Frontiers of Science (FoS) Symposium
Japanese-Canadian Frontiers of Science (JCFoS) Symposium
JCFoS 2023
(This symposium was originally scheduled to be held in March 2020, but was postponed due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.)
Date: March 6 - March 9, 2023
Venue: Banff, Canada
Participants: 56 total (28 from each country)
Co-organizer: Royal Society of Canada (RSC) (external site), Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) (external site)
Venue: Banff, Canada
Participants: 56 total (28 from each country)
Co-organizer: Royal Society of Canada (RSC) (external site), Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) (external site)
- Can We Create Life in the Near Future?
- Accelerating New Materials Discovery with Automated High-Throughput Methods
- The Role of Environmental Geoscience in Society’s Changing Natural Resource Demands
- AI for Fairness and Social Good
- How Can Artificial Intelligence Solve Fundamental Problems in Physics?
- New Challenges in Crisis Management
- Accelerating New Materials Discovery with Automated High-Throughput Methods
- The Role of Environmental Geoscience in Society’s Changing Natural Resource Demands
- AI for Fairness and Social Good
- How Can Artificial Intelligence Solve Fundamental Problems in Physics?
- New Challenges in Crisis Management
List of Participants
PGM : Planning Group Member
Can We Create Life in the Near Future? (Biology/Life Science )
| title1 | title2 | title3 |
|---|---|---|
| PGM | Aleeza GERSTEIN | University of Manitoba |
| PGM (Co-chair) | YOSHIDA Satoshi | Waseda University |
| Introductory Speaker | ICHIHASHI Norikazu | The University of Tokyo |
| Speaker | Katherine ELVIRA | University of Victoria |
| Speaker | OKA Mizuki (Absent) | University of Tsukuba |
Accelerating New Materials Discovery with Automated High-Throughput Methods (Chemistry/Materials Science)
| title1 | title2 | title3 |
|---|---|---|
| PGM | Alannah HALLAS | University of British Columbia |
| PGM | OGAWA Mikako | Hokkaido University |
| Introductory Speaker | Curtis BERLINGUETTE | University of British Columbia |
| Speaker | Claudiane OUELLET-PLAMONDON | Université du Québec |
| Speaker | TANAKA Daisuke | Kwansei Gakuin University |
The Role of Environmental Geoscience in Society’s Changing Natural Resource Demands (Earth Science/Geosciences/Environment)
| title1 | title2 | title3 |
|---|---|---|
| PGM | Michelle DeWOLFE | Mount Royal University |
| PGM | FURUKAWA Yoshihiro | Tohoku University |
| Introductory Speaker | Gwen O'SULLIVAN | Mount Royal University |
| Speaker | Matt LINDSAY | University of Saskatchewan |
| Speaker | NOZAKI Tatsuo | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) |
AI for Fairness and Social Good (Math / Applied Math / Informatics)
| title1 | title2 | title3 |
|---|---|---|
| PGM | Karim JERBI | Université de Montréal |
| PGM | KAWAHARA Tomohiro | Sony Group Corporation |
| Introductory Speaker | OGURA Masaki | Osaka University |
| Speaker | Kristen BOS | University of Toronto, Mississauga |
| Speaker | MATSUBARA Takashi | Osaka University |
How Can Artificial Intelligence Solve Fundamental Problems in Physics? (Physics/Astrophysics)
| title1 | title2 | title3 |
|---|---|---|
| PGM | Renée HLOŽEK | University of Toronto |
| PGM | MATSUMURA Tomotake | The University of Tokyo |
| Introductory Speaker | Laurence PERREAULT LEVASSEUR | Université de Montréal |
| Speaker | Christopher SMEENK | Western University |
| Speaker | NAKAHAMA Yu | High Energy Accelerator Research Organization |
New Challenges in Crisis Management (Social Science)
| title1 | title2 | title3 |
|---|---|---|
| PGM (Co-chair) | Allison HARELL | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| PGM | OKUDAIRA Hiroko | Doshisha University |
| Introductory Speaker | FUJII Daisuke | The University of Tokyo |
| Speaker | Amélie QUESNEL-VALLÉE | McGill University |
| Speaker | TANAKA Mari | Hitotsubashi University |
General Participants (Japan)
| title1 | title2 | title3 |
|---|---|---|
| General Participant | FUKASAWA Yu |
Tohoku University |
| General Participant | KATO Setsu | Hiroshima University |
| General Participant | KURAMOCHI Hikaru | Institute for Molecular Science |
| General Participant | INOSE Tomoko | Kyoto University |
| General Participant | OZAKI Kazumi | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| General Participant | HAMA Tetsuya | The University of Tokyo |
| General Participant | HIBIYA Yuki | The University of Tokyo |
| General Participant | TAKEMI Mitsuaki | Keio University |
| General Participant | YOKOI Yu | National Institute of Informatics |
| General Participant | SAKURAI Yuki | Okayama University |
| General Participant | NISHIMICHI Takahiro | Kyoto University |
| General Participant | SUEHARA Taikan | Kyushu University |
| General Participant | YAMASAKI Junichi | Kobe University |
| General Participant | KITAMURA Shuhei | Osaka University |
General Participants (CA)
| title1 | title2 | title3 |
|---|---|---|
| General Participant | Valerie WARD | University of Waterloo |
| General Participant | Adam DAMRY | University of Ottawa |
| General Participant | Amy BILTON | University of Toronto |
| General Participant | David LEITCH | University of Victoria |
| General Participant | Asim BISWAS (Absent) | University of Guelph |
| General Participant | Daniel ALESSI | University of Alberta |
| General Participant | Xiaoxiao LI | University of British Columbia |
| General Participant | Nidhi HEGDE | University of Alberta |
| General Participant | Carrie DEMMANS-EPP | University of Alberta |
| General Participant | Pooya RONAGH | University of Waterloo |
| General Participant | Jess McIVER | University of British Columbia |
| General Participant | Ethel TUNGOHAN | York University |
| General Participant | Yannick DUFRESNE | Université Laval |
| General Participant | Francesca VIDOTTO | The University of Western Ontario |