Last updated: Sep/03/2020.

Computational Materials Science and Engineering Symposium @ MRS-J

Title: "Creation and characterization of advanced materials through computer simulation"
Date & Location: December 9-11, 2020, @ Zoom Meetings.
Scope and Aims: Please refer to [PDF file] or [Webpage].

Note: Below is subject to change.
Please confirm the evaluation form that Yoshiya is going to send you.
Please hand it to Yoshiya or send it back to Yoshiya's e-mail address by the end of the second day, even after all the oral session on the second day are finished.
If you have no internet connection or difficulty to send the filled evaluation sheet by e-mail to Yoshiya, please contact me in advance.

Note: Below is subject to change.
Please ask those who ask a question to identify themselves before the questions for better mutual understanding, but, not strictly, since the audience eventually memorize the questioners.
Please ask those who ask a question to use a microphone.
Please try to accomodate all the presentations you chair within the time frame of your session. Slight adjustments to allow intensive/extensive discussion are, of course, welcomed under your control.
Please give any appropriate instructions and/or assistance to the presenters.
When needed, please bridge a gap between presenters and audience.

Note: Below is subject to change.
Please make sure during break before your session that your computer has no problem with the projector equipped in the room. Here "session" means a block of presentations separated by breaks.
30 minutes or 15 minutes is given for an invited talk or an oral presentation, respectively, That includes the time for discussion. Thus, please leave approx. 5 minutes for discussion.
Since schedule is tight, please strictly follow instructions given by chairpersons not to miss coffee breaksk.
You are not allowed to take photos, video-recording, voice-recording, or such, unless you get a in-advance permission from the presenter. An exception: Students of an organizer will take photos according to the organizer's request. In that case, they will be careful not to include the contents of the presentation. That is only for the report in MRS-J News. Upon doing so, they will do so in a way not to confuse you as if they will secretly take those photos.

Note: Below is subject to change.
Poster presenters are adviced to put their posters on the panels assigned to them before oral session in the morning on the 2nd day. The venue for the poster session is in the same building as oral sessions on the second day of our symposium (December 20th).
Please remove your poster by the end of the day.

Candidates are either students or young researcher, had his/her presentation in the symposium, and must apply for the award.
Aproximately 10 % of candidates (depending on number of applicants) will be nominated to Award Committee from this symposium following regulations for the award.
No distinction will be made between oral presenations and poster presentations.
For details, please refer to the regulations of MRS-J: [LINK].

Masato YOSHIYA, Osaka University. (Representative)
Fumiyasu OBA, Kyoto University. (Correspondence)
Craig A. J. FISHER, Japan Fine Ceramics Center (JFCC) (Correspondence)
Tokuteru UESUGI, Osaka Prefecture University.
Hannes RAEBIGER, Yokohama National University.
Takeo KOTANI, Tottori University.
Shingo TANAKA, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).

Please write an e-mail to mrsj-organizer*at*cmdc.ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp, and organizers receive the e-mail. (Please replace *at* for at_mark)

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