Past Events
Community Cooking Series [Registrations] - Anmaanu tiianda
The Community Cooking Series aims to bring the OIST community and residents of Okinawa closer through a shared love of food. Each session has thus far been different, featuring cuisine from different cultures and taught by a different instructor.
RAM2024 Poster presentations and Art in Science display
RAM2024 Kickoff with Poster presentations, Art in Science display and Networking Cafe.
TSVP Talk: "Mathematical Modelling Across Scales: From Microscopic to Macroscopic" by Havva Yoldas
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).
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
BBSRC UKAN Researchers on Ageing: Approaches to Ageing Issues
The UK Ageing Network (UKAN), a consortium of 11 interdisciplinary networks dedicated to understanding the biological mechanisms of ageing and their impact on human health, is pleased to announce an upcoming event hosted by OIST. This event will feature representatives from three key UKAN networks: CELLO, BLAST, and SMiHA.
[Open Seminar] 'From Quantum Optics to Bits and Pieces'
[CQD2024 Open Seminar]
Title: From Quantum Optics to Bits and Pieces
Speaker: Prof Klaus Mølmer, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Special Career Talk: A Physicist’s Professional Journey and Career by Nancy Hecker-Denschlag
At the upcoming seminar for the professional development program, I will have the opportunity to share my unique experiences transitioning from academia to industry, as well as my involvement with non-profit organizations. These experiences serve as examples of the diverse career opportunities available within the field of science.
[Seminar] Geometric PDE and Applied Analysis Seminar
Talk 1: 10:00-11:00
Speaker: Prof. Tatsuya Miura (Kyoto University)
Title: Variational stabilization of degenerate p-elasticae
Talk 2: 11:15-12:15
Speaker: Prof. Hiroyoshi Mitake (University of Tokyo)
Title: Quantitative homogenization of state-constraint Hamilton–Jacobi equations on perforated domains and applications
[Seminar] Geometric PDE and Applied Analysis Seminar
Talk 1: 15:00-16:00
Speaker: Prof. Mitsuru Sugimoto (Nagoya University)
Title: On a global inverse function theorem for homogeneous map and its application
Talk 2: 16:15-17:15
Speaker: Prof. Futoshi Takahashi (Osaka Metroplitan University)
Title: The Hardy inequality on bounded domains for mean zero functions
OIST-KEIO Showcase Talk Series 6 & YIL Pre-EVENT
Ahead of the spring 2025 opening of the YIL (Yagami Innovation Laboratory), which will bring a fresh breeze to education and research, OIST-KEIO will host an exchange event! Tom Froese, Assistant Professor leading the Embodied Cognitive Science Unit, will discuss how the human mind is shaped by interactions with "agents" such as avatars and robots, as well as with the environment. He will share insights from his research and discuss future directions.
QG group meeting: Yasha Neiman
QG group meeting. Speaker: Yasha Neiman. Title: "New unified formulation of General Relativity and Yang-Mills".
Okinawa School in Physics: Coherent Quantum Dynamics (2024)
OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Síle Nic Chormaic (Light-Matter Interactions for Quantum Technologies Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.
TSVP Talk: "Variational Methods and Metric Measure Spaces" by Cintia Pacchiano
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).
World Beach Cleaning Day at Tancha Beach, Saturday, September 21
September 21, 2024 (Saturday) 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Tancha Beach, Onna Village, Okinawa
Workshop Event : Advanced Quantum Technologies for Trapped Ions (AQTTI)
The AQTTI workshop will be hosted by the Experimental Quantum Information Physics Unit.
Prof. Hiroki Takahashi
Gateway to Global Impact -沖縄から始まるイノベーション-
OIST発スタートアップと沖縄県認定パートナーVCをゲストに迎え、沖縄・OISTからは始まるイノベーションについて考えるイベントを開催します。
*日英同時通訳あり。
TSVP Talk: "How Much of Plasma Physics Can a Mathematician Understand?" by Raphael Winter
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] "Adapting Basic Spectroscopic Research to Commercial Medical Devices: Lessons Learned from EPR Measurements of Molecular Oxygen in Tissues" By Prof. Harold Swartz
In the talk “Adapting Basic Spectroscopic Research to Commercial Medical Devices: Lessons Learned from EPR Measurements of Molecular Oxygen in Tissues,” Prof. Swartz and Prof. Flood will discuss the application of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) in measuring tissue oxygen levels. The talk will highlight the challenges and successes in developing EPR for human use, particularly in oxygen and radiation exposure measurements.
OIST Townhall
OIST Town Hall with President Markides
Thank you for "RU OK?" Day donation.
Ganjuu Wellbeing Service thanks those who donated, stopped by, and participated in the "Compassion Chain" artwork.
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
【Classical mini concert 琉球古典音楽+フルート】Harmony of uta-sanshin with flute –The latest style and design of the Ryukyu Classical music –
日本語後に続きます。
Enjoy the music and learn the depth of Okinawa’s classical music. English translation is available.
