meeting will start with a general introduction to the current state of the VR space. Then, participants may individually experience a demonstration with the new headsets (showing research done at the ABBL on supernovae and their remnants). There will be ample time for questions and discussions. Come and discover how such tools can be used to enhance our research.

Venue: 3rd floor public space, Main Research Building

Event Official Language: English

Seoul National University student group visit

January 10 (Wed) 14:00 - 20:00, 2024

Catherine Beauchemin (Deputy Program Director, RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS))
Akinori Tanaka (Senior Research Scientist, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP))
Misako Tatsuuma (Research Scientist, RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS))
Ryo Namba (Senior Research Scientist, RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS))
Dongwook Ghim (Postdoctoral Researcher, RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS))
Steffen Backes (Senior Research Scientist, RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS))

A group of 22 undergraduate students in the GLEAP programme at Seoul National University will visit iTHEMS to hear short talks by our members, exchange one-on-one, and visit our facilities. I would like to encourage all available iTHEMS members to take part in this event which will be held in different spaces throughout the day, all at the RIKEN Wako campus Main Research Building: 15:50-16:10 at iTHEMS Common Room (#246-248) Coffee break with iTHEMS members and SNU visitors 16:10-17:50 on 4th floor, room #435-437 Short talks by iTHEMS members 18:05-18:30 in 3rd floor common space Short intro talks by SNU visitors 18:30-20:00 in 3rd floor common space Free informal discussion between SNU visitors and iTHEMS members over some light food [Note some slight changes in the times previously announced]

Venue: 3rd floor public space, Main Research Building / #435-437, Main Research Building / Common Room #246-248

Event Official Language: English

First Chalk

March 29 (Wed) 16:30 - 17:00, 2023

The occasion to celebrate the launch of the new seminar room will take place after iTHEMS NOW & NEXT.

Venue: Seminar Room #359

Event Official Language: English