Past Events

International & Transdisciplinary Symposium on Advanced Future Studies

Date:February 8-10, 2017
Venue:
Panasonic Auditorium, Yukawa Hall, YITP on Feb.8-9
Clock Tower, Kyoto University on Feb.10
Organizing Committee:
Chair : Masatoshi Murase (Kyoto University)
Tae-Soo Chon (Pusan National University)
Ruprecht Mattig (TU Dortmund University)
Shin-ichi Nakano (Kyoto University)
Tadashi Nishihira (Kyoto University)
Kazuo Nishimura (Kyoto University)
Misao Sasaki (Kyoto University)
Arno Suzuki (Kyoto University)
Naohide Tomita (Kyoto University)
Toshinao Tsunemi (Kyoto University)
Eiichi Yamaguchi (Kyoto University)
Kazuyoshi Yoshimura (Kyoto University)
Web Site: http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~future/news/20170208-1.html
Program:http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~future/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2017.-2.-8-10program_8.pdf
Scope:
We are living in the face of dramatically changing circumstances through the complex interactions between humans, organizations, societies, and so on. Our world is more global than ever; and thus it looks like a huge system involving systems nested within systems. By focusing on "external" agents, we have tried to solve serious problems, although, such intensive efforts have not succeeded very well. The reason for this is that some of our solutions have seemed to solve the existing problems at first, but eventually created further problems due to the chain of hidden causation. Even with a better understanding of the individual systems involved, we have hardly controlled the systems at all. Because of such self-nested structures, these systems often exhibit abrupt disruptions just like global financial crises and unexpected consequences even without natural disasters or human errors.
Certain features of these disruptions seem to be surprisingly consistent, despite the diversity of their details. It is now time to attack the unsolved problems on the basis of "transdisciplinary" discussions among different disciplines such as ecology, economics, cognitive science, and so on. In solving serious problems, we need radical new approaches instead of our habitual way of thinking. Two different kinds of approaches have been studied in different fields. One is based on a system-design perspective: we should not intend to control systems for avoiding errors, but to design systems ready for failures. This is relating to an emerging field of "Resilience" (Zolli, 2012). Presumably, we will learn about dynamical features typical of resilient systems by studying living systems. Another is more or less a human-oriented approach, as we human beings are considered as parts of systems. It was pointed out that the central issue of our time across all system levels emerges from our "internal" condition (Scharmer, 2009). Without changing our thinking ways relating to our internal condition, we will not be able to solve serious problems.
The present "Transdisciplinary Symposium" will invite both approaches, as they are closely related to each other. It is our hope to develop new perspectives and new actions toward our future through stimulating discussions beyond different disciplines.

Advanced Future Studies (AFS) Seminar (2)
Life and death, existence and nothingness

Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2016. 17:00-19:00
Venue: Panasonic Hall, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University
Fee: Free
Registration: No Registration Needed
Contact: Masatoshi Murase (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics) / future (at) yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Web Site: http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~future/news_en/20160510-2.html

Program

Time Speaker Theme
17:00 – 17:40 Prof. Carl Bradley Becker
Professor, Kokoro Reserch Center, Kyoto University
“Life and death” (tentative)
17:40 – 18:20 Mr. Stomu Yamashita
Percussionist, Keyboardist and Composer
“Stones, Mankind and Sound are all in 0 (zero).”
18:20 – 19:00 Discussion TBA

Advanced Future Studies (AFS) Seminar (1)
Towards wonder of universe and mind

Date: Thursday, April 28, 2016. 17:00-19:00
Venue: Panasonic Hall, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University
Fee: Free
Registration: No Registration Needed
Contact: Masatoshi Murase (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics) / future (at) yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Web Site: http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~future/news_en/20160428-2.html

Program

Time Speaker Theme
17:00 – 17:40 Prof. Misao Sasaki
Direcor of Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University
Chair of International Research Unit of Advanced Future Studies, Kyoto University
“Gravitational Wave Astronomy -The Dawn has Arrived! -”
17:40 – 18:20 Prof. Toshio Kawai
Professor, Kokoro Reserch Center, Kyoto University
To be announced (Speak in Japanese)
18:20 – 19:00 Discussion The direct detection of gravitational waves was done in the last September for the first time in the history of mankind. Here I will discuss the impacts of this new astronomy, gravitational wave astronomy, which, triggered by this discovery, is expected to be advanced substantially in the coming years.

