中央研究院 原子與分子科學研究所

We are happy to announce that the 6th International Conference on Molecular Simulation (ICMS 2023) will be held from October 6th to 9th 2023 in the venues of the National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Molecular simulations have become an essential tool in Physics, Chemistry, Biological/Material Sciences, and Engineering over the last few decades. The International Conference on Molecular Simulations (ICMS) was initiated by the Molecular Simulation Society of Japan in 1994 to promote molecular simulations as a platform for inter-disciplinary research. The first three meetings were held in 1994, 2004, and 2013 in Fukui, Tsukuba, and Kobe, respectively. After the 4th and 5th ICMS in Shanghai 2016 and Jeju 2019 with hundreds of participants from more than 20 countries, the 6th ICMS was initially scheduled to take place in Taipei in 2022. However, the meeting has so far been hindered due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Now, with the world recovering from COVID-19 and Taiwan lifting its travel restrictions, we hope that the ICMS 2023 will not only provide a platform for scientists and engineers to meet in person again and to share state-of-the-art development in molecular simulations. We also hope it will facilitate international collaborations and promote scientific and technological advances through molecular simulations.

Organizers and Sponsors:
Academia Sinica
National Taiwan University
Taiwan Theoretical and Computational Molecular Sciences Association

Government Sponsors:
Department of Information and Tourism, Taipei City Government
International Trade Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs
National Science and Technology Council

Recovering from the pandemic, many academic events are slowly coming back. We are happy to announce that this year on August 30, we will host IAMS-NTNU-YCU Autumn Workshop 2023 ONSITE at Dr. Poe Lecture Hall in Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences. We will have both oral and poster presentations.

This event will have presentations by students from the Molecular Science and Technology Program at Taiwan International Graduate Program (TiGP-MST) at the Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), the Department of Physics at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), and Graduate School of Nanobioscience at Yokohama City University (YCU). We hope this workshop will initiate the interaction between students from various backgrounds.

Furthermore, following the tradition from previous years, we will have awards for the best presentations.

2D materials are expected to revolutionize applications ranging from electronics to biology. To realize these visions, mature synthesis methods and powerful characterization approaches are required. This workshop will provide the opportunity to interact with preeminent researchers and shape the future of 2D materials.

Welcome to the One Day Thermoelectric Mini-workshop

Join us for this immersive and inspiring experience at the One Day Thermoelectric Mini-workshop. Explore the fundamental of thermoelectric conversion, its applications in power generation, refrigeration, and the remarkable advantages it offers. Engage with renowned pioneers and experts who have shaped the field through their groundbreaking research. Gain deep insights, valuable lessons, and stay up to date with the latest advancements. Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to be a part of this educational journey and unlock the potential of thermoelectricity.

為紀念瑪麗居禮 (Maria Skłodowska-Curie)榮獲諾貝爾化學獎100週年，在李遠哲院士的倡議以及國內學術界精英及產業界傑出企業家們的協力奔走之下，「居禮夫人高中化學營」首度於2011年7月隆重舉行。迄2022年，這個由財團法人張昭鼎紀念基金會所承辦的暑期營隊活動已持續辦理了十二屆。2023年營隊名稱正式更改為「瑪麗居禮科學營」，為表達對這位有卓越成就之女性科學家的尊重。辦理「瑪麗居禮科學營」的主要目的，是期盼學員們能實際體會科學與我們日常生活息息相關，譬如在電子、能源、尖端材料與生技產業中均扮演不可或缺的角色。

With the recent global climate issues, controlling CO2 concentration in the atmosphere is a major target for study in many fields. To build on the global partnership funding of Thailand under Program Management Unit for Human Resources & Institutional Development, Research, and Innovation under N39(S3P19) program 2023 “Development of manpower in international communities for Catalysis/Electrocatalysis for Zero CO2 Emission (CZCE): Searching a new pathway for the Net-Zero-CO2 Emissions in Chemical Industry”, we bring together researchers in Taiwan (Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences) and Thailand (Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, National Nanotechnology Center National Science and Technology Development Agency) for research exchange and discussion.

We will host The First Joint Thailand-Taiwan Workshop on Catalysis for Carbon Neutrality at Poe Lecture Hall, IAMS on July 3, 2023. In addition to cutting-edge talks by researchers in this challenging field, we will have student poster presentations. We invite those that are interested in participating in our event.

It is our great pleasure to inform you that the 17th International Conference on Squeezed States and Uncertainty Relations (ICSSUR 2023) will take place on 26-30 June 2023 in Taipei, Taiwan.

