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ISM and IHE meeting

Just spent last week with some colleagues from the Institute of Statistical Mathematics. We were hosted by the Institute of Higher Education in Athens, due to their recent signing of an MOU with ISM. I’ve been involved with some projects with the ISM folks, and we met to discuss collaborative research projects on faculty productivity and citation data. Thanks to Libby Morris and Rob...

Japan 2017: Hamamatsu and Tokyo

Hamamatsu

It’s difficult to understand just how fast the shinkansen are unless you’ve been on one.
Tokyo

Beer robot in the Sakura lounge at Narita. Behold its awesomeness!

Japan 2017: Furano, Sapporo and Yokohama

Farm Tomita

Sapporo
 

Yet another advancement for the human race: kaiten sushi at the New Chitose airport.
Yokohama
View of the bay area from our hotel room.
As we walked around the red brick warehouse area, we came across a massive J-pop outdoor festival, with performances and autograph signing. We left quickly.
 

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