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3rd Japanese-American-German Symposium

September 16-18, 2022
Irvine, California, US

Sessions:

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 Algorithms for Fairness in the Real World

Planning Group Members: Shohei Nobuhara, Wesley Pegden and Michael Tangermann

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Algorithms for Fairness in the Real World
Simina Branzei, Purdue University

SPEAKERS:
On Computing Envy-Free Allocations of Indivisible Resources
Robert Bredereck, Clausthal University of Technology

Fair and Efficient Allocation of Indivisible Resource
IGARASHI Ayumi, National Institute of Informatics

 Ethnocentrism in Science: What are we missing and Why?

Organizers: Sarah E. Cowie, Jun Goto and Nadine Schöneck-Voss

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Ethnocentrism in Science: What are we missing and Why?
Magdalena Nowicka, Humboldt University Berlin

SPEAKER:
Contextualizing Indigneity and Bicolonialism
Debra Harry, University of Nevada, Reno

 Origin of Elements

Planning Group Members: Anna Grassellino, Yoshifumi Nakata and Ursula Wurstbauer

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Origin of Elements
Camilla Juul Hansen, Goethe University Frankfurt

SPEAKERS:
The Dark Universe
Yonatan Kahn, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Neutron Star Mergers and the Origin of Heavy Elements
SEKIGUCHI Yuichiro, Toho University

 Slow Earthquakes

Planning Group Members: Ann Cook, Ilka Weikusat and Teppei Yasunari

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Slow Earthquakes: Wher Physics, Geology and Disaster Sciences Meet
Yo FUKUSHIMA, Tohoku University

SPEAKERS:
The Many Manifestations of Slow Earthquakes and Their Interpretation
Amanda Thomas, University of Oregon

Insights on Fault Motion from Laboratory Experiments at Tectonic Plate Rates
Matt J. Ikari, Marum, Center for Marine Environmental Science, University of Bremen

 Small Molecule Activation and Conversion by Inorganic Complexes and Materials

Planning Group Members: Christine Beemelmanns, Charles McCroy and Itaru Osaka

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Homogenous and Heterogeneous Materials for Solar Energy Conversion
Smaranda C. Marinescu, University of Southern California

SPEAKERS:
Design of Photocatalyst Materials for Solar Hydrogen Production and Carbon Dioxide Conversion
NAKADA Akinobu, Kyoto University

The Wavelength Matters
Bartholomäus Pieber, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam

 Synthetic Biology, Artificial Organisms, and Artificial Ecosystems

Planning Group Members: W. Florian Fricke, Zachary Pincus and Masato Yamamichi

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Synthetic Biology, Arficial Organisms and Artificial Ecoysystems
TOJU Hirokazu, Kyoto University

SPEAKERS:
Designing and Harnessing Synthetic Microbial Ecoysystems for Sustainable Bio-Manufacturing: Opportunities and Challenges
Xiaoxia ("Nina") Lin, University of Michigan

Artificial Ecoysystem in Microbiota Research - From Reductionist Approaches to Complex Systems
Till Strowig, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig


The Japanese-American-German Frontiers of Science symposia are sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Japan Society for t the Promotion of Science and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.  Major support is provided by the Kavli Foundation, with additional funding from the National Academy of Sciences

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