KAGRA Scientific Congress (KSC)

KSC board / KSC members

Committees / Working Groups / completed committees / Organization Chart

Rules and Regulations / Documents / Newsletter / Links / KSC members

Objectives of KSC

KAGRA Scientific Congress (KSC) is the decision making body of KAGRA collaborators. The aims of KSC are to discuss and to make decisions upon KAGRA science.

• (1) Scientific targets pursued by the collaboration.
  (2) Recommend/Endorse scientific direction and strategy of KAGRA
  (3) Strategies of R&D and data analysis
  

In addition, KSC manage and maintain the collaboration itself.

• (4) Maintenance of the collaborator-list
  (5) Maintenance of the author-list
  (6) Holding the KAGRA face-to-face meeting

KSC board

• Current (August 2018 - Aug 2019 )
  

  • Hisaaki Shinkai (Chair), Chunglee Kim (Vice Chair), Sadakazu Haino, Yuta Michimura, Nobuyuki Kanda,
    Zong-Hong Zhu, Hyung-Won Lee, Ray-Kuang Lee
    Takahiro Yamamoto, Koji Nagano

• kscboard _at_ icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp

KSC members

• KSC member list

Working groups and committees in KSC

• International Cooperation (May 2018 - )
  • (starting members) Tadayuki Tomaru, Nobuyuki Kanda, Hisaaki Shinkai
  • Korea contact person: Hyung-Won Lee
  • China contact person: Zhong-Hong Zhu
  • Taiwan contact person: Feng-Li Lin
  • Italy contact person: Helios Vocca

  • kick-off talk at F2F 2018

• Author-list committee (Oct 2018 - Sep 2019)
  • chair will be assigned shortly
  • Yoichi Aso, Kazuhiro Hayama, Yosuke Itoh, Feng-Li Lin, John J. Oh, Takashi Uchiyama
  • Three people are appointed by KSC Boards every year. The term is two years for each committee member.

  • Objectives of the committee

  • KAGRA Author List 2018, KAGRA Author List 2017, KAGRA Author List 2016, KAGRA Author List 2015

• Collaborator-list manager (Apr 2018 - Mar 2019)
  • Hideyuki Tagoshi (Manager), Sachiko Kuroyanagi (Vice-manager), Rie Kikuchi (Secretary)
  • Appointed by KSC Boards every year. A term of manager and vice-manager is one year. The vice-manager of this year will be the manager　next year. Manager or vice-manager must be a scientific and permanent staff of ICRR.

  • KAGRA member list

• Diversity Committee (Aug 2017 -)
  • Keiko Kokeyama, Joseph M Fedrow, Chunglee Kim, Kazuki Sakai, Hirotaka Yuzurihara, Hisaaki Shinkai
  • ksc-diversity _at_ icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp

  • objectives, report (2017/12)

• Future Planning Committee (Dec 2018 -)
  • Sadakazu Haino(Chair), Chunglee Kim, Kentaro Komori, Yuta Michimura, Matteo Leonardi, Atsushi Nishizawa, Kentaro Somiya(PRDC chair)
  • ksc-fpc _at_ icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp

  • FPC wiki

• Project R&D Committee (Dec 2018 -)

  • Kentaro Somiya (Chair), Yousuke Itoh, Shinji Miyoki, and Sadakazu Haino(FPC Chair)
  • kagra-prdc _at_ icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp

