2019


(Dec. 22) 1st Young Scientist Meeting of “Interface IONICS”
Dr. Tateyama gave a lecture about computational interface science in the 22 December 2019: Dr. Tateyama gave a lecture about computational interface science in the 1st Young Scientist Meeting of MEXT KAKENHI Project “Interface IONICS”, held in Narita. Dr. Gao gave a short oral talk in the young scientist session.
(Dec. 20) Party for Hong-Kang-san and year-end
We had a welcome party for Dr. Hong-Kang Tian and the year-end party 2019 together. [Group photo]
(Dec. 13) MRM2019
Dr. Tateyama, Dr. Jalem, Dr. Gao gave poster presentations in Materials Research Meeting (MRM) 2019, held in Yokohama, Japan.
(Dec. 10) 33rd annual meeting of the Molecular Simulation Society of Japan
Dr. Tateyama gave an invited talk in the 33rd annual meeting of the Molecular Simulation Society of Japan, held in Nagoya.
(Dec. 09) The 58th Tamaki Kajuro Open Symposium
Dr. Tateyama gave an invited lecture in the 58th Tamaki Kajuro Open Symposium held in Kyoto Univ.
(Dec. 04) TAC-MI 1st International Forum
Dr. Tateyama attended TAC-MI 1st International Forum, organized by Tokyo Tech Academy for Convergence of Materials and Informatics
(Dec. 01) Welcome, Hong-Kang-san
Dr. Hong-Kang Tian joined the IFCS group as a NIMS post-doc researcher. Welcome, Hong-Kang san!
(Nov. 30) 29th Annual Meeting of MRS-J
Dr. Jalem gave an invited talk in the 29th Annual Meeting of MRS-J, held in Yokohama.
(Nov. 28) 13th Joint Research Meeting of MEXT National Projects on Condensed-Matter Science
Dr. Tateyama gave an invited talk in the 13th Joint Research Meeting of MEXT National Projects on Condensed-Matter Science, held in the Hongo Campus of The Univ. of Tokyo.
(Nov. 25) ACEPS-10
Dr. Tateyama gave an invited talk and Dr. Jalem & Dr. Gao gave contributed talks in the 10th Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources (ACEPS-10), held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. [Photo: Tateyama, Jalem, Gao, Tian]
(Nov. 01) The 6th Project Report Meeting of the HPCI System Including K computer
Dr. Tateyama & Dr. Ishikawa gave a poster presentation in the 6th Project Report Meeting of the HPCI System Including K computer.
(Nov. 01) Congratulations, Atsushi-san!
Dr. Atsushi Ishikawa joined the IFCS group as a NIMS senior researcher (Permanent staff). Congratulations, Atsushi-san!
(Oct. 30) Asian-22
Dr. Tateyama gave an invited talk and Dr. Jalem, Dr. Ishikawa, Dr. B. Gao, Dr. Youn, Dr. X. Gao gave the poster presentations in the 22nd Asian Workshop on First-Principles Electronic Structure Calculations (ASIAN-22), held in Osaka Univ.
(Oct. 23) Party for Anh-san
We had a welcome lunch for Dr. The Anh Le. [Group photo]
(Oct. 16) Lecture in The Univ. of Tokyo
Dr. Tateyama gave a special lecture in The Univ. of Tokyo.
(Oct. 09) Lecture in Tokyo Univ. of Science
Dr. Tateyama gave a special lecture in Tokyo Univ. of Science.
(Oct 01) Lecture series in Waseda Univ.
Dr. Ishikawa gave the lectures series for undergraduate students in Waseda Univ.
(Oct. 01) Welcome, Anh-san
Dr. The Anh Le joined the IFCS group as a NIMS post-doc researcher. Welcome, Anh-san!
