This workshop focuses on laboratory astrophysics and related fields using lasers and magnetic devices, especially AI- and data-driven analyses. It is open to everyone interested; please contact the person below.
Date: Jan. 7-9. 2026
Place: National Cheng Kung University
Contact: Yasuhiro Kuramitsu (kuramitsu_at_eei.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp, Osaka University)
Online participation :Please register via the following link prior to the workshop:
Sponsor: This workshop is supported by NINS Program of Promoting Research by Networking among Institutions: 01412302, 01422301
Agenda
Jan. 7
Opening and overview
10:00 – 10:20 Yasuhiro Kuramitsu (OU)
Reconstruction updates I
10:20 – 10:40 Chun-Sung Jao (NCHC) “Lessons learned from applying machine learning to electromagnetic field reconstruction in ion radiography”
10:40 – 11:00 Akira Mizuta (RIKEN) “Numerical Analysis of the Evolution of Hydrodynamic Instabilities and Vortex Generation Associated With Collisionless Shocks in Laser-Produced Plasmas”
11:00 – 11:20 Chiung-Yin Chang (NTHU)
11:20 – 12:00 Discussion – Reconstruction update I
Lunch
Plasma across lab, space and astrophysics I
13:30 – 13:50 Hsiang-Yi Karen Yang (NTHU)
13:50 – 14:10 Hung-Yi Pu (NTNU) “General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamical Jet Launching Around Black Holes: Plasma Physics Across Scales”
14:10 – 14:30 Chun-Kai Chang (NCU) “The first study of MHD tearing instability in generalized current sheets”
14:30 – 15:00 Discussion – Plasma across lab, space and astrophysics I
Reconstruction updates II
15:00 – 15:20 Shutaro Kirochi (OU) “Numerical study on the reconstruction of electromagnetic fields in laser-produced plasmas with convolutional neural networks”
15:20 – 15:40 Takeo Hoshi (NIFS) “Measurement informatics with supercomputers using open data-analysis tool ODAT-SE”
15:40 – 16:00 Yamato Esaki (OU) “Development of the Electromagnetic Fields Measurement in Laser-produced Plasmas using Data-Driven analysis”
16:00 – 16:20 Naoki Watamura (OU)
16:20 – 17:00 Discussion – Reconstruction update II
Jan. 8
Compact Tokamak project in Taiwan
09:30 – 09:50 Po-Yu Chang (NCKU) “Development of Formosa Integrated Research Spherical Tokamak (FIRST), the first Tokamak in Taiwan”
09:50 – 10:10 Hsiao-Hsuan Lin (NCHC) “JOREK non-linear MHD simulation in Formosa Integrated Research Spherical Tokamak (FIRST)”
10:10 – 10:30 Discussion – Compact Tokamak project in Taiwan
Tokamak diagnostics
10:30 – 10:50 Kentaro Sakai (NIFS) “100-joule laser as a probe of Thomson scattering and a pump for multiscale laboratory astrophysics in magnetically confined plasmas”
10:50 – 11:10 Eiichiro Kawamori (NCKU) “Information Thermodynamics of Plasma Turbulence for a New Concept of Fusion Plasma Reactor.”
11:10 – 11:30 Kun-Han Lee (NCHC) “Development of Digital Twin for Taiwan’s First Spherical Tokamak (FIRST): Simulation, Diagnostics, and Integration Framework.”
11:30 – 12:00 Discussion – Tokamak diagnostics
Lunch
J-KAREN upgrade
13:30 – 13:50 Hiromitsu Kiriyama (KPSI) “Overview of J-KAREN-P laser system at QST”
Laser-driven ion acceleration
13:50 – 14:10 Yuji Fukuda (KPSI) “Identification of transient magnetic fields generated in laser-cluster interactions”
14:10 – 14:30 Ryutaro Matsui (Kyoto U) “Generation and control of high energy density plasma via laser irradiation using a structured medium”
Break
14:50 – 15:10 Ryotaro Kawai (Tohoku U) “Prepulse-induced electronic excitation and initial defects: TDDFT–MD multiscale calculations on graphene”
15:10 – 15:30 Chen-Kang Huang (NCU) “Status of proton acceleration experiments at NCU”
15:30 – 16:00 Discussion – J-KAREN upgrade and Laser-driven ion acceleration
Physics-Informed Neural Network
16:00 – 16:20 Shogo Isayama (Kyushu U) “Reconstructing Magnetohydrodynamic Reconnection Dynamics Using Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs)”
16:20 – 16:40 Yen-Chen Chen (NCHC) “Solving the Brio–Wu Shock Tube Problem with Physics-Informed Neural Networks”
16:40 – 17:00 Discussion – Physics-Informed Neural Network
Jan. 9
Plasma across lab, space and astrophysics II
09:30 – 09:50 Yao-Li Liu (NCKU) “Modeling of foam target in a full 3D-PIC for laser-driven ion acceleration”
09:50 – 10:10 Shivam Gupta (NCKU) “EUV Spectroscopic and Theoretical Investigation of Highly Charged Kr Ions Generated through Impurity Seeding in the Large Helical Device”
10:10 – 10:30 Che-Yu Liu (NCKU) “Studies of the stagnated plasma from the collision of two counter propagating plasma jets”
10:30 – 11:00 Discussion – Plasma across lab, space and astrophysics II
Reconstruction III experiments and calibration
11:00 – 11:20 Takumi Minami (OU) “Investigation of ion velocity vector measurement using CR-39 and machine learning-assisted analysis”
11:20 – 11:40 Fuka Nikaido (OU) “Diagnostics of laser-driven ion acceleration fields with radiography using solid-state nuclear track detectors and machine learning”
11:40 – 12:00 Discussion – Reconstruction III experiments and calibration
Student session
12:00 – 12:10 Tsuyoshi Takami (OU) “Radiation Hydrodynamics Simulation Analysis of Laser-Generated Plasma Based on Optical Measurements”
12:10 – 12:20 Mokoto Hayakawa (QST) “Development of a high-density gas jet system for laser wakefield acceleration of ions”
Lunch
Special session
14:00 – 15:00 Youichi Sakawa (OU) “My Journey Through Laboratory Astrophysics: A (semi) Final Lecture”
15:00 – Discussion and closing
