2nd Japanese-American-German Symposium
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Brighton Hotel - Kyoto, Japan
September 26-29, 2019
Sessions:
- Collective Intelligence
- The Entanglement Frontier: Quantum Information
- The Origin of Cooperation
- Phase-changing Droplets as Nontraditional Organelles
- Plastics in the Ocean and Microplastics
- Soft Matter and Metamaterials
Video Available
Collective Intelligence
Planning Group Members: Sanaz Mostaghim, Shohei Nobuhara and Wesley Pegden
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Collective Intelligence via Markov Chains and Emergent Phenomena
Sarah Cannon, Claremont McKenna College
SPEAKERS: Robofish – A biomimetic fish-like robot for the study of collective behavior
David Bierbach, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin
A Machine Learning Approach to Modeling the Phenomena of Collective Intelligence
Yoichi Mototake, The University of Tokyo
The Entanglement Frontier: Quantum Information
Organizers: Kate Ross, Keiko Takase and Ursula Wurstbauer
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: The Entanglement Frontier: Quantum Information
Kai Müller, Technical University of Munich
SPEAKERS: Quantum Information Processing Based on Color Centers
Marina Radulaski, University of California, Davis
Entanglement and Information Retrieval from Black Holes
Yoshifumi Nakata, Kyoto University
The Origin of Cooperation
Planning Group Members: Mandy Boehnke, Scott Kominers and Hisaki Kono
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: The Origin of Cooperation
Dirk Semmann, University of Göttingen
SPEAKERS: On the Origins and Persistence of Altruism
Jun Goto, Kobe University
Harnessing Reputations to Promote Altruism
Erez Yoeli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Phase-changing Droplets as Nontraditional Organelles
Planning Group Members: Akiko Hayashi-Takagi, Zachary Pincus and Tim Nicolai Siegel
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Organelles without Borders: How Liquid Droplets Organize the Cell … and May Hold the Key to Curing Disease and Solving the Origin of Life
Stephanie Weber, McGill University
SPEAKERS: Decoding Plasticity in the Dark Proteome
Edward Lemke, EMBL Heidelberg and Johannes Gutenbuerg University Mainz
Non-membranous Organelles Underlying Learning and Memory
Tokiwa Yamasaki, Keio University
Plastics in the Ocean and Microplastics
Planning Group Members: Kristy Kroeker, Chika Minejima and Ilka Weikusat
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Nobody Knows the Environmental Fate of Plastic Garbage
Shuhei Tanaka, Kyoto University
SPEAKERS: Transport and Fate of Microplastic in the Environment
Annika Jahnke, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig
Plastic Waste Inputs from Land into the Ocean: Science and Solutions
Jenna Jambeck, University of Georgia
Soft Matter and Metamaterials
Planning Group Members: Jodie Lutkenhaus, Itaru Osaka and Stefan Schiller
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Next-generation Materials –– Mimic and Surpass Natural Organisms
Yasuhiro Ishida, RIKEN
SPEAKERS: Atomic Force Microscopy: From Single Molecules to Soft Materials
Bizan N. Balzer, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
The Light Side of the Force: Upconverting Nanoparticles as Optical Transducers Of Biological Forces
Jennifer A. Dionne, Stanford University
The Japanese-American-German Frontiers of Science symposia are sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Major support is provided by the Kavli Foundation with additional support from the National Academy of Sciences.
