30th International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS2017)

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PrefaceIt is our pleasure to report that the Proceedings of the commemorative 30th International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS2017) held at Iino Hall and Conference Center, Tokyo, Japan, December 13–15, 2017, are now published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS). ISS2017 was organized by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), successively from the previous year. Total of 475 scientists, engineers, students, corporate executives and other participants (127 from abroad) gathered in ISS2017, and fruitful discussions were made to promote superconductor sciences and technologies. Total of 337 papers were presented, which included 6 plenary lectures, 88 invited talks, 29 contributed oral presentations and 214 poster presentations. The papers published in JPCS were categorized into relevant topics in the following four fields; (a) Physics and Chemistry, (b) Wires and Bulk, (c) Electronic Devices, (d) Large Scale System Applications.To ensure the high publication standard mandated by JPCS, every paper was peer reviewed by a reviewer with expertise, and in some cases by two reviewers before it was accepted for publication. As editors of the Proceedings, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to all the reviewers involved in the evaluation of the papers for their invaluable contribution. Our special thanks go also to session chairs who recommended appropriate reviewers.List of Editors, Organization, Committees are available in this Pdf.