Past Events
[Seminar] "Microbe-Machine cybernetic coupling: A feedback loop for ethology and proto intelligences study " by Charles Fosseprez
Profile : Deep into the micro-world, I've been captivated by the complexity of microbial communities. My scientific journey is rooted in the exploration of collective evolution within living systems. Biochemistry, Microbiology and Cybernetics are my focal points, and I'm eager to share the marvels of this field with a broader audience. My approach is decidedly interdisciplinary, with a global footprint spanning diverse subjects. From unraveling the geometric symphony of embryo organization to delving into the fabrication of nanorobots for information processing, my pursuits have been wide-ranging. I've navigated through startups and ventured into the realm of art, guided by a persistent curiosity about constraints and compartments in biological systems. Philosophical contemplation is woven into my scientific exploration, yet I maintain a practical mindset as I am an Engineer with an eye on real-world applications.
[Seminar] "Li-Yau type inequality for the p-bending energy" by Dr. Kensuke Yoshizawa
Speaker: Dr. Kensuke Yoshizawa (Kyushu University)
Title: Li-Yau type inequality for the p-bending energy
Quantum Gravity unit visitor seminar: Aspects of maximally symmetric non-linear (ModMax) electrodynamics
Visitor seminar hosted by Quantum Gravity Unit
Speaker: Prof. Dmitri Sorokin, INFN Padua U.
Title: Aspects of maximally symmetric non-linear (ModMax) electrodynamics
1st International Workshop on Quantum Information Engineering (QIE2023)
This event will bring together fifty world-class scientists & engineering, researchers and students working in the field of quantum information engineering. They will present their latest research as well as engaging in active discussions about the current state of the field and its future prospects.
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
Workshop Working on Ocean Policy Science in Japan: Through lenses of community and gender
Professor Kazumi will share her experience with fisheries and policy. She will also talk about her experience as a Japanese female professor and how to promote diversity in academia in Japan.
The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (UNDOS) started in 2021. In the UNDOS, co-design, co-production, and co-delivery of ocean science is promoted. In Japan, ocean science through collaboration between researchers and fishermen has been in practice since before the call of the UNDOS. In this talk, one of the collaborative initiatives between ocean scientists and fishermen in Shimokita, facing Tsugaru Strait in Aomori will be presented. Keys for the collaborative work and challenges in Japan as an ocean policy scientist will be shared. Furthermore, some thoughts as a female researcher in ocean science in Japan will be also discussed.
Speaker: Professor Kazumi Wakita (Tokai University)
Date: October 10 th (Tuesday) 3:30-4:30PM
Location: L4E48
As some events have limited number of participants, please register in this link 2023 RAM Events https://groups.oist.jp/orc/professional-development
TSVP Seminar: "Analytic continuation-an introduction" by Sam Crew
Sam is interested in geometrical aspects of quantum field theory, resurgence and quantum information theory. He is currently at the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy and Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany. He completed his PhD in 2021 at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Nick Dorey and previously worked at the University of Bath. www.samuelcrew.com
[Seminar - Cancelled] "Benthic foraminifera as bioindicators of coastal marine environments" by Prof. Sigal Abramovich
Prof. Sigal Abramovich, Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva
Security of Discrete-Modulated Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution
Speaker: Dr. Stefan Baeuml, Institute of Photonic Sciences
Seminar "Intraspecific life-history diversity in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and its consequences for sustainable exploitation" by Prof. Mikko Heino (University of Bergen)
Seminar by Prof. Mikko Heino (Univ. of Bergen). All are welcome to attend.
Nobel Prize Season Special Public Lecture by Prof. Svante Pääbo
Nobel Prize Season Special Public Lecture by Prof. Svante Pääbo 2022 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine “Denisovans and Neanderthals: How They Live on in Us”
Nobel Prize Season Special Public Lecture by Prof. Svante Pääbo
Nobel Prize Season Special Public Lecture by Prof. Svante Pääbo 2022 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine “Denisovans and Neanderthals: How They Live on in Us”
Roundtable on Job Searches for the LGBTQIAP+ community
Join this roundtable discussion to reflect on how you want to approach your job search and learn about what types of questions you might ask to assess the inclusivity of the workplace along with practical issues, like inquiring about LGBTQIAP+ -friendly health insurance policies.
