Core-to-Core Satellite Symposium of MNC 2023 – Materials Meet Robots 2023 –



News

Nov 8th: The registration is closed.
Nov 1st: The registration deadline has been extended.
Oct 20th: The schedule is updated.
Oct 19th: Company Tour is updated.
Oct 11th: The schedule is updated.
Sep 13th: The registration form is open.
Sep 12th: The website is open.


About Symposium

In November 2023, Core-to-Core Satellite Symposium of MNC 2023 – Materials Meet Robots 2023 – will be organized by Research Center for Neuromorphic AI Hardware, Kyushu Institute of Technology. This symposium is a satellite symposium of 36th International Microprocesses and Nanotechnology Conference (MNC 2023). The aim of the symposium is to provide an opportunity for discussion with researchers of material science and robotics and to make new ideas for research collaborations.


Date

November 20th (Monday) – 21st (Tuesday), 2023
Day 1: 13:00 – 17:00 JST (UTC+9)
Day 2: 10:00 – 17:00 JST (UTC+9)


Event

Lecture

Day 1 13:30-14:10 Invited talk by Prof. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa (Waseda University)
Title: TBA

Day 1 14:00-14:30 Invited talk2 (TBA)
Title: TBA

Ideathon

The aim of this ideathon is to come up with new ideas for research collaborations of material science and robotics. Several teams including researchers/students of material science and robotics will be organized, discuss some ideas, and give presentations of the ideas. The presentation will be evaluated and the winner will get an extra prize.

Day 1 15:00-15:10: Introduction
Day 1 15:10-15:30: Team building
Day 1 15:30-: Discussion
Day 2 09:00-11:00: Presentation
Day 2 13:00-13:30: Award ceremony

Robot Demonstration

Participants have lunch while watching a robot working as a waiter at a real restaurant. The other robot with a material-based sensor is presented. These robots are presented by Hibikino-Musashi@Home, which is a robot developing team of Kyushu Institute of Technology.

Day 2 11:00-13:00

Company Tour

Participants will visit TOTO Meusium by bus.

Day 2 15:00-16:00


Venue

Venue: Conference Center of Kitakyushu Science and Research Park
Address: 2-3 Hibikino, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu, 808-0135, Japan

How to go to the venue

From Fukuoka Airport
1. 6 minutes via Fukuoka City Subway to Hakata Station
2. 30 minutes via JR to Orio Station (Limited express)
3. 15 minutes taxiride or 20 minutes bus to the venue

From Kitakyushu Airport
1. 78 minutes via Airport Bus to Gakken Hibikino

From Hakata Station
1. 30 minutes via JR to Orio Station (Limited express)
2. 15 minutes taxiride or 20 minutes bus to the venue

From Kokura Station
1. 25 minutes via JR to Orio Station
2. 15 minutes taxiride or 20 minutes bus to the venue

Registration

If you would like to cancel the registration, please contact the secretariat (neumorph-center[at]brain.kyutech.ac.jp).

Please pay the registration fee in cash at the venue’s reception.

Internal member of Neumorph Center *1 (Non-student)5,000 JPY
External member of Neumorph Center *2 (Non-student)5,000 JPY
Non-member (Non-student)5,000 JPY
Student0 JPY
*1 Internal member of Neumorph Center is a staff working at Kyutech and belonging to Neumorph Center
*2 External member of Neumorph Center is an advisory member of Neumorph Center
If you are not sure if you are a member or not, please contact the center.

Important dates

Deadline for registrationOctober 31st November 7th, 2023

Committee

Hirofumi Tanaka (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
Hakaru Tamukoh (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
Yuki Usami (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
Yuichiro Tanaka (Kyushu Institute of Technology)

Secretariat: neumorph-center[at]brain.kyutech.ac.jp