Past Events

Holiday

National Foundation Day 建国記念の日 2021

Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 00:00

National holiday

OIST Mini Symposium

QSense OIST Mini-Symposium Talk 5: Probing new physics by levitated mechanical systems

Wednesday, February 10, 2021 - 17:00
Zoom (link is distributed to registered participants)

OIST Mini Symposium - Talk 5 | Organizing unit: Quantum Machines Unit (Jason Twamley) | Website | Register here (Open to the scientific community (registration required))

Seminar

TRAF6 maintains mammary stem cells and promotes pregnancy-induced epithelial cell expansion in mammary gland development

Wednesday, February 10, 2021 - 11:00 to 12:00
L4F01 (Lab4, Level F) or ZOOM

Dr. Jun-ichiro Inoue, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo. Language: English, no interpretation.

Seminar

[Seminar] Floquet higher-order topological insulators: principles and path towards realizations

Wednesday, February 10, 2021 - 10:00 to 11:00
Zoom

We are pleased to invite you to attend the seminar!

Seminar

Seminar : Particles, Bubbles, and Turbulence. Some examples of CFD applied to environmental problems

Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - 17:30 to 18:30
Zoom

CFF unit is pleased to invite you to the seminar!

Seminar

[Seminar] Optical microfibers: from low-loss waveguides to miniature optical sensors

Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - 13:00 to 14:00
on Zoom
Title: Optical microfibers: from low-loss waveguides to miniature optical sensors

Speaker: Prof. Limin Tong College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, China

Professional Development

E-webinar : "Nature Research Academies: Effective Peer-Review" [Day 2].

Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - 13:00 to 15:00
Online.

These two 2-hrs webinar series aim to give attendees the necessary skills to be an effective peer reviewer, from both an editor`s and author`s perspective . This webinar will provide practical insights and strategies to help attendees achieve this goal.

To register CLICK HERE.
Seminar

[Seminar] Matrix Models and Topological Recursion II (Dr. Kento Osuga, University of Sheffield, UK)

Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - 13:00 to 15:00
L4F01 (Lab 4, floor F)

Title: Matrix Models and Topological Recursion II

Abstract: Continued from the previous lecture, we will study how the topological recursion was discovered in the study of Hermitian matrix models. More concretely, starting with the spectral curve of a 1-cut Hermitian matrix model, I will present a computational technique that recursively solves loop equations. If time permits, I will make the recursive technique more abstract, and "define" the topological recursion.

OIST Mini Symposium

QSense OIST Mini-Symposium Talk 4: Optical nanofibre applications from atomic physics through to quantum optics

Monday, February 8, 2021 - 17:00
Zoom (link is distributed to registered participants)

OIST Mini Symposium - Talk 4 | Organizing unit: Quantum Machines Unit (Jason Twamley) | Website | Register here (Open to the scientific community (registration required))

OIST Workshops

*NEW DATES* OIST Workshop "Quantum Math, Singularities and Applications"

Monday, February 8, 2021 (All day) to Friday, February 12, 2021 (All day)
Zoom Meeting (All Online)

OIST Workshop | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions | Website of organizing unit

OIST Mini Symposium

QSense OIST Mini-Symposium Talk 3: Spin-mechanics with trapped diamonds

Friday, February 5, 2021 - 17:00
Zoom (link is distributed to registered participants)

OIST Mini Symposium - Talk 3 | Organizing unit: Quantum Machines Unit (Jason Twamley) | Website | Register here (Open to the scientific community (registration required))

Professional Development

E-webinar : "Nature Research Academies: Effective Peer-Review" [Day 1].

Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 13:00 to 15:00
Online.

These two 2-hrs webinar series aim to give attendees the necessary skills to be an effective peer reviewer, from both an editor`s and author`s perspective . This webinar will provide practical insights and strategies to help attendees achieve this goal.

To register CLICK HERE.

External Events

The 25th Board of Councilors Meeting

Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 00:00

Please address inquiries to the President's Office.

External Events

The 25th Board of Councilors Meeting

Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 00:00

Please address inquiries to the President's Office.

OIST Mini Symposium

QSense OIST Mini-Symposium Talk 2: Cavity-enhanced magnetometer using a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate

Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 17:00
Zoom (link is distributed to registered participants)

OIST Mini Symposium - Talk 2 | Organizing unit: Quantum Machines Unit (Jason Twamley) | Website | Register here (Open to the scientific community (registration required))

Seminar

Seminar : From Frustrated Magnets to Computer Vision

Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 16:30 to 17:30
Zoom

TQM unit is pleased to invite you to the seminar.