(Sep. 24) 2nd Garnet Conference
Dr. Tateyama gave an invited talk and Dr. Jalem & Dr. Gao presented posters in 2nd World Conference on Solid Electrolytes for Advanced Applications: Garnets and Competitors (Garnet Conference), organized by Prof. Yasutoshi Iriyama, held in Shizuoka, Japan. Dr. Gao won a poster-presentation award. [Photo: Gao with Prof. Iriyama, Prof. Weppner in the award ceremony]
(Sep. 19) Annual meeting of Japan Society for Molecular Science
Dr. Tateyama gave an contribute talk in the annual meeting of Japan Society for Molecular Science, held in Nagoya. Univ. [Photo: with Prof. Mike L. Klein (Temple U), Prof. Yuko Okamoto (Nagoya U), and Prof. Akihiro Morita (Tohoku U)]
(Sep. 17) 1st open symposium of “Interface IONICS”
The 1st open symposium of the MEXT KAKENHI Project “Interface IONICS” was held in Nagoya Univ.
(Sep. 06) Party for Yang-san, Fumiya-san and Yong-san
We had a farewell party for Dr. Yang Sun and Mr. Fumiya Murase (internship student). We appreciate their working in the IFCS group. At the same time, we organized a welcome party for Dr. Yong Youn. [Group photo]
(Sep. 01) Welcome, Yong-san
Dr. Yong Youn joined the IFCS group as a NIMS post-doc researcher. Welcome, Yong-san!
(Aug. 30) Party for Ashu-san
We had a farewell party for Dr. Ashu Choudhary. We appreciate her great activity in the IFCS group. [Group photo]
(Aug. 18) 1st project meeting of “Interface IONICS”
The 1st project meeting of the MEXT KAKENHI Project “Interface IONICS” was held in Nagoya Univ.
(Aug. 04) 70th Annual Meeting of the ISE
Dr. Tateyama gave a contributed talk in the 70th Annual Meeting of the ISE, held in Durban, South Africa.
(Jul. 29) Party for Harish-san
We had a farewell party for Mr. Harish Rathnam Ravichandran (an internship student). We appreciate his great activity. [Group photo]
(Jul. 22) CPMD Meeting 2019
Dr. Tateyama gave an invited talk in CPMD Meeting 2019, held in EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland and Dr. Choudhary gave a poster presentation. They had intensive discussion with the other participants. [Group photo]
(Jul. 12) The 74th Solid-State Ionics Workshop
Dr. Tateyama gave an invited talk in the 74th Solid-State Ionics Workshop, held in Tokyo Tech, Tokyo.
(Jul. 09) Visit by Prof. Pieremanuele Canepa & Prof. Ruijuan Xiao
Prof. Pieremanuele Canepa (National Univ. of Singapore) and Prof. Ruijuan Xiao (IOP, CAS, Beijing) visited the IFCS group. They gave the invited talks in the international conference STAC-11 and in the mini-workshop in the IFCS group. [Photo: with Prof. Pieremanuele Canepa & Prof. Ruijuan Xiao]
(Jun. 30) MEXT KAKENHI Project “Interface IONICS” launched
The project proposal “Science on Interfacial Ion Dynamics for Solid State Ionics Devices (Interface IONICS)” was accepted as a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, MEXT/JSPS, Japan (FY2019-2013). Dr. Tateyama plays a Principal Investigator in the Research Group A03, Computational & Data Science.
(Jun. 27) Party for Fumiya-san
We organized a group party for Dr. Choudhary and her husband Dr. Gupta Puneet as well as a welcome party for Mr. Fumiya Murase.
(Jun. 17) Welcome, Fumiya-san
Mr. Fumiya Murase (The Univ. of Tokyo) joined the IFCS group as an internship student under the supervision of Dr. Tateyama and Dr. Ishikawa for around 3 months.
(Jun. 10) Visit by Prof. Aron Walsh
Prof. Aron Walsh (Imperial College London) visited the IFCS group and gave a MANA/GREEN Seminar. [Photo: with Prof. Aron Walsh]
(May 31 ) A lecture in Waseda U
Dr. Tateyama gave a special lecture in Waseda Univ.
(May 31) Welcome, Harish-san
Mr. Harish Rathnam Ravichandran (Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi) joined the IFCS group as an internship student under the supervision of Dr. Jalem for around 3 months.
