Short Introduction

"The Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science (JSCES)" was founded in 1995 by the first president T.Kawai and organizers of WCCM III (The Third World Congress on Computational Mechanics). JSCES has been affiliated to the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IACM) since 1995. The JSCES has currently over 900 members, all of which are automatically registered as international members of the IACM.

The purpose of JSCES is to promote advances of education and technology in computational engineering by opening the meeting among the members of JSCES and the related organization. In addition, we contribute to international advancement of this field widely through the international activity.

Purpose of the Establishment

The computational science, which may fill the technical gap between the theoretical and the experimental approaches, has been remarkably developing with help of the development of information science and computational hardware.

"Computational Mechanics" is especially paid attention as a major key technology of the technical improvement of the 21st century, and it may become one of the basic technologies of a social and economical activity of the next generation.

This statement is supported by the super-highway which is advocated by the 45th U.S. vice president Al Gore, the plan of super-parallel technical science computer system and the activity of INRIA National Research Institute in France.

Moreover, it is no exaggeration to say that people especially in Asian expects the contributions of Japan in the science and technology following the space development of U.S.-Soviet.

Therefore, it is necessary to recognize that it is time when Japan should leave the history of great expectations in the field of "Computational Engineering" under industrial-government-academic cooperation.

The computer brings the major revolution to not only the industry but also the community. It is pressing the reorganization of the study field including the natural science, the society and the cultural science, and it may be inevitable that the education system for the engineering science shifts from the traditional compartmentalized education to an integrated one.

In the industry, the management revolution and the re-engineering have been progressing in not only the major manufacturer of the key industry but also the medium-small company. They strongly desire "Member of society education" or "Adult education".

WCCM III (The Third World Congress on Computational Mechanics) held in Japan under such a situation in August 1994. The congress attests that the new field "Computational Engineering" is one of the key interdisciplinary technologies across the specialized fields in the engineering science and beyond national borders. The "Computational Engineering" may contribute the solution of common problems faced by human being, including the global environment, the energy development, the development of structures and materials and the safety against disasters.

"The Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science (JSCES)" was founded to promote advances of education and technology in computational engineering by opening the meeting among the members of JSCES and the related organization. In addition, we contribute to international advancement of this field widely through the international activity.