Co-Chairs:
Arup Chakraborty, Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Ichiro Kanaya, Osaka University
STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGIES FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Organizers: Hideki Mima, University of Tokyo, and Jeff Heflin, Lehigh University
Wikipedia Mining
Kotaro Nakayama, University of Tokyo
Large-Scale Cross-Domain Information Retrieval and its Visualization for Next-Generation Knowledge Management and Sharing
Yoshinori Takenami, Sumitomo Electric Information Systems Co., Ltd.
Cyber-Infrastructure Support for Engineering
Paulo Pinheiro da Silva, University of Texas at El Paso
Large Knowledge-Based Systems and the Semantic Web
Mark Greaves, Vulcan, Inc.
BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES IN BRAIN SCIENCE
Organizers: Tamami Fukushi, Japan Science and Technology Agency, and Warren Grill, Duke University
Optogenetic Interfaces for Recording and Stimulation of the Nervous System
Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University
Engineering Approach to Brain Signal Processing: Development of Intelligent Si Neural Probes
Tetsu Tanaka, Tohoku University
Exogenous Control of Neuronal Activity to Decipher the Role of Neural Populations in Disease
Joanna Jankowsky, Baylor College of Medicine
Social Neuroscience: New Insight of Neural Population Activity Explained by Next-Generation Brain-Machine Interface
Naotaka Fujii, RIKEN
NOVEL MATERIALS FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Organizers: Mohan Manoharan, GE Global Research, and Hideyuki Murakami, National Institute for Materials Science
Development of Self-Oscillating Gel for Biomimetic Materials
Ryo Yoshida, University of Tokyo.
Molecularly-directed Nanostructure Synthesis, Assembly, and Interfacial Engineering for Emerging Applications
Ganpati Ramanath, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Development of Multifunctional Alloy "Gum Metal" and its Industrial Application
Shigeru Kuramoto, Toyota Central Reserch Lab
Nanomanufacturing
James Rudd, GE Global Research
MODELING GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Organizers: Junichi Fujino, National Institute for Environmental Studies, and Ruby Leung, Pacific Northwest National lab
Impacts of Aerosols on the Climate System and the Challenge of Modeling Aerosols and their Interactions with Clouds in Earth System Models
Athanasios Nenes, Georgia Institute of Technology
Challenge of Modeling Tropical Convection and Clouds in Very High Resolution Models and Implications for Climate Prediction
Hiroaki Miura, Frontiers Research Center for Global Change
Global Water Resources Issues and the Challenge of Global Hydrological Modeling
Naota Hanasaki, National Institute for Environmental Studies
Modeling Global Climate Change: Challenge of Integrated Assessment Modeling and Relevance to Economic and Climate Policy
Geoffrey Blanford, Electric Power Research Institute