Business English communication skills may be essential in your work, or you may wish to improve your business English vocabulary, knowledge, and skills. This short series of 10 one-hour classes will help you work more effectively when using English. Each class will focus of a different aspect of business English communications. Classes will be at 3pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.

Language: English

John Murray, Maynooth University Title: A Schur-positivity conjecture inspired by the Alperin-Mckay conjecture

Language: English

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 .

Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.

Language: English

Is it Dear Smith, Dear John, Dear John Smith, Dear Doctor John Smith, Dear Professor Smith, Honourable Professor Smith OR Dear Sir?

First impressions are important in writing too. Join us as we discuss how to address people you know and those you do not. We will look at titles and learn how to make it clear who the email is intended for.

March 17 meeting of the OIST Ukulele Club

Virtual webinar with representatives from two area international schools: OCSI and Hope Academy

When : Wednesday, March 16, 1800-1930

Where : Zoom (click for link to register)

Target Audience : OIST parents/guardians/curious community members

A 2-day seminar held by Algorithms for Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics (Gene Myers) Unit along with Genomics and Regulatory Systems (Nicholas Luscombe) Unit as the co-host.

In the seminar, entitled " OIST-UT Genomics Research Seminar ", we invite 3 Ph.D. students from The University of Tokyo (Shinichi Morishita lab) to OIST, and each of the 8 researchers in total from UT and OIST will give a 20 min talk on their work plus 10 min Q&A session.

The seminar will be held on site at OIST, although you can also join via zoom (link below). On each day, right after the seminar we will have time and place for further discussion and interaction with the presenters (while keeping distance).

Susumu Ariki, Osaka University

Title: Three lectures on modular Lie algebras (Part III)

A 2-day seminar held by Algorithms for Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics (Gene Myers) Unit along with Genomics and Regulatory Systems (Nicholas Luscombe) Unit as the co-host. In the seminar, entitled " OIST-UT Genomics Research Seminar ", w e invite 3 Ph.D. students from The University of Tokyo (Shinichi Morishita lab) to OIST, and each of the 8 researchers in total from UT and OIST will give a 20 min talk on their work plus 10 min Q&A session. The seminar will be held on site at OIST, although you can also join via zoom (link below). On each day, right after the seminar we will have time and place for further discussion and interaction with the presenters (while keeping distance).

OIST サイエンスチャレンジ 2022ではOIST教員、ポスドク、博士課程学生による数々のセミナー(英語)を受講し、OISTで行われている研究を体験します。国際的な環境で博士課程において必要なスキル、より充実した博士課程の生活を送るための秘訣等を学びます。ワークショップ期間で学んだ内容を踏まえ、最後にスライドプレゼンテーション、 "Diversity in Science" を更に練り上げ、一人ずつ英語でプレゼンテーションを行います。このワークショップが、それぞれの参加者の科学に対する情熱をより高め、次のステップに進むためのきっかけとなればと考えています。

参加者の往復航空券、空港からの送迎、ワークショップ期間中の宿泊及び食事は、OISTが提供します。

Susumu Ariki, Osaka University

Title: Three lectures on modular Lie algebras (Part II)

Theoretical Physics Seminar. Speaker: Yasha Neiman (Quantum Gravity). Title: "A new kind of Feynman rules: what is Higher Spin Gravity? (part 2)"

Susumu Ariki, Osaka University

Title: Three lectures on modular Lie algebras (Part I)

-This event will be held in Japanese-

Dean of Research, Dr. Tadashi Yamamoto will attend this forum.

OIST x ASJ 「エネルギーと気候の未来」セミナーシリーズ

Version up your workplace English!

Ten zoom classes for basic/pre-intermediate business English.

March 9th (More) Useful Email language follow up Emails.

This talk discusses a generalized class of supersolutions, so-called $p$-supercaloric functions, to the parabolic $p$-Laplace equation. This class of functions is defined as lower semicontinuous functions that are finite in a dense set and satisfy the parabolic comparison principle. Their properties are relatively well understood in the slow diffusion case $p>2$, but little is known in the fast diffusion case \(1

Speaker: Professor Asuka Takatsu, Tokyo Metropolitan University Title: Curvature and Optimal transport Abstract

In this series of lectures, I first review the notion of curvature (Gaussian curvature and Ricci curvature). In particular, I recall some comparison theorems (Toponogov's triangle comparison theorem, Bishop--Gromov volume comparison theorem etc). Then I introduce a generalized notion of curvature in non-smooth spaces.

Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.

Language: English

Cosmos episode 3: The Harmony of the Worlds

Kyenote Lecture for CryoEM Course

Speaker: Robert Spencer, University of Cambridge

Title:(Some) Gram Determinants for $A_n$ nets

Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.

Language: English

Seva will talk about string diagrams.

Internal and External workshop

OISTサイエンストーク2021 vol.3

タイトル：SDGs未来都市沖縄の役割とは？

登壇者：OIST 研究科長オフィス　副研究科長　タカバヤシ　ミサキ

恩納村役場SDGｓ推進事務局　松原 廣幸

恩納村役場企画課企画係長　當山香織

恩納村役場企画課企画係主事　冨着　開

相手を尊重しながら自分の気持ちや考えを率直・誠実に表現するコミュニケーション法を学びます。ペアワークやグループディスカッションを多用した参加型の研修です。

Theoretical Physics Seminar. Speaker: Yasha Neiman (Quantum Gravity). Title: "A new kind of Feynman rules: what is Higher Spin Gravity?"

