Past Events
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
Speaker: Chun-Ju Lai, Academia Sinica
Title: Quasi-hereditary covers, Hecke subalgebras and quantum wreath product
[Registration Deadline] OIST-Kyoto University Joint Workshop -Challenges in Biomedical Complexity-
Registration deadline for OIST-Kyoto University Joint Workshop -Challenges in Biomedical Complexity- is October 25th, 2022.
Seminar: "Development of molecular ion beam for fabrication of multiple NV centers in diamond"
Zoom info: https://oist.zoom.us/j/93447448076?pwd=dDBIYmtkTU1IbGVtTXZZZkdvbE56Zz09&from=addon
Meeting ID: 934 4744 8076 Passcode: 458251OIST-Tohoku University Joint Workshop on Biodiversity: From Genes and Species to Ecosystem Services and Resilience
Biodiversity plays a central role in humankind’s interaction with the biosphere, lying at the heart of all ecosystem structure and functioning. Biodiversity describes the variability and connectivity of life across different levels (from bacteria to plants and animals) and dimensions (from genetic to ecological and from taxonomic to functional):
This workshop will bring together practitioners and enthusiasts of biodiversity research from Tohoku University and OIST to illuminate this fascinating theme from multiple angles, with the aim of discovering complementary perspectives and collaborative opportunities.
(Update) Beach Clean-up October 23rd at Seregaki Beach
OIST Beach Clean Club hosts a beach clean-up on October 23rd, 2022.
PUBLIC SPEAKING WORKSHOP WITH ORATORS CLUB - RAM 2022
Imagine you’re about to present at a conference (or symposium, seminar, or panel discussion…). You know your research well and could generally talk about it for hours, but… somehow the setting makes you stumble. Well, whether we like it or not, presenting one’s research in front of an audience is a key skill all scientists need to master. At OIST Orators Club we have found it helpful to practice public speaking in a supportive environment and would like to extend what we’ve learned in the past few years to the rest of the researchers’ community.
Japan Scicom Forum 2022 - Hosted by OIST
Science communication and outreach, especially to global audiences in English, is taking off in Japan. Japan Scicom Forum brings together communicators, writers, scientists, journalists and select experts from abroad to inspire and boost the cohesion of scicomm in Japan, learn new skills and inform the community with best practices. Keynote talks will reflect on research-media interactions from the perspectives of both scientists and press professionals. Workshops will provide hands-on training to support communicators and scientists working in Japan as they engage in global outreach. Open discussion and networking opportunities are spread over the program. Registration is free and the event will be in English.
This year, OIST is honored to host virtually this event.
[Seminar] Korevaar-Schoen-Sobolev spaces and critical exponents on metric measure spaces, Professor Fabrice Baudoin, University of Connecticut
TSVP Talk: "Primes, Partitions and Power Series: Mathematical Truths and Proofs From Euclid to Ramanujan" by Dr. Mark Wildon
Dr. Mark Wildon, University of London. 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).
Visit by Startup Company developing novel nanoscale scanning magnetometry microscopes
A Swiss startup company called QNAMI - will be visiting OIST to showcase their quantum sensing technology. They develop scanning magnetometers which can map out nanoscale sized magnetic fields.
[Seminar] Professor Hiroshi Makino: Learning in intelligent systems
[Neuroscience Club] Prof. Hiroshi Makino, Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University. Language: English.
A Recipe for Scientific Synergy Series 3 by Dr. Kazumasa Tanaka and Dr. Qingbo S. Wang
OIST - Osaka University: A Recipe for Scientific Synergy-Series 3 by Dr. Kazumasa Tanaka and Dr. Qingbo S. Wang
上級日本語フリートーク
言語教育セクションでは、上級者向けの会話セッションを開始します!
対象: 日本語能力試験 N1レベル合格者
[Seminar] Prof. Toshiyuki Gotoh "Computational Science for Cloud Turbulence"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.
Language: English
【10/19】Travel Consultation session /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。
Oct/19/2022 (Wed) @C210 Center Bldg. 14:00-15:00
Seminar by Dr. Lemziakov Sergei "Experimental Realization of Qubit Thermometry"
Seminar "Experimental Realization of Qubit Thermometry" by Dr. Lemziakov Sergei, Aalto University Language: English
Faculty Lunchtime Seminar (Prof. Ugur Abdulla)
[Seminar] Cryptography, Cyber Security and Machine Learning: Interdisciplinary benefits by Dr. Najwa Aaraj (TII)
Dr. Najwa Aaraj, chief Researcher, Technology Innovation Institute. Language: English. Open to all.
Fall 2022 Lean Startup Entrepreneurial Training Program: Mid-checkin
Language: English
Reservation required
[Seminar] Prof. Justine Cassell: "Social AI"
Social AI .
Justine Cassell, Dean’s Professor of Language Technologies in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, chair at the PRAIRIE AI Institute in Paris, and director of research at Inria Paris.
Survival Japanese conversation for absolute beginners
These seminars are aimed at OISTers who may have missed the opportunity to join our regular Basic 1 classes.
Seminars will be held on Tuesdays st C600B in Lab2 from 11AM to Noon.
Seminar "Breaking the rules: Alterations of gametogenic pathways in hybrid “asexual” vertebrates."
Speaker: Dr. Dmitrij Dedukh, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, CAS CZ, Libechov, Czech Republic
Title: "Breaking the rules: Alterations of gametogenic pathways in hybrid “asexual” vertebrates."
