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2025-04-01
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Farewell message from Daiki Kumakura
Our colleague, Daiki Kumakura, joins R&D Division at Daiichi Sankyo Co. as Translational Scientist after receiving PhD last week from Hokkaido University. We wish him the best of luck in this new endeavor. Here is a message from Daiki: I joined iTHEMS as a Junior Research Associate (JRA) in April 2022, and since then I have been fortunate to experience a wealth of opportunities and engaging discussions that go far beyond what I encountered at university. When I started as a JRA, I set myself the dual goals of advancing both research and education. In research, I pursued mathematical and computational analyses with a focus on microbial themes. In education, I established a Young Researchers in Mathematical Biology group for students and organized a summer school. Additionally, I participated in public outreach by designing a “one poster per family” project, and through appearances on FM radio and our university’s YouTube channel, I helped spread the excitement of mathematical science and the unique identity of iTHEMS to students throughout Japan. I am deeply grateful to the many individuals at iTHEMS whose support made all of these endeavors possible. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Starting in April 2025, I will be embarking on a new chapter as a Translational Scientist at Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. In this role, I will analyze and interpret clinical trial data across various disease areas, including cancer, with the aim of enabling faster and more appropriate drug prescriptions for patients. I look forward to applying the invaluable experiences I gained at iTHEMS to establish a strong position for mathematical science in industrial applications. My career has flourished thanks to iTHEMS, and I sincerely wish for the continued growth and success of the iTHEMS community. I hope to maintain close ties with all of you in the future. Thank you very much for everything.
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2025-03-24
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Farewell message from Akihisa Yamamoto
Our colleague, Akihosa Yamamoto, will be joining Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Faculty of Systems Design at Tokyo Metropolitan University as an Associate Professor starting April 1st, 2025. We will all miss him and wish him the best of luck in this new endeavor. Here is a message from Akihisa: I joined RIKEN iTHEMS as a research scientist in April 2024. Although it has only been a year, I truly enjoyed my time here. I have encountered many exciting and diverse research topics that have significantly expanded my scientific horizons and thoroughly enjoyed attending seminars across various fields. Due to the great diversity and high quality of the presentations, it has not always been easy to grasp the key take-home messages and formulate relevant questions. Nonetheless, I have always enjoyed the opportunity to immerse myself in these stimulating discussions. I am also very grateful for the positive atmosphere of iTHEMS, fostered by talented and considerate colleagues. It has been a great pleasure to be a part of this fantastic institute, and I sincerely thank the Program Director Hatsuda-san and every member of iTHEMS including all the assistants for collectively maintaining such a supportive environment. I will be appointed as an Associate Professor in the Biomechanical Engineering Area in the Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Faculty of Systems Design at Tokyo Metropolitan University on April 1st, 2025. I plan to continue my exploration of the mechanistic understanding of homeostasis and the dynamics of living systems. I am sure that the scientific perspective and thought processes I have developed during my time at iTHEMS will remain with me throughout my scientific career. I sincerely wish for the continuous and even greater success of iTHEMS, and I look forward to staying in touch with iTHEMS members.
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2025-03-23
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Farewell message from Rongyang Sun
Our colleague, Rongyang Sun, will be joining Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University Northridge, as a postdoctoral researcher, starting April 2025. We will all miss him and wish him the best of luck in this new endeavor. Here is a message from Rongyang: I joined iTHEMS in April 2023 as part of RIKEN Quantum, and you may not even meet me on campus as my base is at R-CCS in Kobe. Although my time in iTHEMS has been short, formally only half a year, and I participated in the events remotely most of the time, I learned so much, far more than I expected, from this active research institute, which owns the best diversity and productivity. I would like to thank all the members of iTHEMS, including the directors, researchers, and assistants. Thank you for giving me such a unique experience in my research career! While I am moving to the US, a physically very far away place, I will continue to follow the development of iTHEMS and share in its success. Starting in April 2025, iTHEMS will be upgraded to a research center. I sincerely wish all the members and the institute greater success in this new era!
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2025-03-18
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Farewell message from Steffen Backes
Our colleague, Steffen Backes, will be joining the RIKEN TRIP Research DX Team as an Expert Technician, starting April 1, 2025. We will all miss him and wish him the best of luck in this new endeavor. Here is a message from Steffen: I joined iTHEMS and RIKEN in August 2023, so only about 1.5 years ago, but this time had a lasting impression on my personal life and scientific career. It is hard to overstate how much I enjoyed being part of iTHEMS, as it has been an incredibly enjoyable and rewarding time. Being able to meet so many knowledgeable and kind people from different fields and parts of the world, and coming up with new and unconventional ideas due to different backgrounds, was truly amazing. I am very grateful for having been accepted to iTHEMS, which I think is a very special and outstanding place due to this diversity and scientific freedom, that is hard to be found elsewhere. In FY2025 (April 1st) I will change to an Expert Technician position in the RIKEN TRIP Research DX Team, Wako Campus, so I will still stay close to iTHEMS! As far as time allows, I will make sure to drop by and say hello :) Thank you everyone for this great time, and let's meet again soon!
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2025-03-12
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Farewell message from Jizhou Li
Our colleague, Jizhou Li, will be joining Professor Akira Shudo's group in the Department of Physics at Tokyo Metropolitan University as a postdoctoral researcher, starting April 1, 2025. We will all miss him and wish him the best of luck in this new endeavor. Here is a message from Jizhou: As I move on to my next position at Tokyo Metropolitan University, I just wanted to say a big thank you to all of you. I’ve really enjoyed the discussions, collaborations, and all the insightful talks at iTHEMS. The biology seminars and coffee meetings, in particular, have been a fantastic learning experience for me. Luckily, since I live just 1 km from RIKEN, I’m not going too far! I still plan to drop by for the biology seminar every Thursday, so I’m looking forward to more chats and discussions with you all. Thanks again, and see you around!
