Past Events

Culture

沖縄「慰霊の日」 講演会 2026

2026年6月17日 (水) 14:00 16:00
OIST Auditorium

Learn About Okinawa's History: Irei No Hi (Battle of Okinawa) (Language: Japanese with simultaneous English translation) June 23 is Okinawa Memorial Day. To mark the occasion, a special lecture on Okinawa's history and war will be held on June 17 (Wed) 14:00-16:00 in the OIST Auditorium.

This is a valuable opportunity to learn about the history of the land and people of Onna Village.

We will welcome Takahiro Seto,from the Onna Village Museum, who will provide context on the Battle of Okinawa, combat zones in Onna Village, and how these events impacted local residents. In addition, Terunobu Yamauchi, who was born and raised in Onna Village, will join Mr. Seto in a dialogue to share his personal experiences of life in Nakadomari during that time.

Innovation

OIST-KEIO Biomedical Innovation Exchange Day

2026年6月15日 (月) 15:00 21:00
CRIK Shinanomachi, Tokyo

OIST–Keio Biomedical Innovation Exchange Day aims to connect researchers, startups, and industry collaborators from both universities to foster meaningful exchange in biomedical innovations.

Research

Okinawa Lectures on Entropy: Quantum hypothesis testing in general von Neumann algebra

2026年6月12日 (金) 10:00 12:00
Lab 5 D23

A lecture series on classical and quantum entropy, by Klaas Landsman with Philipp Höhn.

Klaas Landsman is a TSVP fellow and Chair of Mathematical Physics in the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics, at the Radboud University Nijmegen

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "AI and Structural Biology: From Protein Structure to Molecular Design" by Alberto Perez

2026年6月11日 (木) 15:00 16:00
L5D23 and zoom

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

[Seminar] Prof. Claudio Castelnovo "Spin-charge separation and resonant valence bond spin liquid in a kinetically-frustrated lightly-doped Mott insulator"

2026年6月11日 (木) 10:00 11:00
L5D23 / Zoom

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

Seminar

[OCQT Seminar] Space-Time Classical and Quantum Metasurfaces

2026年6月10日 (水) 14:30 16:00
Seminar Room L5D23 (Lab 5, Level D)

The OIST Center for Quantum Technologies (OCQT) is pleased to invite you to the next installment of the OCQT Seminar Series. This time, we are excited to host Dr. Diego Dalvit from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA), who will deliver a talk entitled: “Space-Time Classical and Quantum Metasurfaces”

Seminar

QG Seminar: Flat band physics: The Carrollian way (Aritra Banerjee, Birla Institute of Technology and Science)

2026年6月10日 (水) 14:00
L4E01

QG Seminar Speaker: Aritra Banerjee (Birla Institute of Technology and Science) Title: Flat band physics: The Carrollian way

Seminar

[OCQT Seminar] Scientific Applications of Quantum Annealer Hardware

2026年6月10日 (水) 13:00 14:30
Seminar Room L5D23 (Lab 5, Level D)

The OIST Center for Quantum Technologies (OCQT) is pleased to invite you to the next installment of the OCQT Seminar Series. This time, we are excited to host Dr. Alejandro Lopez-Bezanilla from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA), who will deliver a talk entitled: “Scientific Applications of Quantum Annealer Hardware”

Seminar

Seminar "Computational Fluid Dynamics for hazardous gas release: from open environments to confined spaces" by Nicolò Mazzetti

2026年6月10日 (水) 10:15 11:00
Center Bldg. B503

[Speaker] Mr. Nicolò Mazzetti , PhD Candidate , Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Seminar

Inside a Venture Studio How Fujitsu Launchpad Turns Technology and Ideas into Businesses

2026年6月10日 (水) 10:00
Lab 4 E01

We are pleased to invite the OIST community to a seminar by Fujitsu Launchpad (FLP) , Fujitsu’s internal venture-building studio dedicated to transforming advanced technologies and emerging market opportunities into viable new businesses.

During this session, Javier Mata and Toshio Akagi will provide a behind-the-scenes perspective on how a corporate venture studio operates at the intersection of research, engineering, entrepreneurship, and market creation.

