NAMIS International Autumn School 2010
Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
We are extremely happy to host the next NAMIS autumn school at IIS,
Tokyo Japan. We look forward to meeting young researchers from the
world over.
Would the representative of each NAMIS institutes confirm the following, and nominate up to five attendees per institute.
Please discuss with direction (Alain Bosseboeuf) if you need to send in more than five.
Information for Attendees
Core period
17th October - 23th October 2010
School period from the18th to the 22nd
Excursion and visit to a company in the Mt Fuji area (under negotiation, October 20th or 21st)
Access information
The school is held at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, campus Komaba II research campus. You will find all the information to reach the research campus here:
http://www.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/access_e/access_e.html
From Shibuya: take the Inokashira Line (local train, not the express train) and stop at Komaba-Todaimae (5 minutes from Shibuya, 2 stations).
From elsewhere: find your way (metro, train etc...) using http://www.hyperdia.com/. The destinations' stations are Komaba-Todaimae (Inokashira line) or Yoyogi-Uehara (Odakyu line / Chiyoda line).
Arriving at Komaba-Todaimae: Take the stairs located at the head of the train. At the exit, turn right, walk under the railway and then follow the road until the reasearch campus (map on the link bellow). You will arrive at the East gate, the closest to the meeting place: Building An, 2nd floor, Convention centre. Go straight, and then enter the building on the left just before entering the pizzeria.
Address of the campus: 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8505.
Meeting place: Building An, 2nd floor, Convention centre. Please, refer to the map of the campus: http://www.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/access_e/campusmap_e.html
Presentation
All attendees must give a poster presentation + one minutes oral presentation (resume of the poster), so please bring your posters(size arbitrary).
Please update (per institute) your poster titles if you have not done so. Please avoid sending poster titles per attendee. Thank you!
Travel expenses and local costs
Roughly speaking, all except airfare will be supported by the IIS.
1) We ask the airfare and travel expenses between the airport and the
dormitory to be supported by the institute of origin.
2) Lodging in Japan from the 17th of October (check-in ) to the 23th of October
(check-out) will be booked and payed by the IIS.
The night of the 20th will be at Yamanaka Seminar House near Mount
Fuji.
3) From Monday to Friday, all lunch and dinner will be organized and
payed by the IIS (except for Tuesday and/or Thursday evening(s))
4) Schools, experiments and excursions will be payed by the IIS.
5) An extra outing may be planned. Participation fee pending.
Accomodation during the school
1) Check in at the Olympic Centre dormitory is from the 17th (Sunday). Please check out on the 20th. The night of the 20th will be spent at the Yamanaka Seminar House near Mount Fuji. Please check in again at the Olympic Centre on the 21st. Final check out is on the 23rd of October. Ample number of single rooms have already been reserved.
2) Lodging expenses at the dormitory (Olympic Centre), and Yamanaka Seminar House will directly be paid by the IIS, University of Tokyo. You need only to return your keys.
3) Direction to the Olympic Centre can be found at: http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/ The olympic centre is situated close to the Yoyogi Park and a 50m indoors swimming pool. You are welcome to bring clothes for physical activities and swimming.
We have already booked about 60 single rooms. Half of them are equipped with personal bathroom / shower and internet. The other half have shared showers and a shared lounge with LAN connections. For both cases, please bring your own LAN cable.
4) Clothing October in Japan is still warm, though evenings may be chilly, especially in the Mount Fuji district. A wind cheater is useful. Please also bring clothes for physical activities (eg. hikes, soccer) and swimming. A lake is situated at 1 minute walking distance from the Yamanaka Seminar House.
Important Final Notice Before you head for Japan
- Reception of the olympic centre will allocate you to your rooms. Please tell them that you are with "NAMIS".
- Please show up at the Olympic centre reception at 20h, 17th October (Sunday) for a short briefing.
Accomodation before and after the school
For arrivals before the 17th, and departures after the 24th of October, we must ask you to book and pay for hotels yourselves. However, please stay at the Olympic centre during the core period, except for the case where the excursion involves an over-night stay elseware.
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Some useful sites for hotel booking in Tokyo:
- Asia Rooms
- BOOKING.COM
- TOYOKO Inn (less than 7000JPY)
- APA Hotel
Meals
We will have banquets and get togethers on most nights. Lunch will be served from Monday to Friday of the core period. Please specify dietary requirements upon registration.
Accompanying persons
We are sorry but we can not accomodate accompanying persons in this school programme.