Seminar by Dr. Noriko Okamoto, Hakai Institute
Beach microbiology - from a single cell to the community
[Seminar] “Theoretical coverage of Homomorphic Encryption and Verifiable Computations and Practical Applications” by Dr. Victor Sucasas and Dr. Eduardo Soria
Dr. Victor Sucasas, Director Crytophraphy Engineer, Dr. Eduardo Soria, Senior Cryptographer, Technology Innovation Institute. Language: English. Open to all.
[Seminar] "Stochastic tug-of-war type games and partial differential equations" by Prof. Mikko Parviainen
Speaker: Prof. Mikko Parviainen (University of Jyväskylä)
Title: Stochastic tug-of-war type games and partial differential equations
[Seminar] "Bacterial type V secretion systems: structure, function, and evolution" by Prof. Dirk Linke
Speaker: Prof. Dirk Linke, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Norway
E-mail: dirk.linke@ibv.uio.no
Language: English
Pyroaerobiology: Elucidating the composition, diversity, and ecological role of microorganisms in wildfire smoke
Dr. David Vuono, Assistant Research Professor, Colorado School of Mines.
Language: English, no interpretation. All are welcome to attend.
Faculty Lunchtime Seminar (Prof. Qing Liu)
Title: Convexity in Partial Differential Equations
Abstract: It is well known that the notion of convexity plays a key role in optimization, control theory, mathematical economics and many other areas of science. This talk is a friendly introduction to convex analysis for partial differential equations. After going over a few basic properties about convex sets and convex functions, we will focus on the preservation of spatial convexity of solutions, which is one of the most important geometric properties of numerous evolution equations. Several examples will be given. We will also discuss some recent developments on this topic.
This talk is open to everyone at OIST
Faculty Lunchtime Seminar coordinators & FAO
[Seminar] "Why does diversity matter in a research institution? From my personal experiences at RIKEN" by Dr. Yuko Harayama
Speaker: Dr. Yuko Harayama, Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University. Target audience: Everyone at OIST.
[Seminar] Synthesis of CH3NH3SnI3 Synthesis of CH3NH3SnI3 perovskite films by reaction of Sn metallic film with CH3NH3I vapor" and a method to assess the "Degradation kinetics of Perovskite solar cells exposed to H2O or O2
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
[Seminar] Dr. Francis Pratt "Probing triangular-lattice quantum spin liquids with LF-μSR"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.
Language: English
Halloween Donation Drive for HelpOki
Halloween candy donation drive
OIST NetCafé (Online Information Session) in October 2022
This session will be done in Japanese. The program will start off with OIST general introduction, PhD & Research Internship admission process, financial support and student life followed by the panel discussion by 2 OIST PhD students.
[Software Week 2022] COMSOL by COMSOL Japan
COMSOL seminar by COMSOL Japan
[Seminar] Cantor Julia sets, Professor Vyron Vellis, University of Tennessee
Title: Cantor Julia sets
Speaker : Vyron Vellis,University of Tennessee
Abstract: The Julia set of a meromorphic function is the set of “chaotic points”, i.e., the set of all points that have no neighborhood under which the iterates of the function form a normal family. In absence of a rich holomorphic function theory in higher dimensions, the right substitute in complex dynamics are uniformly quasiregular (UQR) maps. Which Cantor sets can appear as Julia sets of UQR maps? How (topologically) complex can such sets be? This talk is based on joint works with Alastair Fletcher and Daniel Stoertz.
TSVP Talk: "Platon's Symmetry" by Dr. Kyoji Saito
Dr. Kyoji Saito, University of Tokyo / Kyoto University. 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).
[Software Week 2022] Blender (Advanced)
Introducing more advanced usecase of Blender for yoru research
Seminar: “Biomechanics of biting and cutting in leaf-cutter ants” by Dr. David Labonte
Speaker: Dr. David Labonte, Imperial College London
[Seminar] Dr. Naoki Takeishi "Numerical study about inertial migration of red blood cell under a Newtonian fluid in a microtube"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.
Language: English
[Software Week 2022] MATLAB by MathWorks Japan
Software Development Practices with MATLAB
Seminar "Formation of satellite systems around Jupiter and Saturn" by Prof. Yuri Fujii
Speaker: Prof. Yuri Fujii, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
STEP Up for Mental Health Challenge
Do you want to support positive mental health and wellbeing? Do you also want to increase your steps count?
If so, then join the Ganjuu Team on Tuesday 4 th October 2022 from 11am-1pm to complete the Tell Step Up for Mental Health Challenge organized by Tell Lifeline. For World Suicide Prevention Day and Mental Health Awareness Day we hope you will join us in walking 21,007 steps in honor of the 21,007 lives lost to suicide last year in Japan.
You can organize and register a team of up to 4 people using the link below. Regardless of whether you register a team you can join us on Tuesday 4 th October to do the step up challenge. We plan to meet at 11am outside the entrance to Lab 4 and we can walk the challenge together around the grounds surrounding OIST.
[Seminar] Dr. Andreas Thomasen "Contemporary approaches to variational quantum algorithms for quantum chemistry"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.
Language: English
Prof. Nobutaka Hirokawa (The University of Tokyo) Plenary Lecture on OIST Workshop
OIST Workshop | Main organizer: Marco Terenzio (Molecular Neuroscience Unit) | This lecture is open to entire OIST community | Website
OIST Workshop on Axonal Degeneration and Regeneration
OIST Workshop | Main organizer: Marco Terenzio (Molecular Neuroscience Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - contact organizer for details | Website | Program
Fall 2022 Lean Startup Entrepreneurial Training Program: 3-day Opening Session
Language: English
Reservation required
The Second Marie Sklodowska Curie Award/第2回 羽ばたく女性研究者賞
Application Period :Friday, September 30 – 12:00 Monday, December 12 2022 (Japan Time)
Intro to Entrepreneurship Training Program
Language: English
Reservation required.