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2025-03-06
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理化学研究所-奈良女子大学理学部合同 ダイバーシティ推進ワークショップ2025が開催されました
奈良女子大学の数学、物理学、化学、生物科学、環境科学など異なるコースの学生たち（学部1回生/2回生/3回生、大学院博士前期課程1回生の合計19名）が3月3日と3月4日の2日間に理研を訪問し、RIBF施設、iTHEMS、知覚運動統合機構研究チーム(CBS)、光量子制御技術開発チーム(RAP)、 分子生命制御研究チーム(CSRS)を見学しました。それぞれの研究室で、実験機器の近くで最先端の研究の一端に触れるとともに、夕方からの理研研究者との交流会では、iTHEMS研究員のポスターでより深く研究内容について聞いて質問したり、研究者の日常生活やキャリアについて知り、学生たちは研究現場から刺激を受けていました。 このダイバーシティ推進活動は、奈良女子大学理学部と理研iTHEMSが共同で推進する事業として、奈良女子大学での連続講義とセットで行われているもので、次年度以降も継続する予定です。
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2025-02-25
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Farewell message from Jeffrey Fawcett
Our colleague, Jeffrey Fawcett will move on to a new career as a Chief Scientist at Regional Fish Institute, Ltd. as of March 1st, 2025. We all will miss him and wish him the best of luck in his latest endeavor. Here is a message from Jeffrey Fawcett: I will be moving to Kyoto to work at a company called Regional Fish from March. I will also most likely have a joint position at Kyoto University at a lab funded by the company. The company was started a few years ago mostly be people from Kyoto University, Graduate School of Agriculture, where I did my study, and specializes in breeding and developing fish and aquatic species using genome editing and various other techniques. My task will mainly be to perform genomic data analysis for the company, although I will also have some freedom to pursue my own research. I am looking forward to the new challenge to utilize my expertise and work for a company whose I mission I can identify with. I have been in iTHEMS for exactly 7 years, which say how much I enjoyed and appreciated the setup of iTHEMS. I remember some people telling me its their first time meeting a biologist, whereas I never imagined I would ever have the opportunity to enjoy talks on pure mathematics and theoretical physics. I would like to thank all the people involved in iTHEMS and hopefully I will be able to visit iTHEMS from time to time and keep up the connection.
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2025-02-10
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Our administrative staff member, Nozomi Kakinuma, will be leaving RIKEN on February 14 to return to academic research. We will greatly miss her and wish her all the best in her future endeavors. Here is a message from Nozomi: Since April last year, I have been part of iTHEMS as a staff member in the iTHEMS Promotion Office. However, I have recently decided to pursue a career in research. Through coffee meetings, where researchers passionately discussed their work and explained it in an accessible way, I came to deeply appreciate both the excitement and significance of fundamental research. Inspired by these experiences, I am now committed to dedicating myself to research. I am truly grateful for all the support and guidance I have received. Thank you very much.
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2025-01-24
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Farewell message from Liang Zhang
Our colleague, Liang Zhang, has returned to the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences to complete his PhD thesis. We will all miss him and wish him the very best of luck in successfully defending his thesis ! Here is a message from Liang Zhang: I joined iTHEMS in January 2023 as a joint student and completed my two-year journey here in January 2025. I initially joined iTHEMS to study lattice QCD and the HAL QCD method, and I am deeply grateful to Hatsuda-san and Doi-san for guiding me into this fascinating field. However, I soon realized that my experience at iTHEMS extended far beyond my original purpose. For example I had a discussion with Namba san on chiral symmetry breaking which is studied in both particle physics and cosmology. It left an immediate impression that physics is so universal other than reading such sentences in textbooks. And the interdisciplinary energy at iTHEMS constantly amazed me. When I first came here I always struggled to pinpoint people’s major. In some seminars, theoretical physicists gave a biology talk (like Christy)! I vaguely feel like there is a group theory for nature which can be expressed to different representations, biological, mathematical, physical, etc. Is this what the “i” in iTHEMS means? At last I would like to thank everyone in iTHEMS again for my two-year experience here. This experience gives me a great impulse to expand the possibilities of my future research life. iTHEMS’s uniqueness lies in its boundless possibilities. And I dearly hope our paths will cross again!
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2025-01-17
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Farewell message from Lucy McNeill
Our colleague Lucy McNeill has moved on to a new career as a Hakubi Assistant Professor at The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University as of January 16, 2025. We all will miss her and wish her the best of luck in her latest endeavor. Here is a message from Lucy McNeill: During my 1 year at iTHEMS as a postdoctoral researcher, I was presented with opportunities to further both my own research and professional development at every turn. I am especially grateful for iTHEMS directors and colleagues' support in starting the "asymptotics in astrophysics" iTHEMS study group, ample chances to travel abroad to share my work, and the frequent international workshops organised at iTHEMS. In particular, workshops co-hosted with RIKEN-Berkeley left this lasting impression on me; that new stellar astrophysics and supernova physics paradigms are creatively and efficiently conceived when physicists, mathematicians and data scientists join forces to solve longstanding astrophysical puzzles. iTHEMS is such a special place where those necessary first interactions are regularly facilitated, and I am sad to leave. But... "I'll be back"!
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2025-01-10
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Farewell message from Yantao Wu
Our colleague Yantao Wu will move on to a new career as a faculty member at Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences as of January 10, 2025. We all will miss him and wish him the best of luck in his latest endeavor. Here is a message from Yantao Wu: I joined iTHEMS in June 2021 as a RIKEN-Berkeley fellow, and have stayed here for three years and a half now. iTHEMS is a precious rare place in the academic world, where there seems to be no responsibility, no one telling you what to do, and infinite space for travel; where there seems to be a curious mind on every subject and every question ought to be asked. The interdisciplinary nature of the group has forever left an imprint on me, and I will always remember the vivid biological facts and mathematical tricks that I have learned here. Entering as a condensed matter physicist and leaving as a condensed matter physicist, my heart will always have a spot for the particle theory which I have learned from here. It has been an unexpected, yet very pleasant mix. Sadly, it appears that every gathering ends somewhere, and I need to leave this warm and protective bubble to a new place, to really enter the grown world of independent research and start my own group. iTHEMS will always remain as a source of lasting encouragement. I will move to the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing to start a faculty position. If you ever want to visit, please let me know you are from iTHEMS and I will make you a cup of tea (amidst taking you to the great wall and covering your travel costs.)
