The is a research institute attached to Kyoto University, hosting researchers in the mathematical sciences from all over Japan. RIMS was founded in April 1963.
List of directors Masuo Fukuhara (1963.5.1 – 1969.3.31) Kōsaku Yosida (1969.4.1 – 1972.3.31) Hisaaki Yoshizawa (1972.4.1 – 1976.3.31) Kiyoshi Itō (1976.4.1 – 1979.4.1) Nobuo Shimada (1979.4.2 – 1983.4.1) Heisuke Hironaka (1983.4.2 – 1985.1.30) Nobuo Shimada (1985.1.31 – 1987.1.30) Mikio Sato (1987.1.31 – 1991.1.30) Satoru Takasu (1991.1.31 – 1993.1.30) Huzihiro Araki (1993.1.31 – 1996.3.31) Kyōji Saitō (1996.4.1 – 1998.3.31) Masatake Mori (1998.4.1 – 2001.3.31) Masaki Kashiwara (2001.4.1 – 2003.3.31) Yōichirō Takahashi (2003.4.1 – 2007.3.31) Masaki Kashiwara (2007.4.1 – 2009.3.31) Shigeru Morishige (2009.4.1 – 2011.3.31) Shigefumi Mori (2011.4.1 – 2014.3.31) Shigeru Mukai (2014.4.1 – 2017.3.31) Michio Yamada (2017.4.1 – 2020.3.31) Takashi Kumagai (2020.4.1 – 2022.3.31) Kaoru Ono (2022.4.1 – 2024.3.31) Koji Okitani (2024.4.1 – 2026.3.31) Yoshinori Namikawa (2026.4.1 – present)
Notable researchers Current researchers Takashi Kumagai Shinichi Mochizuki Takurō Mochizuki, a plenary speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2014. Shigeru Mukai Kaoru Ono
Past researchers Heisuke Hironaka, Fields Medalist Kiyoshi Itō, Wolf Prize in Mathematics laureater Kazuya Kato Shigefumi Mori, Fields Medalist Masaki Kashiwara, Chern Medal and Abel Prize winner Hiraku Nakajima, Cole Prize laureate Mikio Sato, Wolf Prize in Mathematics laureater
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