RIKEN-Nara Women's University Joint Diversity Promotion Workshop 2026

The RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS) and the Faculty of Science at Nara Women's University are promoting a project to foster female researchers under the auspices of the RIKEN Diversity Promotion Office. As part of the program, 21 undergraduate and graduate students from Nara Women's University will visit several laboratories on the RIKEN Wako campus to ask questions about their research and hold workshops with iTHEMS researchers.

Organizers:
RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS)
Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University

March 2 (Mon)
13:15-14:15
Center for Brain Science (CBS) (C56 Ikenohata Building)
Laboratory for Multi-scale Biological Psychiatry (Team Director: Akiko Hayashi-Takagi)

14:30-15:45
Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS) (C01 Main Research Building, 4th Floor Rooms 435-437)
Introduction to iTHEMS: Tetsuo Hatsuda (iTHEMS Division Director of Applied Mathematical Science)
Lecture and Q&A: Megumi Oya (iTHEMS Medical Science Data-driven Mathematics Team Postdoctoral Researcher)

16:00-17:30
Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS) (C01 Main Research Building, 4th Floor Rooms 435-437)
Lecture and Q&A: Leo Spiedel (iTHEMS ECL Research Unit Leader)

18:00-20:30 Networking Session (C01, Research Main Building 3F East Side (Okochi Hall Side))

March 3 (Tue)
9:00-10:30
RIBF Facility, RIKEN Nishina Center (RNC)

11:15-12:00
Center for Quantum Computing (RQC)
Optical Quantum Control Research Team (Team Director: Hidehiro Yonezawa)