ICMMA 2026

International Conference on
"Interfacial phenomena: bridging theory, computation, and experiments"

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Outline of the Conference ICMMA 2026

What's New

Jul. 29	The program is released.
Jul. 21	Registration for participation and poster presentation starts.
May. 1	The web page for ICMMA 2026 is now available.

Outline of the Conference ICMMA 2026

Organizers and Cooperation	ICMMA2026 is partly supported by MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) No.26K06933 (2026-2028) "Development of a Surface-Constrained Level Set Method for Multiphase Interfaces" Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences (MIMS)
Date	7th - 9th, September, 2026
Venue	On site only Room 603, 6th floor, Nakano Campus, Meiji University Access map Nakano campus Transportation to Meiji University
Schedule	7th (Mon.): Invited talks 8th (Tue.): Invited talks, Poster presentations, Banquet 9th (Wed.): Iinvited talks
Internet Access	The eduroam wireless network is available on campus. If your institution participates in eduroam, we recommend that you set up your eduroam account before traveling. For eduroam-related problems, please contact your home institution's technical support.

List of Speakers

Yen-Hsi Richard Tsai
(University of Texas at Austin, USA)

Julien Dambrine
(Université de Poitiers, France)

Ko Okumura
(Ochanomizu University, Japan)

Kazunori Kuwana
(Tokyo University of Science, Japan)

Takeshi Ohtsuka
(Tokyo University of Science, Japan)

Hiroyuki Kitahata
(Chiba University, Japan)

Yutaka Sumino
(Tokyo University of Science, Japan)

Masashi Mizuno
(Nihon University, Japan)

Elliott Ginder
(Meiji University, Japan)

Koichi Sudoh
(The University of Osaka, Japan)

Mafumi Hishida
(Tokyo University of Science, Japan)

Koya Sakakibara
(Kanazawa University, Japan)

Lorenzo Cavallina
(Tohoku University, Japan)

Registration

Registration for participation and
poster presentation
On site only

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Registration Deadline
~~Please register by Tuesday, August 25, 2026.~~
Please register by Monday, August 31, 2026.

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Registration fee: free
　

Banquet and Poster Awards conferment ceremony
Please register in advance for the sake of convenience of our preparation. The banquet will be held on September 8 (Tue.), 2026 :
　　　　　　　　　　5,000 JPY for general attendants
　　　　　　　　　　2,000 JPY for students
Please pay the banquet fee JPY at the banquet site.

※ For Inquiry to MIMS office by e-mail: mims[at]mics.meiji.ac.jp (replace [at] with @)
　

Program

Date： 7th - 9th September, 2026
Venue： Room 603, 6F High-Rise Wing, Nakano Campus

Abstracts

Mon. 7th
12:30-12:45	Registration
12:45-13:00	Opening Address + General Information
13:00-13:40	Lorenzo Cavallina (Tohoku University, Japan) "On the geometry of solutions to the two-phase Serrin problem"
13:40-14:00	Break
14:00-14:40	Masashi Mizuno (Nihon University, Japan) "Spatial inhomogeneous diffusion based on the law of energy dissipation"
14:40-15:00	Break
15:00-15:40	Takeshi Ohtsuka (Tokyo University of Science, Japan) "Time periodic solutions of mean curvature flow equation with bilateral periodic obstacles"
15:40-16:00	Break
16:00-16:50	Yen-Hsi Richard Tsai (The University of Texas at Austin, USA) "Solving Hamilton-Jacobi equations by minimizing residuals of monotone discretizations"
16:50-17:00	Break
17:00-18:00	Poster Flash Talk

