Past Events
[QUAST Seminar] Aaron Poole: Thermodynamics of accelerating AdS_4 black holes from the covariant phase space
Thermodynamics of accelerating AdS_4 black holes from the covariant phase space
Aaron Poole
Kyung Hee University, South Korea
The 1st International Workshop on Cognitive Neurorobotics
The 1st International Workshop on Cognitive Neurorobotics March 18 - 19, 2024 @OIST Conference Center meeting rooms #1, 2, 3
Sounds of the Ryukyus 2024
Admission free. Registration required.
Neural Computation Workshop 2024 (FY2023)
Neural Computation Unit will hold a retreat/reunion at OIST seaside house. If you are interested in joining, please contact ncus@oist.jp
Panel Discussion: Publishing Science in a Rapidly Changing Publishing Landscape (with TSVP visitors)
Seminar, as part of Thematic Program on Response Diversity 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).
Origin, evolution, and dynamics of the asteroid Ryugu ~Perspectives from the comprehensive geochemical approach~
Speaker:Prof. Katsura Kobayashi (Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University)
[Seminar] Clinical Microbiome by Batyr Osmonov
Seminar by Dr. Batyr OSmonov, MD
TSVP Talk: "Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining Excellent Researchers in the Faculty of Science at the University of Zurich" by Owen Petchey
Seminar, as part of Thematic Program on Response Diversity 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).
Seminar - What Nature Photonics looks for
The OIST Center for Quantum Technologies (OCQT) cordially invites to a seminar featuring:
Speaker: Noriaki Horiuchi, PhD
Affiliation: Senior Editor, Springer Nature, Japan
Title: What Nature Photonics looks for
We look forward to your participation.
International Graduate School Administration Forum at OIST - 14-15 March 2024
The GS-hosted International Graduate School Administration Forum at OIST planned for 14 th and 15 th March. The Forum will serve as an arena where like-minded individuals in the academic administrative field will gather to exchange ideas and develop a deeper understanding of successfully running an international graduate school in Japan.
[Seminar]Prof. Yutaka Akagi "CP2 triple-Q state in the SU(3) Kondo lattice model"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English
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"Exploring stability in ecological systems that include species with unstable dynamics" by Mike Fowler (TSVP Seminar)
Seminar, as part of Thematic Program on Response Diversity 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).
QG group meeting: Subhajit Mazumdar
QG group meeting. Speaker: Subhajit Mazumdar. Title: "Gravitostatic Love Numbers from Membrane Paradigm at large D".
Potential of Diamond Quantum Sensors
OIST Center for Quantum Technologies Colloquium: Potential of Diamond Quantum Sensors
Prof. Mutsuko Hatano, Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
[Seminar] Dr. Yuki Amari "Domain-wall skyrmions in chiral magnets"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English
Workshop: Designing Inclusive STEM Training Environments
This interactive workshop will introduce approaches to facilitate inclusion, equity, and belonging in classroom, laboratory, and institutional training contexts. Workshop attendees will leave this session equipped with knowledge of evidence-based practices to promote equity, inclusion, and belonging and ideas for how to implement some of those practices within their local training environments.
[Seminar] 'Dipolar quantum gases: From rotons to supersolids' by Dr Manfred Mark
Title: Dipolar quantum gases: From rotons to supersolids
Speaker: Dr. Manfred Mark, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Austria
Seminar "Tropical Cyclone Projections using Environmental Proxies and Statistical-Dynamical Downscaling" by Professor Suzana J. Camargo
[Speaker] Professor Suzana J. Camargo, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
"Exploring relevance and reliability for species groups in ecological networks" by Anna Eklöf (TSVP Seminar)
Seminar, as part of Thematic Program on Response Diversity Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: Students and Researchers from related fields. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).
"Temporal variability in populations and communities" by Tad Dallas (TSVP Seminar)
Seminar, as part of Thematic Program on Response Diversity Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: Students and Researchers from related fields. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).
Quantum versus classical: Identifying the value of a random variable unambiguously
Speaker: Dr. Saronath Halder, University of Warsaw
"Understanding and predicting the stability of ecological systems" by Owen Petchey (TSVP Seminar)
Seminar (40 mins), as part of Thematic Program on Response Diversity Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: Students and Researchers from related fields. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).
Community Cooking Series [Registrations] - Class 10
The Community Cooking Series aims to bring the OIST community and residents of Okinawa closer through a shared love of food. Each session will be focused on one dish, taught by someone with a personal connection to the recipe (perhaps you?).
[Seminar] "Understanding and shaping implicit brain functions that support physical and mental skills in sports" by Dr. Makio Kashino
Speaker: Dr. Makio KASHINO (Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory, NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
Title: Understanding and shaping implicit brain functions that support physical and mental skills in sports
TSVP Talk: "From Space Time Quanta to the Quantum Cosmos" by Bianca Dittrich
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).
[Seminar] "Evolutionary losses of photosynthesis in eukaryotic microalgae" by Prof. Ryoma Kamikawa
Speaker: Prof. Ryoma Kamikawa, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Inclusive Communication Symposium 2024
C-Hub’s Annual Symposium brings together bold ideas and innovative thinkers to explore themes that enhance our ability to engender excellence through inclusion. Each year, we focus on a specific topic (2021: Inclusive Mentoring; 2022: Inclusive Leadership) to invite the broader community to share their work, insights, and practices.