The best writers have a few basic guidelines for making their sentences easy to read.

Join us to find out the rules for writing simple, easy to read sentences that will provide the clarity reviewers are looking for.

Cassie George is an RSD intern working with the Environmental Informatics Section in collaboration with the Takagi lab at Hokkaido University

Quantum Gravity group meeting. Short stories by everyone.

演題 ： 沖縄のヘリウム再利用ネットワークを目指して 日時 ： 2022/02/22 (火) 15:00-16:00 発表機関 ： 沖縄科学技術大学院大学(OIST) 場所 ： ZOOMによるオンラインセミナー　(無料、事前登録が必要 講師 ： 　高田　一馬氏(OIST)　宗本　久弥氏(琉球大学) 言語 ： 　日本語

Title : Development of helium recycling network in Okinawa Date and time : Tuesday, February 22, 2022 15:00-16:00 Speakers : Kazuma Takada (OIST) , Hisaya Munemoto (University of the Ryukyus) Language : Japanese Registration required

Monge-Ampère type equations are fully nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations that arise when considering the deformation of volume induced by some kind of transformation. In this talk I will discuss two such cases, the optimal transport problem, and geometric optics problems. The former discusses the most efficient way of transporting some resource to another location, and the second is a simplified model for optical instruments (such as lenses or mirrors) in which light is treated as a particle rather than a wave. I will attempt to focus more on heuristics rather than technical details; no knowledge of PDEs is assumed. A portion of this talk is based on joint work with N. Guillen. Please register before February 17, 5 pm. Click here to register! The colloquium will be held once a month online. Each event consists of a one-hour talk on mathematics followed by a one-hour diversity panel discussion session. February speaker is Jun Kitagawa from Michigan State University .

In the mathematics part, we will hear an exciting overview talk for a general audience. In the discussion session, we will hear about the speaker's experience as a mathematician. Y ou can take inspiration from them and exchange ideas with other participants in a small group. After the sessions are over, there will be a tea time where participants can chat freely.

Title : Context-dependence and generality in community ecology - two sides of the same coin?

Abstract : Community ecology is often derided for its lack of general theory. Factors limiting one population's growth can be insignificant elsewhere. While this flavor of context-dependence clearly impedes a predictive theory of ecology, it also paradoxically functions as a very general mechanism that maintains biodiversity. I will review how a context-dependent competition theory can clarify the general mechanisms underlying species coexistence and geographic range limits. I'll then riff on the theme of ecological context-dependence as it pertains to our unit members' work on carnivorous plants, pestiferous bats, and noxious roadside weeds.

https://groups.oist.jp/faculty-lunch

Protein Engineering and Evolution Unit would like to invite you to a seminar!

Dean of Research, Dr. Tadashi Yamamoto will attend the symposium as one of the panelists.

(This symposium will be held in Japanese.)

What separates your email's subject line from other spam type emails?

In this seminar we will look at what makes a good subject line, how we can maximise the way it is seen in email software and how we can make it more meaningful for the reader.

Speaker: Dr. Hiroyuki Fujita, Founder & CEO, Quality Electrodynamics | CTO, Canon Medical Systems Corporation, CT-MR Division | Member, OIST Board of Governors | Trustee and Health Innovation Ambassador, OIST Foundation | Honorary Consul General of Japan in Cleveland

In Japanese with English subtitles. Register here .

Please address inquiries to the President's Office.

The Center for Professional Development and Inclusive Excellence (C-Hub) warmly welcomes you to join us to engage in inspirational discussions, explorations, and strategic thinking to explore how individuals and institutions can promote impactful, inclusive mentoring cultures in the sciences.

Please register for Global Women's Breakfast 2022 - Joint Kyoto U. and OIST event on February 16th, 2022.

Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.

Language: English

Annual Inspection_Ultracentrifuges

Speaker: Stephen Doty, Loyola University Chicago

Title: Schur-Weyl duality for braid and twin groups via the Burau representation

OISTトンネルギャラリーでのメイン展示に加え、沖縄県内各所及び東京にて巡回展を実施します。

今回の特別版OIST Caféは、国連が提唱する「科学における女性と女児の国際デー」を記念して行われます。OISTが女性研究者や学生をどう支援しているのかの紹介や、現在博士課程学生やポスドクとしてOISTに所属している女性がそれぞれの経験をシェアし、参加者と共に共通の課題や悩みについて議論する場となります。パネルディスカッションでは、参加者が直接登壇者にリアルタイムで質問できる機会を設けています。 また、今回はジョンズ・ホプキンス大学（米国）公衆衛生大学院 特別栄誉教授およびメリーランド大学特別栄誉教授である リタ・コルウェル博士 も登壇予定です。コルウェル博士は米国国家科学技術会議（NSF）にて、初の女性共同議長を務めました。