Tue. 8th
10:00-12:00	Poster Session
12:00-13:30	Lunch
13:30-14:10	Ko Okumura (Ochanomizu University, Japan) "A renormalization group theory of axisymmetric bubble breakup inspired by recent studies on non-axisymmetric self-similar dynamics"
14:10-14:50	Mafumi Hishida (Tokyo University of Science, Japan) "How does hydration water relate to the properties and functions of soft matter and biomolecules?"
14:50-15:10	Break
15:10-15:50	Yutaka Sumino (Tokyo University of Science, Japan) "Pair-induced active motion of two different species"
15:50-16:30	Hiroyuki Kitahata (Chiba University, Japan) "Energetics-Based Modeling for Diffusiophoretic Motion Coupled with Droplet Deformation"
16:30-16:40	Break
16:40-17:30	Julien Dambrine (Université de Poitiers, France) "The dead-water phenomenon: theory, experiments and simulations"
18:00-20:00	Banquet

Wed. 9th
10:00-10:40	Elliott Ginder (Meiji University, Japan) "The Surface-Constrained Level Set Method for Multiphase Interfacial Motions"
10:40-11:00	Break
11:00-11:40	Koya Sakakibara (Kanazawa University, Japan) "A Stabilized Dual-SAV Parametric Finite Element Framework for Constrained Planar Curve Flows with Tangential Mesh Regularization"
11:40-12:00	Break
12:00-13:30	Lunch
13:30-14:10	Kazunori Kuwana (Tokyo University of Science, Japan) "Fire Spread Dynamics in the 2025 Ofunato Wildfire"
14:10-14:30	Break
14:30-15:10	Koichi Sudoh (The University of Osaka, Japan) "A Geometric Model of Nanoparticle-Catalyzed Nanopore Formation on Ceramic Substrates"
15:10	Closing

Poster Award of ICMMA 2026

Best Poster Award

“Nonreciprocal pattern selection organized by an O(2)-symmetric critical exceptional point”

Yuta Tateyama (Chiba University)
Daniel Greve (University of Münster)
Hiroaki Ito (Chiba University)
Shigeyuki Komura (WIUCAS)
Hiroyuki Kitahata (Chiba University)
Uwe Thiele (University of Münster)

Excellent Poster Award

“Nonlinear Dynamics of Hinokitiol-Fueled Disks on Aqueous Surfaces”

Lara R. Holstein (NIMS)

“Continuous generation of confined bubbles: viscous effect on the gravito-capillary pinch off”

Haruka Hitomi (Ochanomizu University)
Ko Okumura (Ochanomizu University)

Poster Presentation

Date：Tuesday 8th, September, 2026
　

Poster Presentation List

Abstracts

Poster title	Author(s) Name
1. Two Formulations of Weak Acceleration for Evolving Interfaces	Syota Koide (National Institute of Technology, Matsue College)
2. Effect of Interfacial-Energy Heterogeneity on Drying-Induced Crack Pattern Formation	Shin-ichi Ito (The University of Tokyo)
3. A Linearized Ordinary Differential Equation Model for Formose Reaction Network Kinetics	Taisei Fujimoto(Univ. of Osaka), Yoko Hase(Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.), Yoshiharu Mukouyama(Univ. of Osaka, Univ. of Tokyo Denki ), Shuji Nakanishi(Univ. of Osaka), Hiro Tabata(Univ. of Osaka)
4. From Invariants to Commuting Observables: Quantum Argument Shifts and a Taylor Formula for Integrable Systems	Yasushi Ikeda(Meiji University)
5. Nonlinear Forecast Reconciliation of Cause-of-Death Mortality	Tsuchiya Yuki (Meiji University), Naoki Matsuyama(Meiji University)
6. Nonlinear Dynamics of Hinokitiol-Fueled Disks on Aqueous Surfaces	Lara R. Holstein (NIMS)
7. Nonreciprocal pattern selection organized by an O(2) -symmetric critical exceptional point	Yuta Tateyama (Chiba University), Daniel Greve (Univ. of Münster), Hiroaki Ito (Chiba Univ.), Shigeyuki Komura (WIUCAS), Hiroyuki Kitahata (Chiba Univ.), Uwe Thiele (Univ. of Münster)
8. Critical Fractional Heat Flows: Long-Time Dynamics, and a Local-to-Nonlocal Perspective	Yi YANG (Meiji University)
9. A Mathematical Approach to Origami Hat Production	Toshie Sasaki (Meiji University), Ichiro Hagiwara (Meiji Univ.)
10. Propagation and blocking of driven curvature flow in a strip domain with periodic obstacles	Ryunosuke Mori (Meiji University)
11. Morphological Transition and Interfacial Growth Dynamics Change in Metal Dendrites Induced by Surfactants	Tomoya Nakamura (Chiba University), Hiroaki Ito (Chiba Univ.), Hiroyuki Kitahata (Chiba Univ.)
12. Bifurcation and initial-condition dependence of coupling patterns in two-dimensional bilayer thermal convection with an undeformable interface	Mizuki Nakamura (Chiba University), Hiroaki Ito (Chiba Univ.), Hiroyuki Kitahata (Chiba Univ.)
13. Numerical Analysis on Curved Surfaces Using the Minimizing Movement Method	Rin Tosaya (Meiji University)
14. Effects of spatial structures on gelation-induced flow patterns	Kojiro Otoguro (Meiji University), Shunsuke Tanaka (Tokyo Univ. Sci.), Miyuki Kunihiro (Tokyo Univ. Sci.), Hiroki Ishikawa (Tokyo Univ. Sci.), Yutaka Sumino (Tokyo Univ. Sci.)
15. Barchan movement by sand supply using crest line model	Sofia Navarro Yabe (Meiji University), Masashi Shiraishi (Hiroshima City Univ.), Hiraku Nishimori (MIMS, Meiji Univ.)
16. Continuous generation of confined bubbles: viscous effect on the gravito-capillary pinch off	Haruka Hitomi (Ochanomizu University), Ko Okumura (Ochanomizu University)