(May 01) Reiwa: Naming a new era in Japan
Japan has a new Emperor and the Era name changed from Heisei to Reiwa.
(Apr. 25) 2019 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit
Dr. Tateyama gave an invited talk at the symposium ES04 “Solid-State Electrochemical Energy Storage”, organized by Prof. Jeff Sakamoto (U Michigan), Prof. Jeniffer. Rupp (MIT), Prof. Jurgen Janek (U. Giessen), & Dr. Kazunori Takada (NIMS), in 2019 MRS SPRING MEETING & EXHIBIT, held in Phoenix, AZ, USA.
(Apr. 11) Visit by Prof. Michiel Sprik
Prof. Michiel Sprik (Univ. Cambridge) visited the IFCS group and had intensive discussion about computational electrochemistry. [Photo: with Prof. Michiel Sprik, Prof. Osamu Sugino (U Tokyo), Dr. Minoru Otani (AIST) ]
(Apr. 05) Group “Hanami” lunch
Group “Hanami” lunch under cherry blossoms in full bloom was held. [Photo: the group members and friends.]
(Apr. 01) ACS Spring 2019 Meeting & Expo
Dr. Ishikawa gave a contributed talk in the ACS Spring 2019 Meeting & Expo in Orlando, FL, USA.
(Apr. 01) Congratulations, Randy-san
Dr. Randy Jalem becomes a senior researcher in NIMS. Congratulations!
(Apr. 01) Dr. Tateyama becomes visiting professor
Dr. Yoshitaka Tateyama becomes visiting professor of (1) Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University in Tokyo (with Prof. Momma), and (2) Tokyo Tech Academy for Convergence of Materials and Informatics (TAC-MI) / Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo (with Prof. Hitosugi). From now on, Ph. D students can be accepted in the IFCS group.
(Mar. 28) Farewell party for Prof. Terakura
Dr. Tateyama & Dr. Jalem attended the farewell party for Prof. Kiyoyuki Terakura from NIMS.
(Mar. 12) Farewell party for Shota-san, Hussein-san, Tsuneda-san and Andrey-san
We had a farewell party for Dr. Shota Iizuka, Dr. Hussein Assadi, Dr. Takao Tsuneda and Dr. Andrey Lyalin. We appreciate their great contributions so far.

(Mar. 07) IBA 2019
Dr. Tateyama gave poster presentations in IBA 2019, held in UCSD, San Diego, CA, USA.
(Mar. 6) Symposium on Diamond Electrochemistry
Dr. Tateyama gave an invited talk in the International Symposium on Diamond Electrochemistry held in Keio Univ., organised by Prof. Y. Einaga and JST-ACCEL.
(Mar. 3) APS March Meeting 2019
Dr. Jalem, Dr. Gao and Dr. Sun gave contributed talks in APS March Meeting 2019, held in Boston, MA, USA.
(Feb. 22) 34th CMD Workshop
Dr. Jalem: gave a lecture in the 34th Computational Materials Design (CMD) Workshop, held in Osaka Univ.
(Feb. 19) 1st R-CCS International Symposium
Dr. Tateyama gave an invited talk in the 1st R-CCS International Symposium held in Kobe, organized by R-CCS, RIKEN.
(Feb. 03) Visit by Prof. Hermawan Kresno Dipojono
Prof. Hermawan Kresno Dipojono (Institut Teknologi Bandung) visited the IFCS group and had discussion about future collaboration.
(Jan. 31) post-K HPCI workshop
Dr. Tateyama played a panelist in the post-K HPCI workshop organized by the HPCI Consortium & RIST in Tokyo.
(Jan. 17) CSW2019
Dr. Tateyama gave an invited talk and intensive discussion in CSW2019, held in Tokyo, organized by AIST [Photo: with Prof. Roberto Car, Prof. Hardy Gross, Prof. Michele Pavanello, Prof. Steven G. Louie, Prof. Hirofumi Sato, and Dr. Yoshi Minamoto on a SUMO circle]
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