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The RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS) aims to make breakthroughs by exchanging scientific ideas between researchers in theoretical and mathematical sciences. iTHEMS hosted a number of journalists in the Journalist in Residence (JIR) Program. The meeting on “Outreach of RIKEN iTHEMS 2023@Sendai&Zoom” is organized to accelerate the bilateral information exchange between researchers and journalists which has been developed in JIR program. See the details described below. This is a meeting where researchers related to iTHEMS and science journalists, science writers, ... get together. Researchers explain their research to journalists, ... and science journalists and writers talk about their experiences. For the participation, please send an e–mail to the organizer.
Date
Friday, June 16, 2023 – Sunday, June 18, 2023
Venue
TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity 3F, Lecture Theater, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University [Access]
*Zoom Meeting ID, password will be sent by e–mail to the participants.
Organized by
RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS)
Mathematical Science Center for Co–creative Society of Tohoku University
Co–organized by
Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Organization for Research Promotion, Tohoku University
RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR), Prediction Science Laboratory
Speakers
Yoshitaka Arafune (Freelance writer)
Yasuhiro Awatsuji (MEXT)
Haruno Fujita (Text Inc.)
Koji Fujiwara (Kyoto University)
Seiji Hasegawa (Yomiuri Nippon TV Culture Center)
Akira Iino (Nippon Hyoron sha)
Ryosuke Iritani (RIKEN iTHEMS)
Tetsujiro Kamei (Kame–Shobo)
Yoshifumi Kimura (Nagoya University)
Yuka Kotorii (Hiroshima University)
Hidetoshi Masai (TITech)
Yuta Michimoto (Nippon Hyoron sha)
Hiroyasu Miyazaki (NTT IFM)
Takemasa Miyoshi (RIKEN CPR, iTHEMS)
Takashi Sakajo (Kyoto University, RIKEN CPR, iTHEMS)
Taketo Sano (RIKEN iTHEMS)
Naoko Shinozaki (Free announcer)
Hoshi Tominaga (Translator)
Takashi Tsuboi (Musashino University, RIKEN iTHEMS)
Naoyuki Uchimura (Freelance journalist)
Ken'ichi Yoshida (Hiroshima University WPI–SKCM2)
Uichi Yoshida (Iwanami Shoten)
Zensho Yoshida (National Institute for Fusion Science)
Time Schedule
- Friday, June 16, 2023
- 13:00 – 13:10
- Opening. About this meeting
- Takashi Tsuboi (Musashino University, RIKEN iTHEMS)
- 13:10 – 13:40
- Koji Fujiwara (Kyoto University)
- Journalist in residence program in MATH
- 13:55 – 14:25
- Hoshi Tominaga (Translator)
- Report by Journalist: From JIR to Lucretius
- 14:40 – 15:10
- Takemasa Miyoshi (RIKEN CPR, iTHEMS)
- Report by Researcher: Prediction Science
- 15:10 – 15:50
- Coffee Break
- 15:50 – 16:20
- Zensho Yoshida (National Institute for Fusion Science)[Online]
- Report by Researcher: The role of mathematics in crossing borders of disciplines
- 16:35 – 17:05
- Haruno Fujita (Text Inc.)
- Report by Journalist: The viewpoint of a graphic recorder
- 17:20 – 17:50
- Ken'ichi Yoshida (Hiroshima University WPI–SKCM2)
- Report by Researcher: Elastoplasticity modeling by networks
- Saturday, June 17, 2023
- 09:10 – 09:40
- Yoshifumi Kimura (Nagoya University)
- Report by Researcher: International collaboration in mathematics
- 09:55 – 10:25
- Naoyuki Uchimura (Freelance journalist)
- Report by Journalist: AI and society
- 10:25 – 10:55
- Coffee Break
- 10:55 – 11:25
- Yuka Kotorii (Hiroshima University)
- Report by Researcher: Outreach activity of International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter, WPI–SKCM2
- 11:40 – 12:10
- Taketo Sano (RIKEN iTHEMS)
- Report by Researcher: Khovanov homology theory from the viewpoint of topology, category theory and computation
- 13:15 – 13:45
- Naoko Shinozaki (Free announcer)
- Report by Journalist: Communicating the charm of mathematics through the media
- 14:00 – 14:30
- Ryosuke Iritani (RIKEN iTHEMS)
- Report by Researcher: Mathematical Structure of Metaphors in Science
- 14:45 – 15:15
- Seiji Hasegawa (Yomiuri Nippon TV Culture Center)
- Report by Journalist: Activity of Yomiuri Nippon TV Culture Center
- 15:15 – 15:55
- Coffee Break
- 15:55 – 16:25
- Takashi Sakajo (Kyoto University, RIKEN CPR, iTHEMS)
- Report by Researcher: JST–MIRAI Project “Four–dimensional topological data analysis for future medical care”
- 16:40 – 17:10
- Akira Iino, Yuta Michimoto (Nippon Hyoron sha)
- Report by Journalist: Editorial office of Sugaku Seminar
- 17:25 – 17:45
- Yasuhiro Awatsuji (MEXT)
- Report: Science and technology policy
- 18:10 – 18:40
- Uichi Yoshida (Iwanami Shoten)
- Report by Journalist: Collected works of Seki Takakazu ——— 20–years journey from conception to publication
- Sunday, June 18, 2023
- 09:10 – 09:40
- Yoshitaka Arafune (Freelance writer)
- Sciences, science writers and society
- 09:55 – 10:25
- Hidetoshi Masai (TITech)
- Report by Researcher: Modern Mathematics Lecture Series
- 10:25 – 10:55
- Coffee Break
- 10:55 – 11:25
- Hiroyasu Miyazaki (NTT IFM)
- Report by Researcher: NTT Institute for Fundamental Mathematics
- 11:40 – 12:10
- Tetsujiro Kamei (Kame–Shobo)
- Report by Journalist: Two amateur mathematicians, L.N. Tolstoy & J.–H. Fabre
- 12:10 – 12:30
- Concluding Remarks
Organizer
Takashi Tsuboi (Musashino University, RIKEN iTHEMS)
Contact
takashi.tsuboi.vy*riken.jp (change * to @)