7TH iNTERNATIONAL yOUNG rESEARCHERS' cONFERENCE (iyrc)
spring 2023
in-person conference venue

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#76
Faculty of Engineering
Building 2
Hongo Campus
​The University of Tokyo

​*Reception desk at 1F opens from 9:00 am for check-in

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER (IN-PERSON conference)

• Dr. Tung D. Ta

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Dr. Tung D. Ta

Tung D. Ta is an assistant professor in the Department of Creative Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo. His research interests are in the fields of digital fabrication, flexible electronic circuits and soft-bodied robotics. He received his Ph.D. in Information Communication Engineering - The University of Tokyo in 2019, M.E. in 2016, and B.E. from the department of Software Engineering - FPT University in 2012. He is a member of ACM, IEEE, IEICE, IPSJ, and SICE.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (VIRTUAL conference)

• Dr. Kiran T. Thakur, MD
• ​Dr. Laura Levin, MD

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​Dr. Kiran T. Thakur, MD

Dr. Kiran Thakur is an inpatient neurologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, with clinical expertise in neuroinfectious diseases and neuroimmunology. Following her neurology residency training at the Harvard Neurology Residency Program of Massachusetts General Hospital and the Brigham and Women's Hospital, where she served as chief resident, Dr. Thakur completed post-doctoral fellowship training in neuroinfectious disease and neuroimmunology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Thakur serves a major teaching role as an inpatient neurologist, and is the recipient of the Lewis P. Rowland Teaching Award. In addition to her clinical work at CUIMC, Dr. Thakur works internationally treating patients, educating trainees, and performing clinical research. She has worked in eight countries throughout her career, and serves as a consultant for the World Health Organization, where she works to improve global access to neurological care. Dr. Thakur’s research focuses on clinical and translational studies which aim to improve our ability to detect and manage neuroinfectious diseases and neuroinflammatory conditions in the hospital setting. She leads the post-doctoral neuroinfectious disease clinical research fellowship for LIC and LMIC physician-scientists at Columbia. Her clinical areas of expertise include neuroinfectious diseases, neuroimmunology, emergency neurology, and community and global health.

Dr. Laura Levin, MD

Dr. Laura Levin completed residency in general dermatology at Weill Cornell Medical College. She then completed a pediatric Dermatology fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital where she now serves as assistant professor of dermatology and practices both adult and pediatric dermatology. 
 
She participates in several ongoing studies including characterizing current practices in wound care of patients with Epidermolysis Bullosa as well as the development of a novel wound care dressing with the goal to increase ease of use and quality of life in patients with large areas of denuded or fragile skin. 
 
She currently precepts the pediatric dermatology clinics that occur on Mondays and Thursdays at HIP, as well as participates in the EB and vascular anomaly multidisciplinary clinics.​

INSTRUCTION FOR PRESENTERS

For in-person conference (June 17):

• Each presentation is 12 minutes in length, followed by 3 minutes for Q&A
• Please bring your presentation on a USB as a laptop will be provided in all rooms. Using your own laptop is not necessary and may cause technical difficulties and time delays.
• We kindly ask you to be in the room 15 minutes before the start of your session and upload your presentation into the prepared laptop.
• Presentation formats: PowerPoint (format 16:9) or PDF
• File name: Presentation ID_name (e.g., IYRC01_ABC)

For virtual conference (June 18):

• All authors need to submit a 12-minute pre-recorded presentation by June 4th. The presentation will be published on the conference website on the conference date to encourage audience participation and discussion.
• Live presentation on the conference date is 12 minutes, followed by 3 minutes for Q&A. 
• Please Install and update Zoom for the latest version in advance since Zoom is used for the virtual conference (https://zoom.us/download)
• We kindly ask you to be in Zoom 15 minutes before the start of your session to check internet connection and other technical tests.