AICS International Workshop on Data Assimilation

AICS International Workshop on Data Assimilation took place at RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS), Kobe, Japan on February 26-27, 2013. We had total 48 enthusiastic and serious participants from many parts of Japan and other countries including the US, Germany, Taiwan, Korea, and Argentina. Following the opening address by the AICS Director Professor Kimihiko Hirao, Professor Eugenia Kalnay of the University of Maryland presented the wonderful Keynote. We had full of exciting, thought-provoking talks during 1.5 days, with several very interesting posters. I was very happy and rewarded to hear that many attendees expressed how they enjoyed the workshop.

I would like to acknowledge the science committee composed of distinguished scientists Drs. Tadashi Tsuyuki, Nobumasa Komori, Takeshi Enomoto, Toshiki Iwasaki, and myself. I would also like to thank Keiichi Kondo, Shigenori Otsuka, Juan Ruiz, and Yukiko Hayakawa who helped the planning and organization of the workshop. Finally and most importantly, enthusiasm and cooperation of all of the participants was crucial for the success of this workshop. I would like to thank everyone who helped make this workshop most successful and fruitful.

Lab members for 2013 first quarter

This is the first photo of our team. We have four members in team for 2013 first quarter. Dr. Juan Ruiz (left) is a visiting scientist from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and will stay until the end of March. Keiichi Kondo (second from left) is a student trainee from the University of Tsukuba. Dr. Shigenori Otsuka (right) is a postdoctoral researcher.

Shipment arrived after about 50 days trip from Maryland

Finally, my books and staff from my office and home arrived to my new office and home in Kobe. I shipped on December 20, so it took about 50 days. Many of my books traveled back and forth between Japan and Maryland, and this was the second time. The books are getting dirtier, that tells the history. It gets harder to get rid of them.

As I said in the previous post, we have a very nice view of Akashi bridge from our office. Today I took a photo of the nice view. We can see the sunset just above the Awaji island (left side of the picture). If I get a chance, I will take another shot.

Miyoshi Lab has moved to Kobe, Japan

Greetings from Kobe, Japan.

My lab was born in the University of Maryland, College Park, but moved permanently to Kobe, Japan as of January 1, 2013. Data Assimilation Research Team was launched on October 1, 2012, and now has 4 members including myself. We are looking for more members, if anyone is interested in working with us on exciting data assimilation research in Kobe, please contact me (Takemasa Miyoshi).

RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS) is located in the port island, within 15 minutes by train (Port Liner) from downtown Kobe (Sannomiya Station). The view from my new lab is simply amazing, a wide ocean view with the beautiful Akashi Bridge and Awaji island. We are facing to the west, and can see very beautiful sunset in the early evening. Kobe is known for its port, and we can find many boats and ships coming and going. With this new wonderful environment, we refresh ourselves and work on exciting research on data assimilation with the 10-Peta-Flops K computer.