Past Events
Okinawa Lectures on Entropy: Crossed products and noncommutative L^p-spaces over von Neumann algebras
A lecture series on classical and quantum entropy, by Klaas Landsman with Philipp Höhn.
Klaas Landsman is a TSVP fellow and Chair of Mathematical Physics in the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics, at the Radboud University Nijmegen
[Seminar] "Convexity: from the Euclidean space to Riemannian and sub-Riemannian manifolds" by Prof. Federica Dragoni
Title: Convexity: from the Euclidean space to Riemannian and sub-Riemannian manifolds
Speaker: Prof. Federica Dragoni (Cardiff University)
TSVP Talk: "(A)Symmetry and Complexity in Neural Systems" by Luis F Seoane
TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).
[OCQT Seminar] Decoherence as Algebraic Contraction
The OIST Center for Quantum Technologies (OCQT) is pleased to invite you to the next installment of the OCQT Seminar Series. This time, we are excited to host Dr. Frank Barrows from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA), who will deliver a talk entitled: “Decoherence as Algebraic Contraction”
Two Seminars "Controlling and Sensing Spin Systems with Free Space Electrons" by Prof. Philipp Haslinger, and "Electron-Photon Entanglement in Electron Microscopy" by Mr. Alexander Preimesberger, Vienna University of Technology
Seminar 1
"Controlling and Sensing Spin Systems with Free Space Electrons" by Prof. Philipp Haslinger, Vienna University of Technology
Seminar 2
"Electron-Photon Entanglement in Electron Microscopy" by Mr. Alexander Preimesberger, Vienna University of Technology
2026 Analysis on Metric Space Seminar: Nonlinear Neumann Eigenvalues in Outward Cuspidal Domains With Weighted Measure" by Professor Alexander Menovschikov, HSE University
We consider the nonlinear Neumann eigenvalue problem in outward cuspidal domains with a weighted measure. Using composition operators on Sobolev spaces, we establish embeddings of Sobolev spaces into weighted Lebesgue spaces. These embeddings give the solvability of the Neumann spectral problem in this setting and provide estimates for the corresponding weighted Neumann eigenvalues
Mini Course: Biophysical Principles of Regulation in Bacteria
Biophysical Principles of Regulation in Bacteria including quantitative models, regulatory adaptations, replication control, and gene regulation through gene promoters. Presented by Dr Alberto Sassi, a post-doc in the Pigolotti Unit.
2026 Analysis on Metric Space Seminar"Base Modulus for Matroid Truncation, Strength, and Fractional Arboricity" by Huy Truong, Kansas State University
In previous work, we studied the -modulus of the family of all bases of a matroid and showed that it recovers several classical concepts in matroid theory, including strength, fractional arboricity, and principal partitions. These results generalize corresponding concepts for spanning trees in graphs. Due to computational constraints, one may impose a bound on the number of elements sampled from a base. For instance, when exploring a tree, we may stop at forests with edges. Such objects are captured by matroid truncations. In this paper, we study the modulus of matroid truncations and determine the universal density for every truncation of a given matroid. As a consequence, we show that the truncation modulus serves as an approximation of the original matroid modulus.
【Seminar】"How Circuits Learn: Projection Operators, Memory, and Computation in Analog Hardware" by Dr. Frank Barrows
Seminar title: How Circuits Learn: Projection Operators, Memory, and Computation in Analog Hardware
Speaker: Dr. Frank Barrows from Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA)
Advances in Photoemission Techniques: Probing Space, Energy, Momentum, and Time
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Keshav Dani (Femtosecond Spectroscopy Unit) |OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.
TSVP Talk: "Reducing AI Agnostophobia" by Shu Kong
TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).
"Life history polymorphism associated with the foraging ecology of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)" by Dr. Megumi Kawai
Seminar by Dr. Megumi Kawai
[Seminar] "Context-dependent design principles of spindle poles" by Dr. Jeffrey B. Woodruff, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Hosted by Dr. Midori Ohta, Buribushi Fellowship
[Speaker] Dr. Jeffrey B. Woodruff, Associate Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center
[Talk title] Context-dependent design principles of spindle polesOkinawa Lectures on Entropy: Tomita-Takesaki theory and associated quantum entropies
A lecture series on classical and quantum entropy, by Klaas Landsman with Philipp Höhn.
Klaas Landsman is a TSVP fellow and Chair of Mathematical Physics in the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics, at the Radboud University Nijmegen
Science Communication 101
An introduction to Science Communication for OIST faculty, researchers and students, hosted by the Science Communication Section .
