The 7th Kobe University Brussels European Centre Symposium“Emerging Sciences and a Changing
World: EU-Japan in Transition”
Jointly organised with Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Date and Time：

Place：

Tuesday 8 November 2016

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

9:30-18:00

U-Residence
Generaal Jacqueslaan 271, 1050
Brussels, Belgium

9:30-10:00

Opening
MC: Prof. Matsuto Ogawa, Executive Vice President, Kobe University
Opening addresses:(1) Prof. Hiroshi Takeda, President, Kobe University(2) Prof. Caroline Pauwels, Rector, Vrije Universiteit Brussel(3) H.E. Mr. Kazuo Kodama, Ambassador of Japan to the European Union(4) Mr. Wolfgang Burtscher, Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European
Commission

10:00-13:30

Session 1

Data Science in the Age of Big Data
Session 2

European Values –Unity in Diversity
14:30-18:00

Session 3

Migration and Security
Session 4

Beyond Standard Model at LHC and Neutrino experiments
Organiser:
Co-Organiser:

Kobe University
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Session 1

Data Science in the Age of Big Data

10:00 – 13:30 U-Residence large meeting room

(Chair)Prof. Peter Schelkens
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Prof. Tias Guns
Business Technology and Operations (BUTO), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Tias Guns is an assistant professor at the BUTO lab of the VUB in Brussels, Belgium.
His research lies on the border between data mining and constraint programming,and his main interest is in combining methods from both fields. His PhD was awarded
by both the CP and AI community, and he has organized a number of workshops anda special issue on the topic of combining constraint programming with machinelearning and data mining.

“Constraint-based data mining with constraint solving”
Abstract:
In today’s data-rich world, data mining techniques allow us to extract knowledge from data. However, theamount of knowledge and patterns extracted is often overwhelming. This can be overcome by using
constraints to specify more precisely what kind of knowledge one is interested in; simple or complex, withcertain properties, statistical guarantees, etc. This asks for generic solution methods that can handle a wide
range of such constraints. In this talk, I will review how constraint solving and optimisation offers such genericsolution method; what the benefits and challenges are; and how they can be overcome.

Prof. Takashi Matsubara
Graduate School of System Informatics, Kobe University, Japan
Takashi Matsubara is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of System
Informatics, Kobe University, Japan, since 2015. He received his M.E. and Ph.D.
from Osaka University, Japan, in 2013 and 2015 respectively. He is also a senior
visiting researcher at the Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet),
Japan. His research focuses on neural computation, brain dynamics, neuralnetworks, and machine learning.

“Artificial Neural Networks with Domain Knowledge”
Abstract:
Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are known as universal approximators, which can mimic arbitrary functions,and have achieved success in various regression tasks in a supervised manner, such as image classificationand object detection. However, even though we receive much more data from various sources, we do notalways have a desired dataset huge enough to obtain features of the target domain automatically. For example,
the cost of a detailed examination of a potentially diseased subject is beyond comparison with that of obtainingtons of animal images from the Internet. We cannot enjoy the benefits of the ANNs. Fortunately, instead of
more data samples, we can give prior knowledge of the target domain to the ANNs by modifying theirstructures or adding constraints, and thereby we have the ANNs become similar to ordinary parameterized
models with no loss of their flexibility. Taking general image processing and diagnosis of mental disease basedon medical images as examples, this talk will introduce such solutions to non-big data problems.

Prof. Kimiaki Shirahama
Pattern Recognition Group, University of Siegen, Germany
Kimiaki Shirahama received his B.E., M.E. and D.E. degrees in Engineering from Kobe
University, Japan in 2003, 2005 and 2011 respectively. After working as an assistantprofessor in Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan, since 2013 he is working as a
postdoctoral researcher at Pattern Recognition Group in the University of Siegen, Germany. From 2013 to2015, his research activity was supported by the Postdoctoral Fellowship of Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science (JSPS), and is now supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the
project “Cognitive Village: Adaptively Learning Technical Support System for Elderly”..

“Multimedia Sensing: Extracting High-level Semantic Information from Low-level Multimedia
Data”
Abstract:
Nowadays, one can easily record a large amount of multimedia data, and what is more, one can access a hugeamount of data on the Internet. A key to efficiently finding interesting data in such a situation is “multimedia
sensing” where high-level semantic information is extracted from low-level alpha-numerical data using machinelearning and data mining techniques. In this presentation, I will present three multimedia sensing systems thathave been recently developed by our research group. The first system takes as input a large amount of Web
videos and identifies the ones where a particular event (e.g., birthday party or changing a vehicle tire) occurs.
The second system focuses on video surveillance in a crowded scene and detects groups of pedestrians who
are moving or standing together. The last system continuously monitors the activities of a person based ondata, which are obtained from multiple mobile/wearable sensors. I would like to discuss these multimedia
sensing systems and possibly pave the way for future international research collaboration.

