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September 8, 2017

The 1st Joint Workshop of Nanyang Technological University and Osaka University on Fundamental Science

Nanyang Technological University (NTU,Singapore) and Osaka University (OU) are taking initiatives for increasing research collaboration in all fields of the fundamental sciences. Further collaboration will also make possible the start of a dual-degree program for doctoral students of the two universities. In this first workshop of a series, topics in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology will be discussed.                                                                  

 

Parallel Session 1 Mathematics
Date: September 28, 2017
Venue: E404 meeting room, 4th floor, Graduate School of Science Bldg. E, Osaka University
            https://www.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/access-maps/
PROGRAM
09:00- Opening remarks and Coffee
09:30-10:00  Chaoping Xing (NTU) On torsion limit of Jacobian varieties over finite fields
10:10-10:40  Seidai Yasuda (OU) Existence of a tamely rational function on a curve
10:50-11:20  Viet Ha Hoang (NTU) Numerical Solutions of Stochastic Partial Differential
                     Equations
11:30-12:00  Haruya Mizutani (OU) Eigenvalue and eigenfunction bounds for
                    multidimensional Schrödinger operators

 Lunch break
Short talks (10-15min.)
13:30- Gaku Hoshino (OU) Analytic smoothing effect for the nonlinear Schrödinger
           equations without square integrability
13:50- Kotaro Kawatani (OU) Root systems and derived categories
14:10- Hiroaki Nakamura (OU) Chebyshev type polynomials with XY-skeletons
14:30-15:00 Coffee break
15:00-15:30 Gary Royden Watson Greaves (NTU) On algebraic integers and combinatorial
                   objects
15:45-16:15 Hiroshi Sugita (OU) Secure pseudorandom generator for Monte Carlo
                    integration
16:30-17:00 Li Lian Wang (NTU) High-order simulations of wave scattering problems

 

Parallel Session 2 Physics
Date: September 28-29, 2017
Venue: H701 meeting room, 7th floor, Graduate School of Science Bldg. H, Osaka University
            https://www.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/access-maps/
PROGRAM
September 28, 2017
09:00 – 09:10 Opening remarks by Masayuki Asakawa(OU)
09:10 – 09:40 Rainer Dumke (NTU) Superconducting atom chips: towards quantum
                      hybridization
09:40 – 10:10 Yasuhiro Niimi (OU) Spin current as a probe to detect spin dynamics
10:10 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 11:00 Mikito Koshino (OU) Physics of topological nodal semimetals
11:00 – 11:30 Pinaki Sengupta (NTU) Strange correlations in Symmetry Protected
                      Topological phases
11:30 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 – 13:30 Setsuko Tajima (OU) Electron-hole asymmetry in a doped Mott insulator:
                      Revisit the cuprate phase diagram
13:30 – 14:00 Bent Weber (NTU) Quantum Electronic Devices at the Atomic Limit
14:00 – 14:10 Coffee break
14:10 – 14:40 Hiroshi Murakawa (OU) Enhancement of magnetoresistance in a molecular
                      conductor and a binary semimetal
14:40 – 15:10 Siew Ann Cheong (NTU) From the Knowledge of Physics to the Physics of
                      Knowledge
15:10 – 15:30 Discussions for future collaboration

September 29, 2017
Lab visit 


Parallel Session 3 Chemistry and Biology

Date: September 28, 2017
Venue: F608 meeting room, 6th floor, Graduate School of Science Bldg. F, Osaka University
           https://www.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/access-maps/
PROGRAM
09:00-09:10 Opening remarks by Takashi Kubo(OU)

