Prof. Matthias Buck, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Currently: LT JSPS Fellow in Hiroaki Suga Lab., Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo

Discover how coffee can spark unexpected connections and innovation. Experience a live demonstration of Matsuyashiki Coffee, a unique brewing style from Nagoya featured at Toyota's Café Black Hole.

Daisie Rock , KU Leuven Title: From discrete representation to continuous representations

Dr. Cigdem Yumusak, Senior Researcher, Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells (LIOS), Institute of Physical Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

*Japanese session. English sessions will be held from September to December. 第３回　「研究リソースと研究支援」 (2026年9月７日（月）15:00-16:00) 60分 座学＆QA Presenter: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office. Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai & Chikako Doi, Learning & Development Section

Welcome Ceremony for new faculty members joining OIST, and PhD students joining the Class of 2026.

The ceremony is open to all OIST community members and will be held at the Auditorium.

This one-day workshop will be held during the same week as the Autumn School and will feature talks by leading women researchers. It will bring together experts from a broad range of research areas in Geometry, Topology, and Mathematical Physics.

This Autumn School is part of TSVP Thematic Program “New Frontiers in Gauge Theory, Topology, and Physics” (TP26GT) *OIST members and visiting students/researchers are welcome to attend all scientific sessions without registration.

Public Lecture : "3-Manifolds and Langlands Duality" by Tasuki Kinjo (RIMS, Kyoto University) Open to all interested in the topic! OISTにて開催される Tasuki Kinjo 氏による公開講演に、ぜひご参加ください。

Prof. Myung-Gil Kim, School of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University

*Japanese session. English sessions will be held from September to December. 第２回　「研究活動の内幕と背景」 (2026年9月2日（水）15:00-16:30) 90分　 座学＆ディスカッション Presenter: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office. Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai & Chikako Doi, Learning & Development Section

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).

Talk by Atsunobu Kotani ( University of California, Berkeley )

OIST-Lifetime Pitch Elevate 2026(アイデア段階からシード・アーリーステージのスタートアップを対象とした、VCによるメンタリング付きピッチコンペティション)への、ヘルスケアおよびディープテック分野のスタートアップからの応募を受け付けております。本コンペティションは、11月4日・6日にOISTにて開催されるOIST-Lifetime Startup Elevate 2026の一環として実施されます。

本ピッチコンペティションは競争率が高く、すべての応募者が選出されるわけではありません。しかし、沖縄を拠点とする地元スタートアップ、またはPARKSからのスピンアウト企業の場合は、メインプログラムと並行して開催される地元スタートアップ限定のピッチイベントにて発表いただける機会がございます。

対象となる地元スタートアップの皆様には、ぜひご応募いただきたく、皆様からのご応募を心よりお待ちしております。

*Japanese session. English sessions will be held from September to December. 第１回大学職員向け勉強会　「科学技術と研究者」 （日本語） Presenter: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office. Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai, Learning & Development Section

This Autumn School is part of TSVP Thematic Program “New Frontiers in Gauge Theory, Topology, and Physics” (TP26GT)

*OIST members and visiting students/researchers are welcome to attend all scientific sessions without registration.

読谷 の OIST Science Studio で OIST大学院説明会を 開催します！ OISTの博士課程プログラムとインターンシッププログラム について 紹介するカジュアルな説明会です。 現役の OIST 学生がリアル な学生生活や研究についてもお話し、直接質問にお答えしますので、ご興味のある方はぜひご参加ください！

Darius Dramburg , Kavli IPMU Title: Isomorphisms of graded semiconnected algebras

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).

[Analysis and PDE Seminar of the University of California, Berkeley] Prof. Ugur G. Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)

Mō Ashibi | OIST Innovation Meetup

OIST Innovation is hosting “Mō Ashibi,” a casual networking event. Enjoy snacks and drinks while connecting with OIST Innovation Incubator tenants, startups, members of the OIST community, and others you may not usually have the chance to meet.

Participation is free, and no registration is required. Feel free to drop by after work!

Date and Time: Friday, August 21, 2026, 17:00–18:30

Venue: OIST Innovation Core 1

Please do not drive or ride a motorcycle after consuming alcohol.

本説明会は日本語で開催されます。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について紹介します。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、OISTでの学生生活や研究についてお話しします。パネルディスカッションでは、参加者の皆さまからのご質問に学生が直接お答えします。

Droplet Physics Across Scales for Energy and Sustainability

This workshop brings together the Droplet and Soft Matter Unit (Daniel Unit, OIST) and the Mouterde Group (University of Tokyo) to develop a unified understanding of droplet physics across length scales, from the nanometric to the millimetric regime. Droplet phenomena inherently span multiple scales: nanoscale interfacial processes govern wetting, transport, and dissipation, while micrometric and millimetric droplets exhibit complex hydrodynamic, electrostatic, and multiphase behaviors. Bridging these regimes remains a major challenge in soft matter and fluid physics.

