International Conference


ICMMA 2025

International Conference on
"Cooperative Strategies and Dynamics in Social Systems: from Human to Insect Societies"



　
Index

Outline of the Conference ICMMA 2025


List of Speakers


Registration


Program


Poster Presentation


Organizing Committee


Transportation

　
What's New
Dec. 11The program is released.
Nov. 19Registration for participation and poster presentation starts.
Nov. 10The web page for ICMMA 2025 is now available.

Outline of the Conference ICMMA 2025

Organizers and Cooperation ICMMA2025 is partly supported by
MEXT Promotion of Distinctive Joint Usage/Research Center Support Program Grant Number JPMXP0724020292.
MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) No.24H00001 (2024-2028) "Mathematical Prehistory of Homo sapiens"
Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences (MIMS)　
Date 14th - 16th, January, 2026
Venue On site only
Room 603, 6th floor, Nakano Campus, Meiji University

Access map

Nakano campus

Transportation to Meiji University
Schedule 14th (Wed.): Invited talks
15th (Thu.): Invited talks, Poster presentations, Banquet
16th (Fri.): 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.

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List of Speakers

Joshua Plotkin
(University of Pennsylvania, USA)

Naoki Masuda
(University of Michigan, USA)

Alex McAvoy
(University of North Carolina, USA)

Joe Yuichiro Wakano
(Meiji University, Japan)

Hisashi Ohtsuki
(The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Japan)

Fumiko Ogushi
(Meiji Gakuin University, Japan)

Hye Jin Park
(Inha University, Korea)

Yohsuke Murase
(RIKEN, Japan)

Kenji Itao
(RIKEN, Japan)

Yusuke Notomi
(The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Hirotaka Goto
(Meiji University, Japan)

James Wolfe
(University of Pennsylvania, USA)

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Registration

Registration for participation and
poster presentation
On site only

The confirmation email will be sent to the address you entered when you registered.

Please click the "Registration" button to open the registration form.
　

Registration Deadline
Please register by December 23, 2025
Please register by Tuesday, January 6, 2026.


*Registration

closed


　　

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 January 15 (Thu.), 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 @)
　

Oral Presentation

Program

Date： 14th - 16th, January, 2026
Venue： Room 603, 6F High-Rise Wing, Nakano Campus


Wednesday
(Jan 14)
12:30-12:45　　　

Registration
12:45-13:00　

Opening Address + General Information
　 　　Session:WA　
13:00-13:50W-1

Naoki Masuda (University of Michigan, USA)
"Evolving evolutionary graph theory: multilayer networks, temporal networks, and eco-evolutionary consideration"
13:50-14:00　

　　　　Break
　 　　Session:WB　
14:00-14:50W-2

Fumiko Ogushi (Meiji Gakuin University, Japan)
"Characteristics of the Ecology of the Digital World of Wikipedia: Analysis and Modelling Using Self-consistent Metrics"
14:50-15:10　

　　　　Break
　 　　Session:WC　
15:10-15:40W-3

Yusuke Notomi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
"Species specificity and state-dependent flexibility of visually guided behavior in ants"
15:40-16:10W-4

James Wolfe (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"Multi-Agent Learning in the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma"
16:10-16:30　

　　　　Break
　 　　Session:WD　
16:30-17:20W-5

Joshua Plotkin (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"The role of uncertainty and risk in behavioral evolution"
　 　　Session:PFT　
17:30-18:30PFT

Poster Flush Talk
　
Thursday
(Jan 15)
　 　　Session:PS　
10:00-12:00PS

Poster Session
12:10-13:30　　　

　　　　Lunch
　 　　Session:TA　
13:30-14:20T-1

Yohsuke Murase (RIKEN, Japan)
"Social norms, correlated opinions, and group structures: key ingredients in indirect reciprocity"
14:20-14:40　

　　　　Break
　 　　Session:TB　
14:40-15:10T-2

Kenji Itao (RIKEN, Japan)
"Self-organized institutions in evolutionary dynamical-systems games"
15:10-15:40T-3

Hirotaka Goto (Meiji University, Japan)
"When does it pay to teach?: Population thresholds and the evolution of teaching"
15:40-16:00　

　　　　Break
　 　　Session:TC　
16:00-16:50T-4

Hye Jin Park (Inha University, Republic of Korea)
"The role of vacancies for the evolution of cooperation"
16:50-17:00　

　　　　Break
　 　　Session:TD　
17:00-17:50T-5

Joe Yuichiro Wakano (Meiji University, Japan)
"Eco-cultural range expansion model of modern humans and the effect of spatial bottleneck"
17:50-18:00　

　　　　Break
18:00-20:00　

　　　Banquet
　
Friday
(Jan 16)
　　　　 　　Session:FA　
10:00-10:50F-1

Alex McAvoy (University of North Carolina, USA)
"Expectation-enforcing strategies for repeated games"
10:50-11:10　

　　　　Break
　 　　Session:FB　
11:10-12:00F-2

Hisashi Ohtsuki (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Japan)
"Conditions for the establishment of creole languages from an evolutionary game perspective"
12:00　

