An interview with Humitaka Sato
Humitaka Sato, a professor emeritus of Kyoto University, is one of the most respected theoretical physicists in Japan. He served as an advisor to the Japanese government for international projects such as the International Space Station (ISS) and International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). In addition to his highly technical work, he authored several books that […]
The particle physics world has long been exchanging researchers internationally. One of the reasons for this active exchange is particle physicists share a common interest in the universal questions: How did the universe begin? What are the origins of mass? In addition, as the scale of accelerator facilities grows larger, it becomes difficult for each […]
During the eighth workshop of the “Federation of Diet members to promote the realisation of ILC” held at Nagatacho, Tokyo on 26 April, there was a lecture that provided a good feeling of the “Yara-maika” spirit. Atsuto Suzuki (current Director General, KEK) at operation test of Kamiokande’s world largest photomultiplier in 1982. Koshiba(left) and Hiruma(right) […]
A conversation with economics professor and author Kazuo Nishimura
“Less than 50 percent.” This is the shocking data that Kazuo Nishimura, the head of the Economic Research Institute at Kyoto University, one of the well-respected educational institutes in Japan, reported in his book University students who cannot calculate fraction numbers. Nishimura believes that the ILC could be one of the remedies to fix the […]
Director’s Corner 26 April 2007 Barry Barish KEK and Fermilab: Strengthening collaborations Two of our principle collaborating institutions in the ILC are KEK Laboratory in Tsukuba, Japan and Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois. This week the KEK Director General, Atsuto Suzuki, came to Fermilab to discuss increased collaboration. Atsuto Suzuki is a very distinguished physicist, whom I […]
On June 15 last year, the Japanese “Federation of Diet members to promote the realisation of ILC” was formed (See NewsLine from 22 June 2006). The Diet members of the federation held a workshop with ILC researchers on 22 January 2007 in Nagatacho near Tokyo. Nobel laureate Masatoshi Koshiba and Professor Kazuo Nishimura (Kyoto University), […]
On 29 November last year, the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) met with the press to explain the activities and present status of their ILC subcommittee, called the Technical Committee on Civil Engineering Issues for Linear Collider Project. The LC subcommittee was launched in June 2006 (SeeNewsLine 24 August 2006). One of the goals […]
Almost three years after EuroTeV (The European Design Study Towards a Global TeV Linear Collider) convened for the very first time at Daresbury Laboratory in February 2004, the collaboration met once again this past week amidst the rolling green hills and gusting gales to acknowledge programme accomplishments and discuss plans for the future. EuroTeV is […]
“The most important skill of any secretary is to know the experts. You don’t have to be able to do everything yourself, but you have to know who to ask!” Ramona Matthes is a secretary at DESY and together with two colleagues and a couple of scientists form the core of the local organising committee […]
Director’s Corner 11 January 2007 Barry Barish Japan HEP Community Promotes a Future Strategy for Particle Physics Mitsuaki Nozaki, GDE Asian Regional Director, discussed the community-wide consensus on priorities for the future programme in high energy physics in Japan in the Director’s Corner of 22 November 2006. At that time, there was only a Japanese […]