The event will be in-person format with regular and poster sessions. As you may know ICSSUR has a long history back to 1991, covering a wide range of topics from quantum optics to quantum atom optics and quantum information.

This time, the venue of this 5-day event is National Taiwan University (NTU)campus near the Gongguan MRT station, in Taipei, and we also plan a half-day excursion to our National Palace Museum with the banquet there (Silks Palace).

With the recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) techniques, we have seen a rise in the application of ML in various fields of science. But, on the other hand, many chemists are still wondering if using this powerful ML in a black box manner will help their research or not. In this workshop, we aim to shed some light on this.

In the morning, we will open with Prof. William Green of MIT giving a talk on “Quantitative Machine Learning for Chemical Sciences”. Then, we will have Prof. Yi-Pei Li (NTU) and Tzuhsiung Yang (NTHU) give us an idea of the basic background behind ML and what it can and can not do. In addition, we will have hands-on use of ML techniques for material property prediction, generating molecular structure for desired property, and organic chemistry predictive retrosynthesis. Lastly, we will have some lab members demo and share their experience using ML for their research.

We invite interested PIs to please join us to learn more about ML techniques and their possible application in chemical problems. Since we will have hands-on, please bring your laptop computers, and 1 lab member can also join you at the workshop.

This unique online symposium is designed to interface researchers working on a variety of areas in IISER K and Academia Sinica. The overlapping domains include i) Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, ii) Materials Synthesis and Characterization, iii) Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, iv) Quantum Technologies, and v) Biophysics. The first exploratory symposium is expected to lead to a series of Annual Meetings. Few participants from outside the Institutes may request attendance (first come first serve basis).

本活動是專為大學院校同學所舉辦，希望能讓各位對中研院原分所「化學動態學與光譜組」、「尖端材料與表面科學組」、「生物物理與分析技術組」及「原子物理與光學組」等四個研究領域的研究方向，有所認識。尤其，本所暑期研究工讀計畫 (https://www.iams.sinica.edu.tw/ssr/) ，將於四月一日開放申請，有興趣的同學，可藉此更加了解本所各實驗室的研究方向與環境，以便做出最適合自己的選擇。

With climate issues looming around us, understanding the atmospheric process from the molecular level to the ultrafine particle level is gaining interest. We gathered specialists in Taiwan and Japan to tell us about the frontiers of this field on Monday, February 6 afternoon (13:30-17:00) at C. T. Chang Memorial Hall (4F) at the Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica.

We start with an opening lecture by Prof. Hajime Akimoto (National Institute for Environmental Studies of Japan) concerning climate change and chemistry. Prof. Hui-Ming Hung (National Taiwan University) and Prof. Chia Chen Wang (National Sun Yat-sen University) will discuss the details of aerosol growth. In the next talk, Dr. Pei-Ling Luo (Academia Sinica) will tell us about the detection of reactive species using dual-comb spectroscopy. Dr. Jim Lin (Academia Sinica) will present his endeavor in developing an oxidation reactor. In the closing talk, Prof. Ta-Chih Hsiao (National Taiwan University) will present his studies of on the detection of ultrafine particles in Taipei and its relation to human health.

Building on previous years success for the Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences Young Fellow Research Presentation, we will host a similar event this year on Nov 22 and 23 at Poe Lecture Hall. The past few years most of our academic activities have become online, but this year we would like to take this opportunity to hold a “physical” workshop including BOTH ORAL and POSTER presentations.
There are many excellent researches done in IAMS which are attributed to the postdoctoral fellows, research assistants, and students in the labs. In this presentation contest, we would like to give our young fellows an opportunity to tell us about their recent research findings and their future plans. We would like to take this opportunity to invite all members of the IAMS and TiGP-MST to participate in this workshop.

The 6th Asian Workshop on Molecular Spectroscopy will take place in November 2022. Due to the Coronavirus-related travel restrictions, the workshop will take place in four local meeting sites, connected via joint video presentations. You can join us at a local meeting site, or online from a room at your own institution, and present your research to a large international audience. We strongly encourage all participants, in particular young researchers, to give oral presentations.

The local meeting site in Taipei will be held on November 3-4, 2022 at Dr. Poe Lecture Hall, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica.

本所配合本院111年院區開放參觀活動，將於111年10月28日舉辦線上參觀活動，111年10月29日於中研院人文社會科學館4樓交誼廳舉辦實體活動。內容精采豐富，包括多場科普演講、示範實驗、研究成果展示及解說，以及線上實驗室參觀導覽等，歡迎參加。