Parallel Session 3 MORNING SESSION (BIOLOGY)
09:10-09:35  Zbynek Bozdech (NTU) Malaria:the re-emerging infectious agent as a global
                    threat
09:35-10:00  Tatsuo Kakimoto (OU)  Regulatory mechanisms for plant development:
                     intercellular communication and transcriptional regulation
10:00-10:25  Andrew Tan (NTU)  An overview of the roles of angiopoietin-like 4 in metastasis
                    and inflammation-associated pulmonary damage
10:25-10:35  Coffee break
10:35-11:00  Sakiko Shiga (OU)  Neurobiological study of the seasonal timing system
                     in insects
11:00-11:25  Cheng Gee Koh (NTU)  POPX2 phosphatase exhibits dual regulatory functions
                     in cancer metastasis
11:25-11:50  Kotaro Kimura (OU)  The molecular mechanism for decision-making
                     revealed from worms
11:50-13:00   Lunch break
13:00-13:20   Cheng Gee Koh (NTU) Introduction of NTU

Parallel Session 3 AFTERNOON SESSION (CHEMISTRY)
13:20-13:45  Weng Kee Leong (NTU)  Research in the EM Clusters Laboratory
13:45-14:10  Takuya Matsumoto (OU)  Time-resolved electrostatic force microscopy towards
                     imaging of electron transfer between molecules
14:10-14:35  Xing Yi Ling (NTU)  Using Nanoparticle-assembled Fluid-Fluid Interfaces to
                     Reveal Chemical Reactions at Molecular Level
14:35-15:50   Coffee break
15:50-15:15  Naoto Ishikawa (OU)   Coupling of 4f electrons and Photo-Excited Cyclic π
                     electrons in Single Molecule Magnets
15:15-15:40  Gang Chen (NTU)  Studying RNA mechanical unfolding dynamics using optical
                     tweezers and targeting RNA structures with chemically-modified dsRNA-binding
                     PNAs
15:40-16:05   Kazuhiko Nakatani (OU) Regulation of –1 Ribosomal Frameshifting by Small
                      Molecules
16:05-16:15   Closing remarks by Xing Yi Ling (NTU)
16:15-17:00   Discussions for future collaborations

NTU Delegates
Prof. Yeow Meng Chee, Chair, School of Physics and Mathematical Science
Assoc. Prof. Rainer Dumke, Division of Physics & Applied Physics
Assoc. Prof. Pinaki Sengupta, Division of Physics & Applied Physics
Assoc. Prof. Siew Ann Cheong, Division of Physics & Applied Physics
Asst. Prof. Bent Weber, Division of Physics & Applied Physics
Asst. Prof. Justin Chien Wen Song, Division of Physics & Applied Physics
Prof. Zbynek Bozdech, School of Biological Sciences
Assoc. Prof. Andrew Tan, School of Biological Sciences
Assoc. Prof. Cheng Gee Koh, School of Biological Sciences
Prof. Chaoping Xing, Division of Mathematical Sciences
Assoc. Prof. Li Lian Wang, Division of Mathematical Sciences
Assoc. Prof. Viet Ha Hoang, Division of Mathematical Sciences
Asst. Prof. Gary R. W. Greaves, Division of Mathematical Sciences
Assoc. Prof. Weng Kee Leong, Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry
Assoc. Prof. Xing Yi Ling, Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry
Asst. Prof. Gang Chen, Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry
Prof. Shunsuke Chiba, Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry
Assoc. Prof. Edwin Kok Lee Yeow, Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry

SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Mathematics: Prof. H. Nakamura (OU) and Prof. C. Xing (NTU)
Physics: Prof. M. Koshino (OU) and Prof. R. Dumke (NTU)
Chemistry & Biology: Prof. T. Kubo (OU) and Asst. Prof. G. Chen (NTU)

CO-CHAIRING THE WORKSHOP
Prof. S. Tajima, Dean of Graduate School of Science (OU)
Prof. Y. M. Chee, Chair of School of Physics and Mathematical Science (NTU)

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Prof. Y. Kuno (Chair), Prof. T. Kubo, Assoc Prof. L. Baiotti, Assoc Prof. Y. Tak

CONTACT
All matters related to this program should be addressed to gssadmis@sci.osaka-u.ac.jp 

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