Past Events
Jazz jamming session
Join us next week on Tuesday, April 18th in seaside lounge from 18:30!
"BMS algebra from Virasoro algebras", Dr. Hisayoshi Muraki, IBS Center for Geometry and Physics
Visitor Seminar hosted by Quantum Gravity Unit Speaker: Dr. Hisayoshi Muraki, IBS Center for Geometry and Physics Title: "BMS algebra from Virasoro algebras"
[Seminar] Dynamics of spin nematics in a magnetic field: A comparison with canted antiferromagnets
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English
[Seminar] 'Waveguide QED with Rydberg superatoms' by Nina Stiesdal (Bonn)
Speaker: Nina Stiesdal, Institut of Applied Physics, University of Bonn, Germany
The 4th International Conference on Data Driven Plasma Sciences (ICDDPS-4)
This is an externally organized event, For more information please go the conference website .
[Special Talk] 医学的立場から見た3D映像 by Prof. Takashi Fujikado (Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University; Center for Information and Neural Networks)
[Special Talk] 多様な環境で活躍する研究者を支援する by Ms. Hiroyo Clemente (Office of the Dean of Research, OIST)
15:00 – 15:30 Special Talk: 多様な環境で活躍する研究者を支援する (Helping researchers thrive in a diverse environment)
Ms. Hiroyo Clemente (Office of the Dean of Research, OIST)JST-OIST Joint Symposium on Circularly Polarized Luminescence and the Related Phenomena
Uke Club Meeting - Seaside Lounge OR Beach!
You can't spell "Ukulele Club" without U! And also "bulk eel cul" but that's harder to interpret.
TSVP Talk: "Robot Learning: Where Science Meets Fiction" by Jochen Steil
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] Optical fiber Fabry-Perot cavities: Production and applications - Prof Takahasi, PI of the EQIP Unit
Prof. Hiroki Takahashi, Assistant Professor of the Experimental Quantum Information Physics Unit
Quantum Informational Analogue Models of Black Holes: What Happens After Half Evaporation?, Dr. Marco Michel, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Quantum Gravity Unit visitor seminar. Speaker: Dr. Marco Michel, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev . Title: Quantum Informational Analogue Models of Black Holes: What Happens After Half Evaporation?
What Makes a Great Entrepreneur - Dr. Serg Bell
Dr. Serg Bell is a Singaporean scientist, tech entrepreneur, and investor with over 350 patents and 400 publications. He has founded over 20 global IT companies, venture capital firms, and science institutions.
[Seminar] Diffuse-interface framework for boiling flows with contact-line model
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.
Language: English
One-shot purity distillation using local noisy operations and one-way classical communication.
Seminar "Exploring multiphase flow processes via particle-resolving simulations" by Prof. Eckart Meiburg
[Speaker] Prof. Eckart Meiburg, Distinguished Professor, University of California at Santa Barbara
"Multidimensionality of leadership and emergent feedback mechanisms revealed by interspecific groups" by Dr. Eduardo Sampaio
Dr. Eduardo Sampaio , Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Collective Behavior, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
第1回 事務職員向け勉強会 ❘ #1 Study Sessions for Administrative Staff
*Japanese session. English sessions will be held from September to December.
C-Hub 第1回 事務職員向け勉強会 「研究者の活動」 (日本語)
Speaker: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office. Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai, C-Hub
MiS Seminar Series: Quantum Biology: radical pairs under the microscope
Speaker::Jonathan R. WOODWARD
Professor of University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Speciality: Physical Chemistry,Photochemistry,Spin Chemistry
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/people/people100335.html
OIST Workshop "Invitation to Recursion, Resurgence, and Combinatorics"
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizers: Reiko Toriumi (Gravity, Quantum Geometry and Field Theory Unit) and Kento Osuga (University of Tokyo) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions (registration required).
[Seminar] Why resource dynamics matter in microbial communities
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Letten, ARC Fellow & Lecturer in Quantitative Biology at the University of Queensland
DVSP Talk: "Should I Stop or Should I Go? Exquisite Regulation of Neurotransmitter Release at Mammalian Synapses" by Christian Rosenmund
DVSP 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).
Community Cooking Series - Class 4
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?).
Uke Club Meeting - Seaside Lounge OR Beach!
In this meeting we will discuss the proper method to cook and eat a soprano ukulele.
[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor Takeshi Sakurai: Induction of hibernation-like state in mice
OIST Neuroscience Club is excited to host Prof. Takeshi Sakurai from the International Institute for Integrative Sleep (WPI-IIIS) Medicine, University of Tsukuba. Everyone is welcome to join the seminar!