宮原ひろ子先生講演会、日本語オンリー、事前登録要

Monthly Co-working space - by Bioinformatics User Group

Title: Game-theoretic approaches to partial differential equations and related problems

Speaker: Prof. Jeongmin Han (Soongsil University)

TSVP Talk: Spontaneous quasiparticle creation in an analogue preheating experiment by Amaury Micheli

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).

本説明会は英語で開催されます。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について紹介します。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、OISTでの学生生活や研究についてお話しします。パネルディスカッションでは、参加者の皆さまからのご質問に学生が直接お答えします。

Seminar hosted by Computational Neuroscience Unit, Title: Intrinsic Motivation to Occupy Path Space as a Principle of Open-Ended Embodied Behavior, Speaker: Rubén MORENO-BOTE , Center for Brain and Cognition, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

Join OIST Innovation’s commercialization training program designed to help students, researchers, and administrators explore how research can move from lab to market. Through monthly, hands-on sessions from July to March, participants will learn the fundamentals of commercialization, customer discovery, business strategy, and pitching while developing their own innovation ideas.

National holiday

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).

Talk by Robb Rutledge (Yale University), August 10 (Mon) 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Join us for a Career Talk by Jordi Mompart , titled "More Than Quantum Physics." The speaker will share his unique career journey from being a professor of quantum mechanics to working at FC Barcelona, offering insights into career transitions, transferable skills, and opportunities beyond research.

Seminar by Dr. Alicia Schmidt-Roach

All OISTers and family are welcome! OIST-Keio "Sunset Social" will be held as a part of the "OIST-Keio International Research Summer Camp 2026". This is a great opportunity for the campers from Keio University Medical School and OISTers to interact and network. Please join us to meet the campers and enjoy food trucks, traditional craft making, live music, and outdoor games as the sun goes down!

Session 4:

Automated workflow , version-controlled scripts, and Structured project

Presenters: Igors Dubanevics Y4 @KondrashovU, Vitoria Yumi Uetuki Nicoleti Y1 @FukunagaU, Yui Tateyama Y1 @PaoU

Please contact gs-cp@oist.jp if you have any questions.

Travel Expense Team will hold a travel consultation session.

旅費相談会を開催いたします。

Mr. Simone Bombari, Institute of Science & Technology Austria (ISTA), Austria

Rob Muth , Duquesne University Title: Crystals and KLR representations in type $A_1^{(1)}$

Speaker : Luis F Seoane

Institute for Evolutionary Biology (IBE)

Spanish National Research Council (UPF-CSIC)

This talk will also be broadcast online via Zoom : Meeting ID: 993 1216 5065 Passcode: 603487

Mini Course: AI for Protein Engineering

this is a hands-on session about using RFDiffusion to engineer yourself a protein!

Dr. Saacnicteh Toledo Patiño is an OIST Buribushi fellow

Speaker: Dr.Liangbing Luo,Queen’s University Title: Discrete Approximation on Metric Measure Spaces of Controlled Geometry via Graphs: Dirichlet Forms and Harmonic Functions Abstract:

Based on the approximation of a metric measure space via discrete graphs, we construct a Dirichlet form. This Dirichlet form is comparable to the upper gradient energy and can be realized as a -limit of a sequence of induced bilinear forms projected from the discrete energy form on the approximating graphs. Moreover, we approximate harmonic functions on a bounded domain with a prescribed Newton-Sobolev boundary data. Based on joint work with A. Butaev and N. Shanmugalingam.

Zoom registration

Let’s learn Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan language) and its history! with KEIO students!!

Seminar by Dr. Emilio Jose Juarez-Perez, Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragón (INMA, CSIC–University of Zaragoza)

このワークショップでは、OISTの地質学者、Mirona Chirienco（ミローナ・キリエンコ）博士と一緒に、沖縄の石や鉱物を観察します。

Speaker: Erdem Kus (University of St Andrews)

Title: Frugal Algorithm Selection for Combinatorial Search

Zoom URL: https://oist.zoom.us/j/92712490586?pwd=g4Vn0gCPzL4Z9NUiDRMwGL5nX7txWa.1 ID: 927 1249 0586 Passcode: 702129

Session 3:

Automated workflow , version-controlled scripts, and Structured project

Presenters: Igors Dubanevics Y4 @KondrashovU, Vitoria Yumi Uetuki Nicoleti Y1 @FukunagaU, Yui Tateyama Y1 @PaoU

Please contact gs-cp@oist.jp if you have any questions.

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).

Language: English