Prof. Aleksandra Pizurica
Ghent University, Belgium
Professor at Ghent University since 2009 (Dipl. Ing. Degree 1994, Magister of
Science 1997, Ph.D. degree 2002). Senior Area Editor for the IEEE Transactions
on Image Processing (since 2016) and Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions
on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (since 2016). Associate Editor for
the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (2012-2016) and the lead guest editor
for the EURASIP Journal JASP, Special Issue "Advanced Statistical Tools forEnhanced Quality Digital Imaging with Realistic Capture Models" (2013). Received
the scientific prize "de Boelpaepe" for 2013-2014 from the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts ofBelgium.

“Emerging Tools in Digital Image Processing and Selected Applications in Medical imaging
and Art Investigation”
Abstract:
This talk will address some of the main directions in modern digital image processing in an informal manner,
linking the theory with practical applications. The emphasis will be on the following topics: multiresolution
analysis and sparse representation, statistical image modelling with Markov Random Fields and emerging
non-local processing techniques. We shall also address basic principles of compressed sensing withapplications in medical image reconstruction. In particular, recent results in the recovery of Magnetic
Resonance Images (MRI) from partial data using compressed sensing and Markov Random Fields will bedemonstrated, showing potential for significantly improved reconstruction quality and/or reduced scanning time.
The second part of the talk will be devoted to applications of emerging image processing tools in art
investigation, focusing on virtual restoration and painter style characterization in a 15th century polyptych by
Hubert and Jan Van Eyck, the Ghent Altarpiece. We will also show how mathematical tools and computer
simulations can be of help to restorers and art historians in the ongoing conservation-restoration treatment of
this masterpiece.

Prof. Koji Eguchi
Graduate School of System Informatics, Kobe University, Japan
Koji Eguchi is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of System Informatics,
Kobe University. Before joining Kobe University, he was an Assistant Professor at
the National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan from 2000 to 2006, and a Research
Associate at the National Center for Science Information Systems (NACSIS), Japan
in 1999. He was also a Visiting Faculty at Carnegie Mellon University in 2012, and a
Visiting Scholar at the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 2005 to 2006.

“Modeling Uncertainty in Large, Multimodal Data”
Abstract:
Research on multimodal data analysis is becoming more important than ever due to the increase in the amountof data. One of the approaches to this problem is parametric/nonparametric Bayesian modeling. This talkcovers state-of-the-art multimodal topic models called Symmetric Correspondence Topic Models(SymCorrLDA) that can appropriately model multimodal data considering mutual, inter-modal dependencies,
as well as their extensions: the models that can learn the number of components from the data (SymCorrHDP)
and that can discover a tree-structured hierarchy of latent topics from given multimodal data (h-SymCorrLDA).
More advanced models such as those for video analysis and heterogeneous network analysis are also to becovered.

Prof. Nikos Deligiannis
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Nikos Deligiannis is professor of Data Science in the Electronics and Informatics
Department at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He received a Diploma in Electrical andComputer Engineering from University of Patras, Greece in 2006 and a PhD in
Applied Sciences from Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2012. He was senior

researcher at the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University College London andconsultant on big data technologies at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), UK. His
research interests include big data mining, processing and analysis, internet-of-things networking, anddistributed processing.

“Large-scale heterogeneous data gathering and recovery using a copula prior”
Abstract:
The technology behind wireless sensor networks and the internet of things enables sensing, collecting, andcommunicating data in urban and rural environments. Such a large-scale heterogeneous data collection posesvarious challenges in view of the limitations in transmission, computation and energy resources of theassociated wireless devices. In this talk we will present a novel large-scale data aggregation mechanism,
which performs compressed sensing of heterogeneous data gathered by a large number of wireless sensor
devices within a geographic area. We will also present a novel data recovery algorithm—built upon
belief-propagation principles—that leverages correlated information from multiple heterogeneous signals,
called side information. To efficiently capture the statistical dependencies among diverse sensor data, thealgorithm makes use of the statistical model of copula functions. Experimentation based on heterogeneous
air-pollution sensor measurements from the United States Environmental Protection Agency database showedthat the proposed copula-based design provides significant improvements in mean-squared-error performanceagainst state-of-the-art schemes using classical compressed sensing, compressed sensing with sideinformation, and distributed compressed sensing, and offers robustness against measurement andcommunication noise.

Session 2

European Values – Unity in Diversity

10:00 – 13:30 U-Residence small mProf. Harald Schwaetzer
Cusanus Hochschule, Germany
Since 2014 Vice-President of Cusanus Hochschule, Chair of Philosophy, Visiting
Professor at the University of Hildesheim, Member of the scientific board of the“Kueser Akademie für Euorpäische Geistesgeschichte”, Co-Editor of “Allgemeine
Zeitschrift für Philosophie”, “Coincidentia. Zeitschrift für Europäische Geistesgeschichte”, “Texte und Studien
zur europäischen Geistesgeschichte, “Philosophie interdisziplinär”, Dr. phil. 1998, Habilitation: 2005,
2002-2009 Cusanus-Dozent at the Institut für Cusanus-Forschung, Trier University, 2009-2014 Chair of
Philosophy at the Alanus University, Alfter near Bonn.

