July 15 (Tuesday) 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM, Professor Zoran Grujic, University of Alabama at Birmingham

2 Expository Talk by Dr. Raphael Bennett-Tennenhaus (Bielefeld University, Germany), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined. Title: Decompositions and classifications with a view towards persistence modules

*Talk 1: 14:00-15:00, July 14, 2025

*Location: OIST, Lab 3, Floor C, Room C700

**Talk 2: 11:00-12:00, July 15, 2025

**Location: OIST, Lab 5, Floor D, Room L5D23

Zoom Link: Will be posted closer to the event!

Join us for guided tours of our state-of-the-art incubator facilities as part of Incubator Open House Week. Discover the resources, equipment, and collaborative spaces designed to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship. Our gathering space is for OIST community and incubator tenants only but during this week, we also open our collaborative work areas for external guests after the tour.

July 14 (Monday) 9:00 AM- 10:50 AM, Professor Hiroaki Aikawa, Chubu University

OIST Workshop | OIST organizer: Ugur Abdulla (Analysis and Partial Differential Equations) | Website | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.

OIST Innovation opened its brand-new incubator facilities in May. To celebrate this milestone, we're opening our doors to both the innovation community and the entire OIST community for a special Open House Week .

Cultural Event Series (CluES) featuring France presented by OISTers from France is happening on the 12th of July (Saturday) in the Seaside House from 5PM in the Lab0 lounge!

OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Have you ever wondered if your discoveries could lead to a patent or startup? Curious about what happens at OIST Innovation? Have an idea for a product or service? Want to apply for Round 14 of the Proof of Concept (POC) Program? We welcome your ideas and questions!

Speaker: Dr. Gregory Schwartzman, Associate Professor, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST)

Title: Can Synaptic Connectivity Alone Reveal Neuron Types?

Registration Now Open---Academic Job Market Workshop Series---Module 2: Writing CVs and Cover Letters---Will take place on July 17. Please register if you plan to attend at least one of the modules in the series, which is open to all OIST members.

The CVC Association includes business managers from corporate venture capital firms, startup support organizations, and companies primarily from Nagoya and the Chubu region and there w ill be o ver 40 companies joining . Don’t miss this exceptional networking opportunity to build customer relationships, explore partnerships, and connect with potential investors.

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).

Session 2: June 10th, Thursday, 15:00-16:00 via Zoom - Inside Story and Background of Research Acitivites Presenter: Mizuki Shimanuki (Provost), Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai (C-Hub)

Speaker: Joost Kimpel, PhD student at Chalmers University of Technology

This symposium aims to create a platform for meaningful exchange between students, academics, artists, and community members from Okinawa. FIO invites participants to engage with intersectional approaches to social justice, identity, and resilience from Okinawa to the world.

Expository Talk by Prof. Gordana Todorov (Northeastern University, USA), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined.

Location: OIST campus, Lab 5, Room L5D23

​Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94782960593?pwd=R0oI1bBPgL5eCVd9HBdvrv2H7Q8Py9.1 Meeting ID: 947 8296 0593 Passcode: 584111

Talk by Pablo Sanchez Ocal, Postdoc of Speyer Unit (Representation Theory and Algebraic Combinatorics Unit)

Language: English

Session 1: June 8th, Tuesday, 15:00-16:00 via Zoom - Researchers, and Science & Technology Presenter: Mizuki Shimanuki (Provost), Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai (C-Hub)

Prof. Tomonaga Okabe , Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University

Prof. Bob C. Schroeder , Associate Professor, University College London, UK

These two introductory mini-courses are offered by experts in Representation Theory, as part of the thematic program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined (TP25TD).

Posets and representation theory​ (by Dr. Baptiste Rognerud) Monomorphism categories and applications (by Dr. Shijie Zhu)

Location: OIST campus, Lab 5, Room L5D23

Schedule: Click Here

​Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94782960593?pwd=R0oI1bBPgL5eCVd9HBdvrv2H7Q8Py9.1 Meeting ID: 947 8296 0593 Passcode: 584111

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).

OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Have you ever wondered if your discoveries could lead to a patent or startup? Curious about what happens at OIST Innovation? Have an idea for a product or service? Want to apply for Round 14 of the Proof of Concept (POC) Program? We welcome your ideas and questions!

Seminar by Dr. David Jones

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).

Dr. Kristina Prokina, Postdoctoral researcher, Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, Université Paris-Saclay

Internal seminar organized by Biological Complexity Unit.

Expository Talk by Prof. Hideto Asashiba (Shizuoka University/Kyoto University KUIAS, Japan), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined.