  • PRDC wiki

Working groups in KSC

• Preparing team of Joint Observations with LIGO/Virgo (2018)
  • discuss data-transfer and data-analysis: Nobuyuki Kanda and Hideyuki Tagoshi
  • discuss MOU: Hisaaki Shinkai
    • MOU WG: Masaki Ando, Kipp Cannon, Yousuke Itoh, Shinji Miyoki, Masatake Ohashi, Takayuki Tomaru
  • "KAGRA spokesperson" for the access to the restricted documents in LIGO DCC: Hisaaki Shinkai
  • discuss the KAGRA members’ access to LIGO documents: Hirotaka Takahashi
  • Joint Run Planning Committee: Shinji Miyoki and Yousuke Itoh
• Paper writing team of bKAGRA phase-1 (2018)
  • Nobuyuki Kanda, Sadakazu Haino, Yuta Michimura, Yamamoto Takahiro, Tomo Akutsu, and Hisaaki Shinkai
• Paper writing team of the revision of the scenario paper (2018)
  • Sadakazu Haino (writer)
  • Masaki Ando, Kipp Cannon (referees)
• Working group for the author list policy in CPC rules (Feb 2016 - until solution)
  • Hideyuki Tagoshi (Chair), Hyung Mok Lee, Ayaka Shoda
  • From EO: Raffaele Flaminio, Nobuyuki Kanda
• Working group for the definition of KAGRA data (Feb 2016 - until solution)
  • Hirotaka Takahashi (Chair), John J. Oh, Sadakazu Haino
  • From EO: Fusakazu Matsushima, Toshikazu Suzuki, Nobuyuki Kanda

Completed committees

• KSC board
  • (Aug 2016 - Aug 2017) Nobuyuki Kanda (Chair), Hyung Mok Lee (Vice Chair), Youichi Aso, Yousuke Itoh, Keiko Kokeyama, Yuta Michimura
  • (Aug 2017 - Aug 2018) Hisaaki Shinkai (Chair), Chunglee Kim, Sadakazu Haino, Yuta Michimura, Nobuyuki Kanda, Yuki Inoue, Kentaro Komori
• Author list committee
  • (Sep 2016 - Aug 2017) Masaki Ando (Chair), Shinji Miyoki, Ken-ichi Oohara, Yoshiki Moriwaki, Hyung Mok Lee, Nobuyuki Kawai
  • (Oct 2017 - Sep 2018) Hisaaki Shinkai (Chair), Yosuke Itoh, Hyung-Mok Lee, Feng-Li Lin, Yoshiki Moriwaki, Takashi Uchiyama
• Collaborator list manager
  • (Apr 2017 - Mar 2018) Ken-ichi Nakao (Manager), Hideyuki Tagoshi(Vice-manager), Rie Kikuchi(Secretary)
• Committee for the KSC board election rules
  • (Feb 2017 - Jul 2017) Keiko Kokeyama (Chair), Ettore Majorana, Hyung Won Lee, Atushi Nishizawa, Takaaki Yokozawa, Hiroyuki Nakano, Kazuki Sakai

KSC organization chart

Rules and Regulations

• Guideline for joining the KAGRA collaboration

• KAGRA Authorship Policy

  • Author list is managed based on this policy by the Author List Committee of KSC

• KAGRA Publication Policy

  • Publications and presentations are controlled based on this policy by the Committee for Publication Control (under EO)

  • JGW-G1706404 (useful publication category table in p.10)

  • JGW-G1503318 (definition of "KAGRA data" in p.4)

Rules and Regulations (KSC)

• Society Regulations of KAGRA Scientific Congress

• Election rule for KSC board members

• Observation Run 3 (O3) Commitment Form

  • Please download the form, print it, sign it, scan it, edit the file name, and submit it. Submission page

Documents

• KAGRA management structure

• KSC Document Tree in JGWDoc

Newsletter

• KSC Newsletter 4 (2019 April)

• KSC Newsletter 3 (2018 December)

• KSC Newsletter 2 (2018 August)

• KSC Newsletter 1 (2018 April)

Links

• Face-to-Face Meetings

• KAGRA International Workshops

• KSC Meetings

• Young Researcher's wiki page

• O3

KSC members

• KSC members consist from representatives (faculty members) of all participating institutes/universities (groups). If one group has N>4 KAGRA collaborators, then it can register round(N/4) KSC members. Please note that KSC members are not registered automatically. Please contact to KSC_Board for updating KSC members.

• Students and postdoc researchers have three slot each, and they are selected by young researchers' group every year.
• KSC members have right to vote for the decision in KSC.
• As of July 2, 2019, we have 101 KSC members from 60 institutes/universities.

