July 12(Sat.), 2014
9:30-10:00
Opening Session
10:00-12:00
Life Sciences
“Frontier of Life Sciences”
Chairperson : Eisuke Nishida（Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University）
10:00-10:40
Masatoshi Takeichi（RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology）
“How do cells assemble into the body?”
10:40-11:20
Ronald M. Evans （The Salk Institute for Biological Studies / Howard Hughes Medical Institute）
“Nuclear Receptors and Exercise Mimetics: A Roadmap to Human Health”
13:20-15:20
Thought and Ethics
” Frontier of Thought”
Chairperson : Shoko Suzuki（Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University）
13:20-14:00
Augustin Berque（Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales）
“Poetics of the Earth, an eco-phenomenological approach”
14:00-14:40
Bin Kimura （Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University / Kawai Institute of Culture and Education）
“Disturbance of the “self” in schizophrenia”
14:40-15:20
Alastair V. Campbell （Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore (NUS)）
“Ethics: the heart and soul of medicine and science”
15:30-17:30
Information Science
“Deep Learning and Wearable Computing: Exploring their Connections”
Chairperson : Toru Ishida（Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University）
15:30-16:10
Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland（Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology）
“Wearable Intelligence”
16:10-16:50
Takeo Kanade（Robotics Institute , Carnegie Mellon University）
“Computer Vision: New and Renewed Opportunities”
16:50-17:30
Yann LeCun（Facebook AI Research / New York University）
“Deep Learning and the Future of AI”
July 13(Sun.), 2014
9:30-12:30 Life Sciences Sessions 1
Unveiling the Mechanisms Underlying Health Maintenance and Disease Prevention, from Molecular Levels to Organisms
Chairperson : Akira Kakizuka （Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University）
Shigekazu Nagata（Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University）
“Exposure of phosphatidylserine, and engulfment of apoptotic cells”
Kayo Inaba（Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University）
“Initiation and Regulation of Immune responses by Dendritic Cells”
Shizuo Akira（WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University）
“Regnase-1, a ribonuclease involved in the control of immune responses”
Ronald M. Evans （Salk Institute for Biological Studies / Howard Hughes Medical Institute）
“Nuclear Receptors and Metabolism: From Feast to Famine”
9:30-12:30 Thought and Ethics Sessions 1
The Future of Bioethics in Asia and Beyond
Chairperson : Satoshi Kodama （Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University）
Interpreter : Hitoshi Arima （International College of Arts and Sciences, Yokohama City University）
Alastair V. Campbell （Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore (NUS)）
“West meets East and East meets West – Cultural Enrichment in Bioethics”
Hisatake Kato（Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University / University of Human Arts and Sciences）
“Virtue Ethics and Bioethics”
Tetsuro Shimizu（Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo）
“The Ethics of Unity and Difference: With special reference to ethical principles in healthcare”
9:30-12:30 Information Science Sessions 1
Deep Learning Changes Pattern Understanding
Chairperson : Toshiyuki Tanaka （Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University）
Yann LeCun（Facebook AI Research / New York University）
“Computer Perception with Deep Learning”
Tatsuya Kawahara（Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University）
“Recent Paradigm Shift in Speech Recognition”
Tatsuya Harada （Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo）
“Bridging the Gap between Visual Contents and Natural Language”
13:40-16:40 Life Sciences Sessions 2
Brain, Development, Cancer, and Systems Biology: Perspectives from Four Sages of Life Science
Chairperson : Michiyuki Matsuda （Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University）
Yasushi Miyashita（School of Medicine, University of Tokyo）
“Cognitive Memory System in the Primate: Local Cell-Assemblies and Brain-Wide Cortical Network”
Toshio Yanagida（Graduate School of Frontier Bioscience, Osaka University / Riken QBiC / NICT CiNet）
“What is a biological principle to control complex systems with extremely low energy consumption and high robustness ?”
Masatoshi Takeichi（RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology）
“Morphogenetic roles of cadherin superfamily members”
“Cancer Stem Cells and Metastasis”
13:40-16:40 Thought and Ethics Sessions 2
“Contemporary Significance and Potentiality of the Kyoto School – in the Light of Life, Environment and Science”
Chairperson : Masakatsu Fujita （Graduate School of Advanced Leadership Studies, Kyoto University）
Bin Kimura（Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University / Kawai Institute of Culture and Education）
“About the concepts of “self” and “I” “
Augustin Berque（Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales）
“Is the concept of speciety rationally operative?”
Michio Kobayashi（Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University / Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University）
“Science, Life and Mind”
13:40-16:40 Information Science Sessions 2
Co-evolution Starts with Humans and Machines
Chairperson : Toru Ishida （Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University）
Takeo Kanade（Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University）
“Research and Development of Quality of Life Technology: Pittsburgh Experience”
“Humans, Androids, and Media”
16:50-17:30
Closing Session