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2024-12-24
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iTHEMS Science Outreach Workshop 2024 was held on November 15-17, 2024
On November 15-17, we had Meeting on Outreach of RIKEN iTHEMS 2024 @Sendai & Zoom. This year as the last year the meeting was held at TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity 3F, Lecture Theater, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University. It was organized by RIKEN iTHEMS and Mathematical Science Center for Co-creative Society of Tohoku University and co-organised by Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Organization for Research Promotion, Tohoku University and RIKEN CPR, Prediction Science Laboratory. There were 39 people participated at TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity and 16 more by zoom. There were 20 talks at the venue and 2 talks by zoom. There were 2 posters, one photo exhibition. There were really a variety of thought around the past and the future of mathematics. Some of highlights are: talks concerning about causality from designers and physisists; about teaching mathematics in Art University; about the preparation of "Mathematics Connecting to the World: One S&T poster for Every Household"; etc. 7 talks were given by journalists and 1 by MEXT. The on-site participants consist of 10+1 members from RIKEN, 14+3 from universities and institutes, and 12+5 journalists (at venue + by zoom). We organized a social gathering on the first evening which was successful. We thank very much for the help of Tohoku University for the warm hospitality. By the success of this meeting, we hope the continuation of Journalist in residence program and this workshop next year. Reported by Takashi Tsuboi
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2024-12-17
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Hadrons and Hadron Interactions in QCD -- Experiments, Effective theories, and Lattice -- (HHIQCD2024) was held from Oct. 14 to Nov. 15, 2024
On Oct. 14 (Mon) - Nov. 15 (Fri), a long-term workshop "Hadrons and Hadron Interactions in QCD -- Experiments, Effective theories, and Lattice -- (HHIQCD2024)" was held at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto University. The week of Oct. 28 (Mon) - Nov. 2 (Fri) was held as "Nishinomiya-Yukawa symposium". The workshop was sponsored by YITP and supported by RIKEN-iTHEMS and several JSPS/JST programs. We had 193 participants from all over the world, with most of them attending in-person. There were 64 invited talks and 49 contributed talks. The international school, "Introduction to QCD and related topics", was also held and 5 lectures were given. The purpose of this HHIQCD2024 workshop was to bring researchers in lattice QCD, various effective field theories and also experimentalists together and make extensive discussions on hadron physics. Furthermore, the workshop also focused on formal developments of quantum field theories and frontiers of first-principle calculations (quantum computation and tensor network methods). The workshop expected to bring a new direction of researches to understand the nature of QCD. This long-term workshop was a "stay-and-discuss" style workshop in a relaxed atmosphere, where each participant was encouraged to stay long. With this style, participants had intensive discussions with other participants, and even started new collaborations during the workshop. Presentation slides can be downloaded from the HHIQCD2024 web page.
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2024-12-16
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The second internal meeting of RIKEN Quantum on December 6, 2024
On Dec. 6 (Fri), the second internal meeting of RIKEN Quantum was held at Room 359, Main Research Building, RIKEN (Wako), attended by over 40 RIKEN Quantum members and related researchers. At this meeting, Yantao Wu, Himadri Pathak, and Xiaoyang Wang who have become RIKEN Quantum researchers this fall gave presentations on their recent research. In addition, 8 researchers from outside RIKEN who have become RIKEN visiting scientists in September to conduct collaborative research proposals also gave short talks to introduce themselves. They had a very lively discussion that will deepen understanding of their research. During the banquet following the meeting, participants deepened exchanges in a relaxed atmosphere and engaged in various conversations that will lead to the future development of RIKEN Quantum's activities.
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2024-11-26
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Farewell message from Shingo Gibo
Our colleague Shingo Gibo will move on to a new career as senior researcher at Institute for Basic Science (IBS), South Korea as of December 1, 2024. We all will miss him and wish him the best of luck in his latest endeavor. Here is a message from Shingo Gibo: I joined iTHEMS in September 2018 and spent six years as a postdoctoral researcher at iTHEMS. During this time, I have theoretically studied biological oscillations with Kurosawa-san. Additionally, I collaborated on interdisciplinary research on waveforms in circadian clocks with physicists, Hatsuda-san and Kunihiro-san. I would like to thank all the members for the valuable discussions and support. I have learned a lot and truly enjoyed my time at iTHEMS. From December, I will be moving to Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea as a senior researcher. Thank you for the great six years and see you again!
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2024-11-12
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Farewell message from Yaokun Lei
Our colleague Yaokun Lei will move on to a new career as associate research fellow at Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, China as of November. 11, 2024. We all will miss him and wish him the best of luck in his latest endeavor. Here is a message from Yaokun Lei: I joined iTHEMS last August. Although it’s a short time, it has been a truly enriching experience to be a part of iTHEMS. The support and collaborative spirit here have been invaluable, and I am especially grateful for the guidance and help from Hatsuda-san and Sugita-san, whose encouragement has greatly impacted this journey. I am thankful for the friendships and knowledge shared, and as I step forward, I carry with me not only the insights from my research but also the inspiration from our exchanges. I hope our paths cross again in future collaborations. Thank you all for everything, and wishing you continued success and discoveries.
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2024-10-16
ホットトピックRIKEN Quantum Workshop on “Quantum-Like Modeling in Cognitive & Social Sciences" on October 11, 2024
On Oct. 11 (Fri), RIKEN Quantum Workshop on “Quantum-Like Modeling in Cognitive & Social Sciences” was held at Room 359, Main Research Building, RIKEN (Wako). The workshop was hosted by RIKEN Quantum and had 30 participants from a variety of fields, including cognitive and social sciences as well as life sciences, mathematics, and physics. This was the first workshop at RIKEN to discuss “Quantum-Like Modeling” for various phenomena in cognitive and social sciences. “Quantum-Like Modeling” suggests that using quantum probability calculus and its applications could be useful to rationalize cognitive and social phenomena as open quantum systems and expand previous understandings, obtained through simple linear algebra, by applying quantum formalizations. After Atsushi Iriki, one of the organizers, explained the purpose of the workshop, there were four invited talks. Andrei Khrennikov gave a comprehensive talk on applications of the methodology and formalism of quantum theory outside of physics, in cognition, psychology, decision making, social and political sciences, economics and finance, genetics and evolutionary biology. Masanao Ozawa gave an introduction to his proposed quantum instrument theory, which unifies quantum measurement and quantum cognition through quantum simulation. Haruki Emori talked about applications of quantum computers to cognitive sciences based on the quantum instrument theory. Finally, Miho Fuyama introduced her empirical research on subjective experiences and superposition states of quantum probability theory in narrative reading. These invited talks were followed by a general discussion and networking mixer, which deepened understanding of “Quantum-Like Modeling” in cognitive and social sciences from various perspectives and promoted new networking among the participants.
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2024-10-09
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Report on the induction ceremony of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Tetsuo Hatsuda attended the induction ceremony of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences [1], held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from September 29 to October 1, 2024, as a newly elected International Honorary Member (HIM). This year, 250 new members were inducted, including 25 HIMs [2], across various fields such as Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Humanities and Arts, and Leadership, Policy and Communications. The ceremony began with a gathering of new members at the House of the Academy [3]. The formal induction took place on September 30 at Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall at Harvard University [4], starting at 3 p.m. During the ceremony, each inductee was called to the stage individually to sign the Academy members’ book. In addition to the induction ceremony, there were receptions on September 29 and 30. The event concluded with a special lecture titled "Memory is about your future – what we think we become," delivered by André Fenton. In the photograph, Tetsuo Hatsuda is seen on the left signing the Academy's book. On the right, he is pictured conversing with Bonnie Fleming [5], a fellow inductee in physics and a neutrino experimentalist from Fermilab. Throughout the meeting, Tetsuo enjoyed engaging in conversations not only with fellow physicists but also with researchers from the social sciences and humanities.