Seminar

[OCQT Seminar] Quantum Radar with Undetected Photons

2026年6月10日 (水) 10:00 11:30
Seminar Room L5D23 (Lab 5, Level D)

The OIST Center for Quantum Technologies (OCQT) is pleased to invite you to the next installment of the OCQT Seminar Series. This time, we are excited to host Dr. Diego Dalvit from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA), who will deliver a talk entitled: “Quantum Radar with Undetected Photons”

Seminar

Seminar "Experimental and numerical characterization of multiphase flows for CO₂ capture in bubble columns: from local dynamics to global flow behaviour" by Nicolò Varallo

2026年6月10日 (水) 9:30 10:15
Center Bldg. B503

[Speaker] Dr. Nicolò Varallo, Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Seminar

OIST Representation Theory Seminar

2026年6月9日 (火) 16:00 17:00
L4E01 and online on Zoom
Evgeny Mukhin , Indiana University Title: An explicit construction of admissible gl(n) modules
Seminar

[Seminar] On human emergence, Prof. Gentaro Taga, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo

2026年6月9日 (火) 16:00 17:00
B503, Center Bldg.

June 9 (Tue), 2026 16:00 - 17:00 @B503, Center Bldg.

On human emergence, Prof. Gentaro Taga, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo

Seminar

[Seminar] From spontaneous to intentional action: measuring and modelling 3-month-olds’ behavior during environmental interaction, Dr. Ryo Fujihira, National Institute for Physiological Sciences

2026年6月9日 (火) 15:00 16:00
B503, Center Bldg.

June 9 (Tue), 2026 15:00 - 16:00 @B503, Center Bldg.

From spontaneous to intentional action: measuring and modelling 3-month-olds’ behavior during environmental interaction, Dr. Ryo Fujihira, National Institute for Physiological Sciences

Seminar

OIST Representation Theory Seminar

2026年6月9日 (火) 14:45 15:45
L4E01 and online on Zoom
Bim Gustavsson, University of Birmingham Title: Sylow branching coefficients and counting linear constituents
Seminar

Seminar"Epigenetic variation and its possible role in adaptation and plant breeding"

2026年6月8日 (月) 11:00 12:00
C700, Lab 3

Prof. Ueli Grossniklaus Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, Zurich, Switzerland Guest Professor, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

OIST Workshops

[OIST Workshop] Solid State Systems for Quantum Information Processing (SQuIP)

2026年6月8日 (月) (All day)2026年6月12日 (金) (All day)
OIST Main Campus (Sydney Brenner Lecture Theater (Seminar Room B250) and Seminar Room L4E48

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: William Munro (Quantum Engineering and Design Unit) |OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.

Seminar

[Seminar] "Convexity: from the Euclidean space to Riemannian and sub-Riemannian manifolds" by Prof. Federica Dragoni

2026年6月5日 (金) 10:00 11:00
L4E01

Title: Convexity: from the Euclidean space to Riemannian and sub-Riemannian manifolds

Speaker: Prof. Federica Dragoni (Cardiff University)

Research

Okinawa Lectures on Entropy: Crossed products and noncommutative L^p-spaces over von Neumann algebras

2026年6月5日 (金) 10:00 12:00
Lab 5 D23

A lecture series on classical and quantum entropy, by Klaas Landsman with Philipp Höhn.

Klaas Landsman is a TSVP fellow and Chair of Mathematical Physics in the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics, at the Radboud University Nijmegen

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "(A)Symmetry and Complexity in Neural Systems" by Luis F Seoane

2026年6月4日 (木) 15:00 16:00
L5D23 and zoom
L5D23 and zoom

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

[OCQT Seminar] Decoherence as Algebraic Contraction

2026年6月4日 (木) 10:00 11:30
Seminar Room L5D23 (Lab 5, Level D)

The OIST Center for Quantum Technologies (OCQT) is pleased to invite you to the next installment of the OCQT Seminar Series. This time, we are excited to host Dr. Frank Barrows from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA), who will deliver a talk entitled: “Decoherence as Algebraic Contraction”

Seminar

2026 Analysis on Metric Space Seminar: Nonlinear Neumann Eigenvalues in Outward Cuspidal Domains With Weighted Measure" by Professor Alexander Menovschikov, HSE University

2026年6月3日 (水) 14:00
L4E01 + Zoom
Speaker: Professor Alexander Menovschikov, HSE University Title: Nonlinear Neumann Eigenvalues in Outward Cuspidal Domains With Weighted Measure Abstract:

We consider the nonlinear Neumann eigenvalue problem in outward cuspidal domains with a weighted measure. Using composition operators on Sobolev spaces, we establish embeddings of Sobolev spaces into weighted Lebesgue spaces. These embeddings give the solvability of the Neumann spectral problem in this setting and provide estimates for the corresponding weighted Neumann eigenvalues

Research

Mini Course: Biophysical Principles of Regulation in Bacteria

2026年6月3日 (水) 13:00 15:00
Lab 3 B712

Biophysical Principles of Regulation in Bacteria including quantitative models, regulatory adaptations, replication control, and gene regulation through gene promoters. Presented by Dr Alberto Sassi, a post-doc in the Pigolotti Unit.