Time: 14:00-15:30, July 2, 2025

Location: L5D23: OIST campus, Lab 5, Floor D, Room L5D23

Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94782960593?pwd=R0oI1bBPgL5eCVd9HBdvrv2H7Q8Py9.1 Meeting ID: 947 8296 0593 Passcode: 584111

Just before the summer marine leisure season, there will be a safety lecture on safety for marine leisure by the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters Naha Coast Guard Office.

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).

Speaker : Sumati Surya (Raman Research Institute in Bengaluru) / Kristina Giesel (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg) / Silke Weinfurtner (Nottingham University)

Date and time : 1 ^st July Tuesday at 14:00 Location : L4F01 Language: English

Dr. Yana Eglit, Postdoc, Guichard/Hamel Lab, the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva, Switzerland

Spatial biology in multiple dimensions

Speaker: Dr. Stefan Eulitz (Miltenyi Biotec B. V. & Co. KG)

A seminar by Dr. Akira Sawa at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine will be hosted by Prof. Yoshida.

These two introductory mini-courses are offered by experts in Topological Data Analysis, as part of the thematic program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined (TP25TD).

Invariants for persistence ( by Dr. Emerson Escolar ) Introduction to persistence: geometric motivations, metric stability, and representation theory of posets ( by Dr. Luis Scoccola )

Location: OIST campus, Center Building, Room C209

Schedule: Click Here

​Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94782960593?pwd=R0oI1bBPgL5eCVd9HBdvrv2H7Q8Py9.1 Meeting ID: 947 8296 0593 Passcode: 584111

Dr. Art Pilacinski, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany Hosted by Cybernetic Humanity Studio (OIST - Sony CSL collaboration)

OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Have you ever wondered if your discoveries could lead to a patent or startup? Curious about what happens at OIST Innovation? Have an idea for a product or service? Want to apply for Round 14 of the Proof of Concept (POC) Program? We welcome your ideas and questions!

Join the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) team - Mario Reddy + Kristin Macapagal - for an informal bring-your-own- lunch discussion focused on understanding q u e e r i d entities. Whether you are thinking about your own identity or if you have general questions as an ally to the LGBTQ+ community, we hope to host a friendly environment where you can chat and discuss with others . We will also talk about the different identities represented on the Pride flag and why visibility matters.

Happy Pride Month!

Speaker: Dr.François Guillard, Particles and Grains Laboratory, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney

Expository Talk by Prof. Thomas Brüstle (Bishop's University and Université de Sherbrooke, Canada), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined.

Time: 10:00-11:30, June 27, 2025

Location: OIST, Lab 4, Floor E, Room L4E48

Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94782960593?pwd=R0oI1bBPgL5eCVd9HBdvrv2H7Q8Py9.1 Meeting ID: 947 8296 0593 Passcode: 584111

Slides from the presentation are available here .

The OIST Proof of Concept (POC) Program can set you up with funding, mentoring, industry collaborations, a supportive community and more. Learn about the new call for applications and get ready to turn your groundbreaking idea into a technology, product or service.

Come to our lunchtime seminar to learn about biological sex and queer biology! Everyone is welcome!

In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn the basics of embedded programming using a handheld game device based on the AVTokyo 2022 badge. While the focus is on programming, we’ll also explore hardware fundamentals such as reading sensor data and displaying text on a screen. The badge hardware will be provided by VPC-Asia. Participants should bring a laptop with the Arduino IDE installed and a micro USB cable. NOTE. The number of participants is limited. Please sign up at the Graduate School counter .

Japan in the Age of Emperor Meiji (1868-1912) – Shaping a future in a turbulent world

This presentation will expose students to open-source and low-cost solutions to prototyping and hardware development as well as affordable paths in product development. In particular, we will cover advances and opportunities in microcontrollers and sensors, enabled by the Arduino ecosystem and Platform.io .

Seminar by Prof. Kurt Krause, University of Otago, Department of Biochemistry Dunedin, New Zealand

*Japanese session. English sessions will be held from September to December. C-Hub 第4回大学職員向け勉強会　 「 大学組織 」 （日本語） Presenter: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office. Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai, C-Hub

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

Expository Talk by Prof. Hugh Thomas (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI : Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined. Title: Birth and death curves for representations of a grid poset

Time: 10:00-11:30, June 24, 2025

Location: OIST, Lab 4, Floor E, Room L4E48

Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94782960593?pwd=R0oI1bBPgL5eCVd9HBdvrv2H7Q8Py9.1