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 – 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