“Towards Europe – Nicholas of Cusa’s Contribution”
Abstract:
The paper will focus on the European ideas of the 15th century, especially on Nicholas of Cusa. The 15th
century is a period which has developed both the idea and the reality of Europe. Nicholas can be considered as
an architect of Europe as well as an important figure of intercultural and interreligious dialogue. Nicholas
became one of the architects of the Concordat of Vienna (1448). All this is based on his philosophy. He claims
that man has the power and the free will to form himself. He combined his idea of moral as well as intellectual
formation with a social and political philosophy. The paper will argue that Cusa’s ideas are a convenient
corrective of today’s opinions.

Prof. Nobuo Kazashi
Kobe University, Japan
Professor of philosophy. PhD in philosophy from Yale University. He specializes inJapanese thought, comparative philosophy and peace studies. Involved in peace
activities, he co-directed the World Nuclear Victims Forum held in Hiroshima in
2015. Publications in English include “The Passion for Philosophy in a
Post-Hiroshima Age” and "The Musicality of the Other: Schutz, Merleau-Ponty,
and Kimura," and, in Japanese, Nishida’s Philosophy of History (ed.) and The
Unending Iraq War: Questioning Anew from Fukushima (co-ed.). Recipient of the 6th William James Prize by
the American Philosophical Association (1991) and a practice award by the Japanese Society for Science andTechnology Studies (2012).

““Liberté” and “Brüderlichkeit” as Ideals: Transformative Assimilation in Modern Japan”
Abstract:
Japan’s modernization was a process of transformative assimilation of European ideas in almost every field.
They included such basic ideas as “individual and society,” “freedom and rights,” and even “love,” for which no
fit corresponding words existed in Japanese language; hence, massive endeavors to create neologisms intranslation.
Firstly, we consider what was at stake in philosopher Nakae Chomin’s struggle in translating Rousseau’s Du
contrat social, which played an igniting role in the Movement for Freedom and Popular Rights in the earlyphase of Japan’s modernization. Then we overview the changes in evaluation Rousseau’s democratic ideas
were to undergo over time in Japan.
Secondly, we reflect on the way the ideas of “pan-Europe” and “fraternity (Brüderlichkeit)” advocated by Count
Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Japanese-born founder of the Pan-European Movement in the 1920s,
inspired the formation of the ideas of “pan-Asia” and “the east-Asia community” during the war times and inrecent days as well.
Lastly, we try to bring into light some questions of global significance inherent in these processes oftransformative assimilation by referring to Emmanuel Todd’s understanding of the “diversity of the world” interms of the correlation between family structure and value system.

Prof. Kiyomitsu Yui
Kobe University, Japan
Executive Assistant to the President, Kobe University; Executive Director,
Centre for EU Academic Collaboration, Kobe University; and Professor ofSociology at Graduate School of Humanities. Asian Chair at Sciences Politiques
Paris, 2006 – 2007, and Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, 1996-1997.
Currently, President of the Society for Sociological Theory in Japan.

“Multiple Modernities in Transition in Europe and Asia; Japan as a Public Asset”
Abstract:
The EU is now fluctuating because of the fundamental impacts of the refugee crisis, terrorism and discrepancy,
the clash between segregation and cosmopolitanization that all lead to a deep challenge for EU values. At thebasis of the fluctuation there are different pass dependencies of modernities among EU countries. Based uponthese different constellations and structures of modernization courses we are now experiencing contemporarytransformation of the modern. European values in transition and modernization in transition are intertwined. To
understand the situation, including that of the relationship between the EU and Asia, Japan as the firstmodernized country outside Europe and the USA can contribute to the discussion in comparative perspectiveon the level of value orientation. In this regard, we can utilize Japan as a public academic asset to understandthe difficulties we are facing and participate in the discussion.

Prof. Joachim Schild
Trier University, Germany
Joachim Schild holds the Chair of Comparative Politics at Trier University in Germany.
He was awarded a diploma in Political Science from the Free University Berlin in 1989
and a doctoral degree (Dr. rer. pol.) from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, in 1999.
After working for the Franco-German Institute in Ludwigsburg 1990-2002 and for the German Institute forInternational and Security Affairs (SWP) 2002-2003, he joined Trier University in 2003. His research focuseson Franco-German relations in the European Union, French European Policy and the political economy ofEuropean integration. He is the author (with Ulrich Krotz) of Shaping Europe: France, Germany, andEmbedded Bilateralism from the Elysée Treaty to Twenty-First Century Politics (Oxford University Press,2013).