International Symposium on Advanced Future Studies

Date and Time: 10:00 a.m. - 5:40 p.m., February 12 (Friday), 2016
Venue: Panasonic Hall, Yukawa Memorial Building
          Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Japan
Chair: Masatoshi Murase (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University)
Organizing Committee:
      Kazuo Nishimura (Kyoto Institute of Economic Research)
      Misao Sasaki (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics)
      Kazunari Shibata (Kwasan Observatories, Graduate School of Science)
      Eichi Yamaguchi (Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability)
      Kazuyoshi Yoshimura (Graduate School of Science)

Scope: As the twenty-first century unfolds, it has become clear that the major problems of our age−energy, the environment, financial security, education and even science−cannot be understood in isolation. Because these problems are all interrelated and interdependent, they are referred to as systemic problems (Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi, 2015). Although these problems seem to be very complex, they must be considered as just different aspects of a single whole. Situations of this kind are relevant to understanding the question “What is Life?”, because we have been viewing life more and more as a communicative event, not merely as a composite system made of many different material elements (Franz-Theo Gottwald, 2002). It is now clear that a full understanding of our present-day problems requires nothing less than a precisely new conception of life itself. In the present symposium, we are inviting multidisciplinary researchers from many different kinds of departments. On the basis of complex system science, we are beginning to understand that there are simple solutions to many complex problems. We therefore definitely hope that an integrative perspective will emerge out of this symposium.

Organized by
      International Research Unit of Advanced Future Studies (IRU-AFS)
      Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP)
      International Research Unit of Integrated Complex System Sciences (IRU-CSS)
      Kyoto University

Registration: Online Registration is now available.

Program

10:00-11:50Morning Session
10:00-10:30 Masatoshi Murase
(Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University)
"Introduction to Advanced Future Studies"
10:30-11:10 Alexander Vikman
(Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic)
"TBA"
11:10-11:50 Hector Palomo Bombin
(Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University)
"TBA"
11:50-13:30LUNCH BREAK
13:30-17:40Afternoon Session
13:30-14:10 Hong Ding
(Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics Institute of Physics, China)
"Weyl fermion in condensed matter"
14:10-14:50 Minghu Fang
(Professor, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, China)
"TBA"
14:40-15:20 Harrison Hsueh-Cheng Cheng
(Department of Economics, University of Southern California, U.S.A)
"Auction Design and Speculative Resale"
15:20-15:40BREAK
15:40-16:20 Renhui Li
(Institute of Hydrobiology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"TBA"
16:20-17:00 Jevin West
(Information School, University of Washington, U.S.A.)
"Mapping the Emergence of Scientific Disciplines"
17:00-17:40 Tai-Kai Ng
(Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
"Creativity in Science and Mathematics - a difficult problem for psychologists"

Contact:

International Research Unit of Advanced Future Studies(IRU-AFS)
future (at) yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp

GSEE/Kyoto 2016

2016/2/11(Th.) 10:00 - 18:00
Panasonic Auditorium, Yukawa Memorial Hall, Kyoto University     Web Site     Poster
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Organizors: KIER*, YITP, IRU-ICSS and IRU-AFS, Kyoto University, RIEB Kobe University, ICAM/Kyoto, GSEE/Kyoto, and ISE
 *The Grant-in-Aid for Specially promoted Research #23000001, MEXT, Japan

[Program]
10:00 - 10:05     Opening Address
10:05 - 10:55     Morning Session I
10:05 - 10:30  Juichi Yamagiwa (President, Kyoto University),
                        “A Field Primatology -- A Window for Human Evolution”
10:30 - 10:55   M.K. Wu, (President, Don Hwa University),
                        “The role of regional university in local economic-social development ”

10:55 - 11:05   BREAK

11:05 - 11:35     Morning Session II
11:05 - 11:20   Masatoshi Murase (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University),
                        “Astonishingly Interesting World of Science and Education:
Knowing How We Know”
11:20 - 11:35  Toshinao Tsunemi (Kyoto University),
                        “Active and Experience-based Learning”

11:35 - 11:40   BREAK

11:40 - 12:35     Morning Session III
11:405 - 12:05  Tai-Kai Ng (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
                        “Challenges to (Science) Education in 21st Century”
12:05 - 12:30  Hong Ding (Institute of Physics, CAS),
                        “Science Education in China”

12:30 - 13:45  LUNCH BREAK

13:45 - 14:35   Afternoon Session I
13:45 - 14:10  Jevin West (University of Washington),
                        “The Data Gold Rush in Science Education ”
14:10 - 14:35  Se-Jung Oh (Seoul National University),
                        “A new approach to enhance the public understanding of science in Korea”

14:35 - 14:45  BREAK

14:45 - 15:15   Afternoon Session II
14:45 - 15:00  Terufumi Ohno (the Kyoto University Museum, and Osamu Marukawa, Board of Education, Kyoto Prefecture Government),
                        “Cooperative challenge by staffs of Kyoto University and Kyoto Prefectural Government to stimulate learning motivation of school pupils”
15:00 - 15:15 Shinichi Kawakami (Gifu University, Faculty of Education),
                        “A Learning Salon and the Database on Science Education Website ”

