Past Events

Seminar

Innovation Seminar: Investors View on Pharma and Biotech by Dr. Hans Küpper

Friday, June 29, 2018 - 11:00 to 12:00
OIST Seminar Room - C209

7th Innovation Seminar Series "Investors View on Pharma and Biotech - A Personal Review" Hans Küpper, Ph.D. Senior Venture Capital and Life Science Professional

Seminar

[Seminar] Biomimetic Helical Polymers and Foldamers as Unique Chiral Materials by Prof. Eiji Yashima

Wednesday, June 27, 2018 - 15:00 to 16:00
C700, Level C, Lab 3

Dr. Eiji Yashima, Professor, Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University http://helix.mol.nagoya-u.ac.jp/e/index.html

Seminar

Panel Discussion: "Common Mistakes When Applying for Independent Funding" ( 科研費応募の際によくあるミスについて)

Wednesday, June 27, 2018 - 13:30 to 15:00
13:30 -15:00, C700, Lab 3

During this session, you will learn what "to do" and "not to do" from perspectives of 3 very experienced grant management specialists from OIST, Kyoto and Kumamoto universities.

このパネルディスカッションでは、 京都大学、熊本大学 そして OISTから 科研費について 経験値の高いスペシャリスト3名より “するべきこと”と”してはいけないこと“を学べます。

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

皆さんどうぞご参加ください。 お待ちしています。

Seminar

[Seminar] "Random coefficients autoregressive processes and the PUCK model with fluctuating potential: application to the diffusion of market prices" - by Mr. Arthur Yamashita

Monday, June 25, 2018 - 13:30 to 14:30
Lab1 C015

Seminar by Mr. Arthur Yamashita (PhD student, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Conference

Strings2018

Monday, June 25, 2018 (All day) to Friday, June 29, 2018 (All day)
OIST Conference Center

Strings is the annual international conference on string theory, which has been held every year since 1995. Strings 2018 will be hosted by Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University.

OIST Workshops

OCNC2018: OIST Computational Neuroscience Course

Monday, June 25, 2018 (All day) to Thursday, July 12, 2018 (All day)
OIST Seaside House

OIST Workshop - Application period: Jan 1 - Feb 3, 2018 - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Tutorial sessions are closed (only for registered participants) - Website: https://groups.oist.jp/ocnc

Harii (Dragon Boat) Race

Sunday, June 24, 2018 - 09:30
Maeganeku Fishing Port

Harii Race Rescheduled on Sunday, June 24th

3 teamas from OIST

Seminar

Internal Seminar: Jungsik Hwang, Visuomotor Learning for Achieving Cognitive Robot Behaviors

Friday, June 22, 2018 - 16:30
B700

Internal Seminar, Friday June 22, 4:00-5:pm, B700 (Lab3)

Seminar

Internal Seminar: Po-Shun Chuang, PhD Student, Marine Biophysics Unit

Friday, June 22, 2018 - 16:00
B700

Internal Seminar, Friday, June 22, 4:00-5:00pm B700

Seminar

[Seminar] "Generalization in Deep Networks" by Dr. Andrzej Banburski, MIT

Thursday, June 21, 2018 - 13:30 to 14:30
Lab1 C015

Seminar by Dr. Andrzej Banburski, MIT

Seminar

Technology Startup Accelerator Summit

Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 14:00 to 17:00
C700, Lab 3

Refreshments provided.

No registration required.

Interpretation available.

Workshop

Workshop: "Time Management"

Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 09:00 to 12:00
Registration is closed.

During this workshop, the participants will learn how to improve their personal time management through the implementation of established time management methods!

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Seminar

[Seminar] "Gravity and differential forms" by Prof. Kirill Krasnov

Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 15:00 to 16:00
C756, Lab 3

Speaker: Prof. Kirill Krasnov, University of Nottingham Date : Tuesday, June 19, 2018 Time : 3:00pm-4:00pm

Seminar

[Seminar] Introduction to Microscale Thermophoresis (MST)

Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 10:00 to 12:00
C016, Level C, Lab 1

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A representative from NanoTemper will introduce Monolith NT.115, an instrument that measures biomolecular interaction (affinity) based on microscale thermophoresis (MST).