Scriptorium
Guest Speaker Prof Tom Froese
"Papers, Grants, and Writing"
EVSP Talk: "Life Is Like a Box of Chocolates: our experience with an alternative model organism" by Daniel Chourrout
Our knowledge of modern biology is based on the study of just a handful of species, which, due to technological investments that have been made, have become increasingly unavoidable. Neglecting, sometimes forgetting, almost all other life forms has been a consequence of this. The problem seems insoluble, but new scientific disciplines fortunately required moving beyond classic laboratory species. One of them is evo-devo, a fairly recent combination of two traditional disciplines, evolutionary biology and developmental biology. Questions on the evolution of animal development led several of us to choose Oikopleura dioica, a species little known to the general public but of considerable importance in marine ecosystems. The first results were a little shocking, but that was not the end of our surprises…
#2 Study Session for Administrative Staff (English): Research Areas of Science and Technology
#2 Study Sessions for Administrative Staff (English) : Research Areas of Science and Technology
Speaker: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office. Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai, C-Hub
Quantum Gravity unit visitor seminar: Higher Spin Gravity I: A New Paradigm for Relativistic Quantum Fields
Visitor seminar hosted by Quantum Gravity Unit
Speaker: Prof. Per Sundell, Andres Bello Natl. U.
Title: Higher Spin Gravity I: A New Paradigm for Relativistic Quantum Fields
Seminars on organic and perovskite optoelectronics
Seminars on organic and perovskite optoelectronics. Registration is NOT requried.
[Seminar] "Why is Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility so common?" by Michael Turelli
Professor Turelli will discuss his fascinating work on Wolbachia, an intracellular bacteria that infects arthropods and develops an amazing diversity of interactions with its various host species.
Wednesdays Morning Yoga with Yasuko
This class is being offered for OIST members only
Please register in advance
The Provost Lecture Series 9
Seminar: "Mathematical Models Describing Evolutionary Immune Escapes of Pathogens" by Prof. Akira Sasaki (SOKENDAI)
Seminar by Prof. Akira Sasaki (Sokendai). All are welcome to attend.
TSVP Seminar: "An overview of Transseries" by Ines Aniceto
Discussion seminar, 2pm in L5EF06
TELL Step Up Challenge ・TELLステップアップチャレンジ
Oct. 2nd (Mon) 11:00-13:00 @Meet at Lab 4 entrance at 11:00
10月2日(月)11:00-13:00 @LAB4入り口に11時集合
Join us in taking action to raise awareness while creating hope. As we remember 21,881 people who lost their lives to suicide last year in Japan, we aim to walk 21,881 steps around the OIST campus.
However, walking isn’t the only option. Whether you’re cycling, swimming, dancing or meditating for 21,881 seconds – whatever you choose to do, it all matters and all are welcome! If you would like your steps/ seconds to be counted, please email Ganjuu so we may collate all our efforts together!
You can register for TELL Step Up Challenge via their website. There is a ¥1,500 sign-up fee, however this is not required to participate. ( https://www.tellevents.org/events/step-up-2023 ) The campaign aims to raise awareness of mental health issues.
去年、自殺で亡くなった21881名の命を覚え、自殺防止の支援と理解の拡充のため、 OIST のキャンパス内を21881歩、歩くことを目指します。
しかし、歩くこと以外にも、サイクリングや水泳、ダンス、21,881秒の瞑想など、どんなことでも大歓迎です。歩数や秒数のカウントをしてほしい方は、Ganjuuまでメールでご連絡ください。TELL のウェブサイトから登録することも可能ですが ( https://www.tellevents.org/events/step-up-2023 ) 1500 円の参加費がかかりますので、必須ではありません。
このキャンペーンは、メンタルヘルスに対する意識改革を促すことを目的としております。
【Seminar】“High-resolution structures of viruses and their proteins obtained by cryo-EM”
【Seminar】
“High-resolution structures of viruses and their proteins obtained by cryo-EM”
Speaker: Dr. Andrei Moiseenko, Professor Olga Sokolova
Moscow Lomonosov State University
Special Talk - "How the notion of harassment emerged in modern societies" by Dr. CLAUDINE HAROCHE
According to the philosophers of the Enlightenment, it is a moral duty to recognize others as equals worth of respect and recognition. Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the Discourse on the origins of inequality and Adam Smith in the Treatise of moral feelings have analyzed the social inequalities and forms of domination which have persisted over the centuries and are still expressed by various kinds of unrespectful and violent behaviors. Sexual harassment whose victims are mostly women is the most conspicuous, but moral bullying, especially in the work place has also emerged as an explicit issue in modern societies, which needs to be seriously dealt with. The respect owed to anyone is not only a matter of moral duty. It has become a right inscribed in laws protecting the potential victims of all kind of harassment. Transforming a moral precept into a legal right is certainly a social progress. It raises however issues which will be discussed in the talk.