15:15 - 15:25  BREAK

15:25 - 15:55   Afternoon Session III
15:25 - 15:40  Yoriko Ikuta (Nara Prefectural Seisyo High School of Math and Science, Nara),
                       “An Approach to Fostering Science Professionals through the Seisho Science Exploration Program”
15:40 - 15:55  Keisuke Ohno (Douzen High School, Okinoshima),
                       “Regional Revitalization focusing on Education: Oki-Dozen High School project”

15:55 - 16:05  BREAK

16:05 - 16:30   Afternoon Session IV
16:05 - 16:30  Akito Arima (Chancellor, Musashi-Gakuen, former Japanese Minister of Education and former President of Tokyo University),
                       “Science Education in Japan”

16:30 - 16:35  BREAK

16:35 - 17:50  Panel Discussion : How do we invite children into fascinating world of scientific inquiry?
        Panelists
        Akito Arima (Chancellor, Musashi-Gakuen)
        Juichi Yamagiwa (President, Kyoto University)
        Michiharu Nakamura (Japan Science and Technology Agency)
        Kazuo Kitahara (Tokyo University of Science)
        Kazunari Shibata (Kyoto University)
        Kazuo Nishimura (RIEB, Kobe University)

International Workshop on Itinerant-Electron Magnetism

2015/9/25(Fri)-27(Sun)
Venue: Seminar House, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Program    Poster    Web Site
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[Invited Speakers]
Rafik Ballou
Institute Néel, CNRS & University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
Nicholas Curro
Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California, USA
Minghu Fang
Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Asaya Fujita
Green Magnetic Material Research Center, AIST Chubu, Nagoya, Japan
Swee K. Goh
Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Jürgen Haase
Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Zenji Hiroi
The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan
Kenji Ishida
Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan
Masayuki Itoh
Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Ryosuke Kadono
Muon Science Laboratory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
Shinsaku Kambe
Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
Toru Sakai
Graduate School of Material Science, University of Hyogo, Hyogo, Japan
Japan Atomic Energy Agency, SPring-8, Sayo, Hyogo, Japan
Noriaki Sato
Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan
Yoshinori Takahashi
Graduate School of Material Science, University of Hyogo, Japan
Masashi Takigawa
The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan
Takeshi Waki
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan

International Workshop on "Life and Matter and Society: Beyond Expectations"

2015/5/26(Thu)  15:30 - 18:00
Venue: Kyoto University Seminar House in front of Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
Program

[Program I]
15:30-15:50
"Mistakes tell you some aspects about evolution of human intelligence"
Terufumi Ohno (The Kyoto University Museum)

15:50-16:10
"Why has the number of physics papers from Japan decreased?"
Hideki Iijima (Graduate Student, Graduate School of Policy and Management, Doshisha University, Kyoto)

16:10-16:30
"A New Innovation Model for Creating Future Industries"
Eiichi Yamaguchi (Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Leadership Studies, Kyoto University)

[Program II]
16:35-17:15
"Can the Quantum Nature of Matter be Controlled?"
Cynthia Trevisan, Ph. D.
Associate Professor, Physics and Department Chair.,
Dept. of Sciences and Mathematics, California Maritime Academy

17:15-18:00
"What is New in Neuroscience?"
Aage R. Møller, Ph.D. (D. Med. Sci.)
Distinguished Lecturer in Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Professor of Cognition and Neuroscience
Founders Professor, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
The University of Texas at Dallas

IEFS Japan Meeting 2015

2015/5/21(Thu)-22(Fri)
Venue: Yamauchi Hall, Kyoto University
Web Site

IRU-ICSS Workshop

2015/3/11(Wed)  15:30-17:40
Venue: Lecture Room (3F), The Kyoto University Museum
Poster

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[Co-organizers]
GSEE/Kyoto, KIER*, Joint team of Kyoto University and Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education, The Kyoto University Museum, NICS, and ISE
 * The Grant-in-Aid for Specially promoted Research #23000001, MEXT, Japan

[Program (Honorifics omitted)]
15:30-16:30
Toshihiko Aso (Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University)
"A Functional MRI Study on Ceasing Thoughts"

16:40-17:40
Irene Lee (Santa Fe Institute)
"Computer Modeling and Simulation in American Education"

GSEE/ICAM Kyoto・IRU-ICSS・ISE Joint Meeting

2013/10/24(Thu)
Venue: Lecture Room (3F), The Kyoto University Museum
Poster 

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[Supporters]
The Grant-in-Aid for Specially promoted Research #23000001, MEXT, Japan, ISE and JST

[Program (Honorifics omitted)]
16:00-16:40
Introduction: Michiyo Inagawa (Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University)
Toshihiko Aso (Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University)
"Behavior of the large-scale cortical networks during thought suppression"

16:50-17:30
Kazunari Shibata (Kwasan and Hida Observatories, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
"Can Superflares Occur on Our Sun?"

