[Neuroscience Club] Prof. Hidehiko Inagaki, Research Group Leader, Neural Dynamics & Cognitive Functions Group

We are excited to have an online seminar by Prof. Inagaki from Max Plank Florida Institute for Neuroscience. 

You can join the seminar via ZOOM (meeting ID: 782 721 4941, Password: 436475).

The OIST Innovators Society is hosting a casual fireside chat with Koshu Kunii, Ryosuke Kimura and Kentaroh (Kenny) Awata, from Lifetime Ventures. Lifetime Ventures is a pre-seed venture capital firm based in Tokyo, that invests in talent to create businesses that will be loved and exist for a long time. Lifetime typically invests ~$50-500k in startups at the pre-seed or seed stage and provides hands-on support to its portfolio startups. This is an exciting opportunity to ask venture capitalists anything!

Careers in Venture Capital for PhDs

Join the Managing Partner and Investment Associates from the University of Tokyo Edge Capital to explore the topic of careers in venture capital for PhDs. Snacks will be provided. No registration required. 11 April 2022 | 17:00-18:00 | Room C210

Title: A masing spin ensemble: temperature, light, amplifier, and diamond

Abstract: 

I will start discussing two fundamental concepts in nature, temperature and light, followed by one of the indispensable basic components in the modern information society, amplifiers.  Then I will try to show that combining these three concepts leads to our ongoing project, a heat-driven coherent microwave oscillator based on a spin ensemble in a diamond crystal. 

Every Company has a "Day 1"

Join guests from the University of Tokyo Edge Capital to learn about their Founders Program that offers comprehensive support to teams in various stages of launching their deep-tech startups. In addition to investment funds, the program also offers grants to researchers in basic science. 12 April 2022 | 9:30-10:15 | Lab 4 Room E48

These seminars examine the science of how to bring macroscopic (large) systems into the quantum regime. The preparation of large Schrodinger cats is one of the long sought goals of quantum science. Researchers seek to do this for many reasons – to see if it can be done at all – does quantum mechanics still hold for large objects – is there new science that appears when objects become large/massive? Can macroscopic/large quantum systems be useful as precision sensors – and how can we preserve/protect the large scale quantum properties in such systems. These series of talks (experimental and theoretical), will show some facets/aspects of how some researchers are aiming towards the building of large Quantum Cats.
Coffee and Okinawan Donuts are supplied during the morning.

Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.

Language: English

Dr. Daniel Shiu, Chief Cryptographer of Arqit, a leading company with transformational quantum encryption technology, will speak on "Public-cryptography is bad for security".

Registration link: TUESDAY, 19 APRIL 2022, 5:00PM (JST) | OIST Groups

Dean Yates, Queen Mary University of London

Title: Spin representations of the symmetric group

Join us for an informal lunchtime "fireside chat" with Shozo Kamiya, Founder of I'm Beside You, a startup developing multimodal AI systems to improve online communications and make them more personalized to the individual. 28 March 2022 | 12:00-13:00 | C210