IMG Users group meeting
Scientific Imaging Section (IMG) User's group meeting
TSVP Seminar: "Donaldson-Thomas theory for quivers with potential" by Nick Williams
Discussion seminar, 2pm in L5EF06
[Seminar] MLDS Seminar2023-8 by Ms. ABEMGNIGNI NJIFON Marianne (Institute of Mathematical Stochastics of the University of Goettingen), Ms. Naghmeh Jamali (Islamic Azad University), Seminar Room L5D23
Speaker 1: Ms. ABEMGNIGNI NJIFON Marianne (Institute of Mathematical Stochastics of the University of Goettingen)
Title: Graph Convolution Networks for spatial interpolation of correlated data
Speaker 2: Ms. Naghmeh Jamali (Islamic Azad University)
Title: Trustworthy Textual models: Are the textual models robust against various backdoor attacks
Lecture by Prof. Serge Haroche "Quantum Science with Rydberg Atoms"
We are happy to invite you to a lecture by Prof. Serge Haroche . This is a part of our summer school CQD2023, and he will give a talk on Quantum Science with Rydberg Atoms. Target audience: OIST community
POC Program Open Hours
We have biweekly open hours at OIST Innovation where you can come and talk with us about anything related to the Proof of Concept application process.
Career Talk: "How to write a lot and well" by Shinichi Nakagawa
My research group has consistently published ~20 papers per year for 15 years, and most of these papers were published in the top 25% of journals (CiteScores) with an average citation of > 100. How did we manage to do this? There are several reasons. In this interactive talk session, I will share one core secret: how to write a lot and well. If you can do it, you are invincible in academia or elsewhere. But how do you do this? You should consider writing a review to transform you into an amazing writer.
Seminar: "Indirect reciprocity under private observation" by Prof. Hisashi Ohtsuki (SOKENDAI)
Seminar by Prof. Hisashi Ohtsuki, SOKENDAI. All are welcome to attend.
Seminar: "Genealogies and ages of cultural traits: An application of the theory of duality to the research on cultural evolution" by Prof. Joe Yuichi Wakano (Meiji University)
Seminar by Prof. Joe Yuichiro Wakano, Meiji University. All are welcome to attend.
TSVP Seminar: "The BPS Riemann-Hilbert problem" by Omar Kidwai
Discussion seminar, 2pm in L5EF06
Career Talk: "Systematic Reviews for Beginners" by Malgorzata Lagisz
This interactive workshop is intended for those starting or considering a systematic review-like project. I will provide a quick overview of the systematic review process. The focus will be on the most common traps you may encounter and ways to avoid them. The interactive presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. For example, you may want to ask: "What are the types of reviews and what are they good for?", "What is a great topic for a systematic-like review?", "How long will it take?" etc.
Okinawa School in Physics 2023: Coherent Quantum Dynamics (CQD)
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Thomas Busch (Quantum Systems Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions (registration required).
Seminar: Venture Finance for Future Entrepreneurs
Join us for an enlightening seminar led by the Frontier Research and Venture Support teams at Nomura Securities, one of Japan’s largest and most prominent financial services companies.
[Seminar] "Single-cell RNAseq approaches of shell-bearing foraminifers provide new insights into understanding marine ecology and evolution" by Prof. Yurika Ujiie
Dr. Yurika Ujiie, Marine Core Research Institute, Kochi University.
The Provost Lecture Series 8
[Seminar] "Successor Features Representations: Human-inspired Transfer Reinforcement Learning and its Application to Social Robotics" by Dr. Chris Reinke
Speaker: Dr. Chris Reinke Inria Grenoble
Title: Successor Features Representations: Human-inspired Transfer Reinforcement Learning and its Application to Social Robotics
[Seminar] MLDS Seminar-7 by Dr. Deborah Sulem (Barcelona School of Economics-UPF), Solaleh Mohammadi (Sharif University of Techonology), Seminar Room L5D23
Speaker 1: Dr. Deborah Sulem, Postdoctoral Scholar, Barcelona School of Economics- Universitat Pompeu Febra
Title: Scalable and adaptive variational Bayes methods for Hawkes processes
Speaker 2: Ms. Solaleh Mohammadi, PhD Student, Sharif University of Techonology
Title: Semantic backdoor attacks
Japanese Calligraphy (Shodo) Workshop* Filled to Capacity
The instructor will write your name down in Chinese characters.
*Please apply to this workshop ASAP, Due to I need to share your name ( Name Only ) with the instructor in advance to fit Chinese Characters with your name.
Seminar"Molecular Scale Properties of Complex Molecules from Bulk, Microscale, and Scattering Measurements"Matthew A. Wade
Language: English
Tancha Beach Cleanup - Call for volunteers
In the month of September, different organizations around Okinawa are joining forces to carry out an Okinawa-wide trash pick-up initiative. OIST POWER Club and OIST Beach Clean Clubs are joining this initiative to help clean Tancha Beach.
RoBoRoBo Summer Camp 2023
This is an externally organized event. Please contact the organizers directly for further details. Website: https://sites.google.com/view/roborobo-summer-camp/home
[Seminar] "Horizontal mean curvature flow: a Riemannian approximation" by Prof. Federica Dragoni
Speaker: Prof. Federica Dragoni (Cardiff University)
Title: Horizontal mean curvature flow: a Riemannian approximation