Join Dr. Leonard Khiroug, Co-founder and CSO at Neurotar Ltd and Adj. Prof. at University of Helsinki for a very informal Q&A about Faculty Career at OIST.

Everyone is welcome!

Speaker: Dr. Shuichi Yokoyama, Kyoto University

During the seminar, Dr. Steve Aird, OIST's Technical Editor, will explain techniques for writing scientific manuscripts. The talk focuses on principles and procedures that enable authors to turn research data into a well-composed scientific narrative.

Dr. Reiko Mazuka, RIKEN Center for Brain Science

"Why are babies better at learning a language than grown-ups?"

@C210, Ctr Bldg. (changed from C016, Lab1)

Speaker: Soumangsu Chakraborty, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Title: "JTbar deformed CFT2 and string theory"

The Presence Zone is an experiential training designed to enable participants to access peak performance presence when speaking . Our focus is real-world, ‘on your feet’ learning and integration of taught techniques.

Title: Neuromorphic Dynamics towards Symbiotic Society - an overview, neural computation, artificial pain, and beyond -

Speaker: Minoru Asada Adaptive Machine Systems, Graduate School of Engineering & Symbiotic Intelligence Research Center, OTRI Osaka University

An ORC officer will be available every Monday from noon to 1pm in room B705a.

Speaker: Dr. S. R. Kulkarni

George Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology Principal Investigator, Zwicky Transient Facility, Caltech

OIST Workshop - Application Deadline: Oct 2018 - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - Website: https://groups.oist.jp/ncmb

Join the first OIST Science Speed Dating Event at the President House

Internal Seminar Series

Internal Seminar Series

Speaker: Mr. Osuga is currently at his last year as a Ph.D. student at the University of Alberta.

We are offering Q&A session today from 1pm – 3pm to answer your questions. Please take this opportunity to ask any questions.

Date: Feb. 14 ^th from 1pm to 3pm

Place: Meeting Room C15, Lab 1

Intended participants: all the SciFinder users

＊ Our choice of SciFinder product will be based on your opinions. It is very important that you participate in this Trial so that you can give us your opinions about them. ＊

Speaker: Mr. Osuga is currently at his last year as a Ph.D. student at University of Alberta, Canada.

Speaker: Prof Chen‐Bin (Robin) Huang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Talk title: Optical vortex creation and nonlinear frequency conversion in plasmonic devices

Speaker: Prof. Simon Gardiner, Durham University, UK

Language: English

Speaker: Dr. Tiago J. Arruda, University of São Paulo, Brazil Language: English

Internal Seminar Series

Internal Seminar Series

Speaker: Prof. Romain Bachelard, University of São Paulo, Brazil Language: English

Prof Mark Tame, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Joint Math and Theoretical physics seminar on Chern-Simons theory, Knot invariants and Volume conjecture. Vyacheslav Lysov will be leading the discussion.

Abstract: A CP^1-structure is a geometric structure on a (compact oriented) surface S and its holonomy is a homomorphism from the fundamental group of the surface into PSL(2, C). Moreover it corresponds to a holomorphic quadratic differential on a Riemann surface.

We consider a path C_t of CP^1-structures on S such that C_t diverges to infinity in its deformation space and yet its holonomy converges. We describe its asymptotic behavior of C_t under the assumption the Riemann surface structure on C_t is pinched along a single loop.

Anton Zabrodin, Deputy Head of the International Laboratory of Representation Theory and Mathematical Physics, Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow.

Joint talk with Prof. Douglas Soltis, Distinguished Professor in the Florida Museum of Natural History and Department of Biology at the University of Florida, and Prof. Pamela Soltis Pam Soltis, Distinguished Professor and Curator, Polyploidy and plant phylogenetics.

Open Meeting on Strategy chaired by Dr. Ken Peach

Everyone is welcome

Abstract: Motivated by generalizations of the Ginsburg-Landau energy and the diffusion equation in which derivatives are replaced by fractional derivatives, Caffarelli, Roquejoffre, and Savin studied the minimizers of a fractional perimeter functional on sets involving a parameter between 0 and 1. Such minimizers have to satisfy a pointwise condition on their boundary, which can be used to define a notion of nonlocal mean-curvature. This definition only holds for surfaces which are the boundary of a set. I will describe how to define a nonlocal notion of mean-curvature for any surface by introducing a fractional area functional and considering its minimizers. Moreover, I will describe how these ideas can be extended to curves by defining a fractional length and an associated nonlocal curvature for a curve.

Seminar hosted by Theory of Quantum Matter Unit

Prof. Johannes Reuther, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Germany

Prof. Yu Shen, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Dr. Maxim Trushin, Centre for Advanced 2D Materials, NUS, Singapore

Speaker: Dr. Katja T.C.A. Peijnenburg 1) Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands 2) University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Abstract: The rational homotopy groups of the group Diff(S^4) of self-diffeomorphisms of S^4 with the C^\infty-topology. We present a method to prove that there are many 'exotic' non-trivial elements in the rational homotopy groups of Diff(S^4) parametrized by trivalent graphs. The proof utilizes Kontsevich's characteristic classes for smooth disk bundles and a version of clasper surgery for families. In fact, these are analogues of Chern-Simons perturbation theory in 3-dimension and clasper theory due to Goussarov and Habiro.

First Assembly of the ORC (OIST Researcher Community) with the new elected office.

Language: English

Speaker: Prof Ya Tang Yang - Jack; National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Language: English

TQM unit is pleased to invite everyone to a seminar.

Seminar Language: English

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute https://www.mbari.org/bessho_manabu/

“QuickFix”- improve your application materials in an interactive and a time-efficient manner!

Abstract: In this talk, I will explain basics of the Seiberg-Witten equations and applications to topology. I will also mention about recent progress in the Seiberg-Witten Floer theory.

Speaker: Prof. Jean-Jacques Slotine Massachusetts Institute of Technology Title: Adaptive nonlinear control and learning dynamics with spiking networks

Seminar by Prof. Tuan Tran,School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Mr. Sajid Ali, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Universiry of Technology, Sydney

Speaker: Prof. Jean-Jacques Slotine Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Jhon González, Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU)-Material Physics Center (MPC)

Speaker: Dr. Lei-Han Tang, Department of Physics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Complex Systems Division, Beijing Computational Science Research Center

Seminar