Inter-University Research Institute Corporation Symposium 2020
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(English translation 2024-05-22)
October 17 and 18, 2020, “Inter-University Research Institute Corporation (I-URIC) Symposium 2020” was held online due to the COVID-19. This symposium has been held annually since 2010 as an opportunity for the public to learn about academic research conducted by I-URIC.
On October 17, each organization’s activities and research topics were presented.
Masahiko Hiraki, head of the Mechanical Engineering Center (MEC) of Applied Research Laboratory (ARL), gave a talk titled “Accelerator experiments with corona era using robots.”
At the Photon Factory in KEK, materials structures are analyzed using synchrotron radiation and the samples must be set up at the beamline for the experiments. However, due to the COVID-19, it is difficult for researchers to carry out their experiments directly on site. MEC and Structural Biology Research Center of Institute of Materials Structure Science has developed a sample exchange system and created environment for remote experiments. They are continuing R&D for the corona era, such as high-speed sample exchange for efficient experiments and identification of large number of samples using RFID tags.
On October 18, an exhibit using an online interaction tool “Gather Town” was held. Gather Town is a tool that allows visitors to walk around the virtual meeting venue, view exhibit contents, and talk with other participants (some may feel a sense of nostalgia for the dot-picture games). Director Shin-ichi Sasaki, Assistant professor Yuji Kishimoto and Assistant professor Hideo Matsufuru in ARL introduced our four centers in ARL and mainly two research topics.
“PS-TEPC (Position-Sensitive Tissue-Equivalent Proportional Chamber)” is a dosimeter developed at Radiation Science Center for use in spacecraft, where radiation level is 100 times higher than on the ground. In order for astronauts to perform onboard activities safely, it is necessary to measure the influence of exposure to space radiation accurately. PS-TEPC is made of a material with an elemental ratio similar to that of biological tissue and is characterized by its ability to acquire 3D incident particle trails. The super computer “Suiren” is a low-power consumption system with an immersion cooling system and is equipped with many-core processor PEZY-SC by PEZY Computing. The Computing Research Center is developing high-performance applications for the simulations of particle physics and astrophysics.
- Inter-University Research Institute Corporation (I-URIC) Symposium 2020 (in Japanese)
- “Inter-University Research Institute Corporation (I-URIC) Symposium 2020” was held （KEK Topics） (in Japanese)
- “Accelerator experiments with corona era using robots.” By Masahiko Hiraki, head of the Mechanical Engineering Center (MEC) of Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) (You Tube) (in Japanese)