Date: Sep.13, Friday 15:00 - 15:45 Venue: Atrium, Level DE, Lab 5
【Seminar】Encoding mechanical and chemical information in cell membrane organization: a sensory engram
Title: Encoding mechanical and chemical information in cell membrane organization: a sensory engram
Speaker: Dr. Satyajit Mayor
RU OK? Day
Ganjuu Wellbeing Service "RU OK? " Day event
Date & Time: September 12th 11:30-13:30
Place: Outside of Cafeteria@ Center Building
Fundraising Event & Compassion Chain Art Work
Seminar"Viscoelastic flow instabilities in porous media: insights from pore-scale flow fields"Emily Chen
Language: English
サイエンス写真展「HUMAN – MODEL – WORLD」
沖縄科学技術大学院大学(OIST)は、BRIDGEネットワークとのパートナーシップのもと、国連大学本部において、サイエンス写真展「HUMAN – MODEL – WORLD(ヒューマン– モデル – ワールド)」を開催します(国連大学協力)。
Conference - Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC2024)
OIST Center for Quantum Technologies (OCQT) would like to invite you to the TQC2024 conference scheduled for 9-13 September 2024 at OIST Conference Center, Okinawa, Japan.
[Call for Poster Presentations] OIST - NanoLSI Joint Symposium "Exploring Uncharted Nanoscale Frontiers in Life Sciences"
We are excited to announce an open call for poster presentations at the upcoming OIST x NanoLSI Joint Symposium. This symposium is a unique opportunity to showcase your research to a diverse audience, including leading experts from both OIST and NanoLSI.
[OCQT Colloquium] AN ION MEETS A RYDBERG ATOM
OIST Centre for Quantum Technologies Colloquium
AN ION MEETS A RYDBERG ATOM
Dr. Robert Loew, University of Stuttgart (Germany)
TSVP Talk: "Biodiversity Modelling Under Climate Change: From Individual Species to Communities" by Miguel B. Araujo
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).
MIRAI 2024-2026 Kick-off
MIRAI will organize a digital kick-off event to celebrate the start of MIRAI third phase between 2024-2026. This digital event is open to the public and strongly welcome from all MIRAI member universities in Sweden and Japan as well as other universities, industry, research funding agencies, governmental sectors.
Seminar"Numerical Simulations of Viscoelastic Interfacial Flows: Jets, Filaments and Drop Impact"Konstantinos Zinelis
Language: English
Seminar "Envelope boundary condition for a flow above the surface of canopy" by Prof. Shintaro Takeuchi
[Speaker] Dr. Shintaro Takeuchi, Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University
Welcome Ceremony for the Class of 2024
Welcome Ceremony for new faculty members joining OIST, and PhD students joining the Class of 2024.
The ceremony is open to all OIST community members and will be held at the Auditorium.
OIST Innovation open-hours
OIST Innovation opens its doors to OIST community every Friday .
[Seminar] Making eDNA data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable)
Speaker: Dr. Miwa Takahashi, CERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Environomics Future Science Platform, NCMI | CSIRO
Please join our seminar to learn about the FAIR data principles and the project, and start our discussions on the bottlenecks, needs, and strategies to achieve FAIR eDNA.
Call for Travel Award-MIRAI Global Challenges Winter School
MIRAI Global Challenges Winter School is an onsite program in the scope of the four global challenges and designed to attract early career researchers (ECRs) from diverse fields, including humanities and social sciences.
[Seminar] Nonlocal Quantum Polarimetry via Entangled Photons
Mr. Ali Pedram, Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey
[Seminar] Professor Masafumi Udagawa "Flat band wavefunction and pinch point singularity"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English
[Seminar]"Visualizing how SARS-CoV-2 attacks the olfactory system in COVID-19 patients"
"Visualizing how SARS-CoV-2 attacks the olfactory system in COVID-19 patients" by Dr Peter Mombaerts, Director, Max Planck Research Unit for Neurogenetics, Frankfurt, Germany.
沖縄 音の肖像画 for ハイアット リージェンシー 瀬良垣アイランド 沖縄
沖縄のハイアットリージェンシー瀬良垣島で、菊田一郎のアートとOKEONのサウンドスケープによるサウンドポートレート。
[Seminar] Surface Probe Microscopy using Ultra-Cold Atoms
Dr. Farhan Saif, Professor, Quaid-i-Azam Univerity
Last Day to Register---Enhancing Web Presence Workshop Series---Module 2 of 6 on August 27
Deadline for Registration--- Enhancing Your Professional & Scientific Web Presence Workshop Series, Module 2: Developing an Ecology of Different Platforms and Processes . Please register if you plan to attend at least one of the modules in the series, which are open to all OIST members.
OIST NetCafé (大学院説明会) 2024年8月
セッションは日本語で行われます。OISTの博士課程やリサーチインターン、それぞれの出願プロセス、入学後の流れ、経済支援、大学院生活などが紹介され、ゲストスピーカーとして、OISTの現役博士課程学生2名が登壇します。パネルディスカッションでは参加者が直接学生に質問ができます。
OIST Innovation open-hours
OIST Innovation opens its doors to OIST community every Friday .
Career Chat with Professor Joshua Goldberg
We are pleased to announce a "Career Chat with Professor Joshua Goldberg", TSVP Visiting Scholar.
Please join us for a career discussion with Professor Joshua Goldberg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In a casual setting, he will, among other topics, be sharing his experiences as a neuroscientist in the medical device industry. He is open to any questions you may have and happy to discuss topics you are interested in.
[Seminar] "Estimates of molecular convergence reveal pleiotropic genes underlying adaptive variation across teleost fish"
Dr. Agneesh Barua, HFSP Long-Term Fellow, Department of Ecology and Evolution, at the University of Lausanne. Language.