Sunset Social for OIST-Keio International Research Summer Camp 2026

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!

TSVP Talk: Bringing Shape to Graph Representations: From Topological Contrastive Learning to Joint-Embedding Predictive Architectures by Yulia Gel

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).

TSVP Talk: Augment Human Thought and Creativity with the Power of AR and AI by Ryo Suzuki

TSVP Talk
Language: English (no interpretation).
Target audience: General audience/everyone at OIST and beyond.
Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests, no registration required (also via Zoom).

Call for registrations: Autumn school and workshops on Gauge Theory, Topology, and Physics (TSVP-TP26GT)

Please check the event websites for further details and registration:

• Autumn School (31 August - 3 September 2026)
• One-day Workshop for Women (4 September 2026)
• Workshop (7 - 11 September 2026)

TSVP Talk: "Universality in Eigenvalue/vector Distributions of Random Tensors" by Naoki Sasakura

Eigenvalues/vectors of tensors are a modern concept extending those of matrices. They appear in various non-linear contexts, such as spin glasses, general relativity, artificial intelligence, quantum information theory, string theory, and so on, while the matrix counterpart in linear-contexts. Understanding universal properties across various tensor eigen problems is important, since this assures their wide applicability. I talk about our recent finding of a universality of tensor eigenvalue/vector distributions, which has been achieved by systematically computing them using quantum field theoretical techniques. 

Workshop on the Neural Basis of Democracy (Postponed)

Workshop on the Neural Basis of Democracy

This event is postponed due to the Typhoon no. 7.

The 3rd OIST-UO Joint Symposium on Emergent Functional Materials and Reactions

The symposium talks and poster session are open to the OIST community. No registration is required. 

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

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-Keio Showcase Talk Series Vol. 11: Resonance Matters - Micro-Optical Resonators for Quantum, Bio, and Energy Applications

Resonance Matters - Micro-Optical Resonators for Quantum, Bio, and Energy Applications

This focused scientific meeting (Partnership Event) will bring together researchers from OIST and Keio University to explore recent advances in micro-optics resonators, with an emphasis on applications in quantum technologies and energy-related photonics.
Whispering-gallery resonators offer exceptional optical confinement and high quality factors, enabling strong light–matter interactions, nonlinear optical processes, and sensitive transduction mechanisms. These properties make WGMs a powerful platform for emerging quantum systems as well as for energy-relevant applications such as sensing, frequency conversion, and photonic energy management.

Public Lecture:"The Science of Creamy Cacio e Pepe" by Daniel Busiello

Title: The Science of Creamy Cacio e Pepe
タイトル：「クリーミーなカチョ・エ・ペペの科学」

Abstract:

Cacio e pepe is one of Italy's most popular pasta dishes, but even (Italian) scientists often fail to prepare the perfect creamy sauce.
Daniel Maria Busiello, a physicist at the University of Padua, also struggled with this—until he had had enough of random trial and error, and approached the problem scientifically.
Together with colleagues (all Italian) from the Max Planck Institute in Dresden, the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, and the University of Barcelona, he set out to uncover the secret of the perfect sauce so that it would turn out right every time.