Japanese-American-German Frontiers of Science Symposium | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Research Cooperation Division,
International Program Department,
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, JAPAN
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FAX +81-3-3234-3700

Date	:	September 21~September 24, 2017
Venue	:	Steigenberger Hotel Bad Neuenahr, Germany
Co-organizers	:	U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (AvH)


	Session Topics:
	- Sleep Brain: Why do we need sleep? - Materials and Chemistry to Develop Alternative Energy Resources - Deep-time insights into rapid climate change - Machine Learning & Computational Modeling - Gravitational waves and their discovery - Social and socioeconomic Inequality
	Program (PDF) Abstract & Glossary (PDF) Report on the JAGFoS Symposium by PGM Co-Chair Dr. Wakamiya (PDF) Questionnaire Results (PDF)


	List of Participants:
	PGM: Planning Group Member

Sleep Brain: Why do we need sleep? (Biology / Life Sciences)
PGM	Masao Doi	Kyoto University
PGM	Jhumku Kohtz	Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine & Children's Research Institute
PGM	Ulrich Hammes	TU Munich
Introductory Speaker	Akiko Hida	National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Speaker	Jessica D. Payne	University of Notre Dame
Speaker	Eva Winnebeck	LMU Munich
Materials and Chemistry to Develop Alternative Energy Resources (Chemistry / Materials Science)
PGM（co-chair）	Atsushi Wakamiya	Kyoto University
PGM	Jennifer Strunk	Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT)
Introductory Speaker	Itaru Osaka	Hiroshima University
Speaker	Jodie Lutkenhaus	Texas A&M University
Speaker	Radim Beránek	University of Ulm
Deep-time insights into rapid climate change (Earth Science / Geosciences / Environmental Sciences)
PGM	Hiroshi Tanimoto	National Institute for Environmental Studies
PGM（co-chair）	David Fike	Washington University
PGM	Enno Schefuss	University of Bremen
Introductory Speaker	John Higgins	Princeton University
Speaker	Ryu Uemura	University of the Ryukyus
Speaker	Eva Niedermeyer	Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre BiK-F
Machine Learning & Computational Modeling ((Applied) Mathematics / Computer Science / Engineering)
PGM	Norimichi Ukita	Toyota Technological Institute
PGM	Maria-Florina (Nina) Balcan	Carnegie-Mellon University
PGM	Monique Janneck	Lübeck University of Applied Sciences
Introductory Speaker	Matthias Hein	Saarland University
Speaker	Kuo-Ching Liang	Keio University
Speaker	Daniel Hsu	Columbia University
Gravitational waves and their discovery (Physics / Astrophysics)
PGM	Sakura Takeda	Nara Institute of Science and Technology
PGM	Jason Rhodes	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
PGM	Andrey Surzhykov	Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Introductory Speaker	Tyson Littenberg	NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Speaker	Tomotada Akutsu	National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Speaker	Michèle Heurs	University of Hannover
Social and Socioeconomic Inequality (Social Sciences)
PGM	Daiji Kawaguchi	The University of Tokyo
PGM	Scott Kominers	Harvard University
PGM（co-chair）	Dariuš Zifonun	Philipps-Universität Marburg
Introductory Speaker	Kathrin Loer	University of Hagen
Speaker	Hiroko Okudaira	Okayama University
Speaker	John Eric Humphries	Yale University

General Participants (Japan)
Yuki Arase	Osaka University
Wataru Fujiya	Ibaraki University
Akiko Hayashi-Takagi	Gunma University
Yoko Kebukawa	Yokohama National University
Mizuki Komura	Musashi University
Kenichi Kuriyama	Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital
Shohei Nobuhara	Kyoto University
Tatsuo Nozaki	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Akinori Saeki	Osaka University
Hiroto Saigo	Kyushu University
Nami Sakai	RIKEN
Takuya Sekiguchi	National Institute of Informatics
Yoichi Sugita	Hitotsubashi University
Kazumasa Takeuchi	Tokyo Institute of Technology
Junichiro Yamaguchi	Waseda University
Akiyasu Yamamoto	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Yasuo Yoshida	The University of Tokyo

General Participants (USA)
Jessica Brown	University of Notre Dame
Katherine Dooley	University of Mississippi
Ryan Foley	University of California, Santa Cruz
Wendy Gordon	University of Minnesota
Matthew Hirn	Michigan State University
David Jones	Amherst College
Kristy Kroeker	University of California
Amanda Morris	Virginia Tech
Wesley Pegden	Carnegie Mellon University
Anne Perring	CIRES / NOAA
Shayne Piasta	The Ohio State University
Zachary Pincus	Washington University in St. Louis
Nicholas Pyenson	Smithsonian Institution
Christina Riehl	Princeton University
Makeba Wilbourn	Duke University
Jonathan Wilson	Haverford College

General Participant (Germany)
Kathrin Maria Aziz-Lange	Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Aliaksandr S. Bandarenka	TU Munich
Stefan Yoshi Buhmann	University of Freiburg
Lars Dittrich	German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Steffen Gais	Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Gregor Knorr	Alfred-Wegener-Institute
Ulrike Kramm	Technische Universität Darmstadt
Stefanie Kroker	PTB Braunschweig / Technische Universität Braunschweig
Tilo Mentler	University of Lübeck
Anne Pfeiffer	Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
Michael Prilla	Clausthal University of Technology
Janet Rethemeyer	University of Cologne
Astrid Rosenthal-von der Pütten	University of Duisburg-Essen
Sergey Rykovanov	Helmholtz Institute Jena
Christoph Schmal	Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Janina Söhn	Göttingen University
Nicole Zillien	University of Trier