  Affiliation1	Affiliation2	LastName	FirstName	KSC member
  Academia Sinica	Institute of Physics	Haino	Sadakazu	*
  Aoyama Gakuin University	Department of Physics and Mathematics	Yamazaki	Ryo	*
  Aoyama Gakuin University	Department of Physics and Mathematics	Tanaka	Shuta	*
  Beijing Normal University	Department of Astronomy	Zhu	Zong-Hong	*
  California Institute of Technology		Kumar	Rahul	*
  Chinese Academy of Sciences	Shanghai Institute of Ceramics	Zheng	Lihe	*
  Ewha Womans University	Department of Physics	Kim	Chunglee	*
  Hanyang University	Department of Physics	Lee	Hyun Kyu	*
  High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)	Applied Research Laboratory	Kimura	Nobuhiro	*
  Hirosaki University	Department of Mathematics and Physics	Asada	Hideki	*
  Hiroshima University	Department of Physical Science	Kojima	Yasufumi	*
  Hosei University	Graduate School of Science and Engineering	Sato	Shuichi	*
  Industrial Technology Research Institute	Center for Measurement Standards	Chen	Sheng-Jui	*
  Inje University	Department of Computer Simulation	Lee	Hyung Won	*
  Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (JAXA)		Izumi	Kiwamu	*
  Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU)		Sasaki	Misao	*
  Keio University	Graduated School of Science and Technology/Institute for Quantum Studies, Chapman University Affiliated Scholar	Shikano	Yutaka	*
  Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)		Lee	Hyung Mok	*
  Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)		Kang	Gungwon	*
  Korea University	Department of Physics	Yoon	Tai Hyun	*
  Kunsan National University	Department of Physics	Kim	Sang Pyo	*
  Kyoto University	Department of Physics	Tanaka	Takahiro	*
  Kyoto University	Department of Physics	Seto	Naoki	*
  Kyoto University	Department of Physics	Kyutoku	Koutarou	*
  Kyoto University	Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP)	Ioka	Kunihito	*
  Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP)	Univ. Grenoble Alpes	Flaminio	Raffaele	*
  Nagaoka University of Technology	Department of Information \& Management Systems Engineering	Takahashi	Hirotaka	*
  Nagoya University	Institute for Advanced Research	Kuroyanagi	Sachiko	pd
  National Applied Research Laboratories	National Center for High-performance computing	Lin	Chun-Yu	*
  National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)	Gravitational Wave Project Office	Takahashi	Ryutaro	*
  National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)	Gravitational Wave Project Office	Akutsu	Tomotada	*
  National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)	Gravitational Wave Project Office	Zeidler	Simon	*
  National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)	Gravitational Wave Project Office	Hirata	Naoatsu	*
  National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)	Gravitational Wave Project Office	Tomaru	Takayuki	*
  National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)	Gravitational Wave Project Office	Tanioka	Satoshi	st
  National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)	Kamioka Branch	Aso	Yoichi	*
  National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)	Kamioka Branch	Kozakai	Chihiro	pd
  National Defense Academy of Japan	Department of Communications	Uehara	Tomoyuki	*
  National Institute for Mathematical Sciences		Oh	John	*
  National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology	National Metrology Institute of Japan	Telada	Souichi	*
  National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)	The Applied Electromagnetic Research Institute	Nagano	Shigeo	*
  National Taiwan Normal University	Department of Physics	Lin	Feng-Li	*
  National Tsing Hua University	Department of Physics and Institute of Astronomy	Kong	Albert	*
  National Tsing Hua University	Department of Physics and Institute of Astronomy	Lee	Ray-Kuang	*
  National Tsing Hua University	Department of Physics and Institute of Astronomy	Pan	Kuo-Chuan	*
  Niigata University	Faculty of Engineering	Sato	Takashi	*
  Niigata University	Faculty of Engineering	Ohkawa	Masashi	*
  Niigata University	Graduate School of Science and Technology	Oohara	Ken-ichi	*
  Osaka City University	Graduate School of Science, Nambu Yoichiro Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (NITEP)	Itoh	Yousuke	*
  Osaka City University	Graduate School of Science, Nambu Yoichiro Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (NITEP)	Kanda	Nobuyuki	*
