Winter School 2025

Dates: Monday – Friday, December 1–5, 2025

Overview:
This year’s Winter School will train graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career professionals to deepen their understanding of our institute’s interdisciplinary research paradigm, Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (WPI-SKCM²).

Participants will gain a strong foundation in knot topology and chirality through introductory tutorials spanning our Fusion Project research disciplines. The program also emphasizes active, project-based learning: participants will present their own work and then collaborate in small groups to propose new cross-disciplinary research projects. The Winter School will additionally feature an excursion, reception, and Diversity Symposium, providing opportunities for learning, exchange, and networking.

This year’s Winter School consists of four key components: tutorial lectures, group workshops for fusion projects, a team-building excursion, and a Diversity Symposium.

Tutorial lectures

• Date & Time: Dec 1 – 4, AM
• Venue: Mirai Crea, Hiroshima University and Zoom
• Zoom details:
• https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2022111100
• (Meeting code: 2022111100 Password: skcm2)

Delivered by a teaching team of WPI-SKCM² faculty, experts from diverse fields, these hyrbrid lectures will provide essential foundational knowledge directly relevant to the institute’s research.

Group workshop

Group workshop

• Date & Time: Dec 1, 2, and 4, PM
• Venue: Mirai Crea and VBL, Hiroshima University

In small groups, participants will present their work, exchange knowledge, and design actionable fusion projects. These workshops are intended to strengthen presentation skills, encourage collaboration, and spark cross-disciplinary ideas.

Excursion

• Date & Time: Dec 3, 13:30 – 20:30
• Venue: Bihoku Hillside Park, Shobara

Participants are warmly invited to join a half-day excursion at Bihoku Hillside Park, designed to foster team building, institutional engagement, and networking.

Diversity Symposium

• Date & Time: Dec 5, 9:40 – 17:00
• Venue: Mirai Crea, Hiroshima University, and Zoom
• Zoom details: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2022111100
• (Meeting code: 2022111100 Password: skcm2)

The Winter School will conclude with the Diversity Symposium, where invited speakers will share their experiences in international research environments, discussing both opportunities and challenges for career advancement.

More details about the symposium can be found [here].

Link to the poster