Graduate School

2018 2nd Admissions Workshop

Tuesday, June 19, 2018 (All day) to Thursday, June 21, 2018 (All day)
Main Campus

Selection workshop for students seeking admission to the OIST PhD program in 2018

Seminar

Self-assembled glassy plasmonic nanostructures: fabrication and properties

Monday, June 18, 2018 - 14:00 to 15:00
C016, Lab1

Self-assembled glassy plasmonic nanostructures: fabrication and properties

By Semyon Chervinskii

Seminar

[Seminar] ”The Flagellar World" Prof Shin-Ichi Aizawa, Prefectural University of Hiroshima

Monday, June 18, 2018 - 11:00
Meeting Room C016, Lab 1, Level C

Professor Shin-Ichi Aizawa, Ph.D. from Prefectural University of Hiroshima

Research

[Seminar] Photon Spin Quantization in New Bosonic Phases of Matter by Professor Jacob Zubin

Friday, June 15, 2018 - 11:00 to 12:00
C700, Level C, Lab3

Seminar

Title: Photon Spin Quantization in New Bosonic Phases of Matter

Speaker: Professor Jacob Zubin

Institution: Purdue University, IN, USA

Research

[Seminar] Cortical circuits for odor coding by Dr. Kevin Franks

Thursday, June 14, 2018 - 16:00 to 17:00
Seminar Room B503, Center Building

Seminar

Titile: Cortical circuits for odor coding

Speaker: Dr Kein Franks

Institution: Duke University, USA

Workshop

Mini Workshop on Robot Learning as a Validation Tool for Neuroscience & Artificial Intelligence

Thursday, June 14, 2018 - 15:30 to 17:30
Conference Center Meeting Room1

Mini Workshop on Robot Learning as a Validation Tool for Neuroscience & Artificial Intelligence 15:30-17:30, Thursday, June 14 @Conference Center Meeting Room1

Seminar

[Seminar] "j=3/2 Quantum Spin-Orbital Liquids" by Mr. Willian Natori

Thursday, June 14, 2018 - 14:00 to 15:00
Lab3 Level C - C756

TQM unit is pleased to invite you to the seminar.

Research

[Seminar] Giant ultrafast spin injection and spin-to-charge conversion in topological materials by Professor Elbert Chia

Thursday, June 14, 2018 - 11:00 to 12:00
Seminar Room B503, Center Building

Seminar

Titile: Giant ultrafast spin injection and spin-to-charge conversion in topological materials

Speaker: Elbert Chia

Institution: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Seminar

Seminar "Towards a tensionless string field theory for six-dimensional (2,0) CFT" by Hidehiko Shimada

Wednesday, June 13, 2018 - 13:30 to 14:30
C756, Lab3

Seminar "Towards a tensionless string field theory for six-dimensional (2,0) CFT" by Dr. Hidehiko Shimada, Staff Scientist, Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Unit at OIST. Jun 13 (Wed) at C756-L3

Research

[PhD Thesis Presentation] - E Laine Wong - Ultrafast spatiotemporal control of photocarriers in doped semiconductors

Wednesday, June 13, 2018 - 09:00 to 10:00
C700, Level C, Lab3

PhD Thesis Presentation

Speaker: E Laine Wong

Titile: Ultrafast spatiotemporal control of photocarriers in doped semiconductors

Location: C700, Lab3

Seminar

[Seminar] "Theory of Thermal Hall Effect" by Dr. Atsuo Shitade from RIKEN

Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - 15:00 to 16:00
C016 (Lab1, Level C)

Hosted by TQM unit

Seminar

Seminar: "Midbrain organoids as a model to study neurodegenerative disease by investigation of gene-to-phenotype links" by Dr. Junghyun Jo

Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - 11:00 to 12:00
C209, Center Building

Speaker: Dr. Junghyun Jo Research Associate Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR

Workshop

Olfaction: the stimulus space, neural representation and behavioural relevance

Monday, June 11, 2018 - 16:00 to Thursday, June 14, 2018 - 12:00
Seaside House

Olfaction:the stimulus space,neural representation and behavioural relevance

OIST Workshops

Olfaction: the stimulus space, neural representation and behavioural relevance

Monday, June 11, 2018 (All day) to Thursday, June 14, 2018 (All day)
OIST Seaside House

OIST Workshop - Application Deadline: 31st December, 2017 - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - Website: https://groups.oist.jp/olfaction

Culture

Pakistani Peshawari Mutton Karhayi with Chilli Garlic Naan

Saturday, June 9, 2018 - 18:00
Community Kitchen

Pakistani Peshawari Mutton Karhayi with Chilli Garlic Naan

Seminar

Internal Seminar: Jason Ball, Towards the Quantum Internet

Friday, June 8, 2018 - 17:00
B700

Internal Seminar, Friday June 8th, 5:00pm, B700

Seminar

Internal Seminar: Masakazu Igarashi, Three-dimensional kinematic analysis of bimanual coordination during food manipulation in head-fixed rats

Friday, June 8, 2018 - 16:30
B700

Internal Seminar, June 8th, 2018, 4:30 - 5:30pm, B700

Research

OIST Three Minute Thesis Competition

Friday, June 8, 2018 - 15:15 to 16:30
B250

OIST Three Minute Thesis Competition

Seminar

[Seminar]"Performance disruption and predictive processing in expert sensorimotor skills" by Dr. Massimiliano L. Cappuccio

Thursday, June 7, 2018 - 16:30 to 17:30
C015, Lab1

"Performance disruption and predictive processing in expert sensorimotor skills" by Dr. Massimiliano L. Cappuccio, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science at UAE University

Seminar

[Seminar] "Experimental signatures of quantumness in rare-earth pyrochlores" by Dr. Romain Sibille

Thursday, June 7, 2018 - 15:30 to 16:30
Lab3 Level C - C756

hosted by Theory of Quantum Matter Unit.

