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

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	Date	:	September 6　- September 9, 2018
	Venue	:	Kyoto Brighton Hotel (Kyoto, Japan)


	Session Topics:
	- Speciation genomics: How new species are formed - Molecular encryption and processing of information - Astrobiology: Life in extreme conditions - Programmable matter: The future of robotics - New observations for cosmology - Mechanisms of sociocultural evolution
	Program(PDF)
	Abstract & Glossary(PDF)
	Report of the 14th JGFoS Symposium by PGM Co-Chair Dr. Hasegawa (PDF)
	Questionnaire Results(PDF)


	List of Participants:
	PGM: Planning Group Member

Speciation genomics: How new species are formed (Biology / Life Science)
PGM	Naoki Osada	Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University
PGM	Tim Nicolai Siegel	Biomedical Center Munich, Physiological Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Introductory speaker	Masato Yamamichi	Department of General Systems Studies, The University of Tokyo
Speaker	Claudius Kratochwil	Department of Biology, University of Konstanz
Speaker	Asano Ishikawa	National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information Systems
Molecular encryption and processing of information (Chemistry / Materials Science)
PGM	Keiichi Inoue	Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo
PGM	Stefan Schiller	Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg Center for Biological Systems Analysis (ZBSA)
Introductory speaker	Alexander Schiller	Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Jena
Speaker	Andreas Walther	Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Freiburg
Speaker	Akihito Ishizaki	Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Astrobiology: Life in extreme conditions (Earth Science / Geosciences / Environment)
PGM	Tomohiro Usui	Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
PGM	Thomas Laepple	Helmholtz Young Investigators Group ECUS, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Introductory speaker	Ralf Möller Jean-Pierre de Vera (Absent)	German Aerospace Center, Cologne Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center, Berlin
Speaker	Sihane Merouane	Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen
Speaker	Yoshihiro Furukawa	Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University
Programmable matter: The future of robotics (Mathematics / Informatics / Engineering)
PGM	Shohei Hidaka	Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
PGM	Sanaz Mostaghim	Faculty of Computer Science, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Introductory speaker	Florian Röhrbein	Informatics Department, TU Munich
Speaker	Mariana Medina Sánchez	Micro- and Nanobiomedical Engineering Group Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Material Research, Dresden
Speaker	Jun Nakanishi	Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Meijo University
New observations for cosmology (Physics / Astrophysics)
PGM (Co-Chair)	Yasuhiro Hasegawa	Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Engineering, Saitama University
PGM (Co-Chair)	Michael Schmiedeberg	Institute of Theoretical Physics 1, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Introductory speaker	Kohei Yorita	Graduate school of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University
Speaker	Nadine Neumayer	Research Group Galactic Nuclei, Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy (MPIA)
Speaker	Keiko Kokeyama	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo
Mechanisms of sociocultural evolution (Social Sciences)
PGM	Yui Arimatsu	Graduate School of Letters, Hiroshima University
PGM	Mandy Boehnke	Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS)
Introductory speaker	Hisashi Nakao	Department of Anthropology and Philosophy, Nanzan University
Speaker	Anne Kandler	Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
Speaker	Kohei Tamura	Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University

General Participants (Japan)
General Participant	Yuki Ishikawa	Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
General Participant	Hitoshi Takizawa	International Research Center for Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
General Participant	Hiroharu Ajiro	Institute for Research Initiatives, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
General Participant	Kumiko Hayashi	Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
General Participant	Shigeyuki Betsuyaku	Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
General Participant	Aki Takigawa	The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research/Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University
General Participant	Kanako Morohaku	School of Science and Technology, Institute of Agriculture, Shinshu University
General Participant	Jun Muto	Graduate School of Sciences, Tohoku University
General Participant	Kazunori Komatani	The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University
General Participant	Makiko Sasada	Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
General Participant	Mahito Sugiyama	Principles of Informatics Research Division, National Institute of Informatics
General Participant	Kyoko Ishizaka	Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
General Participant	Yoko Yamanishi	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University
General Participant	Natsuho Tomabechi	Faculty of Information Technology and Social Sciences, Osaka University of Economics
General Participant	Yuichiro Fujioka	Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Global Society, Kyushu University

General Participants (Germany)
General Participant	Falk Butter	Institute of Molecular Biology, Mainz
General Participant	Ralf Möller	German Aerospace Center, Cologne
General Participant	Steffen Pauls	Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt am Main
General Participant	Cornelia Lee-Thedieck (Absent)	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
General Participant	Ana-Nicoleta Bondar	Freie Universitaet Berlin
General Participant	Jan-Peter Duda	University of Goettingen
General Participant	Ilka Weikusat	Alfred Wegener Institute Bremerhaven
General Participant	Alexander Spröwitz	Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart
General Participant	Andreas Ruttor (Absent)	Technical University Berlin
General Participant	Corinna Maass	Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen
General Participant	Stefan Ohm (Absent)	Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
General Participant	Andreas Haertel	University of Freiburg
General Participant	Adam Powell	Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena
General Participant	Nadine Schöneck-Voss	University of Applied Sciences Niederrhein
General Participant	Amir Madany Mamlouk	University of Luebeck