“Shifts in Power and Influence: Franco-German-British Relations in a Post-Brexit EU”
Abstract:
This contribution scrutinizes the impact and consequences of Brexit on(a) the role and relevance of the bilateral Franco-German link within Europe;(b) France’s and Germany’s individual roles, standings, and power within the bilateral link and with the EU atlarge; and(c) the two countries’ bilateral relationships with the post-Brexit UK.
Brexit could imply significant shifts regarding the roles and influence of the Franco-German couple and the twostates separately within EU affairs. Furthermore, it will change the preference configurations, strategic options,and coalition patterns among Member States in foreign, security, and defense policy, as well as on single
market issues, trade policy, and budgetary politics. In particular, Brexit might even further accentuate theimportance of the historically influential Franco-German relationship, now also in policy domains in which
Britain hitherto has played a significant role. If Brexit triggers wider disintegrative tendencies, Germany andFrance are likely to assume a shared leadership role in order to preserve the Union’s integrated core, both
geographically and functionally.

Prof. Taiji Hagiwara
Kobe University, Japan
Professor at Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, Japan. Awarded
MA Econ. from Kobe University in 1983. After working at the Research Instituteof Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University as a Research Assistant (1984-1989), he moved
to Faculty of Economics in 1989. Visiting Fellow at Science Policy Unit, Sussex University, UK 1991-92,
Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, Manchester University, UK 1996-97. His research focuses on
Economics of Innovation, Input-Output analysis and Marxian economics.

“Labor Value and Exploitation in Global Economy”
Abstract:
We discuss labor value and rate of exploitation in global economy using the international input-output tables.
Labor value is defined as the sum of direct labor and indirect labor, which can be calculated using input-output
analysis. Exploitation means that amount of labor embodied in wage commodity is less than amount of laborsold. Okishio and Morishima proved the Fundamental Marxian Theorem that the conditions of profit existence
and the existence of exploitation are equivalent.
In the context of international input-output tables, we introduce the concept of global labor value, which is thevector of embodied labor of various countries. The Theorem should be modified to note that the existence ofprofit requires exploitation in at least one country. In other words, exploitation may not exist in some countries(non-exploitation).
In an empirical study using international input output tables, we find that (1) there are non-exploitation cases inseveral countries and (2) during 1995 and 2009, rate of exploitation increased in the Asian countries of China,
Japan, Korea and Taiwan, while advanced countries outside Asia decreased in the rate of exploitation.

Prof. Henrieke Stahl
Trier University, Germany
Professor at Trier University, Germany, since 2003. PhD from Trier University,
Germany, in 2000. Research assistant at Trier University in 1997-2001 andRuprechts-Karl-University Heidelberg in 2001-2003. Her research focuses on
Russian and Polish literature and Russian Philosophy.

“Poetry as Political Participation”
Abstract:
This presentation examines the recent phenomenon of viral political poetry on YouTube. The key question iswhether this poetico-political discourse features deliberative qualities in the sense of Jürgen Habermas’s
concept of public opinion. The subject of the case study is a poetic discourse field, which falls into the context

of the Russia-Ukraine crisis and constitutes its largest and most complex poetic discussion. The initial impulse
came from the poem “We Will Never Be Brothers” posted by Anastasia Dmitruk on her Facebook page. The
paper shows how the political discourse around Dmitruk’s poem on YouTube functions as a platform for public
discussion. To a certain extent it meets the key criteria of public opinion formation: discursivity andconfiguration. Aesthetic devices, including self-referentiality, allow the participants to both elucidate theirdifferent positions and to provide them with complexity, multidimensionality and polydirectionality.

Prof. Alexander Kartozia
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Professor Kartozia’s research focuses on Translation Studies, Caucasian Studies,
Cultural Studies, Linguistics and Germanistics.
2013- Full Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State
University
2005-2012 Visiting Professor, Faculty of Cultural Studies, European University
Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
1998-2004 Minister of Education of Georgia
1997-1998 Director of the National Library of Georgia
1989-1997 Head of the Chair of German Philology, Tbilisi State University
1986-1989 Researcher, Experimental Phonetics Laboratory, Tbilisi State University
Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (1994-1995; 2005)
Research Fellow of the Thyssen Foundation (2007-2008)“The Linguistic Shaping and Re-shaping of the ‘Fantastic City’: The Georgian Cultural Scenein the First Third of the 20th Century”
Abstract:
Following the 1917 Revolution and the outbreak of the Civil War in Russia, many Russian artists found refuge
in Georgia. The Georgian capital became a ‘Fantastic City’. The most influential Georgian author of that period,
Grigol Robakidze, wrote in 1919: “Tiflis is pervaded by an aesthetical perception of the world. So was it in thepast, and so it is again today. One can mention lots of names. … All of them are united by the arts. People
coming from different nations and cultures are brothers in art. We believe in that new International. Here in
Tiflis must be laid the foundations for its construction.”
The literary life of the ‘Fantastic City’ took a multilingual form. The meaning of ‘multilingual’ is two-fold.
On the one hand magazines and books appeared with texts in Georgian, Russian and Armenian, and some
Georgian authors even wrote in Russian; on the other hand the so-called 'Zaum language' of Futurism
developed, whose main aim was the alienation from 'normal' language.
After the occupation of Georgia by the Russian Red Army in 1921, the protest against the occupation
and annexation led to a linguistic re-shaping of the cultural scene in the 'Fantastic City'. Again in two respects:
firstly all Georgian authors – including those who previously had tried to please their Russian colleagues by
writing in Russian – now used only Georgian. Secondly, the futurist alienation from the ‘normal’ language was
replaced by an archaic form.

