
Dr. Yokoyama attended 11th Japanese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium (JAFoS) during 12/5-7. In this symposium, researchers from eight science fields gave lectures and had question-and-answer sessions (1hr). The purpose of the symposium is that young researchers (under-46!) discuss intensively cutting-edge researches in other fields, broaden their knowledge and promote friendship.
横山先生は"Empirical constraints on sea-level rise in future"というタイトルで講演。アメリカ側からはIsabella Velicogna博士(NASA JPL/California大学Irvine校)が、衛星の重力データを使った海水準変動と氷床の変化について講演しました(上写真:講演後Velicogna博士と)。座長は、IPCCなどでも有名なShawn Marshall博士(Calgary大学)。「両博士らと共同研究の具体的な打ち合わせなどができ、有意義でした。また、脳科学やナノテクノロジーなど、先端分野の成果を目の当たりにすると、地球惑星科学も頑張らなくてはと、大きな刺激になりました」(横山先生)とのことです。
Dr. Yokoyama gave a lecture titled "Empirical constraints on sea-level rise in future". From the American side, Dr. Isabella Velicogna (NASA JPL/Univ. California Irvine) gave a lecture about investigation of sea-level and glacier change using gravity data from satellites (the above photo was taken with her). The chair of the session was Dr. Shawn Marshall (Univ. Calgary), who is famous for contribution to IPCC. "It was beneficial because I had meetings with Dr. Velicogna, Dr. Marshall and so on toward future cooperation", said Dr. Yokoyama, "and it was quite stimulative for geoscience to see cutting-edge researches in brain-science, nanotechnology and so on."