This years‘ interdisciplinary Japanese-American-German Frontiers of Science Symposium is dedicated to the following cutting-edge research topics:
- Ancient DNA tracing human history, health and adaptation
- What can one atom do? How atom-thin materials turn single atoms into powerful catalysts
- Microplastics in the oceans
- Embodied AI: From perception to action in the physical world
- Quantum information science
- Reimaging societies‘ response to the disaster cycle
The symposium brings together 72 young researchers – the next generation of leaders – from Japan, the United States, and Germany to allow them to establish new collaborations with each other. Researchers working in different fields of sciences and social sciences build cross-disciplinary networks and take the opportunity to work on future international collaborations. This symposium challenges young scientists to rethink the boundaries of their disciplines. Together, they strive to reach new frontiers of understanding as they discuss cutting edge research and budding opportunities across disciplinary lines. At the same time, the symposium serves to establish and strengthen ties among future leaders of partnering countries. The symposium creates avenues for an exchange of knowledge that is both international and interdisciplinary.
The Japanese-American-German Frontiers of Science (JAGFOS) symposia are a series of interdisciplinary conferences co-organized by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the US National Academy of Sciences and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Funding on the German side is provided by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space.
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation supports collaboration between Japanese and German participants as well as between US American and German participants with its dedicated follow-up program CONNECT which grants residence allowances for working visits in the partner country for up to 30 days.
This symposium is part of the Frontiers of Research Programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The Foundation regularly convenes bi- and tri-national Frontiers of Research Symposia in cooperation with its partner organisations in Brazil, China, Japan, India, Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.