Prof. Andreas Regelsberger
Trier University, Germany

Professor of Japanese studies at Trier University, Germany. Awarded Magister and PhD from Hamburg
University, Germany in 2003 and 2008, respectively. After working for Hamburg University as a research andteaching assistant, joined Trier University as an academic member. Worked as visiting professor at WesternMichigan University, Kalamazoo from 2012 to 2014. Returned to Trier University in 2014 as a professor. His
research focuses on Japanese theater, pre-modern Japanese literature and contemporary Japanese poetry.

“Globalization of German and Japanese theater histories”
Abstract:
Both Germany and Japan have seen huge impacts through globalization in their respective theater traditions.
Foreign tours of Japanese groups and actors but also the well-known Iwakura mission (1871-72) have fosteredintercultural exchange and mutual interest in each other. Traditional Japanese theater forms like no and kabuki
had a huge impact on Bertolt Brecht and others. Today, a growing number of international theater festivals areshowing productions from all around the world. In my presentation I would like to underline modern andcontemporary theater history of both countries, Germany and Japan, in order to highlight two special cases of aphenomenon which is recently being called "global theater histories".

(Chair)Prof. Hiroko Masumoto
Kobe University, Japan
Dean of Graduate School of Humanities and professor of German studies at
Kobe University. Awarded MA and PhD from Hiroshima University, Japan.
Visiting Scholar with “Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships for Foreign
Scholars” at Bern University, Switzerland from 1994 to 1995. After working at
Himeji Dokkyo University, Japan, from 1987 to 2007, joined Kobe University as
an academic member. Her research focuses on modern and contemporary German literature.

“Multiculturalism in Switzerland and “Spiritual National Defense” in the 1940s”
Abstract:“Unity in Diversity” is not only the motto of the EU but also of Switzerland. Switzerland has a long tradition ofmultilingualism and multiculturalism because it was founded and developed as an alliance of rural and urban
communes. This small country has 4 official languages, and 4 different cultures have lived together there
peacefully for more than 700 years. Nowadays the Swiss want to see their country as a kind of model for theEU.
In the era of National Socialism, a political-cultural movement called “Spiritual national defense” was very
active in Switzerland. Its aim was the protection of Swiss values and customs from totalitarian ideologies.
There were two completely opposing tendencies in this movement: on the one hand people were exclusive
nationalists and didn’t support any refugees from Nazi Germany who could bring different culture(s) to
Switzerland; on the other hand they were tolerant of refugees because they thought multiculturalism was themost important Swiss value. In my presentation, I will analyze this unique phenomenon using the example of
Schauspielhaus Zürich, the most important German-language theater which accepted actors, directors andplaywrights from Germany and achieved great success due to their performance.

Session 3

14:30 – 18:00 U-Residence large meeting room

Migration and Security(Chair)Prof. Yoko Aoshima

Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University, Japan
Associate Professor at Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University, Japan. PhD in European
History from Tokyo University in 2010. After working for the Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University from2006 to 2008, joined Faculty of Literature at Aichi University in 2011, and moved to Graduate School ofIntercultural Studies, Kobe University in 2013. Her research focuses on Russianand East European history.

Prof. Tetsu Sakurai
Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University, Japan
Tetsu Sakurai is Professor of Contemporary Jurisprudence at the Graduate
School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University. He is a legal philosopher, and his
current research is focused on global justice and particularly on a tension between
fundamental human rights and national membership in liberal democracies. His most recent articles include'Can We Justify a Human Right to Democracy?', Philosophy Study 3 (2013), and 'Should Society Guarantee
Individuals a Right to Keep 'Normal Functioning'? A Genetic Minimalist Approach in a Globalized World', in M.
Albers, T. Hoffmann and J. Reinhardt eds., Human Rights and Human Nature, Springer, 2014. He also
co-edited Human Rights and Global Justice, Franz Steiner, 2014.

“The Discrepancy between Citizenship and Economic Life in Contemporary
Multiculturalizing Societies: What Charlie Hebdo Attacks Suggest to Us”
Abstract:
The recent waves of homegrown terrorism in advanced societies including Charlie Hebdo attacks and theNovember 2015 Paris attacks indicate that the possession of citizenship no longer guarantees that thepossessors identify, feel a part of, or behave as if connected to the political community with which they areaffiliated.
While nationalist discourses ascribe the unassimilability of people of Muslim origin to their irreducible culturaldifferences from French society, Todd argues that the pause in assimilation resulted from the choice ofeconomic stagnation and social fragmentation by the French ruling classes.
An obvious discrepancy has now emerged between the legal and political doctrines of French mainstream
society and actual social and economic life, which is driven by market processes. We should see the social
integration of immigrants and their offspring not only as the outcomes of a legally constituted civic integration
process, but also as an establishment of bright prospects in economic life for younger generations ofimmigrants.