Program
Program (pdf) [update : 03/10/2010]
MONDAY, 18th October 2010
| Time | Program |
|---|---|
ROOM Day's Chair 08:00 08:30 |
Building An, 2nd floor, convention center Teruo Fujii Depart from Olympic center to IIS Reception opens |
| 08:30-09:15 | (9:00,irregular start) Prof. Yashiro, Director General OPENING Address |
| 09:15-10:00 | Teruo FUJII |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30-11:15 | Hiroyuki Noji Nano-MechanoChemistry of Biomolecular Motors |
| 11:15-12:00 | Sunghoon Kwon Encoded Particle Based Biochips: Color Barcoded Magnetic Particles and Self-Assembly |
| 12:00-13:00 | |
| 13:00-13:45 | lab visit Fujita lab, Toshiyoshi lab |
| 14:00-15:00 | Hiroyuki Fujita |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30-17:00 | POSTER PRESENTATION (Foyer) |
| 17:00 | Open Questions |
| 18:00-20:00 | BANQUET (Foyer) (in charge: Prof. Kohno) |
TUESDAY, 19th 2010
| Time | Program |
|---|---|
ROOM Day's Chair |
Convention center Akihide HIBARA |
| 08:30-09:15 | Shouji TAKEUCHI MEMS-based tissue engineering |
| 09:15-10:00 | Yannick RONDELEZ Reaction networks : the emergence of complex dynamics from chemical reactions |
| 10:00-10:30 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:30-11:15 | Akihide HIBARA Micro chemical system-onchip |
| 11:15-12:00 | Masakazu SUGIYAMA Surface modification of 3D structures with nanomaterials |
| 12:00-13:00 | LUNCH (Foyer) |
| 13:00-13:45 | visit Fujii lab, Takeuchi lab, visit Kawakatsu lab, Kim lab |
| 14:00-18:00 | BIO EXPERIMENT or Introduction to a mini robot (Foyer) |
| 18:00-20:00 | Informal gettogether (olympic centre) |
WEDNESDAY, 20th 2010
| Time | Program |
|---|---|
ROOM Day's Chair |
Convention center / Excursion Hiroshi TOSHIYOSHI / Dominique COLLARD |
| 08:30-09:15 | Hiroshi TOSHIYOSHI RF and optical MEMS |
| 09:15-10:00 | Takashi KOHNO Neuromorphic systems for MEMS |
| 10:00-10:30 | COFFE BREAK |
| 10:30-11:15 | Yuji Suzuki Energy Harvesting and Power MEMS |
| 11:15-12:00 | Excursion To a company Near Mont Fuji |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch box |
| 14:00- | Company Visit, move to Naito seminar house |
| 18:00 | Dinner |
THURSDAY, 21st 2010
| Time | Program |
|---|---|
| 08:30-09:15 | move from excursion to IIS by bus |
| 10:00-10:30 | |
| 10:30-11:15 | |
| 11:15-12:00 | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch (foyer) |
| 13:00-13:45 | visit Fujii lab, Takeuchi lab, visit Kawakatsu lab, Kim lab |
| 14:00-18:30 | Introduction to a mini robot (Foyer) or BIO EXPERIMENT |
| 18:00 | Apero / free evening |
FRIDAY, 22nd 2010
| Time | Program |
|---|---|
ROOM Day's Chair |
Convention center Shouji TAKEUCHI |
| 08:30-09:15 | Claude LUCAT (CNRS/IMS) Screen printing for MEMS |
| 09:15-10:00 | Anne-Claire SALAÜN Silicon nanowires-based devices: synthesis, surface functionalization for chemical and biosensing applications |
| 10:00-10/30 | COFFE BREAK |
| 10:30-11:15 | Noboru ISHIHARA Integration of RF CMOS and MEMS |
| 11:15-12:00 | Jong-Mo SEO Nano- and micro- devices in biomedical research: Ideal vs. Real |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch (Foyer) |
| 14:00-15:00 | PROF Yasuhiko Arakawa Quantum dots and photonic crystal for nanophotonics |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30- | presentation by the participants (in charge: Prof. S. Takeuchi et al.) discussions on the autumn school Presentation of awards |
| 18:00- | DINNER(Downtown) (in charge: Prof. S. Takeuchi) |
Transportation systems
Tokyo Metro (subway) is the most efficient way to move around in Tokyo.
http://www.tokyometro.jp/e/
If you use the metro for more than 4 times a day, consider the one day free pass, available at all metro stations. Please see One day ticket.
- Tokyo offers several transporation systems.
- Public transportation system by Metropolitan Tokyo
- Odakyu Electric Railway
- Keio Railway
- The Japan Railway Company (JR)
Attention
Details of Autumn School will be updated each time new information comes up.