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 express, 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 9, 80 members)

• Akutsu	Tomotada	National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)		Japan
  Barton	Mark	National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)		Japan
  Chu	Yu-Kuang	National Taiwan Normal University	Department of Physics	Taiwan, R.O.C.
  Gao	He	Beijing Normal University	Department of Astronomy	China
  Ge	Guiguo	Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, CAS	Department of Physics	China
  Haino	Sadakazu	Academia Sinica	Institute of Physics	Taiwan, R.O.C.
  Hayama	Kazuhiro	Fukuoka University	Department of Applied Physics	Japan
  Hirata	Naoatsu	National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)		Japan
  Hsieh	Bin-Hua	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos (RCCN)	Japan
  Hui	David	Chungnam National University	Astronomy & Space Science	Korea
  Itoh	Yousuke	Osaka City University	Graduate School of Science	Japan
  Izumi	Kiwamu	JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science		Japan
  Jung	Pil-Jong	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Kajita	Takaaki	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR)	Japan
  Kanda	Nobuyuki	Osaka City University	Graduate School of Science	Japan
  Kawaguchi	Kyohei	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Kim	Whansun	National Institute for Mathematical Sciences		Korea
  Kim	Young-Min	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)	Department of Physics, School of Natural Science	Korea
  Kinugawa	Tomoya	The University of Tokyo	Department of Astronomy	Japan
  Kong	Albert	National Tsing Hua University	Department of Physics and Institute of Astronomy	Taiwan, R.O.C.
  Kozakai	Chihiro	High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)	Applied Research Laboratory	Japan
  Kuo	Chia-Ming	National Central University	Department of Physics	Taiwan, R.O.C.
  Lee	Hyung Won	Inje University	Department of Computer Simulation	Korea
  Lee	Ray-Kuang	National Tsing Hua University	Department of Physics and Institute of Astronomy	Taiwan, R.O.C.
  Li	Kwan Loc	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)	Department of Physics, School of Natural Science	Korea
  Lin	Chun-Che (Lupin)	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)	Department of Physics, School of Natural Science	Korea
  Ma	Yu-Bo	Beijing Normal University	Department of Astronomy	China
  Michimura	Yuta	The University of Tokyo	Department of Physics	Japan
  Miyakawa	Osamu	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Miyo	Kouseki	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Miyoki	Shinji	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Nagano	Koji	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Nakamura	Kouji	National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)		Japan
  Nakano	Masayuki	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Ni	Wei-Tou	Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, CAS	Department of Physics	China
  Nishizawa	Atsushi	The University of Tokyo	Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU)	Japan
  Obayashi	Yoshihisa	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Ogaki	Wataru	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Oh	Sang Hoon	National Institute for Mathematical Sciences		Korea
  Ohashi	Masatake	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Ohkawa	Masashi	Niigata University	Faculty of Engineering	Japan
  Okutomi	Koki	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Oohara	Ken-ichi	Niigata University	Graduate School of Science and Technology	Japan
  Oshino	Shoichi	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Park	June Gyu	Sogang University	Department of Physics	Korea
  Peña Arellano	Fabián	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Saito	Yoshio	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Sakai	Kazuki	National Institute of Technology, Nagaoka College	Department of Electronic Control Engineering	Japan
  Sasaki	Misao	Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU)		Japan
  Sawada	Takahiro	Osaka City University	Graduate School of Science	Japan
  Sekiguchi	Yuichiro	Toho University	Faculty of Science	Japan
  Shinkai	Hisaaki	Osaka Institute of Technology	Faculty of Information Science and Technology	Japan
  Sotani	Hajime	National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)		Japan
  Suresh	Jinshnu	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Tagoshi	Hideyuki	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Takahashi	Ryutaro	National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)		Japan
  Takeda	Mei	Niigata University	Graduate School of Science and Technology	Japan
  Tanaka	Hiroki	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos (RCCN)	Japan
  Tanaka	Taiki	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Tomaru	Takayuki	High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)	Applied Research Laboratory	Japan
  Travasso	Flavio	University of Perugia	Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare	Italy
  Trozzo	Lucia	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Tsang	Terrence Tak Lun	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Faculty of Science, Department of Physics	China
  Tsuchida	Satoshi	Osaka City University	Graduate School of Science	Japan
  Uchiyama	Takashi	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Uehara	Tomoyuki	National Defense Academy of Japan	Department of Communications	Japan
  Ueno	Koh	The University of Tokyo	Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU)	Japan
  Ushiba	Takafumi	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Vocca	Helios	University of Perugia	Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare	Italy
  Washimi	Tatsuki	High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)	Applied Research Laboratory	Japan
  Werner	Marcus	Kyoto University	Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP)	Japan
  Wu	Shichao	Beijing Normal University	Department of Astronomy	China
  Yamada	Tomohiro	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), Research Center for Cosmic Neutrinos (RCCN)	Japan
  Yamamoto	Kazuhiro	University of Toyama	Department of Physics	Japan
  Yamamoto	Takahiro	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Yamamoto	Hiroaki	LIGO		USA
  Yamazaki	Ryo	Aoyama Gakuin University	Department of Physics and Mathematics	Japan
  Yang	Yi	National Chiao Tung University	Dept. of Electrophyiscs	Taiwan, R.O.C.
  Yokoyama	Jun'ichi	The University of Tokyo	Research Center for the Early Universe (RESCEU)	Japan
  Yokozawa	Takaaki	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan
  Yuzurihara	Hirotaka	The University of Tokyo	Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), KAGRA Observatory	Japan