If we are not prepared to provide a favorable perspective for financial independence andsocioeconomic achievement for socially disadvantaged young descendants of immigrants, the granting of
citizenship alone cannot save them from bleak career prospects, particularly because they can easily be
crushed by economic stagnation.

Prof. Sungwook HONG
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan
Born in Seoul, South Korea in 1982. Special Researcher of Tokyo University ofForeign Studies (TUFS) since 2016. Worked as Research Assistant at TUFS
Institute of International Relations (TUFS-IIR) from 2011 to 2013. Awarded Master’s
Degree from TUFS (International Studies) in 2011, currently PhD candidate at TUFS.
His research focuses on social business and NPOs in Japanese society, public
space in East Asia.

“Is Refugee Acceptance in Japan Possible? – Considering Japanese Modern Society”
Abstract:
The refugee crisis and acceptance is becoming an important issue not only in Europe but also in East Asia.
Japan has been pointed out for the low number of refugees it accepted in the global society. There areproblems with the strict criteria of refugee recognition, and insufficient safety net from risks for applicants andthe people waiting for reexamination. In recent years, however, the Japanese government seems to be getting
closer towards protection of refugees’ human rights such as implementation of resettlement, consideration of abroader understanding of the ‘persecution’ concept, permitting status of residence by ‘humanitarianconsideration’ and expansion of social security.
On the other hand, this issue is related to the concept of ‘fundamental human rights’, which is made up of ‘free
individuals’ of Western modernity. However, it is thought that Japanese society has organizations with several
sociological characters as her basic social units, and every person is included in some kind of organization
under the state of Japan. This phenomenon is observed even in current ‘modernized’ Japanese society,especially ‘Public / Private’ concepts greatly modified in the Japanese context. This presentation provides asociological and anthropological consideration of Japanese society, introducing some samples of both
domestic and alien groups appearing in it. It tries to provide preliminary issues which should be considered
before discussing refugee acceptance and coexistence with aliens, including refugees, in Japanese society.

Prof. Christian Kaunert
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Prof. Dr. Christian Kaunert is Academic Director and Full Professor of European
Politics at the Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Previously,
he served as a Full Professor of International Politics, Head of Discipline in Politics,
University of Dundee and Director, European Institute for Security and Justice,Jean Monnet Centre for Excellence, University of Dundee. He was previously Marie
Curie Senior Research Fellow at the European University Institute Florence, and Senior Lecturer in EU Politics& International Relations, University of Salford. Prof. Kaunert holds a PhD in International Politics & an MSc inEuropean Politics from the University of Wales Aberystwyth, a BA (Hons) in European Business from Dublin
City University, ESB Reutlingen and a BA (Hons) Open University. His research has a clear focus on the
Global Security role of the EU, especially in the area of EU Justice and Home Affairs.

Prof. Sarah Leonard
Vrije Universite Brussel, Belgium
Prof. Dr. Sarah Léonard is Associate Dean for Research and Assistant Professor
in International Affairs at Vesalius College, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Prior tojoining, she was a Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Dundee, Lecturer inInternational Security at the University of Salford and Marie Curie Research
Fellow at the Centre for European Studies of Sciences Po, Paris (France). She
received her PhD in International Politics from the University of Wales,
Aberystwyth. In 2010, she was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals(IBEI, Spain), and in 2015, a Visiting Research Fellow at the United Nations University (UNU-GCM) in
Barcelona (Spain). She was Editor of the Journal of Contemporary European Research. She was also thecoordinator of the Jean Monnet PhD Summer School on Security and Justice in Europe.

“Refugees, Security and the European Union”
Abstract:
The main aim of this paper is to analyse the extent and the modalities of the securitization of asylum-seekers
and refugees in the European Union (EU). There is a commonly held view in the existing literature that
migrants and asylum-seekers have been securitized in the EU, that is, have been socially constructed as
security threats. This paper puts forward a more nuanced argument by analytically distinguishing the asylum
policy of the EU from its policies on migrants and border controls on the basis of the literature on‘venue-shopping’ and policy venues. It also makes a distinction between the EU asylum policy and the EU’s
policy towards asylum-seekers and refugees. The paper argues that the development of the EU asylum policy,
far from 'securitizing' asylum-seekers and refugees, has actually led to the strengthening and codification ofseveral rights for these two categories of persons. However, so continues the argument, the securitization ofirregular migration had led to a significant strengthening of border controls at the EU external borders, which, inturn, has made it more difficult for asylum-seekers and refugees to access the protection granted by asylum
systems in the EU. Thus, security concerns have had mainly an indirect impact.

