UC San Diego x Kobe University
Joint Research Kick-off Symposium
Date:
Venue:

9:10 −

Thursday, February 5, 2015
Rokko Hall (Centennial Hall), Rokkodai Campus, Kobe University (Symposium)
Restaurant "Sakura," Academica Hall, Rokkodai Campus, Kobe University (Reception)* UC San Diego** Kobe University

Registration

MC: Prof. Yukari Mitsuhashi **9:30 − 9:40

Opening Remarks

9:40 − 9:50

Congratulatory Remarks

9:50 − 11:20

Session 1:
Research Collaboration with the Center for Extreme Events
Research, UC San Diego

Executive Vice-President
Hiroshi Takeda **Mr. Keith Lommel
Consul for Public AffairsDirector, Kansai American Center

Prof. J. S. Chen *Prof. Atsushi Iizuka **9:50 − 10:20

Session 1-1:
Simulation-based Disaster Prediction and Damage Assessment

Prof. J. S. Chen *10:20 − 10:40

Session 1-2:
Application of Soil/Water/Air Coupled F.E. Simulation toPredict Seepage and Deformation on Sandy Slope

Prof. Katsuyuki Kawai **Prof. Atsushi Iizuka **10:40 − 11:00

Session 1-3:
Pseudo-global Warming Experiment and its Application to theFlood Impact Assessment

Prof. Kenichiro Kobayashi **11:00 − 11:20

Session 1-4:
Economic Damage of a Natural Disaster: A Computable
General Equilibrium Study

Prof. Atsushi Koike **11:20 − 12:10

Session 2:
Research Collaboration with San Diego Supercomputer Center

Prof. Amitava Majumdar *Prof. Toshiaki Omori **11:20 − 11:50

Session 2-1:
Brief Overview of High Performance Computing at SDSC

Prof. Amitava Majumdar *11:50 − 12:10

Session 2-2:
Extracting Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Neural Systems:
Computational and Statistical Approach

Prof. Toshiaki Omori **12:10 − 13:15

Lunch Break

13:15 − 14:00

Special Information Session on "Study and Research in theUSA" (in Japanese)

Ms. Yumi NishibuEducationUSA Adviser, Kansai
American Center

Prof. Tomohiro Miki **13:15 − 13:40

Special Session 1:
Studying in the USA 101

Ms. Yumi Nishibu

13:40 − 13:50

Special Session 2:
My Days of Research Abroad at the University of California,San Diego

Prof. Tomohiro Miki **13:50 − 14:00

Questions and Answers

UC San Diego x Kobe University
Joint Research Kick-off Symposium

14:00 − 15:30

Session 3:
Research Collaboration with the Department of Chemistry andBiochemistry / School of Medicine and Revelle College, UC San
DiegoProf. Edward Dennis *Prof. Yasuhito Shirai **14:00 − 14:30

Session 3-1:
Introduction (Importance of Lipids in Life Science and Issues
to be Solved)

Prof. Edward Dennis *14:30 − 15:10

Session 3-2-1:
Outline (including Future Research Plans)Prof. Yasuhito Shirai **Session 3-2-2:
Role of Sphingosine-1-phosphate in PKC Activation(Functional Correlation between PKC and Sphingosine Kinase)Prof. Yasuhito Shirai **Session 3-2-3:
Function of a Lipid Metabolizaing Enzyme, DGKtheta

Prof. Yasuhito Shirai **Session 3-2-4:
Substrate Specificity of PLA2 and DGK Using Purified Full
Length Protein and Mass-spec.

Prof. Edward Dennis *15:10 − 15:30

15:30 − 15:50

Coffee Break

15:50 − 17:20

Session 4:
Research Collaboration with the Department of StructuralEngineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego

Prof. P. Benson Shing *Prof. Hideo Fujitani **Session 4-1-1:
The NEES Large High-performance Outdoor Shake Table at
UC San Diego

Prof. P. Benson Shing *Session 4-1-2:
Large-Scale Experimental and Computational Studies onSeismic Performance of Concrete and Masonry Structures

Prof. P. Benson Shing *16:30 − 17:00

Session 4-2:
Earthquake engineering research on seismic isolation andhybrid simulation

Prof. Gilberto Mosqueda *17:00 − 17:10

Session 4-3:
Introduction of Shaking Table and High-performance actuators

Prof. Yoichi Mukai **17:10 − 17:20

Session 4-4:
Image Based Detection for Concrete Fracture

Prof. Tomohiro Miki **15:50 − 16:30

17:20 − 17:30

Closing Remarks

18:15 −Reception

Executive Vice-President
Noriyuki Inoue **X