The “Report of the Survey on Co-operative Research between Mathematics and Other Research Fields” was written by the Tohoku Forum for Creativity. The survey was commissioned by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in 2015, and carried out by the Survey Committee, whose mission is to survey global trends in co-operative research between mathematics and other research fields, and to provide guidelines for developing mathematics research in Japan.
To view the report (Japanese version only), please see the links below.
Download
- Submitted version [PDF]
- Extended version
- ・Introduction [PDF]
- ・Chapter 1 [PDF]
- ・Chapter 2 [PDF]
- ・Chapter 3 [PDF]
- ・Chapter 4 [PDF]
- ・Chapter 5 [PDF]
- ・Chapter 6 [PDF]
- ・Chapter 7 [PDF]
- ・Reference & Symposium report [PDF]
Symposium
Mathematics can change the World:
Report of the Survey on Co-operative Research between Mathematics and Other Research Fields
Date: Saturday, February 20, 2016
Venue: Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Link: Special Website in Japanese
・Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Tohoku University
(Commissioned by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) “Report of the Survey on Co-operative Research between Mathematics and Other Research Fields”)
(Commissioned by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) “Report of the Survey on Co-operative Research between Mathematics and Other Research Fields”)
In association with
・Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo
Assisted by
・Research Center of Mathematics for Social Creativity Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University
・Graduate School of Science, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University
・Research Organization of Information and Systems, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics
・Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences
・Waseda University Guraduate School of Fandamental Science and Engineering
・Research Institute for Mathematical Science, Kyoto University
・Institute of Mathematics for Industry, Kyushu University
Supported by
・The Mathematical Society of Japan
・The Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Program
- Part 1: Why we need mathematics
- MC: Tetsuji Tokihiro (Professor, Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo)
- 9:30 – 9:40
- Opening Remarks・Guest Speech
- Opening Remarks:
Takashi Tsuboi (Dean, Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo) - Guest Speech:
Guests from MEXTMotoko Kotani (President of MSJ)Shinichi Oishi (President of JSIAM)
- 9:45 – 10:45
- Report (Ⅰ)
- Background and purpose:
Activities for Mathematical innovation by MEXT
Yasuhiro Awatsuji (Basic Research Promotion Division, Research Promotion Bureau, MEXT/UMI) - Survey Report to MEXT:
Situations in Japan and overseas countries regarding interdisciplinary fusion research using mathematics
Yoshiaki Maeda (Vice Director of Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Tohoku University)Nobuaki Obata (Professor, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University)Tamiki Komatsuzaki (Director of Research Center of Mathematics for Social Creativity, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University)Reiko Miyaoka (Professor, Mathematical Institute, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)
- 11:00 – 12:30
- Keynote Lectures:
Needs to mathematics
Takeshi Yamada (Research Planning Section, NTT Communication Science Laboratories)Yoh Iwasa (Professor, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University)
- Part 2: How can we develop mathematical innovation?
- MC: Masahiro Yamamoto (Professor, Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo)
- 14:00 – 14:50
- Invited lecture
- Industrial and applied mathematics in Korea: the present and the future
-
Hyungju Park (President of NIMS, Director of IMU)
- 15:00 – 15:30
- Report (Ⅱ)
- ・Recommendations to MEXT based on the findings of the survey
- ・Discussions from the committee for mathematical innovation
- 15:40 – 17:40
- Panel Discussion
- How can mathematics contribute to society for the next ten years?
- Moderator:
Hisashi Okamoto (Associate director, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University) - Panelists:
- [Mathematics]
Kazuyuki Aihara (Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo)Fuyuhiko Tanaka (Associate prof. Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University)Reiko Miyaoka (Professor, Mathematical Institute, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University) - [Company]
Akira Takada (Research Center, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.) - [Other fields]
Tetsuo Hatsuda (Research Group Director of iTHES) - [Media]
Tatsuya Tsujimura (Editor, Kyodo News) - [Cooperation with the Society]
Takashi Ikegawa (Career Adviser, Career Support Office, Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo)
- 17:40 – 17:45
- Closing Remarks
Masayasu Mimura（Vice Director, Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences (MIMS)）
- 18:00 –
- Reception