Closing
　

Poster Presentation

Date：Thursday 15th, January 2026
　


Poster Presentation List
Poster title Author(s) Name
1.
Teaching unselfishness in direct reciprocity 		Nikoleta Glynatsi(RIKEN Center for Computational Science), Christian Hilbe (Interdisciplinary Transformation University), Martin A Nowak (Harvard University)
2.
How norms shape the evolution of prosocial behavior, Compassion, Universalizability, Reciprocity, Equity: A C.U.R.E for social dilemmas		 Brian Mintz (Riken iTHEMS group), Feng Fu (Dartmouth College)
3.
A Higher-Order Vicsek Model Emerging from Local Conformity		 Keisuke Taga (Tokyo University of Science), Riccardo Muolo (RIKEN) Hiroya Nakao (Institute of Science Tokyo), Iván León (Universidad de Cantabria)
4.
Productive Punishment and Protective Defection: How Integrated Strong Reciprocity Stabilizes Cooperation and Enhances Social Welfare		 Tatsuya Sasaki (Koriyama Women's College), Satoshi Uchida (RINRI Institute)
5.
Reconstructing spatiotemporal gene expression dynamics through optimal transport theory		 Jun Okamoto (Meiji University)
6.
Do LLM Agents Exhibit Social Networking Agency?		 Ivan Romić (RIKEN iTHEMS)
7.
A foreshock discrimination model with geometric features		 Shohei Miyazawa (Meiji University), Naoki Matsuyama (Meiji University)
8.
Statistical Analysis of Exploratory Indoor Walking Behavior Using Beacon-based Trajectories		 Sakurako Tanida (The University of Tokyo), Claudio Feliciani (The University of Tokyo), Akira Takahashi (The University of Osaka), Xiaolu Jia (Beijing University of Technology), Fernando Peruani (CY Cergy Paris Université), Hyerin Kim (Hokkaido University), Kensuke Yasufuku (The University of Osaka), Tetsuya Aikoh (Hokkaido University) & Katsuhiro Nishinari (The University of Tokyo)
9.
A Neural Network Model for Cause-of-Death Mortality Prediction with Interactive Interpretability		 Eisuke Seino (Meiji University), Naoki Matsuyama (Meiji University)
10.
Effective higher-order interactions from time-delayed pairwise coupling in the Kuramoto model		 Narumi Fujii (Institute of Science Tokyo), Keisuke Taga (Tokyo University of Science), Riccardo Muolo (RIKEN), Bob Rink (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Hiroya Nakao (Institute of Science Tokyo)
11.
Zero-Determinant Control of Between-Group Payoff Differences in Multiplayer Repeated Games 		Ryo Fujie (Kyushu University)
12.
The brain as a dynamical Network: Cortical dynamics of metastability, network flexibility, and fluctuations		 Osamu Inomoto (Kyushu Sangyo University)
13.
Development of A New Style Helmet that Combines the Unique Beauty of Origami		 Toshie Sasaki (Meiji University), Ichiro Hagiwara (Meiji University), Sunao Tokura (Meiji University)
14.
Bifurcation structure of the phase-locked solutions in coupled oscillators		 Kuan-Wei Chen (Meiji University), Toshiyuki Ogawa (Meiji University), Chih-Wen Shih (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)
15.
An Exact Solution for a Non-autonomous Delay Differential Equation		 Kenta Ohira (Nagoya University)
16.
The Science of Geometric Beauty of Bonsai		 Shinobu UTSUMI (Kyushu University)
17.
Task Allocation in Ant Foraging		 Kojiro Otoguro (Meiji University), Hiraku Nishimori (Meiji University)
18.
Power-Law Relaxation Dynamics of Video Views and Social Tagging on Niconico - The Origin of Forgetting Speed in Collective Memory -		 Kiminori Ito (The University of Tokyo), Takashi Shimada (The University of Tokyo)

　

　

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 January 15th.

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

nakano map

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Organizing Committee

Chair:

Hiraku Nishimori (Meiji University)

Members:

Ken-Ichi Nakamura (Meiji University)

　

Hiroshi Matano (Meiji University)

　

Tomohiko Yamaguchi (Meiji University)

　

Toshiyuki Ogawa (Meiji University)

　

Joe Yuichiro Wakano (Meiji University)

　

Masashi Shiraishi (Hiroshima City University)

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Transportation to
Meiji University, Nakano campus

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

　　**As of November, 2025
　　

From Nakano Station to Meiji University

nakano map

　
　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

'Haneda Airport' English web site
　

  • 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.
320 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

'Narita Airport' English web site
　

  • Narita Airport (成田空港) -- JR Narita-Express --> Shinjuku (新宿)
  • Shinjuku (新宿) -- JR line --> Nakano (中野)
    　
Line :
approx. 90 min.
3250 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
Route map

Line map


　

Look at the website for JR-EAST HOTEL METS.

Look at the website for Narita Express.

Search Transportation: Train Route Finder

Airport Limousine Bus

Please contact us for further information:
　mims[at]mics.meiji.ac.jp (replace [at] with @)

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