The Provost Lecture Series 6
【Seminar】Diamond MEMS: from fundamentals to sensing applications
Speaker: Dr. Meiyong LIAO, a Chief Researcher at National Institute for Material Science
Zoom :
https://oist.zoom.us/j/96289625266?pwd=TFdtZmRqbG5HSUhCa0xseit5ellIZz09
Passcode: 313298
[Seminar] Models for the evolution of respiratory diseases: the interplay of limited cross-immunity with infectivity that decreases with virulence
Professor emeritus Hans (=J.A.J.) Metz, Institute of Biology and Mathematical Institute, Leiden University, the Netherlands
[Date / Venue are changed] Seminar: “Ernst Haeckel – the greatest German Zoologist? ” by Prof. Dr. Rolf Beutel
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Rolf Beutel, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Date
Old: Monday, March 27 , 2023 (11:00 - 12:00)
New: Wednesday, March 29 , 2023 (11:00 - 12:00)
Room
Old: Seminar Room C209, Center Building
New: Seminar Room C700, Lab 3
[Seminar] 'Levitodynamics: Optomechanics with a levitated nanoparticle' by Prof Romain Quidant
Speaker: Dr. Romain Quidant
Professor, Nanophotonic Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
[Seminar] "Evolution of operon formation in the laboratory" by Mr. Yuki Kanai
Mr. Yuki Kanai, PhD Student, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan
Carrot Harvest - working with local farmers
EF Polymer , an agritech startup has been working with local farmers in Okinawa to perform pilot tests of their technology. Their team wish to create an enjoyable event to help the farmers harvest the carrots, and also give back to the community. The OIST POWER Club is calling for volunteers to join this event to harvest carrots.
“Hoshizuna: the floating star-sand” art installation
“Hoshizuna: the floating star-sand” art installation
From Saturday, March 25, through Saturday, April 1, OIST will house giant balloons in the shape of Hoshizuna, or Okinawa star sand.
A New Paradigm: Pain Recovery is Possible Dr. Les Aria/ 慢性疼痛の回復への新たな視点 レス・アリア博士
This presentation will cover a new perspective on the definition of chronic pain, coupled with the new brain studies postulating that emotional and physical pains share the same neural networks.
Sanshin classes by Satsuki Agena (January to March)
Sanshin classes by Satsuki Agena (January to March)
TSVP Anniversary Teatime
"TSVP Teatime": informal discussions and getting to know each other
Phases and topological defects in two dimensions, Prof. Leticia F. Cugliandolo
Prof. Leticia F. Cugliandolo, Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies.
Langage: English.
Discussion - OIST Natural History Collection
Discussion of progress and roadmap for founding an OIST natural history collection.
"Population Dynamics of Balanced Growth in Bacteria" by Dr. Farshid Jafarpour
Online seminar, hosted in C015 (Lab 1)
Dr. Farshid Jafarpour (Assistant Professor Utrecht University)
(Zoom link in description)
Environmental Science and Informatics Users Meeting
In this meeting, we will present information about the new Environmental Science and Informatics section in RSD and ask for feedback from users or potential users of our services. In the interests of keeping the meeting manageable we would prefer to have one representative per unit.
Using superconducting elements to explore the oscillatory Unruh effect and to obtain entangled photon pairs produced from the vacuum
Speaker: Dr. Hui Wang, Riken
Target Audience: Intern, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.
OIST x OYW Spring Camp 2023
OIST x OYW Spring Camp 2023: a five-day camp for high school students in Japan to address solutions to environmental issue.
[Seminar] Kavan Modi (Monash), Quantum Chaos = Volume-Law Spatiotemporal Entanglement
Seminar by Kavan Modi (Monash), Mon Mar 20 2pm JST
Women in Mathematics Photography Exhibits
Photographs taken by Noel Tovia Matoff of women mathematicians from around the world.
Women at the Intersection of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics Meet in Okinawa
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Reiko Toriumi (Gravity, Quantum Geometry and Field Theory Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions (registration required).
Information Processing Society of Japan - 255th Natural Language Processing Workshop (情報処理学会 第255回自然言語処理研究会)
This is an externally organized event, For more information please go the conference website (Japanese language only).
Experiences of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic
The workshop will take place on March 17th at 14:30 GMT+9 in Lab4, room L4E45 and online via Zoom: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94928028761?pwd=akM1aktLcXhkeG1xUUlGVXV5RFdhQT09
Please, review the workshop program and talks .
Registration is now open!
Seminar "From Metallocenes to Post-Metallocene Polymerization Catalysts" by Prof. Jun Okuda, RWTH Aachen University
Dr. Jun Okuda, Professor, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University. Language: English
OIST Innovators Society - Bagasse Upcycle
The OIST Innovators Society is hosting an informal seminar with Shinji Odo, Founder and CEO of BAGASSE UPCYCLE Inc. ( https://bagasse-upcycle.com/home/ ) – an Okinawa-based startup whose mission is to change people‘s clothing consumption behavior in tourist destinations and travel scenes in a sustainable way.