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Nimsnowinternational Vol.5 No.6 NIMS NEWS 2007.Vol.5 No.6 June NIMS Project NIMS Projects and Recent Achievements Fuel Cell Materials Center Development of Solid Electrolytes and Electrode Materials for Fuel Cell Applications Research Highlights Electrochromic Material Capable of International Multi-Color Display with Single Layer What Happens When High Temperature S PEC IA L Interview Droplets Impact at High Speed? Akira Fujishima FACE Chairman, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology Achievements and Aspirations The Most Important Thing in of the ICYS in the 5th Year Research is the Sense of of the Project NIMS Fellow Yoshio Bando ello from NIMS "Skillful Conception" A Roundtable with the Assistants to the President TheThe keykey toto researchresearch isis outstandingoutstanding hhumanuman resourcesresources A Roundtable with the Assistants to the President creation of innovation contributing to the growth in the field people? The key to research is outstanding human resources of medicine, engineering, and information technology, etc., Bando: Branding - as they say in business - is important, will be reflected in the "large-boned" policies of the Abe isn't it? Cabinet. We have therefore begun from the position of what On April 1, several new positions of Assistants to this in 2008 in cooperation with the University of Tsukuba. Hono: Branding is extremely effective for attracting out- this will mean for NIMS. Twenty examples of innovation ap- the President were established. The persons in On the other hand, when NIMS begins work in a new field of standing young researchers and graduate students. pear in this, but materials are precisely the foundation for re- these positions will advise on important research, mid-career hiring is extremely important. There- Bando: What enhances the power of the brand is the total alizing these. If the foundation is not firm, the rest will fail. I management issues for NIMS. fore, it is necessary to set targets and actively go headhunt- capabilities of the organization. ing. We want to further promote exchanges of human resour- believe that this also demands a high level of quality in Muromachi: If an institute has good researchers, its brand "people." Moderator: Dr. Bando is in charge of long-term planning, ces by creating an environment in which the site of activity value will rise. And if its brand value rises, good researchers Dr. Hono, securing human resources, Dr. Onodera, research can be moved easily from universities to NIMS by construct- Aiming at becoming a Center of will come. It's a "virtuous circle." resources and evaluation, Dr. Muromachi, human resources ing an environment and facilities that make it possible to Hono: There are people who say that NIMS is a center of development, and Dr. Nagai, innovation. I would like to ask conduct research together with graduate school students, as Excellence in materials research. excellence (COE) or base for materials research in Japan. Do each of you to discuss what you are doing in concrete terms. is done in universities. Bando: The most important thing is "people." A research you think that's true? center will fail if it does not gather extremely talented people Bando: In the past, we prepared a long-term plan which Onodera: Since NIMS became an Independent Adminis- Nagai: If you talk to people in industry, you probably rec- from around the world and constantly create new research summarized NIMS' vision for the future. This time, however, trative Institution (IAI), the number of researchers and joint ognize that NIMS is evaluated as the research institute that's fields. People with diversity are the key in this kind of new we want to summarize and propose a plan that describes the research have both increased, and NIMS' activity has in- closest to becoming a COE. research. Creating a strategy for securing and training out- ideal form of materials research not only at NIMS, but also creased as a result of external funding and various other fac- Bando: I think we're on a good course. standing young researchers with diversity will ensure a bright in Japan and the world, in a "large-boned" vision. We want tors. For this reason, we must effectively utilize our space in Muromachi: At least the potential is there. Because we future for NIMS and further increase our presence. to summarize what were rather all-inclusive contents in the response to these conditions. We have mid-term strategies for have this scale. Hono: However, I feel that the character of a research cen- past from the standpoint of reform, and at the same time, we converting the space that we have now to laboratories, and Nagai: There are cases where problems that can't be solved ter will become weak and unfocused if it expands its fields want to present the NIMS mission, that "Materials are of val- short-term strategies for coping by immediately using this by going to 10 universities can only be