GSEE/Kyoto Summit "Initiative That Can Change Science Education"

2013/10/20(Sun)-23(Wed)
Venue: Westin Miyako Kyoto
Poster  Web Site

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[Co-organizers]
KIER*, YITP, and IRU-ICSS, Kyoto University, ISE, and GSEE
 *The Grant-in-Aid for Specially promoted Research #23000001, MEXT, Japan

[Supporters]
MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan), ICAM,
US National Academy of Sciences, RIKEN, JST, JMF, Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education**, Kyoto City Board of Education, Osaka City Board of Education,
The Astronomical Society of Japan, The Physical Society of Japan, and The Chemical Society of Japan
 **This event is by the Joint Project Team of Kyoto University and Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education.

[Co-Supporter]
Commemorative Organization for the Japan World Exposition ’70

Public Lecture "Let’s Enjoy Science"

2013/10/20(Sun)
Venue: Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Kyoto University
Poster Program Web Site

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[Co-organizers]
KIER*, YITP, and IRU-ICSS, Kyoto University, ISE, and GSEE
 *The Grant-in-Aid for Specially promoted Research #23000001, MEXT, Japan

[Supporters]
MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan), ICAM,
US National Academy of Sciences, RIKEN, JST, JMF, Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education**, Kyoto City Board of Education, Osaka City Board of Education,
The Astronomical Society of Japan, The Physical Society of Japan, and The Chemical Society of Japan
 **This event is by the Joint Project Team of Kyoto University and Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education.

[Co-Supporter]
Commemorative Organization for the Japan World Exposition ’70

The Global Partnership on Science Education through Engagement in Kyoto (GSEE/Kyoto): Science Education in Kyoto

2013/4/28(Sun)
Venue: Panasonic Auditorium, Yukawa Memorial Hall, Kyoto University
Poster Conference Site

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[Co-organizers]
KIER* and IRU-ICSS, Kyoto University
 * The Grant-in-Aid for Specially promoted Research #23000001, MEXT, Japan

[Supporters]
Japan Machinery Federation, ICAM/Kyoto, JST and RIKEN

[Program (Honorifics omitted)]
10:00-10:15  Opening Address
Akito Arima (Principal of Musashigakuen)

Chair: Kazuo Kitahara (Graduate School of Science Education, Tokyo University of Science)
10:20-10:45  Yoshiharu Hoshino (Graduate School of Teacher Education, Teikyo University)
"Science education for elementary school"

Chair: Hiroshi Watanabe (Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University)
10:50-11:15  Yasuo Sando (Nippon Steel & Sumikin Research Institute Corporation)
"Special education of science and mathematics for gifted children in Korea and Taiwan"

Chair: Makoto Yao (Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
11:20-11:45 Hiroshi Asada (Katsuragawa Elementary School, Kyoto City)
"Create and utilize math-science teaching materials"

Chair: Hidenao Fukuyama (Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
13:25-13:50  Yuji Takahata (Principal of Municipal Nerima Kaishin first middle school, and Chairman of the national middle school science education research)
"Present state and Problems of Japanese junior high school science education"

Chair: Misao Sasaki (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University)
13:55-14:50  Discussion: Akito Arima, Michiharu Nakamura, Makoto Kobayashi, Hiroo Imura, Kazuo Kitahara

Chair: Masatoshi Murase (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University)
15:00-15:25 Isao Iizawa (Kyoto Municipal Horikawa High School)
"SSH (Super Science High Schools) activities"

Chair: Katsuji Koyama (Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University)
15:30-15:55 Toshiharu Tsushima (Fukushima Prefectural Adachi High School)
"Science Education to Stimulate Motivation of Students"

Chair: Kazunari Shibata (Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
16:00-16:25 Osamu Marukawa and Hidefumi Toyama (Kyoto Prefecture Board of Education)
"The Grand Prix of physics"

Chair: Kazuyoshi Yoshimura (Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
16:35-17:00 Kazuo Nishimura (Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)
"Investigation of the relationship between learning subjects choice and income after graduation"

Chair: Terufumi Ohno (Director of the Kyoto University Museum)
17:05-18:00  Discussion: Akito Arima, Michiharu Nakamura, Makoto Kobayashi, Hiroo Imura, Kazuo Kitahara

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