Seminar

2026 Analysis on Metric Space Seminar"Base Modulus for Matroid Truncation, Strength, and Fractional Arboricity" by Huy Truong, Kansas State University

2026年6月3日 (水) 10:00
Online (ZOOM)
Speaker: Huy Truong, Kansas State University Title: Base Modulus for Matroid Truncation, Strength, and Fractional Arboricity Abstract:

In previous work, we studied the -modulus of the family of all bases of a matroid and showed that it recovers several classical concepts in matroid theory, including strength, fractional arboricity, and principal partitions. These results generalize corresponding concepts for spanning trees in graphs. Due to computational constraints, one may impose a bound on the number of elements sampled from a base. For instance, when exploring a tree, we may stop at forests with edges. Such objects are captured by matroid truncations. In this paper, we study the modulus of matroid truncations and determine the universal density for every truncation of a given matroid. As a consequence, we show that the truncation modulus serves as an approximation of the original matroid modulus.

Seminar

【Seminar】"How Circuits Learn: Projection Operators, Memory, and Computation in Analog Hardware" by Dr. Frank Barrows

2026年6月2日 (火) 14:00 15:00
Seminar Room L4E01 (Lab 4, Level E) and Zoom

Seminar title: How Circuits Learn: Projection Operators, Memory, and Computation in Analog Hardware

Speaker: Dr. Frank Barrows from Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA)

OIST Workshops

Advances in Photoemission Techniques: Probing Space, Energy, Momentum, and Time

2026年6月2日 (火) (All day)2026年6月5日 (金) (All day)
OIST Main Campus (Seminar Room L4E48)

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Keshav Dani (Femtosecond Spectroscopy Unit) |OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "Reducing AI Agnostophobia" by Shu Kong

2026年5月29日 (金) 15:00 16:00
L5D23 and zoom

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

"Life history polymorphism associated with the foraging ecology of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)" by Dr. Megumi Kawai

2026年5月29日 (金) 14:00
L4E01 (Level E, Lab 4)

Seminar by Dr. Megumi Kawai

Research

StrucShare Meeting: Case Study

2026年5月29日 (金) 10:00
Seminar Room L4E01

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Research

Okinawa Lectures on Entropy: Tomita-Takesaki theory and associated quantum entropies

2026年5月29日 (金) 10:00 12:00
Lab 5 D23

A lecture series on classical and quantum entropy, by Klaas Landsman with Philipp Höhn.

Klaas Landsman is a TSVP fellow and Chair of Mathematical Physics in the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics, at the Radboud University Nijmegen

Professional Development

Science Communication 101

2026年5月28日 (木) 15:00 17:00
C700

An introduction to Science Communication for OIST faculty, researchers and students, hosted by the Science Communication Section .

Seminar

2026 Analysis on Metric Space Seminar: "On Mappings Generating Embedding Operators in Sobolev Classes on Metric Measure Spaces" by Prof.Alexander Menovschikov, HSE University

2026年5月27日 (水) 14:00
L4E01 + Zoom
Speaker: Professor Alexander Menovschikov, HSE University Title: On Mappings Generating Embedding Operators in Sobolev Classes on Metric Measure Spaces Abstract:

Let X =(X,ρ,µ) be a doubling metric measure space which supports the weak p-Poincar´e inequality. We consider bi-measurable homeomorphisms φ : Ω → Ω, of bounded domains Ω, Ω ⊂ X, which generate bounded composition operators on Newtonian–Sobolev spaces N1,p(Ω) → N1,q(Ω),1 < q ≤ p < ∞. We prove the Luzin N−1-property of such mappings with respect to capacities and obtain necessary and sufficient conditions on bi-measurable homeomorphisms that generate bounded composition operators on Newtonian–Sobolev spaces. We prove this by using special test functions generated by distance functions. On the base of the composition operators we consider Sobolev type embedding theorems in weak (p,q)-quasiconformal α-regular domains

Research

Mini Course: Biophysical Principles of Regulation in Bacteria

2026年5月27日 (水) 13:00 15:00
Lab 3 B712

Biophysical Principles of Regulation in Bacteria including quantitative models, regulatory adaptations, replication control, and gene regulation through gene promoters. Presented by Dr Alberto Sassi, a post-doc in the Pigolotti Unit.

Training

【May 26th】 Travel Consultation Session/ 【5/26】 旅費相談会

2026年5月26日 (火) 15:00 16:00
Meeting Room A151, Center Bldg

Travel Expense Team will hold a travel consultation session.

