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Korean Vacuum Society in alternate shifts, which
was later jointly organisedwith the Taiwan Vacuum
Society and AVS as well to promote mutual
communication and cooperation between these
countries. Smaller-sized workshops and forums
on specific topics are organised in cooperation
with the scientific and technical sections of
the society that cover eleven fields including
vacuum technology, sputtering and plasma
processes, scanning probe microscopy, surface
science with synchrotron radiation, surface
analysis, surface catalysis, and soft-materials
nanotechnology among others. Besides these
meetings, JVSS also joins the vacuum session
of the Annual Spring Symposium of the Japan
Society of Applied Physics. As an educational
activity, the Annual Summer School on vacuum
technology has been held since 1961, in which
about 100 people participated every year from
companies and universities. Schools and short
courses on vacuum technology, surface analysis,
sputtering processes, and so on are also
organised for Ph. D students and engineers in
corporate members. The Editorial Committee
has monthly published the society journal since
1958. The journal was initially named “Shinku”
meaning Vacuum in Japanese, and was renamed
“Journal of the Vacuum Society of Japan” in
2008, which is also published electronically on
the J-Stage web site. The titles, abstracts and
figure captions of the papers in the journal, and
main contents are written in English. After the
unification, the journal was renamed “Vacuum
and Surface Science”
(Fig. 2)
publishing both
original and topical reviews related to the
nine scientific divisions of IUVSTA. Currently,
each issue of the journal contains about
65 pages, and over 2,000 copies are printed
for distribution. The Standards Committee is
responsible for establishing and revising a part
of the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) related
to vacuum technologies, including terminology,
measurement and equipment. The committee of
Qualification Program of Vacuum Engineer started
the qualification program in 2003 cooperated by
JVIA. Three classes of qualifications for technical
experts are given to the engineers/scientists
who passed the examination test. After the
unification, the committee is also responsible for
the qualification of the surface science engineer.
The International Committee is responsible for the
IUVSTA matters and other international issues.
By the Awards Review Board, since 1976, the
Kumagai Vacuum Science Award named after
the distinguished past president, Professor
H. Kumagai, and the Vacuum Technology Award
have been given to the outstanding achievements
of themembers. The Heinrich Roher Medal, which
was originally established by SSSJ named after
late Dr. Heinrich Rohrer is given to researchers
who have made distinguished achievements in
the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology
based on surface science (Grand medal) and
researchers younger than 37 who have made
outstanding studies in the field (Rising medal).
The first japanese oil-air type
vacuum pump (left) produced
by Shimadzu and the first
Japanese turbo molecular
pump (right) produced by
Osaka Vacuum.
The logo of JVSS and
front cover of the JVSS
journal “Vacuum and
Surface Science”
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