Seminar

[Optics Seminars OIST] by Prof Forbes

Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 16:00 to 17:00
on Zoom

Title: The creation and control of structured light

Speaker: Prof. Andrew Forbes University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Seminar

Cell based high throughput screening systems to identify bio-active compounds that target specific cellular targets

Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 11:00 to 12:00
L4F01 (Lab4, Level F) or ZOOM

Dr. Nobumoto Watanabe, Team Leader, RIKEN. Language: English, no interpretation.

Training

Survival Japanese: Grocery Store

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 16:00
Lab 2 C600B

Learn how to ask questions about ingredients and allergens, ask about price and quantity of goods, and pay for your purchases at the register, all in Japanese.

Seminar

Web of Science Tutorial Seminar (Intermediate)

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 11:05 to 12:00
https://clarivatesupport.webex.com/clarivatesupport-jp/onstage/g.php?MTID=e3d50d2addf7d2dcbfd627353340cd1ab

Analytical functions embedded in the Web of Science will be presented. One of the example is how to analysis searched articles and what to extract from the analysis. How to manage documents (articles, reviews etc) using Endnote Online seamlessly with Web of Science will be another topic in this intermediate course.

This seminar is conducted in Japanese.

Seminar

Web of Science Tutorial Seminar (Beginner)

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 10:00 to 10:55
https://clarivatesupport.webex.com/clarivatesupport-jp/onstage/g.php?MTID=e3d50d2addf7d2dcbfd627353340cd1ab

This seminar provides tutorial on how to use the Web of Science.

This seminar is conducted in Japanese.

Seminar

OIST Representation Theory Seminar

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 09:30
On Zoom
Speaker: Alistair Savage , University of Ottawa Title: Affinization of monoidal categories
OIST Mini Symposium

QSense OIST Mini-Symposium Talk 1: "Diamond spin qubits: quantum sensing and photoelectric readout

Monday, February 1, 2021 - 17:00
Zoom (link is distributed to registered participants)

OIST Mini Symposium - Talk 1 | Organizing unit: Quantum Machines Unit (Jason Twamley) | Website | Register here (Open to the scientific community (registration required))

Graduate School

1st Admissions Workshop 2021

Monday, February 1, 2021 (All day) to Friday, February 5, 2021 (All day)
Online via Zoom

Selection workshop for students seeking admission to the OIST PhD program in 2021

Outreach

OIST Science Festival 2021 - ONLINE

Saturday, January 30, 2021 - 14:00 to 16:00
Online (Japanese language only)

Science Festival 2021 will be held online this year.

Language: Japanese (no interpretation)

Professional Development

Language Seminar Series: Culturally-sensitive Email

Friday, January 29, 2021 - 12:00
Zoom- https://oist.zoom.us/j/98638377582

This 2-part seminar will cover the basics of writing emails for an international audience.

Minimum intermediate English skills recommended. Native speakers of English also welcome!

Friday, January 29th and Friday, February 12th, 12-1 PM

Seminar

[Seminar] Matrix Models and Topological Recursion (Dr. Kento Osuga, University of Sheffield, UK)

Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 13:00 to 15:00
L4F01 (Lab 4, floor F)

Title: Matrix Models and Topological Recursion

Abstract: Hermitian matrix models are simplest quantum gauge field theory, namely quantum gauge theory in zero dimensions, and their correlation functions can be computed by a mathematical framework, the so-called topological recursion. In this review talk, I first present properties of Hermitian matrix models such as the 1/N-expansion, Virasoro constraints, loop equations, and the associated spectral curve. I will then give a technical overview of how we can recursively solve the loop equations of Hermitian matrix models by utilising the geometry of the spectral curve. Collecting the key geometric features, I will define the topological recursion with great generalities which makes it possible to apply the topological recursion beyond Hermitian matrix models.

Seminar

Diamond Superconductivity and its Josephson Junction and SQUID

Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 11:00

Quantum Machines Seminar by Professor Hiroshi Kawarada, Waseda University, on Diamond Superconductivity and SQUID . Zoom - Please register to attend.

Seminar

[Optics Seminars OIST] by Dr Wenger

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 16:00 to 17:00
on Zoom
Title: Temperature in plasmonic nano-optical trapping

Speaker: Dr Jérome Wenger CNRS research director, Institut Fresnel, France

Seminar

Tensor Overview I

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 14:00 to 16:00

I will give a pedagogical introduction to field theories at large-N, with emphasis on vectors and matrices. I will also rapidly present the intermediate field formalism.

Seminar

YAP as a New Oncogene and a Mechanoresponder

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 10:00 to 11:00
C700 (Lab3, Level C) or ZOOM

Dr. Marius Sudol, Adjunct Faculty, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Language: English, no interpretation.

Professional Development

Workshop: "Growing a community for your research on social media".