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2024-10-08
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Presentation of iTHEMS outreach at NuFACT conference
iTHEMS is a fantastic environment in which we conduct interdisciplinary research daily. Along with our research activity, a variety of outreach activities have been conducted so far. Tomoya Nagai (Coordinator, iTHEMS) presented this special environment and its outreach activity at the NuFACT 2024 conference. At the conference, a session for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Education, and Outreach (IDEEO) was composed. The session itself was organized so that we could visualize diversity in terms of speaker's and convener's properties. It provided us with a good opportunity to know IDEEO-related activities all over the world, which can be a chance to recognize and reconsider the issue around to achieve "good environments for everyone". One special example of the iTHEMS outreach was the "Journalist in residence" program. The uniqueness of the activity caught significant attention from the participants of the conference. Also, "Mathematics Connecting to the World: One S&T poster for Every Household" seemed to be intriguing. Although we had only a limited time for this exhibition and discussion, Nagai's attendance brought the conference a fresh view of the outreach activity as well as the achievements of the interdisciplinary and diverse environments. iTHEMS can be so influential to our community in multiple contexts!
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2024-10-02
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RIKEN - LBNL Workshop on Quantum Information Science on September 3-6, 2024
On Sep. 3 (Tue) - 6 (Fri), RIKEN - LBNL Workshop on Quantum Information Science was held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). The workshop was co-hosted by RIKEN-iTHEMS and LBNL and sponsored by RIKEN Quantum, with 32 and 40 participants from Japan and USA, respectively. This was the second in-person workshop by RIKEN and LBNL on quantum information science since the first was held at LBNL in January 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of the workshop was to bring together researchers worldwide to discuss and collaborate on the latest developments in quantum technologies and quantum computing including algorithms, hybrid quantum-classical computing, error mitigation, and applications in physics and chemistry. There were 36 talks and 4 poster presentations during the entire four days. In the afternoons of the second and third days, in addition to tours of LBNL's Advanced Quantum Testbed (AQT) and National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) facilities, special sessions delved into discussions on several focus areas and provided networking opportunities for future collaborations.
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2024-09-27
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Farewell message from Eiji Inoue
Our colleague Eiji Inoue will move on to a new career as an assistant professor at Kyoto University as of Oct. 1, 2024. We all will miss him and wish him the best of luck in his latest endeavor. Here is a message from Eiji Inoue: I spent three and a half years in iTHEMS as an SPDR on math. I would like to thank the program director and assistants for their mindful support over these three and a half years. I also wish to thank iTHEMS members for discussion on many occasions. These years I spent in iTHEMS were invaluable for me. Among all, the best experience for me was that I could gradually get a feeling on "physics in the real world" not only mathematical structure of physics, from the choice of words physicists use in daily discussion. In these casual discussions, I could also try if my understanding of physics are correct. I also enjoyed playing quantum computers. I think it was impossible to experience without this tolerant environment of iTHEMS; indeed, it just started from a casual conversation with the director. It was the first time I experienced quantum phenomena, especially quantum entanglement, in the real world where I exist. This may sound a little strange, but I feel like I haven't had that feeling of interest in how the real world works in a long time. While I was going through these experiences like a newborn child, as a mathematician, I could finally achieve my original project on Perelman entropy in the last half year during my visits to Cambridge, Montreal and Aarhus. There are still many thigs to do, but this is certainly the foundation of this new theory. One regret is that I could not finish writing a paper on this result while enrolled at iTHEMS. I'll be an assistant professor at Kyoto University (Department of Math) from October. I welcome people from iTHEMS to come to Kyoto and discuss. I will also ask iTHEMS for help. See you again!
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2024-09-24
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Farewell message from Kazuki Kannaka
Our colleague Kazuki Kannaka will move on to a new career as an assistant professor at Kanazawa University as of Oct. 1, 2024. We all will miss him and wish him the best of luck in his latest endeavor. Here is a message from Kazuki Kannaka: At iTHEMS, thanks to the support from Hatsuda-san, Tada-san, Tsuboi-sensei, and all the assistants, I was able to focus on my research in a wonderful environment. During this period, I made several discoveries that were interesting at least to me. Also, discussing with researchers from other fields at iTHEMS was exciting. I am especially grateful to Namba-san and Iritani-san for providing the opportunity for such discussions. I look forward to continuing our research exchanges. Thank you!
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2024-09-10
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Farewell message from Keita Mikami
Our colleague Keita Mikami will move on to a new career as an assistant professor at University of Hyogo as of Oct. 1, 2024. We all will miss him and wish him the best of luck in his latest endeavor. Here is a message from Keita Mikami: My five and a half years at iTHEMS have been truly outstanding. The environment here has been exceptional, significantly enriching my research in many different ways. One of the key highlights has been the stimulating and insightful discussions with researchers from diverse fields. Furthermore, my experiences working on MACS, organizing math seminars, and coordinating other events such as SSP have been invaluable. My research visit to UCB was also an incredible experience. I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all the researchers and assistants at iTHEMS. I am especially grateful to the director, Hatsuda-san, for his unwavering support.As I move forward, I hope to continue interacting with the iTHEMS community, albeit in a new capacity. Once again, thank you for these five wonderful years.
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2024-08-27
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Farewell message from Takeru Yokota
Our colleague Takeru Yokota will move to RIKEN Quantum Computer Center (RQC) starting from September 1, 2024, and will then be posted to a University as a faculty member as of April 1, 2025. We all will miss him and wish him the best of luck in his latest endeavor. Here is a message from Takeru Yokota: I am grateful for having spent the past three and a half years in an environment where I could focus on research at iTHEMS. Engaging in discussions with researchers from various fields of mathematical sciences has been a valuable experience. I would like to express my deep appreciation to the director, Hatsuda-san, the staff, and the assistants who created such a wonderful environment, as well as to the members who engaged in these valuable discussions. I look forward to continuing my interactions with the members of iTHEMS in the future.
