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MIMS Mimura Award

　The principal mission of Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences (MIMS) is to promote interdisciplinary research based on mathematical modeling and analysis. The Mimura Prize, founded in 2017, is now one of our major promotional activities at MIMS.

　This prize honors researchers who have made significant contributions in the mathematical sciences, especially those which deepen our understanding of phenomena through mathematical modeling and analysis, and thereby call attention to the importance of mathematical viewpoints in the study of nature and society. Every year, we select a small number of prize-winners and hold an award ceremony followed by lectures from the awardees.

　A new category within The Mimura Prize was created in 2021, which we call “The Mimura Prize for Excellent Young Researchers”. While the traditional Mimura Prize is awarded to leading researchers whose outstanding achievements have significantly impacted their research fields, the new prize is awarded to researchers near the age of 40, or below, who have made remarkable contributions in the mathematical sciences and whose research has great potential for further important developments.

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　FY2023　　　FY2024

2024 MIMS Mimura Award winners:

MIMS Mimura Award :
KONDO Shigeru
Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Professor

Incentive Award for MIMS Mimura Award :
AKIYAMA Masakazu
Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics, University of Toyama, Associate Professor

2024 Award ceremony and lectures

　Date: January 11, 2025
　Venue: High-Rise Wing 6th floor, Room 603, Nakano Campus, Meiji University

Program:

14:00-14:25　Award ceremony

14:30-15:20　Lecture 1,
AKIYAMA Masakazu
"Mathematical studies of morphogenesis of living organisms"

15:30-16:20　Lecture 2,
KONDO Shigeru
"Turing pattern formation in the real biological field"

* Registration and participation fee are not required.
* Lectures are given in Japanese.

2023 MIMS Mimura Award winners:

MIMS Mimura Award :
HIRAOKA Yasuaki
Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study Director of Center for Advanced Study, Professor, and Deputy Director of ASHBi

Incentive Award for MIMS Mimura Award :
SASADA Makiko
Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Professor

2023 Award ceremony and lectures

　Date: December 23, 2023
　Venue: High-Rise Wing 3F room304, Nakano Campus, Meiji University

Program:

14:00-14:25　Award ceremony

14:30-15:20　Lecture 1,
SASADA Makiko
"Fascinated by interacting many-particle systems"

15:30-16:20　Lecture 2,
HIRAOKA Yasuaki
"From topological data analysis to data descriptive science"

* Registration and participation fee are not required.
* Lectures are given in Japanese.

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2022 MIMS Mimura Award winners:

MIMS Mimura Award :
YANAGIDA Eiji
The University of Tokyo, Professor

Incentive Award for MIMS Mimura Award :
SAITO Kazuya
Kyushu University, Associate Professor

2022 Award ceremony and lectures

　Date: December 9, 2022
　Online Webinar

Program:

14:30-14:50　Award ceremony

15:00-15:50　Lecture 1,
SAITO Kazuya

16:00-16:50　Lecture 2,
YANAGIDA Eiji

17:00-17:45　Celebratory Gathering
　　　　　　　　　(Online meeting)

* Lectures are given in Japanese.

2021 MIMS Mimura Award winners:

MIMS Mimura Award :
Hisashi Inaba
Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Professor

Incentive Award for MIMS Mimura Award :
Kenta Ishimoto
Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS), Kyoto University, Associate Professor

2021 Award ceremony and lectures

　Date: December 11, 2021
　Online Webinar

Program:

14:30-14:50　Award ceremony

15:00-15:50　Lecture 1,
Kenta Ishimoto
"Cell swimming and its mathematics"

16:00-16:50　Lecture 2,
Hisashi Inaba
"Forty years of my journey around the mathematics of population and epidemics"

17:00-17:45　Celebratory Gathering
　　　　　　　　　(Online meeting)

* Lectures are given in Japanese.

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2020 MIMS Mimura Award winners:

Kunihiko Kaneko
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Professor

Sungrim Seirin-Lee
Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Professor

2020 Award ceremony and lectures

　Date: December 23, 2020
　Online Webinar

Program:

14:30-14:50　Award ceremony

15:00-15:50　Lecture 1,
Sungrim Seirin-Lee
"Pattern Formation and My Life in Mathematical Biology"

16:00-16:50　Lecture 2,
Kunihiko Kaneko
"Mathematical Science for Universal Biology: Dynamical Systems Approach"

17:00-17:45　Celebratory Gathering
　　　　　　　　　(Online meeting)

* Registration and participation fee are not required.
* Lectures are given in Japanese.

2019 MIMS Mimura Award winners:

Kazuyuki Aihara
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo,
Deputy Director, International Research Center for Neurointelligence, The University of Tokyo

Takashi Sakajo
Department of mathematics, Kyoto University,
Project professor, Liaison Center in Mathematics, RIMS, Kyoto University,
Senior Visiting Scientist, RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS),
Research Supervisor, PRESTO Research Area "Elucidating mathematical structures in real/ virtual world objects and their utilization", Japan Science and Technology, Japan

2019 Award ceremony and lectures

　Date: December 21st, 2019
　Venue: 5F Hall at Low-rise Wing, Nakano Campus, Meiji University

Program:

15:30-15:50　Award ceremony

16:00-16:50　Lecture 1,
Takashi Sakajo,
"Describing Flow Phenomena with Mathematical Sciences"

17:10-18:00　Lecture 2,
Kazuyuki Aihara,
"A Perspective of Mathematical Modeling for Complex Systems"

* Registration and participation fee are not required.
* Lectures are given in Japanese.

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2018 MIMS Mimura Award winners:

Ryo Kobayashi
Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences,
Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University

Hiroshi Suito
Advanced Institute for Materials Research,
Tohoku University

2018 Award ceremony and lectures

　Date: December 22nd, 2018
　Venue: Room No. 311, Nakano Campus, Meiji University

Program:

15:30-15:50　Award ceremony

16:00-16:50　Lecture 1,
Hiroshi Suito,
"An Alliance of Mathematical Science and Clinical Medicine"

17:10-18:00　Lecture 2,
Ryo Kobayashi,
"Locomotion of Animals, Design of Robots and Mathematics"

* Registration and participation fee are not required.
* Lectures are given in Japanese.

2017 MIMS Mimura Award winners:

Yasumasa Nishiura
Tohoku University
Advanced Institute for Materials Research(AIMR)

Atsushi Mochizuki
Theoretical Biology Laboratory, RIKEN

2017 Award ceremony and lectures

　Date: December 22nd, 2017
　Venue: Room No. 311, Nakano Campus, Meiji University

Program:

15:30-15:50　Award ceremony

16:00-16:50　Lecture 1,
Atsushi Mochizuki,
"Structural theories for determining dynamical behaviors of biological network systems"

17:10-18:00　Lecture 2,
Yasumasa Nishiura,
"Mathematics of Patterns"

* Registration and participation fee are not required.
* Lectures are given in Japanese.

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