MENOPAUSE IN YOUR 40S? Empower Yourself and Others with Knowledge and Preparation
Join us to gain insights and strategies for navigating the transformative journey of menopause. Learn how to understand and manage its effects while fostering supportive communities for women. Coffee and biscuits are provided! Feel free to bring your own lunch for our learn-over-lunch session. Connect, network, and enjoy some refreshments with us.
OIST Workshop "Sensorimotor Circuits for Limb Control"
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Yutaka Yoshida (Neural Circuit Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.
Seminar: Arcadia’s journey, building an invention factory
Meet Arcadia and learn about their journey as a science company.
Kyushu University x OIST Joint Event - What's your story?
Kyushu University & OIST Joint Research PR Seminar "What's your story?"
Seminar: "Evolution as a shortcut to useful inventions" by Arcadia Science
Seminar is for OIST community.
The Machine Learning Summer School in Okinawa 2024
Summer school to promulgate modern methods of statistical machine learning and inference. For students keen to learn about machine learning and for researchers who want to apply machine learning methods to problems. No longer accepting new applications.
OIST x iTHEMS workshop series - Will We Find Answers? Exploring the Mysteries of the Universe and Life - Series 1 | Cosmic ray and Life project |
This Workshop Series, co-hosted by OIST and RIKEN iTHEMS, invites you to embark on a journey to challenge the enigmas of the universe and life. We go beyond traditional Astrobiology, welcoming researchers, and students from diverse backgrounds to explore the intertwined mysteries of space and life through an interdisciplinary approach. This program offers an opportunity for individuals with backgrounds in life sciences, medicine, astronomy, astrophysics, philosophy, engineering, marine sciences, chemistry, etc., to participate in the quest for understanding the cosmic and biological enigmas. Join us in seeking unknown answers and embracing this captivating journey.
While we may not be able to complete this journey, let's pave the way for the next generation!
Okinawa Campus Idea Pitch Contest Grand Finale
The Okinawa Campus Idea Pitch Contest, an English idea pitch contest presented by RyuLab and OIST Innovation, invites you to witness ten visionary nominees vying for a chance to attend the esteemed "hello tomorrow Global Summit 2024" in Paris, a premier gathering for global deep tech startups.
[Seminar] Dr. Junichi Ikenouchi "How are tight junctions different from other cell adhesion structures?"
Dr. Junichi Ikenouchi
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University
Welcoming C-Hub`s Inaugural Visiting Fellow Dr. Taralyn Tan
We are pleased to announce our inaugural C-Hub Visiting Fellow, Dr. Taralyn (Tari) Tan.
A university that maximally benefits from its diverse community places paramount importance on expanding its insights toward creating inclusive classrooms and research environments. For a creative, courageous institution like OIST, it is crucial for our students, faculty, researchers, and administrators to engage with bold international educators and innovators. C-Hub’s Visiting Fellow Program fosters exchange and synthesis in collaboration with distinguished educators and experts across the world. Visiting Fellows present seminars or workshops, and engage in discussions with the OIST community on topics of relevance to C-Hub’s mission. Visiting Fellows also have the opportunity to collaborate with C-Hub on a project or program that will benefit the OIST community and extend our capacity toward supporting justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
NTT R&D Seminar
NTT R&D company information session.
Venue: Lab4 F01
OIST NetCafé Online Information Session in February 2024
OIST Café is a casual science information session to introduce the OIST PhD program, Research Internship, and other workshops. What do cutting-edge research and education look like? What are the qualification and criteria to get into Graduate School? What are the career options after the graduation? OIST members such as PhD students and admissions officers will meet you to answer all your questions!
OIST-Kyudai Joint Symposium Series 1: Bio-Inspired Wonders and Energy Innovations
The OIST-Kyudai Symposium brings together minds from OIST and Kyushu University to delve into the realms of bio-inspired wonders and energy innovations.
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
TSVP Talk: "The Dirichlet Problem and Boundary Regularity: How To Attain the Boundary Values in a Good Way" by Anders Björn
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).
[Seminar] A Lagrangian journey in compressible turbulence - Prof. Dhrubaditya Mitra
language : English
Policies for entanglement distribution in quantum networks: theory and practical performance analysis
Speaker: Mr. Stav Haldar, Louisiana State University
[Seminar] Prof. Han Yan "Designing Light in an Artificial Universe"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English
Teatime with BEENEXT and Silicon Valley Japan Platform
Join us for a casual teatime with special guests Teruhide Sato, Founder & CEO of BEENEXT Venture Capital, and Takayuki Doi, Entrepreneur Project Director of Silicon Valley Japan Platform. Monday, Feb 26, 2024 | 11:00-12:00 | Lab 3 Level A
[Call for Startups] OIST-Lifetime Pitch Elevate 2024
We are calling for Healthcare & Sustainability Startups to participate in "OIST-Lifetime Pitch Elevate 2024", a VC-mentored pitch competition for idea-stage to seed/early-stage which takes place at OIST-Lifetime Startup Elevate held on April 25-26.
OIST Workshop "Manifolds in Nature"
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Gerald Pao | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions ( OISTer registration required). Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.
[Registration Deadline] OIST x iTHEMS workshop series -Will We Find Answers? Exploring the Mysteries of the Universe and Life - Series 1 | Cosmic ray and Life project |
Registration deadline for OIST x iTHEMS workshop series -Will We Find Answers? Exploring the Mysteries of the Universe and Life - Series 1 Cosmic ray and Life project is February 25th, 2024.