Prof. Kazunari Sakai
Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University, Japan
Professor at the Graduate School of Intercultural Studies and Vice Director at theCenter for International Education, Kobe University, Japan. Awarded MA from
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in 1994 and PhD from Kobe University in2007. After working for the Ministry of Education of Japan and Tokyo Institute ofTechnology, he joined Kobe University as an academic member. His research
focuses on the EU’s external relations with neighbouring countries, migration
issues across the Mediterranean Sea, and global governance related to migration.

“Migration and Governance”
Abstract:
Tragedies and troubles through migration are serious matters in the contemporary world and it is obvious that
we have to address this important issue as we see the grave crisis in the Mediterranean Sea, where a hugenumber of refugees seek for somewhere to survive inside the EU at the risk of their lives. The EU has started
harmonizing migration policies among member states since the mid-1990s, and tried to build an acceptance
regime for immigrants from non-European countries; however, the Arab Spring since December 2010 exposedserious problems to be solved in Europe. We may say that the regional governance elaborated by the EU has
found an insolvable dilemma between freedom and security through this crisis. I will first discuss the EU’s
treatments for recent migration problems and function and dysfunction of the regional governance of people’s
movement beyond borders, taking into account the importance of national governance and global governance.

(Discussant)Prof. Christof Roos
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Christof Roos worked as research associate at University of Bremen (2007-2014)
where he received his PhD in 2012. At Bremen International Graduate School for Social
Sciences and the Collaborative Research Centre “Transformations of the State” heresearched EU integration in Justice and Home Affairs. Currently he is Research
Professor at the Institute of European Studies, VUB. His focus is on EU immigration
politics as well as single market issues such as freedom of movement, Schengencooperation, and the common European asylum system. Outside of academia Christof Roos worked for theEuropean Commission’s DG Joint Research Centre in Ispra (Italy) and as a policy advisor in the European
Affairs Department of the city of Berlin.

Session 4

14:30 – 18:00 U-Residence small meeting room

Beyond Standard Model at LHC and Neutrino experiments(Chair)Prof. Hisaya Kurashige
Kobe University, Japan

Prof. Laura Lopez-Honorez
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Junior research professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium.
Awarded PhD from Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium in 2007.
After working in Madrid, ULB and Heidelberg as a PD, joined VUB as a researchprofessor in 2012.
Her research focuses on BSM physics, especially dark matter.

“Dark matter physics”
Abstract:
Dark matter (DM) annihilations into charged particles change the thermal history of the Universe and, as aconsequence, affect the 21 cm signal. In my talk I will discuss how predicting the effect of DM strongly relies on
the modeling of annihilations inside halos. Given current uncertainties on the description of the astrophysicalprocesses driving the epochs of reionization, X-ray heating and Lyman-α pumping, we found in a recent workthat disentangling DM signatures from purely astrophysical effects, related to early-time star formation
processes or late-time galaxy X-ray emissions, will be a challenging task. We have concluded that only
annihilations of DM particles with masses of ∼100 MeV could leave an unambiguous imprint on the 21 cm
signal and, in particular, on the 21 cm power spectrum. Additional measurements of the 21 cm signal atdifferent cosmic epochs should help to break the strong parameter degeneracies between DM annihilations
and astrophysical effects in order to undoubtedly single out a DM imprint for masses different from ∼100 MeV.

Prof. Takatomi Yano
Kobe University, Japan
Specially appointed assistant professor at Department of Physics, Kobe University,
Japan. Awarded MCs from Osaka University, Japan and PhD from Kobe University,
Japan in 2007 and 2011, respectively. After working for the Super-Kamiokande
experiment at Okayama University as a specially appointed assistant professor, joined
Kobe University as an academic member for Hyper-Kamiokande project. His research
focuses on neutrino physics in MeV energy region, such as solar and supernova
neutrinos.

“Neutrino physics at Super/Hyper-Kamiokande”

Abstract:
The very lightweight neutral elementary particle, neutrino, is quite an interesting existence in various scientificfields, i.e. particle physics and astrophysics.
Though it was originally regarded as massless in the standard model, several neutrino oscillation experiments
proved the existence of their mass. Super-Kamiokande (SK), the world largest water Cherenkov detector inJapan, is one of the experiments which discovered the neutrino oscillation. Recently it also provided a
noticeable indication of neutrino CP violation with the accelerator neutrino beam (T2K experiment). SK is also
famous for the detection of the neutrinos from supernovae. The neutrino is one of the two possible probes forthe core of supernovae, because none of the other particles can pass through the high-density structure ofsupernovae with the information, except for gravitational waves. The study of supernovae with neutrinos will
provide significant knowledge for the heavy nuclei and the history of our universe.
In this presentation, I will show the history and the recent physics results of Super-Kamiokande. I will also
introduce a successor project of SK, Hyper-Kamiokande (HK) and its physics potential. Both of theexperiments will play a remarkable role in the future of neutrino physics.

