Past Events
Orators Meeting for Communication and Public Speaking
The Orators club is back and have a meeting this Friday 9th June, 12pm @ L4E01.
Join us for fun and educating exercises on how to practice and strenghten our commination skills!
This is your chance to overcome stage fright and get better at public speaking.
All levels are welcome!
Uke Club Meeting - Seaside Lounge
Laugh in the face of danger by singing "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" directly into a typhoon.
OIST NetCafé Online Information Session in June 2023
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!
Compatibility and nonlocality
Speaker: Dr. Faedi Loulidi, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique.
[Seminar] MLDS Seminar 2023-1by Mr. Pengfei He(Michigan State Univ.) and Mr. Yuki Takezawa(Kyoto Univ.), Seminar Room L5DE23
Speaker 1:Mr. Pengfei HE, Ph. D. Student, Michigan State University
Title: Probabilistic Categorical Adversarial Attack
Speaker 2:Mr. Yuki TAKEZAWA, Ph.D. Student, Kyoto University
Title: Beyond Exponential Graph: Communication-Efficient Topologies for Decentralized Learning via Finite-time Convergence
OIST Natural History Collection Discussion
In this meeting we will catch up on progress in the development of the OIST Natural History Collection
Call for Submissions – BRIDGE Network Images of Science Exhibition [DEADLINE CLOSES JUNE 22!]
Please send us your awe-inspiring scientific images!
Those selected will form a collection that will represent OIST at exhibitions throughout the world.
Deadline EXTENDED June 22 at 9am JST .
GPSS Introduction seminar @OIST (In person session)
QG group meeting: Interacting Black Holes and Massive Higher Spin Fields
QG group meeting. Speaker: Mirian Tsulaia. Title: Interacting Black Holes and Massive Higher Spin Fields.
Environmental Science and Informatics Users Meeting
User group meeting for the Environmental Science and Informatics section
[Seminar] Proper Losses, Moduli of Convexity, and Surrogate Regret Bounds, by Dr. Han Bao, Kyoto University
Assistant Professor Han Bao, Kyoto University, "Proper Losses, Moduli of Convexity, and Surrogate Regret Bounds"
[Seminar] Tara Jambio Microplastic Joint Survey: Science x Art x Education
Speaker: Sylvain Agostini (Dr. Sci.)
Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba (Assistant Professor) Tara Ocean Japan (Director)
Hosted by: Professor Timothy Ravasi, OIST Marine Climate Change Unit
Abstract: This presentation will introduce the activities of the Tara Océan Foundation around the world and the Tara JAMBIO Microplastics Joint Survey, which began in 2020 using research vessels of marine stations around Japan. With the support of various private organizations, and with the cooperation of national universities participating in the JAMBIO network. (...)
Learn About Okinawa's History: A Historian and Elder’s Insights on the Battle of Okinawa
Learn About Okinawa's History: A Historian and Elder ’ s Insights on the Battle of Okinawa
An animal should not do that – symbiotic annelids synthesize a plant sterol de novo
Seminar by Dr. Dolma Michellod (Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany)
Big Geographical Data: a digital revolution for transportation studies (Session 2)
This Mini Course will provide participants with a better understanding of tools and techniques used for gathering, understanding and using geographical data. Although the focus is on human mobility data, principles and practices are relevant to much broader fields. We hope many of you will be able to join and consider potential applications in your own research. Each session is independent, so feel free to attend just one or both!
