Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences

Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University.

The Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS) (数理解析研究所, Sūri Kaiseki Kenkyūsho) is a research institute attached to Kyoto University, hosting researchers in the mathematical sciences from all over Japan. RIMS was founded in April 1963.

List of directors

Masuo Fukuhara (1963.5.1 – 1969.3.31)
Kōsaku Yosida (1969.4.1 – 1972.3.31)
Hisaaki Yoshizawa (1972.4.1 – 1976.3.31)
Kiyoshi Itō (1976.4.1 – 1979.4.1)
Nobuo Shimada (1979.4.2 – 1983.4.1)
Heisuke Hironaka (1983.4.2 – 1985.1.30)
Nobuo Shimada (1985.1.31 – 1987.1.30)
Mikio Sato (1987.1.31 – 1991.1.30)
Satoru Takasu (1991.1.31 – 1993.1.30)
Huzihiro Araki (1993.1.31 – 1996.3.31)
Kyōji Saitō (1996.4.1 – 1998.3.31)
Masatake Mori (1998.4.1 – 2001.3.31)
Masaki Kashiwara (2001.4.1 – 2003.3.31)
Yōichirō Takahashi (2003.4.1 – 2007.3.31)
Masaki Kashiwara (2007.4.1 – 2009.3.31)
Shigeru Morishige (2009.4.1 – 2011.3.31)
Shigefumi Mori (2011.4.1 – 2014.3.31)
Shigeru Mukai (2014.4.1 – 2017.3.31)
Michio Yamada (2017.4.1 – present)

Notable researchers

Current researchers

Takashi Kumagai
Shinichi Mochizuki
Takurō Mochizuki, a plenary speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2014.
Shigeru Mukai
Kaoru Ono
Morihiko Saitō (de)