2026 Analysis on Metric Space Seminar: "On Mappings Generating Embedding Operators in Sobolev Classes on Metric Measure Spaces" by Prof.Alexander Menovschikov, HSE University
Let X =(X,ρ,µ) be a doubling metric measure space which supports the weak p-Poincar´e inequality. We consider bi-measurable homeomorphisms φ : Ω → Ω, of bounded domains Ω, Ω ⊂ X, which generate bounded composition operators on Newtonian–Sobolev spaces N1,p(Ω) → N1,q(Ω),1 < q ≤ p < ∞. We prove the Luzin N−1-property of such mappings with respect to capacities and obtain necessary and sufficient conditions on bi-measurable homeomorphisms that generate bounded composition operators on Newtonian–Sobolev spaces. We prove this by using special test functions generated by distance functions. On the base of the composition operators we consider Sobolev type embedding theorems in weak (p,q)-quasiconformal α-regular domains
Mini Course: Biophysical Principles of Regulation in Bacteria
Biophysical Principles of Regulation in Bacteria including quantitative models, regulatory adaptations, replication control, and gene regulation through gene promoters. Presented by Dr Alberto Sassi, a post-doc in the Pigolotti Unit.
【May 26th】 Travel Consultation Session/ 【5/26】 旅費相談会
Travel Expense Team will hold a travel consultation session.
旅費相談会を開催いたします。
[Seminar] "Laser Cooling of Molecules for Precision Tests of Fundamental Symmetries" Prof. Tim Langen, TU Wien
Prof. Tim Langen, Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, TU Wien, Austria
Photonic Quantum Technologies: Integrated Photonics for Quantum Applications
Scientist Career Talk Series No.2: How I Became a Scientist - A Journey into the Mysteries of the Brain -
As the second installment of the “Career Talk Series by Scientists,” we are pleased to present a career talk by Aleksandra Gavrilova, a PhD student at OIST from Russia.
CDQT Guest Seminar: Self-Intercalated Covalent 2D magnets and heterostructures
Guest seminar hosted by CDQT unit. Speaker: Prof. Hao Zeng (University at Buffalo, the State University of New York) Title: Self-Intercalated Covalent 2D magnets and heterostructures
Okinawa Lectures on Entropy: Basic von Neumann algebra theory connection with probability and entanglement
A lecture series on classical and quantum entropy, by Klaas Landsman with Philipp Höhn.
Klaas Landsman is a TSVP fellow and Chair of Mathematical Physics in the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics, at the Radboud University Nijmegen
Advancing In-Situ TEM: From Photocatalysis to Temperature-Dependent Liquid and Electrochemical Studies
Protochips Inc. is visiting OIST to discuss in-situ electron microscopy holders. They will give a seminar at 11 am on Thursday the 21st, if you would like a meeting with Protochips, please contact img-request@oist.jp and we can help set up a meeting with them. OIST currently has the Protochips Aduro heating and biasing holder and Protochips Poseidon Liquid and Electrochemistry holder.
Introduction to HPC and scientific computing - Session 2
A beginner's introduction to using the clusters and other computing resources at OIST. This is the second, hands-on session.
[ Seminar ] Durham–OIST Joint Seminar
Durham–OIST Joint Seminar
Rescheduled [Seminar] Quantum-enabled optical very long baseline interferometry – the future of tomorrow’s telescopes
Dr Zixin Huang, School of Science, College of STEM, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Mini Course: Biophysical Principles of Regulation in Bacteria
Biophysical Principles of Regulation in Bacteria including quantitative models, regulatory adaptations, replication control, and gene regulation through gene promoters. Presented by Dr Alberto Sassi, a post-doc in the Pigolotti Unit.
Introduction to the Command Line
The command line is the primary way to use the high performance computing resources at OIST. Here we quickly learn the basics we need to become comfortable and productive.
OIST Alumni Perspectives From Research to Real-World Impact: Career Journeys Beyond OIST
The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Foundation invites you to join the next installment of our OIST Science in Focus webinar series, featuring a conversation with two distinguished OIST alumni whose careers span academia, industry, and national research institutions.
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
From images to evolutionary traits: Automated morphological representation of insect phenotypes
Date: May 19th(Tue) Time: 14:00 - 14:45 Room: C210
Title: From images to evolutionary traits: Automated morphological representation of insect phenotypes Presenter: Mr. Ancheng Peng from Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Alumni Career Talk: Gaston Sivori
Gaston Sivori (OIST PhD 2025) is currently based in Dresden, Germany, working at SpiNNcloud , a company developing brain-inspired, energy-efficient AI supercomputing systems.
In this session, he will share his career journey from OIST to industry, including how he secured his role and his experiences during the first months on the job. There will be time for discussion and questions.
