13:30-13:40Opening Ceremony

Welcome Addresses
Nagahiro Minato (President, Kyoto University)
Shinobu Inamori-Kanazawa (President, Inamori Foundation)

13:40-14:25Lecture

Shape of Big Data Described by Topology

arrow_right YASUAKI HIRAOKA (Professor & Director of Center for Advanced Study, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University / Deputy Director, Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (ASHBi))

14:25-15:10Lecture

An Invitation to Cohomology Theory

arrow_right TAKURO MOCHIZUKI (Professor, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University)

15:10-15:25Break

15:25-16:10Lecture

Discrete Geometric Analysis — Mathematics that Connects Micro and Macro Worlds

arrow_right MOTOKO KOTANI (Executive Vice President, Tohoku University)

16:10-17:00Panel Discussion

How does mathematics relate to our daily lives? Beginning with this simple question, we explore the deep world of mathematics with five researchers.

• TAKURO MOCHIZUKI (Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University)
• MOTOKO KOTANI (Tohoku University)
• KENJI FUKUMIZU (The Institute of Statistical Mathematics)
• SENJO SHIMIZU (Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University)
• YASUAKI HIRAOKA (Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University) [Moderator]