Prof. Krijn De Vries
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Research fellow at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium.
Awarded PhD from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands in 2012.
After obtaining the PhD in Groningen, joined VUB as a research assistant.
His research focuses on astroparticle physics using the IceCube as well as futurehigh-energy neutrino detectors.

“IceCube overview”
Abstract:
An overview of the IceCube neutrino telescope is presented. IceCube is a cubic kilometer in-ice Cherenkov
detector built to detect high-energy cosmic neutrinos interacting in its vicinity. Recently IceCube discovered thehigh-energy cosmic neutrino flux opening the window to neutrino astronomy. Even though IceCube discovered
cosmic neutrinos, their origin is still unknown. We discuss the implications of the IceCube results for possible
neutrino sources and their link to the ultra-high-energy cosmic ray flux and dark matter. Along with theseresults, we also discuss future plans for the IceCube-Gen2 facility and several of its physics goals.

Prof. Yoshihito Gando
Tohoku University, Japan
Assistant professor at Research Center for Neutrino Science (RCNS), Tohoku
University, Japan.
Awarded MSc from Tohoku University, Japan and received a Doctorate of Sciencefrom Tohoku University in 2004. After working for RCNS of Tohoku University as
postdoctoral fellow and research associate, joined RCNS Tohoku University as an
academic member. His research focuses on neutrino sciences.

“KamLAND-Zen”
Abstract:
Neutrinoless double beta decay search is a direct investigation for majorana neutrinos and lepton number
violation. If the neutrino is a majorana particle, unnaturally light neutrino mass is explained and GUT scale
physics is indicated through the see-saw mechanism. In the cosmology, the majorana property can be a proofof the matter dominant universe by leptogenesis theory.
KamLAND-Zen is one of the highest sensitivity neutrinoless double beta decay search experiments with
Xe-136 based on the KamLAND (Kamioka Liquid Scintillator Antineutrino Detector). KamLAND-Zen 400 as thefirst phase of KamLAND-Zen project started in 2011 and ended in 2015.
We present the latest and the final results for the KamLAND-Zen 400 project. We also present the current
status of the next phase (KamLAND-Zen 800), improvements from the last projects, and future plans.

Prof. Alberto Mariotti
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Junior professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium.
Awarded PhD from Milano-Bicocca University, Italy in 2007.
After working in Saclay, VUB and Durham as a PD, joined VUB as an academic
member in 2016.
His research focuses on BSM physics in the theoretical and phenomenological point ofviews.

“Beyond-Standard-Model physics at the LHC”
Abstract:
I will review the status of BSM physics after the new results of the LHC, focusing on SUSY scenarios. I willshow the current main challenges faced by standard SUSY models and I will discuss unconventional
realizations of SUSY, their advantages and their main phenomenological signatures.

Prof. Junpei Maeda
Kobe University, Japan
Special Appointment Assistant Professor at Organization for Advanced andIntegrated Research, Kobe University, Japan. Awarded MSc and PhD from
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan in 2006 and 2009, respectively. After
working for the Double Chooz reactor neutrino experiment at Tokyo
Metropolitan University as a JSPS research fellow, joined Kobe University as
an academic member, and the ATLAS collaboration at LHC, CERN. Currently
works on the operation and upgrades of the ATLAS Level-1 muon trigger
system. His research also focuses on new physics searches by top-quark resonance.

“Exotic physics searches in the ATLAS experiment”

Abstract:
The LHC is running on Run-2 since 2015 at a centre of mass energy of 13 TeV, the ATLAS detector has taken
data efficiently, and the integrated luminosity is achieving approximately 30 fb-1. The new energy opens alarge window of searches for particle physics beyond the Standard Model. In this talk, I will present the current
status of the ATLAS experiment, then recent results on exotic searches for resonance decaying vector bosons
or fermions, of which the excess directly indicates the new phenomena.

Prof. Freya Blekman
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium.
Awarded PhD from University of Amsterdam, Netherlands in 2005.
After working in London and Cornell as a PD, joined VUB as an academic member in2013.
Her research focuses on top physics as a CMS member.

“CMS overview”
Abstract:
The CMS experiment at CERN is one of the two general purpose experiments at the Large Hadron Collider(LHC). After an upgrade of both the accelerator and parts of the detector, the LHC restarted in 2015 at anincreased beam energy providing proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s)=13 TeV. The CMS collaboration uses thisdata for a varied physics programme, ranging from Heavy Ion physics, diffractive Quantum-Chromodynamics,
and Standard Model physics precision measurements including studies of the Standard Model scalar boson, toa very diverse set of searches for new particles predicted by physics beyond the SM.
In this presentation I will overview recent results from the CMS physics programme, with a focus on results
relevant for the audience of this workshop.

(Discussant)Prof. Kentarou Mawatari
LPSC Grenoble, France