NMT 2012 postponed to 2012

Due to the devastating earthquakes, tsunamis and also still developing nuclear plant accsidents, MCSoC-12 has been postponed a year, and will be held in September 2012. Consequently, our special session on Network-on-Chip and Multicore Technologies (NMT 2012) has also been postponed to the next year.

Please note, however, that Aizu is far away from the Fukushima Nuclear plants (which are on the coast while we are inland, about 60 miles away). We are suffering from minor problems in social infrastructures but we are OK. It doesn't make sense to cancel your trip to Japan unless your destinations happened to be the pacific coastal areas of Tohoku (northeast) regions.

internet connection disrupted

Fortunately, damages to our school and ourselves are manageable, but internet connection to our school has been disrupted. We guess that this is because our connection is routed through Tohoku University in Sendai, where the damages are much more severe.

earthquake damage (video)

pavement was cracked and a pillar was dropped.

earthquake pictures (4) on campus

earthquake pictures (3) on my desk

Fortunately, no ceiling panel was dropped in my office, but saw 'white powder' on the laptop computer (which came from the ceiling panels).

earthquake pictures (2) my office

Cardboard boxes fell down on the floor. More than half of books fell from the shelves.

earthquake pictures (1) lab

In the lab, lots of ceiling panels dropped.