[Seminar] Expected Expressivity and Gradients of Maxout Networks by Ms. Hanna Tseran, MPI
Ms. Hanna Tseran, MPI, "Expected Expressivity and Gradients of Maxout Networks"
[Seminar] "Integrating interactive devices with the user’s body" by Dr. Pedro Lopes
Dr. Pedro Lopes, Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Chicago. Hosted by Cybernetic Humanity Studio (OIST - Sony CSL collaboration)
Seminar "Impacting droplets on solid surfaces and mediation of entrapped air film using dielectrophoretic effect" by Prof. Tuan Tran
[Speaker] Prof. Tuan Tran, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Date changed! [Seminar] "The man behind the curtain: AI, Complexity and Social Systems" by Marcin Korecki, ETH Zürich
Date/Time: June 5 (Mon), 2023 / 12:00 - 13:00 (Postponed from June 1)
Location : L3 C700 and zoom
Speaker: Marcin Korecki, ETH Zürich
Title: The man behind the curtain: AI, Complexity and Social Systems
Big Geographical Data: a digital revolution for transportation studies (Session 1)
This Mini Course will provide participants with a better understanding of tools and techniques used for gathering, understanding and using geographical data. Although the focus is on human mobility data, principles and practices are relevant to much broader fields. We hope many of you will be able to join and consider potential applications in your own research. Each session is independent, so feel free to attend just one or both!
Community Cooking Series - Class 6
The Community Cooking Series aims to bring the OIST community and residents of Onna 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?).
OIST Workshop "Representation Theory of Hecke Algebras and Categorification"
OIST Workshop | Workshop website: | Main organizer: Liron Speyer (Representation Theory and Algebraic Combinatorics Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions
[Canceled] Seminar "Cell-substrate Impedance Sensing: in vitro Evaluation of Stress-induced Damages on H441 Lung Epithelial Cell Layer using Modeled Pulmonary Atelectrauma" by Dr. Eiichiro Yamaguchi
[Speaker] Dr. Eiichiro Yamaguchi, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, USA.
Call for applications: Falling Walls Lab Tokyo 2023 co-hosted by OIST - 3min pitch competition for young researchers
The Falling Walls Lab is an interdisciplinary format to showcase the next generation of top researchers developed and hosted annually by the Falling Walls Foundation in Berlin in November. In 3–minute talks, outstanding talents and innovative thinkers share their research projects, business models and social initiatives with an interdisciplinary audience and jury. Academic institutions worldwide are invited to host their own Falling Walls Lab and to send their winner/s to the Falling Walls Lab Finale in Berlin.
June BeActive Fitness Classes
Rosalind Franklin Forum for Female Scientists (ROZ) Poster Exhibition
The Rosalind Franklin Forum for Female Scientists (ROZ), Open to All is a scientific collective named in honor of the distinguished chemist-crystallographer, in which senior scientists provide advice to early career scientists. The forum is created by and for women but welcomes all practitioners everywhere. This exhibition will feature posters of female scientists from around the world.
To learn more, visit: Rosalind Franklin Forum for Female Scientists (ROZ), Open to All .
OIST students featured in popular TV show, "Waratte Koraete"
OIST will be featured in a very famous Japanese TV show, Waratte Koraete! (笑ってこらえて!), on May 31.
Date/time: 7-9pm Wednesday May 31 st
Realtime online view: https://tver.jp/live/ntv
The following OIST students and topics will be featured:
Ant brain research by Shubham Florian's research on exoplanets using machine learning Miyu's study on memory Jann's clownfish reseach【Seminar】Surface accretion of a pre-stretched half-space: Biot’s problem revisited by Prof. Giuseppe Tomassetti
Speaker: Professor Giuseppe Tomassetti, Università degli Studi Roma Tre
QG group meeting: Higher Topological Quantum Mechanics on Graphs
QG group meeting. Speaker: Slava Lysov. Title: Higher Topological Quantum Mechanics on Graphs.
[Seminar] "The enigmatic evolutionary relationships among decapodiform cephalopod lineages" by Dr. Fernando Ángel Fernández-Álvarez
[Speaker] Dr. Fernando Ángel Fernández-Álvarez, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM), CSIC, Spain
Beach Cleanup at Tancha
May 30 is “Go-Mi- Zero” day in Japan (5=Go, 3-Mi, 0=Zero, Gomi=waste, garbage), and a great opportunity to think about nature and keep neighbourhood beaches clean.
This event is part of UMIGOMI ZERO WEEK ( https://uminohi.jp/umigomi/zeroweek/) .
Please:
Wear gloves Wear something blue (to note Umigomi Zero Week). Not compulsory.In case of rain, the event will be canceled. No volunteer certificate will be issued for this event.
Contact Mayu at +81 50 54696440 with questions.
