2011: Past Events
IUTAM Symposium on 50 Years of Chaos : Applied and Theoretical
2011/11/28(Mon)-12/02(Fri)
Venue: Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Kyoto University
Organized by International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
http://www-lab23.kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp/iutam2011/
[Symposium Chairman & Scientific Committee (Honorifics omitted)]
T. Hikihara (Kyoto University, Chair),
T. Kambe (University of Tokyo, Co-Chair),
D.H. Dick van Campen (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands),
P. Holmes (Princeton University, USA),
E. Kreuzer (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany),
G. Rega (Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Italy),
M. Wiercigroch (Aberdeen University, UK),
L. S. Young (Courant Institute, USA)
[Scope]
The symposium will focus on the development of theory of dynamical systems and its application since the discovery of chaotic attractors in models of physical systems by Ueda (Japan) and Lorenz (USA) in early 1960's. Following Poincare's seminal work in 19th century, nonlinear dynamics was studied largely by mathematicians in Europe, USA, and USSR. The symposium title "50 Years of Chaos" reflects the computational discovery of chaotic attractors, which ushered in a new age of chaos and dynamical systems theory. This theory comprises a broad range of analytical, geometrical, topological, and numerical methods for analyzing differential equations and iterated mappings. Applications of modern dynamical systems theory are spreading beyond the mathematical and physical sciences, although attention will be focused on mechanical, engineering and mathematical aspects in this IUTAM symposium.
2011 Kyoto University International Forum
"Towards a New Synthesis of Knowledge"
2011/10/15(Sat)-16(Sun)
Venue: Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Kyoto University
Forum Homepage
Program（English, Japanese）, Abstract（Bilingual version）：
Seminar Page, Yukawa Institute for Theoritical Physics, Kyoto University
[Organizers (Honorifics omitted)]
G.H. Pollack (University of Washington, Molecular Bioengineering),
Kazuo Oike (International Institute for Advanced Study, Director),
Ichiro Tsuda (Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University),
Junichi Yokoyama (University of Tokyo, Astrophysics),
Terufumi Ohno (Kyoto University Museum, Director, Kyoto University),
Kazuo Nishimura (Research Institute of Economics, Kyoto University),
Kazuyoshi Yoshimura (Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University),
Masatoshi Murase (Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University)
[Contents]
What are matter and life? What are human beings and mind? What are the environmental problems from viewpoints of Earth and space? How are these problems interrelated? It is the opening of this forum “Towards a New Synthesis of Knowledge” that must be urgent and even important for evaluating and solving these interrelated problems. This forum will deal with multidisciplinary themes such as mechanisms of Japan Earthquakes, world of elementary particles, science of mind, problems of education, biological effects of weak electromagnetic fields, perspectives of science & technology, science communication, and space weather. Based on intensive interdisciplinary discussions linking the sciences and human beings, we would like to propose some summary on the future towards a new synthesis of knowledge. The present two-day forum is entirely open to public including high school and junior high school students.
International Workshop DyNano-2011:
"Structure and Dynamics of Nano-objects using short wavelength radiation (Kyoto)"
2011/10/03(Mon)-07(Fri)
Venue: Seminar House, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Workshop Homepage
[Organizing Committee(Honorifics omitted)]
M. Yao (Kyoto University, Chair),
K. Ueda (Tohoku University, Co-Chair),
N. Kosugi (Institute for Molecular Science, Co-Chair),
K. Nagaya (Kyoto University, Secretary),
H. Fukuzawa (Tohoku University),
N. Saito (National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
[Sponsors]
Global COE Program of Kyoto University “The Next Generation of Physics, Spun from Universality and Emergence”.
International Research Unit of Integrated Complex System Science, Kyoto University.
ICR-International Workshop
International Workshop for Molecular Simulations for Polymers
2011/09/09(Fri)
Venue: Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
Poster
Conference Homepage
[Speakers]
Keynote:
Prof. Doros Theodorou (Tech. Univ. Athens, Greek)
Molecular simulations of polyolefins: melts, networks, crystals
Invited:
Prof. Toshihiro Kawakatsu (Tohoku Univ, Japan)
Prof. Hiroshi Morita (AIST, Japan)
Prof. Sathish K Sukumaran (Yamagata Univ, Japan)
Dr. Takahiro Murashima (Kyoto Univ, Japan)
Dr. Takashi Uneyama (Kyoto Univ, Japan)
The 13th Congress of Japan Human Brain Mapping Society
2011/09/01(Thu)-02(Fri)
Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center
http://jhbms13.umin.jp/index.html
President H. Fukuyama
(Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine Human Brain Research Center)
[Special Lecture（tentative）]
Gregory Sorensen (Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School),
Denis Le Bihan (NeuroSpin、Kyoto University Graduate School
of Medicine Human Brain Research Center),
Robert Turner (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences)
International Research Unit of Integrated Complex System Science Seminar
2011/05/17(Tue) 16：30-18：30
Venue: Rm.106 Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University
Professor Fwu-Ranq Chang (Indiana University)
Title： Annuity Puzzle and the Marshall Problem
General Equilibrium, Trade and Complex Dynamics
in Memory of Professor Lionel McKenzie
2011/02/04(Fri)-05(Sat)
Venue: Westin Miyako Kyoto
Program Poster
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Organized by Institute of Economic Research,
International Research Unit of Integrated Complex System Science and
International Joint Research Center of Advanced Economic Theory, Kyoto University
Supported by Global COE Program “Raising Market Quality”, MEXT, JAPAN and
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, No. (S)19103002, JSPS.
[Speakers]
Professor Robert A. Becker (Indiana University)
Professor Youngsub Chun (Seoul National University)
Professor Sugata Marjit (Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta)
Professor Makoto Yano (Kyoto University)
Professor Tapan Mitra (Cornell University)
Professor Ronald Jones (University of Rochester)
Professor Jean-Jacques Herings (Universiteit Maastricht)
Professor John Stachurski (Australian National University)
Professor Ping Wang (Washington University)
Professor Kazuo Nishimura (Kyoto University)