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2024-07-26
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SLMath Summer Graduate School "h-principle" on July 1, 2024
The SLMath Summer Graduate School "h-principle" Sendai 2024 was held from July 1 to July 12, 2024 at TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity (Chi no Yakata) in Katahira Campus of Tohoku University. This two weeks lomg summer graduate school was organized by Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath) and RIKEN iTHEMS, and coorganized by Mathematical Science Center for Co-creative Society (MathCCS) and Tohoku Forum for Creativity (TFC) of Tohoku University. There were 18 graduate students from the supporting institutions of SLMath and 12 graduate students from Japanese universities. There were four courses consisting of five 90 mintes lectures given by Emmy Murphy (Toront University), Dominik Inauen (Leipzig University) and Takashi Tsuboi (RIKEN iTHEMS / Tohoku University). The titles of lectures were "h-principles in smooth topology" by Emmy Murphy and "Riemannian geometry and applications to fluid dynamics" by Dominik Inauen in the first week, and "Contact and symplectic flexibility" by Emmy Murphy and "Foliation theory and diffeomorphism groups" by Takashi Tsuboi in the second week. We took video of the lectures and it can be seen later from the website of SLMath. There were 4 teaching assistants, Toru Yoshiyasu (Kyoto University of Education), Noboru Ogawa (Tokai University), Masato Ogawa (Tohoku University) and Sonia Mahmoudi (SUURI-COOL Sendai, Tohoku University) who took care of the 30 graduate students. Some details can be seen at SLMath website. The staffs of RIKEN iTHEMS, SUURI-COOL Sendai and MathCCS supported this summer graduate school for all the time, and all the participants are realy grateful for their help. TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity is really a nice place for the discussions in front of blackboards, and the house was filled with the discussions among the participants for 9:00 - 17:30 and some of the discussions continued in the meeting room in the hotel. The welcome party and the farewell party of Summer Graduate School were held jointy with the participants of G-RIPS Sendai 2024 which went on at MathCCS and which iTHEMS is cohosting. Reported by Takashi Tsuboi
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2024-06-26
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先生、「空間」は何次元ですか!? ── 理論物理学者・野村泰紀に訊く素粒子〜宇宙スケールで捉える「空間」の正体
雑誌『WIRED』日本版VOL.53では総力を挙げて「空間」×「コンピューティング」の可能性を掘り下げているが、肝心の「空間」自体は、どう定義すればいいのだろう。生半可な掘り下げでは、生焼けになることは目に見えている。ここはぜひ、当代屈指の理論物理学者の叡智に与りたい。というわけで、米国・カリフォルニア大学バークレー校（UC Berkeley）物理学部棟の4階にある、野村泰紀のオフィスを訪れた。野村先生、「空間」とは一体、何なのでしょうか? 空間とは何か ──。 この問いは、現代物理学の進展に直接関係してきた命題です。現代物理学は「空間と時間を理解する学問」であったと言ってもいいくらいです。ですので、わたしの専門である量子重力理論の観点から話を進める前に、まずは物理学と空間の関係性をダイジェストでお伝えしたいと思います。 続きは関連リンクからWIREDのサイトをご覧下さい。
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2024-06-12
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Faculty of Science 2023 Year in Review: Catherine Beauchemin
Catherine Beauchemin(Deputy Program Director, iTHEMS) was interviewed by the Toronto Metropolitan University about her interdisciplinary research and its impact. For a physics professor, Catherine Beauchemin certainly gets involved in biology research more than you might expect. Her embrace of interdisciplinarity has taken her to many places, currently to Japan, where she is serving as Deputy Program Director of the Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS) programme at RIKEN, Japan's largest research institute. One of the best aspects? “My position allows me to host TMU trainees in Japan and expand their research and life horizons.” Please see the related links for more details.
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2024-05-29
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Event report: OIST x iTHEMS Workshop Series 1
Renowned globally for its eminent scientists and cutting-edge infrastructures, RIKEN is the largest Japanese research organization in basic natural sciences. This distinction renders RIKEN a very attractive partner for OIST, a burgeoning research-oriented university. Cementing their collaborative endeavorsm, both institutes signed bilateral agreements including a MoU in 2020-2021, triggering and facilitating ambitious projects and fostering new collaborations. Among these, RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS) has emerged as a dynamic hub for active collaboration with OIST. The workshop “OIST x iTHEMS Exploring the Mysteries of the Universe and Life - Series 1 | Cosmic ray and Life project” held at OIST on March 4-6 may be one best example of the type of brainstorming needed for addressing the most challenging questions. To read more, please visit the related link.
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2024-04-28
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初田プログラムディレクターがアメリカ芸術科学アカデミー外国人名誉会員に選出
2024年4月24日にアメリカ芸術科学アカデミーは250名の会員（25名の外国人名誉会員）の選出を発表し、理化学研究所数理創造プログラム(iTHEMS)の初田哲男プログラムディレクターが外国人名誉会員に選出されました。米国芸術科学アカデミーは1780年に設立された米国最古のアカデミーであり、アカデミーのミッションは以下のように述べられています。"1780年に設立されたアメリカ芸術科学アカデミーは、卓越性を称え、人類のあらゆる分野のリーダーを招集し、新しいアイデアを検討し、国家と世界にとって重要な問題に取り組み、「自由で独立した有徳な国民の利益、名誉、尊厳、幸福を増進する傾向にあるあらゆる芸術と科学を育成する」ために協力している。" アカデミー会長のデビッド・オクストビー氏は以下のように語っています。「私たちは、芸術家、学者、科学者、公共、非営利、民間部門のリーダーたちの功績と、新たな高みに到達するために必要な好奇心、創造性、勇気を讃えます。私たちはこれらの傑出した人々に、深刻な課題に対処し、共通利益を促進するためのアカデミーの活動に参加するよう招待します。」 理化学研究所から、 これまで有馬朗人氏（元理化学研究所理事長）、 野依良治氏（元理化学研究所理事長）、竹市雅俊氏（元発生・再生科学総合研究センター長）、横山茂之氏（元生命分子システム基盤研究領域長）らが選出されています。今回は、日本から初田哲男（理研数理創造プログラムディレクター）と熊倉功夫氏(国立民俗学博物館名誉教授）の２名が選ばれています。任命式は、９月２１日にマサチューセッツ州ケンブリッジで行われる予定です。 初田哲男プログラムディレクターからのコメント 「今回アカデミーの外国人名誉会員に任命して頂き大変名誉に感じます。さまざまな分野の諸先輩方と協力して、人類の幸福と科学の発展に貢献できればと思います。」
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2024-04-28
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「理研DAY：研究者と話そう！」で学習資料「一家に１枚 世界とつながる”数理”」を紹介
理化学研究所広報室が毎月開催している「理研DAY：研究者と話そう！」に学習資料「一家に１枚 世界とつながる”数理”」制作チームを代表して、永井智哉 コーディネーター、熊倉大騎 大学院生リサーチ・アソシエイトがフリーアナウンサー／数学コミュニケーターの篠崎菜穂子とともに出演し、ポスターやそれぞれの普段している仕事および研究の内容についてお話をしました。ZOOM最大78名、YouTube最大同時接続数66と計144名の方に参加いただき、ZOOM参加者は小中学生と一般50代以上がそれぞれ37％をしめるような構成でした。小学生からの「世界の全てが数理で表せるのですか」といった鋭い質問など多くの質問が寄せられ、大変楽しく進行することができました。
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2024-04-17
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「科学技術週間」記念講演会を自由民主党本部で開催