Poster Guidelines

1. The poster board will be 960 mm wide by 1800 mm tall.

2. The recommended size of your poster is ISO A0 (841 mm × 1189 mm).

3. Please use your designated board (announced later).

4. Please put your poster until the start of the poster session on September 8th.

5. You can keep it until the end of the conference.

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Organizing Committee

Chair:	Elliott Ginder (Meiji University)
Members:	Hiraku Nishimori (Meiji University)
	Ken-Ichi Nakamura (Meiji University)
	Shigetoshi Yazaki (Meiji University)
	Karel Svadlenka (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
	Nobuhiko J. Suematsu (Meiji University)
	Jun Okamoto (Meiji University)

Transportation to
Meiji University, Nakano campus

4-21-1 Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan 164-8525

From Nakano Station to Meiji University

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　The nearest JR station to Meiji University, Nakano campus is Nakano. It takes 8minutes on foot from JR Chuo/Sobu, and Subway Tozai Line, Nakano Station. Please go out from North Exit of Nakano Station.

From Haneda Airport to Nakano Station

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Haneda Airport (羽田空港) -- Monorail --> Hamamatsucho (浜松町)
Hamamatsucho (浜松町) -- JR line --> Tokyo (東京)
Tokyo (東京)-- JR line --> Nakano (中野)

Line : approx. 23 min. 520 yen	Tokyo -Monorail : Haneda Airport International Terminal (Monorail) --> Hamamatsucho
Line : approx. 25 min. 350 yen	JR Keihintohoku: 　Hamamatsucho --> 　Tokyo JR Chuo Line for Rapid Train:　 Tokyo --> 　Nakano

Haneda Airport (羽田空港) -- Airport Limousine Bus --> Nakano (中野)

Bus : approx. 40 min. 1,400 yen	Airport Limousine Bus : Haneda Airport International Terminal (Bus) --> Nakano

From Narita Airport to Nakano Station

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Narita Airport (成田空港) -- JR Narita-Express --> Shinjuku (新宿)
Shinjuku (新宿) -- JR line --> Nakano (中野)

Line : approx. 90 min. 3520 yen	JR Narita-Express : 　Narita Airport --> 　Shinjuku JR Chuo Line: 　Shinjuku --> 　Nakano 　　approx. 5 min. for Rapid, 10 min. for Local

Narita Airport (成田空港) -- Airport Limousine Bus --> Nakano (中野)

Bus : approx. 1 hour 55 min. 3,600 yen	Airport Limousine Bus : Narita Airport (Bus) --> Nakano

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