The 22nd KAGRA face-to-face meeting

April 19 (Fri)- 21(Sun) 2019

at ICRR (Institute of Cosmic Ray Research, U Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan)

Program (Apr 19), (Apr 20), (Apr 21), (Poster), Registration, Venue, Access, Accommodation, Participants

Visa, Invitation Letter, Travel Support

Satellite Meeting on KAGRA Future Upgrades (April 18, 13:30-18:30) Wiki

Satellite Meeting on Data Analysis Working Group (April 19, 19:00-22:00)

Satellite Meeting on calibration and related grants projects (April 22, 9:00-)

Basic Lecture of GW for grad/undergrad students in Japanese (August 23)

List of Participants (as of November 23)

Outline of the meeting

• The 22nd F2F meeting will be held at ICRR. We will discuss both our latest achievements and our managements.
  • LOC: Hideyuki Tagoshi. LOC secretaries: Kikuchi-san.

    If you have ideas and requests to the program, please mail them to the board, kscboard_at_icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp , by March 1. Registration page will open in mid-March.

  • We welcome contribution talks and poster presentations (with short talk). We will give "Poster Award" for two students by vote.

  • Registration page -- The deadline is April 10 (Wed) 23:59 JST.

  Registration was closed. We have 103 participants.

  If you made registration twice, we will replace all of your information from the previous one.

  If you missed to register, please do so at the registration desk.

  • We will collect coffee-and-snack fee at the registration desk; 1,000 JPY for a staff/postdoc, 500 JPY for a student.
  • We will have the meeting dinner in the evening of April 20(Sat) at the cafeteria of Kashiwa campus. 4,000 JPY for a staff, 3,000 JPY for a postdoc/student.

  Announcements were sent out [kagra 02458] (Oct 12), [kagra 02462] (Oct 13), [kagra 02493] (Nov 2)

  Graduate students who will submit thesis (Master thesis/Doctoral thesis) by March 2019 are supposed to make thesis presentations (both oral and poster) in this meeting.

• Invited Speaker: Hiro Yamamoto (LIGO)

• Satellite meeting on Future Upgrades will be held at Univ. of Tokyo Hongo campus on April 18. See web page for details.

• Satellite meeting on Data Analysis will be held in the evening of the first day (April 19).
• Satellite meeting on calibration and related grants projects will be held the day after (April 22).
• This is a closed meeting of the KAGRA collaboration.
  • If you are a member of the KAGRA collaboration and have recently moved to a new place: Contact the KSC board. You will be requested to make an introduction of your new laboratory at the meeting.
  • If you want to join the KAGRA collaboration: Contact the KSC board. You are supposed to make a presentation on your proposal at the meeting.

Program

Poster session

Kxx: KAGRA group, SDxx: Students (Data analysis & Theory), SExx: Students (Experiment), Cxx: Contributions. The asterisk (*) indicates a thesis presentation.

• Graduate students who will submit thesis (Master thesis/Doctoral thesis) by March 2019 are supposed to make thesis presentations (both oral and poster) in this meeting.

Poster Award

• Yes, we will organize poster award for students. This F2F, we will award two.

Satellite Meeting on KAGRA Future Upgrades

• Date : April/18
• Time : 13:30 - 18:30 (tentative)

• Place : Univ. of Tokyo Hongo campus (note: different campus) from the F2F venue

• Meeting program

• Presentation registration of the satellite meeting should be made directly to Future-Planning Committee; ksc-fpc_at_icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Satellite Meeting on Data Analysis

• Date : April/19
• Time : 19:00 - 22:00 (tentative)
• Place : the same room with F2F.

  Wiki

• Presentation registration of the satellite meeting should be made directly to Data Analysis Committee; kagra-dac_at_icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Satellite Meeting on Calibration and related grants projects

• Date : April/22
• Time : 9:00 -
• Place : the same room with F2F.

  Wiki

• Presentation registration of the satellite meeting should be made directly to Calibration subgroup and leader of related grants ; kanda_at_sci.osaka-cu.ac.jp, tomaru_at_post.kek.jp, iyuki_at_post.kek.jp

Registration

• Registration is not yet open. Be patient.

• Registration page -- Deadline is April 10 (Wed), 23:59 JST. Registration was closed. We have 103 participants.

  If you made registration twice, we will replace all of your information from the previous one.

  If you missed to register, please do so at the registration desk.

  • We will collect coffee-and-snack fee at the registration desk; 1,000 JPY for a staff/postdoc, 500 JPY for a student.
  • We will have the meeting dinner in the evening of April 20(Sat) at the cafeteria of ICRR. 4,000 JPY for a staff, 3,000 JPY for a postdoc/student.

Visa, Invitation Letter

• If you don’t need visa, but you need only an invitation letter, please send an email to KSC board chair,
  • Hisaaki Shinkai, hisaaki.shinkai_at_oit.ac.jp

• If you need visa to enter Japan, please fill the following document (Word,PDF), and send it to the following two addresses by February 10, 2019.