自由民主党本部で4月11日に開催されました「科学技術週間」記念講演会に、学習資料「一家に１枚 世界とつながる”数理”」を企画・監修した数理創造プログラム（iTHEMS）が招かれ、「一家に１枚 世界とつながる”数理”」の制作報告とiTHEMS若手研究者の関連研究紹介をしました。 講演会の司会進行は、山田 賢司 文部科学部会長が務められ、冒頭、渡海紀三朗 政務調査会長、大野敬太郎 科学技術・イノベーション戦略調査会長、今枝宗一郎 文部科学副大臣からご挨拶をいただきました。 講演会には、自民党学生部の皆様も参加いただきました。 プログラム： 報告：学習資料「一家に1枚 世界とつながる“数理”」について 仲 真紀子 理化学研究所理事 永井 智哉「一家に1枚“数理”」制作チーム代表、iTHEMSコーディネーター 記念講演：理研iTHEMS若手研究者の関連研究紹介 （コーディネーター）初田 哲男 数理創造プログラムディレクター 「量子の世界を解き明かす：観測とAIによるアプローチ」松浦 俊司 上級研究員 「生物多様性の数理」入谷 亮介 上級研究員 「X線で観る宇宙」辻 直美 客員研究員 「細菌性疾患のデジタル健康地図作成における数理基盤」熊倉 大騎 大学院生リサーチ・アソシエイト
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2024-04-11
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Kyoto University SACRA-RIKEN iTHEMS Special Lecture by Prof. Tadashi Tokieda by Tadashi Tokieda on March 28, 2024
2024年3月28日、東京駅前の京都大学東京オフィスにて、時枝正氏（スタンフォード大学数学科教授）による公開講演会「逆撫での力学」が開催されました。 これは京都大学SACRA(サイエンス連携探索センター）と理研iTHEMSの共催による特別講演会です。 講演会には、孫正義財団生をはじめ、学術機関、企業の方々など50名以上の多様な参加者があり、時枝氏による、数々のデモンストレーションを交えた散逸や非線形性を持つ力学の興味深い世界への導入と、講演後の活き活きとした質疑を楽しみました。 2024年2月9日にプリンストン高等研究所で行われた時枝氏による同じ講演が下記の関連リンクよりご覧いただけます。 SACRA-iTHEMS Lectureを見逃した方はこちらからご覧ください。
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2024-04-11
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TadaFest 2024: Toward understanding of the Origin of Spacetime by Dr. Tsukasa Tada on April 2, 2024
On April 2, 2024, TadaFest2024: Toward Understanding of the Origin of Spacetime, was held at the Okochi Hall. Following an inspiring keynote lecture by Tsukasa Tada (iTHEMS deputy program director) on the past and future research into the emergence of spacetime, four frontline researchers gave special talks on the holographic principle, the uncertainty principle, the spintronics, and the matrix model for spacetime. The meeting was well attended face-to-face and led to a lively discussion on the fundamental principles of physics.
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2024-04-11
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iTHEMS Starter Meeting for FY 2024 on April 5, 2024
On April 5, 2024, the annual iTHEMS Starter Meeting was held in the iTHEMS Common Room. More than 80 people attended, including face-to-face and via Zoom. iTHEMS Programme Director Hatsuda gave an overview of iTHEMS, followed by self-introductions by new and current members. As the new academic year begins, we are looking forward to further interactions across disciplines and the development of great science.
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2024-04-02
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一家に1枚「世界とつながる“数理”」ポスターが公開されました
文部科学省が毎年4月の科学技術週間にあわせて制作する学習資料「一家に1枚」について、2024年度版のテーマとして理化学研究所数理創造プログラム（iTHEMS）が企画した「世界とつながる“数理”」が選ばれ、2024年3月25日にダウンロード用画像が文部科学省の科学技術週間のページに公開されました。ポスターは全国の小学校、中学校、高等学校、大学等に配布されている他、今後、科学館や博物館などでも配られる予定です。また、紙面の内容をより掘り下げた特設ウェブサイトも公開する予定です。「数学を道具として使うこと」で世界のものごとを理解したり答えを出したりする「数理」をテーマに、数理が私たちの生活でどのような形で使われているのかを、様々な事例をもとに紹介しています。
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2024-03-27
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Farewell message from Mizuki Oikawa
Our colleague Mizuki Oikawa will move on to a new carrier (JSPS Research fellow (PD)) at University of Tokyo as of April 1st. We all will miss him and wish him the best of luck in his latest endeavor. Here is a message from Mizuki Oikawa: I spent three years at iTHEMS as a Junior Research Associate (JRA) for the first two years and a student trainee for the whole three years. It was a great experience that I could communicate with researchers with various backgrounds. Moreover, it was wonderful that iTHEMS gave me chances not only to talk about my research but also host some seminars. I am fortunately going to be a visiting researcher and looking forward to seeing you again soon.
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2024-03-23
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Farewell message from Akira Harada
Our colleague Akira Harada will move to National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), Ibaraki College as an Assistant Professor, starting from April 1, 2024. We all will miss him and wish him success in his new affiliation! Here is a message from Akira Harada: For these three years, I have had a very happy time as an SPDR in iTHEMS. It was an invaluable experience to talk with various people and diverse fields and topics. Events like public outreach and Super Smash Problem have been my good memories, and I feel they have provided me a good nourishment. Thanks to such opportunities and the environment for unrestricted research, I feel I have taken a step forward as a researcher. iTHEMS is very comfortable and hard to leave, but I will take further steps in my new workplace. I express my gratitude to the program coordinators, colleagues, and assistants who have engaged in various discussions and provided support. I would be grateful to keep in touch with iTHEMS members in the future.
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2024-03-13
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Farewell message from Hidetoshi Taya
Our colleague Hidetoshi Taya will move to Department of Physics, Hiyoshi Campus, Keio University as an Assistant Professor, starting from April 1, 2024. We all will miss him and wish him success in his new affiliation! Here is a message from Hidetoshi Taya: It was truly one of the greatest experiences in my whole life to be able to enjoy science at iTHEMS for four years (including the one year in 2017 as a JSPS posdoc, before joining as an SPDR from 2021). All iTHEMS researchers are so talented and have a broad interest in science, covering almost all topics of science, not only physics, but also mathematics, biology, computational science, etc. The scientific discussions in iTHEMS, therefore, have always been extremely interesting and useful. iTHEMS also gave me a unique opportunity to enhance collaborations through the Working/Study Group program, which I used with NEW (Non-Equilibrium Working Group) and the Theoretical Physics Study Group, and I have learned and enjoyed a lot through their activities. I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep gratitude to the director, Hatsuda-san, the deputy directors, and the assistants, who did/do/are making enormous efforts to achieve the great environment of iTHEMS. Finally, I sincerely hope that iTHEMS will continue to develop and expand its presence, and I look forward to continuing to collaborate and enjoy science with iTHEMS researchers. Thanks for the great four years!
