Eighth Japanese-American Symposium
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science – U.S. National Academy of Sciences
December 10-12, 2005
Kanagawa, Japan
Sessions:
- Behavioral Game Theory
- Datamining/Machine Learning
- Extra Dimensions of Space
- Life of a Protein: Protein Trafficking and Degradation
- Mind Reading/Brain Machine Interface
- Plasmodics
- Ribosome/Molecular Machine
- Subduction – Megathrust Earthquakes and the Role of Water
Behavioral Game Theory
Organizers: David Reiley and Tamotsu Onozaki
Chair: Martin Dufwenberg, University of Arizona
Speakers:
Jacob Goeree, California Institute of Technology
Naoko Nishimura, Shinshu University
Datamining/Machine Learning
Organizers: Masayuki Numao and Chris Wiggins
Chair: Shusaku Tsumoto, Shimane University School of Medicine
Speakers:
Dana Pe’er, Harvard Medical School
Koji Tsuda, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Extra Dimensions of Space
Organizers: Dana Randall, Jens Gundlach and Kae Nemoto
Chair: Andreas Karch, University of Washington
Speakers:
Masahiro Yamaguchi, Tohoku University
Emanuel Katz, Boston University
Life of a Protein: Protein Trafficking and Degradation
Organizers: Yoshihiro Kubo and Dirk Trauner
Chair: Michisuke Yuzaki, Keio University
Speakers:
Kohji Takei, Okayama University
Dave Bredt University of California, San Francisco
Mind Reading/Brain Machine Interface
Organizers: Katsuyuki Sakai and Blythe Corbett
Chair: Andrew Schwartz, University of Pittsburgh
Speakers:
Yukiyasu Kamitani, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute (ATRI)
Krishna V. Shenoy, Stanford University
Plasmodics
Organizers: Yasuyuki Tsuboi
Chair: Takayuki Okamoto, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)
Speakers:
Kei Murakoshi, Hokkaido University
Xiang Zhang, University of California at Berkeley
Ribosome/Molecular Machine
Organizers: Shelley Copley and Tohru Yoshihisa
Chair: Rachel Green, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Speakers:
Toshifumi Inada, Nagoya University
Scott A. Strobel, Yale University
Subduction – Megathrust Earthquakes and the Role of Water
Organizers: Kerry Sieh and Shigeo Yoshida
Chair: Kazushige Obara, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention
Speakers:
Robert Witter, William Lettis & Associates, Inc.
Masao Nakatani, University of Tokyo