This event is part of OIST SDGs Initiative.
[Hybrid] OIST Workshop "Potential theory and random walks in metric spaces"
OIST Workshop | Main organizer: Xiaodan Zhou (Analysis on Metric Spaces) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions.
OIST campus will be closed on Thursday and Friday due to the typhoon. All talks will be online on Thursday and Friday. You can obtain a zoom link from here.
Self-similarity approach on the dynamical impact of solid sphere onto the viscoelastic surface, Dr. Hirokazu Maruoka.
Dr. Hirokazu Maruoka, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University.
Language: English.
Seminar: Cichlid fishes as a model for evolution of altruism in vertebrates
We are inviting Dr. Shun Satoh from Kyoto University who calls himself as a "Fish Maniac" in his blog.For his details please check the link below. https://symphysodondiscus.wixsite.com/website-1/blank-3 Date: May 29th(Mon) Time: 15:00* - Room: C209 (Center Bldg) *The start time has been updated as of May 19th. sorry for the inconvenience.
Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94360778822?pwd=ZDlPZFY2d3luQWovcUdLZ1lvbGdpQT09 Meeting ID: 943 6077 8822 Passcode: 705537 If you have any questions, please contact egu@oist.jp.
Seminar by Dr.YongKeun Park "Holotomography and artificial intelligence: label-free 3D imaging, classification, and inference of live cells and organoids"
* Dr.Yong Keun Park, Physics Department of KAIST, South Korea
* Language: English (No interpretation)
New Sci+Art Banner Unveiling
These new banners, featuring imagery created by OIST researchers as part of the scientific process, have been on display for a few days now. This exhibit opening will provide some background about the images and the project and thank the researchers for contributing.
A recipe for scientific synergy -Series 4- “Advancing biotechnology through multidisciplinary approaches”
Osaka University is one of OIST's strategic partners.
Since 2020, we have co-hosted a series called "Recipe for Scientific Synergy" to introduce researchers from both sides. In order to strengthen the network with a view toward more robust collaboration on bottom-up basis, we have decided to transform this series into an on-site symposium.
May Showers Concert
On May 27th, Saturday, our multi-talented OIST and Okinawan communities are coming together to put on a dynamic show. Please join us to enjoy an afternoon of performances ranging from classical & world dances, orchestral pieces & music bands, and martial arts displays!!
Kids Movie Night
Kids movie night
This time, we are showing Moana.
Date: May 26th 18:15
Location: Auditorium meeting room one
Open to all ages (parental supervision is required)
Mindfulness meditation practice group
Mindfulness Meditation practice group.
Ganjuu Wellbeing Service is inviting you to a Mindfulness Practice Group. Practice starts at 12:15pm. You can join us in C700 or via zoom. We look forward to seeing you.
[Seminar] Cavity Magnonics
Prof. Yaroslav M. Blanter, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology.
第2回 事務職員向け勉強会 ❘ #2 Study Sessions for Administrative Staff
Schooling Options Information Seminar
お子様の学校選択肢情報セッション Schooling Options Information Session
インターナショナルスクール6校の代表者に会う、質問する、情報を得る。Meet representatives from six different international schools and get your questions answered.
2023年5月24日(水) 17:00-18:30 May 24, 2023 (Wednesday)
Joint Poster Session of OIST & ERATO Evolving Symbiosis Project Members
Open Poster Session (~20 posters by ERATO members and ~10 posters by OIST units)
Genetic mutation in Escherichia coli genome during adaptation to the murine intestine is optimized for the host diet
Seminar by Dr. Shinji Fukuda (Keio University and University of Tsukuba)
Towards Prediction and Control of Microbial Evolution: Analysis of Phenotypic Constraints in Laboratory Evolution
Seminar by Dr. Chikara Furusawa (RIKEN and University of Tokyo)
QG group meeting: Higher Topological Quantum Mechanics
QG group meeting. Speaker: Slava Lysov. Title: Higher Topological Quantum Mechanics.
E. coli evolves into an insect mutualist in real-time
Seminar by Dr. Takema Fukatsu (AIST, University of Tokyo, and University of Tsukuba)