Press & Media
A verified record of public-facing and specialist writing, profiles of Ueyama and his research, newspaper coverage, television appearances, and radio interviews.
Daishin Ueyama · Ph.D. (Science) · Professor of Mathematical Engineering, Musashino University
21verified records
Updated 2026-08-30
Yamaguchi Shimbun · Authored newspaper series
Eight weekly columns moving through sutra chanting, learning mathematics, temple cushions, the arts-science divide, his grandfather, regional publishing, mind, and Jyosenji.
Sugaku Seminar 59(8) · Co-authored article / pp.64-68
An account of how several lines of curiosity converged into a mathematical model for automatic proportion regulation in biological populations.
Sugaku Seminar 59(7) · Authored article / pp.68-73
An introduction to modeling evacuation from an enclosed space through the Social Force model and the value of reduced models.
Mathematical Sciences, Aug. 2015, No.626 · Authored article / pp.34-39
A feature article using dynamical-systems thinking to approach the spontaneous formation of order and pattern in nature.
Mathematical Sciences, Nov. 2012, No.593 · Authored article / pp.50-55
A feature article on how exact solutions of differential equations in mathematical ecology can clarify the ecological phenomena from which the equations arise.
Mathematical Sciences, Jan. 2008 · Authored article / pp.45-49
An article on approaching complex solution structures in mathematical models through computation and visualization.
Meiji, No.34 / Meiji University Public Relations · Authored article / pp.14-15
A contribution to Meiji University's magazine inviting readers to reconsider everyday phenomena as small entry points into natural science.
Mathematics of Nonlinear and Nonequilibrium Phenomena 4, University of Tokyo Press · Co-authored book chapter / pp.21-62
A book chapter giving a systematic account of pattern formation and its dynamics in nonlinear, nonequilibrium systems.
Sugaku Seminar, May 2003, No.500 · Authored article / pp.31-36
An accessible article viewing the collective forms produced by ant trails through the mathematics of diffusion phenomena.
Gendai Sugaku 58(4) · Profile and research feature / pp.4-7
A profile of Daishin Ueyama at Musashino University's Department of Mathematical Engineering, centered on mathematical modeling of phenomena and his path as a researcher.
Musashino University, Frontiers of Scholarship 57 · Research interview
An official university interview connecting pattern formation, self-organization, mathematical models and simulation with AI, TheDLA, and Ueyama's parallel work as a temple priest.
Marvelous Ways Mathematics Can Be Useful and Enjoyed, Vol. 3 · Collected interview
A collected version of the Sugaku Seminar interview, tracing Ueyama's route away from temple life into research and back to a dual career, with reflections on mathematics and Buddhism.
Yamaguchi Shimbun · Activity feature / interview
A report on Jyosenji's use of Zoom and a large screen inside the temple to let distant family members participate in memorial services when travel was difficult.
Sugaku Seminar 59(3) · Long-form interview / pp.46-53
An eight-page interview on growing up as a temple son, becoming a mathematical researcher, later serving as a priest, and thinking across mathematics and Buddhism.
The Asahi Shimbun, Western Japan Evening Edition / Asahi Shimbun Digital · App and developer feature
An evening-edition feature on JoyaTimer, built to help temples complete exactly 108 bell strikes at midnight, and its developer, Daishin Ueyama, a temple priest in Nagato, Yamaguchi.
Netorabo · Developer interview
A detailed interview about the temple problem that produced JoyaTimer, learning iOS development independently, user response, and the economics of maintaining a narrowly useful independent app.
TECH+ / Mynavi News · Research interview
A long interview spanning pattern formation, self-organization, a mathematical model of the Liesegang phenomenon, simulation as experimental mathematics, and mathematics education.
WomanApps / Excite News · App feature
An early web article introducing the newly released JoyaTimer as an unusual timer designed specifically for the timing of Joya no Kane bell strikes.
Nippon TV, X Byogo no Shinsekai · On-screen appearance / app and bell feature
A year-end segment introduced JoyaTimer as a practical change in the Joya no Kane tradition. The sound of Jyosenji's bell also became one note in a performance of Beethoven's Ninth assembled from temple bells across Japan.
TBS Radio, Morimoto Takeo Stand-by! · Phone interview / JoyaTimer feature
Ueyama explains the difficulty of completing exactly 108 bell strikes at midnight, how that practical problem led to JoyaTimer, and how the app has found uses beyond temples.
AbemaTV, AbemaPrime · News-program feature
JoyaTimer was featured on the same day it drew attention on social media. The broadcast is recorded in Netorabo's interview with Ueyama published that day.