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● September 30, 2010
1st CMSI Symposium: "Turning the Headwaters of Basic Science into a Torrent of Innovations in Functional Materials and Energy Conversion"
Venue: Tetsumon Memorial Hall, The University of Tokyo
The first CMSI Symposium held to commemorate the official start of the CMSI Program was attended by some 170 persons, including not only representatives from the central CMSI institutions but also representatives from industrial, government and academic organizations throughout Japan.
The opening address for the symposium was given by Professor Shinji Tsuneyuki, the director of CMSI. Professor Tsuneyuki predicted that nex t-ge neration supe rcomputi ng would produce many dramatic achievements, and he noted that the many researchers from the fields of condensed matter physics, molecular research and material research who had come together at CMSI were committed to a chieving breakthroughs based on the philosophy that "more is different." These words were greeted by enthusiastic applause from the assembled participants.
Professor Hideo Hosono of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, the foremost researcher in the area of iron-based superconductive materials, expressed his hopes for the achievements of CMSI, saying that experimenters would respond to achievements in computational science and this would spur research overall. Science journalist Akira Ozeki, a member of the editorial committee of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, expressed his strong support for the initiative, placing it in the context of current trends by saying, "A dialogue between science and society is indispensable for determining and supporting science and technology policy. What's more, scientific knowledge is becoming a source of Japanese culture." The second half of the symposium featured presentations on major research topics on new materials and energy creation: quantum simulations for next-generation semiconductor devices, all-atom calculation of a virus in order to develop antiviral agents, fuel cell and methane hydrate research, a determination of material properties and internal structure, and basic issues in physics and chemistry that constitute the "headwaters" for various applied research projects. Each of these topics can be expected to open up new frontiers in research.
The symposium ended with encouraging words from Professor Kiyoyuki Terakura of the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, who noted that, "It is often said that the period up until the start of the project is when the dream is alive. In this case, I hope you continue to hold fast to your dream even after the project begins."
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● November 11 - 12, 2010
CMSI Workshop: "Basic Science of Novel
Quantum States and New Materials"
Venue: Okazaki Conference Center, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
● January 5 - 7, 2011
Joint Workshop of Institute for Solid State
Physics, CMSI and Next-Generation Func
tional nanomaterials for Information Tech
nology: "Computational Materials Science:
Challenges and Prospects"
Venue: Lecture Hall, Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo
● January 17, 2011
Next Generation Supercomputing Symposium
2010 and 1st Joint Five-field Strategic Program
Workshop
Venue: Nichii Gakkan Co. Kobe Port Island Center
● February 4 - 5, 2011
1st Seminar of the CMSI Computational
Molecular Science Division
Venue: Okazaki Conference Center, National
Institutes of Natural Sciences
● February 7, 2011
CMSI Symposium on Industry-Government-Academic Collaboration
Venue: Akihabara Convention Hall
● February 18, 2011
1st CMSI Seminar on Industry-Government-Academic Collaboration
Venue: Akihabara Convention Hall
● February 22 - 23, 2011
5th Open Symposium on Next-Generation Integrated Nanoscience Simulation Software (Support)
Venue: Lecture Hall, Konan University Port Island Campus
● March 8 - 12, 2011
18th Computational Materials Design (CMD®) Workshop (Support)
Venue: International Institute for Advanced Studies
Organized by: Institute for Nanoscience Design, Osaka University, etc.
● March 9 - 10, 2011
HPC Industrial Use School Nanotech Course (Support)
Venue: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
O r g a n i z e d b y : I n d u s t r i a l C o m m i t t e e f o r Super-computing Promotion
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