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2024-03-07
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理化学研究所-奈良女子大学理学部合同 ダイバーシティ推進ワークショップ2024が開催されました
2月29日と3月1日の2日間、奈良女子大学の数学、物理学、化学、生物学、環境科学など異なるコースの学生たち（学部2回生/3回生/4回生、大学院修士1回生/2回生の合計23名）が理研の東研究室 (CPR)、武石研究室 (CBS)、iTHEMS、 RIBF施設、佐甲研究室(CPR)を訪問しました。それぞれの研究室で、最先端研究の一端に触れるとともに、夕方からの理研研究者との交流会では、より深く研究内容について質問したり、研究者の日常を知る機会も設けられました。 このダイバーシティ推進活動は、奈良女子大学理学部と理研iTHEMSが共同で推進するリケジョ育成事業の一環として、奈良女子大学での連続講義とセットで行われているもので、次年度以降も継続する予定です。
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2024-01-30
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iTHEMSが孫正義育英財団生との交流会を開催しました
理化学研究所（理研）数理創造プログラム（以下、iTHEMS）は12月7日（木）に、将来を担う若手人材育成の一環で、孫正義育英財団生との交流イベントを初めて開催しました。数学や物理、生物、AI等に興味を持つ9歳から26歳までの財団生13名と、iTHEMS研究者10名が参加し、ハイレベルなディスカッションを繰り広げ、交流を深めました。 詳細は、下記の本文をご覧下さい。
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2024-01-30
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ワークショップ「開放量⼦系の数理による⽣物･認知･社会現象の理解」が2024年1月26日に開催されました
2024年1月26日（金）9:30 - 17:00に「開放量⼦系の数理による⽣物･認知･社会現象の理解」と題したワークショップをiTHEMS、RIKEN Quantum、JST-CREST「マルチセンシング」領域の共催により大河内記念ホール（及びZoomのハイブリッド形式）にて開催しました。 冒頭、JST-CREST「マルチセンシング」領域の研究総括である入來篤史氏（理研）から本ワークショップの趣旨説明が行われ、引き続き初田哲男氏（理研）からRIKEN Quantumで利用可能な各種量子コンピュータなどについての紹介がありました。その後、⻄郷甲矢人氏（⻑浜バイオ大）から「JST-CREST 課題を中⼼に Open Quantum System 全体の概観を解説」と題した講演があり、量⼦論的数理を⽤いた⼀般現象のモデリング・解釈の可能性と期待について討論が行われました。引き続き小澤正直氏（中部大）からは「⾮可換な順序効果の理論とブレークスルーにおける新しい数学理論」について講演があり、実験家と数学者との相補的共働のデザインと「新しい数学」の創造について討論が行われました。 昼休みを挟み、磯村拓哉氏（理研）から「ベイズ推論変分⾃由エネルギー原理における経路積分的⼿法」について講演があり、⽣物学・脳神経科学・認知科学と精神医学における量⼦論的解釈について討論が行われました。引き続き⽥中彰吾氏（東海大）からは「原⼦論的⼈間観から量⼦メタファーによる⼈間と社会の理解へ」と題した講演があり、⼈⽂社会科学における量⼦的現象と量⼦計算の社会実装の可能性について討論が行われました。最後には「⼈間現象」の進化／歴史の経路積分･量⼦論的解釈と”Quantum-Like Modeling”について総合討論が行われました。 現地及びオンライン合わせて約70名の参加者があり、人文社会科学分野における諸現象の量子論的解釈や量子計算の可能性について意欲的な討論が行われました。
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2024-01-26
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Seoul National University student group visited iTHEMS on January 10, 2024
1月10日（水）、ソウル大学（SNU）の学生グループ「GLEAP」の一行22名が、同大学生物科学部自然科学科のJi-Young Lee副学部長に引率され、iTHEMSを訪問しました。メンバーは学部2年生から4年生まで、数学、化学、生物学、物理学、統計学など幅広い分野の学生でした。iTHEMSへの訪問は、将来の進路や研究の方向性を検討するため、数日間にわたり日本の様々な大学や研究機関を訪問するツアーの一環です。 理研に到着した一行は、iTHEMSのメンバーである金 東昱とカトゥリン・ボシゥメンの出迎えを受け、まず仁科センターのイオンビーム加速器を見学しました。次に、iTHEMSのコモンルームで軽食をとりながら、ごく短時間のカジュアルな会話を楽しみました。カトゥリン・ボシゥメンは、SNUの学生が将来iTHEMSのメンバーになるための様々な機会（JRA、IPA、SPDR、RS/SRSなど）について5分間紹介しました。さらに、6名のiTHEMS研究者（金 東昱、辰馬 未沙子、田中 章詞、カトゥリン・ボシゥメン、シュテッフェン・バッケス、難波 亮）がそれぞれの研究について12分間の講演を行いました。その後、数名のiTHEMSメンバーも加わり、学生とiTHEMSメンバーがそれぞれ簡単に自己紹介と研究テーマについて話し、軽食を食べながら、iTHEMSのメンバーとSNUの学生との間で興味深いカジュアルなディスカッションが続きました。学生たちは、iTHEMSを訪問し、iTHEMSのメンバーが行っている幅広い研究について学ぶことができ、とても楽しかったと話してくれました。全体として、将来のアカデミックキャリアを考えている若い研究者にiTHEMSメンバーの研究を紹介する素晴らしい機会となりました。 iTHEMSのアシスタントの皆さん、時間を割いてこのイベントに参加し、学生にとって興味深いものにしてくれたiTHEMSの研究者の皆さん、そして特に、SNUの卒業生である金 東昱に感謝します。 Reported by Catherine Beauchemin
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2024-01-22
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2024年1月12日-14日にアートイベントDIG SHIBUYAでBlack Hole Recorderが展示されました
iTHEMSは、外部クリエイターと2021年に制作した、量子ブラックホール理論に基づくサイエンスアート作品「Black Hole Recorder」を、アートイベント“DIG SHIBUYA”内のプログラムとして、1月12日(金)から14日(日)の3日間、渋谷区立勤労福祉会館にて展示しました。全体のイベントはSHIBUYA CREATIVE TECH実行委員会が渋谷区と共催で開催したもので、「Black Hole Recorder」は連携プロジェクトとして公募で採択されました。 展示は部屋を暗い空間にして、まん中に「Black Hole Recorder」を設置し、お客さんを懐中電灯で足元を照らしながら入場いただいて、説明と共に作品を鑑賞いただきました。会場全体が実験空間であり、「Black Hole Recorder」により会場の音は常に全て記録されています。また今回はじめて、過去に「Black Hole Recorder」が展示された実験空間そのものを環境音として記録したデータを聞いていただくブースを設けて、過去の空間に耳を傾ける体験も楽しんでいただきました。 多くの人が集まる渋谷という街中にある施設での開催ということで休みの日は多くのお客さんに鑑賞・体験いただくことができました。時間帯によっては場内がかなり混み合うこともありました。アート作品を通じることで、ブラックホールそしてその理論を知って関心をもっていただき、多くの来場者(のべ300名近く)にブラックホールというものをイメージして帰っていただけたと思います。研究者の横倉祐貴研究員や初田哲男プログラムディレクターによる黒板を使った詳細な理論の説明も好評でした。人類の音をはるか未来に届けるべく、将来的には記録された音をブラックホールに電波で送る計画に関しても、時間とスケール感から反応がよかったです。街中でのアートイベントへの出展は、サイエンスに普段はあまり関心がない方々にも研究成果を届ける機会となり、今後の進展への手応えを感じるものとなりました。
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2023-12-25
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Farewell message from Yalong Cao
Our colleague Yalong CAO will move to the Morningside Center of Mathematics and the Institute of Mathematics at the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing as an Associate Professor, starting from Jan. 9, 2024. We all wish him success in his new affiliation! Here is a message from Yalong: I am deeply in debt of gratitude to Hatsuda san and all iTHEMS assistants for their generous support over the two and a half years which I spent in iTHEMS. To mathematicians, maybe the most important thing is to have an environment where we can freely develop things that fascinate us, which might not be useful for something else immediately. It is a great fortune to me that iTHEMS provides such an environment. Besides that, I have been enjoying discussing with our lovely members and also wandering in the beautiful Wako campus (especially during Spring and Autumn), which helps to refresh me all the time. I will move to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing to work and become a visiting scientist of iTHEMS. I hope to come back to visit regularly and continue to enjoy everything here. Everyone is surely very welcome to visit me in Beijing. Let's keep in touch and keep enjoying our life and career.
