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Meeting on Outreach of RIKEN iTHEMS 2024 @Sendai&Zoom

Information

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 2024@Sendai&Zoom” is organized in order 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, November 15, 2024 – Sunday, November 17, 2024

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

Hirokazu Anai (Fujitsu Research/Kyushu University)
Yasuhiro Awatsuji (MEXT)
Koji Fujiwara (Kyoto University)
Seiji Hasegawa (Yomiuri Nippon TV Culture Center)
Tetsuo Hatsuda (RIKEN iTHEMS)
Masami Kajiura (Freelance writer)
Tetsujiro Kamei (Kame–Shobo)
Yoshifumi Kimura (Nagoya University)
Shigeyuki Koide (Japanese Association of Science and Technology Journalists)
Miki Kobari (Fujitsu Design Center Inspiration Lab)
Sonia Mahmoudi (RIKEN iTHEMS SUURI COOL Sendai)
Noriko Maruyama (Musashino Art University)
Hidetoshi Masai (Musashino Art University)
Hiroyasu Miyazaki (NTT IFM)
Takemasa Miyoshi (RIKEN CPR, iTHEMS)
Tomoya Nagai (RIKEN iTHEMS)
Tomoki Ozawa (Tohoku University AIMR)
Akemi Satoda (The Chugoku Shinbun)
Takuya Shimada (Planner/Science communicator)
Naoko Shinozaki (Free announcer)
Tsukasa Tada (RIKEN iTHEMS)
Hoshi Tominaga (Translator)
Takashi Tsuboi (RIKEN iTHEMS/Tohoku University TFC)
Naoyuki Uchimura (Freelance journalist)
Uichi Yoshida (Iwanami Shoten)

Poster

Akira Iino (Nippon Hyoron Sha)
Yuta Michimoto (Nippon Hyoron Sha)
Yuto Moriwaki (RIKEN iTHEMS)

Photo Exhibition

Horoaki Kono (Photographer)

Time Schedule

Friday, November 15, 2024
13:00 – 13:10
Opening. About this meeting
Takashi Tsuboi (Tohoku University, RIKEN iTHEMS)
13:10 – 13:40
Koji Fujiwara (Kyoto University)
Journalist in residence program in MATH
13:55 – 14:25
Akemi Satoda (The Chugoku Shinbun)
What I felt while covering the event, and what I think about now through JIR
14:40 – 15:10
Hirokazu Anai (Fujitsu Research / Kyushu University)
Miki Kobari (Fujitsu Design Center Inspiration Lab)
Report by Researcher: Mathematicians meet Designers: What we saw at “Mathematics x Art: Experimental exhibition. Exploring the Feeling of Causality”
15:10 – 15:50
Coffee Break
15:50 – 16:20
Tomoki Ozawa (Tohoku University AIMR)
What is Causality – Thinking from Philosophy, Mathematics, and Physics – The activity of Fujitsu X Tohoku University Discovery Intelligence Laboratory
16:35 – 17:05
Shigeyuki Koide (Japanese Association of Science and Technology Journalists)
Report by Journalist: The future of journalism
17:20 – 17:50
Takemasa Miyoshi (RIKEN CPR, iTHEMS)
Report by Researcher: Prediction Science 2024
Saturday, November 16, 2024
09:10 – 09:40
Yoshifumi Kimura (Nagoya University)
Report by Researcher: The Faculty of Engineering II of the University of Tokyo
09:55 – 10:25
Naoyuki Uchimura (Freelance journalist)
Report by Journalist:
10:25 – 10:55
Coffee Break
10:55 – 11:55
Tomoya Nagai (RIKEN iTHEMS)
Takuya Shimada (Planner/Science communicator)
Naoko Shinozaki (Freelance Announcer/Mathematics Communicator)
Report: The annual S&T poster for everyone titlled “Mathematics Connecting to the World: One S&T poster for Every Household”
13:15 – 13:45
Sonia Mahmoudi (RIKEN iTHEMS SUURI COOL Sendai)
Report by Researcher: Topological Modeling of Textiles Towards a Sustainable Industry
14:00 – 14:30
Masami Kajiura (Freelance writer)
Report by Journalist: Interview reports for KisuuGusuu
14:45 – 15:15
Tsukasa Tada (RIKEN iTHEMS)
Report by Researcher: The possibility of Anthrophysics
15:15 – 15:55
Coffee Break
15:55 – 16:25
Noriko Maruyama (Musashino Art University)
What, Mathematics in Art University? Educational Practice in Art and Mathematics
16:40 – 17:10
Yasuhiro Awatsuji (MEXT)
Report: Science and technology policy
17:25 – 17:45
Uichi Yoshida (Iwanami Shoten)
Report by Journalist: JinKouKi from the publisher's point of view: On the 400th anniversary of its publication
Sunday, November 17, 2024
08:55 – 09:25
Hoshi Tominaga (Translator)
Report by Journalist: Faces of Mathematics
09:40 – 10:10
Hiroyasu Miyazaki (NTT IFM)
Report by Researcher: Institute for Fundamental Mathematics, Past and Future
10:25 – 10:55
Hidetoshi Masai (Musashino Art University)
Report by Researcher: Mathematics of distance sense
10:55 – 11:25
Coffee Break
11:25 – 11:55
Tetsujiro Kamei (Kame–Shobo)
Report by Journalist: Treasure Trove, One Two
12:10 – 12:30
Concluding Remarks & RIKEN iTHEMS Next
Tetsuo Hatsuda (RIKEN iTHEMS)

Organizer

Takashi Tsuboi
(RIKEN iTHEMS, Tohoku University Tohoku Forum for Creativity)

Contact

takashi.tsuboi.vy*riken.jp (change * to @)