3rd Japanese-American-German Symposium
September 16-18, 2022
Irvine, California, US
Sessions:
- Algorithms for Fairness in the Real World
- Ethnocentrism in Science: What are we missing and Why?
- Origin of Elements
- Slow Earthquakes
- Small Molecule Activation and Conversion by Inorganic Complexes and Materials
- Synthetic Biology, Artificial Organisms, and Artificial Ecosystems
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