旅費相談会を開催いたします。

Seminar

[Seminar] "Laser Cooling of Molecules for Precision Tests of Fundamental Symmetries" Prof. Tim Langen, TU Wien

2026年5月25日 (月) 13:30 14:30
C700, Level C, Lab 3

Prof. Tim Langen, Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, TU Wien, Austria

Seminar

Photonic Quantum Technologies: Integrated Photonics for Quantum Applications

2026年5月25日 (月) 10:30 11:30
L5D23
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Barz, University of Stuttgart
Outreach

科学者によるキャリアトークシリーズ No.2 「私が科学者になるまで ー脳の謎への旅ー」

2026年5月23日 (土) 14:00
OIST Science Studio (Inside the Yomitan Public Library)

「科学者によるキャリアトークシリーズ」第二弾として、OIST博士課程学生のアレクサンドラ・ガヴリロヴァさんによる講演をお届けします。

Seminar

CDQT Guest Seminar: Self-Intercalated Covalent 2D magnets and heterostructures

2026年5月22日 (金) 15:00
Lab4 E01 and Zoom

Guest seminar hosted by CDQT unit. Speaker: Prof. Hao Zeng (University at Buffalo, the State University of New York) Title: Self-Intercalated Covalent 2D magnets and heterostructures

Research

Okinawa Lectures on Entropy: Basic von Neumann algebra theory connection with probability and entanglement

2026年5月22日 (金) 10:00 12:00
Lab 5 D23

A lecture series on classical and quantum entropy, by Klaas Landsman with Philipp Höhn.

Klaas Landsman is a TSVP fellow and Chair of Mathematical Physics in the Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics, at the Radboud University Nijmegen

Research Training

Introduction to HPC and scientific computing - Session 2

2026年5月21日 (木) 10:00 12:00
C700

A beginner's introduction to using the clusters and other computing resources at OIST. This is the second, hands-on session.

Seminar

[ Seminar ] Durham–OIST Joint Seminar

2026年5月20日 (水) 17:30 19:00
Meeting Room L1C016 & Zoom

Durham–OIST Joint Seminar

Seminar

Rescheduled [Seminar] Quantum-enabled optical very long baseline interferometry – the future of tomorrow’s telescopes

2026年5月20日 (水) 15:00 16:00
Seminar Room C700 - Lab 3

Dr Zixin Huang, School of Science, College of STEM, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Research

Mini Course: Biophysical Principles of Regulation in Bacteria

2026年5月20日 (水) 13:00 15:00
Lab 3 B712

Biophysical Principles of Regulation in Bacteria including quantitative models, regulatory adaptations, replication control, and gene regulation through gene promoters. Presented by Dr Alberto Sassi, a post-doc in the Pigolotti Unit.

Research Training

Introduction to the Command Line

2026年5月20日 (水) 10:00 12:00
C700

The command line is the primary way to use the high performance computing resources at OIST. Here we quickly learn the basics we need to become comfortable and productive.

Seminar

OIST Alumni Perspectives From Research to Real-World Impact: Career Journeys Beyond OIST

2026年5月20日 (水) 8:30
Zoom

The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Foundation invites you to join the next installment of our OIST Science in Focus webinar series, featuring a conversation with two distinguished OIST alumni whose careers span academia, industry, and national research institutions.

Seminar

OIST Representation Theory Seminar

2026年5月19日 (火) 16:00 17:00
L4E48 and online on Zoom
Shun-Jen Cheng , Academia Sinica Title: Whittaker modules and representations of finite W-algebras of queer Lie superalgebras
Seminar

OIST Representation Theory Seminar

2026年5月19日 (火) 14:45 15:45
L4E48 and online on Zoom
Weiqiang Wang , University of Virginia Title: Categorifying quantum affine gl_p and its integrable modules
Seminar

From images to evolutionary traits: Automated morphological representation of insect phenotypes

2026年5月19日 (火) 14:00 14:45
C210 (Center Bldg, close to ATM)

Date: May 19th(Tue) Time: 14:00 - 14:45 Room: C210

Title: From images to evolutionary traits: Automated morphological representation of insect phenotypes Presenter: Mr. Ancheng Peng from Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Professional Development

Alumni Career Talk: Gaston Sivori

2026年5月19日 (火) 10:00 11:00
New location at C210

Gaston Sivori (OIST PhD 2025) is currently based in Dresden, Germany, working at SpiNNcloud , a company developing brain-inspired, energy-efficient AI supercomputing systems.

In this session, he will share his career journey from OIST to industry, including how he secured his role and his experiences during the first months on the job. There will be time for discussion and questions.

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