  • Prof. Hideyuki Tagoshi, tagoshi_at_icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp
  • Ms. Rie Kikuchi, rkikuchi_at_icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp

  • You can find the detailed procedure to apply VISA at the web site of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html

  • Note that you can not apply for VISA only with the invitation letter. You have to submit special documents for VISA which are prepared by Japanese side.
  • Even if you ask ICRR for an invitation letter with an institute stamp, we can not provide it. We can provide an invitation letter without an institute stamp, and a working proof for one of professors.

Travel Support (oversea)

• Core to Core program can support your local expense if you belong to the following countries' universities and institutes, in Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam or India. Firstly, please contact a cordinator of C2C in your country. /* Cordinator's list is in http://www.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/gr/GWPOHPe/collabo-e.html.

Travel Support (domestic)

• Core-to-Core also can support domestic travel expenses for several researchers who belong to institutes/universities in Japan and who will attend F2F@NAOJ and give presentations. Graduate students and postdoc researchers have priorities for support.
• If you are a student, please consult with your supervisor and ask him/her to contact Miyoki-san and Kikuchi-san
  • Dr. Shinji Miyoki, miyoki_at_icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp
  • Ms. Rie Kikuchi, rkikuchi_at_icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp
    • via e-mail (i.e. e-mail should be from your supervisor).
• If you are a post-doctoral researcher or a faculty member, please contact Miyoki-san and Kikuchi-san directly via e-mail.

The venue

6th floor of Kashiwa Research Complex at Kashiwa Campus of the University of Tokyo Building No. 15 in this map https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400020147.pdf

Kashiwa Research Complex is in the same building of ICRR, and is located on the east side of ICRR.

Access

For general access information can be found at

ICRR page: http://www.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/beta/access_e.html

From Kashiwanoha Campus station to ICRR (10 minutes by bus)

From Kashiwanoha Campus station of the Tsukuba express line, there is a shuttle bus operated by the university. The shuttle departs in front of Mitsui Garden Hotel (near Tully's Coffee). It is free for visitors. The departure time in the morning is

8:00, 8:10, 8:20, 8:30, 8:40, 8:50, (every 10 minutes until 10:40, and once an hour later).

Shuttle bus time table: http://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/gsfs/shuttle-bus/2017shuttlebus_j.pdf

You can also take a bus operated by Tobu bus company. When you exit from the station gate, go to left, and it is the west side of the station. You can see a big shopping mall (LaLaPort Kashiwanoha) in front of the station. From the bus stop number 1 (in front of MacDonald), take a bus Number 03(to "Nagareyama Ootaka no Mori"), or 04(to "Edogawadai"), and get off at "Kokuritsu Gan Kenkyu Center" (National Cancer Research Center). Or from the same bus stop number 1, take a bus Number 10 (to "Edogawadai"), and get off at "Todai mae" (in front of University of Tokyo).

Time table of Tobu bus in Japanese: http://www.tobu-bus.com/pc/search/bs_tt.php?key=62398_11

National Cancer Research Center is located in front of the University of Tokyo. It is about 4 minutes walk to ICRR. Please see the map above.

From JR Kashiwa station to ICRR (30 minutes by bus)

From the bus stop Number 2 of West side of Kashiwa station, take a bus Number 01 or 44(to "Kokuritsu Gan Kenkyu Center"), and get off at the final stop, "Kokuritsu Gan Kenkyu Center" (National Cancer Research Center).

Departure time in the morning is

7:00, 7:08, 7:18, 7:25, 7:30, 7:42, 7:48, 7:54, 8:00, 8:10, 8:19, 8:30, 8:35, 8:42, 8:50, 9:00, 9:10, ...

Time table in Japanese: http://www.tobu-bus.com/pc/search/bs_tt.php?key=62001_21

Accommodation

We recommend to stay at one of the hotels at Kashiwanoha Campus station (Tsukuba Express line), Kashiwa station (JR line), Nagareyama-Otakanomori station (Tsukuba Express), or Kashiwa-Tanaka Station (Tsukuba Express).

Hotels around Kashiwanoha Campus station (Tsukuba express)

• Mitsui Garden Hotel Kashiwanoha

• Hotel Sunoak Kashiwanoha

A Hotel at Nagareyama-Otakanomori station (Tsukuba express, one station from Kashiwanoha Campus station)

• Hotel Lumiere Grande Nagareyama-Otakanomori (A new hotel opened on January 27, 2019)

  • Booking.com

Hotels around Kashiwa station (JR)

• Toyoko Inn Kashiwa-eki Nishi-guchi

• Kashiwa Plaza Hotel

• Kashiwa Plaza Hotel Annex

• The Crest Hotel Kashiwa

• Sotetsu Fresa Inn Chiba-Kashiwa

A hotel at Kashiwa-Tanaka Station (Tsukuba one station from Kashiwanoha Campus station)

• Sakura Sky Hotel Kashiwa (A new hotel opened on August 15, 2018)

Kashiwa Guest House

• We blocked 10 single rooms (April 18 --22) at Kashiwa Guest House which is located in front of ICRR.