Seminar

[Topology and Geometry Seminar] “Coiled Surfaces And The Slope Conjectures” by Dr Josh Howie (Monash University)

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - 16:00 to 17:00
Lab 3, B700

The seminar aims to introduce research topics in topology, geometry and its interactions with other sciences. Anyone interested in mathematics is welcome to attend.

This week, Dr Josh Howie (Monash University) will discuss relationships between the colored Jones polynomial which is a quantum knot invariant, and the 3-dimensional geometry and topology of knot complements.

Workshop

"Writing clinic: Editing for Conciseness"

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - 15:00 to 16:00
C600b, Lab 2

Writing in a second language is challenging enough, but writing for publication with specific word limits can seem almost impossible. Join us for this 1-hour interactive training to learn tips and tricks to cut your word count and clarify your writing in English.

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Seminar

[Seminar] "New triangulation of the Amplituhedron from sign flip" by Ryota Kojima

Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - 15:00 to 16:00
C756, Lab 3

Speaker: Ryota Kojima, KEK, Japan Date : Tuesday, June 5, 2018 Time : 3:00pm-4:00pm

External Events

The Australia-Okinawa Coral Reef Partnership Sharing the Challenges and Experiences of Coral Protection

Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - 00:00
OIST Meeting Room B250

This is an externally organized event. For more information contact the organizers.

Seminar

[Seminar] "Black holes in loop quantum gravity: Emergence of non-singular quantum space-time" by Dr. Suddhasattwa Brahma

Friday, June 1, 2018 - 16:00 to 17:00
A719, Lab 3

Speaker: Dr. Suddhasattwa Brahma, APCTP, Korea Date : Friday, June 1, 2018 Time : 4pm-5pm

Seminar

Joint Seminar of Marine Genomics Unit and Evolutionary Neurobiology Unit, "Evolution of neurons and nervous systems - a cell type perspective"

Thursday, May 31, 2018 - 11:00 to 12:00
Center Building, B250

Dr. Detlev Arendt, Professor, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany. Language: English, no interpretation.

Seminar

[Topology and Geometry Seminar] “The number of surfaces of fixed genus in a link complement” by Prof Anastasiia Tsvietkova.

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 16:00 to 17:00
Lab 3, B700

The weekly Topology and Geometry Seminar, with Prof. Anastasiia Tsvietkova.

Research

[Seminar] Improving Reinforcement Learning with Human Input by Professor Matthew E. Taylor

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 14:00 to 15:00
D015, Lab1

Titile: Improving Reinforcement Learning with Human Input

Speaker: Professor Matthew E. Taylor

Institution: University of Michigan

Date & Time: 30th May, 14:00-15:00

Research

[Seminar] Imagination Machines by Professor Sridhar Mahadevan

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 13:00 to 14:00
D015, Lab1

Title: Imagination Machines

Speaker: Professor Sridhar Mahadevan

Institution: Stanford University & University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Date & Time: 30th May, 13:00-14:00

Seminar

Software Week2018: EndNote

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 10:00 to 12:00
Center Bldg, Level B, B250

EndNote Hands-on Session

Seminar

Software Week 2018: MATLAB

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 10:00 to 12:00
Center, LevelC, C210

See demos, ask questions one-on-one, and get hands-on time with technology from MATLAB

Research

[Seminar] Serotonin in the regulation of adaptive behavior by Professor Zachary F. Mainen

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 - 16:00 to 17:00
C700, LevelC, Lab3

Seminar

Title: Serotonin in the regulation of adaptive behavior

Speaker: Professor Zachary F. Mainen

Affiliation: Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown

Seminar

[Seminar] "Bouncing black holes: A realistic model?" by Dr. Marios Christodoulou

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 - 15:00 to 16:00
C756, Lab 3

Speaker: Dr. Marios Christodoulou, South University of Science and Technology Date : Tuesday, May 29, 2018 Time : 3:00pm-4:00pm

Seminar

Software Week2018: NVIDIA

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 - 13:00 to 15:00
Center, LevelC, C210

LabVIEW Hands-on Session

Seminar

Software Week2018: COMSOL

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 - 13:00 to 15:00
Lab3, Level A, A720

COMSOL Hands-on Session

Seminar

Software Week2018: LabVIEW

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 - 10:00 to 12:00
Center, LevelC, C210

LabVIEW Hands-on Session

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