Preface 

The Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR) at Tohoku University is one of nine Centers established by World Premier International Research Center Initiative Program (WPI) of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), aimed at developing world-class research bases in Japan.

The mission of AIMR is to develop innovative materials useful for society by promoting understanding and control of materials based on a systematic knowledge ranging from atoms through meso- to macro-scale. To accomplish this mission, we took a strategy of a strong collaboration of mathematics and materials science by introducing the four target projects:

  • (1) Non-equilibrium Materials based on Mathematical Dynamical Systems,
  • (2) Topological Functional Materials,
  • (3) Multi-Scale Hierarchical Materials based on Discrete Geometric Analysis.
  • (4) The Core Technology for Nano Energy Devices,

To promote research activities towards the missions of AIMR, we will organize AMIS2017 from February 12 through 17, 2017. AMIS2017 entitled “The 10th Anniversary of AIMR congratulating Mathematics-Materials Science Collaboration”, and AMIS2017 focuses on the above four target projects.

This year, as the event commemorating the tenth anniversary of AIMR foundation, we would like to share our accomplishments based on the four themes, and in order to achieve further development of new innovative materials which contribute to our society, let us introduce our research progresses and have opportunities to exchange opinions with worldwide researchers at the AMIS2017.

Committees 

Organizing committee

  • Motoko Kotani (Chair)

    Institute Director

  • Mingwei Chen

    Leader of Non-equilibrium Materials group

  • Katsumi Tanigaki

    Leader of Materials Physics group

  • Tadafumi Adschiri

    Leader of Soft Materials group

  • Tomokazu Matsue

    Leader of Device/Systems group

  • Yasumasa Nishiura

    Leader of Mathematical Science group

  • Masaru Tsukada

    Administrative Director

Scientific Committee

  • J Georg Bednorz

    Fellow, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, 1987 Physics Nobel Laureate

  • Herbert Gleiter

    Professor, Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

  • Venkatesh Narayanamurti

    John A. & Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor, Harvard University

  • Ei-ichi Negishi

    Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor, Purdue University, 2010 Chemistry Nobel Laureate

  • Shigefumi Mori

    Director-General, Distinguished Professor, The Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS), 1990 Fields Medal