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 10:00 to 14:00
For RSVP only.

Researchers find social media to be a very valuable part of their professional presence in the world. It can open career doors, build collaborative opportunities, and enable you to develop an engaging, expert reputation internationally.

To register CLICK HERE.

Seminar

[Seminar] " How cerebellar connectivity maps relate to adaptive behavior?" by Dr.Ludovic Spaeth

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 09:00 to 10:00
on Zoom

Speaker: Dr.Ludovic Spaeth PostDoc of Philippe Isope Lab, University of Strasbourg, France

Seminar

OIST Representation Theory Seminar

Tuesday, January 26, 2021 - 16:30
L4E48 & on Zoom
Speaker: Chris Chung, OIST Title: \(\imath\)Quantum Covering Groups: Serre presentation and canonical basis
Seminar

Group Meeting: Wilson Line Networks for Flat Space Holography

Monday, January 25, 2021 - 14:00 to 16:00
Lab4 E01

Speaker: Nico Fischer

Ttile: Wilson Line Networks for Flat Space Holography

Abstract: Several years ago, a technique in AdS/CFT was introduced which relates conformal correlation functions to Wilson networks in the bulk. The question arises whether this tool can be implemented in related models of holography. In my talk I will present the results of my master thesis, where I attempted to generalize the above-mentioned tool to what is so far known about flat space holography.

Workshop

5th ABiS Advanced Light Microscopy Course at OIST

Monday, January 25, 2021 - 09:00 to Tuesday, January 26, 2021 - 17:30
OIST Seminar room C210

5th ABiS Advanced Light Microscopy Course at OIST

Professional Development

Language Seminar Series: Let's talk about the news!

Friday, January 22, 2021 - 12:00
Zoom - https://oist.zoom.us/j/94474395223
Who: English learners with intermediate or above skills What: Zoom discussion about current events in English When: 12-1 PM,every other Friday January 22nd, February 5th and 19th, March 5th and 19th, April 2nd How: click https://oist.zoom.us/j/94474395223 to join at 12PM

Hope to see you there!

Seminar

Quantum Machines Seminar by James Millen on levitated particles for fundamental physics

Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 17:00

Zoom Seminar: J. Millen, King's College London - Levitated particles for fundamental physics. Language: English, Registration only.

Seminar

Synthetic Biology Journal Club

Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 17:00 to 18:00
B711 or one of the classrooms nearby

Presenter: Kamila. Paper: Viral Gene Drive in Herpesviruses (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18678-0#:~:text=In%20herpesviruses%2C%20gene%20drive%20involves,WT%20and%20a%20modified%20virus.&text=We%20demonstrate%20that%20gene%20drive,population%20in%20cell%20culture%20experiments.)

Seminar

[Seminar] An Invitation to Topological String Theory (Dr. Kento Osuga, University of Sheffield, UK)

Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 13:00 to 15:00
L4F01 (Lab 4, floor F)

Title: An Invitation to Topological String Theory

Abstract: I will introduce the beauty of interplay among quantum field theory in various dimensions. More concretely, I will give an elementary review of fascinating relations among topological A-models and B-models, Chern-Simons theory, Seiberg-Witten theory, and matrix models. This talk will be designed for nonexperts so everyone in theoretical physics is welcome to join, including students. Research talks with more technical details may follow next week (and onwards) if there are interests.

Professional Development

Workshop: "Transferable Skills".

Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 13:00 to 15:00
For RSVP only.

“QuickFix” - identify your transferable skills through in an interactive card sorting activity!

To register CLICK HERE .
Seminar

Seminar : N-band Hopf insulator

Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - 16:30 to 17:30
Zoom

TQM unit is pleased to invite you to the seminar!

Seminar

[Optics Seminars OIST] by Prof Hentschel

Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - 16:00 to 17:00
on Zoom

Title: From 2D and 3D billiards for light to mesoscopic optics

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Martina Hentschel Theoretical Physics of Complex Dynamic Systems, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany

Lecture

*ZOOM* [PhD Thesis Presentation] - Ms. Shoko Ota "Intrinsic Motivation in Creative Activity"

Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - 18:00 to 19:00
Zoom

Presenter: Ms. Shoko Ota

Supervisor: Professor Kenji Doya

Unit: Neural Computation Unit

Training

Survival Japanese: Introducing Yourself

Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - 16:00
Lab 2 C600B

Sign up to join us to practice your introductions.

Training

Diversity Management Training -How to manage staff members who are raising children-

Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - 13:30 to 15:00
C210 Seminar Room

How to manage staff members who are raising children.

Training

仕事と育児の両立支援セミナー

Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - 10:30 to 12:00

仕事と育児の両立支援セミナー

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