Japan
First advanced training course on symmetry and group theory
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In Tsukuba
Sponsors: The Crystallographic Society of Japan, Institute of Materials Structure Science of the High Energy Accelerator Organization
Co-sponsors: The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Department of Materials Structure Science, School of High Energy Accelerator Science
Aim and target
The first advanced training course is open to the participants of the four basic training courses hold from August 2014 to March 2016 and proposes applications of the basic knowledge obtained during the previous courses.
Program
The training course will span five full days, from 1st to 5 August 2016. Exercises proposed during the whole course form an integral part of the course: participants are requested to actively take part in solving the proposed exercises. Evening sessions willl also be proposed for discussion, practicals, solution to the exercises, questions & answers.
Didactic material will be distributed during the lectures and also made available in electronic form.
- Refresher about the fundamental notions proposed during the basic courses
- Twinning and chromatic symmetry for the description of twins
- Bilbao Crystallographic Server
Coffee break will be served at about 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Lunch break will be from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Language
The official language of the training course is Japanese. No simultaneous interpretation will be provided.
Venue
The training course will be held at the seminar hall of the 3th building of KEK, Tsukuba campus.
Lecturer
Prof. Massimo Nespolo, Université de Lorraine, France (on behalf of MaThCryst)
Local Organizing Committee
- Dr Maki Okube, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Prof. Takashi Kamiyama, KEK
- Prof. Noriyuki Igarashi, KEKÂ