1 PCD unit
VC Mentoring Hours: Intrinsic Venture Capital
In collaboration with leading venture capital firms, OIST Innovation offers startups and entrepreneurial researchers or students the opportunity to connect directly with venture capitalists for one-on-one mentoring and discussion. Each round begins with an open seminar-style introduction, where participants can learn about the VC firm's investment focus and characteristics. This is followed by private, closed-door mentoring sessions between startups/researchers/students and the VC representatives.
The featured VC for this round is Intrinsic Venture Capital .
Introduction to HPC and scientific computing - Session 1
This training course will show you how to make best use of the high-performance computing resources at OIST. In the first session we show you how computing clusters are organized and introduce the fundamental concepts of parallel computing.
CDQT Guest Seminar: Self-Intercalated Covalent 2D magnets and heterostructures
Guest seminar hosted by CDQT unit. Speaker: Prof. Hao Zeng (University at Buffalo, the State University of New York) Title: Self-Intercalated Covalent 2D magnets and heterostructures
[Seminar] "Architecture of Infection: Structural view of bacterial infection pathways and molecular basis of targeted therapeutics" by Prof. Thomas C. Marlovits
[Seminar] Dr. Daniel Bollschweiler "EMWATCH: Keeing track of Cryo-EM Data and Image Analytics"
Seminar by Dr. Daniel Bollschweiler from Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Coffee Chat with DEEPCORE Tamaoka san
At OIST Innovation Incubator, some of the best moments happen over a cup of coffee...
This time, we're joined by Tamaoka-san from DEEPCORE, an AI-focused VC firm. No agenda — just good conversation about AI, and coffee. Come as you are and enjoy the chat!
Okinawa Lectures on Entropy: Quantum hypothesis testing in finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces
A lecture series on classical and quantum entropy, by Klaas Landsman with Philipp Höhn.
Klaas Landsman is a TSVP fellow and Chair of Mathematical Physics in the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics, at the Radboud University Nijmegen
International Day of Light Celebrations
SPIE/OPTICA OIST student chapter celebrates International Day of Light. Come join us as we watch a documentary, play trivia to win lots of prizes, and enjoy pizza, snacks, and drinks.
2026 Analysis on Metric Space Seminar: "The p-elastic flows of inextensible planar closed curves for p ∈ (1, ∞)" by Prof.Chun-Chi Lin, National Taiwan Normal University
Building on the work of Blatt, Hopper, and Vorderobermeier (2022) on the existence of geometric flows for the p-elastic energy with p∈ [2,∞), we investigate how to extend their results to the case p∈(1,2). In this talk, we focus on the class of inextensible planar closed curves. We establish the existence of global weak solutions to the L 2 -gradient flow of the p-elastic energy for all p ∈ (1, ∞). Further directions, including extensions to open curves and applications to variational problems of curves in sub-Riemannian geometry, will also be discussed. The results presented are based on joint work with Ying-Hsian Tsai.
QG Seminar: A Universal Variational Principle for Point Particle Classical Mechanics (Will Horowitz, University of Cape Town)
QG Seminar Speaker: Will Horowitz (University of Cape Town) Title: A Universal Variational Principle for Point Particle Classical Mechanics
Refeyn Massphotometry Seminar
On-site seminar and demonstration of Refeyn Massphotometry
May, 13th 13:30-16:15
Seminar "Off with their heads: the tragic double temptation of severe but rare punishment" by Prof. Kalle Parvinen (University of Turku)
Seminar for students, postdocs, and faculty Language: English
Mini Course: Biophysical Principles of Regulation in Bacteria
Biophysical Principles of Regulation in Bacteria including quantitative models, regulatory adaptations, replication control, and gene regulation through gene promoters. Presented by Dr Alberto Sassi, a post-doc in the Pigolotti Unit.
Hybrid-Pixel Detectors for Electron Microscopy
Abstract : Hybrid-pixel detectors have revolutionized electron microscopy by combining direct detection with noise-free readout and single-electron sensitivity. This technology enables ultrafast 4D STEM at 120,000 frames per second and high-resolution EELS, allowing for the visualization of beam-sensitive materials and complex magnetic domains. By integrating high dynamic range with radiation-hard designs, Hybrid-pixel detectors bridge the gap between traditional imaging and advanced diffraction analysis to empower breakthroughs in materials science and structural biology.
Okinawa Lectures on Entropy: Von Neumann entropy and quantum relative entropy
A lecture series on classical and quantum entropy, by Klaas Landsman with Philipp Höhn.
Klaas Landsman is a TSVP fellow and Chair of Mathematical Physics in the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics, at the Radboud University Nijmegen











