solved by NIMS. space as laboratories, as well as a long-term plan for con- indiscriminately, like a department store, in the name of di- ue only when they are really used," in clearer terms. Hono: However, in recent announcements of research cen- structing new laboratories. We would like to decide the opti- versity. To some extent, there must be a framework for its Hono: There are three routes to securing human resources, ter creation, the possibility that multiple research institutes mum standards while reviewing NIMS' internal rules and fields. that is, hiring new graduates, hiring people in mid-career, will be adopted in one field has been extremely low. If that's standards in line with circumstances. Bando: That's true. That means creating a mechanism for and receiving post-docs and graduate students. In the Doc- so, there's a big difference between being on a pretty good expanding its scope in new fields while continuing to grow in toral Program in Materials Science and Engineering, which Muromachi: The quality of researchers is undoubtedly course and being the top runner. the most important factor determining the actual capabilities its strong fields. is operated jointly by NIMS and the University of Tsukuba, Bando: After all, the conditions for developing star play- of a research institute. Of course, the training of researchers Nagai: When an institute uses competitive funding, re- we have created an environment where graduate students can ers are necessary. That should be done at the international is also important, but it is a fact that the kind of people we searchers may change their own topics in line with that. work independently and devote their full energies to research level, I think. in NIMS' unique "NIMS Junior Researcher System." Inter- hire plays a considerable part. Human resources develop- Whether this really develops diversity is a concern. Hono: When we go headhunting at universities, I think nationally, this kind of environment is considered natural, ment like that being done in the International Center for Hono: But that also serves as an external force for renew- things will change if we can make special offers, pay the but it is a revolutionary system in Japan. Thanks to this sys- Young Scientists (ICYS) is extremely important, and we also ing topics at certain intervals. If a researcher cannot find an costs of relocating equipment, and create an environment in tem, this has become an extremely international specializa- want to study this in the future. What is demanded of NIMS opportunity for change, he or she will continue doing the which students can also come. tion, in that more than half of the students in the doctoral as an IAI is human resources who can open up new fields in same work, and the topic will become stale. In that case, Moderator: I keenly felt that whether NIMS becomes a course are applicants from overseas. At present, however, NIMS and carry out truly meaningful original research. For there's also a possibility of losing competitiveness. COE or not depends on whether everyone can fully achieve only Japanese students are enrolled in the master's course be- this, it has become important to grant researchers freedom Muromachi: Ultimately, a balance is necessary. The ques- their assigned missions. If results are achieved, I hope you cause proficiency in the Japanese language is necessary in and develop human resources in a stimulating environment. tion is where to place one's pivot foot. will discuss them in this forum. Thank you very much for classes. We are currently promoting a plan to internationalize Nagai: One of the promises of Japan's Abe Administration, Hono: I think we all agree that human resources are every- sharing your thoughts with us today. the master's course as well, and are making efforts to launch Innovation 25, which is a long-term strategy initiative for the thing. Then, is NIMS an attractive place for truly top-level Eiji Muromachi Coordinating Director, Nanoscale Materials Managing Director, Advanced Nano Materials Laboratory Hidehiro Onodera Managing Director Materials Reliability Center Kotobu Nagai Coordinating Director Materials Research for the Environment and Energy Kazuhiro Hono, NIMS Fellow Managing Director Magnetic Materials Center Yoshio Bando, NIMS Fellow Managing Director International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS) 0202 International Eiji Muromachi Hidehiro Onodera Kotobu Nagai Kazuhiro Hono Yoshio Bando International 0303 S PEC IA L Interview terview me. This became the lead article on page one of the So when a problem of this type becomes ap- The Most Important Thing in Research Asahi Shimbun on New Year's Day, 1974. After that, things parent, you respond by carrying out additional changed. There was great interest, and as a research method experiments? is the Sense of "Skillful Conception" for achieving this effect with low-cost materials, we pro- That's right.
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