I will present two examples in which the behavior of canonical models from statistical mechanics are controlled using growth. These examples were initially motivated by thinking about growth in living systems, but the results presented are applicable to growing active matter in general.

Ales Bucek (Postdoctoral Scholar in Bourguignon Unit) (bring your own lunch)

[Speaker] Prof. Takeshi Matsumoto, Department of Physics, Kyoto University

Title: Implications of Symmetry and Pressure in Friedmann Cosmology

Speaker: Vilalpando Vargas Carlos Octavio

We will be having Malaysian Kitchen with "Rendang Beef Curry". The chef will be Jesse Everett . The class will be on 25th January on Saturday at 6 pm in the Community Kitchen. Kindly confirm your availability until 21st January for placing the order.

Art Exhibition by Graduate School of Formative Arts, Okinawa Prefectural University of the Arts

Science Talk by OIST Students

[Speaker] Dr. Ashley Willis, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sheffield, U.K.

Speaker: Sourav Ballav from The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India

Yoga for parents. Open to all OIST community members. Expecting mothers and children of all ages are welcome, too. Cost: ¥800.

Fabio Mele (University of Regensburg)

Speaker: Prof. Martine Collart

Affiliation: The University of Geneva

Audience: OIST researchers and students

Speaker: Dr. Arnab Priya Saha, Harish-Chandra Research Institute, India

PhD public presentation

Speaker: Prof. Séraphin

Affiliation: University of Strasbourg

Audient: OIST students and reserchers

New Biology and Medicine Derived from Human Protein Synthesis Enzymes

Dr. Sunghoon Kim

Professor and Director Medicinal Bioconvergence Research Center Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology College of Pharmacy Seoul National University Korea

Title : Unitarity methods in AdS/CFT

Abstract : We are going to discuss the recent paper by David Meltzer , Eric Perlmutter and Allic Sivaramakrishnan "Unitarity methods in AdS/CFT" . Sudip Ghosh will be leading the discussion.

"Dr. Rieko Ohki, Laboratory Head, National Cancer Center Research Institute. Language: English, no interpretation."

TQM unit is pleased to invite everyone to attend this seminar!

Pierre Martin-Dussaud, Centre de Physique Théorique, Aix-Marseille University.

Dr. Seth Fraden, Professor of Physics at Brandeis University.

Dr. Shuhei Furukawa, Associate Professor (Principal Investigator) at Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University.

Title : On the many dimensions of Dynamic Programming based Reinforcement Learning algorithms

Speaker: Prof. Bruno Scherrer

Affiliation: Probability and Statistics team of IECL, at université de Lorraine

Assoc. Prof. Masayasu Taki, Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University

Title : Sample-efficient Reinforcement Learning for Real-world Robot Control

Speaker: Prof. Matsubara Takamitsu

Affiliation: Nara Institute of Science and Technology

OIST Mini Symposium - Open to all OIST members (working meals are closed sessions) - For non-OIST members: Please contact the organizers for information on how to participate - Program as of 2020/1/20 ( program is subject to change )

Prof. Miki Bundo, Department of Molecular Brain Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan　/　PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan

This is the weekly QG group meeting. Speaker: Slava Lysov Title: "Symplectic reduction, asymptotic symmetries and edge modes"

2回目：爆破予告訓練

Language: English

PhD public presentation

1回目：爆破予告訓練

Speaker: Dr. Benedetti is a professor at Ecole Polytechnique.

Prof. Mary Waye, CUHK.

Winter Holiday Party, themed activities for children, all OIST families welcome.

Internal Seminar Series. Please note the room change - it is C209 this time

Speaker: Prof. Roger D Kamm

Affiliation: Biological Enginering Department, MIT

Audience: OIST researchers and students

Internal Seminar Series. Please note the room change - it is in C209 this time

Speaker: Professor Shuichi Takayama

Affiliation: Georgia Tech, USA

Audience: OIST researchers and students

Electron microscopy approaches applied to cell biology with a special focus on autophagy

Prof. Dr. Muriel Mari - University Medical Center Groningen – The Netherlands

Speaker: Prof. Sandini

Affiliation: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and University of Genova

Audience: OIST researchers and students

PhD Thesis public presentation by Mr. Hsieh-Fu Tsai

Audience: OIST researchers and students

Dr. Naoki Watanabe, Professor at Laboratory of Single-Molecule Cell Biology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Biostudies

Department of Pharmacology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine

This lecture will give you an understanding of how to communicate and optimise individual and collective effectiveness within a team, in the context of both OIST and future employment.

Speaker: Prof. James Tepper

Affiliation: Rutgers, The State University of Newark

Language: English

Audience: OIST researchers and students

Student: Mr. Stefan Pommer

Language: English

Target Audience: OIST researchers and students

What is a high - performing team ? You will get an answer during the participative and practical workshop by Belbin (Cambridge, UK). By using Belbin Team Roles as the framework, you will understand what makes performing teams and high performing team-members.