PROGRAM

09:10

Looking Back on
15 Years of MANA

Masakazu Aono

ex-Director of WPI-MANA National Institute for
Materials Science

09:50

Nanoscale Neuromorphic
Networks and Criticality,
A perspective and outlook

James K. Gimzewski

Professor
University of California,
Los Angeles /
Satellite PI of WPI-MANA

10:50

In-Materio Reservoir Computing Devices Made of Random Network of Nanomaterials for Future Autonomous Robotics

Hirofumi Tanaka

Professor
Kyushu Institute of Technology

11:20

Ionic Nanoarchitectonics for
a Variety of Performance,
such as Neuromorphic Devices.

Kazuya Terabe

PI / Group Leader
WPI-MANA

13:15

Generation of Vector Beams
from Nanowires

Junichi Motohisa

Professor
Hokkaido University

13:45

Silicon Nanostructures for
Photovoltaic and
Transistor Applications

Wipakorn Jevasuwan

Senior Researcher
WPI-MANA

14:10

CVD Diamond Epitaxial Grown
on GaN for the Effective
Thermal Dissipation

Liwen Sang

Independent Scientist
WPI-MANA

14:45

Large Scale and
Linear Scaling DFT
in the CONQUEST Code

David R. Bowler

Professor
University College London /
Satellite PI of WPI-MANA

15:15

Behaviors of Ions in Next-Generation Electronic Devices Studied via Atomistic Simulations

Satoshi Watanabe

Professor
The University of Tokyo

15:45

Computational and Theoretical
Studies of Nanomaterials:
Research activities in
MANA Nano-Theory Field

Masao Arai

Group Leader
WPI-MANA

16:10

Search for a Characteristic
Low-Dimensional Space by
Local Structures and
Dimensionality Reduction

Ryo Tamura

Principal Researcher
WPI-MANA