Programs for Junior Scientists

Opportunities for young scientists are shown below.

Please contact us if you are interested.

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Target Organization Program
Graduate student R-CCS R-CCS Internship Program
PhD student in Japan RIKEN Junior Research Associate program (JRA)
non-Japanese PhD student RIKEN International Program Associate (IPA)
Pre/Postdocs Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for overseas researchers
Postdoc RIKEN Special Postdoctoral Researchers Program

Connections

Organization

Achievements of cooperation

MOU Organization

  • Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University (USA) Nov. 1, 2023 - Mar. 31, 2025
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Germany) Oct. 31, 2023 - Mar. 31, 2025
  • Ritsumeikan University / Research Organization of Science and Technology (Japan) Aug. 1, 2023 - Mar. 31, 2025
  • University of Vienna/Department of Meteorology and Geophysics (Austria) Apr. 1, 2023 - Mar. 31, 2025
  • Meteorological Research Institute (Japan) Aug. 1, 2022 - Mar. 31, 2025
  • University of Melbourne (Australia) Jun. 9, 2022 - Jun. 8, 2027
  • University of Reading (UK) May. 26, 2022 - May. 25, 2025
  • National Central University Dec. 9, 2019 - Dec. 8, 2029
  • IMT-Atlantique (France) Mar. 4, 2019 - Mar. 3, 2029
  • AETHER Project(ALE, NTT, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)  Sep. 1, 2021 - Aug. 31, 2023 (expired)
  • The University of Maryland, College Park (USA) Feb. 25, 2013 - Feb. 28, 2024 (expired)
  • Pennsylvania State University (USA) Jun. 1, 2019 - May. 31, 2024 (expired)

Joint Research

Current Research

  • Software Environment for Actionable & VVUQ-evaluated Applications (SEAVEA)

    Jan. 20, 2022 - Aug. 2, 2025

    • University College London
  • Enhancing the local ensemble transform Kalman filter(LETKF) for mesoscale numerical weather prediction

    Jul. 1, 2013 - Mar. 31, 2027

    • CIMA/University of Buenos Aires (Argentine)
    • National Meteorological Service (Argentine)
  • フェーズドアレイ気象レーダの30秒更新ナウキャストのリアルタイム実証

    Dec. 1, 2016 - Mar. 31, 2025

    • MTI Ltd.
  • 全球大気モデル用いたデータ同化アルゴリズムと衛星観測データ同化手法の高度化

    Nov. 1, 2019 - Mar. 31, 2025

    • Chiba University
  • 人工衛星搭載マイクロ波放射計を生かした数値天気予報とAI気象サービスに関する研究

    Sep. 27, 2021 - Mar. 31, 2025

    • ALE Co., Ltd.

Past Research

  • Development and evaluation of NICAM-MLEF-SSL for global atmospheric data assimilation

    Jan. 24, 2022 - Oct. 31, 2023

    • Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University
  • 非線形性の強い観測情報を有効に活用するアンサンブルデータ同化手法の開発

    Apr. 19, 2023 - Sep. 30, 2023

    • Hirosaki University
  • Improving predictability and data assimilation on high-impact weather using SCALE-LETKF with a large ensemble

    Jan. 1, 2020 - Mar. 31, 2023

    • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Germany)
    • CIMA, University of Buenos Aires - CONICET (Argentine)
    • University of Vienna (Austria)
  • Development of ML-based fast emulators for 3D lake dynamics with associated data assimilation

    Apr. 1, 2022 - Mar. 31, 2023

    • Ritsumeikan University
  • 時空間的に特異な分布の観測を活用するデータ同化手法の開発

    Mar. 1, 2021 - Mar. 31, 2023

    • Hirosaki University
  • Advanced ICT for monitoring freshwater ecosystem resilience
    (Joint Research Activities in ICT for a Resilient Society', JAPAN-ISRAEL COOPERATIVE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, JST)

    Jun. 1, 2018 - Mar. 31, 2023

    • Ritsumeikan University
    • Shinshu University
    • Osaka University
    • IOLR (Israel)
  • Data assimilation studies for prediction and control of chaotic dynamical systems and COVID-19 infections

    Jun. 1, 2021 - Sep. 30, 2022

    • Nagoya University
  • Research on satellite data assimilation using an ocean model

    Apr. 1, 2020 - Mar. 31, 2022

    • JAXA
  • Advancing Ensemble-based Data Assimilation Methods

    Aug. 1, 2019 - Mar. 31, 2022

    • University of Melbourne (Australia)
  • ビッグデータ同化による局地的豪雨予測のための数値天気予報に関する研究

    Oct. 1, 2013 - Mar. 31, 2019

    • Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteolorogical Agency
  • ビッグデータ同化による局地的豪雨予測のための衛星データ利用技術に関する研究

    Jul. 22, 2016 - Mar. 31, 2019

    • Meteorological Satellite Center of JMA
  • ダム運用の高度化に関する研究

    Jan. 1, 2017 - Dec. 31, 2019

    • Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated
  • Investigating weight structure of the LETKF using an intermediate AGCM

    Oct. 1, 2018 - Mar. 31, 2020

    • The university of Iowa (USA)
  • 局地的数値天気予報に向けた高密度地上気象観測の有効性に関する研究

    Jan. 17, 2014 - Mar. 31, 2020

    • MEISEI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
  • Soft boundary local particle filters in high-dimensional hidden Markov models

    Apr. 1, 2020 - May. 31, 2021

    • Nagoya University

Technical Instruction

  • Panasonic Corporation

    Jun. 8, 2020 - Mar. 31, 2024

  • AGC Inc.

    Oct. 1, 2020 - Mar. 31, 2025

  • OMRON Corporation

    Oct. 1, 2022 - Mar. 31, 2023

  • ALE Co.,Ltd

    Apr. 2020 - Jan. 2021

Working with us

Please contact us if you are interested in working on cutting-edge data assimilation research.

Concerns about living in Japan? RIKEN has support for non-Japanese scientists. https://www.riken.jp/en/careers/newcomers/

Data Assimilation Research Team

7-1-26, Minatojima-minami-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS) Data Assimilation Research Team

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