Contents
Aims and vision
Environmental problems are among the most important scientific challenges in the 21st century. They are key themes that will be discussed in the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit held at Hokkaido, Japan in July, 2008. A number of researchers from various fields of sciences are now dealing with the problems intensively in recent years.
While mathematicians tend to pay less attention to such real-world problems, mathematical tools can be potentially applied towards environmental problems due to the intrinsic universality. The aim of this symposium is overviewing how mathematics can contribute to these problems by inviting distinguished researchers from wide range of disciplines related to environmental problems.
The topic are selected from various research fields; Global climate change, civil engineering, environmental hydraulics, environmental assessments, dermatology and Ultra violet, statistical treatment of infectious diseases and so on.
The symposium is organized by “PRESTO” researches, consists of young mathematicians seeking an innovative breakthrough from mathematics towards many other research fields. It is also supported as one of the events in "Sustainability Marathon" organized by Hokkaido University.
“PRESTO” is a proposal-oriented research promotion of JST, a Japan's national agency. See the homepage of PRESTO.
http://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/presto/index_e.html
-
Sustainability Marathon, Hokkaido University 2008.
http://sw2008.jp/english/index.html