  Osaka City University	Graduate School of Science, Nambu Yoichiro Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (NITEP)	Nakao	Ken-ichi	*
  Osaka Institute of Technology	Faculty of Information Science and Technology	Shinkai	Hisaaki	*
  Osaka University	Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science	Baiotti	Luca	*
  Ryukoku University	Faculty of Law	Nakano	Hiroyuki	*
  Sapienza University	Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)	Majorana	Ettore	*
  Sejong University	Department of Physics and Astronomy	van Putten	Maurice	*
  Shanghai Astronomical Observatory	Chinese Academy of Sciences	Han	Wenbiao	*
  Shanghai Normal University	Shanghai United Center for Astrophysics	Zhai	Xiang-hua	*
  Tamkang University	Department of Physics	Liu	Guo Chin	*
  Tamkang University	Department of Physics	Chen	Chian-Shu	*
  The Institute of Statistical Mathematics	Department of Mathematical Analysis and Statistical Inference	Mano	Shuhei	*
  The University of Tokyo	Department of Physics	Enomoto	Yutaro	*
  The University of Tokyo	Department of Physics	Ando	Masaki	*
  The University of Tokyo	Department of Physics	Michimura	Yuta	*
  The University of Tokyo	Department of Physics	Shimoda	Tomofumi	*
  The University of Tokyo	Earthquake Research Institute	Araya	Akito	*
  The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR)	Kajita	Takaaki	PI
  The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Ohashi	Masatake	*
  The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Miyoki	Shinji	*
  The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Uchiyama	Takashi	*
  The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Miyakawa	Osamu	*
  The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Saito	Yoshio	*
  The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Kokeyama	Keiko	*
  The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Nagano	Koji	st
  The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Suzuki	Toshikazu	*
  The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Ushiba	Takafumi	*
  The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Yokozawa	Takaaki	*
  The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Yamamoto	Takahiro	pd
  The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Kawaguchi	Kyohei	*
  The University of Tokyo	Institute for Photon Science and Technology	Mio	Norikatsu	*
  The University of Tokyo	Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU)	Yokoyama	Jun'ichi	*
  The University of Tokyo	Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU)	Morisaki	Soichiro	st
  The University of Tokyo	Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU)	Nishizawa	Atsushi	*
  The University of Tokyo	Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU)	Cannon	Kipp	*
  Toho University	Faculty of Science	Sekiguchi	Yuichiro	*
  Tokyo Institute of Technology	Graduate School of Science and Technology	Kawai	Nobuyuki	*
  Tokyo Institute of Technology	Graduate School of Science and Technology	Somiya	Kentaro	*
  Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)	Department of Physics, School of Natural Science	Lin	Chun-Che (Lupin)	*
  Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)	Department of Physics, School of Natural Science	Kwak	Kyujin	*
  University of Electro-Communications	Institute for Laser Science	Musha	Mitsuru	*
  University of Notre Dame	Department of Physics	Nguyen Quynh	Lan	*
  University of Perugia	Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare	Vocca	Helios	*
  University of Salerno	Department of Electronic and Information Engineering	Longo	Maurizio	*
  University of Sannio	Department of Engineering	Pinto	Innocenzo	*
  University of Toyama	Department of Physics	Yamamoto	Kazuhiro	*
  University of Toyama	Department of Physics	Matsushima	Fusakazu	*
  University of Toyama	Department of Physics	Moriwaki	Yoshiki	*
  University of Toyama	Department of Physics	Kakizaki	Mitsuru	*
  Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics (WIPM), Chinese Academy of Sciences	State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics	Wang	Jin	*
  Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics (WIPM), Chinese Academy of Sciences	State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics	Gao	Dongfeng	*
  Wuhan University	School of Physics and Technology	Fan	Xilong	*