  • The accommodation fee is 2,500 JPY per night. pdf (Please note that there is no dining service in the guest house)

  If you would like to stay there, please contact to

  • Hideyuki Tagoshi tagoshi_at_icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp & Ms. Rie Kikuchi rkikuchi_at_icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp

  with the following information: Your Name, Your Affiliation, Your Position, Date of check-in, and Date of check-out.

Lunch Place

• There are two cafeterias which are open on Friday. One cafeteria is open on Saturday. No cafeteria is open on Sunday.
• There is a coop shop which is open on Friday, but closed on Saturday and Sunday.
• A convenience store (Family Mart) is located within 5 minutes walk from the venue which is open 24 hours /365 days.
• We recommend you to bring your lunch on Saturday. You should bring your lunch on Sunday.

Wireless Internet connection

• Eduroam is available at the venue.
• If you can not use eduroam, we provide guest accounts.

Other information

List of Registered Persons (as of April 5, 60 members)

• Firstname	Lastname	Affiliation	Country	ParticipationDays	AttendDinner
  Akutsu	Tomotada	NAOJ	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Chu	Yu-Kuang	Academia Sinica	Taiwan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(below PD),
  Gao	He	Beijing Normal University	China	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Ge	Guiguo	Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics,Chinese Academy of Science	China	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(below PD),
  Haino	Sadakazu	Academia Sinica, Institute of Physics	Taiwan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Hirata	Naoatsu	NAOJ	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	No
  Hsieh	Bin-Hua	ICRR, U. Tokyo	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),	Yes(below PD),
  Hui	David Chung Yue	Chungnam National University	South Korea	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	No
  IZUMI	KIWAMU	ISAS/JAXA	JAPAN	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),	No
  Jung	Pil-Jong	ICRR, U. Tokyo	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(below PD),
  Kajita	Takaaki	ICRR, U. Tokyo	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Kim	Young-Min	UNIST	Korea	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(below PD),
  Kinugawa	Tomoya	Department of Astronomy, U. Tokyo	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Kong	Albert	National Tsing Hua University	Taiwan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	No
  Kuo	Chia Ming	National Central University	Taiwan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Lee	Hyung Won	Inje University	Korea	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Lee	Ray-Kuang	National Tsing Hua University	Taiwan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Li	Kwan Lok	UNIST	Korea	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	No
  Lin	Chun-Che	UNIST	Korea	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	No
  MA	YUBO	BNU & Shanxi Datong University	China	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Miyakawa	Osamu	ICRR, U. Tokyo	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),	Yes(Staff),
  Miyo	Kouseki	ICRR	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(below PD),
  Nagano	Koji	ICRR, UTokyo	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(below PD),
  Nakamura	Kouji	NAOJ	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),	Yes(below PD),
  Nakano	Masayuki	Toyama Univ.	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),	Yes(below PD),
  Ni	Wei-Tou	WIPM of CAS, and NAOC of CAS	China	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Nishizawa	Atsushi	RESCEU, U. Tokyo	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Obayashi	Yoshihisa	ICRR, U. Tokyo	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Ogaki	Wataru	ICRR	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Oh	SangHoon	National Institute for Mathematical Sciences	Republic of Korea	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Ohkawa	Masashi	Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	No
  Okutomi	Koki	ICRR, U. Tokyo	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	No
  Oohara	Ken-ichi	Niigata University	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Oshino	Shoichi	ICRR, U. Tokyo	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(below PD),
  Park	June Gyu	KBSI	Korea	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),	Yes(Staff),
  Sakai	Kazuki	NIT. Nagaoka	Japan	April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Sawada	Takahiro	Osaka City University	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	No
  Sekiguchi	Yuichiro	Toho U.	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),	No
  Shinkai	Hisaaki	Osaka Institute of Technology	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  sotani	hajime	NAOJ	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	No
  Suresh	Jishnu	ICRR, U. Tokyo	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(below PD),
  Tagoshi	Hideyuki	ICRR, University of Tokyo	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Takahashi	Ryutaro	NAOJ	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),	Yes(Staff),
  Takeda	Mei	Niigata University	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(below PD),
  Tanaka	Taiki	ICRR	JAPAN	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(below PD),
  Tomaru	Takayuki	KEK	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Travasso	Flavio	UNICAM - INFN-Perugia	Italy	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Tsang	Terrence Tak Lun	CUHK	Hong Kong	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	No
  Tsuchida	Satoshi	Osaka City University	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	No
  Ueno	Koh	University of Tokyo	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(below PD),
  Washimi	Tatsuki	NAOJ	JAPAN	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(below PD),
  Werner	Marcus	YITP, Kyoto University	Japan	April 19(Fri),	No
  Wu	Shichao	Beijing Normal University	China	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(below PD),
  Yamada	Tomohiro	ICRR	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(below PD),
  Yamamoto	Hiroaki	Caltech	USA	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Yang	Yi	Dept. of Electrophyiscs, National Chiao Tung University	Taiwan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	No
  Yokoyama	Jun'ichi	RESCEU, U. Tokyo	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  Yokozawa	Takaaki	ICRR, U.Tokyo	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(Staff),
  YUZURIHARA	Hirotaka	ICRR, U. Tokyo	Japan	April 19(Fri), , April 20(Sat),, April 21(Sun)	Yes(below PD),