NIFS INFORMATION NETWORK FOR FUSION ENGINEERING RESEARCH IN JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES

Networking of research organizations, personnel and information is und erway in order to organize nationwide interdisciplinary research activ ities in fusion engineering in Japan. The National Institute for Fusio n Science, established in 1989, is steering this effort by cooperating with other universities and national institutes operated by the Minis try of Education, Science and Culture (Monbusho), as the first designa ted center-of-excellence institute in the field of fusion research. Th e role of information networking in the entire networking effort and e xamples of information network services for fusion engineering researc h activities are presented, with the emphasis on those for materials s cience and engineering.