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2023-08-27
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3rd Summer School of Mathematical Biology
From the 23rd to the 25th of August 2023, the 3rd Summer School of Mathematical Biology took place at Sokendai University (Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture). It was a lecture camp organized primarily by our iTHEMS colleagues, Daiki Kumakura and Keiichi Morita. The topics included virus evolution, immune response, coexistence theories in biology and rapid evolution, human migration and its processes, optimization strategies in marine organism reproduction, and modeling biological metabolism. At the summer school, Tetsuo Hatsuda (iTHEMS Director) also participated as an attendee. In the end, there was a fruitful event, including an introduction to iTHEMS. The summer school will be held again next year.
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2023-07-21
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The Discovery Evening was held on June 22 at Wako Campus
The second on-site Discovery Evening since the COVID-19 pandemic was held on June 22 at Wako Campus. 35 people attended the event, which was organized by the Research Personnel Affairs Section, RIKEN. José Said Gutiérrez-Ortega (Special Postdoctoral Researcher, iTHEMS) was one of the two speakers in the event. He gave a presentation titled "Natural history of cycads: Deciphering the Rosetta Stone of plant evolution." He explained that cycads existed from the time of the dinosaurs, but they were able to live on despite the dinosaurs going extinct. For more details, please visit the RIKENETIC website through the related link below. To access RIKENETIC, you will need to use the intranet.
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2023-06-21
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iTHEMS Science Outreach Workshop 2023 was held on June 16-18, 2023
On June 16-18, we had Meeting on Outreach of RIKEN iTHEMS 2023 @Sendai & Zoom. This year the meeting was held at TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity 3F, Lecture Theater, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University. It was organized by RIKEN iTHEMS and Mathematical Science Center for Co-creative Society of Tohoku University and co-organised by Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Organization for Research Promotion, Tohoku University and RIKEN CPR, Prediction Science Laboratory. There were 37 people participated at TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity and 13 more by zoom. There were 19 talks at the venue and 2 talks by zoom. 4 talks were by members of iTHEMS explaining recent development in various fields in sciences. 8 talks were from universities or institutes on different aspects of research, where 2 were by ex-members of iTHEMS. 8 talks were given by journalists and 1 by MEXT. There was also 1 poster by a journalist, a display of photos of fingers of mathematicians, a display of monthly academic magazine. The participants consist of 9+4 members from RIKEN, 14+2 from universities and institutes, and 14+7 journalists (at venue + by zoom). The venue was so nicely organized and ideal for the meeting of 30 - 40 participants, and the lounge next to the conference room was comfortably clouded which greatly contributed the success of the meeting. We organized social gathering on the two evenings and which were also successful. We thank very much for the help of Profs. Yoshiaki Maeda and Hiroshi Suito for the warm hospitality. By the success of this meeting, we hope the continuation of Journalist in residence program and this workshop next year. Reported by Takashi Tsuboi
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2023-05-22
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Ryosuke Iritani gave a scientific outreach talk at Mathcafe on May 14, 2023
On Sunday 14th May, Ryosuke Iritani gave a scientific outreach talk at Mathcafe. He focused on spatial biodiversity as a chief topic and how to use mathematics to estimate, and make inferences for, the biodiversity. He explained the measurement of biodiversity from the axiomatic viewpoint, that is, he explained what properties should be satisfied by the quantity that is supposed to measure biodiversity. He then moved on to explaining an application of generating functions to biodiversity measures. He finished his talk by saying that mathematics is not only useful to science but also a life-time fun hobby.
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2023-05-17
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Thomas Hitchcock gave a short talk at Nerd Nite Tokyo on April 21, 2023
On Friday 21st April, Thomas Hitchcock gave a short talk at Nerd Nite Tokyo entitled “Sex Education: reproductive diversity across the tree of life”. There he talked to a general audience about the range of ways that organisms may reproduce, from those organisms that simply make copies of their own genes (asexual reproduction), to those that mix them with others (sexual reproduction), and those that can do both (facultative sex). He discussed the different mechanisms that organisms may use to decide whether to reproduce as a female (producing eggs) or male (producing sperm), and how genes may pass differently to offspring through these two routes, illustrating these ideas with stories about spoonworms, fungus gnats, and rotifers. Finally, he stressed how evolution may work differently in these different reproductive systems, and so the importance of understanding this diversity for guiding our efforts in conservation, agriculture, and medicine.
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2023-05-08
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ブラックホールの響きで探る極限重力の物理
Naritaka Oshita (Visiting Scientist, iTHEMS) contributed to the chapter “Researches” in the membership journal of the physical society of Japan on the universality in a black hole ringing and its application to probe the near-horizon physics of black holes. Also, a picture relevant to Naritaka Oshita’s research on a black hole ringing was selected as the cover art of the journal. You can visit the following web site of the Physical Society of Japan to access the contributions.
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